A man accused of trying to murder a trainee dentist in an apparent race revenge attack has told a court he "just snapped".

Dr Sarandev Bhambra was set upon by 26-year-old Zack Davies with a hammer and machete in Tesco in Mold, Flintshire.
Mold Crown Court heard Mr Davies did not intend to kill Dr Bhambra, but acted out of "desperation" and "lost control" when he saw him.
Mr Davies, of Mold, denies attempted murder but admits wounding with intent.
The jury was previously told the attack on 14 January was revenge for the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Mr Davies said his use of words like "white power" was disgusting and that he would like to apologise to Fusilier Rigby's family for bringing his name into it.
Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were jailed for life in February 2014 for hacking the soldier to death.
Mr Davies said: "I'm disgusted with myself and ashamed.
"I look back and think 'how can I have done that to someone?' But I did... I feel very bad about it."
Asked if he could have done more harm to Dr Bhambra if he had intended, he replied: "Yes, absolutely. It had already gone too far so I stopped before any more damage was done."
He said he was "absolutely fascinated" with Islamic State and the British man known as Jihadi John, who he described as his inspiration.
The prosecutor put to him: "You are a racist at the end of the day."
Mr Davies replied: "I don't think it is that clear cut. I had contradictory extreme views, especially with my interest in Isis and National Socialism."
The trial continues.


American Brandt Snedeker will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Canadian Open after carding a six-under-par 66 at Glen Abbey in Ontario.

The world number 23 eagled the par-five 18th to lead on nine under from US Open champion Dustin Johnson (70) and Canadian amateur Jared du Toit (71).
World number 309 Luke List, joint leader for the first two days, slipped seven shots adrift after a 77.
Scotland's Martin Laird compiled five birdies in a 68 and is six under.
World number one and defending champion Jason Day returned a round of 69 and is tied for 28th with 31-year-old List, who began with a bogey and had two double bogeys and a triple bogey seven on the back nine.
Snedeker overpowered the 18th, hitting a 378-yard drive and a 121-yard approach to set up the six-foot eagle putt.
Du Toit, 21, bidding to become first Canadian to win the event for 62 years - and the first amateur to triumph on the PGA Tour in 25 seasons - also eagled the final hole, holing a 40-footer for a 70.
Asked to evaluate his prospects for the final round, Snedeker said: "I think I'm going to be the most hated man in Canada, but it's going to be a lot of fun trying to figure it out."
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Bangladesh's Supreme Court has rejected a final appeal against a death sentence given to a senior Islamist leader.

Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of genocide by a domestic war crimes tribunal in May 2013.
A review petition was dismissed on Monday. The attorney general said there was now no reason why he could not be executed.
Kamaruzzaman's lawyers could decide to seek mercy from the president.
The 62-year-old was convicted of crimes committed during the country's war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, including a mass killing of at least 120 unarmed farmers in the northern border town of Sohagpur.
Three women widowed as a result of the killings testified against Kamaruzzaman during his trial. They described how he led Pakistani troops to the village and helped the soldiers to line up and execute the farmers.
An appeal court in November last year upheld the verdict and a sentence of death by hanging.
But Kamaruzzaman's lawyers made a last-ditch legal appeal, arguing that there were "serious discrepancies" in the testimonies of prosecution witnesses at his trial.
That has now been rejected by the Chief Justice of Bangladesh, S K Sinha.
Political activists who had gathered in court welcomed the ruling.
"We're happy. He is a notorious war criminal. We made several attempts during the 1971 war to capture him. But finally he is caught by the court," Anwar Hossain, who fought in the independence war, told AFP news agency.
"We hope he'll be executed (in) the quickest time possible," he added.
Estimates for the number of people killed in the nine-month Bangladeshi war vary, with the government suggesting as many as three million died.
Others say that figure is too high and unverifiable.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up the war crimes tribunal in 2010 to look into abuses during the period.
The first person executed was Jamaat-e-Islami senior leader Abdul Quader Mollah in December 2013.
Opposition parties say the war crimes trials are politically motivated and aimed at settling scores.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said prison authorities would now ask Kamaruzzaman whether he would seek clemency from President Abdul Hamid.
"If he refuses, he could be hanged any moment," he added.
Civil war erupts in Pakistan, pitting the West Pakistan army against East Pakistanis demanding autonomy and later independence
Fighting forces an estimated 10 million East Pakistani civilians to flee to India
In December, India invades East Pakistan in support of the East Pakistani people
Pakistani army surrenders at Dhaka and its army of more than 90,000 become Indian prisoners of war
East Pakistan becomes the independent country of Bangladesh on 16 December 1971
Exact number of people killed is unclear - Bangladesh says it is three million but independent researchers say there were up to 500,000 fatalities


A man accused of shining bright lights into the cockpits of RAF planes during night flights on Anglesey made some allegations against pilots which were "frankly nonsense", a court heard.

John Arthur Jones, of Bodffordd, denies 13 counts of recklessly or negligently acting in a manner likely to endanger aircraft or persons in an aircraft.
RAF Valley's commander rejected letters from the 65-year-old.
Mold Crown Court heard he also recorded pilots flying low over Park Cefni.
Giving evidence, Group Captain Peter Cracraft said the letters were "incredible and frankly nonsense".
Asked what he meant, he said pilots had a very structured training programme, and were highly supervised by extremely professional and dedicated instructors.
Everything that occurred in an aircraft was recorded in two independent ways and there were independent observers in the control tower.
"If they were to see any pilots acting in the way Mr Jones alleged, that pilot would not be at RAF Valley for very long," he said.
On Thursday, the commander will be asked to watch video footage compiled by the defendant.
Earlier, a Hawk fighter jet pilot told the jury how he was "lamped" on his first solo night time flight and he had to abort a landing when it happened a second time.
The trial continues.


DJI has refreshed its family of drones with new models that are easier to take off and land.

The Phantom 3 quadcopters also gain the ability to hold their position without using a GPS location signal, making them more suitable for indoor use.
And the app that controls the camera-equipped machines has been updated to allow live video streams to YouTube.
However one expert suggested more should be done to protect the public from such remote-controlled aircraft.
China-based DJI is the bestselling brand of drones in what is a fast-growing sector, with hobbyists, farmers, film-makers and land surveyors among its customers.
The firm found itself at the centre of a security scare earlier this year when one of its previous models crashed into the lawn of the White House.
DJI has unveiled two versions of its latest aircraft, which offer different video recording capabilities.
The Phantom 3 Professional, which costs $1,259 (Â£842), can shoot in 4K at 30 frames per second.
The ultra high definition format is four times the resolution of 1080p HD, which offers video-makers greater leeway to crop and pan across their footage after it has been shot.
The Phantom 3 Advanced, which costs $999 (Â£668), films at 1080p at 60 frames per second. This is lower resolution but better suited for slow-mo effects.
The lenses used by both aircraft are better suited for low-light conditions than earlier models. In addition, the new software allows owners to tag the best footage as it is recorded, making it easier to put together a fast edit.
DJI said that footage could be streamed to YouTube in 720p quality when the drone is up to one mile (1.6km) away from its controllers with almost no lag - a facility it suggested could make it a useful tool for journalists covering disasters and protests, and for mining and construction industry managers wanting to direct surveying efforts remotely.
DJI is also promoting the drone's ability to carry out indoor flights.
"The platform has a downward-facing camera that creates a 3D map of the ground underneath it in real-time, and identifies key vectors in that map and notices if there's any movement of those vectors," DJI spokesman Michael Perry told the BBC.
"So it automatically adjusts itself to hold a position.
"In addition, it's got two ultrasonic sensors that provide very accurate information about how far it is off the ground, which allows it to hover a lot more accurately, fly closer to the ground without having the platform bump up and down, and more importantly it lets you take off and land easily and securely with the touch of a button."
DJI competes against Parrot, Walkera and Xinte among others, which all allow users to fit their aircraft with standalone cameras.
Rising sales of such devices have led to safety concerns.
In April 2014 an athlete said she suffered head injuries when a drone that had been filming her race in Australia fell to the ground.
And in December, a US newspaper photographer said the tip of her nose was "chipped off" after an accident involving drones flown inside a restaurant.
Following the accident at the White House in January, DJI updated the firmware used by its Phantom 2 drones to prevent them from flying over much of Washington DC.
The firm highlighted that it also continued to expand a wider list of no-fly zones, which is built into its latest models.
However, it suggested government watchdogs needed to offer clearer guidance.
"We feel fundamentally that this industry will not reach its full potential until there is a clear and coherent regulatory framework put in place," said Mr Perry.
"I think the UK has taken some pretty significant strides - it has established a clear criteria for pilot qualifications, which are needed [alongside an approved request application] to be allowed to fly over a crowd or in a downtown area.
"But there is a patchwork of regulations around the globe, which only agree on one thing: flying near airports is dangerous."
Mr Perry noted that DJI drones sold in the UK were packaged with a pamphlet written by the Civil Aviation Authority, that sets out the restrictions under which they can be used.
But one expert said the industry at large had a responsibility to do more.
"Recommendations are already being fed into the European Union to come up with a unified approach that will allow novel technologies and also protect people," said Dr Mirko Kovac, from Imperial College London's Aerial Robotics Lab.
"But the more hobbyists and other people that use drones, the harder it is to control.
"And what we need are more technological developments to ensure safety, particularly through the design of the aircraft as well as the sensors they use... to make the drones themselves inherently safe."


Representatives of 1,250 armed police officers who protect UK civil nuclear sites are challenging a rule forcing them to work beyond the age of 60.

While most UK police can retire at 60, Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers must work until 65 under a new law.
But the Civil Nuclear Police Federation says it will be "physically impossible" for officers in their mid-60s to protect the public from terrorism.
It is taking its case to London's High Court to try to get the rule changed.
The standard retirement age for almost all police in the UK is 60, with many able to leave on a full pension in their 50s.
But under new laws affecting public service workers due to take effect next April, Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) officers will have to work until they are 65, and eventually 68, to receive their pension.
The federation believes this is due to a legal anomaly, and will try to persuade the High Court at a hearing on Wednesday that its officers should be exempt from the retirement age rise.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
Unlike other forces that are in the headlines nearly every day - the Met, West Midlands and Greater Manchester Police for example - you don't hear a lot about the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
Much of its work goes unseen, guarding nuclear sites in remote corners of the UK and protecting material in transit.
However, it is vital work, particularly at a time when the terrorism threat level is graded "severe" with an attack assessed as "highly likely".
That's one reason why its officers are incensed - and baffled - by pension changes which mean they'd have to work until at least 65 before retiring.
The problem, it seems, is that when the new rules were being drawn up under the coalition government, the CNC, which is the responsibility of the energy minister, wasn't treated the same as other forces, which were permitted by the home secretary at the time, Theresa May, to maintain a retirement age of 60.
The federation says its officers have the most physically demanding role in the police service and will not be able to maintain their standards of fitness and weapons proficiency into their 60s.
Chief executive Nigel Dennis said it was "regrettable that we have been forced to take legal action".
"As a police force the CNC is the fittest body in the UK because of our role in protecting nuclear assets and our more recently acquired role of protecting the wider public against terrorist outrages," he said.
"It makes no sense that we should be saddled through inappropriate legislation with a retirement age which we have little or no hope of reaching.
"Neither can I believe that the public will feel protected if eventually we have aggressively armed police officers in their mid-60s being deployed against terrorists."
The BBC has asked the Department for Work and Pensions for a response.


UK house prices accelerated with a 9.6% increase in the year to the end of March, according to official figures.

A lack of homes on the market is thought to be behind the rise at a time when activity was expected to have been curtailed by the election campaign.
The annual rate of increase accelerated from 7.4% a month earlier, despite consumer prices in general being flat.
The pick-up was driven in part by annual house price inflation of 14.6% in Scotland, the fastest since 2007.
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax replaced UK stamp duty land tax in Scotland from 1 April, which "may have had an impact" on the increase in prices, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
There were also double-digit percentage annual property price rises in the East of England (11.4%), London (11.2%) and the South East of England (11.2%), the ONS figures also show.
The ONS said that the cost of the average UK home in March was £273,000, ranging from £498,000 in London to £145,000 in Northern Ireland.
Peter Rollings, chief executive of estate agents Marsh and Parsons, said: "These figures concentrate on March, when the country was still convinced that we had a close-run election on our hands and vendors and buyers in London were holding their breath about what impact mansion tax and other possible policies might have."
He said that the "high-end market" was now expected to see more activity.
But TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "House prices are going up four times faster than people's wages. No wonder mortgage approvals are falling and first-time buyers are struggling to save a large enough deposit.
"And we all know that housing bubbles burst and cause economic chaos."
The figures come as the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said that first-time buyers took out 61,300 home loans in the first three months of the year, down 11% on the same period in 2014 and 24% lower than the fourth quarter of last year.


Sylvia Peters, who introduced the first televised coronation and helped the Queen prepare for her first Christmas broadcast, has died at the age of 90.

Peters, who joined the BBC in 1947, was the continuity announcer on 2 June 1953 and opened by saying it was a "great and joyous day for us all".
Four years later, she recorded a training film for the Queen to help her prepare for her first Yuletide message.
She was also one of the first hosts of the ballroom competition, Come Dancing.
Peters left the BBC in 1958 but later returned to present a remastered version of the Coronation coverage in 2013.
She worked as an actress in musicals before joining the BBC and was one of a team of three announcers at the time of the coronation, alongside Mary Malcolm and McDonald Hobley.
She was the youngest of the three and is believed to have been chosen to present the coverage because at 28, she was closest to the age of the Queen.
Speaking in 2013, she said the coverage had been "quite magical" and a "turning point" for television.
"We didn't have many viewers [but] the coronation just made television, and everyone wanted one after that."
After leaving the BBC she worked sporadically in TV, appearing in an episode of the '70s comedy Sykes, while running a dress shop.
She returned to screens in the 1980s as a presenter on Channel 4's series for older viewers, Years Ahead, and as an announcer during the BBC's celebration of 50 years of broadcasting in 1986.
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Sunderland have signed former Aston Villa defender Joleon Lescott on a short-term contract.

The 34-year-old, who played under Black Cats boss David Moyes at Everton between 2006 and 2009, has joined until the end of the season.
Lescott left Aston Villa last summer after one season at the club.
He then joined AEK Athens, making four appearances for the Greek side before suffering an injury and had his contract cancelled in November.
Sunderland are currently bottom of the Premier League, three points from safety.


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a former concentration camp as they continue their tour of Poland.

They described their visit to Stutthof as "shattering", saying the site is a "terrible reminder of the cost of war".
The royal couple met five Holocaust survivors at the camp near Gdansk, where 65,000 people were killed by the Nazis in World War Two.
The five-day tour of Poland and Germany will see the Cambridges also visit Berlin and Heidelberg.
Prince George, three, and Princess Charlotte, two, have accompanied their parents on the trip.
During their visit to Stutthof, William and Catherine met British survivors Manfred Goldberg and Zigi Shipper, both 87.
As a teenager, Mr Goldberg spent more than eight months as a slave worker in Stutthof. There he met Mr Shipper, who had previously been at Auschwitz.
Days before the war ended, the camp was abandoned and prisoners were sent on a death march to the German town of Neustadt.  The pair - both 15 at the time - were liberated at Neustadt on 3 May 1945. They later moved to the UK, where they remained friends.
Mr Goldberg said he was "extremely nervous" about returning to the camp, adding: "I agonised before I agreed to come here, because I felt I'd put it all behind me.
"In 1946 when I was a youngster I was admitted to England, I didn't dream I would ever have the privilege of shaking the hand of a future King of this country."
A message left in the visitors' book, which both the duke and duchess signed, said: "We were intensely moved by our visit to Stutthof, which has been the scene of so much terrible pain, suffering and death.
"All of us have an overwhelming responsibility to make sure that we learn the lessons and that the horror of what happened is never forgotten and never repeated."
The royal couple then met Poland's first democratically-elected president, Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for leading Solidarity - the party that helped bring to an end communism in Poland.
Prince William and Catherine had a tour of the European Solidarity Centre, which represents the movement Mr Walesa championed, before laying roses at the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970.
The memorial - made up of three 42m steel crosses - was unveiled in 1980, to commemorate the 44 people who died during anti-communist riots.
In Germany later this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a private meeting with the royal couple in Berlin before they visit the city's famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate.
The duke and duchess will also visit Berlin's Holocaust museum and memorial.
A boat race is planned in the German city of Heidelberg, which is twinned with Cambridge.
William and Catherine will cox opposing rowing teams in the race with crews from Cambridge and Heidelberg.
On the second day of the Polish leg of the tour, the royal couple joined a street party at Gdansk's central market square, where they were offered Goldwasser - a Gdansk liqueur - and traditional Polish pierogi dumplings.
They also visited the Gdansk Shakespeare theatre, opened in 2014, which has the Prince of Wales as patron.


Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers has pleaded guilty to drug possession, at Leeds Magistrates' Court.

Flowers, 63, was arrested last November after newspaper allegations he had been involved in a drug deal.
The suspended Methodist minister had stepped down from the Co-op six months earlier over concerns about expenses.
He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £125 in costs after pleading guilty to charges of possessing cocaine, methamphetamine and ketamine.
He had earlier apologised for "stupid and wrong" behaviour, saying he had been under pressure because of problems at the bank and the recent death of his mother.
During the 10-minute hearing on Wednesday, prosecutors said Flowers had been filmed handing over £300 for drugs in a car in Leeds last November.
The footage was subsequently sold to the Mail on Sunday newspaper, the judge was told.
Flowers admitted the offence to police and said he had taken cocaine for about 18 months to "keep himself going" while he was suffering stress and caring for his then terminally ill mother.
Flowers' barrister, Richard Wright QC, said his client had a current income of £510 a month from pensions and unspecified assets inherited from his mother.
Outside court, Flowers said only: "Don't ask me any questions because I won't give any answers."
His appearance in court came on the day a review of the Co-op Group by former board member Lord Myners said the organisation should adopt a much smaller board and focus on being profitable in order to survive.
Lord Myners said the group's current board was "manifestly dysfunctional" and needed more members with business experience.
Flowers, who oversaw the near-collapse of the group's banking arm, previously served as a Labour councillor in Bradford and on an informal board advising Labour leader Ed Miliband on banking.
He was suspended by the Labour Party and the Methodist Church following the drug allegations and faces a disciplinary procedure by the Church.
His appointment as Co-op Bank chairman in April 2010 was widely criticised because of his inexperience in banking.
In May last year, the Co-op Bank was found to have a £1.5bn black hole in its finances.
Flowers stepped down the following month.
In November, Flowers was called to appear before Parliament's Treasury Select Committee to discuss his management of the bank.
After his appearance, the committee's chairman Andrew Tyrie said Flowers was "manifestly unsuitable" to be chairman of a bank.
The bank has since agreed a refinancing deal which saw the Co-op Group's stake fall to 30%.
US institutions now hold the other 70%.
Flowers is also a former trustee of the drugs charity Lifeline, from which he resigned in 2004 after allegedly filing false expenses claims.


Scottish film The Illusionist has been nominated for an Oscar.

The film - which was made by a team of animators in Edinburgh and Dundee - has been nominated in the Best Animated Feature Film category.
Director Sylvain Chomet set up a studio in the Scottish capital after visiting its film festival seven years ago.
The Illusionist, which has been described as a "fairytale depiction" of Scotland, is up against Toy Story 3 and How To Train Your Dragon.
The winner will be announced in Los Angeles on 27 February.
Mr Chomet, originally from Paris, was previously nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for Belleville Rendez-vous.
The Illusionist, which had its premiere at last year's Edinburgh Film Festival, is about a magician who travels to Edinburgh from Paris.
It was inspired by the French director's travels around Scotland.


Sir Bruce Forsyth's wife has thanked the public for the support the couple have received during the entertainer's recuperation from surgery.

"We've had so many wonderful letters and phone calls and good wishes for him," said Lady Wilnelia Forsyth.
Lady Forsyth told ITV's This Morning her husband had been doing "really good" and that he hoped to return to public life.
"With a little bit of luck he should be back," said the 1975 Miss World winner.
"I don't expect him to go tap dancing, he's not doing that at home, but he loves show business."
Sir Bruce underwent keyhole surgery last year after doctors discovered he had two aneurysms following a fall at his Surrey home.
In an interview earlier this month, Lady Forsyth said the 88-year-old was still having "a bit of a problem moving".
"He's in incredible shape mentally but he gets very tired," she told the Daily Mail's You magazine.
Speaking on ITV on Thursday, Lady Forsyth said it had been "very hard" for her husband to be convalescing, having been "active until just recently".
Sir Bruce has not been seen in public of late, having been too frail to attend the funerals of close friends Ronnie Corbett and Sir Terry Wogan.
The veteran broadcaster remains a hugely popular figure thanks to such shows as Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Woodland in Surrey where scenes for cinema blockbusters have been shot could become a long-term filming site, under Forestry Commission plans.

Gladiator, The Golden Compass, Robin Hood and War Horse all included scenes filmed at Bourne Wood in Farnham.
The Forestry Commission wants to allow filming for up to eight months a year. It said the site was a nationally strategic film industry resource.
Residents fear disruption, including noise and smoke from explosions.
Tony Patterson, a committee member of the Bourne Residents' Association, said residents were not opposed to filming but had concerns if activities became long-term.
He said some areas of the woodland had been turned into hard standing for parking of vehicles and this was now "virtually a permanent situation".
The plans had suggested that impact on residents would be minor or temporary, he added.
But he said many people would argue noise, explosions and smoke were not minor impacts.
Mr Patterson also said more filming would "almost inevitably" lead to more building on the site, more closures of the woodland, and frequent disruption in the form of noise, smoke and traffic.
The Forestry Commission wants to change the use of the site from forestry to ongoing forestry with filming activity.
It issued a statement which said filming at Bourne Wood ensured millions of pounds of film production money stayed in the UK rather than going to forests in eastern Europe or the Far East.
Studies had shown filming in Surrey was worth Â£73m per year to the local economy, the statement added.
The statement said the Forestry Commission had submitted a "scoping determination" to Waverley council ahead of a planning application and was waiting to hear whether a full environmental impact assessment was required.
The Forestry Commission was meeting residents and a local consultation day had been planned, it added.


Alex Salmond has been urged to quit the campaign to keep the UK in Europe "before he does any more damage".

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie made the plea as he warned that the former first minister was "undermining" the remain campaign.
In a TV debate, Mr Salmond said Scotland could vote for independence within two years of a UK Brexit vote.
A SNP spokesman said the former party leader made an "outstanding" case for the UK's continued EU membership.
During the debate, the MP for Gordon said: "If you had the situation where Scotland in four weeks' time votes Remain and the rest of the UK or England drags Scotland out by voting to leave, then that would justify, in my opinion, another referendum.
"In the circumstances of Scotland being threatened with being dragged out of the EU against our will, I think the result would be 'Yes' this time."
Such a vote "would have to be within the two-year period of the UK negotiating to withdraw", he stated.
While polls across the UK suggest a tight contest between the leave and remain campaigns in the run-up to the June 23 European referendum, research in Scotland suggests a clear majority in favour of staying in the EU.
Mr Rennie accused the former first minister of "behaving like a not-so-secret agent for the leave campaign" by focusing on Scottish independence, adding that his comments made a vote to leave more likely.
He said: "He spends more time rubbishing the official remain campaign and promoting Scottish independence than making the positive case to remain in Europe."
MSPs at Holyrood overwhelmingly backed a Scottish government motion on Thursday, making clear their support for Scotland and the UK remaining part of the EU.
Mr Rennie added: "This week in parliament, MSPs from all parties made the clear, passionate, positive case for Scotland remaining part of the EU.
"But Alex Salmond seems more interested in using the Europe poll to advance the cause of Scottish independence than actively working to keep us in the EU.
"Too many senior figures in the SNP are approaching this 2016 referendum with a 2014 mind-set. Alex Salmond is a serial offender.
"His threats about another independence vote may encourage his supporters to back Brexit. His attacks on the remain campaign are undermining it and risking Brexit.
"On both counts he is risking our place in the European Union, not supporting it. Alex Salmond should opt out of the campaign before he does any more damage."
A spokesman for the SNP said Mr Salmond made an "outstanding and overwhelming case" for Scotland and the UK's continued membership of the EU.
"His passionate arguments on the benefits of EU membership on migration, on employment opportunities for younger people and on the wider benefits of membership to our economy were well received by the audience of young people, including when answering a specific question from an audience member about Scottish independence," he said.
"Willie Rennie needs to make up his mind quickly what his top priority is - attacking the SNP over everything and anything, or joining our efforts to keep Scotland in Europe."
Meanwhile, Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been in Scotland campaigning for a Leave vote.
Mr Farage spoke at a Fishing for Leave conference in Aberdeen, alongside UK government Marine Environment Minister George Eustice.
The MEP urged fishermen to "take back our birthright" by voting to leave the EU, insisting "our grandparents didn't fight two world wars...so that we should have to go to Brussels to beg for crumbs from the table."
He also said the UK has "literally given away our country" and urged British citizens to fight for their "birthright"; to "have the whip hand" in future negotiations with Europe.


Britain's Andy Murray will attempt to reach his third Wimbledon final when he plays Tomas Berdych on Friday.

Murray, 29, is bidding for a second Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title, while his Czech rival was runner-up at Wimbledon in 2010.
In the other semi-final, seven-time champion Roger Federer will take on Canada's sixth seed Milos Raonic.
Federer is aiming to win his 18th Grand Slam title and first since beating Murray in the Wimbledon final in 2012.
Federer and Raonic open play on Centre Court at 13:00 BST with Murray and Berdych's match following. Both matches will be live on BBC TV.
Since reuniting with coach Ivan Lendl before the Aegon Championships, second seed Murray has won 10 straight matches, including the final at Queen's.
Some wise judges believe the Scot is playing the best tennis of his career, even better than when he won the Wimbledon title in 2013.
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"I think it's beneficial having him [Ivan] there, because I trust him and have a lot of confidence in him," said Murray, after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a five-set quarter-final thriller.
"He can help when I'm on the court a little bit, just with his presence. It might be a small amount but every little bit helps.
"But the pre-match stuff, the work that you do in preparation for the matches, is where you get the big benefit."
If Murray sees off Berdych he will reach his 11th Grand Slam final, beating the British record held by Fred Perry since 1936.
Murray leads 10th seed Berdych 8-6 in head-to-heads, including their last four matches. Berdych, who lost to Rafael Nadal in the 2010 final, has never won a major title.
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After beating Lucas Pouille in his quarter-final, Berdych revealed that he asked fellow Czech Lendl to coach him in May, but was rejected.
"He basically said that he didn't have the time and he didn't want to be involved in tennis," Berdych said of the eight-time Grand Slam winner, who split from Murray in 2014.
"Then he came back to Andy. So that's how it is."
Federer, who recovered from two sets down and saved three match points against Marin Cilic in his quarter-final, is bidding to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon titles.
The Swiss great, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic last year, is also bidding to reach his 11th Wimbledon and 28th Grand Slam final.
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At 34, Federer is bidding to become the oldest man to reach a Wimbledon final since Ken Rosewall, who was 39 when he finished runner-up in 1974.
And Federer was relaxed about the physical effects of his epic victory over Cilic, emphasising the belief and confidence he took from surviving such a test.
"It's really encouraging for me to see that I am improving. As the match went on, I was able to sustain a really high level of play," said Federer.
"My legs were there, my back was there. Plus mentally, this is going to give me a hell of a boost. I am ecstatic that I was able to come through somehow."
If the 25-year-old Raonic beats Federer, he will be the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final.
Raonic, who has sent down 114 aces in this year's tournament and is coached by three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe, was beaten by Federer in straight sets in the 2014 semis.
Raonic, who was runner-up to Murray at Queen's last month, has only won two out of nine matches against Federer but prevailed in their most recent meeting in Brisbane in January.
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And Raonic believes more aggression, both in his play and personality on court, might put Federer off his timing.
"The first things John and I focused on was not passing up any opportunities to come forward, to always keep the pressure on my opponents, keep them guessing," said Raonic.
"Then when we played the tournament at Queen's, it shifted to putting those things in effect and also to attitude on the court.
"Roger can come up with great things. I need to take his rhythm and timing from him. That's what I'm going to be striving to do."
Pat Cash, 1987 Wimbledon champion on Murray-Berdych: "This will be closer than most people think, with many saying Andy is through to the final already.
"I think Andy will win but I wouldn't be surprised to see it going to five sets.
"Berdych is hitting his forehand big, he is moving well around the net, he is serving well and he has a lot of experience on the grass.
"The grass gives him a little more power and he is one of the hardest hitting players on the circuit. He can spray them but at the moment he isn't so that's why I think he will get a set or two."
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A "dishonest" NHS chief fraudulently paid her husband more than £20,000 from her budget, a jury has heard.

Paula Vasco-Knight, 53, was the national lead for equalities for NHS England, with a budget of £200,000.
Exeter Crown Court heard she commissioned her husband's firm to produce a £9,000 newsletter as part of her equalities work.
She denies three counts of fraud from 2012 to 2013 when she was in charge of South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
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Gareth Evans, prosecuting, said Mrs Vasco-Knight's failure to declare interest in her husband's company Thinking Caps was a criminal offence.
The newsletter was commissioned in April 2013 and produced that July, the court heard.
Mrs Vasco-Knight simply described the contractor as 'Steve' to Habib Naqvi, a senior manager in the NHS, and did not mention he was her husband, the court was told.
She later attempted to distance herself from involvement by blaming Mr Naqvi for commissioning the newsletter.
The court heard Mrs Vasco-Knight of Runcorn, Cheshire, also used NHS funds to buy a MacBook Pro computer, which she later admitted she never used.
She is also said to have paid her husband £11,072 of taxpayers' money to design a 200-page document entitled Transform.
The court heard the document was never submitted to the NHS, with the couple showing investigators a "complete sham" as evidence of it in 2014.
"That is fraud and it is dishonest in the extreme," said Mr Evans.
Stephen Vasco Knight, 45, denies one count of fraud.
Mr Naqvi, 28, of Wells Road, Bristol, denies two counts of encouraging the commission of the offences.
The jury heard Mrs Vasco-Knight was the CEO of the trust, based in Torbay until her resignation in May 2014.
The trial continues.


A royal charter submitted by newspapers to underpin a new system of self-regulation has "serious shortcomings", Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

During Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron confirmed to MPs that it would nonetheless be formally considered before the government's own plans.
The Privy Council will therefore not decide on the matter until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC understands.
Press abuse victims have called for swifter progress.
They have written to Culture Secretary Maria Miller, demanding that a royal charter promoted by the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour is considered next week at a meeting of the Privy Council, the body which administers royal charters.
Mr Cameron said: "The legal advice, which we have shared with the leader of the opposition and his deputy, is that we have to take these things in order: we have to take the press's royal charter first and then we have to bring forward the royal charter on which we have all agreed."
The Privy Council is due to meet on 10 July, but will not convene again before the autumn.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace of Saltaire, a government spokesman, told Parliament on Monday it was "not appropriate for the Privy Council to consider more than one royal charter at a time on the same issue".
The Conservatives' Lord Forsyth asked him to explain how ministers "ended up second in the queue to the privy council on a matter of this importance".
"I suspect that it was the result of some very fast footwork by the press board," Lord Wallace replied.
The rival charter was submitted by the Newspaper Society, the Newspaper Publishers Association, the Professional Publishers Association and the Scottish Newspaper Society.
Ahead of a meeting with Ms Miller, campaign group Hacked Off has written to urge her to defy "a tiny if powerful vested interest".
Ministers insist they are not about to back down and approve press proposals but are, instead, following due process to avoid a battle in the courts - even if that makes further delays inevitable.
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Government sources told the BBC they remain absolutely committed to implementing the package put forward by Lord Justice Leveson.
"I think the press's royal charter has some serious shortcomings so no, I haven't changed my view," the prime minister said in the Commons.
In November, the landmark Leveson report called for an independent regulatory body to be established to oversee the press, backed by legislation.
That came after the judge headed an 18-month public inquiry set up to investigate press ethics and standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper.
Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg agreed to set up a new watchdog by royal charter with powers to impose million-pound fines on UK publishers and demand upfront apologies from them.
But the newspaper industry rejected the idea of "state-sponsored regulation".
There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation and that agreed by politicians and campaigners.
The newspapers' proposals would:
Newspaper owners backed down on initial demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator, accepting appointments should instead be made by "consensus".
Some owners had wanted the power to block those they saw as hostile to the press.


The girlfriend of Shaun Brotherston - who died after taking white heroin in Amsterdam - is warning others about the dangers of drugs.

Speaking exclusively to Newsbeat Amy Totterdell says: "You think it's not going to happen...but it does".
Shaun and his best friend Bradley Price were celebrating their 21st birthdays when they died last month.
Police say they may have thought they were buying cocaine.
"You hear it on the news all the time and stuff like this happens," says Amy.
She and Shaun lived together in Plymouth and had been going out for three years.
The funerals of Shaun Brotherston and Bradley Price take place in Plymouth later.
"'Just don't do drugs.' I told Shaun before he left," says Amy.
"He said he wasn't that stupid and he wasn't going to do anything like that," the 19-year-old tells Newsbeat.
She insists: "Drugs were never a part of Shaun's life. That's why it was such a shock for this to have happened."
Amsterdam police have told Newsbeat they don't think the dealer is deliberately selling white heroin - a purer form than the more common brown heroin- as cocaine.
Amy says she and Shaun were texting each other up until early that Saturday evening. Then she heard nothing.
"I texted him saying 'Love you' and he said 'Love you too' and that was the last thing I had from him."
"I kept getting a text through but it was from someone else and I'm thinking 'God sake - I want Shaun to text me now' and I'm ringing and ringing and ringing and still nothing."
When he didn't come home on Tuesday evening she rang Shaun's parents, the police, the airport and eventually contacted the hotel he was staying in with Bradley.
She says it was Bradley's mum who phoned to tell her the news. Holding back tears, Amy recalls: "I just dropped my phone and collapsed. I couldn't believe it.
"All I could say was 'he's dead' and then you're thinking 'no he's not - it can't be Shaun'."
Mixed with her grief and shock Amy feels angry "purely because before he left he said he wasn't that stupid and he wasn't going to do anything like that."
"I don't think that they would have approached the guy that sold it to them. I think he would approached them to buy it.
"They might have just thought they might as well just try it - 'we're only here once'."
Shaun and Bradley arrived in Amsterdam on Saturday 22 November - thought to be the same day they died.
Their bodies were found on Tuesday 25 November in their hotel room next to traces of white powder. Amy says: "It was [their] 21st birthdays and Brad's mum paid for them both to go.
"They played football together for years and had nights out all the time. They used to go and get a sunbed together."
Since September, 17 people have needed medical attention after taking white heroin in the Dutch capital. All of them were tourists.
Amy decided to speak to Newsbeat in the hope it will stop people from experimenting with drugs: "There've been comments saying lads were going to go to Amsterdam and now they're not going to go. I think it's saved a few lives already."
One day she hopes to find some sort of closure.
"The day I found out, [our bedroom] was a no-go zone and then as the days have gone on I've picked up a few bits of his clothing and I've started to wear it like his jumper hasn't been washed yet and it still smells of him.
"Everything that he owned is in my bedroom.
"I've been sleeping with my mum and dad. I've looked at his stuff but I've not been through it yet. I want to sort of leave it as it was."
Amy says if it was up to her she'd spend all day in bed but her friends and family are keeping her busy and getting her to help with Christmas decorations.
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At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media.

The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.
The NPA said two bolts which should have "tightened the lid" of the gas tanker were missing, Joy News reports.
Witnesses said they heard a loud bang and saw flames billowing into the sky.
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Injured persons were reported to have suffered severe burns and have been sent to the hospital.
Several images of charred bodies from the explosion have been shared on social media.
The NPA, which had inspected the site, blamed the fire on a "fully loaded" gas tanker that was discharging Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).
NPA head Moses Asaga told local radio station Joy FM that "The pressure built up and because the lid was not tight, the pressure was able to force the lid open."
"It came out like a missile... and that is why it spewed out 200 meters into the Labadi Trade Fair site and caused the fire.
Local media reports say the explosion occurred at 18:00 local time on Thursday and it took fire officers several hours to bring the fire under control.
There had also been a black-out in the area - where a national exhibition centre and a university are located - as some electricity cables reportedly, caught fire.
The tragedy has raised renewed concerns over the location of fuel stations, many of which can be found close to residential areas.
In a Facebook post, Ghana's incoming President Nana Akufo-Addo called for a "second look" at the location of gas stations in the country and "strict enforcement" of safety regulations to prevent "such avoidable incidents".
President John Dramani Mahama also took to Twitter to express his condolences to victims.
In 2015, a deadly explosion at a fuel station in the capital killed more than 150 people.


On 23 August 1994, The KLF - one of Britain's most incendiary bands, in more ways than one - burned £1m on a remote Scottish island.

They then vowed to put their careers on hold for 23 years.
That time is now up.
So at 23 seconds past midnight on Wednesday they made their comeback at a book launch in Liverpool.
The duo were greeted by 500 fans as they arrived at the News From Nowhere book shop in an ice cream van that played their hit What Time Is Love? and O Sole Mio.
That marked the start of a three-day festival of talks, performance and live art, which will continue on Wednesday with a debate on the topic "Why Did the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid?"
However, fans have been told that The KLF's Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond will not be performing any music.
Their new novel 2023, described as "a utopian costume drama set in the near future written in the recent past", is due to be performed in full in the city on Thursday.
The event will finish on Friday with a "Graduation Ball" headlined by a hitherto unknown artist named Badger Kull, who is billed as having just one three-minute song, titled Toxteth Day of the Dead.
The KLF - who also went by names including The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The K Foundation and The Timelords - had hits like 3AM Eternal, Last Train to Trancentral and What Time Is Love? in the late 1980s and early '90s.
As well as their electrifying pop-trance hits, Cauty and Drummond became known for sabotaging their own success and subverting the music business in a serious of infamous stunts.
Here are four of them:
The duo were ordered to destroy all copies of their 1987 debut album after a complaint from Abba, who objected to the unauthorised sampling of Dancing Queen.
Cauty and Drummond travelled to Sweden to try to track Abba down in person. But they failed, so they presented the gold disc they had brought with them to a Swedish prostitute instead.
As you do.
They burned some of the LPs in a field before throwing the rest overboard from the ferry on the way home.
The album was eventually released with large stretches of silence where the samples had been.
After getting to number one as The Timelords with Doctor Who theme rip-off Doctorin' the Tardis (fronted by Gary Glitter), they published a book called The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) with instructions about how to top the charts.
Austrian Eurotrash band Edelweiss followed their advice and sold five million records.
When The KLF won best British group at the 1992 Brit Awards, they made their disdain for the music industry clear by performing 3AM Eternal with death metal group Extreme Noise Terror.
The appearance ended with Drummond firing blanks from a machine gun into the stunned audience before an announcer said: "The KLF have left the music business."
Not satisfied with that, they dumped a dead sheep on the steps of the after-show party with a note reading "I died for you", and deleted their back catalogue.
After their resignation from the music industry, they rejected everything that had gone before in the most extreme way in 1994 - taking the £1m they had left in royalties to the island of Jura and burning bundles of £50 notes.
That led to howls of protests from those who said it should have gone to a worthy cause.
Despite saying they wouldn't talk about it, they actually have. "There's plenty of people who want to give money to charity," Cauty told Irish TV. "We want to do something that we found more interesting with the money."
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Colombian Nairo Quintana has taken the overall lead at the Giro d'Italia with two stages of the race remaining.

Team Sky's Mikel Landa broke clear on the race to the summit finish to win stage 19 but the drama was behind him.
Tom Dumoulin, who had led since winning stage 10, cracked on the final climb, and his 31-second advantage evaporated.
The Dutchman is 38 seconds adrift of Quintana and five ahead of third-placed Vincenzo Nibali but Sunday's final stage time trial will favour Dumoulin.
Movistar's Quintana, the 2014 Giro champion, immediately warned that the 100th edition of the three-week race was "far from over" and that he had to try and "take more time" from Dumoulin on Saturday's "decisive" final day in the mountains.
Italy's defending champion Nibali, who rides for Bahrain-Merida, agreed, saying: "We have to give it everything, we have to take as many seconds as possible before the time trial."
Stage 20 features two big ascents as the riders tackle a 190km route from Pordenone to Asiago and 27-year-old Quintana and Nibali, 32, are more accomplished climbers than Dumoulin.
Sunday's final stage is a largely flat 29.3km time trial from Monza to Milan and 26-year-old Dumoulin is expected to comfortably beat his rivals in the race against the clock.
Sunweb team leader Dumoulin, who is trying to become the first Dutchman to win the Giro, won the time trial on stage 10, completing the 39.8km course more than three minutes quicker than Quintana and more than two minutes clear of Nibali.
Friday's winner Landa rode solo over the finish line after two near misses earlier in the race.
The Spaniard has twice been beaten in the final metres of a stage this week but he made sure on stage 19, riding clear from the breakaway in the final 10km of the climb to Piancavallo.
Landa leads the King of the Mountains classification after taking victory from Rui Costa by one minute 49 seconds.
Orica's British rider Adam Yates finished in a group alongside Quintana, more than eight minutes behind Landa, to move up to eighth in the overall standings.
Nibali crossed the line a couple of seconds after Yates and Quintana with Dumoulin more than a minute further back.
1. Mikel Landa (Sp/Team Sky) 4hrs 53mins 00secs
2. Rui Costa (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +1min 49secs
3. Pierre Rolland (Fra/Cannondale) +1min 54secs
4. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Astana) +2mins 12secs
5. Sebastian Henao (Col/Team Sky) +3mins 06secs
6. Evgeniy Shalunov (Rus/Gazprom) +3mins 51secs
7. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana) Same time
8. Matteo Busato (Ita/Wilier Triestina) +5mins 05secs
9. Lorenzo Rota (Ita/Bardiani Valvole) Same time
10. Ilia Koshevoy (Blr/Wilier Triestina) +6mins 44secs
1.  Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 85hrs 02mins 40secs
2.  Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +38secs
3.  Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +43secs
4.  Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +53secs
5.  Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +1min 21secs
6.  Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +1min 30secs
7.  Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +2mins 48secs
8.  Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +6mins 35secs
9.  Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +7mins 03secs
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +7mins 37secs
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John Goddard scored a late winner as Woking beat Lincoln City in a five-goal thriller in the National League.

Keiran Murtagh's header from six yards that went in via the underside of bar put Woking in front and Bruno Andrade doubled the visitor's lead.
After the break, Matt Rhead's header put Lincoln back in it before Jack Muldoon equalised from 12 yards.
Goddard then scored in the bottom left-hand corner, three minutes from full-time, to give Woking victory.


Sam Burgess will return to rugby league in an All-Stars game on 13 February.

Burgess, 27, rejoined South Sydney Rabbitohs after cutting short his time in rugby union following England's ill-fated World Cup campaign.
Burgess, whose move has not yet been sanctioned by the National Rugby League, has been named in a World XIII to play an Indigenous Australian side.
England trio James Graham, Gareth Widdop and Tom Burgess, Sam's younger brother, have also been picked.
All three were members of the squad that defeated New Zealand in the recent Test series.


All four police forces in Wales are to start using dashcam footage recorded by the public to investigate driving offences following a successful pilot scheme by North Wales Police.

Operation Snap started last October in north Wales, encouraging drivers to upload evidence to the police website.
So far, the force has dealt with 129 cases as a result of footage submitted.
The operation will link up with the Go Safe partnership to operate across Wales.
Insp Dave Cust, of North Wales Police Roads Policing Unit, said Operation Snap had saved police about 12 hours' work per case, as investigating an allegation of bad driving could take up a lot of resources.
He added footage could be used to prove innocence as well as guilt.
"There was a woman who went through a green light and hit a car. Two members of the public said she went through a red light and she was going too fast. The camera proved differently," he said.
"It's proper, reliable evidence."
Footage has to be unedited and include the whole journey, not just the incident. Members of the public are also told not to post it on social media, or to remove it if it has already been posted.
Police forces from other parts of the UK, Australia and Hong Kong have been in touch about the scheme.
The North Wales team receives three to four submissions on week days and up to 10 at weekends.


Tarique Fosu-Henry scored twice as Colchester United beat Yeovil - but it was not enough to fire them into the League Two play-offs.

Otis Khan curled a first-time shot wide for Yeovil early on but Matt Briggs headed a good chance wide for Colchester and then went close with a long-range effort that flashed inches past a post.
Colchester eventually made the breakthrough in the 36th minute through Fosu, who collected possession midway inside Yeovil half and drilled a fine low 25-yard shot into the bottom corner.
Briggs dragged a low shot past the far post soon after and Wright squandered a gilt-edged chance early in the second half when he blasted over, with only keeper John Maddison to beat.
Brindley's 30-yard free-kick dipped just over before Colchester doubled their lead with 13 minutes remaining through Fosu, who coolly slotted home after Tom Eastman had capitalised on a Yeovil mix-up to pick him out.
But Carlisle's 3-2 win at Exeter prevented Colchester from claiming a coveted play-off spot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 2, Yeovil Town 0.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Yeovil Town 0.
Foul by Macauley Bonne (Colchester United).
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Tommy O'Sullivan replaces Drey Wright.
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Chris Porter.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by George Elokobi.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Brandon Goodship replaces Ben Whitfield.
Foul by Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United).
Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Doug Loft replaces Tom Lapslie.
Foul by Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United).
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Matt Butcher replaces Alex Lawless.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Tom Eastman.
Goal!  Colchester United 2, Yeovil Town 0. Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Eastman following a corner.
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Alex Lacey.
Attempt missed. Sean Murray (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town).
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Tom Eaves replaces Shayon Harrison.
Attempt missed. George Elokobi (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Alex Lacey.
George Elokobi (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town).
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Alex Wynter.
Attempt blocked. Richard Brindley (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Richard Brindley (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town).
Foul by Alex Wynter (Colchester United).
Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Otis Khan (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Drey Wright (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Drey Wright (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.


They were seemingly respectable people living ordinary lives.

But over a period of 10 years, Marie Black, Michael Rogers and Jason Adams treated children "like sexual playthings", at parties, in a hotel room, and at private addresses.
The abuse, which centred around 34-year-old Black and took place in Norwich and Romford, included forcing the children to have sex with one another.
Parties were held, with the adults playing card games to decide who would abuse which child.
In interviews, the victims described how they were abused in front of one another and other adults. Some of the abuse involved children's toys, including Barbie dolls.
They said the abuse became so routine that the victims came to accept it as normal.
One of the male victims said: "There would be parties and they would do some games where the boys were in one room with the men and the girls were in another with the women.
"The adults would have a card game and the winner would get to choose a boy to start touching their private parts and then hurt them afterwards."
One boy told the authorities he didn't know that sexual contact between adults and children was wrong. "I thought it was usual".
Allegations were first reported to police in 2010 but it was in December 2012, when further evidence was disclosed, that police had sufficient evidence to make the initial arrests in 2013.
Several victims described watching Black and Jason Adams - found guilty of 13 counts - taking photos and laughing.
Adams, a former cleaner at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, had previously gone to jail for a year for assaulting Ms Black and a child.
He admitted cruelty to four children, but denied all the sexual offences. He was found guilty of 13 counts.
"I neglected the children. I ill-treated them. I completely acted in the wrong way, frightened them," he told the court.
He blamed his actions on working nights, tiredness and temper.
Michael Rodgers, of Romford, was found guilty of 14 counts including cruelty, rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Six other people on trial were cleared of all charges.
Det Ch Insp Peter Hornby, said the children were all under 13 and were subjected to abuse "beyond most people's imagination".
"It is the most harrowing case I have dealt with in 23 years of policing.
"Marie Black has been found to be at the centre of this abuse and incited others to commit abuse against them.
"She thought they would never speak out.
"Today's verdict is testament to the children's bravery and to the hard work of dedicated professionals from a range of agencies in this case.
"It has brought them the knowledge they are believed and, I hope, will encourage other victims of abuse to find their voice and come forward."
Describing Black, prosecutor Angela Rafferty QC said: "Was she a helpless victim of abusive males or was she herself deeply involved with the children's ill treatment?"
She added: "Many of the defendants have become good at appearing normal and respectable.
"This is what you would have to do in order to be child abusers to the extent alleged here."
Black was painted as a victim by her defence, who maintained she only ended up in court because of a terrible combination of circumstances.
She chose not to give evidence in her own defence, but vehemently denied all the charges against her.
When returning to the dock after the guilty verdicts were read out she said: "We've been stitched up."
The court heard the trial was delayed when prosecutors raised concerns over changes made to statements taken from the children.
But Ms Rafferty said it was "nonsense" that social workers and foster carers were responsible for children making up allegations.
She put it: "Would five small children be able to make up so many things, separately, and in such detail?
"Would they be able to pretend to be distressed or manufacture reluctance to disclose facts about the things they endured?"
"Would they exhibit the sexualised behaviourâ€¦ if these allegations are false?"


Undercover Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian and seized a stabbing suspect in a raid on a West Bank hospital, Palestinian officials say.

Up to 30 men, some with false beards and one masquerading as a pregnant woman in a wheelchair, entered the hospital in Hebron overnight.
They took away a suspect in a recent stabbing near Hebron after shooting dead his cousin in an altercation.
Ten Israelis and dozens of Palestinians have been killed in recent unrest.
Many of the Palestinian fatalities were attackers in near-daily stabbings of Israelis, shot by their victims or security forces.
The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex.
Israel has repeatedly denied such claims.
Closed-circuit television footage from al-Ahli hospital showed a large, armed group disguised as Arab men and women making their way down a corridor, pushing the wheelchair, shortly before 04:00 (02:00 GMT).
They point the guns at hospital staff, apparently ordering them to stay back.
Minutes later they are seen making their way back with the suspect, 20-year-old Azzam Shalaldeh, in the wheelchair.
Mr Shalaldeh is alleged to have stabbed and wounded an Israeli on 25 October before escaping after being shot by the victim.
Palestinian officials said Mr Shalaldeh's 27-year-old cousin, Abdallah Azzam Shalaldeh, was shot and killed in Azzam Shalaldeh's hospital room.
Israel's Shin Bet security agency said he was shot after attacking the Israeli forces. Azzam Shalaldeh's brother Bilal, who was also in the room at the time, said Abdallah Azzam Shalaldeh was shot without warning when he emerged from a bathroom.
Shin Bet said Azzam Shalaldeh belonged to "a family of Hamas militants", AFP news agency reported.
The Israeli military operates an undercover unit colloquially known as Duvdevan, which sometimes mingle undetected with Palestinians during riots before snatching suspects.
An undercover team also carried out a raid on a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus last month, seizing a suspect in the murder of an Israeli couple days earlier.


2015 was a record year for migrants crossing to Europe by sea - and the winter weather is unlikely to slow arrivals for long, writes the BBC's Paul Adams, on the Greek island of Lesbos.

At the northern tip of the island, a vicious north wind blew over the Aegean, whipping up an angry sea and howling over the rocky beaches of Lesbos. It felt arctic.
Robin Jenkins, a lifeboat man more used to pulling drunken tourists out of the Thames, took his rigid inflatable - a gift from Atlantic College in South Wales - out over the surf to show his eager Greek volunteers how to operate in challenging waters. The tiny boat soon disappeared among the churning waves, occasionally lurching into view, almost vertical, silhouetted against the black water and the nearby Turkish coast.
Eventually, they gave up and came ashore - the sea was simply too rough. The only thing visible between here and Turkey were serried rows of whitecaps. Along this stretch of coast, it seemed, the exodus was on hold.
Just 24 hours earlier, at the other end of Lesbos, it was a very different scene. The sun beat down brightly on a dead calm, glittering sea, with barely a breath of wind. And from the crisp horizon, a succession of distinctive flat specks, approaching, one after another, and resolving into the unmistakable outlines of overloaded life rafts, crammed with refugees.
Some were exhausted after their brief, and for many, first, encounter with the sea. Others were clearly delighted that this, the most anxiously anticipated stage of their long journey, was over and that their feet were still dry.
On the shore were legions of volunteers, handing out sweets to the children. Local gypsy families mingled with the new arrivals, looking for a share of the handouts.
And off to one side, the boats - ferries to freedom now quickly forgotten as islanders descend, knives in hand, to take them to pieces in the blink of an eye. All over Lesbos, chicken coops are being cobbled together from these salvaged boats. There's a healthy trade, too, in discarded outboard motors.
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As the new year gets under way, Lesbos is catching its breath and taking stock.
Almost half of all the migrants who have entered Europe this year have come this way. Almost all, of course, have moved, but even in December, there were about 2,000 new arrivals every day.
Conditions on the island are a little less chaotic now than before. The refugees and other migrants are processed a little more efficiently, and Greece has finally allowed the European border agency Frontex to lend a hand with fingerprinting and the scanning of documents.
But in Moria, the camp just north of Mitilini, anxious migrants still huddle among the olive trees, wrap themselves in blankets, and discuss what their next moves should be.
On the quayside, an Iranian family asked us about the Greek-Macdeonian border. Was it open? Should they hurry north? If they did, could they make it through to Germany and waiting relatives? Apply for asylum here, a UN official advised them, then ask for family reunification. It's your best bet.
The Iranians looked dubious. They fear being sent home if they register. The family wandered off among the migrants resting on the pavement, still debating what to do.
One small sign that the island is getting a grip is that the beaches are being cleaned up. Teams of Boy Scouts are on hand when the migrant boats come ashore, life jackets are gathered into bundles, and a rubbish truck passes by to collect them. Up in the hills, landfills are now full of discarded jackets: orange, red, purple and blue.
In the north, on the scrubby hillside high above the village of Molyvos, a day-glo mountain is taking shape, the jackets piled 20ft (6m) for 100 yards and more. Flimsy thermal blankets rustle and flutter in the winter wind and up on a ridge, an incongruous row of smuggler boats, perched like so many Noah's Arks, stranded on the top of Mount Ararat.
As a monument to the half-a-million people who have come this way, it is a powerful statement.
On the way here from Mytilene, we passed the salt pans near Kalloni, shimmering in the morning sun. On this island of migrants, a host of graceful flamingos was grazing in the shallow water. But alone among the travellers on Lesbos, the flamingos appeared to be in no hurry at all to move on.
2015 witnessed one of the great human migrations of recent times. But a new year doesn't mean it's over. Winter may bring some respite, but all over Lesbos, volunteers are waiting for the next boats to arrive. More Syrians will cross for sure, but in recent weeks, slightly higher numbers of Iraqis and Afghans, with a handful from Iran, Pakistan and Morocco.
All will pose a challenge to the island, and, in time, to the continent beyond.
European leaders spent much of 2015 struggling to identify a coherent response to this extraordinary event.  When the cold wind abates and the boats start crossing again, that challenge will only increase.


Police stations in Barrow and Ulverston are closing as the Cumbria force moves to a new £8.5m divisional headquarters.

The new facility in Barrow is nearly fully staffed and the front desk will open to the public on Saturday.
The old station in the town was deemed not to meet modern standards and would have been too expensive to refurbish.
Although the small base in Ulverston is closing, Chief Constable Jerry Graham said there would still be round-the-clock policing in the town.
"The test will be, in six months' time and in 12 months' time, do the people of Ulverston notice the difference?" he said.
"My prediction is, policing of Ulverston will be as good as it has been."
The force is looking for a buyer for Barrow's old police station in Market Street, which is on sale for £850,000.


Two swans have been found dead on an Aberdeenshire beach after being shot.

The Scottish SPCA said the discovery was made at St Combs on Wednesday.
A male swan was hit by four shotgun pellets and one pellet was found inside a female.
Scottish SPCA inspector Fiona Shand said: "A post mortem has revealed the pair died from a massive haemorrhage caused by gunshot trauma. The bodies may have been dumped there or could have been washed ashore."
She added: "This sort of animal cruelty is completely unacceptable and we are urging people with any information to contact us in an effort to trace whoever is responsible."


An inquiry into the rape conviction of Welsh footballer Ched Evans has begun by the body that examines potential miscarriages of justice.

Evans was found guilty in April 2012 of raping a 19-year-old woman at a Premier Inn near Rhyl, Denbighshire, the previous May.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said in October it would fast-track its inquiry, but said it was not policy to reveal why.
The investigation could take 35 weeks.
The former Sheffield United player was released from prison in October after serving half of a five-year sentence.
A CCRC spokesman said: "The case has not been prioritised because Mr Evans is relatively famous, because he plays football for a living, or for any reason external to the specific facts of the case.
"Prioritisation like this is not typical but it is by no means unprecedented.
"We prioritise applications where there is need and where it accords with our policy to do so, we expect to prioritise perhaps one or two such cases each month."


A judge has ordered that Luis Barcenas, the ex-treasurer of Spain's governing Popular Party (PP), be held without bail until his corruption trial starts.

The ruling came after Switzerland informed the court that Mr Barcenas had transferred money from Swiss accounts to banks in the US and Uruguay.
In light of the revelations, prosecutors argued that the politician was a flight risk.
Mr Barcenas and his wife deny charges of tax evasion.
The couple are suspected of falsifying documents on their tax statements between 2002 and 2006.
Mr Barcenas is also accused of keeping up to 48m euros (Â£41m) in secret Swiss bank accounts. Prosecutors allege that some of the funds stem from illegal party donations or kickbacks.
But the ex-treasurer has denied this, saying that all of the money was made through overseas investments, real estate and art dealings.
High Court Judge Pablo Ruz handed down his decision after Mr Barcenas and his wife had been called in to testify on Thursday.
Dozens of people heckled the couple outside the court, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports.
In March, prosecutors discovered what they described as unusual transactions of more than 600,000 euros over a five-year period relating to bank accounts held by Mr Barcena's wife, Rosalia Iglesias.
She has admitted that she was neither working nor receiving a steady income during that period.
The case is part of a broader investigation into claims of alleged illegal financing of the PP. The party, which is led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, has rejected the allegations.
Mr Barcenas resigned as party treasurer in 2009 after being implicated in the slush fund case, which has become known as the Gurtel scandal.


Wales midfielder Emyr Huws has joined Cardiff on a three-year deal.

The 22-year-old, who has won seven caps for Wales but was not part of the Euro 2016 squad, signs for an undisclosed fee from Championship rivals Wigan.
"I'm chuffed to be back in South Wales and really happy to join a big club like Cardiff," said Huws, who spent last season on loan at Huddersfield.
"I know most of the coaching staff from Wales, and can't wait to join up with the boys now and get started."
Llanelli-born Huws left Swansea City as a youngster and started his professional career at Manchester City, where he made one first team appearance.
He joined Wigan Athletic in July 2014 but has failed to secure a regular first team spot.
City manager Paul Trollope is keen to add to his squad before the transfer window closes at the end of the month with a striker now the priority.
"We are still looking in other areas as well, we know what we need and why we need them," Trollope added.
"We are aware of where we need to improve."
Trollope said midfielder Stuart O'Keefe suffered a suspected broken arm in Cardiff's 1-0 defeat to Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup first round while the Bluebirds have also confirmed the departure of defender Fabio.
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Betfair and Paddy Power are set to merge in a £5bn deal that would create one of the world's biggest online betting and gaming companies.

Final details are still being worked out, but the companies said the deal had "compelling strategic logic" and boosted their market position.
Paddy Power shareholders would own 52% of the combined business, with Betfair investors owning the remaining 48%.
The combined business would have annual revenues of some £1.1bn.
"Discussions remain ongoing regarding the other terms of the possible merger," a statement said on Wednesday.
The new group would be the UK online market leader with a 16% share, according to industry data, passing a merged Ladbrokes/Coral on 14%, as well as William Hill and the privately owned Bet365.
Shares in Betfair soared 17% to £30.60 on Wednesday, while Paddy Power jumped more than 18% in Dublin.
If the deal goes ahead, Breon Corcoran, boss of Betfair, would become chief executive of the combined group, while his counterpart at Paddy Power, Andy McCue, would become chief operating officer.
The combined company plans to retain the "distinctive and complementary" Betfair and Paddy Power brands in Europe.
Mr Corcoran said: "We fundamentally believe this industry is all about scale. By putting together two distinct but phenomenally strong brands, we'll have a market leading position in the UK, Ireland, Australia and in the United States."
Cormac McCarthy, Paddy Power's chief financial officer, said the combination was an "attractive opportunity".
"The scale and capability is unsurpassed and would leave us in a much better place to compete in our current markets, where competition is intense," he said.
Given the complementary nature of the two companies, he was confident that any competition concerns could be overcome.
Paddy Power was founded in 1988, when three Irish bookmakers merged. It has 350 betting shops and is the third-largest online bookmaker.
Betfair, in contrast, is offering a marketplace - or betting exchange - that lets customers bypass the need for a traditional bookmaker.
Based on their closing prices on Tuesday, Betfair was worth £2.4bn and Dublin-listed Paddy Power was worth €3.4bn (£2.5bn).
Shareholders in Paddy Power would receive a special dividend of €80m.
There has been a flurry of merger activity in the gambling sector in recent months.
In July, online gambling firm 888 Holdings won a takeover battle for rival Bwin.party in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about £898m.
The two companies had been in discussions since the middle of May.
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral also recently sealed a £2.3bn merger.


Irish state broadcaster RTÉ is trying to get an injunction granted to Ireland's richest man discharged.

Denis O'Brien obtained the injunction to stop RTÉ from reporting details of his personal finances and relationship with former Anglo Irish Bank.
Last week, a judge granted permission for the media to report details about Mr O'Brien's finances made under privilege in the Dáil (parliament).
RTÉ lawyers said as a result there was no need for the injunction to remain.
The media mogul's fortune is estimated to be around £5bn.
Following the granting of the injunction, the purchase of one of Mr O'Brien's companies was discussed in the Dáil.
The comments were made by TD Catherine Murphy under privilege.
She said Mr O'Brien owed the former Anglo Irish Bank, now the nationalised Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), upwards of 500m euro (£362m).
Ms Murphy, an independent left-wing TD, said Mr O'Brien was attempting to pay loans back at an interest rate of just over 1%, when it was arguable that the correct rate should be over 7%.
In response to her comments, lawyers for RTÉ and the Irish Times returned to the high court to seek clarity over whether her remarks could be reported in light of the injunction.
A judge told the media organisations that he never intended nor could he order any interference with what a TD may say under privilege in the Dáil.
The application by RTÉ to have the injunction discharged relates to a planned broadcast regarding certain information regarding Mr O'Brien's relationship with IBRC.
Lawyers for Mr O'Brien said they accepted that following comments made by the Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty in the Dáil on Tuesday evening, there was nothing in the proposed RTÉ script that had been injuncted that warranted further restraint.
The lawyer added that as far as he was concerned, the script in its entirety could be published, as a result of events that had happened outside the courtroom.
On Tuesday, Mr Doherty gave details of what he said were documents related to Mr O'Brien's IBRC loans during a debate in the Dáil.
The Sinn Féin finance spokesman said he had documents which led to questions about the way IBRC was run in the public interest.


A fall in the proportion of gay and bisexual men using condoms is behind the rise in HIV infections in those groups in the UK, say researchers.

Wider use of anti-retroviral drugs has helped to stop a sharper rise, a study by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and a number of universities found.
They found a 26% rise, from 1990-2010, in the proportion of men who have sex with men who did not use condoms.
The report said the figures showed it was vital to promote safe sex.
Rates of HIV have been rising in recent years with latest figures showing cases among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the UK reaching an all-time high.
A recent report from the HPA found that nearly half of the 6,280 people diagnosed in the UK in 2011 were MSM.
Overall, one in 20 MSM are infected with HIV.
Darren, Greater Manchester, writes:
"I suspect the rise is more among young MSMs.
"They see HIV positive men like myself and think it is just a matter of popping a few pills if they catch it, so they are not that phased about becoming HIV positive or not using condoms.
"There also seem to be more bisexual men or curious men around now who are used to not bothering with condoms with heterosexual encounters so prefer not to use them elsewhere too.
"When I do have sex I tend to use condoms as there are worse things you can get like Hepatitis C or an alternative strain of HIV which can reduce your highly active antiretroviral therapy drug pool."
For this study, researchers analysed data from 1990 to 2010. They concluded that, without the introduction of anti-retroviral drugs to treat those with HIV, infections would be 68% higher in MSM.
Therapy with anti-retrovirals lowers the risk of people with HIV infecting others.
The report suggested the incidence of HIV could be 32% lower if all anti-retroviral treatment were prescribed from the moment of diagnosis rather than when health declined.
Further analysis showed that, if all MSM had stopped using condoms from 2000, rates of HIV in this group would now be 400% higher, the journal PLoS One reported.
The data also showed that the incidence of HIV could have dropped by a quarter if more HIV testing had been done.
But the researchers said the results showed that even a modest increase in unprotected sex was enough to erode the benefits of other interventions.
Study leader Professor Andrew Phillips, from University College London, said: "By better understanding the driving forces behind the trends we've seen in the past, it will allow us to make informed choices to reduce new HIV infections in the future."
Co-author Dr Valerie Delpech, who is head of HIV surveillance at the HPA, said: "Everyone should use a condom when having sex with new or casual partners, until all partners have had a sexual health screen.
"We also encourage men who have sex with men to get an HIV and STI screen at least annually, and every three months if having condomless sex with new or casual partners - and clinicians to take every opportunity to recommend HIV testing to this group."
Sir Nick Partridge, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, said condom use by gay men had played a key part in containing the spread of HIV in the UK.
"Without it, there would have been 80,000 more gay men with HIV between 2000 and 2010."
He added that the study showed the impact of the combined HIV strategy of promoting condoms, increasing regular HIV testing and encouraging the earlier use of anti-HIV drug therapy.
He added: "At a time when funding for local HIV prevention programmes is under threat, this only reinforces the important role which local authorities can and must play in funding local HIV prevention."


In Edinburgh, this is the final hectic weekend of the annual Festival Fringe.

There have been 3,400 shows - some of which have delighted critics and some which definitely did not.
In comedy, a rich theme has been the state of America and of the US presidency.
But is satirising President Trump the definition of pointlessness?
At the start of last year, comedian Simon Jay needed to decide on the show he'd work on for the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
"This was 20 months ago so Donald Trump wasn't even Republican nominee - but I sensed comedy in him so I decided to take a punt and go for a Trump show," he says.
"But I think even last August the Edinburgh audience was mainly seeing Trump as a bit of a no-hoper. A year later I'm back with a show about a president."
It's probably safe to say few of the comedians satirising President Trump at Edinburgh this year have been fans of his style or his politics.
But they accept that the first months of his presidency have provided huge amounts of material.
In Trumpageddon, a deeply orange Jay invites his audience to a rally. The president deals peremptorily with questions then - as Jay admits - "tends to get a bit handsy" with women in the audience.
"Standing on stage, I can see some people get really frightened by him. I've watched lots of his rallies online and they're big showman experiences.
"They're loud and silly and bizarre and in some ways it's like a stand-up experience already. In the 1970s, Trump could have been the American Bernard Manning."
Jay says the impersonation aspect is important but it's only part of the show. "I use my real hair and a lot of make-up. There are some obvious things like wearing a blue suit and the strange o-shapes he makes with his fingers.
"When the audience submit questions they can be silly and crude - but Americans in particular also ask intelligent questions about energy policy or big business.
"So I need to know enough about Trump to give informed answers, alongside all the jokes. The audience knows I'm the puppeteer but they want to hear from the real Donald Trump too."
The other person in Edinburgh who's playing President Trump for an entire show is Cambridge student Jack Bolton.
Trump'd is a comedy musical set in a future America where Arnold Schwarzenegger has become Vice-President.
"I think President Trump is the joke that never goes stale," Bolton says. "Our story isn't dealing directly with events of 2017 but every week there are developments keeping him in the news: people want to hear about him. So he's box-office."
Adam Woolf is one of the show's writers. "We're not trying to change people's view of him," he says.
"In the States people have already formed their opinions of him and that's probably largely true in Edinburgh too. Basically we're just making fun of him, we're not going to bring him down."
Jack Bolton spends part of each day in costume distributing flyers for the show to tourists on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
"I do sometimes encounter very pro-Trump Republicans and, to be fair, most take my impersonation in their stride," Bolton says. "I think even his supporters recognise he has flaws in his personality."
"I admit I enjoyed seeing Simon Jay as Trump in our rival show in Edinburgh. It's very different because we have songs and dances but I think Trump lends himself to improv too. He's a rich source of comedy."
Unlike Jay, Jack Bolton wears a blond wig in the role. He says Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live has been a big influence on his portrayal.
Woolf says, as a writer, it's the psychological traits he tried to capture.
"Trump always has to portray himself as a winner and repeatedly points out that he's a winner - so you build that into the script," Woolf explains.
"He is capable of totally dismissing the facts of any criticism made of him, which even now surprises me."
Already well-known from appearances on mainstream TV, Matt Forde's show in Edinburgh is called A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events - Again.
It's not all about Trump but, he says: "It's an hour of stand-up about the mad chaos which has descended on the world - so there's a lot of him."
"I find Trump in some ways a despicable individual but you have to admit he's exceptionally entertaining.
"So you can have fun with the voice and physically what he does with his shoulders and his mouth.  But there's a twin-track because you're trying to expose his politics too."
"Another impersonation who's been a winner for me is Boris Johnson and there's a certain parallel between them. They both have constructed personas which are designed to distract.
"Both men have inherently comedic linguistic tics and bits of body language which are in part deliberate. But they're very powerful individuals - you have to extract the comedy they offer but also keep them under scrutiny."
Forde adds: "For someone like me in Edinburgh there's a sweet spot where you say something that makes the audience laugh about a politician but it's also a point well-made with some truth behind it."
At 40, Geoff Norcott is creating a niche for himself as Britain's best-known right-wing comic. He acknowledges the label is a simplification, "but it creates a very useful dynamic with the audience".
His show at Edinburgh is called Right Leaning But Well Meaning. So will Geoff be the stand-up who stands up for Trump?
"Politics in Britain and in America are very different. I'm seen here as a Tory but in America I think I could be on one wing of the Democrats," he says.
"If I do start building more Trump into my act, probably it will be talking about the media's demonization of people who voted for him.
"I don't think I would do material expressly defending Donald Trump but it annoys me when voters are seen as having had malevolence in their heart. Poor Americans in particular look at Trump and genuinely see something that appeals to them.
Norcott continues: "I'm a satirist and satire has to be directed above all at people who wield power and influence - which can be different from being in political power.  It would be interesting to find comedy that's explicitly pro-Trump and I imagine in America you will find it. There are blue-collar comics there who will have very different opinions from most people performing at Edinburgh.
"There's comedy in the high-minded elitism of those who are so quick to criticise Trump-voters. As a performer, I have to watch Trump carefully because he's the US president and has huge power.
"But I also keep an eye on the cultural overlords who don't approve of him and are continually telling me to think the same things. Satire isn't all one way."
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A former equalities chief has backed Kelvin MacKenzie over his comments about footballer Ross Barkley.

Mr MacKenzie was suspended by The Sun after he compared the Everton midfielder, who has a grandfather born in Nigeria, to a "gorilla".
He wrote in The Spectator that Trevor Phillips, ex-chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said Liverpool is "wallowing in victim status".
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said he was "hiding behind" a reputable source.
The Sun printed an apology after Mr Barkley's lawyers made a formal complaint about the comments and Merseyside Police said they were investigating whether they constitute a "racial hate crime".
In the article, published on 14 April, Mr MacKenzie said looking at Mr Barkley's eyes had given him a "similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo".
Alongside the article, was an image of a gorilla next to a picture of the midfielder.
Mr MacKenzie claimed he was unaware of Barkley's heritage and that it was "beyond parody" to describe the column as "racist".
Mr Phillips texted him when "the confected outrage" started over the column, Mr MacKenzie said in the column.
According to the former Sun editor, the text said: 'WTF? I have to confess I had no idea Barkley was a brother. Sad to see a great city wallowing in victim status. Unbelievable.'
Mr Phillips declined to comment further but a spokeswoman for him confirmed that Mr Mackenzie's account of the message was accurate and published with his permission.
Mr MacKenzie also said that if he had known Mr Barkley's "family tree", he "would never have made the comparison".
But he claimed readers of The Sun were "100-1 in my favour".
Commenting on the column, Mayor Anderson said: "MacKenzie's latest rant is the measure of the man. Full of self-absorbed self-justification, finding anyone to hide behind to defend his own stupidity.
"By adding ignorant racist to his list of attributes he completes his vileness and that's why I've reported him to IPSO."


A drunk man who was driving his car at 119mph when he crashed into and killed an off-duty police community support officer (PCSO) has been jailed.

Alwyn Pritchard, 53, was riding his motorbike when he was struck by an Audi driven by Paul Wilson, who then fled the scene, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Wilson, 38, of Rassau, Blaenau Gwent, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and other charges.
He was jailed for four-and-a-half years and disqualified from driving.
Gareth James, prosecuting, told the court that when Mr Pritchard was hit by Wilson's car he was "catapulted 131.8 metres from the point of impact. He died from multiple injuries."
Wilson, an experienced HGV driver, admitted drinking "a couple of pints of Peroni and two bottles of Corona" but claimed he had been driving at 70mph on the Heads of the Valleys road near Abergavenny.
Mr Pritchard's daughter Carly said in a statement to the court: "I will never be the same, my family will never be the same.
"He was a good, loyal, trustworthy man to his family, community and his job as a PCSO with Gwent Police."
She added: "The hardest part about accepting dad's death is the knowledge that it was avoidable.
"Dad is dead because a choice was made - a choice that Paul Wilson made to drive dangerously at an excessive speed whilst intoxicated and also leaving the scene.
"The consequences of his actions have forever changed my life as well as my families. How could he leave our father at the road side to die."
Wilson also admitted to failing to surrender and driving with excess alcohol.
David Webster, defending, said: "Wilson can't undo what has happened. He acknowledges that he must be punished."
Judge Tom Crowther QC said: "You had a passenger with you, it seems highly likely you were trying to impress your passenger."
He added: "Mr Pritchard was a cherished husband and father."
After the hearing, Insp Martyn Smith said: "The loss of Alwyn Pritchard is deeply felt within the community - among his friends and colleagues - but moreover by his family.
"They have said although they're fractured by grief and pain, they're still held together by love."
He had worked with the Usk Neighbourhood Policing Team for six years.
Gwent Police Chief Constable Jeff Farrar described him as "a committed, kind and conscientious community support officer".


Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has said he remains "supportive" of plans for a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay but warned it must be value for money.

It follows a question from Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader Liz Saville Roberts amid concern about delays to the £1.3bn scheme.
Mr Cairns said he had discussed it with Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ministers.
There has been concern investors might withdraw if it is not approved shortly.
In March 2015, the then chancellor George Osborne announced in his Budget speech that commercial negotiations had begun, with the main focus on how much extra customers should pay to subsidise the project.
In January, an independent report by former energy minister Charles Hendry said tidal lagoons were cost effective and would make a "strong contribution" to the UK's energy supply.
It said moving ahead with a "pathfinder" project in Swansea Bay should be seen as a "no regrets" policy, but ministers have yet to give it the green light.
In a written parliamentary reply, Mr Cairns told Ms Saville Roberts: "I remain supportive of a tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay. Nevertheless, it is essential that we ensure the project represents value for money."