England manager Roy Hodgson has left the door open for Marcus Rashford to make his Euro 2016 squad.

The Manchester United striker, 18, scored twice on his debut against FC Midtjylland and then two more in the win over Arsenal on Sunday.
Rashford, who did not score against Watford on Wednesday, has only been capped at under-18 level for England.
"I would neither rule him in or rule him out, I just hope he can do well," Hodgson said.
"I have been watching Rashford for two years, so I have known about him for a long time. He is in our system."
He added he was delighted that an England Under-18 player was getting chances in Manchester United's first team.
"Most of all, I hope he is allowed to develop as an 18-year-old should and people don't try to put him under enormous pressure," he said.
"Scoring four goals in three games is a great achievement and if he can keep that up, it is great for Manchester United and England."
Rashford came into Louis van Gaal's side with fellow strikers Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial injured but looks set to remain a part of the first-team picture at Old Trafford for the remainder of the season.
Meanwhile, Hodgson says Jack Wilshere could find his way into England's Euro 2016 squad despite the fact he has yet to play for Arsenal this season.
The 24-year-old midfielder has been sidelined since breaking his fibula on the eve of the current campaign, the latest in a long list of injury problems.
Hodgson has two friendly internationals - against Germany and Netherlands - this month before he must name his squad for the finals in France.
Those two matches are likely to come too soon for Wilshere, who is expected by his Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to be fit in the next three to four weeks.
But Hodgson said a lack of game time does not mean he would not call up the 28-cap player.
"Players are either fit to play or not," Hodgson said. "Whether they play 30 games, 40 games, 10 games, 15 games, eight games, I don't understand that.
"For me, it's all about the class of the player. It's about who is in form and out of form. Even to some extent I have to rely on others' judgement on that.
"Form is transient, but class isn't, " he added. "We need classy players and players we can trust and players we know what they will give us and players who have the desire, motivation and wish to play for England, to do all that's necessary.
"Luckily we have some of those. But let's be realistic, we are not in the 60, 70 and 80s when it comes to those. If there are 30 players who reach the high standards I demand, we will have to pick 23 from them."


Aberdeen and Sunderland have reached an agreement over compensation for manager Derek McInnes.

The English Championship club can now begin negotiations with McInnes over their managerial vacancy.
In a statement, Aberdeen said they had "reluctantly" given Sunderland permission to speak to McInnes and assistant Tony Docherty.
David Moyes left the Stadium of Light following Sunderland's relegation from the Premier League last season.
The Scottish Premiership outfit said: "The club can confirm that early this afternoon Sunderland FC agreed to meet all the contractual obligations for both Derek McInnes and Tony Docherty and they have, reluctantly, been granted permission to speak with both of them about the vacant managerial position at Sunderland.
"Aberdeen FC will be making no further comment at this moment in time."
Earlier, Aberdeen's new major shareholder Dave Cormack said the Dons would "move heaven and earth" to keep McInnes.
"Derek is extremely happy here. It's not just down to money. He's a very astute individual."
Cormack sold his software company for £630m last year and the former Pittodrie chief executive has returned to the club as a non-executive director.
He says McInnes, who guided Aberdeen to second place in the Premiership last term and saw his side beaten by Celtic in the Scottish Cup and League Cup finals, has not indicated any desire to leave.
"Talking to the chairman [Stewart Milne], his family are very happy here," said Cormack. "We are 100% focused on getting ready for next season.
"We're only 10-12 days away from the players coming back. And so it's not a great position to be in."
Cormack says his corporate experience has taught him that retaining employees against their will is unwise and unproductive.
"Keep Sunderland and Derek aside for one minute - I know through bitter experience, trying to keep any employee with my companies, forcing somebody to stay doesn't work for anyone," Cormack added.
"I've had the opportunity to chat with him a couple of weeks ago, and he takes a holistic approach to a football club - he doesn't just think of the football operation and event the sports science, he thinks of the marketing, the communication with supporters, the off-field stuff, and that's a rarity.
"We would do our utmost - if he wanted to consider [Sunderland's approach] - to pull out all the stops to keep him."
Cormack will not disclose how much he is to invest in Aberdeen, but says the figure is "several million".
He is eager to harness his American business connections to generate further investment into the club, and insists the proposed move to a new £50m stadium is vital to achieve that aim.
"Moving to a new stadium is crucial," Cormack said. "One of my remits is going to be looking for partnerships and investments in the States.
"There are a lot of people there that love to be involved in sports clubs in the UK. Many of these Americans are golfers, and we have a lot to offer here in Scotland and the Aberdeen area.
"If we're going to attract investment, though, they'll look at it as investment, and Pittodrie just doesn't stack up. We all love Pittodrie, but it's not fit for purpose. By that, I mean there's only a small footprint that's here, there's only so much we can do.
"From a commercial standpoint, from a corporate perspective, the stadium is 100-plus years old. The new stadium is certainly necessary for us to kick on and bring in other investment."


Rapper Nicki Minaj is to host this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Glasgow.

The star will also perform at the event on 9 November at the city's SSE Hydro.
Katy Perry leads the nominations and is up for seven awards including best female, pop act, video and live act.
She's going up against Ariana Grande, who has six nominations for the awards, while 5 Seconds of Summer and Pharrell Williams have five each, one more than One Direction.
Nicki Minaj performed her track Anaconda at the MTV VMAs in California in August and is up for four awards at the EMAs.
She releases her third studio album, The PinkPrint, a few weeks before the event.
Iggy Azalea, Eminem, Sam Smith and Kiesza have also received four nominations each.
5 Seconds of Summer and One Direction go head-to-head in the biggest fans category.
Cheryl Cole won the wildcard vote to be in the running for best UK & Ireland act. The winner of that will enter the best worldwide category.
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Indonesian authorities have evacuated some 1,100 tourists after a volcano erupted at one of the country's most popular hiking destinations.

Mount Barujari on Lombok island erupted on Tuesday, shooting ash 2,000m (6,500 ft) into the air.
Officials are still searching for several hundred tourists who remain missing, according to the country's disaster agency.
There have been no reports of injuries caused by the eruption.
Nearly 400 foreign and local tourists have been registered since Sunday to climb the mountain, according to the Disaster Mitigation Agency's spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
The mountaineers were recorded to have left from Sembalun monitoring post, about 11km (7 miles) from the volcano's crater.
Flights were also interrupted for several hours at the nearby Lombok International Airport and the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
The 3,726-metre (12,224ft) high volcano sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera.
Rinjani is among 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia - an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire".


The film studio behind the Mission: Impossible series has confirmed that production of its latest instalment has been halted after actor Tom Cruise broke his ankle during a stunt.

But Paramount Pictures insisted that Mission: Impossible 6 remained on schedule to open in July next year.
Cruise was hurt while filming a jump between two high-rise buildings in London at the weekend.
A video shows him crashing into a wall. He was later seen limping off the set.
Cruise, 55, is well known for doing his own stunts.
In a statement, Paramount said: "During production on the latest Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt.
"Production will go on hiatus while Tom makes a full recovery, and the film remains on schedule to open July 27, 2018.
"Tom wants to thank you all for your concern and support and can't wait to share the film with everyone next summer."


Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen have broken up in Switzerland without agreement.

UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the talks will resume on 14 January at an as yet undecided location.
He said some progress had been made, but that violations of a temporary ceasefire had caused problems.
Fierce fighting has continued in the north of Yemen between Houthi rebels and forces backing the government.
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Mr Ahmed told a news conference that all his efforts over the next few days and weeks would be devoted to ensuring a ceasefire does hold.
"We have achieved during the recent days big progress but it's not enough and we need to exchange more views between the participants," he said.
"It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to go on and we have to give momentum to this process."
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Berne says the talks failed to achieve the fundamental thing that the UN wanted - a ceasefire that holds.
To address that, a de-escalation committee has been created in which military leaders from both sides will take part.
If a more lasting ceasefire can be created, our correspondent adds, other steps to peace may follow such as the release of prisoners and the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
The Houthi rebels forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee the capital, Sanaa, in February.
But in March a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in support of the government.
Since then, at least 5,700 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground.


A Cardiff-based online beauty products company is creating 100 new jobs following an expansion.

Escentual.com, started by Rakesh Aggarwal in 2000 in his parents' garage, has moved to a new operations centre at Ocean Park.
The move was backed by the Welsh government to ensure the expansion stayed in Wales.
The jobs will be created over the next two years and a further 20 will be safeguarded.


Ex-Hull City defender Sam Ricketts says the club is not big enough for Chris Coleman to leave Wales to take over as manager.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has rejected an approach by the Premier League club to speak to Coleman.
Welsh international Ricketts, who spent three seasons with Hull, does not believe it is the right job for Wales' manager.
"I can't see Hull being a big enough pull for Chris Coleman," Ricketts said.
"I don't think Hull is the right job for Chris Coleman and I don't think it's a big enough job for him to leave what he's built at Wales.
"But if a job come along which he feels can't necessarily turn down or thinks is too good an opportunity to turn down then I think that might be the only way for him to leave.
"I do believe that if Chris Coleman really wanted to become manager of Hull City I think he could force it."
Coleman is one of the candidates Hull have targeted to replace Steve Bruce, who resigned in July after a breakdown in his relationship with Hull vice-chairman Ehab Allam.
Hull's owners put plans to sell the club on hold after Bruce's departure to "ensure stability in the transfer window", with the senior squad reduced to only 13 fit players.
Fans are planning a protest against the "ill-considered ideas" of the newly-promoted club's owners on the first day of the Premier League season.
Ex-West Ham and Watford boss Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Martinez, sacked by Everton in May, and former Unites States coach Bob Bradley have also been linked with the vacancy.
Former Fulham and Coventry boss Coleman guided Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals a month after signing a new two-year contract with the FAW.
He has already said the 2018 World Cup campaign, which begins with the qualifier Moldova at Cardiff City Stadium on 5 September, will be his last in charge of Wales.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said earlier in July that he was hopeful Coleman would honour his two-year contract extension.
But Ford acknowledged it would be difficult to keep Coleman if he decided he wanted to manage a club side before then.
Coventry City defender Ricketts is not surprised Coleman, whom he played under during a Wales career in which he won 52 caps, is in demand after Wales' exploits at Euro 2016.
"Any club that sacks their manager or is looking for a new one will consider Chris Coleman," Ricketts told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"What Wales did in the summer has brought Chris Coleman as a manager to the forefront.
"I wouldn't imagine this to be the last approach the Welsh FA get for their manager."


Myntra, a subsidiary of Indian online shopping giant Flipkart, says it has bought rival fashion shopping site Jabong for $70m (Â£53m) in cash

The deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter.
Once a big player in India's online retailing industry, Jabong has fallen on hard times in the past year amid poor sales and management shake-ups.
India's e-commerce industry has a high profile and rapid customer growth but the sector continues to make losses.
The sector is experiencing increasing competition - last month, industry pioneer Amazon announced it would step up investment in the country.
The US firm plans to increase its investment in India by $3bn (Â£2.1bn), bringing the total amount invested in the country to more than $5bn.
If you don't live in India, you probably haven't heard of Jabong or indeed Myntra - but you might know Flipkart - the country's biggest online retailer.
Buoyed by rapid smartphone take-up and more people happy to buy online, Indian e-commerce is  growing by more than 50% a year. Compare that to China's 18% and 11% in Japan.
But the massive discounting used to win customers means that nobody is making money. Jobs have been cut. Valuations written down.
So as these businesses try to make the numbers work, expect more takeovers and not just at the lower end of the food chain.
China's Alibaba is sniffing around looking for an opportunity.  And despite the denials - one rumour that won't go away is Amazon making a decisive strike to become top-dog by buying Flipkart.
In a statement, Binny Bansal, chief executive and and co-founder of Flipkart said that fashion and lifestyle were among the biggest drivers of e-commerce growth in India.
"We have always believed in the fashion and lifestyle segment and Myntra's strong performance has reinforced this faith. This acquisition is a continuation of the group's journey to transform commerce in India."
Myntra is itself an online fashion retailer and was bought by Flipkart in 2014.


Premier League side Manchester Phoenix have folded after talks with a potential investor to ease their financial situation came to nothing.

The club had not played in their home city since 2015 when Manchester Storm were reformed to play in the Elite League at the Altrincham Ice Dome.
Phoenix have since played in Deeside in North Wales and have been in Blackpool this season as they attempted to find a site to build a new home rink.
They will leave the league immediately.
A club statement said they could not complete the season because of a "significant budget shortfall", but confirmed they would pay any outstanding wages to players.
"I am extremely saddened for the whole of the Phoenix community, but this decision has become inevitable," said owner Neil Morris.
"I'd like our fans to remember the great things the club has achieved, and the impact we've made on British ice hockey."


Adam Scott's impressive victory to kick off the Florida swing on the PGA Tour suggests the year will be about much more than the 'big three' touted to dominate 2016.

As Rory McIlroy missed the cut, Jordan Spieth licked his wounds following an early exit the previous week and Jason Day readied himself for a return to action, former Masters champion Scott returned to the world's top 10.
Given Spieth and Day won three of last year's four majors and McIlroy, at 26, already has four to his name, it was expected that trio would set the agenda.
But the classy Scott provided more evidence of the depth of quality at the top of the game with a magnificent win at the Honda Classic. It showed he remains a contender, despite this year's rule changes on putting techniques.
The Australian triumphed at Augusta in 2013 wielding a broomhandle putter anchored to his sternum to provide a reliable putting pendulum. This method is now outlawed and he is back with the short stick.
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Many feared this could spell the end for a man who has probably the finest swing in the game. At PGA National last week, Scott emphatically proved that is not the case.
Scott played down the impact of the rule change on his putting. "I don't think it's going to be that big a deal for me," he said.
"It's some hard work and I'm not afraid of that. I'm glad it's going in the right direction, and I've putted pretty solid the last couple weeks, and I want to make sure that keeps going."
And as for the younger generation at the game's summit - the 35-year-old from Adelaide believes he is ready to take them on.
"I've played really well the last couple of weeks," he said. "And a couple of those guys who were so outstanding last summer haven't played that great. You feel like the gap is really not that big at all."
Now the season hots up further. Augusta - and the first major of the year - is a little over a month away and it is time for the big three to start to make positive moves.
This week brings the year's first World Golf Championships event - the Cadillac Championship at Doral. This is a tournament that carries considerable prestige, sitting just one rung below the four majors that define the game.
McIlroy was a lacklustre figure in carding two rounds of 72 in breezy conditions at the Honda Classic, blaming mental errors.
As he walks through the entrance at Doral he will be reminded of further frustration in the form on an infamous memento from his visit 12 months ago.
Mounted there, he will see the three iron he flung into the water on the Blue Monster's eighth hole.
Course owner Donald Trump instructed a scuba diver to retrieve the club and assembled the cameras to capture the moment he returned it to the Northern Irishman.
Trump is expected to seek further photo opportunities to boost his presidential election campaign when he visits the course on Sunday. No doubt he will seek to hog the limelight, and it is up to the world's best to make sure he does not detract from the golf.
It is time for the big names to follow in the spikemarks of the likes of Scott, Bubba Watson, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker and Louis Oosthuizen, who have all recorded impressive victories in recent weeks.
McIlroy has only flickered this year, with his third-place finish at Abu Dhabi in January the highlight. His decision to play a fuller schedule before the Masters looks prudent because he has plenty of opportunity to find his game.
But the clock is ticking. He has only Doral and Bay Hill as strokeplay events before the Masters, as well as his defence of the WGC Matchplay, which guarantees three rounds of head-to-head combat.
World number one Spieth began the season with a brilliant win in Hawaii, a strong showing in the Middle East and a runner-up finish in Singapore.
But his global travels took a toll and, fatigued, he failed to post a top-20 finish in either of his events after returning to the PGA Tour.
The revamped Blue Monster suits the big hitters. Dustin Johnson is defending champion, and Spieth could only manage 17th last year. Refreshed by a week off, the Masters and US Open champion will be keen to contend this time.
Day's form is the hardest of the big three to gauge. This is only his fourth outing since the Tour Championship in September.
Having replaced Scott as the pre-eminent Australian with his stellar performances in 2015, Day will be keen to respond to his friend and compatriot's success last Sunday.
Doral should suit Day's big hitting, but he may be feeling his way in a tournament that signals the real start of his Augusta preparations.
This is an event that brings together the top players, and the prospect of next month's Masters looms larger in the back of all their minds.
Already we know the list of potential winners runs deeper than just the big three.
As Scott said: "The standard of play through the field is higher now. I think there is a long every list of guys teeing it up each week who on their week can win a tournament."


A programme to encourage more disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together has been introduced by a consortium of partners.

The £4.5m Get Out Get Active programme will concentrate on "fun and inclusive activities" over three years.
Statistics show disabled people to be the least active group in the UK.
"For many of those we are trying to attract, these opportunities have been out of reach or unappealing," said EFDS chief executive Barry Horne.
"Changing people's mindsets is not an overnight solution and that's why we've called upon so many partners to help make it happen."
The campaign - funded by Spirit of 2012 - will take place in 18 areas in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Recently, 100 people involved in GOGA met in Manchester for the first group conference.
The other home nation disability sport organisations, as well as Volunteering Matters, Disability Rights UK, Women and Sport, Sporting Equals and Age UK, are backing the programme.
"It's a very ambitious initiative designed to increase physical and mental wellbeing by supporting physically inactive people around the UK to improve their health," said Spirit of 2012 chief executive Debbie Lye.
"The programme has the potential to change how we encourage, enable and engage more people through active recreation opportunities."


Chad's former President Hissene Habre has been removed from the courtroom at his trial for crimes against humanity.

He shouted that the process was "a farce", as he was waiting for proceedings to begin.
The trial in Senegal's capital, Dakar, marks the first time one African country has prosecuted the former leader of another.
Mr Habre denies being responsible for hundreds of deaths during his rule from 1982 to 1990.
The trial follows a 25-year campaign to bring him to justice.
Many of Mr Habre's alleged victims have been calling for it since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
Parallels were later drawn with the attempts to get the former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet extradited and put on trial for crimes against humanity in Spain in 1998.
Mr Habre does not recognise the court and was brought there by prison guards.
Waiting for the trial to open, the former Chadian leader shouted: "Down with imperialists. [The trial] is a farce by rotten Senegalese politicians. African traitors. Valet of America".
Mr Habre was taken out of the courtroom and the trial began without him.
He then refused to come in after the break that followed the opening statements, and the trial has been suspended until Tuesday when the judges ordered that Mr Habre would be forced to attend.
Victims of Hissene Habre's regime have waited 25 years to have this day in court.
Many doubted that Mr Habre would even show up, as up to now he had refused to cooperate with the court, but he did appear, albeit briefly, surrounded by a dozen security guards.
Despite the scuffle that took place inside the court-room as he was removed, the trial started on time and the first 100 witnesses are in Dakar waiting to give evidence.
The African Union requested that Senegal establish this court so that Mr Habre would be tried "on behalf of Africa".
As many see the International Criminal Court as unfairly pursuing African leaders, this trial is a step towards creating grounds for credible international justice in Africa.
This is a huge opportunity to show that Africa can hold its leaders to account.
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At the end of his opening statement, prosecutor Mbacke Fall said that Mr Habre's "silence will not be seen as a defence strategy" and will not affect a fair trial.
Also addressing the court, victims' lawyer Jacqueline Moudeina said that the trial "is in the name of humanity, a humanity which Hissene Habre never allowed his victims".
Many of his alleged victims have been calling for the trial since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
A Chadian truth commission found in 1992 that the Habre regime was responsible for 40,000 deaths and disappearances.
In 2005 a court in Belgium issued a warrant for his arrest, claiming universal jurisdiction but, after Senegal referred the issue to the African Union, the AU asked Senegal to try Mr Habre "on behalf of Africa".
Progress has been slow, as Senegal's previous President Abdoulaye Wade appeared to be reluctant to put him on trial.
He first said the country lacked funding and then, apparently fed up with the process, suggested that Mr Habre should be sent back to Chad where he had already been sentenced to death.
President Macky Sall, elected in 2012, agreed to a trial in a special tribunal set up within the Senegalese court system, and in 2013 the African Extraordinary Chambers was established with AU backing.
The court was set up to deal with crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990.
Mr Habre was indicted in 2013 but he refused to cooperate with the special court.


Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon hopes to hear by early next week if Anthony Stokes will be rejoining the club.

Lennon wants the 29-year-old striker to return to Easter Road for a third spell, having been released by Blackburn Rovers this summer.
"The club have done everything they can," Lennon told BBC Radio Scotland.
"It's a purely personal decision for Anthony, but we have a board meeting on Monday, so hopefully we will hear [from Stokes] before then."
Stokes left Hibs to join Lennon's Celtic squad in 2010 and was loaned back to the Edinburgh side in 2016.
Capped nine times by the Republic of Ireland, the forward has netted 131 goals at club level - including two against Rangers in Hibs' 2016 Scottish Cup final win.
"I have had private chats with Anthony, I met him on Wednesday and the talks were positive," explained Lennon.
"But he has a lot of offers and has a big decision to make at this juncture in his career.
"If he decides to come to Hibs, it won't be for the money, even though it is a very good financial package.
"From a footballing point of view, I think this is his home. He has had a great time here in two previous spells.
"He hasn't played a lot of football in the last two or three years and his conditioning would need a bit of work, but I think he is at his peak.
"The [Premiership] season starts next week and we can't wait forever."


Some of Labour's seats in Wales will be "very vulnerable" in a snap general election, a Plaid Cymru MP has said.

Liz Saville Roberts spoke ahead of an expected MPs' vote to trigger a general election on 8 June on Wednesday.
But Labour shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith said her party was ready for the fight.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said calling the election was the right decision for the country's security and stability.
On Tuesday, Mrs May made a shock announcement to call for the early general election.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the prospect and has told his MPs they will be automatically re-selected as candidates in their constituencies.
Ms Saville Roberts, MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, speculated on BBC Radio Wales that Welsh Labour would do its "level best" to present itself as being led by Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones.
"But Welsh people know that Labour are led by Jeremy Corbyn," said the Plaid MP, whose party is defending three seats in Wales.
Speaking on the Good Morning Wales programme, she claimed some Labour stalwarts had shown "no thirst for the fight".
"We are going to see some very vulnerable Labour seats in Wales. And we're going to be there chomping at the bit," she added.
Ms Griffith said she welcomed the election as an "opportunity for people to choose".
She said the Labour party had been conscious a snap election could be called "but sadly the prime minister lied to us".
However, she said the party was ready.
She refused to discuss what a bad result could mean for the future of Jeremy Corby as leader of the party, adding: "A good result is that we have the opportunity to lead the country."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the prime minister had called an election so she could "strengthen her hand" in the Brexit negotiations if the party won a bigger majority.
Mr Cairns said the UK government had a small majority, something EU leaders could "exploit".
He added the election was "clearly a challenge" for the Conservatives and there was a "risk", but he said calling an election was the "right thing to do".
Neil Hamilton, UKIP group leader, said his party would be the "guard dogs of Brexit", adding: "We don't trust Theresa May to deliver, particularly on immigration control".
He said the voting system for general elections - first past the post - was "very unfair" especially to small parties.
But he added: "We'll use this election as an opportunity to get our message across of Britain for the British."
Meanwhile, former Labour first minister Rhodri Morgan said Jeremy Corbyn should have "nice clear punchy messages" in Labour's general election campaign.
Asked what his election advice to Mr Corbyn would be, Mr Morgan said: "Nice clearly punch messages reflecting the parlous state of the health service, the crazy idea about the restoration of grammar schools [and] the problems over school places in England."
But in Wales, where many public services are devolved, Mr Morgan said there was "no reason for us not to have an election about Brexit".
Lord Mike German, former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader and now treasurer for the UK party, said his party was "the only ones who could stop the hard Brexit of the Tories".
He said voters understood this and, within two hours of Mrs May making her announcement, the party had signed up more than 2,000 new members across the UK.
Theresa May has told the BBC she will not take part in TV debates ahead of the planned election.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Mrs May should be "empty chaired" if she refused to take part.
The question is whether Jeremy Corbyn's current poll ratings act as a counter-balance to what will presumably be a much stronger Labour local campaign than two years ago.
More broadly, I expect Labour to run a highly defensive effort to hold onto what they have got under pressure from all angles.
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Did Donald Trump tell "the truth and nothing else" as he promised in his speech to the US Republican convention, accepting the party's presidential nomination?

Here we hold the candidate to his promise by checking how well he built his case on three top voter issues: crime, terrorism and the economy.
Some of Mr Trump's hardest-hitting lines were on law and order:
The city murder figures appear to be broadly accurate (though complete FBI crime statistics for 2015 are not yet available) but what Mr Trump does not say is that they are still very low by historical standards. For instance, half as many people were killed last year as in 1991 in the 50 largest cities, according to a Washington Post report in January. Nor does the candidate acknowledge major spending increases by the Obama administration on state and local law enforcement.
Context is also key to the second claim. A reliable count of overall police deaths up to 20 July comes up with 67, compared to 62 for the same period last year. So where did Mr Trump get 50% from? Presumably from the figure for police deaths from intentional shootings, such as the Dallas massacre: 32 this year compared to 18 last year.
The third claim is much harder to defend. Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's Democratic opponent in November, has not proposed revoking the constitutionally protected right to bear arms. She has proposed banning certain military-style weapons and expanding existing criminal background checks.
Violent crime is an issue for Americans but by no means the top one, according to the latest survey of US voter concerns by the Pew Research Centre (widely respected for its impartiality and expertise).
Gun policy (the only law and order issue put to Pew respondents) ranks fifth, cited by 72%. Among Mr Trump's supporters, the figure drops to 71% while it rises to 74% among Clinton voters
Mrs Clinton's policies, both as a former secretary of state (2009-13) and a presidential candidate, were portrayed in the speech as a recipe for national insecurity:
Blaming a US secretary of state for the chaos and violence in the Middle East since the Arab Spring of 2011 is sweeping. More specifically, the US did not lead the Western military intervention in Libya and Mrs Clinton had no role in the military decisions made during the attack on the US diplomatic post there in 2012. By contrast, she did work to impose nuclear sanctions against Iran - which were only lifted under her successor, John Kerry.
Syrian refugees actually are screened by the US government, which conducts rigorous background checks. Processing of a refugee can take 18 months to two years. Refugees are also subject to interviews and fingerprint and other biometric screening.
After a year of domestic attacks linked to so-called Islamic State, from San Bernardino to Orlando, terrorism ranks number two on Pew's list of voter concerns, chosen by 80% of respondents. Among Trump supporters, it is singled out by 89% while 74% of Clinton supporters rank it as "very important".
This is the issue uppermost in the minds of Americans, according to Pew. It is cited as such by 84% of respondents (90% of Mr Trump's supporters and 80% of Clinton voters).
Mr Trump's speech ranged from taxation, an evergreen concern for Republican voters, to poverty among the Hispanic population, a section of the electorate he needs to win over:
Compared to its peers in the developed world, the US hardly comes across as a high-tax country. Taxes made up 26% of the total US economy in 2014, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. But for Sweden, they constituted 42.7%, for Germany 36.1% and for the UK 32.6%. Based on available data, only three OECD members had a lower figure than the US: Chile, South Korea and Mexico.
Mr Trump's figure for Hispanic poverty is accurate but what he does not say is that America's Latino population has climbed considerably since Mr Obama took power in 2008. Between 2010 and 2014, for instance, it rose by 4.6 million, according to Pew. Pew estimates that those living in poverty as a percentage of the Hispanic population actually fell from 24.7% to 23.5% in the same period.


Sinn Féin has told Secretary of State Theresa Villiers that it will not co-operate with any inquiry set up to examine a contentious Belfast parade.

Ms Villiers has held separate talks with Sinn Féin and the SDLP, amid reports she plans to set up a panel of inquiry over the Ardoyne parade.
In July, unionist leaders called on her to set up a commission of inquiry.
However, both Sinn Féin and the SDLP have said such a move would undermine the work of the Parades Commission.
Sinn Féin's North Belfast MLA, Gerry Kelly, emerged from his meeting with Ms Villiers saying it would be "wrong to reward an ultimatum" by granting unionists an inquiry.
Unionists made the call when, for the second year in a row, an Orange Order parade was prevented from returning along a stretch of Belfast's Crumlin Road during its annual 12 July march.
Mr Kelly said the nationalist residents' group CARA (Crumlin and Ardoyne Residents' Association) was ready to talk to the loyal orders at any time to seek a resolution to the Ardoyne parade dispute.
Mr Kelly said Sinn Féin was ready for dialogue but said the issue of parading could not be treated in isolation from other contentious issues.
He called for all-party talks involving the British and Irish governments, and said he hope the United States government would add its support to a new talks process.
After meeting Ms Villiers, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said he believed preliminary discussions, preparing the agenda for all-party talks, would get under way within a couple of weeks.
Dr McDonnell said the talks should be short and sharp, using the window of opportunity between now and December.
The SDLP leader said his party would only be satisfied with both the British and Irish governments at the table, convening the talks.
Unionist leaders and senior Orange Order officials announced a number of measures at a news conference  in July to explain what they termed a "graduated response" to the Parades Commission ruling in north Belfast.
The commission had ruled that the Ligoniel Orange Lodge should not make a return parade along a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates unionist and nationalist communities on 12 July.
As a result, unionist parties pulled out of talks on parades, flags and the past.
It was the second year in a row that such a ruling was made.
Several nights of rioting took place after the same parade was stopped from returning along the road last year, with scores of officers injured.
This year's parade passed off peacefully after unionists and the loyal orders called for non-violent protests.


Nearly 90 Oxford University students are living in a hotel after work on a new halls of residence overran.

Cohen Quad on Walton Street was due to be completed on 11 August.
Exeter College booked the Jury's Inn for 86 students when it became clear Cohen Quad would not be ready by 6 October.
It said it was "deeply frustrated by the delay" in the "complex" project. Contractors Alison Brooks Architects declined to comment.
Student Harry Williams said: "I think we were all concerned about where we were going to live and how much of a disruption it was going to be...the college has done very well at easing our fears.
"We have a pool and a gym which is rather nice, but I think the average day isn't dissimilar...it is just a slightly longer commute than usual."
Exeter College said it was careful to ensure students were housed at the same hotel, and that college staff have an office on site seven days a week.
Prices for rooms at Oxford's Jury's Inn start at Â£115 a night.


Wales have named a nine-strong squad for the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup which starts in France on Thursday, 20 July.

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The squad consists of eight players from North Wales Crusaders plus Gary Preece from Hereford Harriers.
Wales start their campaign against Australia and also play England and France in their pool.
"We may be underdogs, but we will fight to do Wales proud," said team manager Mark Jones.
WALES: Mark Williams (captain), Alan Caron, Claire Cranston, John Doyle, Andrew Higgins, Harry Jones, Gary Taylor, Stuart Williams (all North Wales Crusaders), Gary Preece (Hereford Harriers).
Pool One: France, England, Australia, Wales
Pool Two: Scotland, Italy, Spain
Fixtures: 20 July Carcassonne - Wales v Australia 13:00 BST, Scotland v Italy 15:30 BST, France v England 19:00 BST. 22 July Pamiers - Wales v England 13:00 BST, Spain v Italy 15:30 BST France v Australia 19:45 BST. 24 July St Jory - Scotland v Spain 13:00 BST, France v Wales 15:30 BST, England v Australia 18:00 BST.


The Conservatives have gained three seats from the SNP in Tayside and Central Scotland.

Angus, Stirling, and Ochil and South Perthshire fell to the Tories, with the SNP retaining Falkirk, Perth and Perthshire North and both Dundee seats.
Kirstene Hair overturned an 11,230 SNP majority to take Angus from Mike Weir, who had held the seat since 2001.
The SNP's Stewart Hosie and Chris Law retained their seats in Dundee East and Dundee West with reduced majorities.
Another SNP MP, Pete Wishart, held on to Perth and Perthshire North with a majority of just 21. He told BBC Scotland: "You don't get nights that are more nerve-jangling than that.
"That was two recounts and a majority of 21 - but I'll take that.
"I'll personally go out and see if I can find those 21 souls and thank them personally.
"I'm just really, really pleased, on a tough night for the SNP."
In Stirling, where voter turnout was 74.3%, Stephen Kerr won the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 148.
Conservative Luke Graham, who came third in the 2015 election in Ochil and South Perthshire, won the seat from the SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh with a majority of 3,359.
The SNP's Johnny McNally held Falkirk with a majority of 4,923, a drop of 14,778 from the 2015 election.


Masters champion Danny Willett carded 29 for the opening nine holes of his second round as he took the clubhouse lead in the PGA Championship.

The Englishman, 28, had six birdies in his outward nine as he shot a four-under-par 68 at Wentworth.
On the 10th tee, Willett was 12 under and threatening Paul McGinley's tournament-record halfway score of 13 under but a bogey stalled his progress.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafael Cabrera-Bello and Joost Luiten are five under.


Ireland prop Cian Healy has signed a new three-year IRFU contract which will keep him at Leinster until the end of the World Cup in 2019.

The 28-year-old has won three European Cups, a Challenge Cup and two Pro12 league titles since making his Leinster debut in 2007.
The first of his 58 Ireland caps came against Australia in 2009.
"I am looking forward to competing for silverware over the next few seasons," said Healy on Wednesday.
Healy is set to return for Ireland in the Six Nations after recovering from a knee operation.
He added: "There are a lot of exciting young talented players coming through at Leinster and Ireland while I feel that I am coming back to full fitness now.
IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora said Healy is "one of the most explosive athletes in world rugby".
"He has proven for both Ireland and Leinster his ability to compete at the highest levels of the game," he added.
"We are delighted that Cian has committed to playing in Ireland up until after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan."


Exeter secured a home Premiership semi-final with a victory on the final day at Gloucester, who finish ninth.

Having trailed 15-13 at half-time, Chiefs were more clinical in the second period to earn an impressive away win.
Lewis Ludlow and Jonny May's first-half tries had put Gloucester ahead, before Ian Whitten went over for Chiefs.
Ben Moon, James Short and Will Chudley then all crossed after the break as Chiefs took a decisive lead, while May added a consolation for the hosts.
Exeter will now host third-placed Saracens in their semi-final, while Gloucester - who made eight changes before Friday's Challenge Cup final in Edinburgh - will need to beat Stade Francais in order to compete in the Champions Cup play-offs instead of seventh-placed Northampton.
After a sustained spell of early Gloucester pressure, May fed Ludlow for the opening score and, after Greig Laidlaw exchanged penalties with Gareth Steenson, May intercepted a loose Steenson pass to run clear.
Whitten then cut through Gloucester to cross for Chief's first try, before his vital last-ditch tackle prevented Charlie Sharples from extending the hosts' lead.
After half-time, Moon and Short both went over in the corner in quick succession, before May crossed for his second for the Cherry and Whites and Laidlaw brought them to within seven.
But Chudley's try made the win safe for Chiefs, who finished second, level on points with table-topping Wasps, who beat Sarries.
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter:
"To have Saracens there (at Sandy Park) will be fantastic. Everyone knows how good Saracens are and we could be potentially playing the best side in Europe in a home semi-final.
"I'm really pleased we have two weeks to prepare for it. We need it as we have boys bumped and bruised. We will have players back which is fantastic as well and it will make training next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday a bit spicy because the guys will want to lay down some markers to get into that semi-final team."
Gloucester head coach Jonny Bell:
"We mixed some tremendous rugby but the difference between the two sides was they were accurate when they had their opportunities and took them.
"We were not accurate so that is why they are a top-four side because they don't need a huge number of invitations to take points. We did well to take our scores but, ultimately, it was poor execution by us."
Gloucester: Hook; Sharples, Scott, Atkinson, May; Twelvetrees, Laidlaw (capt); McAllister, Hibbard, Afoa, Savage, Galarza, Clarke, Ludlow, Morgan.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Thomas, Hohneck, Thrush, Rowan, Heinz, Thorley, Trinder.
Exeter: Nowell; Woodburn, Whitten, Devoto, Short; Steenson (capt), Townsend; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Williams, Atkins, Parling, Dennis, Salvi, Horstmann.
Replacements: Yeandle, Rimmer, Francis, Skinner, S Simmonds, Chudley, J Simmonds.
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It was the speech he never imagined he would make, after an election win no one had predicted.

"I don't know about you, but it only takes two words to make me smile," David Cameron told the party faithful at this year's Tory conference.
"Exit poll."
It had, the prime minister told them, been a night of extraordinary advances, and "as dawn rose, a new light - a bluer light - fell across our isles".
Not only did the Conservatives gain an outright majority - their first in more than 20 years - but they picked up seats in parts of the country that had long been held by Labour, bringing 74 new Conservative MPs to Parliament.
So how did they do it? Some have attributed the party's gains in the North of England to Chancellor George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse strategy.
"It's a great time to be a Tory in the North," Chris Green, the new Conservative MP for Bolton West, told BBC Radio 4's The World at One.
"Economic recovery, so many other positive things going on, and especially for a town like Bolton, with a proud manufacturing history, and the chancellor and the prime minister talking about the Northern Powerhouse so much, I think goes down very well. Now it's about making the vision of that powerhouse a reality."
The Conservative brand is still toxic in many parts of Northern England - and Mr Osborne has been accused of cynically using the Northern Powerhouse as a cover for big cuts to local government funding.
But the plan is not just about money - it is about devolving decision-making, on things like health and transport, from Whitehall to closer to where the cash is spent, under the leadership of an elected mayor.
And it is Labour council leaders who are working with the chancellor to deliver this vision - and a Labour politician, former transport secretary Lord Adonis, who has been given the task of overseeing the infrastructure projects that will be crucial to its success.
Indeed, some of the most sceptical noises about the Northern Powerhouse have come from Conservatives, wary of extra layers of government that will potentially be dominated by their political opponents.
"When new models of local government are seen to be imposed on areas, even if more carrot than stick is used, there the danger lurks," Will Wragg, the new Conservative MP for Hazel Grove, in Greater Manchester, told MPs.
Veteran backbencher Graham Brady, who used to be the only Conservative MP in Greater Manchester, says: "I think at the moment we simply have to wait and see.
"We have to hope, of course, that we end up with a mayor in Greater Manchester who is a sensible, moderate individual who will try and bring the city together rather than being divisive. If that happens then it could be a real step forward and I live in hope.
"But I would have liked to have seen some safeguards that sadly aren't there."
Another Northern Conservative MP was far more critical, telling me, on condition of anonymity, that the Northern Powerhouse was a vanity project and a piece of rhetoric.
As such, they said, it might as well be the hot air that drives the pistons in Manchester's museums.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine - who led government efforts to regenerate Liverpool in the wake of the Toxteth riots in the 1980s and now advises the government on devolution - admits the party has got some persuading to do.
"When I was first involved in active politics, we ran all those cities," he says.
"There's no doubt the Conservative Party has not found it easy to articulate its philosophy and its policies. I was often asked when I was in Liverpool why do you bother, there are no votes for us there.
"First of all it was right to bother. And secondly, if you are seen to be bothering in areas which are not traditionally your heartlands, it influences the judgment of people on a much wider constituency basis, often way away from the actually affected areas."
It is difficult to gauge how much impact the Northern Powerhouse actually had at the ballot box in May - a poll by Comres, for the BBC, found two thirds of voters in the North of England had never heard of it.
But its hard hat-wearing architect, George Osborne, now has his eyes on a different election - the one to choose a successor to David Cameron, which is set to happen before 2020. Could he do it?
"There will be a leadership campaign. I don't know who's going to enter and I don't certainly know who's going to win," says Lord Heseltine.
"But I know one thing about the Conservative Party. It is the most successful political force in the history of democracy. It has held power longer than any other equivalent anywhere in the world.
"They have a nose for power and winning it. I doubt if it will desert them."


The former head of Haringey Council children's services has returned to court over her sacking following the death of Baby P.

Sharon Shoesmith is seeking a declaration that she "remains employed" by the council and is entitled to her salary and pension.
She is also claiming damages against the council, which unofficial estimates suggest could reach a six-figure sum.
A High Court judge said the case should go to a hearing next October.
In May 2011, Ms Shoesmith, who earned Â£133,000 a year, won a ruling that she was unfairly sacked after Ofsted published a damning report into the death of Baby P.
The child, subsequently identified as Peter Connelly, had suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on an at-risk register and being seen 60 times by authorities before he died in 2007.
The Court of Appeal concluded she was "unfairly scapegoated", and her removal from office by the former children's secretary Ed Balls in December 2008 was "intrinsically unfair and unlawful".
The court also ruled the decision by Haringey to dismiss her from its employment, also in December 2008, was "unlawful and void".
In June 2011, the council wrote to her giving her fresh notice of termination of her contract, with effect from September 2011.
It said the notice was "entirely without prejudice" to its contention that her earlier dismissal in December 2008 was valid.
Ms Shoesmith's latest legal action challenges the legality of this latest "attempt" to terminate her contract of employment.
Her lawyers argue the move is "ineffective", according to common law principles of natural justice.
They also contend there has been a breach of her right to a fair trial under Article Six of the European Convention on Human Rights, and "right to peaceful enjoyment of property" under Article One of the First Protocol.
Their written claim also states the June 2011 decision was unfair because Ms Shoesmith was not told of the proposed grounds for the decision and she had been given no opportunity to state her case.
It is also being argued that Haringey had regard to an "immaterial consideration" - that Ms Shoesmith did not seek "reinstatement of her employment with Haringey".
The claim states that Ms Shoesmith had made it clear that she did not expect to be reinstated as director of children's services, but it had "consistently been her position that she could be employed in some other capacity".
Seventeen-month-old Baby P was found to have suffered fractured ribs and a broken back after months of abuse at home.
His mother, Tracey Connelly and her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother Jason Owen were jailed in May 2009 for causing or allowing the child's death.


A Singapore teenager who was found guilty of wounding religious feelings will walk free after being sentenced to jail time already served.

Amos Yee, 16, posted a video critical of the late PM Lee Kuan Yew days after his death in March, comparing him to Jesus Christ and disparaging both.
He also posted an obscene cartoon of Lee and former UK PM Margaret Thatcher.
Yee's lawyer said the teenager, who had pleaded not guilty, would appeal against both conviction and sentence.
The court sentenced Yee to four weeks of imprisonment from 2 June, which means he can be released immediately having already spent 50 days in remand.
Judge Jasvender Kaur said the offences "were not serious in nature but not trivial either".
Yee's video, titled Lee Kuan Yew is Finally Dead!, was posted on 23 March. He subsequently posted an obscene cartoon of Lee and Thatcher on his blog in an apparent reference to their close political relationship.
Authorities arrested him after at least 30 people filed police reports.
Yee was charged with spreading obscene images, offending religious groups and harassment. The latter charge was dropped.
Singapore has strict hate speech laws particularly on race and religion. The video also came days after the death of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, amid nationwide mourning.
The case sparked public debate in the city-state about censorship and the reaction by the government drew criticism from human rights groups.
Yee was facing a maximum penalty of three years in prison for wounding racial or religious feelings and three months for distributing an obscene drawing.


Skyscanner, the UK-based travel search business, has been bought by Ctrip, China's biggest online travel firm.

The deal values Skyscanner at about £1.4bn ($1.75bn).
The firm, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh, is available in more than 30 languages, with about 60 million monthly active users.
It was set up to let users compare prices from different travel sites when searching for flights, hotels, and rental cars.
Skyscanner said it would continue to run independently, with the same management team.
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The news of the deal comes just hours after Chancellor Philip Hammond promised £400m to help Britain's successful digital start-ups avoid being snapped up by larger rivals.
"I am taking a first step to tackle the long-standing problem of our fastest growing technology firms being snapped up by bigger companies, rather than growing to scale," Mr Hammond said in his Autumn Statement.
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Ctrip was founded in 1999 and is one of China's best-known travel businesses.
The deal would "strengthen long-term growth drivers for both companies," said James Jianzhang Liang, co-founder and executive chairman of Ctrip.
"Skyscanner will complement our positioning at a global scale and Ctrip will leverage our experience, technology and booking capabilities to Skyscanner's," he added.
Skyscanner was set up in 2003, and co-founder and chief executive Gareth Williams said the deal took his firm closer to its goal "of making travel search as simple as possible for travellers around the world".
You have to go through a slick PR machine to get time with Gareth Williams. But once you reach him, it's like having a chat with a friendly, unassuming bloke down the pub.
Which is how his company was founded. Gareth Williams thrashed out the original idea for Skyscanner with two university friends in a pub back in 2001.
A passionate skier, he was frustrated by the time it took to sort through potential flights.
Lean in and listen carefully. Every softly-spoken word is measured, well-considered and laser-like to-the-point.
I met him this summer for a recording of CEO Secrets, our entrepreneurship series.
Interestingly, the Skyscanner team is very keen to play down the label of being a "unicorn company", a young company valued at more than $1bn, even though that's an elite club that you'd think would be nice to join.
Forget that, they told me. They were more keen to talk about their actual revenues from customers, their rate of growth and their next generation work with automated bots.
Perhaps that's what sealed the deal with Ctrip.
"Ctrip and Skyscanner share a common view - that organising travel has a long way to go to being solved. To do so requires powerful technology and a traveller-first approach," Mr Williams said.
The sale comes about a year after Skyscanner announced a fresh round of investment to help it expand. Its backers include investment firm Sequoia as well as the Malaysian government's strategic investment fund, Yahoo Japan and fund manager Artemis.
Its biggest investor, Scottish Equity Partners, welcomed the sale and said it was "particularly pleased" that Skyscanner would continue to be headquartered in Edinburgh and to operate independently.
Shanghai-based Ctrip became China's biggest internet travel service after merging with a similar business, Qunar, last year. That deal gave Chinese internet giant Baidu, which controlled Qunar, a 25% stake in Ctrip.
Two days after Theresa May promised the CBI a more interventionist industrial policy, one which might stop important British companies being sold to foreign rivals, along comes a deal to expose the shortcomings of such a promise.
Skyscanner, the Edinburgh-based technology company, has been sold to a Chinese rival for £1.4bn. Skyscanner sells travel online, but it is much more than just another travel website; its technology frequently sees it cited as one of Britain's top technology companies, and it is one of the UK's few "unicorns" - youngish tech companies with valuations north of $1bn.
When pundits try and come up with candidates to be the "British Google", Skyscanner is a name that frequently comes up.
It is hard to see, however, what Theresa May could have done - even once her new industrial policy is in place - to stop the sale.
Like most British tech companies, Skyscanner has a small army of investors, ranging from traditional private-equity investors to technology specialists like Sequoia Capital.
It would be hard to argue that there is some national interest in interfering to keep it in British hands, and to do so would interfere with the basic rights of investors to sell their property.


A non-league match was abandoned after 16 seconds when a player suffered a head injury.

Norwich United defender Andy Eastaugh, on his 30th birthday, was knocked unconscious at Soham Town in a clash of heads with another player.
He was taken to hospital, with his club tweeting later that he had "severe concussion" but no brain damage.
The Ryman League Division One North match was halted after consultation with both managers.
Norwich are managed by Eastaugh's brother Steve.
"Nobody wanted to play after seeing something so traumatic," Soham chairman Stuart Hamilton told BBC Sport.
"We wish him all the very best and a speedy recovery."
The Division One North is the eighth tier of the football pyramid, four divisions below League Two.


League One side Northampton Town have signed Iraq international Yaser Kasim on a two-year contract after he turned down a new deal at Swindon Town.

The 26-year-old former Brighton man made 139 Robins appearances during his four years at the County Ground.
But he was unable to save them from relegation to League Two last term.
"Yaser is a good age, he has a fair amount of League One experience and he knows what this level is all about," said Cobblers boss Justin Edinburgh.
"In his time at Swindon the form he showed led to him being linked with Premier League clubs and we believe we can help him produce those displays on a consistent basis in a Northampton Town shirt."
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A former Borders ambulance depot will be demolished and replaced with a medical centre, under plans submitted to the local council.

NHS Borders wants the Galashiels facility to accommodate GPs, health visitors and district nurses.
An ambulance crew would also be based at the new health centre in Roxburgh Street.
The move is expected to allow paramedics quick access to the west side of the town.
Jane Davidson, the chief executive of NHS Borders, confirmed that a planning application was submitted to Scottish Borders Council in December.
She added: "Demolition of the existing building on the site is scheduled to commence in the next week or so, and based on our current planning assumptions the first stage of building will start in May."
Plans for the site were delayed after the Scottish Environment Protection Agency raised flooding concerns.
Aitken Turnbull Architects said an earlier design was withdrawn in June 2014 for a full flood risk assessment to be carried out. The site is next to a mill lade.
The firm said that after a second plan was submitted in May 2015, the project was put on hold.
The development will replace the existing Roxburgh Street medical practice, where there is limited car parking.
A total of 21 spaces are incorporated into the design of the new health centre, as well as an additional four for paramedics and their ambulance.
Dr James Frost, a GP at the surgery, said: "There is a great deal of anticipation surrounding this project as it will impact over 3,300 patients in the Galashiels area."
The Scottish Ambulance Service moved its depot from Galashiels to the Borders General Hospital in Melrose last year.


Pope Francis chose to change clothes in a fast-food restaurant in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz before leading an open-air Mass before an audience of hundreds of thousands.

The famously unpretentious Pope used his address to encourage Bolivian Catholics to reject consumerism.
He told them the economic system excluded people and created barriers.
The Pope will now travel to Paraguay, the third and final country on his tour of South America.
On Thursday Pope Francis rode through the streets of Santa Cruz for about an hour.
The Burger King restaurant had been booked by the Pope's organisers and curtained off in advance so he could change into his religious vestments before the Mass.
It reopened later in the day for business but with the altar and throne used in the Mass still inside.
During his sermon he denounced what he said was a "mentality in which everything has a price, everything can be bought (...) making room only for a select few".
Later in a long speech to civic leaders, Pope Francis apologised for the actions of the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the conquest and colonisation of the Americas.
He said he humbly begged for forgiveness for the crimes that were committed.


One of Germany's most senior banking regulators has warned London that it is likely to lose its role as "the gateway to Europe" for vital financial services.

Dr Andreas Dombret, executive board member for the German central bank, the Bundesbank, said that even if banking rules were "equivalent" between the UK and the rest of the European Union, that was "miles away from access to the single market".
Mr Dombret's comments were made at a private meeting of German businesses and banks organised by Boston Consulting Group in Frankfurt earlier this week.
They give a clear - and rare - insight into Germany's approach as Britain starts the process of leaving the European Union.
And that approach is hawkish.
"The current model of using London as a gateway to Europe is likely to end," Mr Dombret said at the closed-door event.
Mr Dombret made it clear that he did not support a "confrontational approach" to future relations between the UK's substantial financial services sector and the EU.
But he argued there was "intense uncertainty" about how the Brexit negotiations would progress and significant hurdles to overcome.
The Bundesbank executive, who is responsible for banking and financial supervision, said he was concerned that the trend towards internationally agreed standards was under pressure.
And that Britain might try to become the "Singapore of Europe" following Brexit, by cutting taxes and relaxing financial regulations to encourage banks and businesses to invest in the UK.
"Brexit fits into a certain trend we are seeing towards renationalisation," he said.
"I strongly believe that this negatively affects the well-being of us all.
"We should therefore invest all our efforts in containing these trends.
"This holds for the private sector as well as for supervisors and policymakers in the EU and the UK.
"Some voices are calling for deregulation after Brexit," he continued.
"One such example is the 'financial centre strategy' that is being discussed as a fallback option for the City of London.
"Parts of this recipe are low corporate taxes and loose financial regulation.
"We should not forget that strictly supervised and well-capitalised financial systems are the most successful ones in the long run.
"The EU will not engage in a regulatory race to the bottom."
At present, London operates as the financial services capital for the EU.
More than a third of all wholesale banking between larger businesses, governments and pension funds takes place in Britain.
Nearly 80% of all foreign exchange transactions in the EU are carried out in the UK.
The business is valued in trillions of pounds, with billions of pounds being traded every day to insure companies, for example, against interest rate changes, currency fluctuations and inflation risk.
If there were significant changes to the present free-trading relationship between Britain and the EU, that could have a major impact on the value of the financial services to the UK and on the one million people employed in the sector.
Mr Dombret said it would also have an impact on German businesses which use London as a source of funding.
Some banks are hoping that, with the government looking to fully leave the single market, an "equivalence regime" can be agreed where the UK and the EU recognise each other's regulatory standards.
That would allow cross-border transactions to continue with few regulatory hurdles.
But Mr Dombret said that equivalence had "major drawbacks" and was not an "ideal substitute".
"I am very sceptical about whether equivalence decisions offer a sound footing for banks' long-term location decisions," he said.
"Equivalence is miles away from single market access.
"Equivalence decisions are reversible, so banks would be forced to adjust to a new environment in the event that supervisory frameworks are no longer deemed equivalent.
"These lead to the overall conclusion that equivalence decisions are no ideal substitute for passporting [which allows banks in one EU country to operate in another as part of the single market]."
Whatever the arrangements, Mr Dombret said that a "transition period" would ease the pressure of change and reduce what he described as the "earnings risk".
"Let me say that I expect London to remain an important financial centre," Mr Dombret told the audience.
"Nevertheless, I also expect many UK-based market participants to move at least some business units to the EU in order to hedge against all possible outcomes of the negotiations."
One of the biggest EU-focused businesses in the UK is euro-denominated clearing - insurance products called derivatives, which allow companies to protect themselves from movements in currencies, interest rates and inflation.
Three-quarters of the multi-trillion-pounds-a-day market is executed in London and a recent report from the accountancy firm EY estimated that nearly 83,000 jobs could be lost in Britain over the next seven years if clearing has to move to an EU member state following Brexit.
Mr Dombret said it was difficult to see how euro-clearing could remain in London, as it depended on the "acceptance of the European Court of Justice" as the arbiter of the thousands of legal contracts signed between counter-parties, many of which last for years.
Britain has made it clear that it does not want to be bound by ECJ judgements once it has left the EU.
"I see strong arguments for having the bulk of the clearing business inside the euro area," Mr Dombret said.


Delight at European qualification was tinged with regret at dropped points for Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson after their 0-0 draw in Inverness.

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Hearts remain third in the Scottish Premiership but missed a chance to move to within six points of Aberdeen after the stalemate with Caley Thistle.
"We wanted to come up here, get three points and put some more pressure on Aberdeen," said Neilson.
"But it guarantees European football this year and is great for the club."
Hearts now lie eight points adrift of Aberdeen with five games remaining after a less than thrilling stalemate.
"It's going to very difficult, but we have to try and keep aiming for it," Neilson told BBC Scotland when asked about their chances of finishing as runners-up. "We've got five huge games coming up now."
Hearts have secured a Europa League qualifying place in their first season back in the top flight after winning the Championship title.
"It's been a huge turnaround in less than a year now since the club came out of administration," he said.
"To be able to go down to the Championship, get ourselves back out first time and then get European football the next year is really pleasing for us all.
"But we are always aiming up and taking small steps and I think we've made two huge steps to be honest and it's now just about continuing to progress the club and try and get higher up the league next year.
"The lure of European football definitely does help the recruitment process. Players want to come and play in the Europa League."
Neilson criticised referee Don Robertson for booking winger Jamie Walker for simulation in the box.
"He didn't make any indication that he wanted a penalty," Neilson said. "There was contact, he goes down.
"It tarnishes the boy's character. If there's no contact at all, it's a dive, but when there's contact made the player goes down.
"He actually plays a pass and the referee goes back to books him. I don't understand why he decided to do that."
Caley Thistle moved eight points clear of second-bottom Kilmarnock and manager John Hughes hopes the point gained will help ensure there are no relegation worries.
"If we had done the business against Motherwell, on top of the win on Saturday, that draw tonight probably would have got us in the top six," he said.
"It just shows that fine line that you're walking."
Hughes conceded his side would have to improve if they are to finish top of the sides now in the bottom six of the Premiership.
"It wasn't a classic," he said. "The two teams cancelled each other out. We never penetrated enough, that final pass, combination link-up.
"It's another point hopefully towards seventh spot but we're going to have to do a lot better than that for the remainder of the season."


On Australia Day, in late January, the nation will celebrate the achievements of the selfless, the brave and the inspired.

The nominees for the coveted Australian of the Year award include a scientist treating spinal cord injuries, a retired rugby league player and a billionaire mining tycoon.
Also in the running for Australia's most prestigious civic honour is a former Sudanese child soldier, who arrived in Australia a 14-year-old illiterate refugee.
Named after the god of rain, Deng Adut is now a successful criminal lawyer in Sydney and the 2017 New South Wales (NSW) Australian of the Year for his work with African migrants.
"Deng represents the very best of what makes our country great, and has channelled his success into helping hundreds of people in the state's Sudanese community navigate their way through the Australian legal system," said the NSW Premier Mike Baird.
Deng's story is full of Hollywood drama - kidnapped as a child, forced into military service, shot in the back and later smuggled to freedom hidden in a corn sack on the back of a lorry.
He was born in Malek, a small fishing village. His father was a fisherman and the family lived on a banana farm.
"When I was first conscripted, I was six," he recalled.
"My first tour of duty was when I finished my military training at nine.
"I had my first AK47 when I was nine, and it was a beautiful piece of equipment at the time for a child.  It was just like a toy."
"I was a child soldier, and I was expected to kill or be killed."
Deng's remarkable life is detailed in a recently published biography, Songs of A War Boy, which he co-wrote with author and close friend Ben McKelvey.
"He was taken from his village when he was six, then marched to Ethiopia and was press-ganged into the SPLA, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, which is the group that is in power in South Sudan at the moment," McKelvey told Australian radio.
"[He] fought in a couple of horrific battles, was an internally displaced person for a while then came to Australia, taught himself English, did a law degree and now is the man you see today."
Deng was eventually spirited out of Sudan and taken across the border into Kenya, hidden in the back of a truck.
Helped by his half-brother John, he befriended an Australian couple and the boys arrived in Sydney as refugees in 1998.
Odd jobs making concrete, fitting doors and windows and shifts in a meat factory would serve as an apprenticeship for what was to come.
They forged a determination that would see a former child warrior complete an advanced diploma in accounting before graduating with a law degree from Western Sydney University.
A video of his life produced by the university, entitled Deng Thiak Adut Unlimited, brought him widespread attention.
"I came to Australia as an illiterate, penniless teenager, traumatised physically and emotionally by war," he said in a speech earlier this year.
"My gratitude is to fellow Australians for opening the door, not only to me but to all the other migrants like me. Without your spirit of a fair go, my story could not have been told."
Australia has pledged to increase its annual intake of refugees from 13,750 to about 19,000, but the debate over immigration is often toxic and divisive.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has suggested it was a mistake to resettle many Lebanese Muslims in Australia, insisting that many suspects charged with terror-related offences came from that group.
In September, the anti-immigration One Nation senator Pauline Hanson used her maiden speech in parliament to say Australia was "in danger of being swamped by Muslims who bear a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own".
Later this month, Deng Adut will be honoured at a function at the NSW parliament hosted by the independent MP Alex Greenwich.
He believes the awarding of the 2017 New South Wales Australian of the Year to the refugee from Africa is something the nation should be proud of.
"It shows that we are a country that does welcome people from adversity," Mr Greenwich said.
"It shows that the Australian character is one of warmth.
"Sadly, we can often be misrepresented by some of the policies of our federal government and the tone of some of the more extreme elements of our federal parliament."
Deng Adut agrees that some migrants can be unfairly demonised in Australia.
"We look at them as people that are either invaders, we look at them as people that are coming here to cause problems, we look at them as people that are generally not suitable for this society," he said.
Deng has emphatically disavowed these perceptions of refugees and asylum seekers. For him, the chaos of the past has been replaced by an inner peace.
"I liberate myself from a lot of things," he said.
"I liberate myself from war, from poverty, so I liberate myself from those aspects of life that I know I have been through.  Even death - I liberate myself from death."


A BBC presenter has apologised for remarks made during an on-air discussion about rape.

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Nick Conrad of BBC Radio Norfolk was hosting a live debate about convicted rapist Ched Evans on Monday.
Conrad had said women should "keep their knickers on" during a phone-in over the future of the ex Sheffield United footballer.
In the apology, he called the comments "ill-judged" and apologised "to anybody who was offended".


A woman who works in the lost property office of a bus company has been nominated for an award for her efforts in reuniting people with missing items.

Prosthetic limbs, a living room carpet and even a box of maggots are some of the things Jean Scott has witnessed people leaving behind on First Glasgow buses over the years.
The 59-year-old is shortlisted for an Unsung Hero title in the UK Bus Awards.
The event highlights the achievements of those working in the bus industry.
In total, 97 finalists have been selected from more than 250 entries across 19 categories and winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony next week.
Ms Scott, who has worked for more than 37 years in the bus industry, said: "You wouldn't believe what I've seen over the years.
"I remember when I opened a fisherman's bag and discovered tubs of worms which I later released in the park. Once we even managed to return a lost suitcase to Australia.
"Being nominated for this award is very humbling, I just love doing my job and I get great satisfaction returning as many lost belongings to our customers as I possibly can."
Fiona Kerr, managing director for First Glasgow, said: "We're delighted that Jean has been shortlisted for this prestigious award. It's clear recognition of her hard work and dedication to reuniting our customers with their lost property items."


A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after an alleged knife attack which left two men in hospital.

Police said the victims managed to call 999 after getting to a petrol station in Tudor Street, Riverside, following an assault in nearby Despenser Gardens.
Both men were taken to hospital following the incident which happened at about 19:00 BST on Friday.
One man remains in hospital in a stable condition while the other has been discharged.


Services run by the biggest NHS trust, including two more of its hospitals, have been labelled "inadequate" by inspectors.

Barts Health NHS Trust was placed in special measures in March, but has faced further inspections by the Care Quality Commission.
It said "too little attention" was paid to safety and pointed out leadership failings at the organisation.
The trust said it was "very sorry" and that it was facing a "big challenge".
Barts Health NHS Trust is responsible for the care of around 2.5 million people.
It was placed into special measures when a culture of bullying and low morale was discovered among staff at one of the hospitals it runs, Whipps Cross in Leytonstone, east London.
Fresh concerns have now been raised at the Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital.
The CQC said patient safety was not given sufficient priority, staff were discouraged from raising their concerns amid a culture of blame.
It added that staffing was significantly below recommended levels and the hospitals were so full that patients were not always cared for on appropriate wards.
Some faced delays of more than 18 weeks from referral to treatment and some patients had their surgery cancelled on several occasions due to a lack of beds.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, the chief inspector of hospitals, said: "It is clear that the leadership issues we found at Whipps Cross were replicated at the other hospitals.
"There is still a lack of engagement with the staff, low morale, high levels of stress, even confusion among the workforce about who is in charge.
"Across the trust there is too little attention paid to safety, with failures in incident reporting and auditing, and in dealing with or learning from complaints.
"If the trust is to turn round then it must focus first on the culture and on the leadership issues so that it can effectively deal with all the individual concerns which we have identified on this inspection."
The CQC has identified 65 areas where the trust must make improvements.
Steve Ryan, the chief medical officer at Barts Health NHS Trust, said: "We are very sorry for the failings identified by the CQC in some of our services at Newham and the Royal London hospitals.
"We know we have a big challenge ahead but we are determined to rise to that challenge.
"We are already making rapid and dramatic improvements in key areas. We welcome the targeted help the special measures regime provides to support our improvement journey.  All our hospitals will be part of the trust's improvement plan in response to special measures, ensuring a consistent approach to the provision and delivery of high quality care.  We will work with each of our hospitals with the same level of urgency and commitment."


In the dense tropical forest, a slither of movement can just be made out in the glow of our head torches.

A snake is entwined in the undergrowth. It is about 1m long, mostly dull brown but with a vivid yellow underbelly.
We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.
This reptile arrived here only 60 years ago but has rapidly become one of the most successful invasive species ever.
Unhealthy appetite
Wildlife biologist James Stanford, from the US Geological Survey, says: "Our belief is that they came at the end of World War II.
"We've looked at their genetics and they are all extremely closely related, and it appears they came from the Island of Manus in Papua New Guinea."
He explains that military equipment used by the US in Papua New Guinea while the war raged in the Pacific was eventually sent back to Guam to be processed. A snake probably crept on to a ship or a plane destined for the island.
"And from that handful, or maybe even one already impregnated female, we now have a population  that is unbelievable in scale," he says.
The snakes, which are mildly venomous, have caused many problems. They get everywhere, and people have even woken up with them in their beds.
The island's power system is regularly shorted out by snakes crawling on the lines. It is so frequent the locals now call power cuts "brown outs".
But the biggest impact has been on the wildlife - it has been decimated. The forests here are eerily quiet. Now the only place where the Guam's native birds, such as the koko, can be seen on the island are in cages in a captive breeding centre.
"The brown tree snake has had a devastating impact. Ten out of 12 native forest bird species disappeared in 30 years," says Cheryl Calaustro from Guam's Department of Agriculture.
"The birds here evolved without predators. They were quite naive. And when the snake arrived on Guam it ate eggs, juveniles, adults. Whole generations disappeared."
Toxic mouse bombs
But the snakes did not stop there.
Dr Stanford explains: "We thought it would be limited: 'OK, if it wipes out the birds, it will decline.' It wasn't the case. It just switched what it was feeding on - rodents, lizards, small mammals - across the board."
Now the locals are fighting back. And they are unleashing some unusual weapons in their war against the snake.
One effort has involved air-dropping mice that have been laced with poison and fitted with parachutes out of helicopters.  It provides a deadly dinner for any unsuspecting snakes below.
"Right now we are using acetaminophen (paracetamol). It commonly used as a pain reliever and fever reducer in humans, but it is 100% lethal to all brown tree snakes," explains Dan Vice of the US Department of Agriculture.
"If they eat that dead mouse containing acetaminophen, they will die."
But this is a battle on two fronts. Not only is the US government trying to clear the snakes, it is also trying to prevent the problem being passed to anyone else.
And to do this, it has enlisted the help of some small dogs.
Snakes on a plane
In a busy cargo depot close to the airport, Elmo the Jack Russell, kitted out in a smart, green uniform, is sniffing box upon box of goods waiting for export.
He is on the hunt for any unwanted stowaways.
As he catches wind of an unusual scent, he begins to scrabble, alerting the government inspector to the presence of a snake - and is rewarded with a treat.
A small army of dogs check every single item of cargo before it leaves Guam.
"It is a monumental project. We're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week," says Mr Vice.
"Cargo doesn't stop, the airport doesn't shut down, so we have to be there to make sure the cargo going on the airplane has indeed been snake inspected."
Letting the snakes on a plane could have devastating consequences.
Mr Vice says: "Economics researchers have tried to apply the impact of snakes to Hawaii. They found it could cost $400m or more if the snake became established.
"The impacts are running across all kinds of parts of the economy. It includes healthcare for humans because the snakes bite people, damage to the power system, lost revenue associated with declines in tourism and ecotourism."
However, with so many snakes on the island, controlling the problem is an uphill battle.
And today, Guam serves as an example to the world of what happens when an invasive species takes hold.
The worry is that it may be too late to clear the infestation, but Mr Vice says this should not stop the islanders from trying.
"Our long-term goal is to eradicate the snake," he says.
"The problems here are so profound we don't want to let them go anywhere else, and the only way to achieve that is to get rid of them completely."


No major changes will be made to the road system at Swansea's Kingsway until the future of the street has been outlined, Swansea council's leader has said.

Work is due to be carried out to make the road a full one-way system.
It follows the deaths of two people and a number of accidents.
But Swansea council leader Rob Stewart said he would not consider a two-way traffic system until decisions had been made about the future of Kingsway.
The current traffic system on the road allows two lanes of all traffic to travel west on one side of the road, with two lanes of public transport - one going east and one west - on the other side.
In April, a coroner investigating the death of Daniel Foss, 37, after he was hit by a National Express bus, called for action to deal with "serious design issues" on the road.
Swansea council later installed barriers along the carriageway following the death of Sgt Louise Lucas in March, in a bid to prevent pedestrians crossing.
"We are not going to spend millions of pounds on the road until we are clear what the master plan is for the Kingsway," said Mr Stewart.
"We will do the necessary changes.
"In a few months we will release the full plans for the Kingsway and that may see the introduction of two-way traffic."
Work to regenerate the Kingsway into a business district will begin in October with the former Oceana building being demolished with the site earmarked as a possible new home for the council.


Andy Murray has made his first investments of 2016 in start-up firms, through crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

Crowdfunding is a way of raising money through lots of small investments from a large number of people, not necessarily professional investors.
The tennis star's investments are with firms Oppo Ice Cream, Commuter Club, Landbay, We Are Colony, and Readbug.
The world number two, who teamed up with Seedrs last June, invested undisclosed amounts into each company.
The two-time Grand Slam champion said "giving recognition and support to British entrepreneurs is important to me".
Last year he he invested in three British startups through Seedrs.
Oppo makes low-calorie ice cream, while Commuter Club aims to help commuters save time and money by offering season tickets as a subscription service.
Landbay provides secured peer-to-peer lending on UK buy-to-let mortgages, We Are Colony is a global film-streaming platform, and Readbug offers a curated selection of independent magazines in one app.
Seedrs says it has had more than Â£100m invested on its platform, has funded more than 320 deals to date, and on average raises up to Â£7m per month.
Murray is the reigning Olympic champion in singles, and has also won the US Open and Wimbledon titles.
Last year he lead Great Britain to its first Davis Cup win in 79 years, and will lead the team in their defence of the trophy against Japan on 4 March.
Earlier this month his wife gave birth to their first child.


Senior judges at the European Court of Human Rights are to examine the case of three men jailed over the 21/7 plot to bomb the London transport network.

Judges in the court's Grand Chamber said they would hear arguments that the failed bombers had an unfair trial.
The men, each jailed for life for the botched 21 July 2005 attacks, say their convictions are unfair because police interviewed them without a lawyer.
Judges will also re-examine England's law on life sentences without parole.
In the separate case, Arthur Hutchison, who was convicted of burglary, rape and three counts of murder, is challenging a decision to jail him for life without the possibility of parole.
The failed bombers had targeted three London Underground trains and a bus - in an attempted repeat of the 7/7 attacks of two weeks earlier - but their devices failed to explode.
Because the bombs did not explode, police were able to recover forensic material from the scenes, while CCTV images of the bombers were also available.
Ramzi Mohammed, Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar were each found guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 40 years' imprisonment.
However, the three failed bombers say their human rights were breached because statements they made to police without lawyers present were used as evidence.
Police have the power to carry out so-called "safety interviews" of terrorism suspects where there is an urgent need to establish if there is any danger to the public, such as from an unexploded bomb.
The bombers were later convicted following a trial, which included their own admissions that they built the bombs.
In a statement, the European Court of Human Rights said that the Grand Chamber would consider whether the men's initial interviews led to a breach of a right to a fair trial - even though a lower chamber of the court had already dismissed such a claim.
The decisions by the Grand Chamber to review these two very controversial cases gets to the heart of the tension between London and Strasbourg - a relationship that is as political as it is legal and constitutional.
Ministers and judges have been at loggerheads for years over the lawfulness of whole-life orders in England.
So if Strasbourg rules in Hutchinson's favour, it will inevitably embolden those who are lobbying the prime minister not only to create a British bill of rights, but also to withdraw from the European Convention at the same time.
The 21/7 case looked - on paper at least - to have no chance of a hearing, but the bombers will get another chance in court, although the process could take many months.
Even if the European Court does rule in their favour - and that is a very big if - it cannot quash their convictions.
Hartlepool-born Hutchinson was jailed for stabbing Basil and Avril Laitner to death after breaking into their Sheffield home on the night of their daughter's wedding in 1983. He also killed one of their sons.
The judge in his 1984 trial at Sheffield Crown Court said he should serve 18 years but Home Secretary Leon Brittan later ruled he should face a whole-life tariff.
Hutchison argues that the "whole-life order" sentence amounts to inhuman or degrading treatment and breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.
His challenge was rejected by the Court of Appeal in London seven years ago.
The Grand Chamber's decision to review the case comes after three years of tension between the government and Strasbourg over whole-life orders.
In 2013, the European judges said in a separate but related case that the sentence breached human rights because prisoners could not seek a review, even after decades inside.
But earlier this year, they reversed that decision in Hutchinson's case, declaring that British judges had now clarified that prisoners could indeed ask to be released in exceptional circumstances.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman defended the sentences, saying people who commit "the most heinous crimes" should face the prospect of spending the rest of their lives behind bars.


Cables whistle through pulleys, as quay cranes swing containers between ship and shore.

Heavy machinery rolls along rails to the strange music of beeps and sirens. Further from the shore, 20m-high stacking cranes choreographed by computers load and unload lorries . And all this comes with a minimum of visible human effort.
Welcome to the 21st Century container port.
This is London Gateway on the River Thames in Thurrock, Essex. It's owned by Dubai-based DP World.
Britain's newest container port - it's less than two years old - uses the latest technology to make its operations as efficient as possible.
In the control room, banks of computer screens could place you in any generic open-plan administrative office.
But the hard hats dotted about hint that this is somewhat different.
Closer inspection of some of the screens reveals charts containing numerous charcoal blocks - graphic representations of the metal containers that are the staple of the global freight trade.
"From here we plan, control, monitor and execute all the container movements", says operations manager Ivan Deosdad i Lopez.
"It's like a very complicated game of Tetris."
Tetris is a maddeningly addictive computer game involving the arrangement of coloured blocks. This is why London Gateway actively seeks job applications from gamers.
After all, the controls of a quay crane are not too dissimilar to a game console.
These quayside cranes are huge, roughly equivalent to the London Eye in height with their booms up. And they can move four containers on or off a ship at once.
Each container is identified by an optical character recognition system that reads a unique identifying code - a combination of four letters and seven numbers. This helps track the containers as they move around the world.
The 6m or 12m long metal containers can carry anything from car parts to clothing, perishables to periscopes - in short, a vast array of goods demanded by industry or consumers.
Southampton's port - also owned by DP World - offers customers "live terminal data" giving them the ability to track cargo "from ship to shore", while the UK's busiest container port at Felixstowe has just commissioned two new track-mounted gantry cranes to increase cargo volumes by rail.
While a lot of the port operations are automated, people are still required. Yet the workforce is a far cry from the nearly all-male ports of old.
"Around 1-in-10 of the terminal operatives is female, which I guess is pretty impressive for the port industry," says Lucy Golding, a terminal operative.
Her duties include driving tractors to move containers within the port. She also happens to have a Masters in History from the University of Amsterdam.
Elsewhere on the site, a former beautician from Basildon retrained to become a crane driver.
Of course, it wasn't always like this. Manual handling of loads on and off barges under sail occurred within living memory.
"We used to carry fishmeal which used to stink to the high earth," recalls 71-year-old Suffolk skipper Gordon 'Willie' Williamson. He's now master of the 1909 Thames sailing barge, Ardwina.
"Some barges used to carry what they called hoof and horn to take to the glue factory, which was the bones and hoofs of animals."
Holds that had carried such odorous cargo required fumigation before they could transport foodstuffs again, he says.
In the Museum of London Docklands, historian Alex Werner goes back even further.
"At the beginning of the 19th Century and right through to the early 20th Century the most common form of shipment unit was the barrel."
Although we now associate barrels principally with wines and spirits, in those days they would also carry dry goods, he explains.
Global trade has moved into the digital world and ports are using the latest technology to help them attract new trade from Asia and the Far East.
Ships calling at London Gateway take in countries such as India, Argentina, Morocco, the Caribbean, and South Africa - it's like some vast never-ending version of London's Circle Line.
The quicker ports can move containers between train, truck and ship, and the more reliably they can keep tabs on them in port and in transit, the better it is for importers and exporters.
Buyers are increasingly expecting next-day delivery of goods.
"The internet has had a dramatic effect on the way that retailers operate," observes Xavier Woodward, the port's communications manager. "We have a large modern port directly connected to what will become Europe's largest logistics space for retailers."
Technology is helping to make our hugely complex global trading system as efficient and seamless as possible.
But who'd have thought Tetris gaming skills would be an advantage?


Polling stations across Lancashire have closed in the county council election.

The poll will see 84 county councillors elected to cover 12 districts in Lancashire.
Votes will be counted on Friday morning and results are expected to be announced in the afternoon.
The county council provides local government services across the region, including education, health, social care, libraries, waste disposal and transport.