Dereck Chisora was outpointed by Vitali Klitschko in Munich, but the British challenger showed plenty of heart in taking the fight to the scorecards.

Klitschko, defending his WBC heavyweight crown, was a heavy favourite but was unable to do to Chisora what he had done to 40 of his previous 45 opponents, namely knock him out before the final bell.
I got beat by experience, but he did not hurt me.  I gave a great fight
Chisora, 28, lost the fight at the Olympiahalle 119-111, 118-110, 118-110.
Chisora was a huge underdog going into the fight, but managed to spark worldwide interest by slapping Klitschko at Friday's weigh-in.
A build-up already shrouded in controversy grew murkier still when news began to filter through that a row had erupted over Chisora's handwraps.
The Ukrainian's camp insisted that Chisora's wraps be removed and reapplied, causing the fight to be delayed by 20 minutes.
On being informed of the delay, Klitschko's German fans, already distinctly unimpressed by the challenger, made their distaste known with a hail of whistles and boos, which reached fever pitch when Chisora finally appeared.
While the Londoner's actions succeeded in making the fight a talking point, they had the unfortunate side-effect of angering not only the locals but also Klitschko, who had lost only four rounds in eight fights since his comeback in 2008.
Chisora was giving away six inches in height and reach to the champion, meaning that many thought his pre-fight promise to be aggressive and fight on the front foot would be difficult to accomplish.
I have respect for Chisora as a fighter but I don't have respect for him as a human. He showed a bad example for all boxing, for all fighters. He came from Great Britain but he's not a gentleman
However, Chisora started well, demonstrating good head movement in the first round and landing with a couple of looping right hands, although Klitschko did begin to find his range towards the end of the opening stanza.
Klitschko landed with a punishing left-right combination midway through round two and followed up with three or four more right hands down the stretch, to all of which Chisora stood up well.
Chisora had some success to the body at the beginning of the third, but was stopped in his tracks by a thunderous uppercut and there were signs of desperation on the sound of the bell, the Englishman missing with a wild left hook that almost took him off his feet.
By round four, Chisora was bleeding from the nose and mouth as Klitschko, fighting almost exclusively on the back foot, continued to break him down with his ramrod right.
But a game Chisora kept ploughing forward, to the extent that Klitschko looked to be tiring by round five. And,while Klitschko continued to find his mark with his right in the sixth, he did not have it all his own way, the challenger perhaps doing enough to nick the round.
Chisora came on strong in the seventh, backing up his rival with some solid shots, only for Klitschko to land with perhaps his best shot of the fight, a barnstorming overhand right that appeared to make Chisora buckle.
But Chisora was undeterred, continuing to take Klitschko beyond his comfort zone, where the champion had been so rarely in his previous 45 fights.
VITALI KLITSCHKO (WBC Heavyweight title holder)
DERECK CHISORA (Challenger)
*includes Munich bout
At the end of round nine, during which Klitschko landed with his right almost at will, the champion looked astonished that his opponent was still standing, let alone making it a contest with three rounds to go. And, while Klitschko had the better of the exchanges down the stretch, Chisora never stopped coming forward and could leave the ring with his head held high.
Klitschko's previous defeat was against British legend Lennox Lewis in 2003, and the 40-year-old, who beat another Brit in Danny Williams in 2004, has not had too many harder fights since.
Chisora, meanwhile, has lost three of his last four fights - to Klitschko, Robert Helenius and Tyson Fury - but his latest performance and the parlous state of the heavyweight division mean that there are other fights out there for him.
Furthermore, Chisora will be buoyed that he gave arguably a better account of himself than domestic rival David Haye gave in losing to Vitali's younger brother Wladimir in Hamburg last July.
However, following the bust-up between Chisora and Haye's camps at the post-fight press conference, which ended with Haye's trainer Adam Booth suffering cuts to his face, it was once again matters outside the ring that will dominate the headlines.


A landslide in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has killed at least seven people and injured eight others after boulders dislodged and fell onto a Sikh shrine.

A part of the shrine collapsed and many are feared trapped under the rubble.
Rescue operations have been taken up on a "war footing", police officials told BBC Hindi.
Officials said the main shrine, which attracts thousands of pilgrims, was not affected.
The damaged portion of the Manikaran Sahib gurudwara, in the state's Kullu region, has been cleared of all pilgrims and the injured have been taken to hospital, police said.


Britain's Aljaz Bedene came through the first round of qualifying at the Miami Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Federico Gaio of Italy.

But compatriots Naomi Broady and Katie Swan lost in the women's tournament.
British number three Broady went down 7-5 6-4 to New Zealander Marina Erakovic.
Teenager Swan, the world number 338, was beaten 6-3 6-3 by a player ranked more than 250 places above her, Risa Ozaki of Japan.


Photos of a football fan left with brain damage after being beaten up following a match have been released to "put an end to football violence".

Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin was attacked outside a pub in Southend after a game at the Roots Hall stadium.
He is currently at a rehabilitation centre in Norwich, but it is not known how much he will recover.
"I'd hate anyone else to go through what we've been through," said Simon's wife Nicole, who released the photos.
"Hopefully these photos will bring people forward to police and put an end to football violence. It only takes one blow to the head," she said.
Essex Police said he was an "entirely innocent person" who is now "looking at the possibility of having to live with a permanent brain injury". Fifteen suspects remain on police bail.
Mr Dobbin, from Mildenhall in Suffolk, was beaten outside the Railway pub in March as him and a group of friends walked towards Prittlewell station.
Mrs Dobbin said the group had already walked past the pub once to get to the station, but then they realised they were at the wrong platform, so had to walk back past it.
The group was then jumped on from behind and there was a "big riot going on", she said.
As he was being beaten, he suffered a cardiac arrest and it took emergency services seven minutes to get his heart restarted, which caused hypoxic brain damage, she said.
"It needs to stop, the violence at football," she said.
"We did all that 'what ifs'. What if I said you couldn't go, what if I had have gone with him, what if he had got in a car, but you cant live on 'what ifs'.
"We've got to look to the future now and make the best of it."


Great Britain are guaranteed gold and silver in the Olympic men's sprint after both Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner reached the final in Rio.

Kenny, 28, lost the first race of his best-of-three semi-final to Russia's Denis Dmitriev but powered to two successive wins to progress.
Skinner, 23, needed just two races to beat Australian Matthew Glaetzer.
Sunday's final between Kenny and Skinner, who both won gold medals in the team sprint, starts at 21:04 BST.
Four-time gold medallist Kenny broke the Olympic record in his last-16 race against German Maximilian Levy, clocking 10.245 seconds.
That beat the 10.254 set by Skinner in the previous heat.
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A rhino has been shot dead by poachers at a zoo in France in what is believed to be the first such incident in Europe.

Keepers found Vince, a four-year-old white rhino, in his enclosure at Thoiry Zoo on Tuesday morning.
One of his horns had been hacked off with a chainsaw, police said.
The African rhino's horn commands high prices on the black market, with about 100 killed every month in the wild.
However, this is thought to be the first time poachers have targeted a rhino living in a European zoo.
Vince was shot three times in the head after poachers forced their way into the zoo overnight. They then took the horn - a kilo of which could fetch as much as $60,000 (Â£49,300).
But the poachers appear to have been disturbed as his second - partially sawn - horn was left behind.
The zoo's two other white rhinos, 37-year-old Gracie and five-year-old Bruno, "escaped the massacre", the Thoiry Zoo revealed.
Bruno and Vince arrived at the zoo together in 2015. Vince, who was born in a zoo in the Netherlands, was one of 250 rhinos in European zoos who were part of a breeding programme.
The white rhino is a conservation success, having been brought from the edge of extinction in the late 19th Century to a population of about 20,000 animals.
However, poaching has risen over the past few years, as demand from markets like Vietnam - where rhino horn is thought to have aphrodisiac properties - increases.
France outlawed the trade in ivory and horns last year.


England will use criticism from former captain Will Carling to create unity before their crucial World Cup match against Australia, says another ex-skipper Martin Corry.

Carling said England lacked leadership and the players were treated "like schoolboys", prompting scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth to hit back.
England may struggle to reach the last eight if they fail to beat Australia.
"They sound really angry and that's the reaction you want," said Corry.
"Listening to them talking they are pulling together and now I expect something big to happen as a result against Australia," the former Leicester Tigers forward, 41, added on BBC Radio 5 live.
England face the prospect of becoming the first sole host nation not to reach the knockout stage of a World Cup if they are beaten by the Wallabies at Twickenham on Saturday.
Lancaster's team are third in Pool A after losing 28-25 against Wales - having led 22-12 with 30 minutes left - on Saturday.
England captain Chris Robshaw opted not to attempt a late penalty that could have secured a draw against Wales.
Carling, who captained England to the 1991 World Cup final, criticised the Red Rose camp on Monday, claiming head coach Stuart Lancaster had created a "classroom-orientated environment".
But 32-year-old Wigglesworth, who did not name Carling specifically, took exception to the criticism.
"We knew coming into this that it could be like this, but he doesn't know, hasn't played the game for how long and hasn't been involved in professional rugby for how long," said the Saracens scrum-half.
"Let's have a meaningful discussion about his knowledge, about what he knows about the game."
Carling, 49, responded in a short video posted on his Twitter account on Tuesday, admitting that Wigglesworth "did have a point".
But he added: "One of the things we did do was invest a huge amount of time, effort and emotion into learning the lessons of what we got wrong. And we got a lot wrong against Wales.
"Therefore the players and coaches have to be brutally honest with each other because that is how you get a team to be successful, not by ignoring serious issues."
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John Marquis scored a hat-trick to put Doncaster within touching distance of automatic promotion from League Two as came from behind to beat Grimsby Town.

Sam Jones' volley had put the hosts ahead only for Marquis to cancel it out within three minutes before heading in Gary McSheffrey's corner soon after.
Tommy Rowe put Marquis in for his third after half-time for the striker's first hat-trick in a Doncaster shirt.
Andy Williams and Alfie May then struck to seal an emphatic away win.
Leaders Doncaster need just three more points from their final six games to be certain of a top-three finish after wins for Stevenage and Luton delayed their promotion party for at least another week.
Stevenage's 1-0 win over Barnet kept them 16 points adrift, while Luton also beat Blackpool by the same scoreline to remain 18 points behind Donny.
Doncaster manager Darren Ferguson told BBC Sheffield:
"It's a really good day. We felt that we needed a reaction after last week. There was one or two things said, and the reaction and message today is we have done our bit, let's see what the rest do.
"We have been transformed into a team which has a great work ethic and that's the big change for us as a football club.
"Last season was as low as it's ever been for me as a manager because I didn't expect it. When I came into the club I had high hopes we would do certain things I wanted to do, but the board have been great.
"You need time to get your methods across and it's a different look to the club; sometimes you need to take one step back to take two or three forward.
"The place was stale and needed a massive lift. Now we have just started with the building blocks and hopefully the first part of that is not far away."
Match ends, Grimsby Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 5.
Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 5.
Foul by Tommy Rowe (Doncaster Rovers).
Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal!  Grimsby Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 5. Alfie May (Doncaster Rovers) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Middleton with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Zak Mills.
Foul by Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Alfie May replaces John Marquis.
Craig Alcock (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Jones (Grimsby Town).
Attempt missed. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Cedric Evina replaces Niall Mason.
Attempt saved. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Grimsby Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 4. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Harry Middleton.
Attempt saved. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Matty Blair (Doncaster Rovers).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Harry Middleton replaces Gary McSheffrey.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Tom Bolarinwa replaces Brandon Comley.
Attempt missed. Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner,  Grimsby Town. Conceded by Luke McCullough.
Foul by Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner,  Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Zak Mills.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zak Mills (Grimsby Town).
Foul by Gary McSheffrey (Doncaster Rovers).
Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Dominic Vose replaces Dan Jones.
Goal!  Grimsby Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 3. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tommy Rowe.
Foul by John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers).
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Matty Blair (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Clements (Grimsby Town).
Corner,  Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Gavin Gunning.
Attempt missed. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers).
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


A mayor linked to the drugs trade in the Philippines has been shot dead in his jail cell by police.

Rolando Espinosa, mayor of the central town of Albuera, had fired at officers searching for weapons, police said.
The death comes after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to step up his policy of killing suspected drug dealers.
A new stage in the crackdown was announced last week to include mayors and senior drug lords. The "war on drugs" has killed up to 4,000 people.
Mr Duterte, 71, was elected in May on a platform of preventing the Philippines becoming a "narco state" by sanctioning the extra-judicial killing of drug criminals who fail to turn themselves in.
The policy has faced strong criticism from human rights groups and put Mr Duterte at odds with the United States - a staunch ally of the Philippines.
But he won the election by a landslide and the controversial policy remains popular with many Filipinos.
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There have been calls for Mr Espinosa's death to be investigated to determine in particular how weapons ended up in his cell and how the exchange of fire broke out.
He is the second mayor to be killed within two weeks. Samsudin Dimaukom died, reportedly in a gun battle, in the southern Philippines.
Both men were among officials named by Mr Duterte in August as having links to the drug trade.
Mr Espinosa gave himself up to police in August, was then released but was later re-arrested on drugs and firearms charges.


England's players did the mannequin challenge during their 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley on Tuesday, becoming the latest sports stars to embrace the social media craze.

Jamie Vardy struck a 'standing-still' pose to celebrate scoring with his second-half header and was joined by team-mates including Theo Walcott and Raheem Sterling.
"We had a little idea, thought it was the perfect time to get it started and everyone followed," Vardy said.
The trend started in America last month and has since gone viral, with defeated US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, singers Adele and Beyonce, and comedian and presenter James Corden among those joining in.
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Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic
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The world's top two tennis players, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, were among the first European sports stars to attempt the challenge before the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
Borussia Dortmund, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kentucky Wildcats
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German football team Borussia Dortmund came up with a brilliant effort while working out in the gym, in a clip that also features the NFL side Pittsburgh Steelers and basketball team Kentucky Wildcats.
Asian Tour golfers
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A group of professional golfers practising for the Asian Tour's Manila Masters also did their own version of the challenge.
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BBC NFL pundits Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell joined members of the show's crew to take part in a superb mannequin challenge - although host Mark Chapman seems strangely unaffected.
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And Dan Walker manages to be in three places at once during Football Focus' nod to the craze.
The trend started in a Florida high school last month and has quickly spread on social media.
The instructions are straightforward: get a load of friends together, everyone strike a pose, and make sure you film it.
Five 16-year-olds say they started the craze and admit they have been surprised at the response - particularly from sports teams, with the Dallas Cowboys NFL team and stars of WWE wrestling among those getting involved stateside.
Discover more in this BBC Trending explainer:
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A BBC journalist arrested and held by Muammar Gaddafi's forces during the Libya uprising has returned to the prison where he was held to track down some of the wardens and prisoners housed there and to hear first hand accounts of a massacre.

On 8 March 2011, while reporting on the Libya uprising for BBC Arabic TV, I was picked up at an army roadblock near Tripoli along with two BBC colleagues.
We were imprisoned, beaten and subject to mock executions at Khalat al-Farjan farm behind the Yarmouk headquarters just outside Tripoli. But we were some of the lucky ones. After 22 hours we were released.
A few months later, many of the inmates would be killed, when with rebel forces approaching the capital, the guards were ordered to kill all the prisoners.
The compound where I was held was the scene of one of the worst atrocities recorded in the conflict.
Hussein al-Lafi and his three brothers were among 50 prisoners crowded into a small warehouse when the prison guards attacked.
"We saw them throwing hand grenades inside," said Hussein, saying the first one landed right in the middle of the room amongst the men.
He names a man who he says took a leading role in the attack.
"Between the second and third grenade, Ibrahim Tajouri came in and started shooting," he said.
Hussein told me how he called out to his three brothers in the warehouse, but none of them survived the attack.
"After the shooting stopped, I pushed the dead bodies off me."
Hussein's first brother Jamal was lying on top of a pile of bodies. "His eyes were open, I called him, 'Jamal, Jamal' and he didn't answer."
His second brother Usama had been hit in the heart and in the shoulder and the bottom of his leg was missing.
His older brother Mohammad was next to the wall. "I touched him and I could feel that his leg was missing. He said to me: 'Run away, save yourself, and go tell the world that we've been slaughtered'."
In the confusion of the explosions and the shooting Hussein was one of the few prisoners who managed to escape.
Those left behind did not stand a chance. The soldiers finished off any wounded survivors one by one and set the place on fire.
A few days after the massacre, Ibrahim Tajouri gave himself up to the rebel authorities who had now taken over the city. He has been in custody ever since.
He faces charges over the massacre, but he waived his right to anonymity to tell his story. He alleges he was following orders from his superior.
"When the rebels entered Tripoli, Mohammad Mansour - the prison commander - gave orders to kill the prisoners.
"He came to the detention centre where the prisoners were being held, he threatened us with his gun and said that we must kill them now, so we got some hand grenades and threw them at the prisoners."
The whereabouts of Mohammad Mansour are not currently known.
I asked Tajouri how he feels about what he did now.
"I took drugs, I wasn't in control of my actions. My conscience is full of guilt because of what I have done. I ask them for forgiveness."
Another prisoner, Bashir al-Sadeq, was also held in the warehouse and witnessed Tajouri's role in the attack.
"Yes, he came inside and emptied more than three magazines," he said.
Hussein and Bashir agreed to come with me to face Ibrahim Tajouri for the first time since the massacre.
Bashir confronted Tajouri. "When you entered, you finished off a group which included Sheikh Mohammed Allafi. He was kneeling down and you shot him in the back. That was my brother.
"Then you turned and you shot the group which included the Egyptians and the old Palestinian man who was about 80 years old. You emptied nearly four magazines.
"You killed Sheikh Ramadhan when you turned towards him and shot him four times - Don't tell me you don't remember."
"I don't remember," said Tajouri. "I was under the influence of drugs."
I asked Tajouri what he has to say to the two men who have suffered so much. "I would ask them for forgiveness. Forgiveness in this life and the next," he responded.
But Hussein, who lost his three brothers was not convinced. "If I had a weapon I would finish him off," said Hussein. "But we hope he will be tried quickly."
"Is there any chance for reconciliation?" I asked Bashir. "As far as reconciliation is concerned," he responded, "after they have been punished by the law, then national reconciliation can take place.
"But without justice there can be no reconciliation."
Tajouri is still in jail with no prospect of a day in court.
Libya's Torture Farms will be screened on BBC Arabic TV on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 19:07 GMT


A retired vicar from Tottenham has won a case to highlight the inaccuracy of unpaid council tax enforcement costs.

Anti-poverty campaigner Paul Nicolson deliberately refused to pay his tax to Haringey Council as he suspected the costs, checked by magistrates, were inaccurate.
A High Court judge said magistrates had not had "relevant information" before them when making a costs order.
Mrs Justice Andrews said the case was of "significant public interest".
The 82-year-old retired vicar described the ruling as "game, set and match to the poor".
He said he bought the case because a Â£125 costs bill was a "very big penalty" in addition to the "inevitable council tax arrears" generated by thousands of benefits claimants in Haringey.
The case had implications across the UK, as about three million liability orders were granted by magistrates every year to councils in England and Wales, he added.
Judge Andrews said Mr Nicolson suspected the costs were being used as a form of penalty or deterrent, or as a means of covering the council's general administrative costs of collecting council tax.


Jim McIntyre insists his Ross County side deserve to be in the Premiership's top six after their win over Partick Thistle ensured a top-half finish.

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An early Alex Schalk strike proved decisive with Dundee losing to Hamilton Academical.
That allowed Scottish League Cup winners County to achieve the target they had set at the start of the season.
"It means everything," McIntyre told BBC Scotland.
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"We made it no secret at the start of the season that that was our goal.
"We've been fighting relegation the last couple of seasons. This season's been good progress, obviously the cup win is fantastic but for me I judge myself, I judge my players on the consistency of trying to be a top-six team.
" It's fantastic and we deserve it."
McIntyre's side knew they had to win and hope Dundee failed to beat Hamilton to move above seventh.
"I think from the second week onwards we've been in the top six," McIntyre continued. "Our consistency levels from Christmas onwards haven't been good enough to pull away and secure it.
"The one thing we've continuously done this season is when we've had a poor result or couple of results, we always bounce back and that shows the character in the dressing room.
"I'll always be looking for more consistency in the team and that's the challenge going forward."
Schalk scored the winner in last month's cup final defeat of Hibernian and delivered again for his manager.
"It was summed up typically by Alex Schalk, who was ill this week," explained McIntyre. "I spoke to him this morning and he thought he would struggle to play but I told him he was playing.
"He gave us the winning goal so absolutely thrilled for him and thrilled for the players, they work so hard.
"Planning for next season has been going on for a wee while. Top six certainly helps for your budget. It's fantastic.
"I think anytime you play in high profile games or get recognition for success then it does make the club more attractive."
It was a day of disappointment for Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald, who watched his side narrowly miss out on a top-six finish themselves.
"Bitterly disappointed, it just wasn't to be our day," Archibald said. "There just wasn't enough there in the final third.
"It's hard to get over the disappointment. It was in our own hands today, that's the biggest disappointment. We wanted to do it, had the chance to do it and other results went for us.
"We'll need to pick the lads up, obviously. We've got five games to go.
"We finished eighth last year and we want to go and build on that. That was our goal at the start of the season and we've still got a chance to do that."


The government has been defeated in the Lords over plans to cut the benefits of people with illness and disabilities.

Ministers want to cut Employment Support Allowance by £30 a week to spur some new claimants to return to work.
But Labour, Lib Dem and independent peers joined forces to block the move, arguing it would make it harder for those affected to pay for the support that might allow them to find work.
The government may try to overturn it at a later date in the Commons.
Ministers lost the vote on an amendment to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill by 283 votes to 198, a majority of 85.
The vote was welcomed by disability campaigners, who say there is "deep unease" about the cuts to ESA and other benefits.
Opposition peers argued that cuts to Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for new claimants in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) - people deemed unfit to work but able to undertake activities to help them move towards work - would cause hardship for substantial numbers of people with disabilities.
Speaking in the debate, crossbencher Lord Low said: "A drop of £1,500 a year in their benefit income from £5,300 to £3,800 will be catastrophic for many disabled people.
"It will exacerbate poverty among the disabled - a third of working age disabled adults live in poverty already compared with only a fifth of those who are not disabled. The government's proposals would push many further towards, or actually into, poverty.
"The proposals would cause unnecessary hardship and anxiety to people who have been independently assessed as unfit for work, and the measures are likely to have a disproportionately adverse impact on disabled people."
Mencap's Rob Holland, who is chair of the Disability Benefits Commission, said: "The government wants to get more disabled people into work, but as a sector we have warned that cutting ESA WRAG, and its equivalent payment in Universal Credit, will directly undermine that commitment whilst pushing disabled people further from work and closer to or into poverty.
"This proposed cut together with the crisis in social care funding means disabled people are facing losses to critical support they need to make ends meet and to be included in society."
Welfare minister Lord Freud said ESA needed reform since, at the moment, only 1% of those in the WRAG category moved off the benefit each month. While the move would save some £55m in its first year, he said £60m would be spent during the same period to help disabled people into work.
"As a government, we want to ensure that we spend money responsibly in a way that improves individuals life chances and helps them achieve their ambitions, rather than paying for a lifetime wasted on benefits," he said.
And former Health Secretary Lord Lansley defended the changes, insisting they would encourage people with a capability to work to find employment.
"The bigger the gap between income in work and income through benefits, the greater the likelihood for people seeking work and finding it," he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, ministers agreed to exempt some adoptive and family groups from plans to limit Universal Credit benefits to only two children.


EE has come out on top and Vodafone last in one of the UK's most comprehensive tests of mobile networks.

Mobile measurement firm RootMetrics conducted over 840,000 checks, ranking operators for reliability and speed of voice, data and text services.
While EE dominated for speed, Three was a close second in terms of reliability during last year's six-month study.
Vodafone said it could not "take the results of this report seriously and neither should our customers".
Evidence suggested some tests were "carried out in an inconsistent manner", it added in a statement.
O2 ranked second in the speed index, but its reliability score was lower than that of EE or Three in the tests.
Each operator was rated out of 100 in a range of categories - overall performance, call performance, mobile internet, text, network reliability and network speed.
EE performed best across all categories, with Three second in terms of mobile internet, text services and network reliability.
Source:  RootMetrics
O2 came second in the call performance and network speed categories.
Vodafone was last in all categories other than network speed, where it beat Three.
Average speeds for networks were not given because they ranged so vastly from area to area, RootMetrics said.
Neither did the study offer details about network coverage and mobile hotspots, although consumers can look at individual network performance at street level via its coverage map.
EE said the results showed it gave "customers everywhere in the UK the best mobile experience", partly because of its investment in new 4G services, greater 3G capacity and upgrades to 2G networks.
Three said the study was "carried out prior to our launch of 4G at no extra cost, so is not up to speed with our current performance".
Rootmetric's tests saw data scientists cover a 23,000-mile area of the UK, including urban and rural locations, with 1,000 indoor tests.
They used off-the-shelf Android devices, which had the testing software installed on them.
Rootmetric's Bill Moore said the aim of the testing was to get as close to a consumer experience as possible, across a range of metrics.
"It is all very well to test speeds, but if you can't get on the network then the speed becomes irrelevant," he told the BBC.
Futhermore, he said that while all networks faced the issue of dropped calls, it was a much bigger problem in the UK than in the US, where the firm has also been conducting tests.
"Networks here have a 2% failure rate compared to 0.5% in the US," he said.
Matthew Howett, an analyst with research firm Ovum, said that EE's win in this particular study represented a return on huge recent investments in coverage.
"Clearly, EE scores very well and this reflects both their strategy of wanting to continue to be one step ahead with their network and the money they have put behind it," he said.
"While Vodafone doesn't score so well in comparison, they shouldn't be written off.
"They too have ambitious plans for network upgrades which are being delivered through 'Project Spring'. However, for the rest of the industry to close the gap on EE in terms of network speeds and availability, it is not going to be without a struggle."
Mr Howett added that consumers may want more detailed information from future surveys.
"I suspect many will be looking for this specifically broken out for 4G network performance as they are being enticed to upgrade by their operators," he said.
Communications regulator Ofcom is planning its own UK-wide mobile survey and will shortly publish quality of service information to help consumers compare the performance of mobile networks and to encourage providers to improve.


A draw at Rochdale saw Bradford finish the season in fifth place and book a League One play-off semi-final against Fleetwood.

Keith Hill's Rochdale went into the game knowing that should Millwall and Southend slip up, a victory over the Bantams would earn them the final play-off berth.
And when Stuart McCall named a team with no less than nine changes to the side which had beaten AFC Wimbledon, the hosts might have imagined their opponents' thoughts were already on the play-offs
But the Bantams matched Dale's appetite for the contest and took the lead in the ninth minute, with Alex Gilliead advancing into the area down the right and squaring for Alex Jones, who wrong-footed Conrad Logan with a neat finish.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was denied by Rouven Sattelmaier when one on one with the Bradford goalkeeper and the stopper later pushed over Calvin Andrew's shot.
Bradford twice hit the woodwork through Gilliard and Daniel Devine either side of the break, but Rochdale deservedly drew level through Matt Lund in the 66th minute.
It was not enough, however, as Millwall's win at Bristol Rovers secured the last play-off spot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1.
Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale).
Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier.
Corner,  Rochdale. Conceded by Stephen Darby.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) hits the left post with a header from the right side of the six yard box.
Attempt saved. Reuben Noble-Lazarus (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).
Substitution, Rochdale. Reuben Noble-Lazarus replaces Matthew Lund.
Jamie Allen (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Pybus (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).
Daniel Pybus (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Rochdale. Conceded by Ellis Hudson.
Matthew Lund (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stephen Darby (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).
Attempt blocked. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Daniel Devine (Bradford City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Corner,  Bradford City. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale).
Matt Penney (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bradford City. Daniel Pybus replaces Billy Clarke.
Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Donal McDermott.
Attempt missed. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Rochdale. Conceded by Timothee Dieng.
Goal!  Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Penney (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner,  Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier.
Attempt saved. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.


Scotland's chief medical officer has visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee to investigate claims about practices designed to manipulate waiting times.

Whistleblowers told BBC Scotland last week that surgical teams were prevented from seeing A&E patients to speed up times and hit targets.
Dr Catherine Calderwood was asked to visit the hospital by health secretary and city MSP Shona Robison.
She said the findings of her investigation would be made public.
Two Ninewells doctors told BBC Scotland that surgical teams were being bullied and prevented from seeing potentially seriously ill patients in the emergency department. They said hospital managers wanted these patients moved to the surgical department, so that a box could be ticket saying they had been discharged from A&E.
One doctor said they had "never experienced emergency care which is so aggressive in terms of getting patients out of the department", amid an "utter fixation to the four hour target".
During a Holyrood debate on the health service, Ms Robison said she had been given assurances by NHS Tayside about the situation at the hospital, but said she had asked Dr Calderwood to investigate "to restore confidence".
Dr Calderwood said: "While we have received reassurances from the board about the system here in Tayside, when serious allegations like these are made, it is absolutely right that they are fully looked into.
"I am here today with a completely open mind to listen to staff and look at the systems in A&E and the medical and surgical admissions units. I want to be completely satisfied that the reassurances provided by the board are correct and stand up to scrutiny.
"There will be an opportunity for staff, including trainees, to speak to me without management and on a confidential basis if necessary. I am equally happy to listen to views from any staff at NHS Tayside who wish to contact me outside of today's visit, to ensure that all views are listened to.
"This is an important issue, and I will consider the visit over the course of this week. As the Scottish government has confirmed, these findings will be made public."


The eyes of the world turned to Derry this week following the death of one of its most famous sons, Martin McGuinness .

The Derry Journal published a special edition of the newspaper on Wednesday following his death, and followed it up with extensive coverage of Mr McGuinness' funeral in Friday's edition.
The front page reflected the death and funeral of not just the former Sinn Féin leader but also of Derry City captain Ryan McBride, whose funeral also took place on Thursday.
The headline: "A city in mourning".
On Mr McGuinness, the paper quotes Denis Bradley - a well-know Derry man and former co-chairman of a group set up to deal with the legacy of the Troubles - who said there were always "dove-like aspects to McGuinness".
"I don't think he was as hawkish as people make him out to be at times," he told the Journal.
"He had, to my mind, an over-commitment to the republican movement, I realised he didn't like violence and he didn't like injury and death and destruction for the sake of it. When it could be avoided he did it."
The newspaper also pays tribute to Mr McBride with a special back page.
Instead of the usual sports news, the page is decorated in Derry City's red and white stripes and features the words of a poem read out by manager Kenny Shiels during the funeral of the "gentle giant".
Meanwhile, the Londonderry Sentinel leads on "mixed emotions" over the death of Mr McGuinness.
Inside, on page three, the headline points towards the divisive legacy Mr McGuinness has left behind.
"Many struggle to come to terms with his past", it reads.
On its front page, the city's DUP mayor Hilary McClintock calls him "a towering figure in Northern Ireland in general and in the city of Londonderry in particular".
There would be a "diverse range of opinions" about him, she said, but he had a passion for the city and the North West.
The Impartial Reporter, in Fermanagh, also focuses heavily on the funeral of Mr McGuinness, particularly the reaction of DUP leader Arlene Foster.
Its print edition came out on Thursday morning, before the event, meaning the front page leads with the uncertainty over whether Mrs Foster would be present.
However, its website has full coverage of the event including reaction to Mrs Foster's decision to attend.
In the print edition, Denzil McDaniel, the paper's former editor, offers his own view of Martin McGuinness.
"Man of war or man of peace? Well, both actually, that is the contradiction."
He writes that the hurt and pain caused by the IRA and Mr McGuinness "cannot be dismissed" but adds: "I believe his transformation to peace was a real and genuine one, not a tactical one but a heartfelt desire."
The Ulster Herald is another paper devoting plenty of coverage to the death of Martin McGuinness - it leads with the reveal that he visited a police officer's hospital bed following a bomb attack in 2008.
The officer told the paper: "I remember him visiting and I remember thinking it was something important. I found out later that he had never visited a police officer in hospital before.
"So I think I was the first. I suppose it was his way of saying that his party was supportive of policing."
Elsewhere in the paper, it covers the recent publication of names of firms that benefit from subsidies under the botched RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) scheme.
It has produced an interactive map showing all the claimants across County Tyrone - you can see it online.
The Down Recorder lead story centres on the death of Neil Rooney, 33, from Ballyhornan, following an industrial accident at Belfast's Harbour Estate.
"Father of two dies in tragic work accident," reads the headline and the report carries tributes and sympathy for the Rooney family from politicians and friends who call the loss "devastating and heart breaking".
Inside, the newspaper says there is concern over a decision to close a PSNI enquiry office in Newcastle.
The office will be shut in two weeks, leaving the station in Downpatrick as the only one in the district that has an office for the public.
In an editorial, the Down Recorder accused the PSNI of "trying to dress up the closure as improved policing" and of "strangely claiming social media is making such offices redundant".
The paper's response? "This is complete nonsense."
"Along with other public services, police have been forced to retrench and what has been forced upon them represents a reduction in the service that is offered to the public.
"Please tell it as it is and stop trying to kid the community that all is well."
Over in the Orchard County, the Armagh Observer reports concerns about a bridge over the River Callan leading to a nature reserve at the edge of Milford village.
Parents living close by are worried that it is an "accident waiting to happen," says the paper.
"A hole large enough for a child to fall through has now appeared," the paper reports, adding that an issue about ownership may be the reason why the bridge has fallen into disrepair.
Inside, the paper features world champion Irish dancer Joe McGeown.  He may be from London but he has "no scarcity of Granemore blood in his veins", says the paper.
Joe's father, Dessie, hails from there and Joe has dedicated his recent world championship award to his late aunt, Ann O'Neill from Granemore, Tassagh, who died in January.
Meanwhile, an unholy row is brewing in Broughshane over a church hall, the Ballymena Guardian reports.
Under the headline: "Church hall demolition plan left 'in ruins'", it says that the Magill Hall in the village has been made a listed building, thwarting plans to demolish it and replace it with a new modern hall.
The hall is owned by Broughshane First Presbyterian Church and the Guardian reports that churchgoers are not best pleased - they were looking forward to an up-to-date, all mod-cons hall.
DUP MLA Paul Frew, who attends the church, says it was "dirty" of the Department of Communities Historic Environment Division to list it.
"This is an incredibly draconian decision," he told the paper.
Remaining on matters holy, Ballymena is proud of its connection to St Patrick and 17 March is a special day.
"Saint Patrick back on the throne of Slemish," reads the Guardian headline with a host of photographs from the day.
Slemish was where the boy Patrick herded the sheep after he had been kidnapped and served as a slave to local chieftain Milchú.
On St Patrick's Day, the paper reports that a play was performed on the slopes of Slemish, telling the story of the Irish saint.
The paper says there was even a real-life Patrick treading the boards - the role of the saint was taken by a local - Patrick Connor, 17 - who lives on the slopes of Ballymena's holy mountain.
He is pictured flat on his back, taking what looks like a bucket-load of grief from Chieftain Milchú.


The first batch of students have begun training at the UK's newest school for vets.

Some 48 students, from across the country and Europe, embarked on the five-year degree in veterinary medicine and science at the University of Surrey earlier this week.
Their base, the Â£45m School of Veterinary Medicine - one of eight in the UK - is still under construction.
Work began earlier this year and is due to be completed in summer 2015.
Once finished, a university spokeswoman said it would be made up of three state-of-the art new buildings, a pathology facility, an anatomy laboratory, and a clinical skills centre for large and small animals.


The BBC and Northern Ireland Screen have signed a new partnership agreement to support  television and online industries in Northern Ireland.

They will  work together to invest financially and creatively in developing an internationally competitive screen industry in NI.
They also aim to ensure NI is represented to audiences in the UK and internationally.
The BBC will invest a minimum of 2.9% of its network television spend in NI in 2016.
This is in addition to the investment provided by BBC Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Screen said it was committed to supporting the agreement by using funding mechanisms contained within its Opening Doors Strategy 2014-18 which has an overall added value target of Â£250m for the period 2014-18.
Under the partnership, the BBC and NI Screen will also support the production of broadcast and online content with network and international potential.
The agreement follows a call from Lord Hall for the BBC to be the risk capital for UK creative industries and Northern Ireland Screen's Opening Doors strategy, which was launched last spring to help Northern Ireland build the strongest TV, film and digital industry outside of London in the UK and Ireland within 10 years.
The BBC and Northern Ireland Screen will also collaborate in new and continuing content across factual, entertainment, digital, drama, children's and animation, learning and languages.
These collaborations include the recently announced new BBC One Saturday night entertainment series Can't Touch This and the third series of The Fall.
BBC Director-General Lord Hall says: "This partnership agreement with Northern Ireland Screen demonstrates our enthusiasm for working with others to make great things happen.
"In recent years Northern Ireland has proven itself to be a creative breeding ground for some of the UK's best drama and factual content. We want to support these areas and help develop exciting entertainment and digital prospects, such as the forthcoming BBC One series Can't Touch This.
"Along with Northern Ireland Screen we want to develop the creative talent that exists in Northern Ireland and make it a new force in broadcasting."
Northern Ireland Screen Chairwoman Rotha Johnston: "This marks a significant stage in the development of the Northern Ireland screen industry and underlines the importance of a joint approach to its future strategy.
"This partnership agreement is a clear substantiation of the wholesale commitment of the BBC and Northern Ireland Screen to invest financially and creatively in continuing to develop an internationally competitive screen industry in Northern Ireland."


Canada Post will phase out home delivery in urban areas over the next five years as the postal service struggles to rein in persistent losses.

Under a five-year plan released on Wednesday, the cost of stamps will also rise and as many as 8,000 jobs will be eliminated.
But the agency says it will also open more retail locations across Canada.
The service faces a projected 1bn Canadian dollar ($943m; Â£576m) loss by 2020 without "fundamental changes".
Canada Post lost C$73m in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, CBC News reported.
"Canadians expect Canada Post to continue to remain financially self-sufficient and not look to their hard-earned tax dollars for funding," the postal service said.
At the same time, "the rise in digital communications has dramatically changed the postal needs of Canadians".
Direct to the home delivery will be replaced by community post boxes installed throughout residential areas, Canada Post said in its plan.
The agency said two-thirds of Canadians, mostly in newer suburban neighbourhoods and rural areas, already receive their mail through this method.
The cost of postage stamps purchased in bulk will rise to $0.85 per stamp, up from $0.63 today, among other price rises.
In all, the plan will return the agency to financial sustainability by 2019, Canada Post said in a report, citing annual savings of up to C$900m.
Between 6,000 and 8,000 jobs will be eliminated as part of the plan - 12% of Canada Post's employees, although it says its workforce is ageing and it expects almost 15,000 workers will retire or leave the company in the next five years.
Canada Post delivers close to 10 billion letters and parcels each year but has seen a 24% drop in letters delivered since 2008.


A man who has been roaming round Coventry sexually assaulting women and children after offering them money is being sought by police.

In one case the man approached a girl of 13 and asked for her phone number and tried to give her Â£10 before kissing her and running away.
Four incidents have taken place over the past six weeks, all in the Stoke and Earlsdon areas of the city.
Police described the man as aged about 20 and Asian or Eastern European.
The first reported assault took place at 11:30 BST on 9 September at a bus stop on Earlsdon Avenue South, where a 24-year-old woman escaped by getting on a bus.
In the other cases the victims, aged 17 and 18, were offered money for kisses and were assaulted when they refused, West Midlands Police said.


Cardiff City Football Club lost nearly £9.5m in the year ending May 2016, compared to a £3.813m profit in 2015, according to the club's accounts.

Gate receipts, broadcasting, sponsorship, advertising and commercial income together went down from just over £37m to just over £31m.
Players' wages and salaries were reduced from £30.8 million to £25.4m.
The accounts show a loss of £9.469m, but a club statement indicated investment would continue.
"Our aim remains to attain promotion back to the Premiership at the earliest possible time," CEO Ken Choo said.
A club statement added: "While their funding is not guaranteed, the investors have indicated that, providing the business develops as planned, they will continue to support the company in the foreseeable future and provide additional finance in order that it can settle its liabilities."
The latest accounts also indicate the club "paid exceptional costs of £2.2 million relating to the change of football and senior management, including termination costs together with payments to other football clubs in compensation for the release of employee's contracts."
Cardiff replaced manager Russell Slade with Paul Trollope in May 2016, before sacking Trollope and appointing Neil Warnock in October.
The Championship club will also face a payment of £1.75m to holders of "unsecured redeemable loan stock" if they are promoted to the Premier League, but "all other debts to this concern have been settled".
Cardiff City Supporters Trust chairman Keith Morgan - a chartered accountant by trade - says fans should not be "alarmed" at the loss.
But he says the Bluebirds' financial situation underlines why there is "hard work" ahead for club chiefs to provide the means for manager Neil Warnock to launch a 2017-18 promotion push.
"I think Neil Warnock has already made reference to the fact that he may have to sell players to free up cash and have a wage budget to bring in the players that he wants, that he feels with strengthen the squad," Morgan said.
"I wouldn't be at all shocked in the summer to see some fringe squad players or possibly one or more first team regulars depart the club to refresh the squad, as it were."


This article, which looked at the human cost of the use of atomic bombs in Japan in 1945, has been removed following a complaint that was partially upheld by the BBC Trust.


Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has said he plans to rejoin the social media site in the next few weeks.

His return comes after an invitation of fellow co-founder Jack Dorsey, who was brought back as chief executive in 2015.
Mr Dorsey has been trying to reboot Twitter, which claims more than 300 million monthly users, but has struggled to turn a profit.
Twitter's stock bounced nearly 2% on the news.
Mr Stone said he will focus on the culture of the company.
"I'll shape the experience internally so it's also felt outside the company," he wrote. "More soon."
Mr Stone left Twitter in 2011, after the exit of fellow co-founders.
He went on to start the publishing platform Medium and a search app, Jelly Industries, which Pinterest acquired this year.
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After a recent visit to Twitter, Mr Stone said he couldn't turn down the chance to work there again.
"When I stood next to Jack addressing the crowd of employees, I felt the energy, and I was overcome with emotion," he wrote in a post on Medium. "I realised in that moment that Twitter was the most important work of my life."
Mr Dorsey also shared the news on Twitter, writing: "Excited to have Biz's energy and heart back at Twitter! #BizIsBack"


Bolivia's security forces have begun registering overweight members after President Evo Morales complained that too many of them were out of shape.

Military officials say they will register weight before professional exams, to link promotion and fitness.
Defence Minister Ruben Saavedra has said soldiers "must be prepared both on an intellectual and physical level".
And the police have forbidden overweight members to wear uniforms until they slim down.
The move may already have delivered results, if unexpected ones.
In the town of Oruro south of La Paz, two policemen patrolling in civilian clothing succeeded in catching some thieves in a street market, apparently because they weren't in uniform.
On 2 December, President Evo Morales suggested that soldiers and officers who neglected their fitness should not be promoted, insisting that staying in good shape was a "responsibility" of the security forces.
Soldiers and police have complained of a lack of sports facilities, so the government has been supplying equipment to barracks and police stations.


JK Rowling has shared two rejection letters she received for her first novel writing as Robert Galbraith.

The author was trying to find a publisher for The Cuckoo's Calling, which was eventually released in 2013.
Rowling posted the rejections on Twitter, saying she was doing so to encourage other aspiring writers.
One of the letters, from publishing house Constable & Robinson, says it "could not publish [The Cuckoo's Calling] with commercial success".
The letter goes on to suggest politely that Galbraith "double check in a helpful bookshop" or in the twice yearly "buyer's guide of Bookseller magazine", about who the current publishers of his fiction genre are.
The letter adds "a writers' group or writing course may help" Galbraith to get constructive criticism of his debut crime novel.
The second letter, from Creme de la Crime publishers, explains simply that they have become part of Severn House Publishers and are "unable to accept new submissions at the moment".
Rowling, who has more than seven million Twitter followers, posted them in response to a fan's request for a picture of a rejection letter.
She explained: "The Potter ones are now in a box in my attic, but I could show you Robert Galbraith's?"
The Harry Potter author removed the signatures from the letters because she said she was posting them "for inspiration, not revenge".
"I wasn't going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, but I often feared that would happen," she added.
Author Joanne Harris joined the Twitter discussion, joking that she got so many rejections for her 1999 novel Chocolat that she had "made a sculpture" out of them.
The novel went on to become hugely successful and was made into a film starring Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench and Johnny Depp.
The Cuckoo's Calling was eventually published by Sphere Books, an imprint of Little, Brown & Company.
The book sold about 1,500 copies before Rowling's identity as the author was revealed by the Sunday Times newspaper.
It was Rowling's second novel for adults, having released The Casual Vacancy under her real name in 2012.
The Harry Potter series of books has to date sold more than 400 million copies. The eight film adaptations of the books have been named as the second-highest grossing franchise and film series of all time.
Rowling has also been named as the first female novelist in the world to become a billionaire.


New Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare says he is "not looking beyond this season" despite being backed by his players to get the job longer term.

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Shakespeare was appointed Foxes manager until the end of the season on Sunday, having been caretaker boss since Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February.
Leicester have won both of their Premier League games under Shakespeare.
"On behalf of all the players we'd love to see him get the job long term," said Foxes midfielder Danny Drinkwater.
"We were all very happy to see him get it short term - I'm sure it would be the same reaction longer term."
Shakespeare said the club would "have plenty of time in the summer to take stock and evaluate".
Leicester host Sevilla in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, trailing 2-1 from the first leg but with an away goal thanks to Jamie Vardy's strike in Spain.
Asked whether Premier League champions Leicester could win the Champions League, Shakespeare said: "Why not? We're in it and we have to try to be competitive every game."
He added: "'I'm expecting the team to take the momentum from the last two results and really play off the front foot."
Shakespeare, 53, was Ranieri's assistant last season after being brought to the club by the Italian's predecessor, Nigel Pearson.
He confirmed he had not spoken to Ranieri since his appointment was confirmed on Sunday but said there were "no grudges" between the two.
"I bear no grudges, Claudio bears no grudges. We have to try and move on as a football club," said Shakespeare.
While caretaker boss, Shakespeare was backed by 92% of readers in a local newspaper poll to take over full time, following wins against Liverpool and Hull City.
However, Shakespeare added: "If we'd have lost both games, it would probably have been 1-2% and that would probably have been my family."


Home holiday rental site Airbnb has added Cuba to its list of destinations.

More than 1,000 properties in the Caribbean nation are already listed, but can only be booked by users in the US.
The San Francisco-based site is restricted from showing the listings elsewhere because of a US trade embargo against the island.
Nevertheless, Airbnb said Cuba could eventually become one of its biggest markets in Latin America.
"We are actually plugging into an existing culture of micro-enterprise in Cuba," said the firm's regional director Kay Kuehne.
"The hosts in Cuba have been [renting out rooms to travellers] for decades."
One expert, however, said the site faced major challenges.
"While Airbnb is a valuable alternative for millions of travellers, in the context of Cuba, because of the high margins it takes from every transaction, it won't necessarily meet with great success," said travel writer Simon Calder.
"All the Cuban bed-and-breakfast providers I know would like to keep all the money rather than handing 15% or more to an American corporation," he added, referring to the total amount the firm deducts from both the host and the guest.
"The other thing is that anybody who has used the internet in Cuba will know that a prospective host is unlikely to be able to respond immediately given the shockingly slow internet there, which reminds me of what you used to find across the developing world in the early 1990s."
The initial listings range from Â£10 a night for a private room in Trinidad to Â£695 a night for the whole of a five-bedroom "chalet" in Havana.
Airbnb visitors outside the US can view the listings, but can only add them to their wish lists, rather than book them. An on-screen alert states that the site is not licensed to provide booking services to others.
The US recently began allowing Americans to travel to the island if they obtained a special licence, which can be granted for activities including family visits, educational activities and public performances.
The White House said it would like tourism to be added to the list, and President Obama has urged Congress to begin work to drop the wider sanctions.
"We are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date," he said in his State of the Union address in January.
The move made it possible for online film-streaming site Netflix to be launched in Cuba the following month, which freedom of speech campaign group Freedom House said was more "symbolic" than anything else in the short-term because of the country's "exceptionally slow connectivity".
Visitors across the globe can still find listings for Cuba-based rooms via other US services, including TripAdvisor, which allows users to contact hosts directly but does not take a cut of the bookings itself.
Simon Calder however, criticised the "absurdity" of the fact that several other US-based travel sites, including Kayak and Booking.com, continued to ignore the island's existence.
"Anybody trying to find a flight to Havana on a US airline website will be assured that the city does not exist," he said.


Forfar Athletic came from behind to beat bottom side Cowdenbeath and remain eight points clear at the top of Scottish League Two.

Arbroath won at Clyde, Elgin City beat visitors Edinburgh City and Annan Athletic hammered Stirling Albion.
And Montrose's 2-1 win over Berwick Rangers to move above Clyde in fifth.
Shane Sutherland got a hat-trick in Elgin's 3-1 defeat of Edinburgh, while Smart Osadolor and Max Wright each scored twice for Annan.
At Station Park, Cowden's Dale Carrick put the visitors ahead, but Josh Peters brought Forfar level after the break.
And Thomas O'Brien and Lewis Milne netted to secure a 3-1 win for the hosts.
Colin Hamilton put Arbroath ahead away to Clyde only for Peter MacDonald to equalise.
However, the Bully Wee went down to 10 men when Ryan Finnie received a second booking and Ricky Little's free-kick made it 2-1 to Arbroath.
Sutherland scored twice for Elgin before Craig Beattie pulled one back for Edinburgh and completed his treble from the penalty spot.
Stirling led against Annan through Blair Henderson, but Osadolor scored either side of half-time and Wright added two more for the Galabankies to round off a 4-1 victory.
Montrose trailed against Berwick early in the second half as Michael McKenna scored, but the hosts levelled through Chris Templeman and Ryan Ferguson netted the winner.


Ashley Giles has left his role as Warwickshire director of cricket to take over as England one-day international and Twenty20 head coach.

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The former England player will report to team director Andy Flower, who will focus on the Test side.
The 39-year-old, who is also an England selector, led Warwickshire to the County Championship in September.
"I am delighted to be given an opportunity to coach at international level," said Giles
"I have worked closely with Andy in recent years as a selector and am looking forward to continuing to work together and to build on the progress that has been made with the ODI and T20 sides in recent years."
The former England off-spinner took 143 wickets in 54 Test appearances for his country between 1998 and 2006.
After leading Warwickshire to their seventh County Championship, Giles said he still had "a lot of work to do" for the club at which he spent his whole domestic playing career.
However, he will now take charge of the one-day side for the first time against India in January, before leading the team on the New Zealand tour in February.
The former Bears director of cricket will then turn his focus to the 50-over Champions Trophy at home next summer.
The sensible thing to do is to have some sort of succession plan and this is part of it
An England and Wales Cricket Board statement said Flower would have "accountability for the results of England cricket" and would also continue to tour with the England Test side during both home and away series.
However, the team director will no longer be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the England ODI and T20 sides.
Giles will take over that duty and with Flower will also help develop playing strategies to "move England cricket forward in all formats of the game".
Giles told BBC Sport the restructure had happened quickly but would strengthen English cricket: "We first started talking about it about a month ago but certainly most of it has happened in the last few days.
"It's a huge amount of commitment for one man to coach all three forms of the game - the pressure that goes with it and the time away from home - the importance is that we try and keep hold of our best people for as long as we can.
"Andy Flower has done a fantastic job for the team and hopefully this will lengthen his career and the careers of coaches down the line, otherwise we're just going to face a situation where you get burnout."
ECB managing director Hugh Morris said: "England cricket has enjoyed considerable success over the past five years.
"In order to build on that success we know that we need to look for ways to evolve and it has become clear that the team director role needs to change if we are to ensure we are utilising the role as effectively as possible."
Giles was appointed Warwickshire director of cricket in 2007 after retiring from playing in 2006 - a year on from winning the Ashes on home soil.
He led the Bears to the county title five years later and Warwickshire bowling coach Graeme Welch, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in September, backed Giles as an ideal candidate to replace Flower should he ever step down as team director.
Despite initially distancing himself from an England head coach role, Giles will now work alongside Flower.
Giles said leaving Warwickshire would be difficult. He added: "I'm very excited about taking on the new role but I've had some very, very good years here at Warwickshire as a player and as a coach. This has been my home for 20, 21 seasons. It's far easier to leave the team in this position [as county champions], I'm happy I'm leaving the side in a good position, a good state and in good hands."
Zimbabwean Flower, 44, took over as England coach in April 2009 and has masterminded victories over Australia in the last two Ashes series.
Flower told BBC Sport: "I have been in discussion with Hugh Morris for a little while now and they revolved round best use of coaching resources. We believe this is an efficient and effective innovation that we are bringing in.
"It will give both Ashley and I more time when other series are on to be working with specialist players at their counties, while also giving us planning and strategising time also. There is also the added bonus of a better work-life balance."


It seems hard to believe, but this year is the 30th anniversary of the first Hungarian Grand Prix.

When the race first appeared on the calendar in 1986, the world was a very different place. For a start, Hungary was a communist country under the control of the Soviet Union. It was, in fact, the first grand prix ever to be held behind the 'Iron Curtain'.
Now, Hungary is within the orbit of the west as a member of the European Union. But while the political background to the event has changed, it has held on to its uniqueness.
The Hungaroring was built on a dusty piece of land 12 miles or so outside - but in many ways a million miles away from - the boulevards, cobblestones and historic squares of central Budapest.
And yet on this unpromising natural amphitheatre, the Hungarians built a special grand prix track, with unprepossessing looks but a unique challenge.
"Like a street circuit without the houses," Martin Brundle famously remarked on F1's first appearance there; a reference to the track's tight and twisty nature. In reality, it is more like a go-kart track writ large.
Corner tumbles after corner as the track plunges and rises around its bowl of hills, the drivers subjected to a relentless cascade of curves.
The long, downhill hairpins of Turns One and Two, followed by a downhill kink at Three, then the very fast uphill sweep at Four into another long, long hairpin.
After the chicane that follows, the mid-section of the lap is a blast - left, right, left, right in a series of medium-fast sweepers that test a driver's skills and his car's aerodynamics and balance to the limit.
The incessant corners and short pit straight make overtaking very difficult, and yet still somehow the place seems to produce its fair share of great racing.
Many of the recent races there have been terrific - and Daniel Ricciardo's fighting win for Red Bull in 2014 was an all-time classic.
Perhaps it's the breathless, relentless nature of the track, which teases errors out of drivers; perhaps it's the low-grip, low abrasion surface; probably, it's both.
Whatever, with a great little race track allied to one of Europe's great cities, it is a low-key highlight of the season.
And with Lewis Hamilton chasing yet more history - a win would see him become the most successful driver here with five wins - there's plenty to play for this year too.
Fresh-faced Hamilton started something good
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Heavy rain has been causing traffic problems across Cumbria.

Police said there have been more than 20 reports of flooded roads, with the Carlisle and Allerdale areas the worst affected.
They warned motorists not to risk their safety by driving through them.
The Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for the rivers Lowther and Eamont. There are fears strong winds combined with high tides could lead to a coastal surge.


Two car drivers were killed in a crash involving three vehicles near the Legoland theme park in Berkshire.

Two Mercedes and a VW Golf were involved in the crash on Winkfield Road, Windsor, near the Legoland roundabout, late on Sunday night.
A 23-year-old man from Slough was declared dead at the scene. A 50-year-old man from Bracknell died later in hospital.
Three other people were taken to hospital.
Thames Valley Police said the next of kin of both men had been informed.
Investigations manager Richard Thorpe said: "We are investigating this tragic incident in which two men sadly lost their lives.
"We would like to hear from anyone who was on Winkfield Road before or after the collision and has any information about the vehicles or the incident."


It was a day when a new royal narrative was written at India's Taj Mahal.

The Diana photographs captured isolation; a princess soon to loosen her ties to the monarchy.
Today, her son, a prince, brought his wife to the Indian monument to love - something his father promised and failed to do with his first wife.
Here was a duke and a duchess who appeared comfortable together and in their own skins.
Tourists at the World Heritage Site are told by their guides about the "Diana bench".  It's a talk that will have to be updated. Fresh memories have been created.
Today's photographs secured a place in history the very moment the camera shutters started clicking.
This new chapter in the Windsor chronicles has come at the end of a week when the Cambridges have been on display, seeking coverage, not requesting privacy.
They've been captured feeding abandoned baby elephants and rhinos; playing cricket with disadvantaged children while wearing wedges (the duchess not the duke); and trekking up a mountain to a Bhutanese monastery where, according to legend, a monk flew on the back of a tigress in the 8th Century.
And the residents of a palace went to the slums of Mumbai and Delhi.  Briefly.
Even in such overcrowded dwellings attempts were made to make them more palatable for such visitors.  The Indian equivalent of the smell of fresh paint that tends to follow the Queen on her travels around the world.
This part of their programme had an understandable impact on a future king and queen - as it would on anyone of considerable affluence coming across extreme poverty.
To critics who might argue such encounters are primarily about burnishing their "caring" credentials, the royals have an answer.  The proceeds from a Bollywood gala will go towards several charities working with India's slum and street children.
So why were Wil-kat - as an Indian newspaper has christened them - in India and Bhutan?
Those who oppose the institution they represent, and who seek an elected head of state, are always dismissive of such tours.
They argue they're more about the participants having a good time rather than bringing any tangible benefit to the country.
The trek to the Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan would be part of the case for the prosecution.
In their defence, advisers and supporters say this was a couple representing the UK abroad and strengthening the links with the countries they touched down in.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the Anglo-Indian relationship as an "unbeatable combination".
A UK official spoke, during a party for the Queen's 90th birthday, of how Britain was "hungry to do more with India".
The case for the defence is that William and Kate will have helped highlight that hunger and possibly triggered future deals that will feed it.
This was a week in which Prince William was a royal, morning, noon and night.
Not every week is like this and that's what has irked some newspapers that have documented every aspect of his development.
Their argument is that "Work-Shy Wills", as they've called him, needs to focus on what he was born to do.
His argument, were William Wales to write a column in one of their publications, is that he's a senior royal who balances a job as an air ambulance pilot with his desire to be there for his children.
William, who saw what joining the institution did to his mother, has always tiptoed towards his destiny.
As early as next year, when he has to decide whether or not to continue as a pilot, Prince William may discover that the time for tiptoeing is over.


Changes to historical place names in Wales should be banned by law, the Welsh language commissioner has said.

Meri Huws said certain names should be recorded and then placed on a "statutory register".
It follows a row where the Grade I-listed Plas Glynllifon near Caernarfon was referred to as Wynnborn mansion in online marketing material.
Deputy Culture Minister Ken Skates said legal protection for names would be "very difficult to deliver".
Ms Huws told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme that the Historic Environment Bill progressing through the assembly provided "a real opportunity for us to protect names through a statutory register and that is done in other places in the world".
"We have Welsh place names in Wales, we've got English place names, we've got Scandinavian place names, we've also got Irish and Flemish place names," she said.
"But it all reflects our history, and that history is critical to us as a people."
Mr Skates has offered an amendment to allow names of historical interest to be added to local records.
But Ms Huws added: "If we are going to record, it's a very small step then to place a protection on that name."
"You'd have to consider how we would protect it, but we do that with buildings - why not do it with place names?"
Mr Skates told the programme giving names statutory protection "would require considerable bureaucracy and administration".
"I wouldn't entirely shut the door on the possibility of statutory protection," he said.
"But, as it's being presented so far, it would probably not be workable, or enforceable either," he said.
Sunday Politics Wales is on BBC One Wales on Sunday, 1 November at 11:00 GMT.


Two women have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of two people at a house in Canterbury following an altercation and reported stabbing.

The women, aged 18 and 35, were held in the early hours on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Magistrates have granted police extra time - until midday on Friday -  to question a 53-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder.
He was arrested at the property in Dickens Avenue on Tuesday.
Police said he is known to the victims, named locally as Natasha Sadler-Ellis and Simon Gorecki, both from Canterbury.
Post-mortem examinations on the 47-year-old man and 40-year-old woman are taking place later. Their next of kin have been informed.
A 17-year-old boy and a man, aged 20, who were also injured, are thought to Ms Sadler-Ellis's sons.
Police said the teenager was now in a stable condition and conscious.
The man was released after treatment.


The tax affairs of the secondary ticketing industry are being targeted by HM Revenue and Customs, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned.

It comes after some sites were criticised during a Department of Culture Media and Sport select committee hearing earlier this month.
An industry expert suggested the volume of ticket sales was not reflected in company accounts.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said she would raise the concerns with HMRC.
At the hearing in November, ticketing expert Reg Walker said: "This is meant to be a £1.2bn industry in the UK alone, and yet we can only find a turnover of around £200m on published accounts."
In response, Mrs Bradley said she would "ensure that the concerns highlighted during the evidence session with regards to the under-reporting of income are raised with HMRC".
She met members of the live entertainment industry on Wednesday to discuss issues raised during the select committee hearing.
In a statement, HMRC said: "HMRC will always act where we believe individuals and businesses are not declaring their income correctly or paying the tax that they owe.
"Our compliance teams target specific sectors and locations where there is evidence of high risk of tax evasion and fraud and we use intelligence from various sources.
"In all cases, we look at compliance against a variety of taxes including VAT, self-assessment and corporation tax."
The four biggest secondary ticketing websites - Seatwave and GetMeIn, which are both owned by Ticketmaster, plus Viagogo and Ebay-owned Stubhub - are already under investigation by the Competitions and Markets Authority.
Ticketmaster and Stubhub have declined to comment on the HMRC statement, while Viagogo are yet to respond.
Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams has proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill to outlaw the use of computer programmes known as bots, which touts use to buy up large numbers of tickets to resell them at higher prices on secondary platforms.
He joined other MPs and members of the live entertainment industry outside Parliament on Monday to call on the government to accept the amendment.
Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.


Two men have appeared in court and pleaded not guilty after they were previously charged with offences under the Gambling Act.

Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby made their pleas at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The pair were charged on 16 September with promoting a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling.
The case has been adjourned until 6 February 2017, when the court will hold a hearing expected to last a week.
Mr Douglas is a prominent gamer and has a YouTube channel under the pseudonym Nepenthez which has more than 1.3 million subscribers.
Douglas is also charged with inviting children to gamble by advertising a gambling website connected to the football video game Fifa.
The sites gave players the chance to win the virtual currency used in Fifa.
This is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind involving betting on video games.
EA Sport's Fifa video game has its own virtual currency that is used in-game.
A number of third-party websites let players transfer their Fifa coins to bet on virtual football games, play slot machine-style games or enter a lottery with a jackpot prize.
Any winnings can then be transferred back into the main Fifa video game.
Since Fifa coins can be purchased with real money, critics argue that they have a real-world value and therefore betting with them may constitute unlicensed gambling.
Skins are collectable, virtual items in video games - such as modifications that change the appearance of weapons.
Sometimes skins can be earned within a game, but they can also be bought with real money.
Some games also let players trade or sell their skins - and rarer ones can attract high prices.
A number of third-party websites let players gamble with their skins for the chance to win more valuable ones.
Since skins won on such a website could in some cases be sold and turned back into real-world money, critics suggest betting with skins may constitute unlicensed gambling.


The World Cup tour has now moved on to the second venue of the season, Lake Placid, where I'm preparing to race on Saturday.

I'm pretty pleased with my sixth-place finish in Whistler last week at the opening World Cup event. It's a difficult track that hasn't been on circuit that much over the last few years and it can always catch you out if you start to get a little complacent with things.
I was most happy that I put down two consistent runs - as I mentioned last time, consistency is one of the hardest elements of skeleton so to put down two runs within six hundredths of a second of each other was really positive.
A couple of days ago, the decision was made by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) to move the World Championships away from Sochi, Russia.
At this point it's still undecided where they are going to be moved to and that puts things up in the air a little bit for this time in the season, because normally by this point you know exactly where you're going and what the track is going to be so you can start planning for it.
I'm hoping now that regardless of where the World Championships is that it's going to be a really good competition.
Although I love sliding, I can't wait to get back home for Christmas. We fly back the day after the race on Sunday and we will have been away for five weeks.
We get in on the 19th and we leave again before New Year for the second half of the season. I don't get long at home but I'm really looking forward to it. Christmas is a really important time to chill out and stop being a skeleton athlete (around training of course!) and try and see friends and family.
Because I live and train in Bath at our national training centre, I'm not close to where most of my family live so it's good to get round and see everyone.
I always love coming to North America to slide. The people here are really friendly and the venues are great, and I particularly love the fact that Lake Placid has got so much Olympic history, having hosted two Winter Olympic Games in 1932 and 1980.
I'd love to win a medal here because I feel like I connect with the track.
This course is very different from Whistler. It's older, twistier with lots of unique features, and although the top speed isn't as high, the corners come at you very quickly so you really have to be on top of things to get a good track time here.
The weather is set to get very cold over the next couple of days, with lows of around -25C. When it's that cold, it's debatable whether going outside for your 'warm up' is really worth it!
One of the most unique things about Lake Placid is the fact that the current ice track and the old, disused one sit side-by-side on the hill.
The old track has legendary status as one of the toughest tracks ever, and just by looking at the dramatic profiles of the corners you can see why.
The coaches talk about sliding it in terms of survival rather than enjoyment which just about says it all. I love the fact that the two tracks side-by-side really show the evolution of the sport. Whenever the going gets tough here, I always say to myself that at least I'm not sliding the old track!


Two robbers stormed into a man's office and snatched a gold Rolex watch from his wrist in a brutal raid which has been caught on CCTV.

The 46-year-old victim was in the office of his van hire shop on Court Road in Greenwich, south east London when the men burst in.
They choked him until he lost consciousness and made off with the £15,000 watch.
Police have released the footage in a bid to track down the two thieves.
The man was sitting at his desk when the robbers pounced and gripped him in a headlock before wrestling him to the floor and swiping the watch from his wrist.
The pair ran off and were driven away by a woman and a third man in a black Peugeot 206 on nearby Middle Park Avenue.
Police describe the first suspect as a 25-30 year-old white male, with a goatee beard.
The second is described as a 38-40 year-old white male with a scarred complexion.
Det Con Andrew Payne said: "The suspects stood outside the van hire shop in broad daylight for some time, appearing to look at the price list before entering and violently attacking the victim, choking him to the point where he lost consciousness.
"We have taken the decision to release the footage to show the level of violence used, and ask the public for help in apprehending the persons responsible.
"We believe the victim was targeted by the suspects to steal his watch."


British Airways is now operating a full flight schedule after an IT failure saw the airline cancel thousands of flights over the bank holiday weekend.

"Our IT systems are now back up and running and we will be operating a full flight schedule at Heathrow and Gatwick," the airline said.
But it warned it "may take some time" to reunite travellers with their bags.
BA chief executive Alex Cruz earlier blamed a power surge for the disruption which affected 75,000 people.
"There was a power surge and there was a back-up system, which did not work at that particular point in time.
"It was restored after a few hours in terms of some hardware changes... we will make sure that it doesn't happen again," Mr Cruz said in his first interview since the systems failure.
He told the BBC this had affected "all the operating of our systems - baggage, operations, power processing".
The GMB union blamed the problem on technical staff being outsourced from the UK to India, a claim denied by Mr Cruz.
The focus is now likely to shift towards the financial impact on the airline.
BA is liable to reimburse thousands of passengers for refreshments and hotel expenses, and travel industry commentators have suggested the cost to the company - part of Europe's largest airline group IAG - could run into tens of millions of pounds.
Shares in  IAG, which is listed in both London and Madrid, fell 2.8% in Spain on Monday and are expected to fall again in London trading when it reopens after the bank holiday.
Davy analyst Stephen Furlong said the cost to the carrier of cancelling one day of operations was around Â£30m.
Questions remain about how a power problem could have had such impact.
The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said one theory was that returning systems were unusable as the data had become unsynchronised.


Nigel Davies is poised to join Merthyr RFC after leaving his role as head coach of Ebbw Vale.

Merthyr coach Lee Jarvis has confirmed the former Wales coach has had talks with the Welsh Premiership finalists.
"I think Nigel's coming on board, I'm not sure what capacity," Jarvis told BBC Wales Sport.
Jarvis and assistant Dale McIntosh will be in charge of Merthyr against Aberavon in the final at the Talbot Athletic Ground on Sunday, 21 May.
Merthyr finished third in the regular season Premiership table, five places ahead of Ebbw Vale.
According to Jarvis, Davies has met Merthyr chairman Sir Stanley Thomas.
"Obviously, conversations have gone on between him and Sir Stan," he added.
"But myself and Dale are not concerned with that, we're just concentrating on the final come Sunday and that's all we're focussing on."


Young men of 25 die every day - in crashed cars, on battlefields, in cancer wards.

When it happens in a sporting arena it is no more tragic, but its impact is both more universally felt and somehow far more shocking.
Elite sportsmen are our real-time superheroes, capable of physical wonders beyond the rest of us, seemingly unbound by many of the same biological constraints.
Watching them can make us feel immune to the real world. Sport becomes our great escape from its darker mortal realities, an alternative playground where the language is one of battles and great victories but from which everyone walks away to fight another day.
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Its tragedies and losses aren't real, even if the hype would sometimes make you believe they were. So when the illusion shatters, as it has with the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, it is utterly unexpected and difficult to accept.
We know there is danger in sport, in repeatedly ducking a hard ball bowled at 90 miles an hour or driving a twitching rocket of a Grand Prix car.
It is what fires much of our admiration. It also makes an accident like the one that killed Hughes, or that cost Ayrton Senna his life at San Marino in 1994, all the harder to comprehend.
These were ones who were supposed to be invulnerable to the odds, who could flourish where logic suggested it was impossible.
We mourn the person and empathise with their families. We also mourn the sporting loss: the World Cups Munich air disaster victim Duncan Edwards could never light up, the races and world titles Senna would never win, the Test centuries Hughes will never score.
Because sportsmen's lives are quantifiable in a way that others aren't. They are known to us like friends. They are deaths with statistical eulogies.
In the records of races won or goals scored or wickets taken comes an understanding of what they have achieved and what they could have gone on to do.
With their premature loss comes bewilderment. Hughes's final scorecard will forever read 63 not out: a lovely start, not enough, not yet.
Cricket, like all other sports, is rich in fables of the miracle comeback or improbable recovery.
Hughes himself had been involved in one of its most famous, when his 81 not out in a last-wicket partnership with teenage debutant Ashton Agar almost won his side an unfathomable victory in the first Ashes Test in the summer of 2013.
It conditions us to expect the same from its protagonists off the pitch. These men and women are fighters, used to taking on the odds, to cocking a snook at reason and precedent.
So it was that when news first broke of Hughes's collapse at the Sydney Cricket Ground, hope spread almost as quickly as the distress.
Perhaps the recent tragic accidents to F1 drivers Michael Schumacher and Jules Bianchi, devastating though they have been to both men and their families, have also inured us to the stark medical logic of severe brain trauma.
The induced comas of Schumacher and Bianchi slowly, painfully slowly, presaged a partial recovery. Medical experts in Sydney may have feared the worst. Many others, misguidedly, did not.
For Sean Abbott, the 22-year-old whose delivery struck Hughes the fatal blow, these will be overwhelming hours.
Hughes's death was not Abbott's fault. Neither was Senna's down to Adrian Newey, the chief designer at his Williams team, yet the Briton is still haunted by that calamitous day two decades on.
Some of those who have shared his awful predicament have been able to fight their way out through strong logic and the forgiveness of those they hurt.
Chris Eubank, a far more intelligent man than his cartoonish public persona suggests, may not have been capable of quite the same ruthlessness in the ring after his fight with Michael Watson in September 1991 left his opponent with permanent brain damage.
But neither did he regret the upper cut that put Watson in a coma for 30 days - only its outcome. Why? Because had he not thrown that punch, in a contest that had brought both men close to the edge, he would have failed in his responsibilities as a professional boxer.
He was there to fight, just as Abbott was there to bowl. That was the element he could control. The consequences were not.
Not everyone is blessed with Eubank's capacity to recover.
Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini was a 21-year-old lightweight world champion when he fought South Korean Duk Koo Kim for his WBA belt in November 1982.
A brutal contest ended in the 14th round, when 44 unanswered punches from the American left his opponent on his knees. Kim collapsed in the ring, suffered two blood clots on the right side of his brain and died in hospital four days later. The referee, Richard Green, killed himself the following year. Kim's mother, equally unable to cope, took her own life four months after Green.
Thirty years later, it is still the defining moment in Mancini's life. He is still approached by strangers, asking to see the hand that threw the final punch, still has dreams in which he attempts to embrace Kim.
"It's still too painful to talk about it," he said in 2007. "I just don't want to keep reliving it. There have been a lot of prayers, a lot of thoughts. But you never get over it. You never understand."
For cricket, the trials are likely to come much sooner. Next July, when Australia and England's fast bowlers charge in to the opposition openers on the first day of the Ashes series, how will supporters in Cardiff react if, as happened on the first morning of the 2005 series, a short-pitched ball hits a batsman flush on the head?
When Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting were struck at Lord's nine years ago, it was greeted with roars of approval from around the ground. Hindsight has anointed it the moment Australia's all-conquering team knew they were in a fight, a symbolic and physical blow from which they would struggle to recover.
That series was no one-off. Australia's thumping Ashes victory last winter was in large part based on Mitchell Johnson's ability to intimidate England's batsman with short, hostile bowling. The West Indies built an era of dominance around the same strategy.
Hughes's death was a terrible freak. But its consequences are there for all of us - for his family, for Abbott, for Johnson and other fast bowlers, and for us as supporters, reminded of our own vulnerabilities by someone we supposed exempt from them.
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