Flag-waving Portuguese fans throng the town centre, waving their national flags as they celebrate their team becoming Euro 2016 champions.

However, this celebration of Sunday night's surprise victory over hosts France wasn't on the streets of Lisbon, Porto or SetÃºbal.
This party was on the streets of Dungannon, County Tyrone.
Among those who took to the streets was 17-year-old Luciano Joao, who has been living in Dungannon since he was 10.
He watched the game at home, then made his way to the town centre where he estimated about 150 Portugal fans were enjoying the country's first ever European Championship.
"Once the match was over and Portugal got the trophy, we all just went out. I called a couple of friends and went up the town and once I was there, there were already all these people out partying," Luciano said.
"It was just completely different from anything else. Just full of delight really."
He said some local Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland fans joined in the celebrations, as did many members of Dungannon's East Timorese community.
Luciano said that while he was optimistic ahead of the game, Christiano Ronaldo's early exit through injury put serious doubts in his mind.
He also admitted that Portugal's indifferent start to the tournament was not inspiring.
"We didn't start off too well, but we got there in the end," he said.
"It was quite a bit of a surprise though."
The celebrations continuing into the early hours of Monday with some fans not getting to bed until about 05:00 BST.
One fan explained to the BBC why he was having trouble speaking the day after the victory.
"Last night I jumped like crazy, I run like crazy and today my voice is gone," he said.
"But no problem, it'll come back again."
Ulster Unionist councillor Walter Cuddy, who runs a newsagents shop  in the town, said it was great to see the Portuguese celebration.
"There were a lot of men and women going to work early in the morning that called into the shop and they were still on a high, they obviously were celebrating right through the night," he said.
"We probably have representatives from most countries in Europe here - we are an industrial town - but it's great to see people getting on and everybody was pleased for them."


A wedding planner is "absolutely delighted" after winning a charity competition to have lunch with George Clooney when he visits Edinburgh.

Heather McGowan, 32, will join the A-list star at an event being held at a secret location on Thursday.
Clooney is visiting the city after accepting an invitation from the owner of a sandwich shop.
Social Bite helps the homeless by allowing customers to pay for food and drink on their behalf.
It operates a "suspended" coffee and food programme where customers can pay for a hot drink or food for a homeless person.
Josh Littlejohn is the co-founder of the social venture and approached Clooney earlier this year about visiting the not-for-profit chain.
The actor-director agreed and he is expected to meet employees at the Edinburgh shop on 12 November and deliver the keynote address at the Scottish Business Awards, also founded by the entrepreneur.
Ms McGowan, who runs a wedding events company in Glasgow, said she was shocked to discover she had won the competition organised by deals and events site itison to raise funds for Social Bite and the humanitarian charity Not On Our Watch, which was co-founded by Clooney,
"I'm a big George Clooney fan and love the Oceans films so I'm absolutely delighted, and still a bit in shock, to have won itison's competition," she said.
"I'm looking forward to hearing about his involvement in Social Bite and the work of his charity, Not On Our Watch. And being in the wedding business, I'm also really interested to find out how involved he was in planning his wedding to Amal."
Last month, Social Bite launched what is thought to be the first "selfless" loyalty card which lets customers help feed the homeless. It works by saving up loyalty points to buy a homeless person a free meal and hot drink after 10 visits to the cafe.
It previously gave out more traditional loyalty cards where after five visits customers would get a free coffee and after 10 a half-price lunch, but the company decided to reinvent the system when regulars started to refuse their rewards and ask for the food and drink to be donated to the homeless.
Social Bite gives 100% of profits to charities and currently has cafes in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. A quarter of its workforce at its five shops is formerly homeless.
Mr Littlejohn said: "It's incredibly exciting to be bringing one of the world's biggest stars to Edinburgh and the team at Social Bite is buzzing ahead of his visit.
"For many of our team who until recently lived on the streets, this is a really amazing thing to look forward to."


The former national head of counter terrorism is to lead an inquiry into 25 Birmingham schools over allegations of a hard-line Islamist takeover plot.

But the appointment of Peter Clarke, an ex-deputy assistant commissioner of the Met, was described as "desperately unfortunate" by the chief constable of West Midlands Police, Chris Sims.
The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed Mr Clarke to review evidence.
Birmingham City Council said it had more than 200 reports over its inquiry.
Mr Sims added: "Peter Clarke has many qualities but people will inevitably draw unwarranted conclusions from his former role as National Co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism."
Mr Clarke's background includes leading the investigation into the London 7 July bombings, in 2005.
The city council's Labour leader, Sir Albert Bore, said: "He [Mr Clarke] will have to build relationship with the community, the community of Birmingham, the Muslim community of Birmingham.
"And coming with a background which is that of counter-terrorism doesn't make for a good starting point.
"I think many of the community in Birmingham would not want an investigation to be conducted along those lines because they do not believe that the activities in the schools are the starting point for terrorism in the city."
Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, also questioned the appointment.
"It's the perception that it gives to people across the country - that this is an issue of terrorism, not about structures and how schools work," he said. "And that would be detrimental to the Muslim community, not just in Birmingham, but across the whole country."
The so-called "Operation Trojan Horse" letter, which came to light in March, purported to outline a template on how schools could be pushed into adopting more Islamic cultures.
Apparently written by someone in Birmingham to a contact in Bradford last year, the undated and unsigned document proposed a co-ordinated effort of installing governors and replacing staff - including head teachers - who were unsympathetic to Muslim doctrines.
It claimed the tactics had been successfully deployed at several schools in Birmingham.
Mr Clarke, who has been appointed education commissioner, is due to report back with his findings in the summer and his remit will cover local council-run primary and secondary schools as well as academies.
Explaining the appointment, Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "I have already asked Ofsted to inspect a number of schools of concern and these investigations are ongoing.
"But wider, more comprehensive action is needed.
"These allegations need either to be substantiated and firm action taken, or to be shown to be baseless.
"We cannot allow uncertainty for parents or pupils to persist."
A DfE spokeswoman said Peter Clarke's background made him "exactly the right appointment for this important job" and that he had worked for many years with diverse communities.
"He has long experience of leading sensitive investigations, and has earned a reputation for thoroughness, integrity and independence," she added.
But Bob Jones, the elected West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, said: "My main concern is that the Secretary of State is attempting to divert attention away from the governance and diversity issues that might be embarrassing to his policies and approach to school governance."
The DfE said Mr Clarke would be responsible for analysing "evidence of extremist infiltration in both academies and council-run schools".
By Phil MackieNews Correspondent
The alleged Trojan Horse plot is about claims a small group of Muslims, with strongly held religious beliefs, had co-ordinated takeovers at schools in Birmingham in order to impose a more Islamic style of teaching.
The plot, if it exists, was not about a Muslim takeover of schools, but about one particular group trying to enforce its views upon others, in areas where the Muslim population is greater than 90%.
Until Tuesday, the various investigations were about education, governance and teaching methods.
The latest DfE statement on the issue uses words like "Islamist" and "extremist".
There is a danger such language could inflame sentiment within a population which already feels isolated and victimised.
The authorities in Birmingham have prided themselves on working successfully and closely with the Muslim community, and fear that if there is a heavy-handed intervention from London it might have a detrimental effect.
'Trojan Horse' inquiries explained
The department said Mr Clarke would be accountable to Mr Gove and would work closely with the city council, which has appointed former head teacher Ian Kershaw as its own chief advisor for the inquiry.
Norman Smith, the BBC's chief political correspondent, said government sources had denied Mr Clarke's appointment was evidence of a possible terrorist link.
He added sources said Mr Clarke had been appointed because he was a "top policeman who will get to the bottom of what has been going on".
The council's investigation, running in parallel to the DfE's inquiry, is due to initially report back in May.
Ofsted has been sent in to inspect 15 Birmingham schools in recent weeks, after the Trojan Horse allegations first broke.
The Society Of Local Authority Chief Executives said the involvement of so many bodies in multiple investigations "demonstrated the confusion caused by recent reforms and highlighted the need for clearer lines of responsibility".
With the spread of academies, free schools and others outside of the local authority's control, the society said the accountability system for schools in England was "broken and in need of urgent review".
Since the Trojan Horse letter surfaced, a number of school staff have come forward to make various allegations.
These include claims of boys and girls being segregated in classrooms and assemblies, sex education being banned and non-Muslim staff bullied.
Park View Education Trust, which was implicated in the original document, has rejected claims of a takeover.
Its chairman Tahir Alam said it was facing a "witch hunt" based on "all sorts of false allegations" and an internal investigation had found no evidence to substantiate the claims.


A war memorial which has been littered with mistakes since it was created in 1989 may cost £10,000 to fix, a council has said.

Names of men killed in both world wars may have been left off or wrongly added to the monument, in Bodmin, Cornwall.
A local historian alerted the local council to the errors, which include incorrect spellings and wrong initials.
Mayor Lance Kennedy said "serious research" was needed to establish the extent of the problem.
It is understood errors were made during the process of transferring the names of those killed from memorial plaques around Bodmin to a new monument.
A tape recorder, which was used to list the names, is believed to be behind a number of the mistakes.
Ann Hicks, chairman of the Cornwall Family History Society, said: "They are dishonouring the dead of Cornwall."
Mr Kennedy said there were "undoubtedly" mistakes which could include both names missed off and names wrongly etched on.
The work to research the names and amend the panels would cost the tax payer around £10,000 and could take as long at 18 months to complete, he added.
"This must be done, and it's got to be done right."


More time has been granted to question a man held on suspicion of terrorism offences.

The 34-year-old, who was detained on Wednesday in Birmingham, can be kept in police custody until the evening of 23 November.
He was arrested on suspicion of "the commission, preparation and instigation" of acts of terrorism under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
A search of a property in the city has been completed.
West Midlands Police said the arrest was planned and intelligence-led and there was no threat to the public's safety.


Five Yorkshire vicars are preparing for a five-day motorbike "pilgrimage" from Yorkshire to Iona off the west coast of Scotland.

All are members of the Diocese of West Yorkshire and Dales Motorcycle Club, formed for clergy and lay motorcyclists.
Ten bikes will start the trip on Monday from Leyburn in North Yorkshire.
Reverend Michael Hepper from St Matthew's in Leyburn said it would be a "very different kind of retreat".
The 725-mile round trip will begin with a 200-mile ride to Barnard Castle, over the moors to Hexham and through the Kielder Forest to Jedburgh and Edinburgh.
The riders will continue to Fionnphort on the west coast of Scotland via the Trossachs and the Isle of Mull.
The "pilgrimage" ends on the island of Iona, known as "the cradle of Christianity" because St Columba is said to have landed there by coracle from Ireland in AD563, bringing the Gospel.
Mr Hepper said the trip would be "a spiritual experience and an adventure".
Reverend Neal Lefroy-Owen, of St Hilda's, Halifax and St John's, Warley, said: "It's great to be able to share my love of riding with fellow Christians from the new diocese and to get to know them better."
Reverend Canon Stephen Kelly - area dean of Wakefield and priest in charge of Woolley and West Bretton, Reverend Canon Paul Tudge of Farsley near Pudsey, and Reverend Vic Iwanuschak, Incumbent of All Saints Pontefract will also take part in the pilgrimage ride.
Five lay riders and four pillion passengers will accompany them.


Big news for Bake Off 2015 winner Nadiya Hussain - she's going to co-host a new food series with Strictly's It Takes Two presenter Zoe Ball.

The Big Family Cooking Showdown will see 16 families cook their fave family recipes and compete against each other in a series of challenges.
There will be 12 hour-long episodes on BBC Two later this year.
But this isn't the first time Nadiya's been on TV since Bake Off...
While she's presenting on her new show, you might have seen her as a judge - on CBBC's Junior Bake Off!
She judged the junior bakers alongside chef and food writer Allegra McEvedy. The series was won by vlogger Nikki.
The baker has also been on her own show called The Chronicles of Nadiya.
In the two-part programme Nadiya travelled to Bangladesh, the country where her family is from. She got to explore different recipes and visit places she'd never been to before.
In April 2016, Nadiya baked for Her Majesty the Queen.
She said she thought it was a joke when she was asked by Buckingham Palace to make the Queen's 90th birthday cake!
And she's also been busy writing.
Nadiya popped in to Newsround to tell us about Bake Me a Story, her book that brings together baking and reading stories.


A man with 42 points on his licence has been allowed to continue driving.

Alex McFarlane, 50, of Wood Green, Basildon, Essex, admitted seven offences, including one related to driving at 109mph in a 50mph area, Essex Police said.
A court heard he had had a nervous breakdown resulting in debts which he could not repay if unable to drive.
The law states drivers with more than 12 points on a licence within a three-year period can face disqualification.
Construction manager McFarlane initially denied seven counts of failing to give information in relation to driving offences when questioned by police.
He later changed his plea to guilty, and he was given six points for each of the counts.
His six speeding offences also included driving at 32mph in a 20mph zone, Essex Police said. The seventh offence involved going through a red light.
The offences took place between June and August 2014.
Southend magistrates agreed not to ban McFarlane from driving after he claimed mitigating circumstances including "exceptional hardship" due to loss of income.
Magistrates heard he had had a nervous breakdown since the incidents, during which time he had built up considerable debts.
He told the court he would lose both his home and his job, and be unable to pay his debts if he lost his licence.
McFarlane was given 42 points on his licence and fined Â£150 for each offence.
He was warned if caught speeding again he would automatically be disqualified from driving, Essex Police said.


When I said hello to Rupert Murdoch outside the Manhattan headquarters of his media empire last month, he told me he was "not worried at all" about Ofcom.

It turns out his confidence was misplaced, but not for reasons that are simple, or were widely predicted.
As Karen Bradley said in Parliament today, the advice she received from Ofcom was that despite massive corporate failure at Fox News, there was no good reason for doubting the commitment to excellent broadcasting standards of the future, fully Murdoch-owned Sky.
The regulator also said the Murdochs were indeed fit and proper holders of a broadcasting licence. The grounds on which Ofcom came to this view were that senior executives at Fox were unaware of the alleged rampant sexual and racial harassment by their biggest on-screen star (Bill O'Reilly) and Fox News' omnipotent late CEO, Roger Ailes, until 2016.
Given the alleged rampant harassment has been taking place since the early 2000s - though not a single case has yet been proven - this assertion by Ofcom opens up a very juicy possibility: if anyone can produce evidence that the Murdochs were informed about such behaviour before 2016, then Ofcom will have to review their thinking on the fit and proper tests.
Journalists on both sides of the Atlantic have now begun searching for this evidence.
Douglas Wigdor, the lawyer who is leading the charge against Fox News in Manhattan, told me this afternoon: "In its bid to salvage the merger, Fox has represented to Ofcom that no executive director was aware of any allegations of sexual and racial harassment at Fox News prior to July 2016.  I can assure you that the veracity of that statement will be probed in our current litigations."
Ofcom raised concerns about media plurality, saying that "public interest concerns" about excessive concentration of power justified moving to Phase 2 of this regulatory process.
But here we come to a curiosity about this case. Fox approached Ofcom to suggest behavioural remedies for these concerns. Basically they made suggestions about guaranteeing editorial independence and investment. These were enough to satisfy Ofcom, who said, according to Mrs Bradley, they were enough to "mitigate" the serious concerns about plurality - but that they could be strengthened.
If you study what Mrs Bradley said in parliament, she puts a great deal of weight behind Ofcom's view that these remedies suggested by Fox could be strengthened.
So for Ofcom, what Fox suggests on editorial independence and investment is enough to mitigate concerns about media plurality.
Whereas for Mrs Bradley, these proposals aren't enough.
In short, Mrs Bradley defers to Ofcom on most of what they say, but on the crucial matter of media plurality, where they are satisfied but think more can be done, she finds reason to delay this process by many months.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will have at least 24 weeks to look into this matter - so long as there is no change to the government's position, following submissions to Mrs Bradley from the relevant parties by 14 July.
If the CMA come to the same conclusions as Ofcom about media plurality, the ball will be back in Mrs Bradley's court. So there could be a weird circularity about this whole process.
At every stage of this bid, the Secretary of State, who is acting in a quasi-judicial capacity, has taken the cautious path and deferred to other bodies. This has the effect of politicising - even though they would resist the term - Ofcom and its chief executive, Sharon White.
The name Murdoch is so synonymous with controversy that whatever Mrs Bradley's decision, and Ofcom's judgement, there would be anger.
The truth is Rupert Murdoch and his newspapers aren't nearly as powerful in Britain as they used to be. Though their papers have an online presence, Westminster is often pathetically lethargic when it comes to political opinion online. And in any case, digital publications such as Mail Online will never, I suspect, have the influence of print ancestors such as the Daily Mail. This applies to the Murdoch titles too.
Moreover, the media world has changed beyond recognition in just a few years. Netflix will invest $6bn in content this year. Amazon are reinventing original production by the minute. I hear constant whispers that Facebook are going to follow Twitter into live sports.
This massive disruption, rather than political influence, is driving James Murdoch's zeal for full ownership of Sky. It's about those who own the pipes and those who tell the stories becoming one and the same. It's the marriage of distribution and content, in the parlance, that I've been banging on about on this page.
When competition for eyeballs is so intense, he wants total control of the access to Sky's 22 million customers, particularly in the under-nourished markets of Germany and Italy.
The other story at Fox News which seems to have been neglected is that their ratings aren't what they used to be, and no wonder, given the departure of not just Mr O'Reilly but the brilliant Megyn Kelly.
Together with the flight of advertisers online, this ratings pressure threatens to reduce profits at Fox News - which means that the Murdochs need to sweat their other assets, such as Sky. Hence this bid.
A major worry for this still extraordinarily powerful family is that a new civil trial into phone hacking claims at The Sun is due to start in October. Fox had wanted to complete the takeover by the end of this year, to trigger a 10p-a-share special dividend.
That now looks unlikely. For the Murdochs, this second attempt to acquire full control of a broadcaster they have done so much to build is proving to be as big a headache as the first.
At some point, a politician will have to take a view on whether the Murdochs are too powerful. Given the current mood in Westminster, that's a tough call that Mrs Bradley - and the prime minister - feel they could do without.
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The story of two Australians who conned their way into a North Korean golf tournament by posing as world-class players has been widely reported.

College friends Morgan Ruig and Evan Shay, both 28, told Australian media they pretended to be national players to  get into the game.
News sites around the world, including the BBC, picked this.
But it has since emerged they most likely simply joined an organised tour, which included a golf tournament.
"We were very nervous handing our passports over at the border. There are stories of people not coming home," Mr Ruig had told the Courier-Mail newspaper on Thursday.
He said they were chaperoned throughout their five-day trip which included a tour of the capital, where they placed a bouquet at a monument to the country's leaders.
They performed badly, Mr Ruig said, prompting his caddy to say he had "bought great shame to my family".
Mr Ruig also told Yahoo Sport that officials "thought it was quite funny", and that they had no problems leaving the country afterwards.
"I wouldn't recommend it to a light-hearted traveller. It was pretty hardcore but it was an amazing experience."
But it has since emerged that the men simply joined a two-day "DPRK Amateur Golf Open" organised by a UK-based travel company Lupine Travel.
The event they entered is advertised as being "open to all amateur golfers" except South Korean passport holders, and costs between £749 ($930) and £1,349, not including club hire and tips.
Golf magazine quoted Dylan Harris from Lupine Travel as saying the men had never pretended to be professional golfers, but when some North Koreans asked if they were, "they just decided to go along with it".
"They didn't prank the North Koreans. They pretty much just pranked the media," Mr Harris said.
Mr Ruig and Mr Shay did not respond to the BBC's requests for comment on Thursday, nor did Lupine Travel.


An unidentified body found buried in a shallow grave 46 years ago could be that of a missing man from north Wales.

The murdered man, found near the banks of the River Trent in Staffordshire in 1971, could be John Henry Jones from Trevor in Wrexham, police have said.
The man's body was found naked with his hands and feet tied. Now his face has been reconstructed using the latest medical and digital techniques.
The name came to light after a dental expert reviewed missing person records.
Mr Jones, 27, went missing in 1970.
He was born on 30 April 1943 and lived in George Avenue in the village that lies between Llangollen and Wrexham.
Police want to speak to anyone who knew knew him.
Officers who investigated at the time, believed the man, who was found wearing nothing but a pair of pink socks and a wedding ring, had been murdered.
The make-shift grave was discovered in Burton-on-Trent by an off-duty police officer. The body had been there for between 12 and 18 months.
Retired Det Ch Insp Peter Hough who was in charge of the investigation said: "I personally hadn't come across anything like it because of the local attention it received.
"The town was a buzz. Still people ask about it."
He said despite "every effort" being made to identify the body, missing persons, dental and fingerprint records failed to reveal who he was and the police were unable to determine how he was killed.
"It's never been out of my mind after all these years but I'm still optimistic," he said.
Now, in a final attempt to identify him, Prof Caroline Wilkinson, from Facelab at Liverpool John Moores University, has created an image of his face.
She said: "This is as accurate as we can get in terms of a depiction."
The method has been tested on living people and about 70% of the reconstructed face should be accurate to less than 2mm.
The facial image was broadcast on BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow in the hope someone will recognise him.


Head coach Denis Betts is not worried about Widnes' recent form despite four consecutive Super League defeats.

The Vikings led the table after winning six of their first seven games but slipped from the top after losing to Warrington on 25 March.
Betts' side currently lie in fifth place in the table and face league leaders Warrington again on Friday.
"I don't see our form being that bad, we've just lost some games," Betts told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"We've lost some momentum to look at the table, but internally we're still doing some good things."
After conceding 108 points in their opening seven matches, Widnes' fortunes have changed of late, with the Vikings conceding 103 points in their last four games.
"It's about doing the little things well, keeping the confidence high and doing the things we did at the beginning of the year with the same kind of determination," he added.
"We know we've got to get moving back in the league but Warrington are saying the same thing and there are guys who are fighting to get some momentum in their league positions."


Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles will not be awarded to any other riders, the International Cycling Union has announced.

Armstrong was stripped of his yellow jerseys for doping by cycling's governing body on Monday.
"The management committee decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events," said a UCI statement.
American Armstrong crossed the line first every year between 1999 and 2005.
The UCI acknowledged that "a cloud of suspicion would remain hanging over this dark period - but that while this might appear harsh for those who rode clean, they would understand there was little honour to be gained in reallocating places".
The body has also ordered Armstrong and others to pay back all prize money from this period, and has commissioned an independent investigation into the whole Armstrong affair. Pending the results of the report, defamation proceedings against Paul Kimmage, a former cyclist and Sunday Times journalist, have been suspended.
The statement added: "The committee agreed that part of the independent commission's remit would be to find ways to ensure that persons caught for doping were no longer able to take part in the sport, including as part of an entourage."
Armstrong, 41, and his United States Postal Service team ran "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen", a 1,000-page United States Anti-Doping Agency report concluded.
In the report, it was also claimed that Armstrong paid the UCI $100,000 (£62,300) for the fight against anti-doping.
Floyd Landis, a former colleague of Armstrong's who now admits to using drugs, claims this was hush money to cover up a positive test for the banned substance EPO that was collected from Armstrong during his victory at the Tour of Switzerland in 2001.
The UCI admitted it received money from Armstrong in 2002, but said in 2010 that this was not part of a cover-up.
BBC Sport understands that at Friday's UCI management committee hearing there was an attempt by more than one member to force honorary president Hein Verbruggen to resign, but it did not gain enough support and failed.
Verbruggen and president Pat McQuaid, who has been asked to resign in an open letter by America's three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, have come under intense pressure to stand aside in the wake of the Armstrong scandal. There was no attempt to get McQuaid to quit.
McQuaid said the governing body are "determined to turn around this painful episode in the history of our sport".
"We will take whatever actions are deemed necessary by the independent commission and we will put cycling back on track," said McQuaid.
"Today, cycling is a completely different sport from what it was in the period 1998-2005.
"Riders are now subject to the most innovative and effective anti-doping procedures and regulations in sport.
"Nevertheless, we have listened to the world's reaction to the Lance Armstrong affair and have taken these additional decisive steps in response to the grave concerns raised."
World anti-doping body Wada said it backed the UCI's decision to create an independent review commission.
British Cycling president Brian Cookson said: "The UCI has taken another worthwhile step in its response to the Usada investigation into Lance Armstrong.
"I can assure everyone that my UCI management committee colleagues and I are unanimous in our determination that this independent commission will just be the start of the process and nothing will be off the agenda.
"Cycling must and will learn the lessons of the Armstrong era."


Three men have been charged as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation and abuse in Rotherham.

Asghar Bostan, 47, of East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, is accused of raping a female.
Mohammed Yasin, 36, of Lilycroft Road, Bradford, and Qaiser Iqbal, 35, of Bingley Road, Bradford, are charged with two other offences.
The crimes are alleged to have taken place in the town between 2003 and 2006, the National Crime Agency said.
All three are due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 21 June.
Mr Yasin and Mr Iqbal both face charges of taking a child away from a responsible person and intentionally arranging or facilitating the travel of a female for the purposes of sexual abuse.
The men have been charged under the agency's Operation Stovewood, which has 63 suspects on its list.
A total of 15 men have been arrested, of which six have been charged.


A man who died after falling headfirst into a drain had been trying to retrieve something while high on drugs, an inquest has heard.

Adrian Carpenter, 25, of Nantlle, Gwynedd, fell in while walking home from a friend's in Talysarn on 6 June.
A Caernarfon inquest heard he had taken enough heroin, cocaine and diazepam to kill someone not used to them.
He died of asphyxiation caused by drowning. The coroner recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
Mr Carpenter's friend Geynfor Jones told the inquest he had tried to convince him to stay at his house as he had fallen asleep in the road the previous evening.
But the gardener insisted on leaving and had only gone a few yards before lifting a heavy storm drain cover and reaching in head first.
His body was found when a team of refuse collectors spotted his legs sticking out of the drain the next morning.
PC Alexander Higgins said nothing was found when the fire service pumped out the drain, but he believed Mr Carpenter had dropped an item too small to detect.
Senior coroner for north west Wales, Dewi Pritchard Jones, said the circumstances were something he had never come across before.
"He was trying to get at something in that drain. What he was trying to get, we can't say," he said.
"Once he got to a certain point he slid in and there was no way out."


Brazilian media are analysing reports that President Dilma Rousseff has offered her predecessor in office, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a post in the cabinet.

Many comment on the fact that taking a job as a minister could shield Lula from prosecution on recently filed money laundering charges.
Under Brazilian law, cabinet members can only be investigated, charged and tried by the Supreme Court.
A federal judge would therefore not be able to touch Lula should he decide to hear the case.
Right-leaning magazine Veja reflects this in its headline: "To save Lula from (Judge Sergio) Moro, Dilma's government is on the verge of announcing a super-ministry for the former president".
But centre-right newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo does not think a cabinet post would necessarily protect Lula, pointing out he could still be tried by the Supreme Court.
In its article it quotes Supreme Court Justice Marco Aurelio Mello, who said that there were no guarantees that the Supreme Court would be "benevolent" towards Lula.
Right-leaning O Globo says that Lula's greatest challenge will be to convince the public that he is not just accepting a cabinet post to avoid possible prosecution by Judge Moro.
Daily newspaper Correio Braziliense argues that having Lula in her cabinet would benefit President Rousseff, who is facing moves to impeach her over allegations she manipulated Brazil's account books to hide a growing deficit.
Its headline reads: "Lula is the last chance for President Dilma to escape impeachment".
It argues that Lula could use his influence with members of Congress to get enough of them to vote against impeachment.
Centre-right newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo thinks that Lula will drive a hard bargain and demand guarantees that the government's economic policy will change before he accepts a cabinet post.
Brazilians have been expressing their views on Twitter. Several hashtags have emerged reflecting the deep divisions among them.
The most popular have been #LulaMinistro (Lula Minister), #ForaDilma ("Dilma Out") and, in reference to Judge Moro, #Somostodosmoro (We are all Moro).
Twitter user Roberto Silveira (@btpsilveira) welcomed reports of Lula's possible new post, alluding to what some see as a right-wing campaign against the former leader: "#LulaMinistro because we have to respond intelligently to brutality and fascism".
Guily (@guibomeny), on the other hand, was critical of the planned move to make Lula a minister.
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David Cameron has mounted a robust defence of his government's green policies, saying claims it is "backsliding" are "utter nonsense".

The prime minister said that "on any reasonable assessment", the government is meeting its carbon reduction and sustainability targets.
He also defended a decision to scrap a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project promised in the Tory manifesto.
He was being quizzed by MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee.
Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davis said everyone from the CBI to accountants Ernst and Young had highlighted how the government was falling behind in this area.
But the prime minister cited research suggesting the UK is second only to Denmark in terms of meeting its commitments.
He said the UK's offshore wind market was the largest in the world and 97% of the solar panels in the UK had been installed since he became PM in 2010.
The SNP's Angus MacNeil asked how the government's domestic energy policies would contribute to the worldwide climate agreement.
Mr Cameron said carbon emissions had fallen by 15% since 2010, funding for low carbon energy was being doubled and the UK was the first industrialised country to phase out coal-fired power stations.
"We have been good to doing what we said we would", he said, adding that his government had a "very good record to speak of".
Mr MacNeil then brought up the decision to abandon carbon capture and storage development projects, saying "one hand of government didn't know what the other was doing".
The PM said it was a collective decision taken by the cabinet, arguing that CCS was not as cost-effective as other technologies and the Â£1bn earmarked for the schemes could be better spent on flood defences and schools.
He had previously said CCS was "absolutely crucial" for the UK, so the decision to scrap a Â£1bn competition for a large-scale trial was criticised by the MPs.
CCS is the "Holy Grail" of the fossil fuel industry, the BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says.
If it can be made to work economically at industrial scale, it will capture the emissions from power stations that heat the climate, and bury them deep underground.
That would allow coal and gas to be burned in the low-carbon future deemed essential by all governments at the climate summit in Paris.


Former Rangers player Chris Hegarty has signed a two-year contract with his home town club Dungannon Swifts after a successful loan period from Linfield.

The 23-year-old arrived at Stangmore Park and helped the Swifts climb clear of relegation danger and finish in seventh place in the Irish Premiership.
The central defender had been at Linfield since May 2014.
"Dungannon are my club and I wanted to do well for them when I came here on loan," Hegarty told the club's website.
"I felt we were in a false position in the table.
"I wanted to get us to where we should be and I think I helped do that."
Meanwhile, Dungannon have announced that striker Gary Liggett has not been offered a new contract by Head Coach Rodney McAree.


Two Met Police officers have been placed on restricted duties after social media footage appeared to show a member of the force attacking a car.

The force confirmed a formal complaint was received in relation to the incident in Camden, north London, on Friday.
One officer was filmed striking a car windscreen when the driver refused to get out of the vehicle.
The driver, stopped in a case of mistaken identity, was not arrested.
A Met Police statement released earlier said: "The footage continues to be subject to an investigation by officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) and the driver of the car has been spoken to by these officers.
"The officers involved in the incident have been identified and have been placed on restricted duties."
The incident took place at 17:00 BST on Friday and was circulated on social media on Saturday.
Leon Fontana, 25, told the Press Association he was the driver and the person who filmed the footage.
The police statement added: "Although the investigation is in its early stages, it has been established that the officers stopped the vehicle based on information relating to a man who is of interest to police.
"On conclusion of the incident, the officers identified that the driver was not the man in question and he was not arrested."
The footage showed a man in police uniform pulling at a partially-opened driver's side window, repeatedly telling the driver "get out of the car".
He ordered the driver to get out of the car one more time before saying "you're not allowed to drive it".
When the driver continued to refuse to leave the vehicle the officer hit the driver's side window with what appeared to be a baton.
Meanwhile, a voice from inside the car said: "I've got a licence. I've got a licence. I've got insurance. You're smashing this for no reason."
The officer could then be seen striking the windscreen, shattering the glass before he sliced around the damaged area with what looked like a cutting tool.


Two men have gone on trial charged with shooting dead a man as he sat in a car at traffic lights in Sheffield.

Asif Yousaf, 33, and Jama Ahmed, 26, are accused of murdering 22-year-old Jordan Thomas on 21 December.
Mr Thomas was shot twice in the chest by a lone gunman as he sat in the car on Derek Dooley Way. The driver of the car, Neshaun Ferguson, was also shot.
Mr Yousaf and Mr Ahmed, both from Sheffield, deny charges of murder and attempted murder.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Mr Thomas had been travelling in a silver Ford Mondeo with 28-year-old Mr Ferguson when they were attacked at about 22:15 GMT.
Prosecutor Bryan Cox QC said a burgundy Mitsubishi Shogun had pulled up next to their car and a man had got out and fired three shots into the vehicle before fleeing.
Mr Thomas died as a result of his injuries.
He told the jury that on the day of the killing, Mr Ahmed had travelled to the Birley Spa Lane area of Sheffield to purchase the Mitsubishi Shogun allegedly used in the killing.
He said Mr Ahmed had then made a call to Mr Yousaf at about 21:38.
The court heard that two days before the attack, Mr Thomas and Mr Ahmed had been involved in an altercation between two groups outside the Forward nightclub in Charter Square, Sheffield, after which shots were said to have been fired.
Mr Cox said the incident was linked to an ongoing feud between the groups.
Mr Yousaf's parents, Mohammed Yousaf, 61, and Tazeem Bi, 57, both from Sheffield, are also standing trial accused of perverting the course of justice.
It is alleged they told police their son was at home at the time of the shooting.
The trial continues.


Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart.

One person was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday, which involved fraternity members.
Later that morning a shooting at a student complex near Texas Southern University left one person dead.
The attacks came as President Barack Obama visited families of victims of a college shooting in Oregon.
On arriving in Oregon, he was jeered by gun-rights activists who oppose calls he made for tougher gun laws after nine people were killed at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, last week.
After a private meeting with families, Mr Obama said he had "strong feelings" about gun control, adding: "We are going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place."
On the edge of this little American timber town, a few hundred protesters gathered to tell their president he was not welcome. Many were openly carrying handguns to hammer home their message.
The demonstrators blamed the massacre here last week on two things: a failure to treat mental health problems and the designation of Umpqua Community College as a gun-free zone.
Many of those we spoke to said they had travelled to Roseburg from elsewhere in Oregon to make their voices heard.
They had no shortage of complaints. Mr Obama wanted to take away their guns, they said. He was interfering in state business. He favoured "Muslim immigration".
Several signs said he should go home "to Kenya". One proclaimed "Christian Lives Matter", an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter campaign against police brutality.
The hostility to the Democratic president here in Republican rural Oregon was not just political, it was personal.
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In Arizona, police named the gunman there as Steven Jones, an 18-year-old first year student at Northern Arizona University.
Mr Jones has been charged with first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault.
The four victims are members of Delta Chi fraternity, but Mr Jones is not.
Mr Jones told police he was approached by a group of men and assaulted. He fled, retrieved a gun from his car and opened fire when the men caught up with him, Arizona police said. Witnesses told police that the victims were unarmed.
The university has identified the student who died as Colin Brough and said the three students who were wounded are being treated in hospital.
The second shooting in Texas happened later on Friday morning at the University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus.
One student was killed, the university confirmed, and another person was wounded. Two people have been detained as suspects and a third is still at large, said Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva.
In Arizona, the university president expressed shock at the tragedy. "This is not going to be a normal day at NAU," said Rita Cheng. "Our hearts are heavy."
Representatives from the Delta Chi fraternity's national organisation said its members were involved in the confrontation.
Maria Gonzalez, a student at Northern Arizona University, said that she initially thought that she was hearing fireworks.
"I was studying for an exam so I looked out the window and see two people running, and that's when I realised they weren't fireworks they were actually gunshots," she said.
"How am I supposed to feel safe where I'm learning?"
The Mountain View Hall dormitory where the shooting took place houses the "majority" of students participating in fraternities and sororities, according to the  school website.
Arizona law prohibits guns from being carried on campus, but they are permitted inside of a locked vehicle.
Arizona Senator John McCain released a statement to say that he is praying for all those "impacted by this terrible tragedy".


A private funeral is to be held for Bailey Gwynne, who died after being stabbed at his Aberdeen school.

Bailey, 16, died following the incident at Cults Academy on 28 October.
A 16-year-old boy - who cannot be named for legal reasons - has been charged with murder.
A newspaper noticed stated: "Following the sad loss of Bailey, a private funeral will be held. Bailey's family would like to thank the community for their kindness and support."
The accused, who was remanded after appearing in private at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, is also charged with having a blade or point on school premises.


A Rangers fan has been jailed for four months for his part in a pitch invasion at the end of the Scottish Cup final.

Season ticket holder David MacDonald, 50, admitted making his way on to the Hampden pitch after the final whistle.
He gesticulated at Hibs fans after the Edinburgh club's 3-2 win and tried to start a fight with one of them, before he himself was knocked to the ground.
MacDonald, from Glasgow, who has 20 previous convictions, was also handed an 18-month football banning order.
Jailing him at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff Aisha Anwar told MacDonald: "Your conduct on 21 May, however you may choose to justify it, was deplorable.
"The shameful images of what occurred during the football match were replayed across the world."
The court heard that MacDonald attempted to hit a Hibs fan before being punched to the ground, cutting his head and becoming unconscious before being helped by a first aider.
MacDonald was later traced to his home in the city's Royston area and arrested by police weeks after the game.
Meanwhile, police have arrested five more people in connection with the cup final disorder, bringing the total number of arrests to 55.
Those detained during an operation on Thursday were a 17-year-old male, a 22-year-old man, two 35-year-old men and a 15-year-old girl.


The Royal Bolton Hospital is no longer under "major incident" status, but all non-urgent operations have been cancelled on Wednesday.

The hospital was one of several across the country that declared major incidents throughout Tuesday.
Moves to ease the situation included taking clinical staff off non-urgent work to help, and arranging additional transport for those being discharged.
The hospital trust said there remained "a lot of pressure" on its services.
A spokeswoman said its major incident status was de-escalated at 20:00 GMT on Tuesday, but non-urgent surgery on Wednesday would be rescheduled.
On Tuesday, 53 people in the hospital's A&E department were seeking treatment at 13:00 GMT - 15 of whom were waiting for a bed.
Some patients faced almost a 12-hour wait for a bed after the decision to admit them.
"Any occurrence that presents serious threat to the health of the community, disruption to the service or causes (or is likely to cause) such numbers or types of casualties as to require special arrangements to be implemented by hospitals, ambulance trusts or other acute or community provider organisations."
Source: NHS England Commissioning Board


Liverpool's pursuit of Daniel Sturridge ended after the Chelsea forward made it clear he was only interested in a permanent move.

Negotiations between the clubs had begun late on Thursday night, just hours after Liverpool allowed  on loan.
Chelsea were open to allowing the 22-year-old to leave on loan, but the player himself wanted a permanent move.
Liverpool's Charlie Adam has joined Stoke for £5m on Friday.
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Meanwhile, midfielder Jay Spearing has left Anfield to join Bolton on a six-month loan deal, having undergone a medical at the Reebok Stadium.
Sturridge remained with the Chelsea squad in Monaco for Friday evening's European Super Cup against Atletico Madrid.


Noel Biderman sounds like your run-of-the-mill technology chief executive: he peppers his speech with words like "disruption" and of course, his start-up is not just a business, but a vehicle for "societal impact".

"I am making it easier for women to catch up to men," he says of AshleyMadison.com, the website he founded in 2001.
The catch, of course, is that Ashley Madison is the website for cheating spouses, with the unsubtle tagline, "Life is short. Have an affair."
And Mr Biderman, a former sports lawyer who says he was often forced to deal with the aftermath of his clients' affairs, says he is helping women catch up to men not by giving them equal pay or more education, but by allowing them to cheat with just as much frequency as men do.
"There's a lot of brick and mortar business from brothels to escort agencies that cater towards men, so I really wanted to focus on the female side of the equation," he says.
That's why he named the site Ashley Madison, after the two most popular baby girl names in the United States at the time.
Whatever your view on that equality proposition is, his bet that cheating could be profitable seems correct: the company, which lets women use it for free, but charges men fees to create profiles and send messages, notched $150m (Â£95m) in revenues in 2014, all from subscriptions.
But the big question now, as the firm attempts to raise $200m in a public share sale in London - which would value it at nearly $1bn - is whether or not anyone will be willing to publicly invest in infidelity.
This isn't the first time Mr Biderman and Avid Life Media - Ashley Madison's parent company, which also runs the websites CougarLife.com, EstablishedMen.com, and TheBigandtheBeautiful.com - have sought a public share sale.
In 2011, the company attempted to list in its home city of Toronto, but was ultimately forced to withdraw its offering when the Toronto Stock Exchange and investors baulked at the proposition.
Mr Biderman chalks the failure up to squeamishness and timing. The site, which is now in 46 countries and has 30 million global members, was only in the US and Canada then.
He thinks London is a better bet because the city is more comfortable with "sin or controversial businesses".
"Business for the most part should have one goal in society - investor return. They're not there for social endeavours," he says.
In other words, European investors might be willing to overlook a few things if the top line figures look good.
And there is some data to back up his pure profits-focused pitch. A recent study by three London Business School economists found that investments in tobacco or adult entertainment business often have higher returns, possibly because other investors shun them and artificially lower their prices.
Another study found that an investment in a "sin stock" portfolio can lead to annual returns of nearly 19%.
But Mr Biderman acknowledges that public attitudes towards infidelity could still lead the firm to abort its effort.
"I think unfortunately the morality of infidelity is that last bastion - we've gotten comfortable with interracial relationships, we're getting more comfortable with same-sex ones, it's infidelity that has a long history that has to be overridden."
That moment does not seem to have arrived yet - if it ever will.
The BBC contacted more than a dozen investors and analysts to ask for their opinion on Ashley Madison's business model - most did not reply or declined to speak on the record.
"I am not keen to weigh in on this debate, as I know it's a somewhat controversial topic," said one, and most data analytics firms do not track Ashley Madison's traffic or include it in their round up of the world's online dating firms.
Others have questioned the firm's numbers, after former staff and users have complained of a plethora of fake profiles on the site. The company admits many people sign up and never actually do anything - a potential problem.
And of course, there is competition.
Gleeden, a French infidelity service that launched in 2009, says it has 2.6 million members, primarily in Europe, and that it screens its members more thoroughly - offering a "tasteful" alternative to Ashley Madison's pages, which even a casual scan indicates can often be quite explicit.
Legal issues are also a problem for infidelity firms: Singapore refuses to allow any infidelity sites, South Korea initially shut Ashley Madison down, and Gleeden was recently sued in France.
Finally, although the company claims it is the second biggest dating site in the world - behind the Match juggernaut - and that its pool of married people is significantly larger than that of singles, the reality is that it still does face competition from traditional dating sites.
A recent study by analyst firm Global Web Index found that more than 40% of the users on the Tinder dating app were married or in a relationship. (Figures which Tinder disputed.)
So why ask for outside funding?
Even Manuel Montevidoni, the chief financial officer of Gleeden told the BBC: "From a financial standpoint, as a chief financial officer, I don't understand why Ashley Madison is looking for financing."
But he notes that the firm supports Ashley Madison's efforts, mostly because it brings public awareness to the ubiquity of infidelity - and perhaps, in Mr Montevidoni's opinion, will allow for more acknowledgement of what both firms say is a fundamental aspect of not just married life but human nature.
And for all of his investor prospectus jargon, Mr Biderman admits that it's not just about making money for him - and shakes off articles that have branded him as being "possibly evil".
"We are showing society some newfound data that might make them think differently about laws and monogamy," he says.
"I'm just at the changing tide of our belief around matrimony and sexuality - which is a deeper legacy to leave behind."


The M4 has been closed both ways following a three-car crash near Cardiff in which four people were hurt.

The collision happened on the eastbound carriageway between junction 32 at Coryton Interchange and junction 30 at Cardiff Gate at about 18:00 BST.
South Wales Police said one man sustained serious injuries. Three other people in the other two vehicles were also injured.
Both sides of the carriageway near the incident have been closed.
Police said the closure was "expected to be in place for some time".
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it was called just after 18:00 BST and had two crews and a rapid response car at the scene.
Trapped traffic is being sent back to junction 32 while westbound traffic is being diverted to the A48 through Cardiff.


A battery that can charge in under 30 seconds has been shown off at a technology conference in Tel Aviv.

Israeli start-up StoreDot displayed the device - made of biological structures - at Microsoft's Think Next Conference.
A Samsung S4 smartphone went from a dead battery to full power in 26 seconds in the demonstration.
The battery is currently only a prototype and the firm predicts it will take three years to become a commercially viable product.
In the demonstration, a battery pack the size of a cigarette packet was attached to a smartphone.
"We think we can integrate a battery into a smartphone within a year and have a commercially ready device in three years," founder Dr Dorn Myersdorf told the BBC.
The bio-organic battery utilises tiny self-assembling nano-crystals that were first identified in research being done into Alzheimer's disease at Tel Aviv University 10 years ago.
The nano-dots are  described by StoreDot as "stable, robust spheres" that are 2.1 nanometers in diameter and made up of peptide molecules.
The technology has a range of uses,  founder Dr Myersdorf said.
"Batteries are just one of the industries we can disrupt with this new material. It is new physics, new chemistry, a new approach to devices," he said.
The team has also used the nano-crystals in memory chips which could write three times faster than traditional flash memory and as a non-toxic alternative to cadmium in screens.
Dr Myersdorf said that the batteries are likely to be 30 to 40% more expensive to manufacture compared to traditional ones and the final product will be twice as expensive than those on the market today.
But making them should be a relatively easy process.
"It is about letting nature take its course. We just need a facility that can do chemical processing," he said.


Padmini Prakash has become India's first transgender to anchor a daily television news show and she has been grabbing attention in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Since 15 August - India's Independence Day - Padmini appears every evening at 19:00 to present a news show on the Tamil-language Lotus TV based in the city of Coimbatore.
And she is thrilled with her new job - not only because she is on air at prime time, but also because it is making a world of difference to her and her community.
"I am so happy. The message has gone all over India and the internet," she says.
According to one estimate, India has about two million transgender people and most live on the fringes of society, often in poverty, ostracised because of their gender.
Most make a living by singing and dancing or by begging and prostitution.
It was only recently that the Supreme Court recognised transgender people as a third gender in a landmark ruling.
Padmini's life has not been very different from others in her community.
"I had a troubled childhood," she says.
Disowned by her family when she was 13, she left home and attempted suicide, but was saved by some people.
"After leaving home, I travelled all over. I enrolled into an undergraduate programme in commerce through distance education, but I had financial problems so I dropped out after two years," she says.
But, she was not disillusioned. "I learnt Bharatnatyam [classical Indian dance form]. I took part in transgender beauty contests and won them. I then acted in a television serial."
Lotus TV says the idea of hiring a transgender anchor was proposed by programme executives Sangeeth Kumar and Saravana Ramakumar.
The two men were returning home after work a few months ago when they came across some transgender people being treated badly. They felt the negative social attitudes had to change and discussed it with their management.
"Our chairman GK Selva Kumar accepted our idea to give an opportunity to a transgender to be a news presenter," Mr Kumar said.
Padmini's name for the job was suggested by Rose, India's first transgender to host a talk show on TV. "I recommended her name to the network when they contacted me," says Rose. "Padmini is doing a very good job and she has been well received," she adds.
"We got in touch with Rose who introduced us to Padmini. She was well aware of news and we gave her two months of voice modulation training," said Mr Ramakumar.
He denies that appointing a transgender news anchor is "a stunt to increase the channel's TRP" - television rating points. "This is done only to give transgender people respect in society," he says.
The move has been welcomed by campaigners.
"Padmini's assignment carries a message about this neglected community. Since they are not socially acceptable, they cannot display their talent. Such is the situation today that some of them are in the sex trade or forced to beg on the streets," says Coimbatore-based activist Anjali Ajeeth.
Akkai Padmashali of Sangama, a group fighting for the rights of sexual minorities in the southern city of Bangalore says: "It's a good move. For the first time, there is an effort to bring transgenders into the mainstream. There are very few right now in mainstream professions."
The audiences too seem to approve of Padmini.
"Her performance is really nice. She not only looks like a woman but her voice modulation, her pronunciation and her over all presentation is very good," homoeopathic doctor U Sreekumar told the BBC.
"Honestly, I could not find any difference between her and any other woman anchor on other television channels,"' said housewife Vaijanthi.
Padmini says she is happy that she is finally being "recognised".
"People look at me with some respect now," she says.
"I am really so happy. More such opportunities should be given to other transgenders too. The social taboo should go," she adds.


Universities fear they will not be able to charge tuition fees high enough to replace severe losses they are expecting to teaching grants.

Top vice-chancellors fear the government will cut teaching grants to England's universities by 75%.
And the independent Browne review of student funding is widely expected to call for an increase in the graduate contribution.
The government said it could not comment on the claims.
This was because it was not able to speculate on the forthcoming comprehensive spending review while the process continued.
Professor Geoffrey Crossick, vice-chancellor of the University of London and a member of the board of vice-chancellors' body Universities UK, said he and fellow vice-chancellors were not convinced that the losses to funding could be met by higher fees.
He told the BBC: "We know there are going to be very significant reductions in public funding in higher education.
"We also know that the Browne review is going to recommend significant changes in the way that resources flow into universities.
"My real worry is that this is being done at very high speed in the middle of an emergency spending review.
"We do not know whether the higher fee level that will be required to substitute for the funding we are told will be taken away - we do not know that we can deliver that.
"What worries me is that individual institutions may suffer and that one of the very best things that this country has will be damaged irrevocably."
Prof Crossick predicted that 75% of government grants would be taken away from all degree courses and that it ultimately arts, humanities and social sciences would get no teaching funding at all.
His fears were backed by Roehampton University vice-chancellor Paul O'Prey, who is also chairman of UUK's longer term strategy group.
He said he was worried that the higher education system was being dismantled without a clear idea of what would replace it.
"What we are doing, with the current plan to remove a very high percentage of the teaching grant and for universities to replace that with much higher fees, is introducing an economic shock that will privatise university education overnight.
"It's the combination of Browne and the spending review. We are clearly expecting him to say that the graduate contribution will go up.
"But my real worry is that if in the spending review they take away most of that, we will have to have a charge of £6,000 to £7,000 just to stand still and not everyone is in a position to pay that."
He suggested that by 2014-15, there would no teaching subsidy for any humanities subjects.
A spokesman for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills said: "While it is good to have wide public debate about future funding options it is also important to be clear that the current system is no longer fit for purpose.
"We need a new funding settlement which promotes world class competitiveness in teaching and research, with better quality for students."
He added: "Lord Browne is currently undertaking a review of university funding and student finance and the and we will judge its proposals against the need to take into account the impact on student debt, ensure a properly funded university sector, improve the quality of teaching, advance scholarship, increase social mobility and attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds."
Chief executive of Universities UK Nicola Dandridge said: "There is a real urgency to this matter. Our concern is that potential cuts in the public funding for universities could pose a significant risk to the student experience.
"This could also lead to a contraction of student places and very damaging result for students."


Forty-three people have been arrested at an illegal rave which left three police officers needing hospital.

Lincolnshire police were called to Twyford Woods, near Bourne, on Saturday where they came under attack from missiles.
The A1 was closed while police cleared the site with the last reveller leaving late on Sunday evening.
Of those arrested, 19 people remain in police custody with 24 charged, bailed or cautioned.
Police were called to the site following reports of loud music and anti-social behaviour but came under attack from several hundred of the 1,000-strong crowd.
Bottles and other items were hurled at police as they tried to clear the site and one officer was hit by a car.
Ch Supt Stuart Morrison defended the force's actions after criticism for failing to take strong enough action at the same site in 2012.
"We are happy that the decision to try and close this event was the right one," he said.
"It was not legal, it was not safe and it caused an inconvenience to people."
Officers also seized a number of vehicles along with sound equipment and generators.


Cardiff Devils have re-signed forwards Patrick Asselin and Luke Piggott, and recruited centre Paul Crowder.

Asselin, 30, joined the Devils last season after taking a year off and finished with 21 goals and 38 assists.
Crowder, 32, is a former team-mate of Devils player-coach Andrew Lord and joins after also having a season off.
Piggott, 31, will feature for the Elite League champions for a seventh successive season after agreeing to return ahead of the new campaign.
Crowder and Lord played together for the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL during the 2010/11 season, along with another current Devil, Joey Haddad.
"I know Paul very well and I know what type of guy he is, the way he plays and what he brings to a team," said Lord.
"He has always produced offensively and is another big body up front and a solid two-way centreman."
Crowder split the 2015/16 season between Amiens in the top French league and Fort Wayne in the ECHL.  In total, he played 53 games that season, scoring 15 goals and 39 assists.
Asselin, along with linemates Joey Haddad and Layne Ulmer, formed an impressive trio that solidified the Devils with two top lines last season.
"Patrick is a great two-way forward and as good as he is offensively, he is responsible on the back check and in his own end," said Lord.
"He is a big-game player and can make those game-changing plays that have you just in awe.  It wasn't just important for us to get him back, it was vital."
On the signing of Piggott, Lord said: "Luke Piggott epitomises what the Cardiff Devils are all about.  He is a great team-mate, he is unselfish, works hard every day and will do anything for the team.
"The bottom line is, we wanted him around and we want him part of this team, which is exactly what he wants as well."


Ten-man Hamilton surrendered an early lead at home to Ross County but held on for a point which nudges them out of the relegation play-off place.

Massimo Donati shot Accies in front, while a strike from Alex D'Acol was well saved by County's Scott Fox.
The home side had Giannis Skondras dismissed on half time for a foul on the counter-attacking Ryan Dow.
Michael Gardyne, Dow and Martin Woods went close for the visitors before Craig Curran bundled in the leveller.
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The point is enough to lift Hamilton above local rivals Motherwell into 10th spot on goal difference, while County remain eighth.
Donati came back into Hamilton's starting eleven as a replacement for the suspended Darian MacKinnon, and it only took three minutes for the Italian to once again show his worth to Accies.
The 36-year-old is well known for his two-year spell at Celtic but his pedigree is backed up further by looking at the list of teams he's played for in his homeland - AC Milan, Parma, Torino and Sampdoria all feature.
That schooling was evident in the way he turned the relatively harmless lay-off from Skondras into a guided, curling shot that found its destination in the top left corner from 20 yards.
Accies had already had an D'Acol poked effort cleared off the line and the same player then drew a fine save from Scott with a thumping shot from the edge of the penalty area.
The hosts were not flawless though and there were a couple of occasions in the first half when Jim McIntyre's men felt they should have levelled. Tim Chow lifted over from close-range and Gardyne watched his rifled shot go narrowly wide of the post.
Seconds before the interval the visitors were handed a boost when Skondras received a straight red card from referee Steven McLean for a lunging foul on Dow, who was charging at pace into the opposition half.
While it looked a clear free-kick, most inside New Douglas Park were expecting a yellow card at most flashed in the direction of the Greek, so when the red was shown there was uproar from the home fans.
It is the second match in the space of four days that Accies have had a man dismissed. MacKinnon walked on Wednesday for making a gesture to fans that boss Martin Canning could have no argument about, but he looked very aggrieved at this decision.
Dow had already cracked the crossbar with a wonderful effort before Accies' attacking threat of Ali Crawford and Rakish Bingham were sacrificed for the more defensive Blair Adams and Alex Gogic.
The latter had hardly been on the pitch when County's corner was not cleared and Curran dispatched his seventh goal of the season in at the near post from eight yards. It wasn't pretty but it was very important for the visitors.
Despite the numerical advantage, Ross County failed to fashion a way to take all three points - Woods' free-kick coming closest but Remi Matthews stuck out an impressive hand to push that effort over.
Accies might even have snatched it if Gogic had been more composed at the end of a stoppage-time counter-attack. The Cypriot received the ball from Dougie Imrie but fired over when well placed just inside the box.
Hamilton holding on backs up once more how reliable their home form has been recently. Accies have not lost at New Douglas Park since Christmas Eve and seven games at home have come and gone since then.
They will wonder, though, what might have been if they had kept all 11 players on the field.
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Ross County 1.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Ross County 1.
Attempt missed. Alexander Gogic (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Kenny van der Weg.
Attempt saved. Scott McMann (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Martin Woods (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Andrew Davies (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt blocked. Liam Boyce (Ross County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Ross County. Milan Lalkovic replaces Ryan Dow.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Eamonn Brophy replaces Alejandro D'Acol.
Attempt missed. Michael Gardyne (Ross County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Ross County. Christopher Routis replaces Tim Chow.
Marcus Fraser (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical).
Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kenny van der Weg (Ross County).
Corner,  Ross County. Conceded by Massimo Donati.
Remi Matthews (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Dow (Ross County).
Corner,  Ross County. Conceded by Greg Docherty.
Substitution, Ross County. Alex Schalk replaces Craig Curran.
Scott McMann (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Dow (Ross County).
Foul by Alexander Gogic (Hamilton Academical).
Michael Gardyne (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Hamilton Academical 1, Ross County 1. Craig Curran (Ross County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
Corner,  Ross County. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Davies (Ross County) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Ross County. Conceded by Remi Matthews.
Attempt saved. Martin Woods (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Alexander Gogic replaces Ali Crawford.
Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt blocked. Martin Woods (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ryan Dow (Ross County) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt blocked. Michael Gardyne (Ross County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.


Manchester has elected its first female Labour MP, with Lucy Powell holding Manchester Central in a by-election.

She took 11,507 votes - 69% of those cast - and won a majority of 9,936.
Liberal Democrat Marc Ramsbottom was second with 1,571 votes, with Conservative Matthew Sephton third on 754 votes - five more votes than were achieved by UKIP's Chris Cassidy.
The turnout of just over 18% is believed to be the lowest in a by-election since World War II.
Ms Powell is the first Labour woman to be elected in the city of Manchester, birthplace of Emmeline Pankhurst, one of the founders of the suffragette movement.
The result represents a swing of nearly 17% from the Lib Dems to Labour since the general election of 2010.
The by-election was triggered by Labour's Tony Lloyd standing down as MP to run as his party's police and crime commissioner candidate for Greater Manchester.
The result of that election is expected later.
Mr Sephton is expected to lose his deposit after winning less than 5% of the vote.
Ms Powell said: "With this result Manchester Central has sent this Tory-Lib Dem government a message - a clear message that we think their policies are wrong and unfair.
"They're wrong and unfair that our city is facing disproportionate and savage cuts, wrong and unfair that our communities are seeing the break-up of services and institutions that they value and that they need, and unfair and wrong that the people of Manchester are having to deal with a huge squeeze in their living standards and incomes while millionaires get a tax break."
Prof Jonathan Tonge, of the University of Liverpool, said the low voter turnout was shocking.
"I blame the electors. Four days after the nation remembered the fight for democratic freedom the fact that only 18% of the voters of Manchester Central can be bothered to vote in a parliamentary election - the lowest turnout in British political history - that is shameful," he said.
"People received information about the parliamentary candidates in a way that they didn't receive information about the Police and Crime Commissioner candidates."


Mae nifer y bobl ifanc sy'n derbyn prentisiaethau yng Nghymru wedi gostwng 6% ers 2015, ac mae diffyg cyngor a gwybodaeth addas ar fai medd arbenigwyr.

Dywedodd Gweinidog Sgiliau Llywodraeth Cymru Julie James fod yn rhaid gwella'r wybodaeth sydd ar gael i bobl ifanc, a bod angen darparu gwybodaeth mewn ffordd sydd yn berthnasol i'r ganrif hon.
Ymhlith yr argymhellion mae sefydlu ap newydd er mwyn rhoi gwybodaeth i bobl ifanc sy'n gadael ysgol.
Yn ôl Ms James dyw'r ap presennol ddim yn addas ac fe fydd yn rhaid cael gwared ohono.
Dywedodd: "Mae na ddiffyg cyswllt gyda phobl ifanc, mae hynny yn broblem fawr i ni."
Dywedodd ymgynghorwyr o bartneriaethau sgiliau rhanbarthol Cymru wrth bwyllgor Sgiliau y Cynulliad fod cyngor gyrfaoedd "hen ffasiwn" ac roedd  "canfyddiadau wedi eu dyddio" yn atal pobl ifanc rhag gwneud dewisiadau addas ar gyfer eu dyfodol.
Yn ôl yr arbenigwyr, mae yna bryder hefyd am brinder hyfforddwyr dwyieithog i ddarparu prentisiaethau iechyd a gofal yn enwedig yn y "cadarnleoedd Cymraeg".
Mae yna ddryswch hefyd ynglŷn â'r drefn darparu prentisiaethau, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd yn agos at y ffin â Lloegr.
Fe rybuddiwyd hefyd bod angen herio'r canfyddiadau anghywir am brentisiaethau sydd gan athrawon a rhieni.
Yn ôl yr ystadegau diweddaraf mae cyllideb Gyrfa Cymru - sydd yn darparu cyngor ar yrfaoedd - wedi cael ei chwtogi yn llym.
Yn 2016-17 roedd gan y gwasanaeth gyllideb o £18m. Eleni mae gan Gyrfa Cymru £6m - gostyngiad o 66%.
Dywedodd y Gweinidog Sgiliau Julie James fod gan y gwasanaeth ddigon o arian ond bod "angen edrych eto ar gyfeirio eu hymdrechion".
"Fydda' i ddim yn hapus tan fod rhiant yn medru darganfod sut i gael prentisiaeth i'w plentyn yr un mor hawdd ac maen nhw'n medru dod o hyd i gwrs gradd mewn seicoleg."


More asylum seekers could be driven into destitution if plans for benefit cuts go ahead, charities have said.

The Welsh Refugee Council and the British Red Cross criticised plans for stricter timescales on allowances and accommodation for failed asylum seekers who have agreed to leave the UK.
Those who do not accept voluntary return are usually not given support.
The Home Office said it could not comment while consultation on the reforms is ongoing.
If a refused asylum seeker agrees to return to their country of origin, they are currently entitled to apply for a Â£35 weekly allowance and accommodation until they leave the UK.
If they do not agree, they are not entitled to work and are usually unable to access official support, meaning they are classed as destitute - living in what has been described as a "twilight limbo."
Proposed reforms included in the immigration bill, currently going through Parliament, are likely to impose stricter timescales even if people agree to leave the UK.
There are also proposals to remove the right to appeal when benefits are refused.
Chloe Marong, coordinator of the Trinity Centre and Cardiff Asylum Support Advocacy, said: "Once someone has a decision to refuse their asylum claim, or a tribunal decision to refuse asylum claim, they will become what we call appeal rights exhausted...a refused asylum seeker.
"At that point the Home Office would say, they have to return homeâ€¦ unfortunately it's not that simple, and often people are unable to return home even if they want to."
Many go underground, 'sofa-surfing' with friends while a minority end up living on the streets.
"They could in theory detain them at any moment or remove them back to their country - but the reality is that they don't, so they're left here destitute and homeless," said Ms Marong.
"They're in a sort of twilight limbo, essentially."
David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth and a member of the Council for Europe, said: "I have no doubt there are individuals who have been left in limbo for years, and that's very, very unfortunate.
"I also think that it's going to be impossible for the government to turn around and say 'we'll just carry on giving large amounts of benefits to people even where their asylum case has been turned down, it doesn't matter we'll just carry on giving you money' because if we did that nobody would, frankly, ever go home."
The Home Office said: "We are driving increasing numbers of voluntary departures from the UK through proactive encouragement."


Hashim Amla resigned as South Africa captain immediately after his side drew the second Test against England.

The 32-year-old had been in poor form but made a double century to inspire his side's fightback after England made 629-6 declared in Cape Town.
"I believe I can be of greater value as a fully focused batsman and senior player at this time," said Amla.
AB de Villiers will lead South Africa in the third Test in Johannesburg, which starts on 14 January.
After his appointment as successor to Graeme Smith in June 2014, Amla captained the world number one side in 14 Tests.
He won four and drew six but came under pressure during a 3-0 series defeat in India.
Amla said he had considered quitting before the start of the series against England, who won the first Test by 241 runs in Durban last week.
Until his marathon effort at Newlands, Amla, a veteran of 90 Tests and 7,108 runs, had not hit a Test century since December 2014.
"I honestly feel a lot of the criticism that Hashim has faced in the last couple of weeks is very harsh," said South Africa coach Russell Domingo.
"He is one of South Africa's greatest players. There hasn't been enough respect shown of his achievements as a player."
De Villiers had raised doubts about his future in Test cricket during the first Test because of his busy workload, and handed over wicketkeeping duties to Quinton de Kock for the second match.
The 31-year-old, who already leads the one-day side, said: "It is an incredible honour to captain South Africa in any format. The captaincy has obviously come at short notice and is the realisation of a lifelong dream.
"At the moment my priority and focus is placed on leading this team to what can be a memorable series win against England. This Test squad is motivated and determined to turn our performances around and I'm looking forward to taking up that challenge as captain."
England captain Alastair Cook was sad to learn of Amla's resignation.
"You're under pressure as a captain for a lot of the time," said Cook.
"It's always sad when someone steps down because to captain your country is a huge honour and a real privilege.
"He'll have his reasons and I wish him all the best - he's a really nice guy."
Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Amla "still had a huge role to play in shaping the success of our team".
He added: "He is just that type of a person and we are very fortunate to have him in our stable.
"I want to thank AB for readily accepting the challenge of rebuilding our Test team as we seek to remain the best team in the world."


Up to 20 people have died and many have been injured after a large tree fell on them at a popular waterfall spot in Kintampo, Ghana.

They were swimming during a storm when the freak accident happened, emergency officials said.
The tree had seemingly been brought down by the storm.
Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said the incident happened at the Kintampo waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region.
A combined team of police and fire service personnel attended the accident site, in a bid to rescue those trapped by the tree.
"A huge tree fell at the top when the rains began and crashed the revellers," an eyewitness told Ghana's Starr News.
"Most of them are students of the Wenchi Senior High School. Others are tourists. We are trying to save those who are trapped by cutting the trees with chainsaws."
Fire Service spokesman Mr Anaglate told AFP that 18 students had died at the scene, while two others died in hospital.
He said 11 people were receiving treatment, including one of the school administrators in charge of the trip.
Other reports put the number of injured at over 20. They are being treated at the Kintampo Municipal hospital.
"We extend our condolences to the families of the dead and pray for the injured," Ghana's tourism minister Catherine Abelema Afeku said in a statement.


Glasgow School of Art has named the architect to lead restoration of its fire-damaged Mackintosh building.

Glasgow-based Page\Park Architects have been appointed from a shortlist of five companies which bid for the role.
They will now start work on a detailed plan for restoration. Work is expected to begin in spring 2016 with hopes for academic access from 2017/2018.
The art school is continuing efforts to raise Â£20m to pay for the restoration of the Mackintosh and its contents.
'Design icon'
Prof Tom Inns, director of Glasgow School of Art (GSA), said: "The team assembled by Page\Park Architects impressed us not only with their deep knowledge of the building, but of the wider work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
"They also bring an understanding of the building's particular importance to Glasgow - its people and history - as well as of its status as an international design icon.
"Page\Park Architects have ongoing relationships with key crafts specialists and artists in Scotland and wider afield, and presented exciting proposals for expanding the legacy of the restoration by working with a new generation of creative talent."
GSA said Page/Park had "an extensive track record in both restoring and reinvigorating major historic buildings".
They were lead designers for the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project from 2007-2009.
They have also worked on Mackintosh's designs, such as the Hillhouse and at the former Glasgow Herald offices - now The Lighthouse.
Prof Inns added: "This is the beginning of an exciting journey of discovery.
"There will be many fascinating questions to be addressed as we undertake this complex restoration project.
"We are looking forward to working in partnership with Page\Park Architects and the design team to explore how we can best meet the needs of the GSA in the 21st century whilst remaining true to Mackintosh's astonishing vision."
As part of the project, Page\Park will establish an external expert advisory panel for the restoration.
The firm's head of architecture, David Page, said they were "delighted" to be leading the restoration of a "world-renowned" building.
He added: "We have, over many years, had the privilege to work on and in the context of the Mackintosh legacy, the highlight of which will now be the opportunity to bring The Glasgow School of Art into splendid re-use for its students and staff, the people of Glasgow and the huge audience beyond the city."
An investigation by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded it was caused by flammable gases from a canister of expanding foam.
The report, released in November, said the gases ignited as they came into contact with the hot surface of a projector in Studio 19.


England and Australia will meet in the first women's day-night Test during the 2017 Women's Ashes series.

The series starts in Brisbane on 22 October with the first of three one-day internationals.
The day-night Test match at the North Sydney Oval starts on 9 November and will be followed by three Twenty20 internationals.
Australia regained the Women's Ashes - a multi-format, points-based contest - in 2015.
The first men's day-night Test was held in December 2015 and the 2017-18 Ashes series includes a day-night Test for the first time.
"We are proud to see our sport continue to develop and break new ground," said England Cricket Board director of women's cricket Clare Connor.
"We will ensure that the England women's team is fully prepared for the unparalleled challenge of an Ashes series down under, with the sole intention of bringing the trophy back home."
Teams earn four points for a win in the Test, with two points for a win in all limited-overs games.
22 Oct 1st ODI, AB Field Brisbane
26 Oct 2nd ODI, Coffs Harbour International Stadium
29 Oct 3rd ODI, Coffs Harbour International Stadium
9-12 Nov Day-night Test, North Sydney Oval
17 Nov 1st T20, North Sydney Oval
19 Nov 2nd T20, Manuka Oval, Canberra
21 Nov 3rd T20, Manuka Oval


In galleries across Lagos the annual photo festival is showcasing the creativity and complexity of some of Nigeriaâ€™s most standout photographers.

16 November 2016 Last updated at 14:02 GMT
But it is on the streets where a new generation of photographers is capturing the bustling megacity with their own perspectives. One of the most distinctive is 29-year-old Adeola Olagunju, who told the BBC how she captures Lagos.
Video Journalist: Roderick Macleod


Theresa May has said she wants the Welsh Government to be "involved and engaged" in Brexit negotiations.

She made her first visit to Wales as prime minister on Monday, meeting First Minister Carwyn Jones for talks in Cardiff.
The new Tory leader said she recognised concerns on EU funding, and said she wanted Welsh steelmaking to continue.
Meanwhile Mr Jones has said the formal process for leaving the European Union should be triggered before next summer.
The future of the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot, where more than 4,000 jobs are at risk, was on the agenda for Monday's meeting at the Senedd.
Mrs May described the meeting with Mr Jones as "very constructive" and said it covered a number of issues, including the UK leaving the European Union.
"What I want to see is the best possible deal for the whole of the United Kingdom," she said.
"I want the Welsh Government to be involved and engaged in the discussions we are having, along with other devolved administrations. That's why I'm here today."
Asked if she could give an assurance that the UK government could make up the shortfall from EU aid, she said: "I recognise this concern about the funding issues. While we're members of the European Union, funding continues."
On steel, Mrs May said: "We want to continue to see steelmaking here. That is in the Welsh interest but also the UK national interest."
Mr Jones, in an interview with BBC Wales, said he thought article 50 - the process that formally launches a country's withdrawal from the EU - should be triggered before summer 2017.
He said: "It's difficult to give a firm view because nobody knows, but for me it would be very difficult to go beyond next summer.
"I think that people who voted to Leave would start to say, 'hold on we voted to Leave, when's this going to happen?' They wouldn't be very happy."
He said he welcomed Mrs May's renewed invitation for the Welsh Government to be part of the Brexit negotiations.
On the issue of whether EU funding will be replaced by the UK government, he said: "I think she understands the need to make sure that the UK delivers in a way that the EU does at the moment, in order to make sure that the UK does deliver for the people of Wales."
"The reality is nobody knows what the answers are when it comes to Brexit," he added.
"For me, what is hugely important is that our businesses are able to export into the European Union without tariffs."
But he said the difficulty was that the only existing model for the single market involved the free movement of people as well.
Mr Jones said people's concerns about freedom of movement could not be "ignored".
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said it was positive to see the new prime minister coming to Wales.
She added: "The Welsh first minister should make it clear to her that Wales has specific interests which need to be represented during any negotiations over leaving the EU."
Mrs May succeeded David Cameron as prime minister last Wednesday and vowed to lead a "one nation" government.
Mr Jones previously admitted he knew "very little" about Mrs May - who he had never met before - but hoped she would be able to deliver an improved devolution settlement.
Theresa May and Carwyn Jones may be well apart politically but they have one thing in common: neither wanted the UK to leave the EU but they have to deal with the consequences.
This brief meeting at the assembly was above all a "get to know you" session, and an opportunity for the new prime minister to go to all corners of the UK before a summer filled with meeting global leaders.
There wasn't much to unpick from her brief interview afterwards, but I thought her call for the Welsh Government to be "involved and engaged" went further than expected.
I asked whether the UK government would be prepared to make up any financial shortfall facing Wales after a Brexit.
There was no definitive response, other than she recognised the concerns.
It will take much longer for developments to take shape although there is a growing sense of the potential timings for the start of official negotiations.
Welsh Government officials say Mrs May reiterated her view that triggering article 50 (to officially launch the two-year Brexit process) would be difficult this side of January.
Mr Jones has now altered his view that the process should begin sooner rather than later.
He now believes it should start in the first six months of 2017.


Teenagers will be guaranteed face-to-face individual careers advice if Labour forms the next government.

The party's education manifesto also includes a pledge "to protect the entire education budget in real terms".
"A world-class education is a not a luxury, but a necessity," said Labour leader Ed Miliband.
In December, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced Â£20m to set up a new careers company to forge links between schools and businesses in England.
The move followed concerns that careers advice deteriorated after schools took over responsibility for it from local councils in 2012.
Labour says its plan would focus on vocational as well as on academic routes into careers, with the aim of raising standards and increasing opportunities for all young people.
The new proposals would cost approximately Â£50m and would be funded and supported through a partnership between universities, schools, colleges and employers, says Labour.
The party quotes the CBI as having described careers advice in schools as being on "life-support".
Too many schools offer inadequate careers advice, says Labour, often just pointing pupils towards online information.
The party says this follows "years of neglect and reductions in support under David Cameron and the Tories".
Labour promises:
The party says the proposals build on its existing plans for a Technical Baccalaureate, compulsory English and maths to 18 and an apprenticeship offer for every school leaver who gets the grades.
Main pledges
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
"Young people must be equipped with the right skills, the right knowledge and the right advice they need to succeed," said Mr Miliband.
"Failure to do this will not only cheat our young people of a decent future, it will cheat our country too."
Labour's education manifesto also includes commitments to smaller classes in infants' schools, a qualified teacher in every classroom and local directors of school standards "to tackle underachievement".
The new employer-led company announced by Mrs Morgan in December will be chaired by Christine Hodgson, of the outsourcing company Capgemini UK.
It will advise schools and colleges, link them with employers and help boost careers advice in areas where it is poor, said Mrs Morgan.
The Conservatives announced details of their education policies on Wednesday, including re-sits for pupils who get poor results in tests at the end of primary school.
The Liberal Democrats maintain that the pupil premium, which they championed in the coalition government, is the key to increasing fair access to opportunities for teenagers.
The premium is paid to schools for every pupil they have who is eligible for free school meals.
The National Union of Students said face-to-face careers advice was "essential" to help people "fully explore their options".
NUS president Toni Pearce said she welcomed Labour's commitment "wholeheartedly".
The National Association of Head Teachers agreed all children should have access to high-quality careers advice, from primary school onwards.
The union said its Primary Futures project already put "professional people into primary schools to showcase the world of work".
"All the political parties talk about improving standards in education but NAHT believes that the solutions to the problems in our schools will come from within the profession itself and not more political intervention," said general secretary, Russell Hobby.
But the Association of School and College Leaders, which primarily represents secondary heads, expressed "serious misgivings over Labour's approach", particularly over the suggestion that careers advisers would be employed centrally rather than directly through schools.
"The needs of young people in different parts of England vary enormously and cannot be met from Westminster," said ASCL general secretary Brian Lightman.
The charity Barnardo's added that it was vital to ensure that training options for disadvantaged young people with low qualifications were included in any new careers service.