Commonwealth Games silver medallist Stephanie Inglis' "brain is healing" following an operation in a hospital in Thailand, her family has said.

The judo athlete suffered head injuries in a motorbike taxi accident in Vietnam on 10 May.
The 27-year-old has been in a coma since and also developed pneumonia.
She was flown to Bangkok last week and taken to a hospital equipped to treat her. Her family said the surgery went well and the pneumonia was improving.
Ms Inglis, from Inverness, won her silver medal at Glasgow 2014.


The two most notorious and violent street gangs in Honduras have promised to end the violence which has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18 Street said they would commit to zero crime and zero violence on the streets.
Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
Although no formal peace deal has been signed, the apparent ceasefire is thought to be the first step towards a more lasting agreement.
"Our truce is with God, with society and with the authorities," announced a spokesman for Mara Salvatrucha, identified only as Marco.
"We ask society and the authorities to forgive us for the damage we have done," he said at a news conference inside a prison in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.
A leader of the rival 18 Street gang - who did not want to be identified - offered the same promises, but only "if the government will listen," he added.
On Monday, the Honduran President Porfirio Lobo personally offered his support for the truce.
"We have to look for anything that's an alternative to violence," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"On the part of the government, we are open to any process that can lower violence."
The Roman Catholic Bishop Romulo Emiliani, who helped to broker the deal, said last week that the gangs needed government help to break away from their criminal activities, which included extorting money from businesses to finance their war.
He said the authorities should try to turn Honduras' prisons into rehabilitation centres.
His comments were echoed by gang leader Marco, who called on the government to support craft workshops so that they could work, earn a living and be reintegrated into society.
"I want my son to be a doctor or a cameraman, not a gangster," he said.
The BBC Central America Correspondent Will Grant says this is a significant step towards a full peace accord.
He adds that, in Honduras, hopes remain high that this latest plan could help tackle gang crime in the country.
The deal follows a similar pact reached more than a year ago in neighbouring El Salvador.
The peace agreement there has roughly held together and, the authorities say, has contributed to a significant reduction in the murder rate and incidences of other violent crimes.
The Salvadorian government says homicides have dropped about 52%.
Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18 Street have their roots in the 1980s in southern California.
They were created in Los Angeles and its suburbs by poor, mostly illegal, immigrants who had escaped civil wars in Central America.
When the conflicts ended there, many gang members were deported from the US, exporting LA's gang culture with them.


English cities will get powers over housing, transport, planning and policing under plans set out in George Osborne's first post-election speech.

Greater Manchester - which will take on the powers when electing a mayor in two years - should become a blueprint for other large cities, he said.
A Cities Devolution Bill will be in the Queen's Speech later this month.
Labour claimed the government's "piecemeal approach" could mask big cuts to local councils' spending.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the chancellor hoped the move would "reignite" areas such as Manchester, not just economically but also to renew a sense of civic pride.
But it is also designed to "wrong foot" Labour in their northern heartlands, and to "re-present" the Tories in the north where they have traditionally been "on the back foot", he added.
Speaking in Manchester, the chancellor said the "old model" of running everything from London was "broken" and had unbalanced the economy.
He said it has "made people feel remote from the decisions that affect their lives", and added: "It's not good for our prosperity or our democracy."
Mr Osborne stressed that the government would deliver the devolution to Scotland and Wales it promised.
But he said he wanted to go much further and "deliver radical devolution to the great cities of England" and give them the "levers to grow their local economy".
As part of the devolution plan, only cities that elected their own mayor would be given control of local transport, housing and skills.
"I will not impose this model on anyone," Mr Osborne said, "but nor will I settle for less."
"My door now is open to any other major city who wants to take this bold step into the future."
This is a "revolution in the way we govern England", said.
Last year, leaders of Greater Manchester's 10 councils agreed to the area's first mayoral election, described by Mr Osborne at the time as "a massive moment for the north of England".
The move came two years after the people in Manchester had voted against having a mayor for the city alone.
Under the devolution plans, the mayor would lead Greater Manchester Combined Authority, chair its meetings and allocate responsibilities to a cabinet made up of the leaders of each of the 10 councils.
Councils in Greater Manchester currently control about £5bn of public money each year.
This deal is expected to give them control over a further £2bn.
Other cities will be able to follow suit in future, if they choose.
Mr Osborne also announced that former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O'Neill would become the commercial secretary to the Treasury, tasked with helping the government to boost infrastructure and devolve more power to English cities.
Greg Clark, the new communities and local government secretary, told BBC Radio 5 Live that many cities could benefit.
"These decisions - about Hull, and about Manchester, and about Leeds, and about Newcastle, and about Birmingham - should be made by the people of those great cities, who know and love their area, rather than having to troop up to London and plead for crumbs from the table.
"That is absolutely the right approach and that's exactly what we're doing. So rather than it being a new layer of government, what it's doing is taking from central government and putting it in the hands of local people," he said.
However, local government expert Professor Tony Travers told the same programme that not all cities would welcome the move.
He said: "It's going to be a condition that they accept a directly elected mayor - and that of course is not popular with the leaderships of many of the cities concerned.
"Greater Manchester has agreed to do this. But other cities will now have to decide if they're prepared to accept a city-regional or city-area mayor, in exchange for getting these extra powers and resources."
The Labour leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, has worked with Mr Osborne on the plans, but the government could meet resistance to the idea in Leeds, Newcastle and other cities.
Newcastle City Council's leader Nick Forbes has warned the chancellor that the city would not be a "pushover" if it was expected to accept an elected mayor as the price for the north-east England receiving more power.
"We are certainly not just going to take the first offer the government make to us, we have got to do what's right for our region," said the Labour politician.
In Liverpool, the city's elected mayor Joe Anderson - also Labour - has expressed frustration that Merseyside has not been to claim the sort of powers being devolved to Manchester because other local authority leaders in the area have not come on board.
Commenting on the plans, Labour shadow chancellor Chris Leslie said: "We know that particularly across the north of England they've been hit very very hard by this chancellor in the past.  And a piecemeal approach to devolution that is actually masking a different agenda isn't something that I think they would be looking forward to".
Creating a so-called Northern Powerhouse, aimed at closing the economic gap between north and south, would bring more than £18bn to the region by 2030 Mr Osborne has predicted.
The chancellor's speech follows the Conservatives' surprise outright win in last week's general election.
Labour has previously argued for £30bn of spending responsibilities to be devolved to the English regions to boost economic growth, while leaders of councils in the Midlands have expressed concern about their regions missing out on funding.
Source: ONS


Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died from a toxic mix of drugs including cocaine, alcohol and ecstasy, a US medical examiner has said.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office also noted a history of heart disease, asthma and substance abuse.
Weiland, who was 48, was found dead on his tour bus outside a hotel in Bloomington, Minneapolis, on 3 December.
The medical examiner determined his death was an accident.
Bloomington police said at the time they recovered a small amount of cocaine on the tour bus.
Weiland rose to fame with the Stone Temple Pilots, becoming one of the most commercially successful US bands in the early 1990s.
After the band split up in 2003, Weiland went on to front supergroup Velvet Revolver alongside Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Dave Kushner of Wasted Youth.
Weiland had a long history of substance abuse-related arrests - in 1995, he was convicted of buying crack cocaine and sentenced to probation.
He was jailed in 1999 for violating his probation after being convicted of heroin possession in 1998, and four years later was sentenced to three years' probation for drug possession.
In 2008, he was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no contest to a drink driving charge.
Velvet Revolver frequently had to alter schedules to accommodate Weiland's court appearances and spells in rehab, parting ways the following year, blaming the singer's "erratic behaviour".
He later returned to the reformed Stone Temple Pilots - but in 2013 they, too, ejected him from the band, claiming he had been "misappropriating" their name to further his solo career.


Santander UK boss Nathan Bostock has warned that the bank faces a "changeable and potentially more challenging" economic environment.

Santander UK's Spanish owner is nursing an 8.1% decline in profit from its UK business after a decline in the value of sterling.
Still, it posted a profit of 1.87bn euros (Â£1.59bn) in the first quarter, boosted by its Brazilian business.
That was a gain of 14%, beating analyst estimates, according to Reuters data.
Inflation, which leapt to 2.3% in February from 1.8% a month earlier, may squeeze household incomes, the UK-based business said.
Excluding the fall in the pound, which declined in value against the euro following the UK's decision to leave the European Union, UK profit for the broader bank grew 2.6% to 416m euros.
Santander UK took a further Â£32m charge to cover claims for payment protection insurance compensation. This was insurance customers didn't want, need or understand to cover loan payments.
Customers have until August 2019 to claim back payments made for the product.
Santander UK's mortgage lending fell after withdrawing cheaper deals in the previous three-month period. First-quarter figures a year earlier were also flattered by a flurry of buy-to-let borrowers aiming to beat April's stamp duty increase for second homes.
The bank said it would "continue to focus on customer service in what remains a highly competitive market".
Speaking about the wider business, which includes lenders in Poland, the US, Mexico and Spain, Santander chairman Ana Botin said: "While the environment continues to be challenging for the banking sector, the outlook for Santander is positive."


A new financial institution set up by the UK government to finance charities and community groups has been launched.

Big Society Capital has £600m, of which the majority comes from unused cash in bank accounts that had been dormant for more than 15 years.
The fund will back social enterprises that prove they can repay an investment through the income they generate.
"This is about supplying capital to help society expand," said Prime Minister David Cameron.
"Just as finance from the City has been essential to help businesses grow and take on the world, so finance from the City is going to be essential to helping tackle our deepest social problems," the prime minister added.
Venture capitalist Sir Ronald Cohen, who is Big Society Capital's chairman, told the BBC that the fund's aim was to create a "thriving market for social investment".
He explained that many not-for-profit organisations relied on donations to finance themselves, and were unable to get a normal loan from a High Street bank because they lacked assets - such as property - that could be offered as a security.
The idea is to help out businesses that provide a benefit to society much greater than the profits they make.
By Mark EastonHome editor
"It will allow an organisation which today is trying to deal for instance with prisoners who are being released and ending up in unemployment then back in prison... to get the capital to increase the size of their organisation and to improve the lives of these prisoners," he added.
Mr Cohen explained that some of the return on the fund's investments would be paid by the government, which would give the fund a cut of any savings the Treasury made thanks to the charitable work.
For example, in the case of prisoners, if the scheme was shown to have reduced the reoffending rate of participants, then the government would pay the fund some of the money it had saved on locking them up, policing and healthcare.
The fund has already agreed investments worth £3.6m infive separate schemes, including:
However, the importance of the new scheme should not be "over-hyped", according to Dan Corry, chief executive of New Philanthropy Capital and a former adviser to Gordon Brown.
HCT Group is a social enterprise that offers school buses, park-and-ride facilities and some London bus services. Chief executive Dai Powell explains how it works:
"Social enterprise is a business that trades primarily for social purpose.
"We work in the market, we have to win contracts against the big commercial players, the only difference is what we do with the profits.
"[Big Society Capital] would enable organisations like ours [to grow]. In our sector, there hasn't traditionally been the same levels of finance as there has been in the corporate sector.
"The criteria on the investment is both social and financial. We can default on the investment if we don't provide the social aim.
"If we are very successful, we will pay between 10% and 13%... to the social investment fund, where the money will go back into social enterprise."
"I think Big Society Capital is a good thing, but it is a limited amount of money and it is a bit of a drop in the ocean, given what is happening to the sector, with the deficit-reduction programme really hitting the sector," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"It will mask the real problem: voluntary organisations who really do need grants and won't be able to cope with risk capital."
Mr Corry said that although there were many social enterprises that would benefit from the scheme, many charities would not, because they had no revenue stream that could be used to repay the funding.
"A lot of charities who are helping homeless people, for example, they don't get any revenue from that," he said. "For most of them, this is really quite irrelevant."
Labour's shadow minister for the cabinet office, Jon Trickett, welcomed the scheme, but said it needed to be viewed within the context of the pain caused by government spending cuts.
"The government should not over-claim at a time when over 70,000 jobs in the sector have been lost in the last year alone," he said.
"The voluntary and community sector stands to lose an estimated £1.2bn per year for the rest of this Parliament."
The new investment fund is independent of the government and 60% of its shares are owned by the Big Society Trust, a private limited company comprised of executives from social, business and government roles.
The rest of its shares are held by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) stressed that people who had unclaimed money in bank accounts would still be able to get it back.
"Cash will be kept back for people who come forward and the BBA's My Lost Account scheme is there to help people search for their funds for free," said Angela Knight, chief executive of the BBA.
"We recognise people's growing interest in how their money is used and we are delighted to have been able to help make Big Society Capital work and enable banks and investors to combine financial return with social good."


By making a statement of regret over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, David Cameron has opened up a can of other questions and grievances over Britain's colonial past.

What about the British museum returning all the treasures looted from India during the Raj? What about sending back the Kohinoor diamond still embedded in Queen Elizabeth's crown?
And many commenting on this blog say it shouldn't stop at India - what about the many casualties of Britain's wars in Afghanistan?
But if Britain is in the mood to say sorry in India, there is one episode which stands out more than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre - the 1943 Bengal famine, when over 3 million people may have died, four years before the end of British rule.
If it gets any attention in the UK, it's seen as one more tragic consequence of World War II, with British India at the time focused on the war against Japan.
But British actions and opposition towards Gandhi's Quit India movement are now seen to have played a key role in the disaster.
While Winston Churchill condemned the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as "monstrous", he took a very different attitude to Indian suffering 24 years later as prime minister.
His only reply to a telegram reporting how many Bengalis were perishing was to ask "why Gandhi hadn't died yet."
Mr Cameron should have apologised for the famine says Madhusree Mukherjee, who has written a widely praised history of the Bengali famine.
And why not? Tony Blair expressed regret for the Irish potato famine and for Britain's role in the slave trade.
British officials say the motivation for going to Jallianwala Bagh was not to apologise for the Raj.
"He wanted to express his condolences for that particular incident because he was visiting Amritsar," said a Downing Street spokesperson.
Madhusree Mukherjee says the prime minister may have wanted to avoid going further because "any admission of wrongdoing could facilitate a legal claim for reparations".
The chief reason Mr Cameron went to Amritsar was because of the large numbers of voters of Punjabi origin back in the UK. So he had to say something about Jallianwala Bagh, officials say.
Many dismiss the practice of political apologies for past events as meaningless. Mr Blair, critics say, could easily say sorry for the Irish famine, but was never going to apologise for the Iraq war.
But David Cameron has set a precedent now in India, with his desire for "a special relationship". If he plans a trip to Calcutta while he's still prime minister, he won't be able to avoid the Bengal famine.


A man has been airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg in a cliff fall in Swansea.

Mumbles RNLI lifeboats were called to the scene on Gower on Saturday.
Crew member Josh Stewart said the casualty, who also suffered head injuries, was in "a very difficult position" and could not be reached by the coastguard cliff rescue team.
The lifeboat was able to move him to a position where he could be winched and flown to Morriston Hospital.


Pupils at a Gaelic primary have been guaranteed a place at their preferred high school following a council U-turn.

Children at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce in Edinburgh had been told they would not be automatically entitled to a place at James Gillespie's High because of the increasing school roll.
Now education bosses have agreed to accommodate pupils who wish to continue their education at the high school.
Officials are now looking at ways to cope with the extra pupils.
Edinburgh city council said the move would only cover next year.
Parents had objected to children, who do not live within Gillespie's normal catchment area, being offered a place at Tynecastle High School, which also has Gaelic facilities.
Critics claim the Gaelic facilities there are inferior to Gillespie's. Some have also highlighted the school's relatively poor academic performance, although its catchment area includes some of the most deprived parts of the city.
Currently Gillespie's can take 220 pupils from the Gaelic primary school, but predictions have shown that about 229 pupils would apply for next year.
Paul Godzik, Edinburgh city council's convener of the education, children and families committee, said: "Having received further advice from the head teacher we will ensure that all qualifying catchment P7 pupils, including those from Taobh na Pairce, are able to attend James Gillespie's High School for the August 2016/17 session.
"Also, given the pressures on Gillespie's in future years due to their rising school roll and other factors, we will also consult on arrangements for secondary Gaelic medium education from August 2017.
"Since we opened Taobh na Pairce in 2013 we have seen an increase in families choosing Gaelic medium education for their children and we now have to look carefully at how this is developed in a sustainable way."


The owners of a west London pub that was demolished without planning permission to do so, have been ordered to rebuild it within 18 months.

The Carlton Tavern, in Maida Vale, was bulldozed last month while under consideration for listed status.
Its owners have been told to rebuild it brick-by-brick.
Westminster City Council's planning director John Walker said: "The council will not tolerate any flagrant disregard of the planning system."
Backing the move Robert Davis, deputy leader of the council, said: "We cannot live in a city where unruly developers can just knock down buildings as and when they please.
"Westminster is home to the West End, not the Wild West."
The Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale was the only building left standing in the street after the area was bombed in WW2.
An application to pull down the building and replace it with a new pub at ground level and residential units over several floors was refused by the council.
Historic England - previously known as English Heritage - was recommending the 1920s building for listed status.
Landlady Patsy Lord said she had no prior warning of the demolition and was only called out to move her son's car away from the building on the morning the bulldozers arrived.
Historic England said the tavern was built in 1920 in the Vernacular Revival style by Frank J. Potter.
It was commissioned by Charrington & Co brewery at a cost of Â£11,600 and replaced an earlier pub on the site dating from the 1860s that was destroyed by a German Zeppelin bomb on 19 May 1918.
The owner of the pub has so far been unavailable for comment.


A Conservative MP has been cleared of misusing Commons stationery to campaign during the council elections.

Simon Hart was accused of sending letters supporting a Conservative candidate using pre-paid Commons envelopes ahead of the 4 May poll.
The claim was made by rival Plaid Cymru candidate, councillor Jonathan Preston.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards rejected the complaint after Mr Hart explained two mailings had been confused.
Using parliamentary stationery for campaigning would have been a breach of the rules and an investigation was launched by commissioner Kathryn Hudson.
Responding to the inquiry, the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP said he sent out two letters to constituents in March and believed they had been confused.
One letter, inviting residents to a public meeting, was posted in parliamentary envelopes on 11 March.
The second, which supported the Tory council election candidate, was sent out by the local Conservative Association on 30 March using plain stationery paid for using its own Royal Mail account.
The MP also explained the two mail shots were different sizes and it would have been difficult to fold the election campaign letter into the parliamentary envelope.
The commissioner accepted Mr Hart's explanation and rejected the complaint.


It is easy to be cynical about companies who do business with the public sector warning of dire consequences if their income is not increased.

Some might see  the claim by care home operators that there could be a "catastrophic collapse"  because of the higher costs associated with the National Living Wage in such a light.
The residential care providers might be accused in some quarters of crying wolf after their warnings that homes might close if ministers don't agree to fund increases in the bills paid by local authorities.
They have written to the Chancellor George Osborne just weeks after a similarly worded missive from the UK Homecare Association, which represents providers of social care to people in their homes.
And yet... There is a sense that the latest warning letter is reflecting deeper problems in the world of social care.
Care home operators have complained for some time that their finances have been severely squeezed because of cuts in real terms in the fees paid by local authorities on behalf of elderly residents.
Staff wages account for about 60% of their total costs, so any pay hike will have a significant impact on each business.
Increases in costs, such as higher wages, can be passed on in the shape of higher fees to residents who pay for some or all of their care.
But that's not possible for places wholly funded by local authorities - which account for nearly 40% of the total at the five care home companies which wrote the letter.
The BBC has launched an online guide to the care system for the over-65s. The "care calculator" covers both residential care and the support provided in people's own homes, for tasks such as washing and dressing.
Users can submit their postcode and find out how much each service costs where they live in the UK.
There is also a dedicated BBC Cost of Care website with news stories, analysis and video.
That has led to the operators' demand that central government should provide ring-fenced funding for councils to raise their fees.
The backdrop to this argument is the ageing population and the changing role of residential care homes.
A few decades ago they fulfilled the role of "retirement homes" with mostly healthy residents.
Now with the prevalence of dementia and people living longer, often with multiple conditions, care homes have a more challenging role in society.
How they are resourced is an important policy issue.  The division between health, funded by central government, and social services run by local councils is widely regarded as out-dated and inappropriate for the 21st century.
While NHS funding was a dominant issue in the election campaign, little was heard from national politicians about the state of social care.
Labour criticised the coalition for cuts in social care funding in England over the last parliament but the argument did not seem to resonate in the same way as the repeated spats over "billions more for the NHS" pledges.
Since polling day, a commitment to introduce reforms proposed by the commission headed by the economist Andrew Dilnot has been shelved until 2020.
These included a lifetime cap on care costs, limiting an individual's liability and reducing the need to sell a family home to pay the bills.
A widely praised reform plan was seen to have been postponed because of the immediate problems with social care funding.
This is, of course, ultimately about the quality of life of the elderly.
About 400,000 of them in England are looked after in care homes.
The residential home operators are warning of closures and - even if that proves to be exaggerated - it's hard to see where the funding for improved or better quality care will come from.
The response from the government to the letter has been muted.
Apart from noting that the National Living Wage will benefit tens of thousands of workers in social care, a spokesperson said the funding issue would be considered in the Chancellor's spending review later this year.
At a time of continued spending restraint, its difficult to identify where significant extra investment in social care will come from.
As Chris Ham of the King's Fund think-tank put it on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "Unless there's a sea change between now and the spending review, the prospects for adult social care, publically funded, for the most vulnerable in society,  are pretty bleak."


Britain's Kal Yafai will make the first defence of his WBA super-flyweight title in his home city of Birmingham in May.

The 27-year-old became the city's first world champion when he beat Panama's Luis Concepcion by a unanimous decision in Manchester in December.
His opponent on 13 May at the Barclaycard Arena is yet to be named.
"It's a dream come true to be topping the bill in Birmingham as a world champion," said Yafai.
"I want to prove that I can mix it with the top guys in the division and I need to kick my reign off in style in May to do that."
Unbeaten in 21 professional fights, Yafai previously held the Commonwealth and British super-flyweight belts and also won a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships during his amateur career.
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Consensual sex and sexual abuse were both common at the Haut de la Garenne children's home in the 1980s, a care inquiry has heard.

Witness D, now in his 40s, told the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry he was too scared to report the abuse he suffered to the authorities.
He was in the home from 1981 until he left care in 1984.
His testimony suggested there was widespread abuse of residents by other residents.
Much of his evidence was too graphic to repeat but on two occasions he said he witnessed violent sexual attacks on female residents.
The perpetrators were older male residents and in one attack, were accompanied by an older male, Witness D said.
He said he was sexually abused by two members of staff, William Gilbert and Phil Le Bais, and was also physically abused by Morag Jordan.
Gilbert and Le Bais were never charged and are both dead while Jordan was jailed in 2010 for other abuse offences at the home.
Witness D said he left care a broken child and the incidents he described were the tip of the iceberg.
Consensual sex between teenage residents was so common that it made abuse easy, he said.
He told the inquiry: "It was a normal thing that was happening. You'd see it happening and little was done about it."
He said he was also regularly abused by an older male he called Child X, but had never reported him to police.
The man said he still refuses to name his attacker because he remains scared of him.
Asked if there was anything he would like to say to the authorities now, Witness D said: "The general public do not realise how bad it was at Haut de la Garenne.
"I hope they have learned that just because you are in a care home does not mean you have done something wrong."
The inquiry continues.


A mob of thousands of people lynched a suspected rapist after breaking into a prison in north-east India, police say.

Farid Khan was stripped naked by the crowd, beaten and dragged through streets before being hanged in Dimapur, the main city in Nagaland state.
Police officers opened fire to try to stop the mob, wounding several people.
Tensions in the country are high following the government's decision to ban India's Daughter, a film about the 2012 gang rape of a student.
The Hindustan Times newspaper reports that the crowd "tore down two gates and took custody" of the suspect, before dragging him to the town's landmark clock tower.
Police say the man was a Bengali-speaking Muslim trader from neighbouring Assam state. He was arrested in February on charges of rape.
There have been recurring tensions in some parts of north-eastern India between Bengali speakers, accused of being immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, and local ethnic groups.
Local groups began protests on Wednesday demanding action against the alleged rapist.
Vigilante justice is not unheard of in India but it is rarely seen on this scale. A curfew has been imposed in Dimapur following incidents of arson in some parts of the city.
India's rape crisis has been pushed back to the forefront of public discourse by the decision of the government to ban the BBC documentary India's Daughter, which examines the 2012 gang rape of a young student in Delhi.
The documentary features an interview with one of the men sentenced to death for the attack.
His lack of remorse and suggestions that the victim might have survived if she had not resisted has drawn international outrage and sparked protests across India.
The film was broadcast in the UK on Wednesday night.


Rural councils want more funding, saying they got a "raw deal" after repeatedly suffering the deepest cuts.

The body that represents councils wants the Welsh government to provide a grant of up to Â£4.75m.
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has submitted plans for grants to limit losses in Powys, Ceredigion, Monmouthshire and Pembrokeshire.
A Welsh government spokesman said the funding formula is agreed each year in partnership with local government.
Powys council leader Barry Thomas, whose council is in line for the biggest cut of 4.1% next year, said: "Powys is in a very bleak situation.
"We are doing now a three-year projected budget and there's Â£27m worth of savings that have got to be achieved.
"It's really hard searching to find where we are going to take those savings from. We are having a raw deal."
Opposition parties are threatening to vote down the Welsh government's budget plans for councils unless ministers find more for rural authorities.
Without an overall majority in the assembly, Labour needs opposition support to win votes in the Senedd.
An alternative WLGA proposal would see Powys, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire councils share Â£2.48m.
Next year, these three councils will see cuts of at least 3.1% while Cardiff will lose 0.1%.
However, Powys and Ceredigion will still receive more funding per head of population than Cardiff.
The WLGA wants to overhaul to the formula that calculates how much money councils get from the Welsh government.
It said it is "outdated" and the faster-growing populations in towns and cities means the countryside is being "squeezed".
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Local authorities and the Welsh Local Government Association are represented on the group that considers changes to the formula along with independent members who ensure there is no evidence of bias either in favour of, or against, the interests of any individual local authority.
"We have noted the calls for a grant to mitigate the impact on the rural authorities receiving lower Revenue Support Grant settlements and will reflect on this alongside other evidence we receive as part of the budget scrutiny."


A second man has been arrested over a double shooting in Birmingham that left one man dead and another critically injured.

The man killed during a disturbance on the A41 at Soho Hill in Hockley has been named by police as 25-year-old Derek Junior Myers.
Two men, aged 25 and 27, were arrested and have been bailed with strict conditions, said police.
The injured man remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The shooting happened at about 04:30 GMT on 30 October.
The 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Thursday when police carried out a firearms warrant in Birmingham.
His co-accused was arrested in Walsall on Saturday on suspicion of murder.
West Midlands Police are appealing for information.


A woman in her 20s has escaped injury in a gun attack at a flat in west Belfast.

It was initially thought that two windows in the property on the Glen Road had been smashed but it was later established that shots had been fired.
It happened in the early hours of Friday morning but police have only just released details.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.


Fe ddylai Cymru fod yn wlad lle mae gan bawb gyfle i gael swyddi da yn agos i'w cartrefi.

Dyna fydd un o negeseuon Carwyn Jones wrth iddo annerch ei blaid yn Llandudno ddydd Sadwrn.
Mae disgwyl i'r Prif Weinidog ddweud bod gan bawb yr hawl i gael swydd dda "heb ecsploetiaeth neu dlodi."
Bydd arweinydd Prydeinig y blaid, Jeremy Corbyn, yn annerch y gynhadledd hefyd.
Yn ystod ei araith bydd Carwyn Jones yn cyhoeddi ei fod yn sefydlu Comisiwn Gwaith Teg ar y cyd â'r undebau llafur a grwpiau busnes,
Y bwriad, meddai, yw helpu adeiladu economi "lle mae rhagor o bobl yn medru cael mynediad at swyddi da."
Bydd Mr Jones yn dweud : "Dwi ddim yn ymddiheuro am roi swyddi a thwf yr economi yng nghalon ein cyllidebau diweddar yn y Cynulliad , a dwi ddim yn ymddiheuro am roi hynny yng nghalon ein safbwyntiau ar Brexit.
"Mae diweithdra yng Nghymru yn 4.4% ac mae hynny yn is na chyfartaledd y Deyrnas Unedig. Mae hynny yn is na Llundain, yr Alban, a'r rhan fwyaf o ranbarthau Lloegr.
"Rydw i eisiau gwneud Cymru yn 'wlad gwaith teg' lle mae pawb yn medru cael swyddi gwell yn agosach at adre - yn datblygu sgiliau a gyrfaoedd.
"Gallwn ddisgwyl gwaith da sydd yn ychwanegu at fywydau pobl - heb ecsploetiaeth neu dlodi, lle gallwn ni adeiladu a rhannu cyfoeth.
Mae disgwyl i Carwyn Jones dderbyn teitl swyddogol newydd yn ystod y gynhadledd. Bydd yn derbyn y teitl  "Arweinydd Llafur Cymru" yn ffurfiol - yn hytrach na "arweinydd grwp Llafur yn y Cynulliad."
Yn gynharach fe rybuddiodd Mr Jones fod ei blaid yn wynebu etholiadau lleol "anodd" ym Mis Mai.


Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel headed the Mercedes in final practice at the Australian Grand Prix.

The four-time champion was 0.479 seconds clear of Valtteri Bottas as Ferrari finally appeared to show the pace that had impressed pre-season.
Lewis Hamilton was third, 0.011secs behind his team-mate.
It was far from a definitive read on performance, however, as a crash for Williams driver Lance Stroll ended the session 10 minutes early.
The Canadian rookie lost control at Turn Nine, badly damaging the car and bringing out the red flag.
It meant Mercedes, who were comfortably quicker than Ferrari in Friday practice, did not have time to go out and do a final pre-qualifying simulation run.
Hamilton and Mercedes expressed surprise at their advantage over Ferrari on the first day of running of the new season, having been convinced by their rival's pace in testing that they faced a major challenge in 2017.
Instead, Hamilton was quickest by half a second and was a second clear of the Ferraris on average on his race simulation run.
Vettel had complained of a poor balance on Friday but the Ferrari looked hooked up throughout a much stronger performance on Saturday.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was fourth quickest, 0.608secs behind Vettel. The red flag meant the two Ferrari drivers were out of the cars being introduced to movie star Nicole Kidman as the session came to a close.
The premature ending means qualifying at 06:00 GMT is even more intriguing than it always is at the start of the season, because there has been so little chance to judge the relative pace of the cars.
Nico Hulkenberg was an impressive fifth in the Renault, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, whose team have struggled with car behaviour throughout the weekend.
Ricciardo's team-mate Max Verstappen was down in 12th place, complaining of poor balance.
There was a new driver in the Sauber, after Pascal Wehrlein pulled out saying he felt he lacked the fitness to perform at his best in the race.
The German was replaced by Ferrari third driver Antonio Giovinazzi, who was 20th and last and just over a second slower than team-mate Marcus Ericsson.
The McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne were 14th and 15th as they embark on what they have admitted will be a difficult season because of the poor performance of their Honda engine.
Australian Grand Prix final practice results
Australian Grand Prix coverage details


Ospreys made a flying start on their Challenge Cup debut with a bonus-point victory over a much-changed Newcastle Falcons.

Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb created a try for Dan Biggar and scored one himself, before Ashley Beck made it 19-0 to the hosts at half-time.
Scott Baldwin got the vital fourth try, with Justin Tipuric scoring a brilliant solo try and Keelan Giles grabbing two.
Biggar landed five conversions from seven attempts as the hosts dominated.
Newcastle started brightly with wing Marcus Watson threatening, but could not take advantage of their early possession.
Webb broke the stalemate in the 20th minute with a superb break to put Biggar over, and added the second himself with an impudent chip and chase from 10 metres out.
A fine offload by Giles saw Beck go round the outside to add a third to give the Ospreys a comfortable half-time lead.
It took just 14 minutes of the second half for the bonus point to be sealed as hooker Baldwin was driven over from a line-out.
Tipuric then scored a remarkable try straight from the restart as he collected, stormed downfield and put in a kick and chase to score from 60 metres.
Dan Evans kept up the momentum with a fine break to put Giles clear on the hour and the teenager, a late call-up to the side, rounded off a team move for his second after 70 minutes.
Biggar passed the 500-point mark in European rugby as he managed to play through an ankle knock and finish the game.
In the group's other game, Lyon secured a 39-13 bonus-point win at Grenoble.
Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy told BBC Wales Sport:
"I'm really satisfied, I thought the boys were pretty efficient tonight- Newcastle really battled hard and kept the ball for large passages, but our defence held up, and to score seven tries is pleasing.
"It's really good to get the bonus point as early as you can and it allows you to give people a break, but I think the bench is still adding and the boys who came on stuck to the plan.
"I think it's important we go to France [Lyon] next week not just to hang on, but to really try and impose ourselves on the game.
"We were unlucky away from home in Europe last year and picked some good losing bonus points, so we'll go there to be positive, hopefully score tries and make a real fist of the game."
Newcastle Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards:
"That bit of extra experience counts massively and a couple of the opportunist tries the Ospreys scored highlighted the chinks in our armour and they exploited that.
"That accuracy and ability to exploit things doesn't happen overnight and that experience counts for a huge amount.
"We could sit down and have a go at the youngsters who went out there, or you can say it's a great experience, you played against some good players, you can learn from it and let's right the wrongs next week."
Man of the Match: Justin Tipuric (Ospreys)
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Keelan Giles, Ben John, Ashley Beck, Eli Walker; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Paul James, Scott Baldwin, Ma'afu Fia, Rory Thornton, Alun Wyn Jones (Capt), Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Sam Parry, Gareth Thomas, Rhodri Jones, Lloyd Ashley, James King, Tom Habberfield, Sam Davies, Josh Matavesi.
Newcastle Falcons: Brett Connon; Marcus Watson, Fred Burdon (captain), Craig Willis, Belisario Agulla; Joel Hodgson, Michael Young; Alex Rogers, Ben Sowrey, David Wilson, Will Witty, Nick Civetta, Glen Young, Daniel Temm, Harrison Orr
Replacements: David Nelson, Sam Lockwood, Andrew Foster, Mouritz Botha, Callum Chick, Sam Egerton, Juan Pablo Socino, Alex Tait.
Attendance 7,352
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ire)
Assistant referees: Kieran Barry, Shane Kiernans (Ire).


A west Belfast business owner has said jobs could be lost after his barber shop and taxi depot were destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

The fire started in the premises at Bingnian Drive off the Glen Road at about 04:30 BST on Sunday and police said an explosion was reported.
The shop units may have to be demolished as the blaze caused structural damage to the property.
Owner Steven Comerford said he did not know why his business was targeted.
"We've been in the community [for] 18 to 20 years," he said.
"Just don't know why somebody would want to do something like that.
"It's hard enough with the day-to-day runnings of a business and to manage staff and do your daily routines, without the added pressure of [wondering] where do we go from here."
Police have appealed for witnesses.


The father of murder victim Jennifer Cardy has spoken of how horrendous an experience the trial of her killer Robert Black has been for the family.

Black, 64, who was previously convicted of murdering three other young girls, murdered nine-year-old Jennifer in August 1981.
The child had been cycling to a friend's house near her home in Ballinderry, County Antrim, when the Scottish van driver abducted her.
"For the last six weeks we have had to endure and listen to how Robert Black kidnapped, sexually abused and murdered our daughter," Andy Cardy said.
"It has been absolutely horrendous. We heard things that, in all honesty, were not even in our imagination.
"We were confronted with the awfulness of her last few hours and what she had to suffer and it has been truly awful."
Mr Cardy said the family's Christian faith had been a source of strength.
"We had a faith, and particularly throughout the trial we had a promise from God that he would never forsake us.
"He has given us a peace that surpasses all understanding. We have been able to live without bitterness.
"The wonderful thing is that one day we will be reunited with Jennifer."
He said life had never been the same since Jennifer's loss.
"Robert Black stole the life of our daughter but he didn't steal the life of me and my family. We lived a happy and prosperous life, but we missed Jennifer every day,'' he said.
Mr Cardy said he pitied Black and "the awful life he has led".
"Robert Black's end, if he doesn't come to repentance, will be an eternity with Satan in hell."
He said he still believed that someone who commits such a murder should receive a death sentence.
He said he felt this not out of hatred or vengeance but out of a desire for justice.
Jennifer's mother Pat said her daughter had been "the happiest little girl that I have ever known".
"Jennifer had a lovely thoughtfulness beyond her nine years," she said.
"Robert Black has done this awful deed but he will not destroy us.
"I don't think we will ever have closure, because our daughter is gone.
"But we have the relief in knowing that the perpetrator of this gruesome, horrible crime has been brought to justice and that does bring us a peace and a relief."
Detective Superintendent Raymond Murray, who led the police investigation into Jennifer's death for nine years, said his thoughts were with the Cardy family.
"None of us can imagine what they have suffered over the past 30 years or, more recently, during the past weeks of this trial when the horrific events of August 1981 were re-visited," he said.
"Robert Black preyed on the most vulnerable, most innocent and most cherished members of society - our children - devastating families and communities along the way."
He described Robert Black as "a lost cause to humanity" and said it had been one of the longest police investigations ever conducted in Northern Ireland.
"It has taken many twists and turns," he said.
"At times we have been full of hope and on other occasions we've been frustrated by a lack of progress, but we stuck to our principles and to our task and we have collected enough evidence to convince a jury that Robert Black is guilty."
He added: "In the end, it was good, old-fashioned police work which brought this case to trial and secured a conviction.
"It was attention to detail. It was trawling through literally tons of material and checking every minute aspect to pull together all the pieces of this jigsaw from many parts of the UK.
"Today's conviction will ensure he remains behind bars for a long time to come."


Ireland missed out on a place in the Olympic Games quarter-finals after going down 3-2 to Argentina in Rio.

The Irish needed to win to progress from Pool B but Juan Saldino's close-range finish put Argentina ahead.
John Jermyn levelled but Ireland were soon behind again as Gonzalo Peillat netted just before half-time.
Shane O'Donoghue made it 2-2 before Peillat scored his second penalty corner goal to end Ireland's first Olympic hockey appearance since 1908.
A draw was enough for Argentina to make the last eight and Saldino set them on their way as he pounced to net after a Peillat penalty corner was blocked on the line.
Argentina forced successive penalty corners in the first quarter but Irish goalkeeper David Harte was in superb form as he repeatedly denied the South Americans.
Ireland improved in the second quarter and Jermyn fired high into the net from a penalty corner with six minutes left in the second quarter.
It was 2-1 just two minutes later as Peillat finally found a way past Harte, who made an excellent double-save in the third quarter while Argentina hit the woodwork.
O'Donoghue rattled in a penalty corner with nine minutes left to restore Irish hopes of a memorable victory.
However, Paillet delivered a clinical strike within seconds to earn Argentina victory while ensuring Ireland finished fifth in Pool B.


At least 72 people have been killed in Syria's northern Aleppo province by barrel bombs dropped from government helicopters, activists say.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 60 people died in the strike on al-Bab - a town currently held by Islamic State (IS) militants.
It says 12 were killed in a rebel-held quarter of the city of Aleppo.
Syria's government has repeatedly denied using barrel bombs - large containers filled with explosives.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which gathers information through a network of activists in Syria, called it one of the worst massacres perpetrated by the government so far this year.
Meanwhile, Islamic State is reported to have blown up Tadmur prison near the ancient city of Palmyra - which fell to the militants earlier this month.
The prison was for decades a symbol of state oppression in Syria. It had held thousands of political prisoners, who faced years of torture and disease in its cells. Many were executed.
The SOHR says at least 60 people were killed in the attack on al-Bab's busy market on Saturday morning after government helicopters dropped two barrel bombs in quick succession.
Many of the victims were blown to pieces or burnt beyond recognition by the blasts, which devastated the market, shops and vehicles, reports the BBC's Jim Muir from neighbouring Lebanon.
Most of those killed or injured were men, because women do not appear much in public in areas controlled by IS, as al-Bab has been for some time, our correspondent adds.
In Aleppo, a man told the BBC he ran to the site of the barrel-bomb attack to find a vehicle on fire with around eight civilians dead inside it.
Activists report barrel bombs being dropped from government helicopters every day in different parts of the country.
They consist of steel drums packed with explosives and shrapnel - and sometimes with chlorine also added, according to many reports.
They are highly inaccurate, and often cause massive damage and indiscriminate casualties in built-up areas.
3,124
civilians killed
35
rebel fighters killed
3 schools hit in attacks
17  hospitals damaged - many  forced into underground basements
23 mosques damaged or destroyed
The Syrian government has made no public comment on the reports, which have not been independently verified.
In February, Human Rights Watch group accused Damascus of dropping barrel bombs on hundreds of sites in 2014, violating a UN Security resolution.
In an interview with the BBC also in February, President Bashar al-Assad denied his forces used barrel bombs. Dismissing the allegation as a "childish story", he said: "There are no barrel bombs. We don't have barrels."
Aleppo has been divided between government- and rebel-held areas since fighting erupted in the former commercial hub in 2012.
More than 220,000 people have been killed across Syria since the start of the uprising against President Bashar in 2011, according to UN estimates.


Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told forward Anthony Martial he needs to be more consistent.

Martial has been linked with a move to Inter Milan as part of a deal that would see Ivan Perisic leave the Italian club.
The 21-year-old created Jesse Lingard's first-half opener in the 1-1 friendly draw with Real Madrid in Santa Clara.
"He is a young player. He still has time to learn, to improve and develop," said Mourinho.
"We want more consistency in his talent."
United have not managed to get the best out of 21-year-old Martial since his £36m move from Monaco in 2015.
He set up Lingard's goal in California on Sunday with a fabulous piece of skill that took him past Luka Modric and Daniel Carvajal.
United won the game 2-1 on penalties.
"I can say he is training better than before and is working harder than before," added Mourinho.
United, who are unbeaten in four pre-season games, have one match remaining in the United States, against Barcelona on Wednesday.
They flew out of California straight after the game to Washington DC, where they will spend the next three days before the trip home.
It is a major difference to 12 months ago, when Mourinho and his squad went to China and had a planned match against Manchester City in Beijing cancelled due to the poor state of the pitch at the Bird's Nest Stadium.
Mourinho said: "We were based in Los Angeles for 15 days, which was fantastic. We were always in the same hotel and on the same training ground.
"Now we go to DC which is halfway home almost. These next three days are a good thing for us on our way back.
"If Juan Mata (ankle) and Ander Herrera (hip) are not a real problem in terms of injuries, I would say it has been a perfect pre-season for us."
Prior to the game, Mourinho said it would be "mission impossible" to try and sign Gareth Bale from Real Madrid, so he had not even tried.
Speaking after the match, whilst perfectly polite, it was clear Bale was not interested in talking about his future in Madrid.
Question: Jose Mourinho says it would be mission impossible to get you to Manchester United.
Answer: There you go.
Question: Is that the way you see it?
Answer: I haven't said anything.
Question: You continue to be happy at Real Madrid?
Answer: Yes.


British fighter Kell Brook successfully defended his IBF welterweight title with a second-round stoppage of Kevin Bizier in Sheffield on Saturday.

Brook, 29, had too much power for the Canadian challenger from the outset as he staged a third successful defence of the belt he first won in August 2014.
"I want the big fights now," Brook told Sky Sports.
Meanwhile, Olympic champion Luke Campbell saw off Gary Sykes to take the Commonwealth lightweight title.
Like Brook, Campbell - who won gold at the 2012 Olympics in London - needed just two rounds to take victory on the undercard at Sheffield.
After putting Sykes on the canvas, a flurry of powerful punches had his opponent on the ropes, forcing the referee to step in.
Brook's win completed a successful return to the ring for the Sheffield boxer after a 10-month absence.
He had stopped Frankie Gavin in six rounds in May last year and a proposed fight with Argentina's Diego Chaves was called off after Brook picked up a rib injury.
The IBF had mandated his bout with Bizier, whose previous two defeats came against Jo Jo Dan, a fighter Brook defeated in four rounds a year ago.
Brook was dominant from the outset against Bizier, who cut his eye inside the very first minute, and a second visit to the canvas for the Canadian led to the stoppage with 45 seconds left in the second round.


A European Parliament deadline for France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen to return more than 300,000 euros (Â£257,000; $321,000) it says she has misspent, has passed.

The presidential candidate had until midnight to repay the money, but said she had no intention of doing so.
The parliament says she wrongly used the funds to pay an aide at the National Front's headquarters in Paris.
She says she is the victim of a politically motivated vendetta.
If she does not repay the money, the parliament could now respond by withholding as much as half of her salary and allowances, which her opponents say total almost â‚¬11,000 a month.
Ms Le Pen is one of the front-runners in the French presidential election to be held in April and May. If she wins, she has promised a Brexit-style referendum on France's membership of the EU.
Polls suggest that she will make it to the run-off where she is likely to face conservative candidate Francois Fillon or centrist Emmanuel Macron.
"I will not submit to the persecution, a unilateral decision taken by political opponents... without proof and without waiting for a judgement from the court action I have started," she told Reuters news agency on Tuesday.
The money the European Parliament wants returned was used to pay the salary of Catherine Griset, a close friend of Ms Le Pen as well as her cabinet director.
The funds were conditional on Ms Griset spending most of her working time in Brussels or Strasbourg.
However, the parliament says most of her time was instead spent working in the National Front's headquarters in Paris. The party will face a second demand for 41,554 euros in wages paid to her bodyguard.
The far-right leader also tried to distance herself from financial allegations overshadowing Republican candidate Francois Fillon, who has vigorously denied that his wife was paid 834,000 euros for fake jobs.
Asked if she would pay back the money, Marine Le Pen told AFP: "To pay the money back, I'd have had to have received the funds, but my name isn't Francois Fillon."
Quite apart from her refusal to pay back the funds, the FN leader might struggle to find the money. Her party has been unable to raise funds from French banks and has had to seek financing abroad.
In 2014, the FN received a â‚¬9m loan from Russian lender First Czech-Russian Bank, which collapsed last year.


Lewis Hamilton said his Hungarian Grand Prix pole position was probably the most dominant of his Formula 1 career so far.

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The world champion beat his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 0.575 seconds to take his ninth pole in 10 races in 2015.
"In terms of how the weekend's gone, I'm incredibly happy. So far it's been one of the best," said Hamilton, who was fastest in all practice and qualifying sessions.
"I can't remember having the performance I've had this weekend on any weekend.
"I really wanted to adjust myself to hit the target every time I go out and I did.
"On a day like this with that kind of gap on your team-mate, you definitely have a good feeling. Psychologically it is good for me."
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But Hamilton, who leads Rosberg by 17 points in the Formula One world championship heading into the race, said victory was far from certain in a race expected to take place in dry conditions in temperatures of around 28C.
He has expressed concerns about being overtaken at the start - as he has been in the last two races in Austria and Britain - especially as it can be so difficult to get past opponents around the tight and twisty Hungaroring.
"It is a long run down to Turn One, which is always a nervous point," he said.
"But hopefully, with the pace we have, we should be good.
"The race is incredibly tough - not only physically, but also technically for the car.
"But I feel confident in my team and my car and I hope we can convert it tomorrow."
Rosberg was perplexed by the size of the gap to Hamilton.
"The whole weekend has been up and down," he said. "The car was not as I was expecting and not in the right place. There are a lot of things I can't explain so we need to look into that.
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"I was really happy this morning.  I felt it was going to be my qualifying and starting on the first run it just went nowhere - I don't understand."
The two Mercedes are likely to be in a race of their own at the front, but there will be an intense battle for the final podium spot between the Ferrari, Red Bull and Williams drivers.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel beat Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo to third by just 0.035secs, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen taking fifth ahead of Williams's Valtteri Bottas, Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat and Williams's Felipe Massa.
Vettel said: "I expect a tight race also to people behind - to the Williams and the Red Bull in particular.
"Red Bull are a lot closer to Mercedes than they were some races ago.
"I think it was fairly evident at Silverstone already so it was expected that they have a strong weekend here as well.
"So I expect them to be strong in the race, but we managed to out-qualify them which means that we are quicker."
The race takes place following the death of Marussia driver Jules Bianchi last week from head injuries suffered in a crash at last year's Japanese Grand Prix.
The teams and drivers are all carrying tributes to the 25-year-old Frenchman on their cars and helmets and there will be a minute's silence in his memory on the grid 15 minutes before the race, which starts at 1300 BST.
Full qualifying results
Coverage details


Two former rugby internationals, New Zealander Ali Williams and Australian James O'Connor, have been charged with drug offences in Paris.

The pair were arrested outside a nightclub near the Champs Elysees on Saturday and spent a night in jail.
Williams, 35, will appear in court at a later date having accepted a charge of buying cocaine, judicial sources say.
O'Connor, 26, faces a charge of possession. They were found with 2.4 grams of the drug.
Police, quoted by AFP, alleged Williams was seen in a car with two suspected drug dealers. O'Connor was allegedly spotted outside the car acting as a lookout.
Williams plays for the French team Racing 92 and O'Connor is at Toulon.
The two suspected dealers were also arrested.
Racing 92 said in a statement (in French) that it had suspended Williams "temporarily".
"If the investigation confirmed the possession of cocaine and the transaction, it would not only be against the law but also a serious breach of our ethics," the club said.
Toulon is still deciding whether to take action against O'Connor, who made 44 appearances for Australia between 2008 and 2013.
Williams earned 77 New Zealand caps between 2002 and 2012.
Last October two other New Zealanders playing for Racing 92 were cleared of doping charges.
The side are current champions of French rugby.


Nicola Sturgeon has said that independence offers an "opportunity for all sectors of Scottish society".

The deputy first minister also suggested people were "waking up" to independence being a chance to build a fairer society.
She was speaking on a visit to Glasgow Central Mosque.
Labour spokeswoman Jackie Baillie argued that the nationalists were making claims on welfare which simply do "not add up".
However, Ms Sturgeon said independence was an inclusive offer which could benefit all sectors of society.
She said: "It is about the people of Scotland, all of us, taking our future into our own hands.
"Here at Glasgow Central Mosque and across all of Scotland's communities, people are waking up to the opportunity of independence to build a fairer society, to support our young people with greater job opportunities and to protect our public services like the NHS.
"Scotland's success on the world stage is built on innovation and a rich and diverse cultural heritage - that outward-looking and inclusive approach will blossom on the world stage with a Yes vote and independence.
"In Scotland there are families from Pakistan and Poland, India and Ireland, England and Italy, and people from many other parts of the world living, working and making a positive contribution to modern Scotland - this is something worth celebrating."
Labour and the Better Together campaign have claimed an independent Scotland would face spending cuts which would place a strain on welfare budgets.
Ms Baillie said: "The welfare state is one of the UK's proudest achievements. It was founded on the basis of need, not nationality, so that those who fall on hard times get the support they need.
"To make that founding principle a reality we need to be able to fund our welfare state. Independence puts that at risk. The experts at the impartial Institute for Fiscal Studies are clear that leaving the UK would mean an extra Â£6bn of cuts.
"The SNP's welfare claims simply don't add up. Alex Salmond needs to tell people in Scotland how his welfare promises would be paid for when independence would bring about austerity plus."


More than 200 miles of broken pavements are to be repaired across Surrey as part of a multi-million pound revamp of the county's footpaths.

Surrey County Council has allocated £20m for the repairs, which will be carried out over six years.
It has prioritised footpaths outside schools, hospitals and shopping centres.
Cabinet member for highways John Furey said some paths are "dangerous" and inaccessible to disabled people.
Pavements listed for early repairs include Southway in Guildford, Godstone Road in Caterham, Windfield in Leatherhead and Banstead Road in Ewell.
The authority said some paths would be smoothed over, while the worst would be "torn up and reconstructed from scratch".


A tenant who bludgeoned his landlord to death in Swansea and dumped his body 140 miles away has been convicted of murder.

Alec Warburton, 59, was hit in the back of the head with a hammer by David Craig Ellis at his Sketty home in July.
His body was found in a disused quarry in Dolwyddelan, Conwy county, in September.
Ellis, 41, was found guilty at Swansea Crown Court on Wednesday and will be sentenced on Thursday.
He had already admitted killing his landlord, but claimed it was following sexual advances from Mr Warburton.
Consultant forensic Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers told the trial Mr Warburton had three major skull defects, but there was no sign of any defensive injuries.
"I was of the view that these injuries were caused by the head of a hammer," he said.
After murdering him, Ellis drove Mr Warburton's car with his landlord's body in the boot to north Wales.
He dumped the body in the disused Prince Llywelyn slate quarry, which he was familiar with from his childhood.
Ellis returned home before catching a ferry to Northern Ireland and travelling to the Republic of Ireland, where he eventually was arrested.
He confessed to the Garda in Ireland where he had dumped Mr Warburton's body.
Felicity Galvin, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, Wales, said: "David Ellis is responsible for a pre-meditated and brutal attack on Alec Warburton that left his victim with fatal injuries.
"Ellis went to great lengths to plan the attack and then attempt to cover his tracks. Prior to the attack, he devised a note that he used later to deceive Mr Warburton's tenants into believing he was still alive.
"He made concerted efforts to clean the murder scene and used Mr Warburton's phone to facilitate further deception of his victim's family and tenants."
Det Insp Peter Collins of South Wales Police said: "Alec Warburton was subjected to a senseless and violent attack in his own home and his death shocked the Sketty community. Our thoughts, as ever, are with his family and friends and we hope that they will take some comfort now that David Ellis has been convicted of his murder."


Dozens of workers were taken off two North Sea platforms after a loss of power.

Marathon Oil said the "power outage" happened in the Brae field, 155 miles north east of Aberdeen, on Monday.
A total of 75 non-essential personnel from the Brae Alpha and Brae Bravo platforms were transferred onshore.
Marathon said 170 personnel remained.


Sebastian Barry has become the first novelist to win the prestigious Costa Book of the Year prize twice.

Days Without End, a novel that begins in the 1850s, tells the story of two Irish soldiers who go to fight in US wars, including the civil war.
The Dublin-born author and playwright, 61, was inspired to write about the gay relationship at the heart of the story after his youngest son came out.
Barry, who receives Â£30,000, also won in 2008 with The Secret Scripture.
Prof Kate Williams, who chaired the judging panel, described the book as "a searing, magnificent and incredibly moving description of how the West was won".
Accepting his latest prize on Tuesday evening, Barry said: "You nearly had the first instance of a posthumous winner, I got such a fright.
"On this occasion any of these amazing, amazing books could have won, leaving aside my own.
"I do want to thank the judges - you've made me crazy happy from the top of my head to my toes, in a way that is a little bit improper at 61."
Immediately after his win, Barry got in contact with his son Toby, to whom the book is dedicated, via Skype.
"I couldn't hear a word he was saying, but the glowing happy face of your son is an award in itself," he said.
He told the BBC: "As a father, I'm trying to mobilise the world to stop being in any way prejudiced to people who are gay... they should be revered and emulated rather than in any way made to feel unhappy."
He recalled how Toby, after reading the book, had said: "You're not gay dad, but you're an ally - and I like your book!"
Prof Williams said the decision to award Barry's book the prize had been unanimous.
"We as judges were absolutely blown away by this book," she said. "It takes you from the highs to the lows of human experience."
She described the book's gay relationship as "one of the most wonderful depictions of love in fiction".
2016 COSTA CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS
Costa First Novel Award: Francis Spufford - Golden Hill (Faber & Faber)
Costa Novel Award: Sebastian Barry - Days Without End (Faber & Faber)
Costa Biography Award: Keggie Carew - Dadland (Chatto & Windus)
Costa Poetry Award: Alice Oswald - Falling Awake (Jonathan Cape Poetry)
Costa Children's Book Award: Brian Conaghan - The Bombs That Brought Us Together (Bloomsbury)
At the beginning of January, Barry's novel was named as one of five Costa category winners alongside the prizes for first novel, poetry, children's book and biography.
The overall winner was announced at an awards ceremony held at Quaglino's in central London.
The judging panel included TV presenter Graham Norton, journalist Sian Williams and actor Robert Bathurst.
The Costa prize honours outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland and was previously known as the Whitbread award.
Last year's overall winner was children's book The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge.


Donegal seemed to be suffering a hangover from their hammering by Tyrone as they laboured to beat Longford in the football qualifier at Ballybofey.

Longford led 0-4 to 0-3 after a turgid first half and then moved two up before James McGivney's red card led to the visitors losing their way.
Patrick McBrearty's four points helped Donegal pull clear after a first half when they had fired a dozen wides.
Donegal will learn their next qualifier opponents in Monday's third-round draw.
A large, predominantly home crowd of 9,915 turned up to watch the round 2A qualifier but the Donegal supporters were left bemused by their team's lacklustre first-half display.
Michael Murphy's sixth-minute free was Donegal's only score in the opening 23 minutes as they appeared short on energy.
When Donegal did get into scoring positions in the opening half, their shooting was poor as they also struggled to deal with Longford's physique.
Two David McGivney frees helped Longford lead 0-4 to 0-3 at the break and Robbie Smyth's second score then edged the visitors two clear after the resumption.
The sides were level at 0-5 apiece when James McGivney completed a hat-trick of enforced departures for the Longford half-forward line as he picked up a second yellow card.
Earlier, Daniel Mimnagh and Darren Gallagher had been black carded for the visitors.
As Martin McElhinney's introduction gave some badly-needed impetus to the Donegal attack, the home side hit seven of the remaining nine scores with McBrearty contributing four of those points.
Donegal boss Rory Gallagher admitted his side had produced a "flat performance".
"Longford made it difficult for us but we didn't do enough to break through them," said Gallagher.
"But we are in the draw for the next round of the qualifiers and that is what it is all about."
Saturday's  results


York and Boreham Wood remain unbeaten in the National League this season after playing out a dramatic 1-1 draw, with both goals coming in the final two minutes.

Simon Heslop thought he had won it for York in the 88th minute, but Ricky Shakes went to the other end and levelled things up.
Heslop drove through a crowded box to put City ahead, but before the home side could celebrate, Shakes did similarly to bring his side back square.
In a tight affair, Daniel Nti's 77th-minute effort for York was about as close as either side went before the goals, his strike blocked as it headed for the bottom corner.
Clovis Kamdjo also tried for York, denied by keeper Grant Smith, while Wood's Angelo Balanta drew a save from Scott Flinders.
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Match ends, York City 1, Boreham Wood 1.
Second Half ends, York City 1, Boreham Wood 1.
Goal!  York City 1, Boreham Wood 1. Ricky Shakes (Boreham Wood).
Goal!  York City 1, Boreham Wood 0. Simon Heslop (York City).
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Femi Ilesanmi replaces Adriano Moke.
Joe Devera (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Morgan Ferrier (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Morgan Ferrier replaces Kenny Davis.
Substitution, York City. Richard Brodie replaces Scott Fenwick.
Substitution, York City. Daniel Nti replaces Ben Clappison.
Yan Klukowski (York City) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins York City 0, Boreham Wood 0.
First Half ends, York City 0, Boreham Wood 0.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Conor Clifford replaces Bruno Andrade.
Shaun Rooney (York City) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Adam Byrne and Barry Daly ran in second-half tries as Leinster reversed last season's Pro12 final result with an impressive victory over Connacht.

A crowd of 18,200 at the RDS saw home captain Isa Nacewa kick 14 points as Connacht were denied a first win in Dublin for 14 years.
It gave Leinster revenge for their defeat by the Westerners in last season's Pro12 final.
They are top of the table, level on 26 points with Ospreys and Glasgow.
A fiercely-contested first half ended 9-6 in Leinster's favour, Nacewa's three penalties cancelling out an early brace from Connacht centre Craig Ronaldson.
Those scores from UCD wingers Byrne (49 minutes) and Daly (75) had Leinster out of sight before Connacht's replacement hooker Shane Delahunt took a great line to score a last-minute consolation try.
Off set-piece ball in the Connacht 22, the hosts managed to suck in the Connacht defence and passes from Jamison Gibson-Park and Sean Cronin led to Byrne scooping up a bouncing ball to touch down in the right corner for the opening try.
Leinster's scrum appeared on the verge of winning a penalty try before Daly marked his first Pro12 start with a try, going over wide on the left from a flat Joey Carbery pass.
After Nacewa's conversion, Connacht broke downfield and their efforts were eventually rewarded with Delahunt's seven-pointer by the posts.
Leinster: Nacewa, A Byrne, O'Loughlin, Reid, Daly, Carbery, Gibson-Park, Healy, Cronin, Ross, M Kearney, Nagle, Leavy, O'Brien, Conan.
Replacements: R. Kearney for O'Loughlin (63), Dooley for Healy (58), Tracy for Cronin (58), Bent for Ross (58), McCarthy for M Kearney (45), van der Flier for O'Brien (67).
Not used: L McGrath, R Byrne.
Sin bin: O'Brien (27).
Connacht: O'Halloran, Adeolokun, Robb, Ronaldson, Kelleher, Carty, Marmion, J Cooney, Heffernan, Carey, Roux, Browne, O'Brien, Heenan, Muldoon.
Replacements: Ili for Kelleher (69), Blade for Marmion (76), Delahunt for Heffernan (58), Robertson-McCoy for Carey (53), E McKeon for O'Brien (53).
Not used: Bealham, Cannon, Aki.


A man has died in a house fire in County Durham.

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue crews were called to Beech Close, Brasside, on Monday evening. The street is in the Framwellgate Moor area of the city.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A joint investigation between the fire service and Durham Police has been launched, a fire service spokesman said.


Renault have signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in Lotus to create a new Formula 1 team for 2016.

Renault have been in talks to buy Lotus for several months and the latter's financial position has become precarious without a deal in place.
But in a statement on Monday, Renault said it was the "first step towards the project of a Renault Formula 1 team".
Lotus F1 were due in court on Monday over unpaid tax, but the case was adjourned until 7 December.
Renault, whose engine partnership with Red Bull appears to be heading for a messy divorce, say the move to buy the Lotus team represents the ambition to extend their 38-year involvement in F1.
The French company previously ran their own F1 team from 1977-85 and 2002-10, winning the drivers' and constructors' championships in 2005 and 2006 when Fernando Alonso drove for them.
In 2009 Renault sold the majority of shares in its F1 team, which became Lotus Renault in 2011 and from 2012 the team competed as Lotus F1.
Lotus's current owner, Genii Capital, has recently scaled down its own investment.
The Lotus team have suffered a number of operational problems and were locked out of their hospitality building at last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix because of debts from last year's race.
Despite that, both drivers finished in the points at Suzuka with Romain Grosjean coming seventh, one place ahead of team-mate Pastor Maldonado.
Lotus announced last week that Venezuelan Maldonado, 30, would be staying at the team next year, but their other driver has yet to be decided.
Frenchman Grosjean, 29, is expected to leave to join the new US-based Haas team, who are announcing at least one of their drivers on Tuesday.
The original Lotus team, founded by Colin Chapman, first competed in F1 in 1958 before collapsing with financial difficulties in 1994.
Lotus had been one of the dominant teams of the 1960s and '70s, winning seven constructors' championships and six drivers' titles.
Scotsman Jim Clark was world champion in 1963 and 1965 and England's Graham Hill also won the F1 title in a Lotus in 1968.


Transport for London officials met the designer of the planned Garden Bridge four times before the procurement process began in February 2013, documents seen by the BBC reveal.

These meetings happened before other firms were invited to tender.
In the documents there was no reference to a garden bridge - just a request for a design of a pedestrian footbridge.
A spokesman for the Mayor of London said the procurement process had already been found to be fair.
The documents - obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the Architects Journal - show designer Thomas Heatherwick first met officials on 24 September 2012, with London Mayor Boris Johnson in attendance.
At the next meeting on 17 December 2012, Mr Heatherwick met a deputy mayor to discuss what was described as the "next steps" for a Garden Bridge.
There was then a planning proposal meeting on 31 January 2013 and a final meeting - with Mr Johnson in attendance - on 1 February 2013.
Will Hurst, managing editor of the Architects Journal said he thought "the process smells very bad".
He said: "What alarmed me was that Wilkinson Eyre and Marks Barfield [the other two firms invited to take part in the procurement process] were outscored by Heatherwick on bridge design experience.
"I thought how on Earth can that be fair given that Heatherwick had only designed one tiny bridge in Paddington. The other two firms had designed many, many bridges."
There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr Heatherwick.
A spokesman for the Mayor of London said: "An audit of Transport for London's procurement process has already found that it was open, fair and transparent...
"Work on building the bridge is due to begin this year and is widely supported by Londoners."
The Garden Bridge was conceived by the actress Joanna Lumley as a memorial to Princess Diana.
She is an associate of the studio of Mr Heatherwick, who also designed the Olympic cauldron and London's new Routemaster bus. He helped develop the idea before she lobbied Mr Johnson.
In January 2016, The Architects' Journal reported that, before the procurement process began, Mr Heatherwick was in San Francisco and joined Mr Johnson for a meeting with technology firm Apple to ask them to sponsor the bridge.
The mayor said that meeting had no bearing on a fair procurement process.
Prof Christopher Bovis, an expert on procurement who has advised the UK government and the European Commission on fair process compliance, said: "The procurement process of the Garden Bridge is littered with procedural irregularities. It is not one of the best examples of a procurement process in the UK."
The three firms involved have declined to comment but the head of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Jane Duncan, has previously called for the Garden Bridge project to be halted and scrutinised before more public money is spent.
The Department for Transport and Transport for London have both invested £30 million in the project.
The Garden Bridge Trust said it had now raised £85 million in private money for the bridge and would repay £20 million of the TFL money over the next 50 years.


Actor Chaim Topol has been honoured with the prestigious Israel Award for lifetime achievement.

Known by many fans simply as Topol, his most famous roles include Jewish milkman Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
He won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for the 1971 film, after first playing the character on the West End stage and later on Broadway.
Topol also played Roger Moore's wingman in James Bond film For Your Eyes Only and Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon.
Fiddler on the Roof's Tevye is the role that has defined his career, and he estimates he has played the part more than 3,500 times on stage - most recently in 2009. However Topol told Associated Press he was "not complaining".
"How many people are known for one part? How many people in my profession are known worldwide?" he said.
"Sometimes I am surprised when I come to China or when I come to Tokyo or when I come to France or when I come wherever and the clerk at the immigration says `Topol, Topol, are you Topol?'
"So yes many people saw it and it is not a bad thing.''
The actor started his career in the 1950s when he joined a theatrical troupe in the Israeli army.
He landed the lead in 1964 Israeli film Sallah Shabati which was nominated for the best foreign language Oscar and won Topol his first Golden Globe Award.
He made his English-language debut in Cast a Giant Shadow alongside Kirk Douglas and his other film roles include the title role in Galileo.
Younger Israeli audiences will know his voice from dubbing the Hebrew-language version of The Jungle Book and two of the Harry Potter films.
The actor still lives in the Tel Aviv childhood home of his wife of 60 years, Galia.
"I wasn't brought up in Hollywood. I was brought up in a kibbutz here and I started to work at the age of 14 in a printing house," he said.
"Obviously, when you are successful in a film and the money flows, yes, obviously, it is very nice. But to tell you that is the most important thing, I am not sure."
Topol said he is now working on a screenplay and continues to act on stage alongside his charity work.


British actress Keira Knightley was forced to cancel Wednesday night's performance of her Broadway show Therese Raquin due to a "minor injury".

The star is making her Broadway debut at New York's Studio 54 Theatre.
She is expected to be ready for Thursday night's show, according to the Roundabout Theatre Company.
Last week Knightley's debut performance was interrupted by a man in the audience who shouted and threw flowers, before being escorted out by security.
He had been sitting in the mezzanine area of the audience before going to the railings to shout at the actress, who did not break character.
The man was heard to say, "Five seconds is too long to wait for a response!" before tossing the flowers on his way out. Other audience members claimed he had shouted: "We're going to be in heaven together."
Knightley plays the title character in Terese Raquin, a young woman in a loveless marriage who has a passionate affair. Based on the novel by Emile Zola, the "tale of love, lust, betrayal and guilt" also stars Gabriel Ebert.
The play is still in previews and is not due to officially open until the 29 October.
Although it is The Imitation Game and Pirates of the Caribbean star's Broadway debut, Knightley has appeared on the West End stage twice before. She stared in 2009 comedy The Misanthrope and Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour in 2011.


Chelsea's win over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge not only restored them to the top of the Premier League, it also offered up further evidence of the impact manager Antonio Conte has as he rebuilds the club from the trauma of last season.

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The Italian is picking up the fallen champions after a desperate 2015-16 campaign that saw Jose Mourinho sacked just months after winning the title - and also after some undistinguished early performances this season.
Conte is becoming one of the league's most compelling personalities - so how is he mixing pure theatre in his technical area with the job of pointing Chelsea back in the direction that sees them fighting for the big prizes once more?
Conte's touchline antics stand alongside Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as a visual spectacle, which means the eye can sometimes be drawn to watching the touchline as much as the action.
And Conte was a blur of perpetual motion again on the Stamford Bridge sidelines in the 2-1 win against Spurs on Saturday - but the top coaches never lose control and the Italian knows there is a time and a place to keep a lid on the emotions.
Conte was involved in a long and heated exchange with fourth official Bobby Madley when an apparent handball by Harry Kane was not spotted in the second half. It ended with an outstretched hand of understanding that was graciously reciprocated by Madley.
He was also visibly desperate to inject more urgency into Chelsea as they were outplayed by Spurs for 44 minutes until Pedro's equaliser was the catalyst for a complete momentum shift.
It was a drama played out with maximum animation as his voice could be heard above the crowd. And the body language - occasionally leaping up and down on the spot - making him look like he was auditioning for Riverdance.
There is, however, substance to back up his frenzied technical area style. Conte's half-time messages, bolstered by the equaliser, were clearly received and understood by Chelsea's players as they carried out his instructions to put pressure on Spurs and play at the higher tempo that suits them.
He is transmitting his desire to Chelsea's players, with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saying after the Spurs win: "He's passionate like that every day, every session and that's great for us because it keeps us focused and sharp."
It has also roused Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea's fans warming to Conte and chanting his name constantly on Saturday night.
Conte's sideshow may be eye-catching but his blood remains cool enough to make the right tactical moves that ensured Chelsea saw out the closing stages of this tight contest in relative comfort.
Conte was keen to stress he wanted his work, and the fact that Chelsea are back on top of the table, to stay low-key and be treated with modesty. "We must continue to work, improve and we must stay humble," said the 47-year-old.
And that is clearly what he intends to do for one of the biggest games of the season when they travel to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City next Saturday lunchtime.
For all the emotion on the touchline, Conte is quietly spoken and measured in his press conferences with an increasingly impressive command of English.
As Courtois hinted, Conte is obsessive about his work and all the traits he developed in Italy are being brought to bear as Chelsea look unrecognisable from last season.
Conte was known as "The Hammer" by some members of the Italian media for the demands on his players, often ringing them at 11pm during his time at Juventus to advise them of changes to training schedules, keeping them on their toes.
He even produced a document on players' diet and his exacting standards have not dropped since he took over the office at Chelsea's Cobham training base.
As he once said himself: "There are situations in which you are the hammer and in which you are the anvil. We have to understand the role of the technical staff is of the anvil."
He also has the miles on the managerial clock to know how to handle every eventuality.
Conte was sacked as coach of Italian Serie B side Arezzo in October 2006, but rehabilitated his career with Bari, Atalanta and Siena before winning three successive Serie A titles with Juventus and taking charge of Italy's national team.
Former Italy striker and Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli, who was captain when Conte was a player at Juve, told BBC Sport during Euro 2016: "Football is his life and therefore he wears his heart on his sleeve. He doesn't try to be someone else. After the game he is a very pleasant, quiet guy - but during the 90 minutes he wants to win."
And winning is something he is becoming very good at with Chelsea.
Chelsea's dressing room is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential in the Premier League. There have been previous accusations of player power - rejected by those inside the dressing room - but it is "so far so good" with Conte.
And a testimony to the harmonising effect he has had can be seen with the presence of John Terry on the substitutes' bench.
The 35-year-old has been unable to regain his place since injury and a switch to Conte's favoured three-man defensive system left him on the margins.
Terry accepts his situation is being shaped by successful results and in conversation with former Chelsea team-mate William Gallas, he praised Conte's straight-talking, honest approach and said: "If I don't get back in the team it means Chelsea are winning and at the minute we are not conceding goals. It possibly means we are going to win the league and if that's with me or without me that doesn't matter."
Conte trusts his players, which is evident from the improvement in forward Pedro and fellow striker Victor Moses after loan spells at Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham. He has flicked the switch with forward Eden Hazard but has decided midfielder Cesc Fabregas is someone he can currently do without.
And what of the warhorse Diego Costa? He is also a beneficiary of Conte's methods.
He wanted the infamously combustible striker to keep his cool after a couple of red card near-misses at the start of the season. While Costa will never be a peaceful presence on the pitch he has clearly listened, taking two heavy bangs early on against Spurs but not retaliating in the manner of old.
Costa certainly knows who is boss after his demand to be substituted during the 3-0 win against Leicester City to avoid a yellow card and possible suspension for the game against Manchester United was studiously ignored.
Of course all is usually sweetness and light when victories are coming easily, but Conte is determined to do it his way at Chelsea or not at all.
Conte's watershed moment appeared to arrive very early at Stamford Bridge after miserable performances in the 2-1 home defeat to Liverpool and a 3-0 loss at Arsenal in late September.
After that Arsenal defeat, Conte trusted his tactical instincts and reverted to three at the back with David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta. He used  Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci in similar roles for Juventus and Italy.
The result? Seven successive Premier League wins and only one goal conceded since the day Chelsea lost at Arsenal and sat in 10th place, eight points behind then-leaders Manchester City, who they now lead by one point going into next week's meeting.
Ironically, since the Arsenal game they have had less percentage possession - 52.79% against 56.88% - than they had in the matches before. Chelsea have also had fewer shots, an average of 16.7 up to the Arsenal game compared with 15.4 after, but they have become a much more efficient machine.
The manner in which Liverpool pressed Chelsea into submission, and the way Arsenal cut them open with three first-half goals clearly left Conte with food for thought.
The results since have proved Conte is determined to learn the ways of the Premier League and take decisive action. Chelsea's place at the Premier League summit is the reward.


A dumper truck manufacturer has announced a further 65 redundancies at its North Lanarkshire base.

The job cuts are the latest to hit the workforce in Motherwell, which has more than halved since a peak of 630 employees in 2009/10.
Management at Terex Trucks blamed market conditions and a downturn in global demand.
The company produces articulated and rigid trucks which serve industries such as construction and mining.
In the latest round of cuts, subject to a statutory consultation period, 55 jobs on the shop floor will go, along with 10 administrative positions, leaving a staff of 300.
The firm started producing trucks in Motherwell in 1950 and was acquired by Volvo in 2014.
GMB Scotland organiser Alan Ritchie said: "These latest cuts mean more manufacturing misery for Lanarkshire and the Scottish economy, coming less than 24 hours after grim growth forecasts and the threat of a Scottish recession.
"Generations of Terex workers have delivered decades of world-class manufacturing here in Motherwell but, as we've seen at the likes of Tannoy in Coatbridge, a proud history counts for absolutely nothing.
"Let's be clear that Scottish manufacturing is in total freefall and our slide towards a low-skill, low-wage economy gathers apace without any meaningful intervention from the Scottish or UK governments."


British 20-year-old Oliver Golding upset eighth seed Peter Gojowczyk to reach the second round of Wimbledon qualifying.

Golding won 10 of the last 11 games to beat German Gojowczyk 6-4 6-1 and end a five-match losing streak.
The world number 352 needs two more wins to make in the main draw at Wimbledon for a second time and meets Swiss Marco Chiudinelli next.
The only other British winner was Brydan Klein.
Klein, 24, prevailed against Belgian Maxime Authom, who retired injured after losing the first game of the second set. Klein took the first 6-3.
Golding, who won the US Open junior title in 2011, played at Wimbledon in 2012 after being given a wildcard.
He is joined in the second round by Aljaz Bedene, who is hoping to change nationality from Slovenian to British, after he beat Ireland's James McGee 6-4 6-4.
Another man who progressed is Belgium's Steve Darcis. He caused one of the biggest shocks of last year's tournament by defeating Rafael Nadal in the opening round.


German prosecutors have raided Audi and VW sites as part of a probe into the manipulation of US emissions tests.

Officers searched the Audi factory in Ingolstadt in Bavaria, and eight other locations, including parent company Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg.
The searches were carried out in order to identify those involved in installing the devices that cheated the diesel tests, Munich prosecutors said.
Audi-owner VW has already agreed to settlements of $21bn (Â£17bn) in the US.
The raid at Audi's sites coincided with the company's annual press conference, in which it reported pre-tax profits of 3bn euros (Â£2.6bn) for 2016, a 37% drop on the previous year. The firm also announced a new autonomous vehicles division.
In a statement, Audi said it was co-operating with authorities.
In September 2015, Audi admitted that more than two million of its cars were fitted with software that allowed for the manipulation of test.
Prosecutors from three German states said the raids were in connection to some 80,000 V6 3.0-litre diesel cars sold in the US between 2009 and 2015, whose buyers were unaware of the emissions scandal.
They added that the search warrants were carried out particular to "clarify which people were involved in applying the [manipulation] technology and in providing false information to third parties".


Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald has agreed an extension to his contract that will keep him at the club until at least 2019.

Archibald, 38, took over as interim manager in January 2013 and led Thistle to promotion to the Premiership.
They subsequently finished 10th and eighth in the top flight, and currently lie ninth with three games remaining.
Archibald's assistant Scott Paterson, plus managing director Ian Maxwell, have also agreed new long-term deals.
"Alan and Scott have done an incredible job since taking over midway through our promotion season," said Thistle chairman David Beattie.
"Every season since, we have challenged them to drive the team forward and achieve more in the league with what other teams would regard as restricted resources - and every season they have achieved what we have asked of them.
"Undoubtedly there have been bumps in the road, but both Alan and Scott have taken everything in their stride and risen to the challenges very effectively."
While Thistle, who travel to Kilmarnock on Saturday, still require at least a point to be sure of avoiding the Premiership play-offs this season, Beattie has challenged the management duo to deliver a top-six finish next season.
"No-one should be in any doubt that Partick Thistle means business," he added. "Following three-and-a-half years of constant progress, growth and development, we are now in a stable position to build something really special here over the next three seasons.
"That means that not only do Alan and Scott have the board's full backing but we will also give them all the resources we can to ensure we go one step better next season and grab a top-six spot with both hands."