Brighton and Hove Albion's promotion to the Premier League has crowned a top weekend for the area, which has been named as a top property hotspot for young professionals.

Hove's BN3 postcode area is the most sought-after location in England and Wales for home buyers aged between 25 and 44, according to Lloyds Bank.
It is the third year in a row that Hove has come top of the annual ranking.
Neighbouring Brighton came seventh in the top 20 list.
Lloyds said Hove's seaside location and good-sized homes made it popular for families, while Brighton's "buzzing nightlife" and "thriving cultural and arts scene" helped make it "a year-round city on the sea".
Living in one of the 20 listed hotspots puts a £71,158 premium on the price of a home on average, according to Lloyds.
Its research found the average price of a home in those areas was £735,874 - 13% higher than the typical price in surrounding areas.
However, in Hove buyers typically pay about £31,000 less than in surrounding areas, Lloyds said.
Of the top 20 areas with the highest concentrations of house sales to young professionals, 16 are in London, it found.
Hampstead was the most expensive place for young professionals on the list, with a typical home there costing more than £1.3m.
"Aspiring young professionals are typically well qualified, in well-paid jobs and tend to live in areas not far from the city centre where they work," said Lloyds Bank mortgage products director Andrew Mason.
"These buyers also don't appear to be put off by the significant premium in price to live in areas popular with young professionals."
Lloyds' research was based on profiling of "young, urbanite professionals" aged between 25 and 44 by CACI and Land Registry housing market figures.


A report published this week has warned US companies to end dealings with two Chinese technology giants, Huawei and ZTE.

The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee directive was fuelled by fears of leaving the US open to espionage and cyber-attack.
Other countries, such as Canada and Australia, are also assessing the access they offer to overseas firms.
In the UK, Huawei in particular has a significant and influential presence.
The company, which began operating in the UK in 2001, said it has invested over Â£150m and created 650 jobs - resulting in deals with almost every major company in the UK's telecoms industry.
Huawei's technology can be found in broadband cabinets used by BT to get the internet to its customers.
TalkTalk, another major client, uses Huawei technology to run HomeSafe - a system to monitor the internet use of its customers in order to offer content filters and blocking of adult and other "unsuitable" content.
Huawei also produces set-top boxes for YouView - the new digital service backed by several UK internet service providers and broadcasters, including the BBC.
And when mobile operator EE launches the UK's first commercial 4G network, it will be powered by Huawei technology.
So in light of the strong guidance from the US, how concerned should the UK be?
"The picture here in the UK is different," said Derek Smith, a cybersecurity spokesman for the Cabinet Office.
The US House Intelligence Committee's report was unwavering in its conclusions.
It read: "China has the means, opportunity and motive to use telecommunications companies for malicious purposes.
"Based on available classified and unclassified information, Huawei and ZTE cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems."
Republican committee chairman Mike Rogers added: "If I were an American company today... and you are looking at Huawei, I would find another vendor if you care about your intellectual property, if you care about your consumers' privacy, and you care about the national security of the United States of America."
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He explained that in 2010, a special cybersecurity centre was set up to examine Huawei's technology.
"It's there to evaluate the networks that are coming here into the UK.
"It enables the government here, our experts, to work with Huawei to have the necessary assurance that their products meet our security standards."
Since the release of the US report, both Huawei and ZTE have come out fighting, suggesting its findings were politically motivated.
"The report... which took 11 months to complete failed to provide clear information or evidence to substantiate the legitimacy of the Committee's concerns," a statement from Huawei read.
It went on to list the company's co-operation efforts, and compare the firm to a Silicon Valley start-up with "entrepreneurial spirit" with an "unwavering dedication to innovation".
But, with substantial numbers of cyber-attacks being traced back to China, there is increasing suspicion about its companies.
Equally many cyber-attacks - such as the infamous Stuxnet - are reported to have originated from within the US.
To quote several technology pundits, the situation is building into something of a Cyber Cold War.
Following in the US report's footsteps, on Monday infrastructure giant Cisco ended its business deals with ZTE after its own internal investigation concluded that the Chinese company had sold Cisco products to Iran - in breach of trade sanctions.
In Canada, the government invoked a "national security exception" for hiring firms to build a secure communications network, allowing it to block those seen as a security risk. It did not single out Huawei or ZTE, but many have speculated the move was motivated by the US stance.
And Australia - which is developing a US $37.4bn (Â£23.3bn) national broadband network - has already banned Huawei from winning the lucrative contract.
Europe has not followed suit, and is playing its cards close to its chest. A trade spokesman told the BBC that the EU had "taken note" of the US report, but insisted: "This is an issue between the US authorities and the companies involved."
Huawei's UK clients too have been quick to justify their use of the companies.
A spokesman for TalkTalk told the BBC: "Huawei has been a partner of ours for a number of years, as it has been for most of the British telecommunications industry, and we will continue working with it.
"Any British company working with Huawei has been given clearance to do so by the necessary authorities."
Similarly, BT said: "BT's network is underpinned by robust security controls and built-in resilience.
"We continue to work closely with all our suppliers and the government, where appropriate, to ensure that the security of the network is not compromised.
"Huawei does not have any intelligent or processing components in BT's core network. We rigorously review and assure the security of our networks."
But there are persistent worried rumblings. On Tuesday, the Guardian newspaper reported that Huawei might face a Commons inquiry into its operations in the UK.
Brian Honan, an information security consultant, told the BBC Huawei should be closely monitored - as should any firm offering such deep-rooted telecoms equipment.
"One of the challenges we face these days with globalisation is that it's very hard to verify the supply chain," he said, touching upon worries shared by US authorities about malicious components being found in electronic equipment.
"In selecting whatever technology to use, proper risk assessment should be done, and controls put in place to monitor it."
The UK government argues that these worries are being addressed by working closely with Huawei.
"It's working, it continues to work, we have this partnership with Huawei where our experts work with theirs on the ground in the UK," said Mr Smith.
He added: "Investment in the UK also means providing jobs in the UK.
"Huawei could have stepped away and said no we don't want to do that. The simple fact is they wanted to work with our people to make sure their equipment met our robust standards."


Opener Rob Newton scored his first ton of the County Championship campaign as Northants built a big buffer over Derbyshire on day two at Wantage Road.

Starting on 153-6, the visitors added just 23 more runs to trail by 42 as Ben Sanderson finished with 5-52.
Max Holden and Newton (108) made 92 for the first wicket, and Newton added 133 alongside Alex Wakely (79).
Tony Palladino removed Holden and Newton for the visitors, before another McKerr wicket left it 247-4 at stumps.
Derbyshire were a man light with Luis Reece spending Friday night in hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties on day one, but the club say he is "feeling much better in himself".
Newton, who has also scored four half-centuries this season, recorded the 12th first-class ton of his career to help his side to a healthy 289-run advantage.


The world's longest aircraft - the Airlander 10 - has been damaged after nosediving on landing during its second test flight.

The 302ft (92m) long aircraft - which is part plane and part airship - was damaged during the flight from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire.
The Â£25m craft sustained damage to its cockpit when it hit the ground at about 11:00 BST.
HAV, the developer, said all the crew were "safe and well".
A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."
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The company has denied claims from a witness that a line hanging down from the vehicle hit a telegraph pole about two fields away from its landing.
In a statement, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), said: "The Airlander experienced a heavy landing and the front of the flight deck has sustained some damage which is currently being assessed."
The vehicle had just completed its planned 100-minute flight when it nosedived as it came in to land.
"Hybrid Air Vehicles runs a robust set of procedures for flight test activities and investigation of issues," the company added.
"We will be running through these in the days ahead as we continue the development of the Airlander aircraft."
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has confirmed it is investigating the crash, but said it would not be sending a team to the site.
The aircraft had its first test flight from the airfield on 17 August.
Christened the Martha Gwyn, it was first developed for the US government as a surveillance aircraft but the project was shelved amid defence cutbacks.
HAV launched a campaign to return the Airlander 10 to the skies in May 2015. It claims it could be used for a variety of functions such as surveillance, communications, delivering aid and even passenger travel.
It says the huge aircraft will be able to stay airborne for about five days during manned flights.
The company hopes to be building 10 Airlanders a year by 2021.
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A man who downloaded more than 250,000 indecent images of children, with some victims aged only two, has been jailed.

Graham Capocci spent seven years amassing the library, which was dubbed a "horror show" by Judge Peter Davies.
Carlisle Crown Court heard police raided the 44-year-old's Wellington Row home in Whitehaven last year and seized computer equipment.
Capocci pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of a child and was jailed for a year.
The hearing heard how hundreds of the images were said to be classed as category A - the most serious.
Hundreds more were listed as category B and 235,000 were ranked in category C, the court heard.


Cameroon's Confederations Cup campaign is over after a 3-1 defeat by Germany in their final Group B game on Sunday.

The African champions let in goals from Kerem Demirbay and Timo Werner, who netted twice, while Vincent Aboubakar grabbed a consolation goal for them.
The Indomitable Lions also had Ernest Mabouka sent off after confusion involving the Video Assistant Referee.
Sebastien Siani was initially dismissed in a case of mistaken identity before the error was corrected.
Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan consulted the VAR after a high challenge by Mabouka on Germany's Emre Can led to Cameroon captain Siani wrongfully receiving a yellow card.
However, the initial outcome was to switch the colour of Siani's card to red.
It was only after Cameroon's players insisted he review the incident again that he realised his error, rescinded Siani's dismissal and sending off the correct culprit Mabouka.
"The referee didn't give any explanation," said Cameroon coach Hugo Broos.
"First of all he gave a red card against Siani, then the video ref called him back and told him it was the wrong player, so Mabouka was sent off.
"Both players [Can and Mabouka] had their legs high, so I don't see why he had to give a red card. I think everyone is confused
"I didn't understand it and I still don't understand it now.
"I think this is something for the referee. He and he alone can explain what happened in that incident."
As Group B winners, Germany will face Mexico in the last four in Sochi, Russia.
Portugal will play Chile in the other semi-final.


Self-confessed paedophile Henry Clarke has told BBC News NI about abusing a child in Northern Ireland several decades ago.

5 April 2017 Last updated at 18:29 BST
He said he abused a young boy in Bawnmore after he "saw an opportunity and I took it".


The professional tennis season comprises of hundreds of tournaments around the world and one of the most prestigious is Wimbledon.

The first Championships took place in 1877 at the All England Club in London, where it's still held today.
Wimbledon takes place over two weeks and it's the only major championship still played on grass.
Here's your guide to the tournament...
There are 128 places available in the draw for both men and women. Out of these 32 are ranked or seeded for the purposes of a draw.
These seeded players are seen as the best players in the draw and they're kept apart so that they don't meet until later in the competition.
In addition there are 16 qualifiers and eight wild cards, players who are given a chance to play even though their world rankings are low.
The match is divided up into sets. In men's tennis you have to get three sets to win. For women it's two.
To win a set you have to win six games - but you also have to get two more games than your opponent.
So you can take the set 6-4, but not 6-5. In that case, you'd continue until someone won 7-5.
If you get to 6-6 first, you play a tiebreak. The first person to get to seven points or more by two clear points wins the tiebreak and the set.
To win a game you need to win four points. But rather than going up from one to four they go in this order: fifteen, thirty, forty, game.
If you are tied on forty-all this is called deuce, and then you have to win by two clear points.
The first Ladies' Championship was held in 1884, before that women weren't allowed to take part in Wimbledon.
In 2007 women were granted the same amount of prize money as men. The Gentlemen's and Ladies' Singles Champions each receive Â£1.88m in 2015.
Now, the only division between men's and women's tennis is the number of sets you have to get to win.
Tennis was first played in France about 900 years ago - with people using the palms of their hands.
No one really knows how the scoring started, but "deuce" is based on the French word "deux", meaning two, when two people are on the same points.
54,250 tennis balls are used during the Championships period. Yellow tennis balls were used for the first time in 1986.
Traditionally Wimbledon fans eat strawberries and cream throughout the competition. A whopping 28,000 kg of strawberries and 7,000 litres of cream are supplied for each Wimbledon Championship.
The fastest Wimbledon serve of all time was delivered by Taylor Dent in 2010 - it clocked an amazing 148mph!
Seeds - The people expected to do well in a tournament.
Set - The main sections of a tennis match (see how to score, above).
Straight sets - When someone wins a match without losing a set, eg winning three sets to love.
Love - A tennis word for zero.
Forehand - When you hit with the palm of your hand facing to the front.
Backhand - A shot with the  back of your hand facing front.
Deuce - This is another way of saying forty-all. It comes from the French word "deux", meaning two, when two people are on the same point.
Baseline - This is the line at the far end of the court.
Cyclops - The machine that goes beep to tell if the ball has hit the net on a serve (which means the serve has to be taken again).
Serve - When the player hits the ball over the net to start the game.
Let - Play the point again.
Tiebreak - When the set is drawn at six-all (see how to score, above).
Ace - When a player wins a point after serving an unstoppable shot.
Smash - A very fast shot hit by a player.
Volley - Hitting the ball before it bounces.
Double fault - Serving twice out of the court and losing the point.
Umpire - The person who decides, like a referee.
Spin - Hitting the ball so it spins and bounces so it's hard for the other player to hit (as in 'top spin', 'back spin').


Goals from Jimmy Spencer and Ryan Donaldson earned League Two leaders Plymouth victory at nine-man Leyton Orient.

It was to prove a baptism of fire for O's interim manager Andy Edwards, who stood in after Andy Hessenthaler was sacked on Monday.
With only 20 seconds on the clock, Orient captain Robbie Weir lunged in with a heavy tackle on Ben Purrington and was shown a red card by referee Charles Breakspear.
On 12 minutes, the table-toppers took the lead when David Goodwillie slipped a free-kick past a static home defence for Spencer to run on and slide the ball past keeper Alex Cisak.
Then O's midfielder Liam Kelly limped out of the game with an injury before Orient's problems were further compounded when their debutant defender Jens Janse saw red after being adjudged to be the last man when he brought down Jake Jervis.
The home side showed battling qualities against an Argyle outfit for whom Graham Carey was an influential playmaker.
However, the visitors failed to add to the slender advantage as Cisak parried away a Carey effort and then saved a close-range shot by Spencer.
Early in the second period, Nigel Atangana, who had replaced Kelly, was himself substituted after suffering a leg injury.
The one-way traffic continued after the break as the heroic Cisak prevented the visitors causing further damage producing outstanding saves from Spencer and Carey while a number of other Plymouth opportunities went sailing wide of the goal.
Argyle finally found the target again with six minutes of normal time remaining when Spencer crossed for substitute Donaldson to tuck the ball home from close range.
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Match ends, Leyton Orient 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Corner,  Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jordan Bowery.
Attempt blocked. David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Alex Cisak.
Corner,  Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Tom Parkes.
Attempt blocked. Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from long range on the right is too high from a direct free kick.
Nauris Bulvitis (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nauris Bulvitis (Plymouth Argyle).
Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Goal!  Leyton Orient 0, Plymouth Argyle 2. Ryan Donaldson (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Purrington.
Attempt missed. James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Jordan Bowery replaces Paul McCallum.
Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient).
Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Ryan Donaldson replaces Connor Smith.
Foul by Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle).
Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Attempt missed. David Fox (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Craig Tanner replaces Jake Jervis.
Corner,  Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Callum Kennedy.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Ben Purrington.
Attempt blocked. Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle).
Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Sonny Bradley.
Foul by Connor Smith (Plymouth Argyle).
Tom Parkes (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt saved. David Fox (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Alex Cisak.


The brother of a woman found dead in a Premier Inn hotel room has said he wants to help domestic abusers change their ways.

Serena Hickey, 42, from Milton Keynes, was strangled to death at the hotel in Kempston, Bedford, on 13 September.
Her partner Daren Ellis' body was later found on a railway line in Warwickshire.
Ms Hickey's brother, Zane Hopkins, has set up a foundation to support domestic violence victims and perpetrators.
"I firmly believe that if you get to the root of a problem, then you eradicate the problem," he told BBC Look East.
"This in no way means we endorse their actions, but hope to prevent further acts of violence by helping to reform and re-educate those guilty of domestic violence."
Mr Hopkins said he could not believe the news when he was first told about his sister's death.
"I kept thinking, they've got the wrong person, something's wrong. It can't be true.
"She was a really strong person, strong minded, strong bodied - she went to the gym a lot - so this is why it [her death] just doesn't make sense," he said.
"If my sister could be suffering, and suffering in silence as such a strong person, then there's got to be countless amounts of others suffering in silence too."
"We must unite to make sure this tragedy is never allowed to happen again," he wrote on the Serena Hickey Foundation Facebook page.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to register the foundation as an official charity, and open up a drop-in support centre.
"This will provide the best care, compassion and support for all sufferers of this awful atrocity," Mr Hopkins wrote.


Journeys around Oxford will be improved by up to £50m of investment in the A34, the Department for Transport has said.

A new study will also look at creating an express-link between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes.
The news came as work begins to prevent flooding on a stretch of the A34 between Chilton and the A4130 Milton Interchange.
Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, described it as "a real breakthrough in tackling congestion".
However, Labour has criticised the plans, saying they were announced previously.
Technology enhancementson the A34, from junction 13 to junction 9, will include CCTV cameras and screens to warn drivers about delays.
There will also be improvements at Peartree and Botley interchanges.
A study will look at linking Oxford and Cambridge by using existing roads and considering the case for filling missing links.
All of the changes were announced in this year's Autumn Statement and are part of a £15bn nationwide programme.
Ms Blackwood, who said she was given the figure of up to £50m by the treasury, said: "Thousands of my constituents are affected by traffic misery on the A34 on a daily basis yet there has been no major investment for over two decades."
But, Labour shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher said it was "yet another re-announcement" on road improvements.
A six-month drainage programme has also begun on both carriageways of the A34 between Chilton and the A4130 Milton Interchange.
The Highways Agency said the work would mean fewer unplanned road closures for emergency repairs.
A 50mph speed limit will be in place for the duration of the work, while overnight lane closures will also take place.


A dramatic batting collapse contributed to Ireland's five-run loss to the United Arab Emirates in their second Twenty20 international.

The hosts made 133-7 in their innings in Abu Dhabi, with Boyd Rankin taking 3-17 and Max Sorensen 2-16.
An opening stand of 61 between William Porterfield (72) and Paul Stirling (28) put Ireland in control and they appeared on course for victory at 91-1.
Eight wickets fell for 37 runs as the UAE avenged Sunday's 34-run defeat.
SP Patil top-scored for the UAE with 31 off 37 balls, while Mohammad Shahzad smashed 22 runs off 16 and opener Rohan Mustafa contributed 20.
Porterfield and Stirling found the boundary regularly as they hit 61 off just 42 balls, before Stirling fell to Amjad Javed.
Poynter's dismissal for 10, with the score at 91, signalled the beginning of Ireland's demise as wickets fell at regular intervals thereafter.
For skipper Porterfield, it was his third half-century in T20 internationals, and his 72 off 60 balls included eight fours and a six.
However with 13 needed off 11 balls, he was run out by wicketkeeper Swapnil Patil.
Nine were needed off the last over, but Max Sorensen was run out off the first ball, and George Dockrell bowled from the second.
That left Rankin and Tim Murtagh at the crease, and the pair managed just a scrambled bye and a single as the hosts completed a superb comeback win.
Mohammad Naveed, Ahmed Raza and Mohammad Shahzad collected two wickets apiece.
The match was part of Ireland's preparation for their World Twenty20 campaign, which starts against Oman in the Indian city of Dharamsala on 9 March.
The squad will now have a week's break before travelling to Chandigarh for a training camp before a warm-up game against Hong Kong on 3 March.


England all-rounder Ben Stokes is currently the best player in the world, says former spinner Graeme Swann.

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Stokes hit an unbeaten 102 to lead England to a 40-run win on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method at Edgbaston, which eliminated Australia from the Champions Trophy.
"Of all the moments Stokes has had in an England shirt, this is the finest," Swann told BBC Test Match Special.
"He looks as good as any player in the world."
Stokes, 26, has scored two centuries in four ODI innings for England since returning from the IPL, where he was named the competition's most valuable player.
He hit 13 fours and two sixes en route to his highest ODI score, sharing a thrilling stand of 159 with captain Eoin Morgan after England slipped to 35-3.
Swann, who played 60 Tests and 79 ODIs for England between 2008 and 2013, added: "He's always had the talent but he's honed it and become world class. I mean, truly world class.
"Stokes is batting with swagger and an air of arrogance, as if he believes he is one of the world's best players."
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Stokes brought up his third ODI century shortly before rain ended play early, with England comfortably ahead of the DLS par score.
He told TMS: "No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we keep going at it and backing our game. It's a great time to be a part of England cricket.
"I had to start again when I got to 70 because if I got out playing a silly shot it wouldn't have looked too good."
Morgan, who made a brilliant attacking 87 off 81 deliveries, said: "He took the responsibility and it was a magnificent hundred."
Australia skipper Steve Smith said: "He's a class player and he's in exceptional form at the moment."
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Morgan also acknowledged the contributions of leg-spinner Adil Rashid and seamer Mark Wood, who took 4-41 and 4-33 respectively to limit Australia to 277-9 on a reliable surface.
"It's a huge asset having Adil bowling like he did today and Mark finding confidence game on game," said Morgan.
Although opener Jason Roy took a stunning catch on the mid-wicket boundary to remove Glenn Maxwell, he fell for four to the second ball of England's reply and has made only 51 runs in his past eight ODI innings.
Morgan said England would consider making changes for Wednesday's semi-final at Cardiff.
"We always feel Jason's runs are round the corner," he said.
"We will give it a couple of days and get together as selectors and see what the best team is. If the decision needs to be made, we can make it."
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A haulage company owner whose tipper truck killed four people when its brakes failed admitted he "used to stay away from paperwork", a court heard.

Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in Bath in 2015.
Bristol Crown Court heard Matthew Gordon, of Grittenham Haulage Ltd, did not know the brakes had to be tested four times a year.
Mr Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, Wiltshire denies 14 charges against him.
Driver Phillip Potter, 20, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving.
The lorry hit several pedestrians, including Mitzi from Bath, and a car containing Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales.
The trial has previously heard Mr Gordon had been told the truck had faulty brakes by other employees.
The jury heard Grittenham Haulage did not have a transport manager in its employ at the time of the crash despite it being a legal requirement.
Mr Gordon said he thought he had "six months grace" to find one.
He said that during that time, checks had been done on the vehicles and he would be alerted to any problems by the drivers either verbally or by text.
He agreed that he had pleaded guilty at Bath Magistrates Court in August last year to eight offences of failing to keep his tachograph records up to date - and 33 similar offences by his company.
Mr Potter, also of Dauntsey, is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Margaret Rogers - Mitzi's grandmother - by dangerous driving.
He denies a total of 10 charges against him.
Peter Wood, 55, from Brinkworth, Wiltshire, a mechanic who carried out safety checks on the truck, denies four charges against him.
The trial continues.


The next sculpture trail to take to the streets of Norwich will be made up of hares, a charity has announced.

The decorated fibre glass creatures follow in the footsteps of elephants, gorillas and most recently dragons last summer.
The hares are to be unveiled in 2018, the 50th year of Norfolk charity Break, which helps vulnerable children.
Each sculpture is sponsored, decorated by an artist, group or school and auctioned once the trail ends.
The Go Go Trail figures - made up of three different designs - are due to be revealed later.
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As in previous years, the plain fibre glass figures are each given their own design, theme or character.
Alanrilla, a tribute to Norwich DJ Alan Partridge, and a Freddie Mercury-inspired Radio Go Go graced the streets of Norwich during the Go Go Gorilla trail in 2013.
Norfolk artist Kieron Williamson, then aged 12 and nicknamed Mini-Monet, created one of the most striking dragons for last year's trail.
It sold for £20,000 at an auction which netted a total of £369,500 for the charity.
Break said that the hare was chosen because it is popular with artists and is a regular sight in the East Anglian countryside.
Fifty sculptures will make up the main trail in Norwich, with further hares being dotted around Norfolk for the first time, between June and September 2018.


Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba will be worth an extra 10 points to Manchester United this season, according to a sport analytics machine.

Pogba, 23, arrived at United this week for a world record £89m fee, while Ibrahimovic, 34, joined on a free.
Statisticians at the University of Salford ran tests to see how many points Jose Mourinho's side would win with and without the two new signings.
They found the pair increase United's chances of winning the league by 4%.
SAM, the sport analytics machine designed by statisticians at the University of Salford's Centre for Sports Business, uses a series of algorithms to forecast the results of a variety of sporting fixtures.
To return a verdict on Ibrahimovic and Pogba's influence, the experts ran the full Premier League season through SAM 10,000 times.
Striker Ibrahimovic scored 38 league goals for French champions Paris St-Germain last season, and SAM has forecast that the Swede would account for eight extra points alone over the coming campaign.
French midfielder Pogba, meanwhile, provided 12 assists as Juventus won Serie A, with SAM predicting he would add an extra 1.3 points to United's total on his own - and that, together, they would add 10 points.
An extra 10 points for United last season would have lifted them from fifth place to second.
"Attacking players can make the biggest difference on the pitch and this just shows what a bargain Ibrahimovic could prove to be," said Ian McHale, professor of Sports Analytics at the University of Salford.
"Pogba, on the other hand, was expensive. Some may think he was overpriced and our stats show he is not likely to have as big an impact as Zlatan.
"But he is one for the future and if he helps propel United into the Champions League, then it will be money well spent."
SAM takes into account multiple factors, such as which team is at home, the strength of teams that both sides have played as well as the quality and the form of the players on the pitch.
"These results are entirely based on real data," added McHale. "Data is the fuel of our system, and the algorithms are the engine. It is entirely done using numbers, there is nothing subjective about the results that SAM comes up with."
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Whenever Rory McIlroy's status as the world's most naturally gifted golfer is questioned, there is usually a swift reaction to remind us of his immense talent.

The ingredients are there for something similar to happen at this week's Masters but the challenge is formidable with so many big names demonstrating top form so far this year.
In 2011, McIlroy won the US Open by eight strokes in his first major since blowing that season's Masters.
A year later, he suffered a string of missed cuts before winning his second major at the US PGA Championship.
And in 2014 he had slipped out of the world's top 10 before embarking on a run that brought him the BMW PGA title at Wentworth and a high summer stretch that yielded the Open, Bridgestone Invitational and PGA crowns in consecutive weeks.
Now he heads into the Masters having suffered an injury-blighted start to 2017 while Dustin Johnson has surged to the top of the world rankings.
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No longer is McIlroy unanimously regarded as golf's biggest talent. Johnson shows no weakness; he is powerful, long and straight and supplements those qualities with unerring deftness on and around the greens.
Having lifted his first major title at last year's US Open, the tall American appears unflappable and is playing with a maturity that many thought was beyond him.
In short, he looks the perfect golfer and having won his last three tournaments, the strongest events of the year to date, Johnson is the undisputed favourite for victory here at Augusta.
But this is the sort of scenario that inspires the best in McIlroy, especially as he seeks the title he craves more than any other. A Masters Green Jacket would complete his set of major prizes.
He says he would not be able to feel proper fulfilment if he never wins one. It is a lot of self-imposed pressure and explains ruinous nine-hole spells that have peppered and scarred so many of his Augusta attempts.
And McIlroy accepts that each year that passes without landing the Masters makes the next attempt more difficult. He is only 27 but there is a raging impatience.
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Many observers have long held the belief that he is destined to win multiple Green Jackets. But the same was said of the likes of Ernie Els and Greg Norman, and both are still waiting.
Norman was fourth on his debut in 1981, runner-up three times and third on three occasions.
Listening to him speaking to BBC World Television recently, it was clear that he likes the Northern Irishman's chances of becoming only the sixth player to complete the career grand slam.
"I'm a bit of a McIlroy fan. I like his moxie on the golf course - I like his style," said the 62-year-old Australian.
And Norman is not concerned that McIlroy's season to date has been heavily disrupted by the fractured rib he suffered at the start of the year.
After finishing second at the South African Open he did not return to action until coming seventh at last month's WGC Mexico Championship. Norman believes that was a tellingly impressive comeback because it was at altitude which makes distance control difficult.
I do see one little glaring fault that happens under pressure with him
"To step away from the game as long as he did, to step back into the game and compete the way he did tells me he's got really good control of his golf swing," Norman said.
McIlroy followed up with a fourth place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational before playing only two matches of the group stages of the WGC Matchplay, a tournament that yielded Johnson's third straight win of the year.
And while Norman agrees the big hitter from South Carolina is the front-runner at the 2017 Masters, he also suggests Johnson might prove vulnerable on Augusta's slick greens.
"I do see one little glaring fault that happens under pressure with him," Norman said. "His putting stroke is excellent but at times it does have a tendency of breaking down just a little bit."
The two-time Open winner refused to go into detail but revealed that he tries to help Johnson through the world number one's friendship with his son Gregory.
"What pains me is when I see something on TV and I go, 'Oh my gosh, it's so glaringly obvious why he's missing those short putts'," Norman revealed.
"So I'll text my son and I'll say 'next time you talk to DJ, just tell him to do this and give him that one piece of information'. If he does it, he does it - I don't know."
But there is no doubting Norman's admiration for the overall Johnson package. "I'm really, really impressed with him," he said.
"A combination of power, finesse, calmness beyond calm. Nothing seems to faze him.
"He has been consistent for over a decade now, he's won a golf tournament every year for over a decade."
To date, though, none of those have included the Masters where he has been sixth and fourth in the past two years.
Johnson's preferred ball flight is a left-to-right fade whereas the popular belief is that players are better shaping it in the opposite direction at Augusta. "Because he can power the ball, he can play the Masters left to right rather than right to left," Norman said.
"Jack Nicklaus used to play left to right and he'd got more Green Jackets than anyone else."
Six-time winner Nicklaus is the ultimate Masters golfer but Jordan Spieth may, one day, prove a rival for that tag. The 2015 champion has played the event three times and has yet to finish outside the top two.
Still only 23, he has banked $3.472m (£2.79m) from the Masters alone, although you would guess he would have traded most of that for a "mulligan" on the 12th tee last year.
Dumping two balls into Rae's Creek on the shortest hole on the course led to a quadruple-bogey seven that put paid to what had been a five-stroke advantage on the front nine of his final round.
Britain's Danny Willett then seized the moment to claim his first major title.
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Spieth returned to Augusta last December, played the hole twice and birdied it on each occasion - the second time from tap-in range. But the ghosts will take longer to be exorcised.
"It's not as if it's going to be the last year he gets questions about it," McIlroy said.
"I still get questioned about the back nine at Augusta in 2011," added McIlroy who came home in 43 in a round of 80 that ruined his four-stroke 54-hole lead.
He is a far more experienced figure these days and spearheads a formidable UK contingent that includes 11 Englishmen, Scotland's Russell Knox and veteran former champions Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam.
Victory brings a return ticket for life.
Few, if any, crave it more than McIlroy and in a year when, so far, his leading contemporaries Johnson, Spieth, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama have made all the noise, this might be the moment when the story becomes Rory.


The sister of a Northumberland man who is among those to be released from an Indian jail has spoken of her joy.

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Lisa Dunn's brother Nick was held in October on suspicion of straying into Indian waters and carrying weapons without permission. Mr Dunn was one of five men to be bailed on Saturday.
Julie Smith reports.


Hundreds of people have attended a memorial service in Hull for more than 6,000 trawlermen from the city who have been lost at sea.

The 24th annual Lost Trawlermen's Day service was held in a marquee close to the River Humber.
It is always held in January or February, when most trawlers were lost.
The loss of the Ross Cleveland, St Romanus and Kingston Peridot trawlers in just one month in 1968 were among incidents remembered at the event.
Supt Tracey Stephens, of the Fishermen's Mission charity, said it was important that families had somewhere to go to remember lost loved ones.
She said: "I am one of those family members who comes just in order to remember my uncle. We have nowhere to remember him and as we look out to sea we think of him."
Karl Turner, Labour MP for Hull East, said: "It's very important for people to get together and remember the fishermen of this city.
"We lost thousands of people in the fishing industry from going out to sea in shocking conditions."
The event, at the St Andrews Quay retail park near the Sailmakers' Arms, was designed to maintain Hull's fishing port heritage and remember the men who worked in such a dangerous occupation.


Leicester came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Stoke City and maintain their unbeaten start to the season.

Foxes striker Jamie Vardy held off the home defence to equalise after Riyad Mahrez scored his fifth goal of the season from the penalty spot.
Bojan, making his first start of 2015-16, had given Stoke an early lead from Marko Arnautovic's reverse pass.
Striker Jonathan Walters doubled the advantage but Stoke are still searching for their first win of the season.
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Claudio Ranieri's Leicester have been one of the stories of the season so far, as three wins and three draws have taken them into second spot in the Premier League, behind only Manchester City.
Last Sunday they scored three times in the last 20 minutes to win 3-2 against Aston Villa and while they could not quite match that feat, their skill and spirit secured them a deserved point.
Vardy's equaliser was his fourth goal of the season and reward for how he unsettled the Stoke defence after the break.
Algerian winger Mahrez has now been involved in eight goals this season and he was always a threat on an afternoon when his side struggled in the first half.
After Bojan's opener, Leicester captain Wes Morgan was badly at fault for Stoke's second goal, attempting an ill-conceived backpass that fell perfectly into the path of Walters. But his side were again able to retrieve the situation.
Mark Hughes's side went into the game with only two points and having lost both their home games.
They appeared set to get their season going when Bojan, who had last made a league start in January against Leicester, slotted past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel after a brilliant turn, run and pass from Arnautovic.
However, it was the Austrian forward who allowed Leicester a route back into the game, forcing down Leicester's Danny Drinkwater early in the second half for the penalty converted by Mahrez.
They then failed to deal with a long ball forward for Vardy's equaliser, although Stoke players angrily claimed that Walters was being held by Morgan in the lead-up to the goal.
The cruciate ligament injury suffered by Bojan in January was a cruel blow to player and club with the 25-year-old Spaniard so often the inspiration for Stoke last season.
Hughes has eased him back into the team, restricting him to only substitute appearances before this game and he was rewarded with a good display before he tired in the second half and was replaced in the 82nd minute.
He made 39 passes with 74% accuracy and his threat was vital for a Stoke side without top scorer Mame Biram Diouf who has a hamstring strain.
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: "The first 12 minutes before Stoke scored we played very well but after that they scored a very, very good goal and we were making too many mistakes, losing a lot of balls in the middle of the pitch.
"We need to start games better so we are not always fighting back."
Stoke boss Mark Hughes: "We were good value for being 2-0 up and talked at half-time about not letting Leicester back early in the second half and that's what happened.
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"We made a mistake on the penalty and at 2-1 we had to deal with their momentum. We then made a mistake for their second goal but maybe we were distracted by the foul on Jonathan Walters at the other end. We picked up a point but should have had three.
"Bojan was a huge positive and scored a good goal. We have got to get him up to speed but I was pleased with him."
Stoke travel to Fulham in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday (19:45 BST), while Leicester host West Ham in the same competition on the same night.
Match ends, Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury.
Foul by Jonathan Walters (Stoke City).
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Odemwingie replaces Bojan.
Offside, Stoke City. Erik Pieters tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Stephen Ireland replaces Marco Van Ginkel.
Attempt missed. Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross following a set piece situation.
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Marko Arnautovic.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Offside, Stoke City. Glenn Whelan tries a through ball, but Xherdan Shaqiri is caught offside.
Bojan (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Attempt missed. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Glenn Whelan.
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt saved. Marco Van Ginkel (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bojan (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City).


Eight people are being held in connection with the bombing on St Petersburg metro, Russian investigators have confirmed.

The arrests - six in Moscow, two in St Petersburg - came three days after 13 people were killed in the attack.
Earlier on Thursday, an explosive device was made safe in a flat in St Petersburg by Russian police.
Neighbours were moved away and witnesses told local media they saw men led out in handcuffs.
The main suspect in the metro bombing, Akbarzhon Jalilov, also died in the explosion.
He was aged 22 and from the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan. His remains were identified by his parents on Wednesday, and by DNA testing.
Russian investigators are examining tape, tin foil and some other suspicious items found at Jalilov's St Petersburg flat.
Russia's Investigative Committee (SK) says they appear similar to components found in a device left at Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station on the day of the bombing.
The flat raided at around 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Thursday was in Tovarishchesky Prospekt in the east of St Petersburg.
"An explosive device found in the flat has been made safe. Several suspects have been arrested; they didn't resist and there's now no threat to local people," the head of the local authority Konstantin Serov was quoted as saying.
Sources told Interfax news agency that investigators were examining possible links between the men and the alleged bomber.
Russia's Investigative Committee (SK) said on Thursday they had established that "several citizens of Central Asian republics were in contact with Jalilov".
Eight people from Central Asia were also arrested in the city on Wednesday as part of the metro bomb investigation. The SK said they were held for allegedly recruiting for Islamist militant groups such as so-called Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra since 2015, and "committing crimes of a terrorist nature".
The SK has named the 13 people who died, aside from Jalilov, on Monday afternoon after the train had left Sennaya Ploshchad station. About 50 injured are being treated in hospital.
The dead were named as:


Ireland's Steven Donnelly has beaten Tuvshinbat Byamba of Mongolia on points to reach the quarter-finals of the welterweight division at the Olympics.

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The 28-year-old from Ballymena needs one more victory in Rio to be sure of a medal.
It was a close contest but Donnelly, who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, shaded it on a split decision.
He will fight world champion Mohammed Rabii of Morocco in the last eight.
That bout will take place at Riocentro on Saturday at 16:15 BST.
Thursday's contest was Donnelly's second at the Games as he outpointed Zohir Kedache of Algeria in his opening fight at Riocentro.
"There was not so much pressure on me as there was for the first fight and I think that showed in my performance," said Donnelly who finished with a badly-swollen left eye.
"I felt more comfortable as the fight went on.
"My next opponent is the world champion but I believe in myself and anything is possible at the Olympic Games.
"I have great belief in myself and am going to give it my all."


India is the world's biggest importer of gold, buying a record 960 tonnes last year alone.

According to one estimate, Indian household vaults hold gold equivalent to 50% of the country's GDP.
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You would think with those kind of figures, the nation must produce a significant amount of the precious metal domestically.
But domestic production is very low. The biggest problem is that India has consistently underinvested in gold exploration.
It was not always like this.
Historically, India was one of the great mining regions - and is home to one of the world's deepest gold mines.
In the southern Indian state of Karnataka, about two hours away from the city of Bangalore is a region called Kolar Gold Fields.
A hub of activity for over a century, the mines here shut in 2001 when gold prices fell to unprofitable levels.
The area is now in a state of neglect. Rusted rail wagons that once used to carry gold-bearing ore lie by the roadside.
The paths are overgrown with weeds, and buildings that used to house the mine workers and equipment are now derelict.
Old "headframes" - metal structures above the entry to the actual mine shafts - are the only indicator of the once thriving mining activity in the region.
Bharat Gold Mines Limited used to own the lease to mine an area that was about 16km long by 3km wide.
It was shut down nearly a decade ago as it became too expensive to continue operations.
With little use of technology, only high-grade ores were mined to extract gold. Deeper ores which had smaller amounts of gold were ignored as the companies couldn't afford to mine them.
Also, as the mining sector was tightly controlled by the Indian government, it was difficult for private investors to bring in capital or technical expertise to the region.
Until now, only one government agency, Geological Survey of India, has been involved in exploration across the country.
So India has explored only 7-9% of their mineral resources, while countries such as Australia have achieved almost 100% geophysical and geochemical surveys.
India produces three tonnes of gold a year, while Australia mines 280 tonnes.
New evidence suggests that this gold belt is an underdeveloped resource.
Also in India's favour is the price of gold. As prices have jumped nearly 40% in the last year, many here feel that it makes economic sense to restart operations and revive the old mining town around it.
In 2001 the price of gold was at one of its lowest levels at $280 a troy ounce. But it has since risen dramatically and reached a record high of $1,920 a troy ounce in September 2011.
Drilling in test sites around the hills, exploration company Kolar Gold is mapping potential mines.
Using a process which uses diamond core drills, they take long cylindrical samples of rock.
These samples are then checked thoroughly for any evidence of of minerals, and some are sent to laboratories for further study.
Some even have visible specks of bright shiny gold.
While the main mining area is still owned by the defunct state-run company, the surrounding hills too could hold a lot more metal.
Listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, Kolar Gold says it has the international investors and technical expertise to extract even low-grade ores.
Richard Johnson is chief operating officer. Having spent many years in similar mines in Australia and South Africa, he says Kolar looks positive.
"Using a method called Induced Polarization (IP) survey, we lay out extensive wires in shallow pits across this vast area.
"We then send electrical current through it so the ground and the surfaces of metallic minerals get charged.
"Once we calculate the stored energy, we get clues into what minerals are there in the area."
Using this method, Kolar Gold has completed 40km of detailed surveys over its South Kolar area and found three significant anomalies.
This has given them "highly prospective" targets for follow-up drilling, rather than blindly looking for targets in the area.
With technological advances in the mining industry, and the high price of gold, even finding six to eight grams per tonne would be worthwhile financially.
Kolar Gold hopes to find an average of 10 grams per tonne.
But mining is an expensive business.
It costs around $100 to drill about a meter of earth and an additional $50 to pay for a geologist to analyse the sample rock.
After paying Â£2.2m for a prospecting licence for South Kolar, the company also paid Â£4.7m for 13 licences around the Kolar mine.
They are investing more money for drilling in the north and the south of the outer Kolar area.
The company estimates there is between 1m and 10m ounces of gold in this outer belt, including deep underground mines and shallow pits.
Although drilling has yielded positive results, Mr Johnson says the company doesn't expect to find gold overnight as it is a slow process.
"But with the next five to six years, we hope to find some new mines."
But the prized catch would be the old mines itself.
That's because they have a proven record - producing approximately 25m ounces of gold at an average grade of 15.9g per tonne over 120 years.
So Kolar Gold has tied up with 17 BGML mine workers unions to petition the courts to revive the defunct mines.
While the Supreme Court of India is yet to reach a decision, former miners still living in old labour camps are hopeful.
If the government goes ahead with the plan, these men have the first right to the mines.
Yeshwanth Raj was a supervisor at BGML. He says that for the community, the mines were the only source of livelihood.
Once they shut down, basic services in the area - like sanitation, healthcare, water supply and education - also closed.
"The government should put out a global tender to find bidders to revive the company. There is still a lot of gold left here.
"We need international companies to come with the right technology and money to get back the earlier golden days of this place."
But the precious metal is not just underground, it's also in the "tailings" - heaps of grey-white residue left behind by old mining activity. Some estimates suggest as much as 20 tonnes of gold.
Experts reckon over 90% of mineral resources in India are unexplored and need investment.
Anjani Agrawal, a specialist in metals and mining from Ernst & Young, says India needs better technology both the the exploration and production stages.
He says the main reason why India remains under-explored is that mining leases and exploration licenses have not been given for large areas, even when there are indicative gold reserves.
There are also serious technological challenges in exploring deeper, as well producing gold from low grade ores.
The government seems to have realised gold mining in the country has potential.
The Mining Ministry is now proposing to raise domestic gold production five-fold to 45 tonnes a year.
They want to provide a series of incentives to mine owners and firms which make gold as a by-product of smelting copper ore.
Karnataka state government-owned Hutti Gold Mines is the biggest operational mining firm in the country.
They too want to reopen some of their closed mines to look for low-grade ore, and plan to expand production through joint ventures with international players.
Another listed private gold miner, Deccan Gold Mines, also wants to speed up operations.
Back in the Kolar Gold Fields, the employees pray for their future at the local church dedicated to the Mother of Mines.
If the government of India decides to reopen the mines, it will not only add lustre to this town, but could also kick-start a new gold rush in the country.


The Chilcot report became a by-word for dispute, delay, and doubt.

When the inquiry finally emerged in its full two million words, in the chaotic aftermath of the EU referendum, its analysis was polite.
But it was firmly critical of the decision-making process and behaviour of the UK government both in the run-up to, conduct of, and aftermath of one of the most controversial conflicts in British foreign policy - what many now regard as one of the UK's biggest foreign policy mistakes.
In the immediate aftermath of the inquiry itself, Sir John, a former Whitehall permanent secretary who had worked for decades at the highest level of government, declined to take further part in the debate, as his and his panels' conclusions were digested.
But in the run-up to the report's anniversary, he agreed to speak for the first time about the inquiry's conclusions, its criticisms and consequences for us all.
Exactly a year ago, he produced two million words in 12 volumes, to detail a seven-year long study of the tumultuous political and diplomatic events in the run-up to, conduct, and aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War.
But what was implicit in the lengthy pages of that document is now crystal clear in his personal, succinct and unvarnished view of the hours of evidence, thousands of documents, and witness accounts of one of the country's most significant public inquiries.
He defends its duration, its conduct, and believes strongly that the work could stop another rush to war in the future.
Sir John told me believes the "rising generations" of the military have understood and absorbed the lessons of the inquiry so much that they would demand and insist that future governments would be required to be more rigorous, more thorough in their examinations of the case for war.
He explained his exhaustive criticism of the relationship between Tony Blair and George W Bush, his shock on seeing their private correspondence for the first time. He also spoke of his own relief at how the families of those killed in the conflict received his report when it was finally published.
But he speaks plainly on perhaps the most fundamental political question of all, the role of the former prime minister. When asked if Tony Blair had been as straight with the country and the inquiry as he ought to have been, Sir John told me, 'any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance."
He went on to say he believed Tony Blair had given an "emotional truth" to the inquiry, and had been "suffering" during its sessions - Tony Blair was always, he said ,"the advocate" for whom, "persuasion is everything".
A spokesperson for the former prime minister referred us to his comments when the inquiry was published, when he said the report showed there were no lies, and no deceit, but that he took responsibility for the criticisms of how decisions had been made.
You won't be surprised, having undertaken such a huge task, that Sir John speaks on a massive range of issues concerned with the Iraq war.
The conflict may have begun 14 years ago now, the inquiry taking longer than the war itself. But for our politics, our diplomacy, and our military, this new more personal account will still resonate today.


Check out these superhero-eye views of cities around the world!

This is the new Virtual Reality (VR) version of Google Earth, as seen through the HTC Vive headset.
The way the HTC Vive's works means that as well as moving your head around to get different views, you can walk around your surroundings, try to see into Buckingham Palace or fly up to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
But while Google Earth's coverage of many of the Earth's cities and famous landmarks look great in VR, if you just wanted to explore your street, the VR experience might not be so good... yet...
The HTC VIVE is one of the latest VR headsets on the market, and we asked Newsrounders to check some of them out.
Virtual reality is still pretty new, and scientists aren't sure how it will affect people's health in the long-term, especially eyesight.
So most VR makers have guidelines which recommend that only people over the age of 13 play them.
Some people have also reported feeling a bit seasick whilst playing on them.


Partick Thistle defender Liam Lindsay has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Firhill until the summer of 2019.

Lindsay, 21, has been with Alan Archibald's Jags since 2012 and has had loan spells at Alloa and Airdrieonians.
He has made 44 appearances for the Scottish Premiership side, scoring five times.
Manager Archibald had been linked with a move to English League One side Shrewsbury Town.
However, the 38-year-old, whose team have 10 points from 10 league games this season and lie in ninth place, said he wished to stay in Glasgow.


Like millions of Brazilians, Melania Portela Xavier sees setting up her own business as the only way to earn more money and enjoy a better standard of life.

In recent years Ms Xavier has been earning the Brazilian minimum wage, which currently stands at 788 reals ($249; Â£165) a month, working in telemarketing.
Yet the 40-year-old, who lives in Bonsucesso, a scruffy middle class neighbourhood which lies between two sprawling favelas, or shanty towns, in the northern zone of Rio de Janeiro, says this is not enough to get by with.
"Rent for a house with one bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom [in Bonsucesso] is 750 reals [per month]," she says. "The minimum wage is not sufficient.
"I'm a person who wants to work, and setting up a business is a way of earning more money."
To try to earn a higher income Ms Xavier hopes to move into the world of fashion, and start designing, making and selling artisan clothes.
To help her successfully launch and run the business, Ms Xavier is taking advantage of free classes offered by Sebrae, a Brazil-wide not-for-profit support service for sole traders and small businesses.
Sebrae's free classes in Rio are funded by the city's municipal council, the federal government, and contributions from large companies.
They teach numerous aspects of setting up and running a new business, such as bookkeeping, purchasing, price negotiation, and producing receipts.
Sebrae can also help participants get bank accounts and loans, and get their hands on technology such as chip and pin machines so they don't only have to accept cash.
The Sebrae workshops have now been running in Rio for two years, and attracted more than 5,000 participants so far.
They are held at the city's eight Knowledge Clouds, futuristic-looking buildings which provide free computer and library access across Rio's poorer northern and western zones, and which are owned and run by the city council.
For Rosa Virginia Souza de Barcelo, from Coelho Neto, also in Rio's northern zone, the Sebrae workshops are giving her a second chance.
The 64 year old mother of two was once a hairdresser, but had to give up her dream of running a salon when she got married and her husband's work took her away from Rio.
She says:  "I used to be recognised by other neighbourhoods for cutting hair, people would seek me out. But I married and then I left. It was my son's time, and I had to give up work.
"I'm doing the course to update myself on what is happening, and how to do pricing."
Meanwhile, Paulo Camoes Da Silva, who already runs his own dietary supplement business in Rio, says that thanks to the lessons he learned from attending Sebrae classes, he was able to see his profits rise "considerably".
Rodrigo Brantes, who leads Sebrae classes in Rio, says that the workshops can be particularly useful for sole traders from poorer backgrounds, who "live quite precariously day-to-day in terms of business".
He adds: "Many such traders don't have financial controls, so on a daily basis if they make a sale that is a bit more significant than usual, that money is automatically spent on something private".
Mr Brantes says that Sebra workshops can help these people better look after their cash flows, and try to build up reserves of money.
Another aim of Sebrae is to encourage more Brazilian sole traders and small firms to join the formal economy, and officially register their businesses.
The knock-on impact of this is that the businessmen and women, and any staff they have, would suddenly have to pay tax.
And with an estimated four millions Brazilians working in the informal sector, there is a lot of potential tax revenues to be gathered.
Mr Da Silva adds that there are numerous benefits to going legitimate, such as being able to get a bank account and a loan.
He adds: "Today, as a legal entity I can buy products directly from manufacturers, without needing intermediaries [to buy on my behalf], which has increased my income by about 30%."
Wilson Franca dos Santos, a spokesman for Rio city council's science and technology secretary, says that if sole traders or small firms in the city register with the authorities, then they can access a wealth or additional support and advice, such as grants and loans.
He says that "if they are clandestine, then City Hall can't help them."


Sixty-eight social housing flats in Kensington, London, are to be made available to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, the government has said.

The one, two and three-bedroom flats are located in two blocks that stand alongside a large luxury development, where private homes go for up to Â£8.5m.
At least 79 people died and many more were left homeless after fire engulfed the North Kensington tower a week ago.
PM Theresa May has apologised for "State" failures after the blaze.
"People were left without belongings, without roofs over their heads, without even basic information about what had happened, what they should do and where they could seek help," she told MPs in the Commons.
"That was a failure of the State - local and national - to help people when they needed it most.
"As prime minister, I apologise for that failure."
Mrs May is expected to make a statement about the fire in the Commons on Thursday.
There has been widespread anger from Grenfell Tower residents at the slow and chaotic response from authorities after last Wednesday's devastating blaze.
On Wednesday, protesters demanding "justice for Grenfell" marched with anti-government protesters through London.
But Justice4Grenfell, a group which supports Grenfell residents, stressed it had not organised any of the events and urged protesters to have the victims and bereaved "foremost in their minds".
A spokesman for the ClementJames Centre, another support group, accused protesters of hijacking residents' grief for political purposes.
Meanwhile, the funeral of 23-year-old Syrian refugee Mohammed Alhajali, who was among the first victims of the fire to be named, has taken place.
His family, who arrived from war-torn Syria, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan attended the ceremony, called a Janazat, at an east London mosque.
His family said: "His very last words to us were how much he missed us.
"Ever since he moved away from us, we tried to be united with him and his brothers, and now, instead, we have been united by his body."
A number of inquests were opened and adjourned on Wednesday, with the coroner finding:
Grenfell residents heading to Kensington Row
By Jennifer Scott, BBC News
Nestled off Kensington High Street, and a short distance from Westfield shopping centre, Kensington Row is the perfect example of London's booming real estate market.
It's Â£700 a week to rent a one-bedroom flat - for that price you get to live in the same borough as Prince William and Simon Cowell.
Builders are beavering away to finish the new blocks for the incoming residents, whilst placards that surround the site promise you can "find yourself in the clouds" after you move in.
You get a true feel for the development from the flats already completed.
On the hottest day of the year so far, the sun reflects off balconies and glass panels onto the tree-lined street and busy main road. The flats all have the luxury finish you would expect of this area - but of course the social housing blocks won't have the same trimmings.
George, a Kensington resident for 30 years, said his new neighbours would be welcome.
"In times of disaster, the communities in both the north and south of this borough come together," he said. "The survivors and their families will be looked after."
Since the fire, some Grenfell Tower families have been staying in hotels and B&Bs, and there were concerns that more permanent housing would be offered in other parts of the country.
But Kensington Row complex is just over 1.5 miles from Grenfell Tower.
It includes a 24-hour concierge service and a private cinema, the website of developer St Edward says, but it is thought unlikely the new tenants from Grenfell will have access to such facilities.
Each new home in the two blocks set aside for social housing will be fully furnished and completed to a high-specification, the government said.
The flats are expected to be ready by the end of July.
Yvette Williams, from Justice4Grenfell, said the promise of new flats was a good thing if it gave residents a permanent home but it had come "very late".
A small number of Grenfell residents were still sleeping in rest centres set up in the aftermath of the fire, one week on, she said.
The Department for Communities and Local Government said extra public money had been found so the flats could be fitted out more quickly, and more builders had been taken on.
It said the "expectation was that these new properties would be offered as one of the options to permanently rehouse residents from Grenfell Tower".
The homes will be bought and managed by the City of London Corporation, and handed over to Kensington and Chelsea Council.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said Grenfell residents had been through "some of the most harrowing and traumatic experiences imaginable".
"Our priority is to get everyone who has lost their home permanently rehoused locally as soon as possible, so that they can begin to rebuild their lives," he added.


From rovers to rockets, the UK Space Agency has been showing us how the UK has helped with space exploration.

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Later this year, Britain's first European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will be blasting off to the International Space Station, where he will live for six months.
As part of his mission the UK Space Agency are running lots of different activities for kids to find out more about space.
We caught up with some of those taking part at a special space conference to see what they love about space.


A man murdered his wife before killing himself at their home with their three children inside, police say.

The woman, 26, was "violently attacked" before she was killed at the house in Oldbury, West Midlands, police said.
The pair's bodies were found by police after a neighbour raised the alarm when they heard the children crying at about 14:00 BST on Saturday.
No-one else is being sought over the deaths. Detectives believe they died earlier on in the morning.
More updates on this story
The three children âˆ’ all aged under eight with one described as a baby âˆ’ are being cared for by family members after the bodies were found at the home in Pel Crescent.
Neighbours said the alarm was raised after the couple's eldest child a girl knocked on the door of the house next door.
Det Insp Jim Munro said: "This is a truly tragic incident.
"It's understood the woman was violently attacked before the offender took his own life.
"The timeline of exactly what happened is unclear but we believe the two people died during the morning."
A post-mortem examination is due to take place later.
Neighbours, who described the couple as Eastern European, said three ambulances arrived at the home on Saturday afternoon.
One man, who did not want to be named, said: "The eldest, their daughter, is about seven or eight - she knocked on the neighbour's door," he said.
"There's a small baby and another child.  The children were taken out.
"One of them, the middle child, was refusing to come out initially, as they wanted to stay inside with their mother."
Another neighbour added: "It's such a shock, I can't believe it. Nothing usually happens here, it's really quiet.
"I just feel for the kids, you know, because they've lost their mum and their dad."


Leicestershire duo Clint McKay and Angus Robson have signed new two-year contracts, keeping them at Grace Road until the end of the 2017 season.

Australian pace bowler McKay, 32, has taken 41 wickets in nine Championship matches at an average of 27.90.
Opener Robson, 23, has scored 714 Championship runs at 32.45 this season.
"I have loved every minute of it this year. I'd have liked more success but we're moving in the right direction," McKay told BBC Radio Leicester.
Left-arm spinner Jamie Sykes, 23, and off-spinner Rob Sayer, 20, have also signed new deals.
Sykes has signed until the end of the 2017 season and Sayer has agreed terms until the end of the 2018 campaign.
Listen to BBC Radio Leicester's interview with Clint McKay and Angus Robson.


Facebook has fired a warning shot at ad-blocking software by making changes that will force desktop users to see adverts.

The rising popularity of ad-blockers poses a threat to online businesses that rely on advertising revenue.
The social network told users it understood how annoying ads could be.
It promised to better offer tools for controlling what material does make it through to users' newsfeeds.
"As we offer people more powerful controls, we'll also begin showing ads on Facebook desktop for people who currently use ad blocking software," said Facebook's advertising vice-president Andrew Bosworth in a blog post.
Users will be allowed to customise the types of adverts they see by selecting the brands and businesses they prefer.
"People don't like to see ads that are irrelevant to them or that disrupt or break their experience," Mr Bosworth added.
Ad-blockers do not usually work on mobile devices, which account for most visits to Facebook, but nevertheless prevent advertising worth billions from being seen.
Facebook generated $6.2bn (Â£4.7bn) in revenue from adverting in the most recent quarter.
About 200 million people worldwide use ad-blocking software on their computers.
The move is likely to rekindle a debate between content providers that rely on advertising revenue and users trying to avoid unwanted commercials.
This is not Facebook's first step at controlling what users see in their newsfeeds.
Earlier this month it took steps to limit "clickbait" stories - articles that carry headlines that make a story seem more interesting than it actually is.


Northern Ireland's independent health care providers are warning that it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide home care packages to the sick and elderly.

The problem has worsened since the introduction of the national living wage on 1 April.
The majority of care packages in Northern Ireland are administered by about 233 independent care companies.
They deliver about 170,000 hours of domiciliary care each week.
This amounts to 70% of the total - the rest is provided "in-house" by the five health trusts.
In a stark warning, the chief executive of the Independent Health and Care Providers, Pauline Shepherd, said rising costs, including the national living wage, means some companies are struggling to stay afloat.
"We need to recruit good people into it and we need to retain those people and at the minute it's not really an attractive area to work in," she said.
The trusts pay the independent care providers on average of £12 per hour.
From that, providers pay wages and other costs such as national insurance, pension contributions and petrol allowance.
'Not nearly enough'
On 1 April, the introduction of the national living wage meant the minimum wage for workers over age 25 rose from £6.70 an hour to £7.20 an hour.
Since the National Living Wage was introduced on 1 April, each of the five trusts has given a 5-6% increase to address additional costs.
But according to Pauline Shepherd that is not nearly enough.
"We've got a growing need for home care packages and the provision of care in people's homes is going to increase significantly, yet we can only seem to be able to pay the lowest salaries," she said.
The BBC can reveal that each health trust operates differently with some paying more than others.
That means a health trust may be able to pay for more hours in one area compared to another.
The uplift to the 2016/17 domiciliary care rate within the northern, southern and south eastern trusts has been confirmed at 5%.
In the South Eastern Trust that means the standard rate has increased from £12.16 to £12.77.
'Not an issue'
In rural areas, the rate has gone from £12.52 to £13.15.
In a statement, the Western Health Trust refused to give the BBC details of payments, instead it said it already exceeded the national living wage so therefore it was not an issue.
All of the other trusts have an average uplift of between 5% and 6%.
According to Adrian Norton, chief operating officer of Homecare Independent Living, his company is finding it difficult to make the current funding stretch across its current contracts.
"It's really difficult. We want to attract the best to this profession. If Northern Ireland is to care for more people at home it needs to increase the workforce and provide jobs that are secure and stable.
"But the current funding means we can't do that," he said.
Operating at a loss
From the £12 per hour paid by the trusts it has to cover four 15-minute calls to clients.
That amounts to about £3 per call, and from this providers also have to pay staff the national living wage, national insurance, pension and travel costs.
Providers say many of them are operating at a loss.
About 11,000 people work in the care industry. In February, the Department of Health gave the sector an additional £1.6m to cover costs, but that was a one-off payment.


A much-changed Glasgow Warriors side cruised to a bonus-point victory over Zebre in the Pro12.

Warriors rested a host of regulars but spent most of the first half in Zebre territory and secured the bonus point before the half-hour mark.
The tries came from Nick Grigg, Peter Murchie, Rob Harley and Matt Fagerson, with Peter Horne converting all four.
A Sam Johnson try and two from Matt Smith stretched Glasgow's lead with Kyle van Zyl and Kurt Baker replying.
The visitors came into the match on the back of successive wins over Connacht and the Dragons, but they lost Carlo Engelbrecht and skipper Valerio Bernabo to injuries in the opening seven minutes, and they fell behind after 11.
Glasgow captain Henry Pyrgos fed Peter Horne who slipped the ball to Grigg to dive over, with Horne adding the conversion.
The hosts doubled their lead when excellent work by the pack sucked Zebre in on the left and a swift shift to the right allowed Murchie to cross, with Horne converting.
Harley scored his first try of the season soon after, following a brilliant break from his own half by Johnson, with Grigg and Horne also involved in the set-up work.
The bonus point was sealed before the half-hour mark, Pyrgos and Chris Fusaro linking brilliantly to play in Matt Fagerson for his maiden Glasgow try, with Horne making it four conversions from four.
Johnson added the fifth try after the break, capitalising on great work from Fusaro, with Horne's hot streak from conversions continuing.
In a nice moment for the Horne family, Peter then left the action and was replaced by brother George.
Seconds later Glasgow scored again when a superb drive on the left allowed Smith to cross over.
Zebre reduced the deficit slightly when Van Zyl cashed in on the first real lapse in the home defence to cross over.
Smith added his second of the match thanks to a moment of luck when the ball was knocked out of Brian Alainu'uese's hands and it dropped into the arms of his team-mate to cross over.
The hosts were sloppy in defence as Baker ran over late on but that did not detract from a solid display from Warriors, who are now six points adrift of the top four with two games to play.
Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend: "I'm happy, there was a great crowd and we got the win. Zebre played a lot of good rugby and they were committed, and that's a big improvement on Zebre teams that have come here in the past. They've shown why they have won two games in a row and they were tough to break down, but this new team we had out tonight found a way to do that.
"We'll miss these nights and it's great to see so many fans turning up, when you're playing a team at the bottom of the table that are not bringing any fans and we are not going for the play-offs this year. The loyal supporters are still there supporting us."
Glasgow Warriors: Peter Murchie, Leonardo Sarto, Nick Grigg, Sam Johnson, Rory Hughes, Peter Horne, Henry Pyrgos (c); Alex Allan, Pat MacArthur, D'arcy Rae, Greg Peterson, Scott Cummings, Rob Harley, Chris Fusaro, Matt Fagerson.
Replacements: Cammy Fenton, Jamie Bhatti, Sila Puafisi, Brian Alainu'uese, Lewis Wynne, Matt Smith, George Horne, Sean Lamont.
Zebre: Guglielmo Palazzani, Kayle Van Zyl, Giulio Bisegni, Tommaso Castello, Mattia Bellini, Serafin Bordoli, Carlo Engelbrecht; Federico Ruzza, Johan Meyer, Maxime Mbanda, Valerio Bernabò (c), Gideon Koegelenberg, Guillermo Roan, Oliviero Fabiani, Bruno Postiglioni.
Replacements: Sidney Tobias, Andrea De Marchi, Pietro Ceccarelli, Derick Minnie, Jacopo Sarto, Marcello Violi, Kurt Baker, Matteo Pratichetti.


A woman died and several other people were injured in four separate crashes involving more than 20 cars on the A40 in Oxfordshire.

The crashes happened within a mile-and-a-half-stretch between the B4047 and the A415 at Witney, according to South Central Ambulance Service.
Four other people were taken to hospital - one with life-threatening injuries.
About 15 people were treated at the scene, the ambulance service said.
Another of those taken to hospital had suffered serious injuries, while the other two had minor injuries.
Thames Valley Police confirmed the collision via its TVP Roads Policing account.
It said: "The A40, Witney is closed following a multi-vehicle collision. Emergency services are on scene and drivers are advised to avoid the area."
It is a cold and foggy scene here on the A40 heading towards Witney.
Walls of thick fog are completely blocking the view of the fields to the right and left of the A40.
On the road, cars disappear from view a few hundred metres away.
As I approached the Ducklington turn off, the blue police lights cut through the fog. The road is closed and traffic is being directed towards the nearby service station.
Nikki Cowan was involved in the crash but was uninjured.
"As I tried to apply my brakes, I could feel that the car was just gliding across and realised there must have been black ice," she told the BBC.
"As much as I tried to either steer or brake, I just didn't stop.
"It felt like driving in slow motion. I tried to avoid the line of cars and aim for the central reservation, but it was very icy.
"I just careered into a VW that had a child and two adults in it.
"I remember seeing the shock on the driver's face, and then more cars hitting each other behind me."
HGV driver Ben Starkey, who was at the scene but not involved in the crashes, said the road conditions were foggy and the road was icy at the time of the collisions at about 08:30 GMT.
"[The crashes] happened ahead of me and then behind, lucky enough I managed to stop my HGV," he said.
"I saw the emergency services performing CPR on a lady. The person who was with her in the car was walking around saying 'I can't believe this'.
"There was also another woman in front of me who was severely injured when a car collided with her when she stepped outside her vehicle."
Mr Starkey praised the emergency services, who he said had done an "excellent job" having arrived at the scene in about 20 minutes.
Another eyewitness, who did not want to be named, described "carnage" as she approached on the slip road from Carterton.
"I saw cars going zooming past me and trying to swerve out the way of the stationary cars, but crashing into them," she said.
"I saw one car try to swerve between a Mini and another car and end up crashing into the Mini and (flying) up in the air."
Mother-of-two Ami Gaston, from Carterton, was in the car with her partner when she saw the first vehicle crash about half a mile from the Witney exit, blocking the right lane.
"A man on his own had skidded and crashed into middle barrier," she said.
"My partner was driving - we had to swerve out of the right lane to avoid hitting him."
She said heavy fog meant the situation was "really dangerous", as it was difficult to see any other car until you were "on top of it".
One lane of the westbound carriageway of the A40 has now reopened and the second lane is due to reopen once repairs have been completed to the central reservation, Thames Valley Police said.
The eastbound carriageway was due to remain closed until about 19:15 to allow the last vehicles involved in the crashes to be recovered and the road surface to be cleared of debris, the force added.
All vehicles not involved in the collision have since been released from the site.
Oxfordshire County Council said the road had been gritted overnight.


Gareth Evans has joined League Two side Portsmouth on a one-year contract.

Evans, 27, has been training with Pompey since leaving Fleetwood Town at the end of the 2014-15 season, having scored 12 goals in 106 appearances for the League One club.
"The aim is promotion - it's as simple as that," the former Macclesfield and Bradford man told the club website.
"It's an honour to be at this club, but I've come here for success and I'm confident we are capable of that."
Evans was offered a contract by Fleetwood at the end of last season but decided to leave Highbury.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Wales overcame a 10-point deficit to clinch a remarkable 28-25 win over England in World Cup Group A at Twickenham on Saturday.

It puts Wales top of the so-called pool of death on nine points - three ahead of their hosts who have six after receiving a bonus point in defeat.
Scott Williams, Hallam Amos and Liam Williams were all injured - five days before Wales face Fiji in Cardiff.
Fly-half Dan Biggar kicked 23 points - including the winning penalty from the halfway line and the conversion to scrum-half Gareth Davies' second-half try.
Wales greats Martyn Williams and Jonathan Davies give their verdicts:
"It's an incredible result, I just cannot believe it.
"When the injuries happened Wales were behind and I thought that was it.
"But momentum is massive in sport and when they had the momentum they kept it and they scored that wonderful try.
"Their backs were against the wall - it was incredible. They can be so proud of the performance.
"But we have to back it up on Thursday [against Fiji] otherwise this win is worthless.
"Fiji is a huge banana skin. They were strong in the scrum against England, they'll throw the ball about and our injuries are a major worry.
"They'll have to keep it tight, have a good kicking game, good carrying in the centre, but when it's on go wide and hopefully come out on top."
"We've seen that type of performance from this team time and time again over the past three or four years.
"They hang on in there and sometimes when the chips are really down, you've got nothing to lose and you just go out and play. The shackles are off.
"We still had world-class players out there and they found the energy from somewhere.
"England's backline were all at sea in defence and to pull that off is just incredible.
"To be 25-18 down and lose three of your backs I thought it was game over - they've got no chance of coming back.
"But they did, they kept on in there and what an unbelievable win.
"Looking ahead to Fiji it will be difficult, but we're back in the Millennium Stadium.
"I don't think they [Wales] should train at all, get as many as possible fit.
"Win against Fiji and then fingers crossed and give it your best shot against Australia."
Wales face Australia at Twickenham on Saturday, 10 October.
Watch all the analysis on Scrum V Rugby World Cup Special, 19:00 Sunday, 27 September, BBC Two Wales.


Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff has returned to his native France where he is believed to be contemplating his future with the Desert Foxes.

Gourcuff has come under intense criticism from fans and the media in recent months over his selection policy, particularly after their friendly defeat to Guinea in October.
After securing a place for Algeria in the final of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, the 60-year-old admitted to reporters that he was thinking about his position.
"After the game against Senegal [a 1-0 friendly win in October], I had said that there was a possibility for me to be gone in a month's time," said Gourcuff.
"Right now I am going to take a few days off and think about what I must do.
"I cannot say if I am going to stay or not, because to take such a decision I first need to meet with the president of the Algerian federation and discuss things with him."
The Frenchman was appointed in August 2014, replacing Vahid Halilhodzic who took Algeria to the second round of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Gourcuff was handed a new deal in February despite the Deserts Foxes' quarter-final exit at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
His tempestuous relationship with the country's critical media and their demanding fans escalated following a shock 2-2 draw with Tanzania in the first leg of their World Cup qualifier in Dar-Es-Salaam.
Algeria had gone 2-0 down in that match, but they crushed Tanzania 7-0 in the return leg in Blida to win 9-2 on aggregate.
Despite that win, Gourcuff has made it clear he could walk away from the post.
Local media in France have also linked Gourcuff with the vacant coaching position at Lille following Herve Renard's sacking.
Algeria will find out about their opponents for the final group stage of 2018 World Cup qualifying when the draw takes place in Cairo on 24 June 2016.
The final round begins next October.
The 20 second-round qualifiers will form five groups of four teams with the winners of each group booking their place at the finals in Russia.


Bradford moved to within three points of the League One play-off places after a goalless draw at Bury.

Bantams centre-half Reece Burke went closest to breaking the deadlock but his second-half header went just wide.
Home midfielder Danny Pugh forced keeper Ben Williams into a good save, while John O'Sullivan and Andrew Tutte also tested him.
It was the third consecutive 0-0 draw between the two sides, including an FA Cup replay.


David Harsent has won the TS Eliot Prize for poetry at the fifth attempt.

Harsent won the prestigious £20,000 award for his eleventh collection Fire Songs. It was his fifth nomination, dating back to 1998, but he had not previously won.
Chair of the judges Helen Dunmore described Harsent as "a poet for dark and dangerous days".
She added: "Fire Songs plumbs language and emotion with technical brilliance and prophetic power."
This year's other nominees included former winners John Burnside and Michael Longley. The 10 shortlisted authors received £1,500 each.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Eliot's death on 4 January 2015, the prize money for the winner has been increased from £15,000 to £20,000.
Judges Dunmore, Sean Borodale and Fiona Sampson chose the shortlist from 113 books submitted by publishers.
The TS Eliot Prize 2014 shortlist:
Harsent's previous collections include 2005's Legion, which won the Forward Prize for best collection, and 2011's Night, which was shortlisted for the Costa, Forward and TS Eliot Prizes and won the Griffin International Poetry Prize.
He is currently professor of creative writing at the University of Roehampton and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Harsent was presented with his award at a ceremony at the Wallace Collection in London on Monday.
Previous TS Eliot Prize winners include Ted Hughes, George Szirtes, Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, John Burnside, Sharon Olds and Sinead Morrissey.
The TS Eliot Prize was launched in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet. The prize money is donated by the TS Eliot estate.


An 89th-minute Aston Villa goal that put Newcastle United top of the Championship has won a football fan more than £60,000.

In a £10 bet the man, from the Scottish Borders, chose seven league winners.
Jessica Bridge from bookmakers Ladbrokes said accumulator bets "normally come agonisingly close but hit the crossbar in extra time".
"Our customer now has 60,000 reasons to thank Jack Grealish for his vital goal last weekend," she said.
The man, who is in his 50s but did not want to be named, placed the bet before the start of the season.
The sevenfold accumulator - which would only pay out if all the predictions were correct - earned him £60,734.38.
In order for the bet to succeed, Newcastle had to better Brighton and Hove Albion's result on Sunday during the final Championship games of the season.
Grealish's late equaliser against Brighton ensured the bet was a winner, with Newcastle beating Barnsley 3-0.


Tranmere Rovers have agreed new one-year contracts with teenagers Luke Pilling, Evan Gumbs and Mitch Duggan.

Duggan, 19, who can play in defence or midfield, played more than 45 games for non-league sides Marine and Trafford during loan spells last season.
Goalkeeper Pilling, 18, made his Wales Under-19 debut last season, but is yet to feature in Tranmere's first team.
Gumbs, 19, was part of the Salford City team that won promotion to National League North.
"They progressed a lot last season and deserve this chance," Tranmere boss Gary Brabin told the club website.
"They're still young but they're enthusiastic and willing to learn and hopefully they can continue to develop as footballers and help this club."