A last-minute Jules Plisson drop-goal gave Stade Francais a dramatic European Challenge Cup semi-final win over Bath.

Bath fly-half George Ford missed the chance to level the match with an 82nd-minute penalty as the French side set up a final against Gloucester.
Geoffrey Doumayrou and Plisson tries had helped Stade to an 18-6 lead.
Semesa Rokoduguni, Robbie Fruean and Elliott Stooke crossed to put Bath 25-18 ahead, but Hugh Pyle's try levelled before Plisson's late heroics.
The Premiership side will be disappointed they let all their hard work at getting back into the match go to waste, especially as their French hosts looked visibly tired late on.
Stade had looked to be heading for an easy ride to the Murrayfield final thanks to Doumayrou's try in the corner and Plisson scoring under the posts.
But Bath, who nearly scored in the first half through Ben Tapuai, did so in the second when Rokoduguni matched up one-on-one with Hugo Bonneval on the wing, and stepped him to score in the corner.
After Ford's conversion made it 18-11, soon Bath were level when Fruean finished off a fine move from right to left and Ford converted.
The momentum was clearly with Bath and replacement Stooke found a gap through the defence from five metres out to put them in front.
And despite being dominant in the latter stages against an ailing side, the visitors allowed Pyle to get free down the wing and score from the half-way line, and Plisson thought he had finished the job with seconds left in normal time.
But, as the clock ticked past 80, Rokoduguni nearly crossed in the corner before Bath were awarded a penalty from a difficult angle, and rather than take the scrum opted to kick for the posts, which Ford knocked just wide to send the home fans into raptures.
Stade captain Sergio Parisse: " It was a great rugby match and Bath played until the end. I'm proud of the boys.
"It's been a tough season for us in the Top 14, but we're back up now and we're happy to be going to Edinburgh. We play rugby for moments like this.
"Our supporters have always been behind the team, even though it's been a tough couple of weeks. It was difficult around the team and the environment was tough.
"But the boys stayed close and the fans have been awesome. Hopefully they will be in Scotland to support us in the final."
Bath flanker Francois Louw: "It's very tough to take. It was tough at the start, we didn't begin very well. But we got ourselves into a good position with 10 to go and we thought we had it.
"We didn't in the end, but we have to be very proud of the boys for getting back into the game. I suppose it wasn't meant to be today."
Stade Francais: Bonneval; Vuidarvuwalu, Doumayrou, Danty, Camara; Plisson, Genia; Zhvania, Panis, Slimani, Pyle, Gabrillagues, Burban, Nicolas, Parisse (capt).
Replacements: Burden, Van der Merwe, Emile, Pape, Ross, Dupuy, Steyn, Arias.
Bath: Watson; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Tapuai, Banahan; Ford, Fotuali'i; Catt, Batty, Palma Newport, Charteris, Attwood, Ellis, Louw (capt), Faletau.
Replacements: Charles, Obano, Knight, Stooke, Garvey, Cook, Priestland, Fruean.
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The family of a mother and daughter who were shot dead outside a leisure centre have paid emotional tributes at their funeral.

Lance Hart, 57, killed Claire Hart, 50, and daughter Charlotte, 19, near the Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, on 19 July.
The women's funeral was held at All Saints Church, in Moulton.
Paying tribute, Mrs Hart's sons Ryan and Luke said she and her daughter had "lived and loved unconditionally".
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Reverend Barbara Hutchinson read the tribute on behalf of Ryan and Luke.
She said: "We were always awestruck that the universe could create something as beautiful as you both.
"We know that right now you will both be looking upon us and wishing us the strength to carry on.
"We owe you everything we have to keep going, to not be defeated.
"With your love, inspiration and determination as an example we have been shown a resilience that cannot be matched.
"We hope to make you as proud as you have made us. We love you Mum. We love you Charlotte."
The funeral was relayed to mourners outside the packed church by loud speaker.
Michael Buble's song 'Home' was played during the service as it was "a song that they both loved".
Speaking after the service Rev Hutchinson said: "It was a very moving service. The tribute that they wrote was very heart-wrenching and I have to say heart-wrenching to read.
"I think [Ryan and Luke] have coped remarkably well. Today, they are both very, very upset and the emotions are very, very high."
At an inquest hearing last month it emerged both women were shot by Mr Hart with a single barrel shotgun.
A full inquest will take place in October.


Cardiff City's Championship play-off hopes suffered a blow as Scott Hogan's late double earned Brentford victory.

All three goals were scored in the final five minutes, leaving the Bluebirds six points outside the play-off berths with three matches left.
Hogan scrambled home from a corner after Yoann Barbet hit the crossbar, and raced on to Lasse Vibe's pass to double the lead three minutes later.
Sub Kenneth Zohore scored a consolation for Cardiff one minute from time.
The Bluebirds enjoyed the better of the first half, although they tested goalkeeper David Button only sporadically.
Cardiff were confident on the ball and impressive, especially on the counter, but wasted a host of chances.
Anthony Pilkington was the worst offender, shooting wide, over and forcing a save from Button within the opening 30 minutes.
He also had a strong penalty appeal waved away after he tangled with Harlee Dean.
Nico Yennaris had an early effort blocked for Brentford before Josh Clarke's measured cross evaded Vibe by inches.
After the interval, Marshall parried away Alan McCormack's 25-yard shot then kept out the rebound.
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Vibe, having combined perfectly with Ryan Woods, could only shoot tamely at Marshall from eight yards out as the hosts began to dominate.
Dean headed wide from a teasing Jake Bidwell free-kick before Marshall saved from Bidwell.
Pilkington forced Button into action in a rare City counter-attack, before Hogan's double.
Zohore made a big impact and, after pulling a goal back for Cardiff, fired over as they piled forward late on in search of a point.
Cardiff City manager Russell Slade told BBC Radio Wales: "The only thing that was missing in the first period from us was a goal.
"In the second period I thought we lost a little bit of control, the game got a little bit open and they looked a bit of a threat on the counter-attack.
"The really disappointing thing was the two Brentford goals.
"The one from the corner was not like us and the second one, two or three little errors have led to them getting a 2-0 advantage."


Ed Miliband has pledged to put an end to long-term unpaid internships if he becomes the next prime minister.

The Labour leader promised to ban placements that last for more than four weeks in order to end "the scandal" of unpaid work experience.
He claimed the poorest young people are held back from good jobs by a system "rigged" to benefit the wealthy.
But the British Chambers of Commerce warned that "blanket legislation" could put work experience at risk.
Speaking at the launch of Labour's manifesto for young people in Lincoln, Mr Miliband said a Labour government would force companies to pay interns at least the minimum wage if they kept them on for more than a month.
He said: "In this country, if you want a good job in a highly-prized sector, you're often asked to work for free, often for months on end, sometimes even a year.
"It's a system that's rigged in favour of those who can afford it."
Educational charity the Sutton Trust estimates there are around 22,000 unpaid interns in the UK at any one time, with about 31% of graduates on placements not being paid.
Mr Miliband added: "It's not fair, it's not right and actually it prevents our companies drawing on all the talents our nation has to offer.
"So we'll put a stop to it.  We'll end the scandal of unpaid internships."
He also announced plans to guarantee high-quality apprenticeships for all school-leavers who achieve the necessary grades and ensure paid starter jobs, with training, for young people unemployed for more than a year.
"If you get the grades we will guarantee you an apprenticeship," he said.
The Labour leader also reaffirmed his party's promise to cut tuition fees to ??6,000, and increase maintenance grants by ??400 a year to support students from low-income backgrounds.
"Debt shouldn't be weighing you down, when you should be taking flight," he said.
Ben Lyons, co-founder of the campaign group Intern Aware, said ending unpaid internships would make a real difference to thousands of young people entering the job market.
"The current chasm between twenty-somethings who can afford to work for months on end for free and those who can't is bad for social mobility, bad for business and bad for Britain," he said.
But the business lobbying group the CBI has said it is "wary" of the proposal.
And executive director of the British Chambers of Commerce Adam Marshall said: "While no business should use unpaid interns as a substitute for paid staff, no government should put the prospect of work experience at risk through blanket legislation or regulation."
Instead, he said government and business should work together "to clarify the definition of what an internship is, how long it should last, and whether it should be remunerated".
A Conservative spokesman said employers who exploited interns should be reported under present laws and that Labour "should first explain why some of their celebrity supporters use them - not to mention many of their MPs".
"Exploiting unpaid interns is clearly unacceptable," he said.
The Liberal Democrats said its government ministers had conducted a review of employment status "to provide clarity on the issue" so people know if they're entitled to the minimum wage".


A dust storm is choking a large swathe of northern China including the capital, Beijing, in yet another air quality crisis to affect the country.

Official air quality readings have soared well above the recommended World Health Organization (WHO) limit.
Authorities are advising residents to avoid outdoor activity and for children and elderly people to remain indoors.
The dust is blowing in from neighbouring Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Beijing's environmental agency said that as of 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT), the PM2.5 reading - which measures pollution in the form of small breathable particles - was 500 micrograms per cubic metre.
The WHO says the maximum safe level should be 25 micrograms per cubic metre.
Authorities said Beijing would be affected until Thursday evening and visibility would be noticeably low throughout the day. Dozens of flights have been delayed or cancelled.
State media quoted city officials as saying that the dust storm began moving towards Beijing in the late afternoon on Wednesday, and enveloped the city overnight.
The dust storm has also affected, to varying degrees, a vast swathe of northern China stretching from the far west province of Xinjiang to eastern Heilongjiang, with Inner Mongolia experiencing particularly bad conditions.
Chinese people have, as usual, not hesitated to take to social media to vent their frustration.
"Sandstorm is hitting Beijing. I feel closer to lung cancer," said one commenter on microblogging network Sina Weibo.
Others made comparisons to the capital's infamous smog problem.
"I've got used to smog, time to try something new. If I have to choose one to live in, between sandstorm and smog, I prefer the former," said another Weibo commenter.
China has seen particularly intense air pollution in recent years, especially in winter as many of its northern cities still largely rely on burning coal for heating.
But it is also increasingly affected by dust storms, as its cities expand towards nearby deserts which in turn have been spreading due to climate change.
Authorities have been attempting to halt this progress by planting more trees, besides other measures to cut pollution such as reforming the coal industry and shutting factories.
Beijing issued its first red alert, the highest level in air pollution alerts, in 2015, and has done so a few more times since.


A police officer has a case to answer for misconduct after a six-month-old girl was killed by a dangerous dog, an investigation has found.

Molly-Mae Wotherspoon was attacked by an American pit-bull at a house in Daventry, Northamptonshire in 2014.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said the RSPCA had reported concerns about the dog but the officer failed to take appropriate action.
Northamptonshire Police said officers have received further training.
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The IPCC said a second officer, who also allegedly failed to act on the intelligence received, was found to have no case to answer.
A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said: "The officers identified by the Professional Standards investigation have since received the appropriate management words of advice
"Within weeks of the tragedy, we instigated new and robust operational procedures around dangerous dogs.
"Now, nearly two years on, the public should be reassured that officers have far greater awareness around this issue."
Molly-Mae's mother and grandmother were jailed for two years each on Thursday.
Claire Riley, 23, admitted owning a dangerously out of control dog and Susan Aucott, 55, admitted being in charge of one.
Jailing them, judge Mrs Justice Carr told the pair Molly-Mae was savagely attacked by the pit bull in "a tragic and totally avoidable incident".
James House, prosecuting, said the pit bull broke free from his cage in the kitchen and opened the door to the lounge to reach baby Molly-Mae on the floor.
The court heard that the baby's cries made it "an object of prey".
A vet who treated the American pit bull - a breed banned in the UK - said the dog, named Bruiser, was one of the most dangerous dogs she had seen.


BBC Sport will broadcast live coverage of the US PGA Championship in August across TV, radio and online.

The 2017 event, the year's final major, takes place from 10-13 August at the Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina.
Live coverage begins on iPlayer, online and the red button, with the conclusion of each day's play shown on BBC Two.
The BBC's golf portfolio includes live radio and TV highlights of The Open and Women's British Open, and live TV and radio coverage of the Masters.
"We are delighted to be able to offer golf fans free-to-air TV coverage of the US PGA Championship, said BBC Sport director Barbara Slater.
"It brings together the best players in the world over four exciting days of action."
BBC TV coverage will be led by Eilidh Barbour, alongside Peter Alliss and Ken Brown.
BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra will also broadcast live from the Championship, led by Iain Carter and Jay Townsend.
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22:00-00:15 - BBC Two
22:00-01:00 - Radio 5 live
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Thirty care homes are to have their gardens landscaped using a £1.3m National Lottery grant to improve the well-being of patients with dementia.

The Learning Through Landscapes charity said outdoor spaces in many dementia care homes were rarely used but residents missed their own gardens.
It follows a pilot project at a care home in Herne Bay, Kent, which was given a seaside area.
A beach hut reminded residents of visits to the coast, the charity said.
The landscaper also laid paths which always return to the beginning and beds with familiar flowers, said Sue Cliffe, from Age UK Herne Bay.
"Since we have made the changes our service users engage so much more with the outdoors.
"They are now able to go outside on their own and can often be found with a cup of tea watching the wildlife in our new habitat area.
"We can see for ourselves how being outdoors and in the natural environment helps their health and well-being by improving mobility, increasing relaxation and reducing anxiety."
Dawn Austwick, Big Lottery Fund chief executive, said: "This inspiring project will support people with dementia to be more independent.
"Designed with input from the residents themselves, with familiar features that will stimulate their memories, these outdoor spaces will have a hugely positive impact on people's health and well-being."
The first 10 locations to benefit from the funding are:


The chief executive of T-Mobile has apologised over remarks he made to privacy rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others.

The EFF criticised the firm's new Binge On streaming feature, saying it was "throttling", meaning artificially slowing-down, download speeds.
In response, T-Mobile boss John Legere posted an expletive-filled video on Twitter, raging at the EFF's statement.
He referred to opponents of Binge On - which included Google - as "jerks", adding: "Who do they think they are?"
Other comments, using stronger language, were also made.
In an open letter posted on Monday, apologised for causing offense - but reiterated his rejection of the EFF's characterization of Binge On.
"[I] apologize for offending EFF and its supporters," he wrote.
"Just because we don't completely agree on all aspects of Binge On doesn't mean I don't see how they fight for consumers."
However, he added: "By now you know that I am a vocal, animated and sometimes foul mouthed CEO.
"I don't filter myself, and you know that no one at T-Mobile filters me either (no, they don't even try).  That means I will sometimes incite a bit of a 'social media riot', but I'm not going to apologize for that."
Binge On is a service offered to T-Mobile customers, advertised as a way to watch video from certain sources - such as Netflix - without using up any data allowance whatsoever.
Mr Legere described it as a way to let customers watch high-quality video without "stretching their data bucket".
As part of this, Binge On minimises the download size of videos being watch so they are "optimised" for mobile devices.
But the EFF described Binge On as a cover for simply slowing down video download speeds across the entire T-Mobile network, lightening the load on its network, but reducing the quality of video content for customers (although T-Mobile says, on a mobile screen, this drop is not noticeable).
The EFF ran several tests and discovered that T-Mobile was slowing speeds of every video on the internet, regardless of whether or not it was a service involved in the Binge On service, and even if customers had opted out of Binge On.
They argued this meant T-Mobile was acting against net neutrality, the principle that all traffic on the internet be treated equally, regardless of whether it was a video, audio file, or simply a webpage.
Supporters of net neutrality say it is vital to prevent a two-tiered internet where rich companies pay internet service providers to allow their content to be downloaded quicker than small companies who may not be able to pay.
The EFF has urged the US communications regulator to investigate.
But Mr Legere insisted the company was not acting against net neutrality.
"This is one of the reasons that Binge On is a VERY 'pro' net neutrality capability - you can turn it on and off in your MyTMobile account - whenever you want.  Turn it on and off at will. Customers are in control. Not T-Mobile. Not content providers. Customers. At all times."
The EFF is calling for this feature to be something customers should have to choose to turn on, rather than actively seek to turn off.
Speaking about the open letter, a spokeswoman told the BBC: "We are grateful for the apology and appreciate Mr Legere recognising our work in fighting for the consumers.
"We too hope to have a discussion with T-Mobile regarding net neutrality and Binge On."
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Plans to ban smoking in private vehicles carrying children are to be discussed, the health minister has announced.

Michelle O'Neill said it was "inconceivable that we continue to allow children to be exposed to such harm".
In February 2016, Assembly members voted in favour of introducing the ban.
Similar legislation came into force in England and Wales in October 2015 and in Scotland in December 2016.
In the Republic of Ireland, a ban took effect last year.
The consultation will run from 6 January 2017 to 3 March 2017.
The draft regulations propose that the existing legislation, as set out in the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, will be extended so that it will be an offence to:
The minister said: "The health impact of exposure to second-hand smoke has long been recognised and indeed was the motivating factor behind the introduction of legislation to ban smoking in all indoor public and work places in 2007."
The World Health Organisation recognises that second-hand smoke is a significant threat to health, particularly amongst children, who are more likely to suffer from range of illnesses.
The consultation will seek views on the proposed new offences, suggested exemptions and "views on how the new measures will be enforced".


Swindon Town have signed midfielder Michael Doughty and defender Lloyd Jones on season-long loan deals.

Doughty, 23, spent part of the 2015-16 season with the Robins and scored five goals in 20 starts as they finished 16th in League One.
He joins from Championship side Queens Park Rangers, having also been on loan at fellow League One side Gillingham.
Jones, 20, joins from Liverpool, and made two appearances while on loan at Blackpool in League One last season.
Meanwhile, former Swindon midfielder Alan McLoughlin has been appointed as the club's new under-18s manager.
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When Americans Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan became majority shareholders at Swansea City they vowed to do things the "Swansea way".

The sacking of Francesco Guidolin on his 61st birthday and the appointment of Bob Bradley show that may not totally be the case.
Bradley's long and mostly successful career in management has mirrored the game's development in the United States, over nigh on four decades.
Indeed the 58-year-old's only forays outside the States have been his most recent and have proved mainly successful.
His two years in charge of the Egypt national side were played out against a background of violent civil unrest in the North African country.
Bradley's arrival to live in Cairo in October 2011, with his wife Lindsay, coincided with the Egyptian Revolution and the American was praised for choosing to remain in the country when a match erupted into violence leading to the Port Said Stadium riot which killed 70 people in February 2012.
Despite the Egyptian Premier League being suspended as a result, Bradley took the national side to within one match of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The Pharaohs eventually lost to Ghana in a play-off.
After departing Egypt, Bradley headed north. In January 2014 he took over at Norwegian outfit Stabaek, becoming the first American to manage a club in a European top division and then was the first to guide a club to the Europa League.
Then it was to the club from whom he joins Swansea, France's oldest, Le Havre, where it seemed, again, history beckoned. Last season, under Bradley, they went as close to promotion to Ligue 1 as is possible.
They missed out by just one goal scored despite beating Bourg-en-Bresse 5-0 in their final game of the campaign and hitting the woodwork four times.
As he arrives in Swansea, supporters will be hoping their new manager's luck has at least improved since then.
But despite his recent foreign excursions, Bradley's career has mainly been stepped in Americana.
He attended Princeton University and was top scorer for the Princeton Tigers whilst completing his degree in history. But despite his exploits on the pitch it was in coaching and management young Bradley's future lay.
He took his first head coaching job aged just 22, at Ohio University whilst studying for an MA in Sports Administration at the same time.
Bradley then rose through the US college system, eventually taking the head coach job at his alma mater, Princeton, leading the Tigers to two Ivy League titles.
As the MLS expanded, so Bradley's coaching career took off.
Starting as assistant at DC United, he eventually became manager at Chicago Fire, the MetroStars, who have since transformed into the New York Red Bulls, and Chivas USA, who are now defunct.
There were plenty of accolades for Bradley along the way, including twice being named MLS Coach of the Year.
But it is an incident during his time in charge of the MetroStars that illustrates Bradley's quick-thinking.
In a game against DC United, Bradley exploited a rule that allowed for a fourth substitution in a match as long as it was a goalkeeper.
He switched shot-stopper Tim Howard to an outfield position, brought on midfielder Eddie Gaven between the posts and then swapped the two 10 seconds after the restart. Gaven went on to score the winning goal.
Bradley took over as USA boss in 2006 and led them to a Gold Cup win the following year and a runners-up spot in the Confederations Cup in 2009.
But it was in South Africa at the Fifa World Cup in 2010 that Bradley made his name outside of his homeland, guiding them to the knockout stages where they eventually lost out to Ghana.
However, after a series of poor results, he was sacked as national coach in July 2011.
So it has been a long, glamorous and at times troubled road to Swansea for Bradley.
But one thing about him Swansea supporters might notice is a distinct lack of modesty.
Back in April, Bradley said he felt he was as good a manager as Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola.
"When I have a chance to observe different managers, the ones that do good work," Bradley said.
"I mention Pochettino, Klopp, Tuchel. We haven't even spoken about the Guardiolas and Ancelottis.
"But I'll tell you what, maybe I'm stupid, but I think I'm a manger in and around that level."
Bradley is about to get his chance to prove that in the Premier League and Swans supporters will be hoping that all-American confidence is not misplaced.
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Satisfaction amongst rail passengers has dipped, with those in London and south east England the least content, according to research.

The proportion of passengers happy with their journeys fell from 82% in spring 2014 to 80% in spring 2015, a Transport Focus survey suggested.
Some 96% on First Hull Trains were satisfied - the highest in the country.
By contrast, satisfaction was just 72% on Southern and 74% on Govia Thameslink.
Michael Roberts, director general of the Rail Delivery Group which represents train operators and Network Rail, said: "Too often many passengers are not getting the service they deserve, and for this we are sorry.
"More than almost anything else passengers want trains to be reliable and run on time. After years of improvement overall satisfaction has fallen, largely due to delays in London and the south east and how we deal with those delays."
Transport Focus, formerly known as Passenger Focus, spoke to 31,000 rail travellers.
It found below average satisfaction on services run by:
Services with higher satisfaction included:
Satisfaction for operators in London and the south east of England dipped from 80% in spring 2014 to 78% in spring 2015.
The biggest decline on these routes was a 5% dip in passengers who felt train companies dealt well with delays.
And just 45% of rail passengers across the survey thought the price of their ticket represented value for money - similar to the figure for the previous year.
Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said: "Commuters will not be surprised at these results. Long-term plans and investment are important and welcome - how the work is carried out, though, is crucial.
"The London Bridge rebuilding scheme in particular has caused problems. We're now working with train companies and Network Rail to try and minimise the impact on commuters."
Office of Rail and Road chief executive Richard Price said there had been "marked improvement in passenger satisfaction" in the past decade.
He added: "In the past year, however, we've seen overall scores dip significantly. Passengers are telling us that reliability and punctuality of trains remains their primary concern."


A weak pound has provided "a significant and unexpected" boost to some Northern Ireland businesses, according to Ulster Bank.

Sterling's value has dropped due to uncertainty over the UK's future in the European Union.
Export orders have risen at their fastest rate in 20 months, with sales into the Eurozone providing a better return than last year.
The findings are contained in an analysis of local firms in March.
This was when businesses continued to experience "a very strong start to the year."
Retailers in border areas report having more southern shoppers, with a stronger euro giving them better value on visits to Northern Ireland.
The bank surveys firms across different sectors on a monthly basis, monitoring things like new orders, employment and exports to give an overview of the economy.
But some sectors are performing better than others.
"Manufacturing continues to struggle," said Ulster Bank's chief economist Richard Ramsey.
"It continues to report job losses, the only sector to do so, with March representing the seventh successive month of employment declines."


A drug smuggler has been jailed after he arrived at an airport carrying just a phone charger, a change of clothes, and a suitcase full of cannabis.

Henry Alden, of St Andrews Road, Portsmouth, was arrested at Edinburgh Airport as he stepped off a flight from Barcelona on 19 May.
He was carrying 11kg of cannabis, which would have had a street value of £110,000.
The 20-year-old was jailed for three years and eight months.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Alden had flown from Luton to Barcelona five days earlier.
Prosecutor Bruce Erroch said the defendant told Border Force officers the suitcase was his, that he had packed it himself and that he was not carrying anything for anyone else.
The case was opened and officers found it contained two T-shirts, a polo shirt, shorts, underwear and 11 kilo bags of cannabis, Mr Erroch said.
Alden has admitted illegally importing and being concerned in the supply of the Class B drug.
Vincent Belmonte, defending, said Alden was approached with an offer that he would get £5,000 if he went to Spain and brought something back.
He said his client had "foolishly" agreed to it.


Men prefer to watch film adaptations of books than read the original novel, according to a new study, which found the opposite is true for women.

Researchers found 75% of men would opt for the big screen version of a story, while 30% admitted they had not picked up a book since they were at school.
Being too busy, not enjoying reading or spending time online were all blamed for reading less.
Men also tended to be slower readers and less likely to finish books.
Of those questioned about their reading habits, 63% of men said they did not read as much as they thought they should, with 46% saying they now read fewer books now than they did in the past.
However, one in five men also confessed to pretending they had read a specific title, in order to appear more intelligent.
Researchers from OnePoll spoke to 2,000 British men and women ahead of World Book Night on 23 April, when volunteers gift hundreds of thousands of free books to "reluctant readers" in their communities.
"We know reading is really important, so we've got to get more people in general, particularly men, to pick up a book," said Sue Wilkinson, CEO of the Reading Agency, which commissioned the survey.
"It seems that men recognise the value of reading books but admit that they don't do it as much as they might for several reasons.
"TV shows and films, and the internet, are competing for people's time these days, especially that of young men, and our focus is to remind them of the pleasure that can be derived from reading a book as well," she said.
A third of men in the study said they preferred to spend their spare time using the internet, while 30% engaged more with film and TV.
Organisers said this year's World Book Night was focusing on targeting men to "show them what they are missing".
Wilkinson encouraged people to think of a man in their community who may benefit from being given a book, adding "reading really can change your life".
The 20 titles being distributed on World Book Night are as follows;


A coroner will urge reform of safety standards after a father died having saved his children from a fire caused by a faulty fridge-freezer.

Santosh Benjamin-Muthiah died in November 2010 after he was overcome by smoke at his home in Wealdstone, north London.
The 36-year-old helped his two daughters to safety through a window.
His daughters - one aged three and the other three months - survived, but he did not escape the house himself.
Coroner Andrew Walker has accepted recommendations put forward by Hertfordshire Trading Standards and London Fire Brigade about the way safety problems are recorded and how irresponsible manufacturers should be punished.
He will now urge the government to reform safety standards.
Lawyers representing Mr Benjamin-Muthiah's family said the changes "would stop manufacturers keeping safety issues secret" and force them to take action.
Mr Walker recorded a narrative verdict at North London Coroner's Court, which blamed a defrost timer on the family's Beko fridge-freezer for the blaze.
The inquest previously heard that Beko, one of Europe's largest white goods brands, had been aware of a possible safety issue with components as far back as 2003 but failed to rectify it.
Mr Walker said he could not be sure what caused the defrost timer to fail and said a product recall to fix the problematic component might not have prevented the blaze.
The family's lawyer, Jill Patterson, said the inquest had highlighted problems with regulating products and product recall.
"The changes could potentially overhaul consumer product safety regulation," she said.
"They put the power back in to the hands of consumers and stop manufacturers from keeping their problems secret."
After the inquest, Mr Benjamin-Muthiah's wife Jennifer said: "Manufacturers, producers and their retailers should be held more accountable for their actions, or their lack of response to consumer safety concerns.
"The value of a human life is priceless."


Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in England in January, figures leaked to the BBC suggest.

During a difficult winter for the NHS, January appears to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years.
The figures also suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed once seen in A&E.
The BMA said the prime minister could no longer "bury her head in the sand" over increasing pressure in the NHS.
And it accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
But a spokesman from the Department of Health said the vast majority of patients were seen and treated quickly, and busy periods in hospitals were supported by an extra Â£400 million of funding.
The figures come from a document compiled by NHS Improvement, a regulator in England.
It appears to show that from a total of more than 1.4 million attendances at A&E during January:
It comes as official NHS figures for December show that 86.2% of A&E patients in England were dealt with in under four hours.
December A&E figures for Scotland are much higher at 92.6% while Wales and Northern Ireland's figures are lower than England's.
January's leaked figures for England are provisionally the worst monthly figures on record since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004.
The situation in England has worsened since last January when more than 51,000 people had "trolley waits" of between four and 12 hours in A&E and 158 people had waits of more than 12 hours.
Jennifer's 95-year-old mother went into Norwich Hospital A&E with a bad chest infection at 9am and was still waiting for a bed until after 10pm on the same day.
She ended up in a ward, where she stayed for a couple of days - but not before being moved three times during the night.
"At the time I was very upset because there was no care or anything. I was so angry," Jennifer said.
"Previously she'd been to A&E on Monday 30 January but got sent home.
"It wasn't getting any better on the Wednesday, so the ambulance was called again.
"I know the NHS is in a bad way but it doesn't help a 95-year-old."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt recently suggested the four-hour target could be changed to apply to urgent health problems in A&E, rather than more minor ones.
A spokesman from the Department of Health said they did not recognise the figures.
"It is irresponsible to publish unverified data and does a disservice to all NHS staff working tirelessly to provide care around the clock."
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But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said their figures backed up those seen by the BBC.
Vice-president Dr Chris Moulton said: "While increasing numbers of doctors is vital, the more pressing problem is a lack of beds.
"We simply do not have any more room to put patients - we have the lowest number of acute beds per capita in Europe."
"As a result, bed occupancy is at dangerous levels and exit block is putting lives at risk."
President Dr Taj Hassan, told the BBC's Today programme that the more crowded emergency departments were, the higher the risk that patients could die.
"The care being delivered results in patients being compromised - because of delays in getting pain relief in time, getting antibiotics in time," he said.
"Delays to assessment will also compromise care," he added.
Dr Mark Porter, who chairs the British Medical Association council, said doctors had reported that this winter had been "extraordinarily tough" in hospitals.
"When social care isn't available, patients experience delays in moving from hospital to appropriate ongoing care settings - preventing patients being admitted at the front end in A&E," Dr Porter said.
And he said the long trolley waits were a sign of a system under too much pressure.
"The government have so far failed to grasp the seriousness of the situation," Dr Porter said.
"The prime minister cannot continue to bury her head in the sand as care continues to worsen.
"The government must urgently look at the long-term funding, capacity and recruitment issues facing the system as a whole if we are to get to grips with the pressures the NHS faces year in, year out, but which are compounded during the winter months."
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said it had already called for an urgent review of winter pressures on the health service.
"These figures have not been verified and should therefore be treated with caution, but they are in line with the feedback we have been getting from trusts.
"NHS staff have responded magnificently to increased winter pressures, but the situation has become unsustainable.
"The rise in long trolley waits is particularly worrying, as there is clear evidence they can lead to worse outcomes for patients."
Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement, said the current level of demand in England's hospitals was causing real problems.
"Such intense pressure on emergency services has had a real impact on elective services and patients are having to wait longer for non-emergency treatment and this is also adding to the financial pressures being felt by NHS providers," he said.
"Even with these pressures, the NHS continues to outperform health systems in other major nations."
A week of coverage by BBC News examining the state of the NHS across the UK as it comes under intense pressure during its busiest time of the year.


Lancashire have re-signed Australia all-rounder James Faulkner for the T20 Blast competition in 2017.

The 26-year-old took 25 wickets and scored more than 300 runs to help the Red Rose club lift the trophy in 2015.
In August, Faulkner became only the sixth Australian to take a hat-trick in a one-day international when he achieved the feat against Sri Lanka.
"He's a world-class cricketer, a true competitor. It'll be great to have him back," head coach Ashley Giles said.
Faulkner, from Tasmania, has played one Test, 59 one-day internationals and 21 Twenty20 matches for Australia.
"Finals Day at Edgbaston was one of the best days of my career so hopefully we can replicate the success of 2015 next year," Faulkner said.
"I was blown away by the support I received from the Lancashire fans."


Jonathan Franks struck late on to seal victory for Ross County and leave Hamilton's hopes of Premiership survival in a perilous state.

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Rakish Bingham cancelled out Michael Gardyne's splendid opener for County.
The home side regained the lead through a Remi Matthews own goal but substitute David Templeton looked to have earned a draw for the visitors.
However, Franks' strike proved decisive and means Accies can not finish higher than 11th in the table.
Martin Canning's men could still go down automatically if bottom side Inverness Caledonian Thistle can overcome the four-point difference between the sides in their final two matches.
Hamilton's defeat ensures that Dundee are guaranteed Premiership football next season, with Motherwell's win over Kilmarnock also ensuring their safety.
Accies will argue they deserved something from this match, perhaps even all three points. This defeat will hurt badly.
They dug in after a disastrous start and should have been ahead by half-time.
A slice of luck arrived with Bingham's leveller when Ali Crawford's delivery ricocheted in the box and fell perfectly for the striker to slam home. Their fortune ended there in dramatic fashion.
Bingham smashed a shot off the inside of the post soon after. It was unlucky but much more was to follow.
It seemed Crawford had put them ahead with an outstanding free kick from a central area. It sailed over the wall, away from Fox but clipped the inside of the post and out again.
After the break a ball along the six-yard line came through to Greg Docherty, he side-footed from close range for what looked a certain goal but Fox produced an outstanding stop.
Docherty and Massimo Donati came close before substitute Templeton quickly restored parity after Jim O'Brien saw his effort smash off a post and in off Matthews.
It'd be hard to find a more convincing hard luck story.
Hamilton's work rate and commitment was impressive. Their fight under pressure equally so. They also showed they've got ability.
What they don't have is three points. They needed them.
Jim McIntyre's side initially looked very impressive. They were on the front foot and went ahead swiftly.
Gardyne gathered a short corner, ambled to the edge of the box and curled a terrific curling shot into the top corner. It was top quality.
It was poor defensively and at that stage Hamilton looked up against it.
Franks was unfortunate with a technically excellent volley that flew wide.
Christopher Routis twice had excellent opportunities but hesitated at one, then couldn't beat Matthews with the other.
Their second goal came from an excellent strike from O'Brien. It cracked off the post and, in utter contrast to Hamilton's earlier efforts, cannoned of Matthews and into the net. When your luck is out, it's out.
There was no doubt about the quality of their winner though. Franks sent a tremendous effort straight into the corner to settle a brilliant contest.
McIntyre's side remain on target for a seventh place finish which would be a satisfying outcome after missing the top six.
The unbeaten run that took them clear of relegation trouble now stretches to seven matches.
Ross County manager Jim McIntyre: "It was a very open game. We started the game brilliantly, scored a fantastic goal through Michael Gardyne, but Hamilton came right back into it. It was one of those nights with plenty of mistakes and lots of goalmouth action.
"We've had our pockets picked here before in Dingwall with late goals. I feel we picked theirs tonight. I feel for Hamilton tonight but it's all about our team doing what we can do, trying to get into that fight for seventh.
"We know that we have the quality that can hurt sides but the doggedness wasn't quite there tonight and that is the side that we need to improve for Saturday. I thought Hamilton's players gave their manager everything. I wish them well for their fight to stay up."
Hamilton boss Martin Canning: "I can't believe we have lost that game. We have hit the post twice, one rolled along the line and we've had numerous other opportunities.
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"Their second goal has come off the post, hit our keeper and gone in. That is when you know your luck is out.
"The amount of bad luck we have got tonight is scary. I couldn't ask more of the players. I asked them to be brave and it was one of our best performances of the season. How we have managed to lose that game, I don't know."
Match ends, Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2.
Second Half ends, Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) is shown the yellow card.
Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical).
Goal!  Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2. Jonathan Franks (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Reghan Tumility (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt saved. Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
David Templeton (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Daniel Redmond replaces Greg Docherty.
Attempt missed. Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Reghan Tumility (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Foul by Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical).
Craig Curran (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical).
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Ross County 2, Hamilton Academical 2. David Templeton (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Ross County 2, Hamilton Academical 1. Jim O'Brien (Ross County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Reghan Tumility (Ross County) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Ross County. Conceded by Alexander Gogic.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Ryan Tierney replaces Rakish Bingham.
Attempt missed. Tim Chow (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Rakish Bingham (Hamilton Academical).
Jason Naismith (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Reghan Tumility (Ross County).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. David Templeton replaces Louis Longridge.
Attempt saved. Rakish Bingham (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Jason Naismith (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Jason Naismith.


The world's national parks and nature reserves receive eight billion tourist visits a year, generating around $600bn of spending, according to research.

The tourism income vastly outweighs the $10bn a year spent safeguarding them, says a Cambridge University team.
The study, published in PLOS Biology, highlights the need for more investment in protected areas, they say.
The idea of natural capital, the worth of natural assets, is increasingly being used in policy making.
It is based on assigning economic value to the natural environment in order to better preserve it in the future.
Cambridge University zoologists pieced together data on visits and economic benefits for the protected areas that cover one eighth of the world's land.
They say the money generated from tourism and recreation vastly outweighs the $10bn a year spent on safeguarding and managing these areas.
Further investment could yield economic returns as well as preserving precious landscapes,  said lead researcher Prof Andrew Balmford.
"It's clear from these figures how much enjoying nature matters to people," he told the BBC.
"It's also equally clear that in many parts of the world these areas are being degraded and sometimes lost completely.
"For our children and their children to continue to enjoy these benefits, we have to invest more in protecting them."
Among the most visited natural spaces in the world are the UK's Lake District and Peak District National Parks, each with more than 10 million visitors a year.
The ten most frequently-visited sites (out of 556 for which the researchers had direct data) were in North America and Europe:
The high number of visits to natural spaces came as a surprise to the researchers.
Dr Matt Walpole of UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, which participated in the study, said it was an "astonishing figure that illustrates the value people place on experiencing nature".
Another researcher on the study, Dr Robin Naidoo of World Wildlife Fund in Washington, US, added: "Through previous research, we know that the existing reserve network probably needs three to four times what is currently being spent on it".
Prof Balmford said the $10bn a year currently spent on these areas is small when compared with the quarterly profits of the likes of the computing giant Apple.
"Stopping the unfolding extinction crisis is not unaffordable," he said.
"Three months of Apple profits could go a long way to securing the future of nature.
"Humanity doesn't need electronic communication to survive. But we do need the rest of the planet."


German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS).

Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, was detained in a flat in the eastern city of Leipzig early on Monday. He had been tied up there.
He had sought help from another Syrian, who alerted police after letting Mr al-Bakr sleep at his flat, reports say.
The hunt began after police found very volatile explosives at Mr al-Bakr's flat in Chemnitz, south of Leipzig.
In the initial raid in Chemnitz early on Saturday, Mr al-Bakr, 22, evaded capture as officers fired a warning shot in a botched attempt to stop him.
"The methods and behaviour of the suspect suggest an IS context," said Saxony State Police chief Joerg Michaelis.
He said the suspect had researched bomb-making on the internet. "It is reasonable to assume that an explosives belt was nearly ready, or had been prepared already," he said.
Police found a detonator, explosives and a kilo of chemicals in the Chemnitz flat.
Mr Michaelis said the substance appeared to be TATP, a homemade explosive used in the deadly jihadist attacks in Paris last year and Brussels in March.
How Germany caught elusive 'bomb-maker'
Security sources referred to Mr al-Bakr's apartment as a "a virtual bomb-making lab", and carried out a controlled explosion. German authorities feared a possible plan to target an airport in Berlin.
As the search for the suspect broadened, a police commando unit arrested another man in Chemnitz, blasting open the door of his home.
However, it was not until late on Sunday night that police were given a tip-off from another Syrian man living in Leipzig who had been contacted by Jaber al-Bakr from the city's main station.
At 00:42 on Monday morning, police burst into the flat in the Paunsdorf area of the city and found the suspect already tied up, Germany's Spiegel website reported.
Jaber Al-Bakr came to Germany in February 2015 and was granted asylum in November, German media say. He reportedly had links to the so-called Islamic State group. He is expected to be moved to the city of Karlsruhe later on Monday.
Over a million irregular migrants arrived in Germany last year, many fleeing the conflict in Syria. The BBC's Jenny Hill in Berlin says the latest incident will put pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to reassure a nervous German public that her decision to allow such large numbers into the country has not endangered the country.
A spokesperson for the German interior ministry said on Sunday: "We can't rule out in Germany such attacks that we've seen lately in France and Belgium."
The Bavarian CSU, allied to Mrs Merkel's ruling centre-right Christian Democrats, called on Monday for stricter security reviews for asylum seekers. The party called on the government to focus "even more intensively" in scrutinising migrants for potential extremists.


At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Most of the casualties were in the provincial capital, El-Arish.
Militant group Sinai Province, which changed its named from Ansar Beit al-Maqdis when it pledged allegiance to Islamic State, said it carried out the "extensive, simultaneous" attacks.
Egypt's president cut short a visit to Ethiopia because of the attacks.
They represent some of the worst anti-government violence in Egypt for months, and indicate a previously unseen level of co-ordination, correspondents and analysts say.
The US condemned the attacks, saying it remained "steadfast in its support of the Egyptian government's efforts to combat the threat of terrorism".
Insurgents have intensified attacks since Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013.
Tensions have also been raised across Egypt this week amid protests marking the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ousted then-leader Hosni Mubarak.
Security officials said rockets were first fired at police offices, a military base and a military hotel in El-Arish, before a car bomb exploded at the rear gate of the military base. Several army checkpoints in the city were also targeted.
Newspaper al-Ahram said its El-Arish office - which is opposite the hotel and base - had been completely destroyed.
Four soldiers were wounded in an attack at a checkpoint outside El-Arish and an army major was later shot dead at a checkpoint in Rafah, medical and security sources said.
More than 50 people were wounded in Thursday's attacks.
North Sinai has been under a state of emergency and a curfew since October, when an attack on a checkpoint killed dozens of soldiers.
The army has launched major operations to try to quell violence in the region, but has so far failed.
Sinai Province has become the biggest threat, staging many attacks on security targets.
The group, which was originally inspired by al-Qaeda but pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November 2014, has called on Egyptians to rebel against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
President Sisi is the former military chief who led the crackdown on Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood has said it rejects violence.
Egypt is creating a 1km (0.6-mile) buffer zone along the border with Gaza in a bid to stop militants smuggling weapons in from the Palestinian territory using tunnels.
The project has displaced more than 1,000 families in Rafah and severed an economic lifeline for many Palestinians.


No sooner has Sepp Blatter said he is heading for the exit door at Fifa's plush headquarters in Zurich, than urgent questions are being asked about how football's tarnished governing body should reinvent itself.

The jet-set "pseudo-corporate" lifestyle of Fifa executive committee members has long been a wonder to fans and media alike, but the trappings of an international corporation have unfortunately not come with the sort of oversight that a true business organisation should possess.
Mr Blatter's decision to go later this year or early next year, after a continuing investigation by US authorities into allegations of corruption at Fifa is only the first of many steps that need to be taken, according its critics.
"Their current governance model is not fit for purpose," Oliver Parry, senior corporate governance partner at the UK-based business body the Institute of Directors, told the BBC website.
"It is not clear, transparent, or open, and people on the outside looking in do not have an understanding of how decisions are reached. There is a complete lack of transparency.
"Bringing in a new man, or woman, is not going to change the problem. There needs to be a root-and-branch re-organisation."
Fifa's centre of power is its executive committee  (ExCo), and the fact that this small body of 24 people (one President, eight Vice-Presidents and 15 members) has such power over global football is a concern for many.
Members are appointed for a four year term, from among the six continental Confederations (eg Uefa in Europe) and 209 national football associations around the world.
The ExCo meets at least twice a year and among its major powers is determining the dates, locations and format of tournaments, including of course the World Cup.
It is this particular function which has aroused so much controversy - over the awards of the 2010 (South Africa), 2018 (Russia), and 2022 (Qatar) World Cups.
Mr Parry says - using good corporate practice as a guide - there are three main changes that the IoD would like to see Fifa make:
"This is a massive juncture for Fifa," says Mr Parry. "If they get things right now, they have the chance to make a really positive change to world football for decades to come.
"If they have the appetite and desire, then they have the opportunity to become a beacon for other sports around the world."
Making sure the executive is held to account over its decisions will be key.
Simon Chadwick, who is professor of sport business strategy and marketing at Coventry University Business School, says a reformed Fifa must have clear and published governance rules in place.
He agrees there must be a division of powers within Fifa, with a separate board and executive, and says it is crucial that "those making the executive decisions should be separate from the people responsible for holding the financial purse strings".
In addition Prof Chadwick believes that the membership of any new executive body should be widened "to include not just members of football associations, but also fan representatives, sponsor representatives and other stakeholders".
Sponsors, who invest millions in supporting Fifa events, have a particular interest in seeing that the sport they are backing is run cleanly, as association with a murkily-run organisation can easily tarnish a corporate reputation.
Fifa's previous attempts at governance reform
In 2011 an independent governance committee (IGC) was set up by Sepp Blatter, overseen by Mark Pieth, a professor of criminal law at Basel University.
Prof Pieth's team issued a final report in April 2014.
He said then that progress had been made on key areas, but called for further changes.
"The problem is not, or was not, Blatter alone. It's the structure - it's systemic in this institution," he said on Wednesday, the day after Mr Blatter announced his resignation.
Prof Pieth proposes a public body, or Fifa's host state Switzerland, should take responsibility for the organisation.
As well as corporate change there are also calls for Fifa to show it can be run on a more ethical basis.
Andre Spicer, professor at Cass Business School in London, said the news that Sepp Blatter was standing down was just the beginning of the task ahead.
"When morally tarnished leaders head for the exit, people think the job is done," he said.
How Fifa makes and spends its money
"The departure of a high-profile leader who has overseen ethical failures is often celebrated - people think a change at the top is the most important indication an organisation is changing. In reality, it is only the very first step in what is likely to be an ultra-marathon of ethical improvement.
"Old leaders are often treated as a scapegoats; by getting rid of them, there is an irrational hope the organisation can erase all past sins. Sadly, the world is not like that. It is relatively easy to change the tone from the top, but cleaning up the mess in the middle is the hard part.
"As Fifa seeks to reform itself, it will find a change at the top is only 10% of the solution. The other 90% will take years to achieve - if it can in fact ever be achieved."


Labour and the Conservatives have joined forces to form an administration in Aberdeen.

Labour had the most councillors on the city council after last week's elections.
BBC Scotland revealed that as well as the Conservatives the coalition will rely on the support of three Independents. Labour's Barney Crockett will be the new council leader.
The SNP and Lib Dems will form the opposition on the council.
A new Independent-Conservative administration will run Moray Council.
The Independent councillor for Keith, Stewart Cree, has been chosen as council convener.
Meanwhile, the leader of the SNP group on Aberdeenshire Council has fought off a challenge to her leadership.
At the group's AGM on Tuesday, Joanna Strathdee was ousted as leader by Rob Merson.
BBC Scotland understands that Mr Merson was in post for about an hour before resigning, to be replaced by the former leader.
The SNP is the biggest party in Aberdeenshire and is continuing negotiations to form a coalition.


An Irish police investigation into the alleged funding of international terrorism involved the FBI, Met police and Interpol, a court has heard.

The revelation came during the trial of Hasan Bal, 25, who is charged with providing funding for a foreign terror group.
Mr Bal was refused bail when he made his second appearance before Waterford District Court on Tuesday.
Police objected to bail because of the seriousness of the offences.
They also said the accused was a flight risk.
Det Sgt Donal Donohoe told the court: "He no longer has a permanent address in this country."
He also said that, as part of the investigation, police made inquiries "through Interpol and other police forces, primarily the London Metropolitan Police and the FBI".
Mr Bal is charged with providing funding for a foreign terrorist group on 2 October 2015, and attempting to collect funding for a foreign terrorist group on 23 October 2015.
Mr Bal's solicitor Ken Cunningham said the accused's mother was willing to stand bail for him and allow him to live in her home.
Mr Bal's mother, Dr Caroline Ward-Fahy, said it was "very shocking" to be in this situation.
Insp Tony Lonergan asked her how she proposed to ensure, if her son was granted bail, that he would comply with his bail conditions.
"Since my son was born, when I tell him to do something, he will do it," she said. "He will do that as his duty to God because his mother is a very important part of his faith."
Judge Kevin Staunton said he had no doubt Dr Ward-Fahy was a genuine witness and a believable person, and said he accepted she was "shocked by the turn of events that has led her here".
He said he was "influenced greatly" by Det Sgt Donohoe's evidence about Mr Bal being a flight risk.
Judge Staunton refused bail and remanded Mr Bal in custody, to appear again in the district court on 9 May.


Hundreds of people have come forward to claim they bought a winning National Lottery ticket, worth £33m, which has yet to be identified.

According to organisers Camelot, those coming forward said their ticket was lost, damaged or stolen.
It comes after a woman said she washed her winning ticket in a pair of jeans.
Camelot has confirmed the winning ticket was bought in Worcester, but says it will not comment on unverified claims while it investigates.
The prize money up for grabs is half of a record £66m Lotto jackpot.
The rest of the money went to a couple from Hawick who claimed their prize within days of the 9 January draw.
Commenting on the claims of lost, stolen and damaged tickets, a Camelot spokesman said: "Given the interest in the missing £33m ticket-holder, we have received hundreds of claims of this nature.
"All of these are currently being considered on a case-by-case basis, and we will follow up with all claimants directly to advise them whether their claim will be investigated further."
The spokesman also said details of the shop which sold the winning ticket had not been released, nor had any retailer been informed that they sold the ticket.
The operator had the discretion to pay prizes in respect of stolen, lost or destroyed tickets only if the player had submitted a claim in writing within 30 days of the relevant draw, a spokesman said.
If the player could provide sufficient evidence, Camelot would investigate and determine "at its discretion whether the claim is valid, and is able to pay the prize 180 days after the draw".
According to shopkeeper Natu Patel, who runs Ambleside News in Warndon, Worcester, a woman went to his newsagent's with a ticket bearing the winning numbers, but the date and barcode were illegible.
The ticket had the winning numbers 26, 27, 46, 47, 52 and 58.
Even though the prize total was shared, the sum is still the biggest win since the National Lottery was launched in November 1994.


An oral treatment for peanut allergy is still effective four years after it was administered, a study has found.

Children were given a probiotic, with a peanut protein, daily for 18 months.
When tested one month later, 80% could tolerate peanuts without any allergic symptoms and after four years, 70% of them were still able to eat peanuts without suffering any side-effects.
Food allergies have risen dramatically in recent decades, with peanut allergy one of the most deadly.
Lead researcher Prof Mimi Tang, of Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, said half the children were consuming peanuts regularly while others were only eating them infrequently.
"The importance of this finding is that these children were able to eat peanuts like children who don't have peanut allergy and still maintain their tolerant state, protected against reactions to peanuts," she said.
Prof Tang said it was the first time a treatment for peanut allergy had been shown to be effective for this long.
The probiotic used is called Lactobacillus rhamnosus, which has been associated with preventing certain allergic symptoms.
The Australian research team now wants to assess whether the treatment has improved the children's quality of life, as some 250 million people worldwide are affected by food allergy - a number which has more than trebled in the last 20 years.
Peanut allergy, which is one of the most common causes of death from food allergy, has increased at the greatest rate.
Prof Tang said the findings, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, suggest "the exciting possibility that tolerance is a realistic target for treating food allergy".
She added: "This is a major step forward in identifying an effective treatment to address the food allergy problem in Western societies."


Scotland forward Alan Forsyth says the men's national team's defence must be applauded as much as the attack after a blistering start to their World League campaign.

The Blue Sticks beat Switzerland 5-0 then thrashed Slovakia 11-0.
"We've scored a lot of goals, but defensively it's great credit to the boys at the back that we're holding out," Forsyth told BBC Scotland.
"It's a great start but we need to keep going on Saturday and Sunday."
It is 14:15 BST kick-offs for Scotland against Portugal and Wales this weekend to complete their round one section of the World League in Glasgow.
"For us to host the tournament is great because we get to play in front of friends and family," added Forsyth, who won his 100th cap versus Switzerland.
"It gives us a good vibe and it's easier for the squad; rather than travelling all the time. The squad have deserved the results we've had."
Qualification for round two goes to the top two teams from those four, with Scotland virtually assured progression after picking up six points from six.
Surbiton's Alan Forsyth was named Players' Player of the Year in England last season and topped the England Hockey League goal-scoring charts, but still missed out on selection for the Team GB men's squad who failed to reach the quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics.
His brother David Forsyth plays for Qui Vive in the Netherlands and is desperate for Scotland's men to reach their first ever World Cup in India in 2018.
The chance of qualifying for that comes if the national team gets beyond World League round two in March 2017.
"It's absolutely massive," he told BBC Scotland.
"For Scotland alone the World Cup is the biggest competition and it would be a massive achievement to get there.
"Of course, the Olympics is big but that's Team GB and it's well known we don't have any Scots in that team.
"Even if we get to World League round three we'll be really, really happy. We've got a really good, young, energetic team that's putting 100% into the programme."


Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has been declared the winner of Indonesia's hotly contested presidential election.

The election commission said Mr Widodo - widely known as Jokowi - won 53.15% of the vote with his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, on 46.85%.
Earlier, Mr Subianto alleged widespread electoral fraud and vowed to challenge the result.
Mr Widodo has promised a decisive break with Indonesia's authoritarian past and better social welfare for the poor.
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Before the official results were confirmed, the chairperson of Mr Widodo's PDI-P party, Megawati Sukarnoputri, claimed victory on behalf of the candidate and his running-mate Jusuf Kalla.
"I want to declare that we, the party that supports and puts forward Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla, has won," she told reporters on Tuesday evening.
Indonesia's politics has traditionally been dominated by establishment figures from the political elite and military.
A former furniture-maker who grew up in a small village, Mr Jokowi is seen as a clean politician in touch with the masses. The Jakarta governor has proved to be particularly popular with urban and rural youth.
His rival Mr Subianto is a former general closely associated with the traditional elite. He had the backing of media tycoons.
A former son-in-law of Indonesia's ex-leader Suharto, Mr Subianto has faced multiple questions over alleged human rights abuses.
Jubilant supporters took to Twitter with congratulatory messages for Mr Widodo, using the hashtag #presidenbaru (New President).
Meanwhile about 100 supporters of Mr Subianto held a peaceful protest about 300m from the election commission building in Jakarta, declaring Mr Subianto the real president, the Associated Press reports.
Mr Subianto said earlier on Tuesday that his camp would not resort to violence as it challenges the results.
Security was tight for the announcement, with more than 250,000 police officers on duty across the nation, amid fears that supporters from both camps would clash.
About 130 million votes were cast on 9 July following an intense election campaign.
It was followed by a controversial vote-counting period in which both candidates raised concerns about voting irregularities.
But Mr Widodo's winning margin of 6% win is seen as decisive by analysts.
They say that even if Mr Subianto's claim of electoral fraud in certain areas proved to be true, this would be unlikely to change the overall results.
Mr Subianto has three days to file an appeal with Indonesia's constitutional court. The court has till 22 August to make a ruling on the results.


An Open golf venue in Britain has lifted its ban on female members for the first time in its 128-year history.

Royal St George's in Sandwich had been one of three clubs on the Open rota with a men-only membership policy.
A "decisive" 90% of members voted in favour of altering the Kent club's rules and allowing women to join with immediate effect.
In a statement, the club said it looked forward to welcoming ladies as junior and full members.
It has hosted the Open 14 times, with the last tournament in July 2011.
Dame Laura Davies, who is one of Britain's most successful golfers, said it was "great to see" the club following in the footsteps of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in allowing female members.
She said: "It would seem to be the correct thing for a club that hosts a big sporting event such as the Open.
"It's such a great course that it deserves to hold prestigious golf events and I'm sure that this will ensure its long future in doing so."
Professional golfer Mel Reid, who has played in the Solheim Cup, also welcomed the decision.
She said: "Women golfers certainly want to be equal to the guys and this is another step towards that.
"Anything like this would always benefit the women's game."
And golfer Jason Barnes, from Kent, said: "Obviously, it is the right decision.
"Golf needs to be brought up to date. I wish them the best of luck with it."
James Bond author Ian Fleming was captain-elect at Royal St George's before his sudden death in 1964.
The course was said to have inspired his idea for a golf showdown in the 007 classic Goldfinger.
Two remaining Open venues in Scotland have male-only membership policies - Muirfield in East Lothian and Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, which has separate men's and women's clubs.
At the end of January, Royal Troon announced that it would "shortly undertake a comprehensive review to consider the most appropriate membership policy for the future".


Hundreds of people have attended a vigil at the scene of Saturday's fatal fire in Carrickmines in County Dublin in which 10 people died.

Hundreds of candles were lit and placed alongside the floral tributes at the entrance to the halting site.
Five adults and five children died in the fire.
It is understood the blaze broke out at a pre-fabricated building at the site and quickly spread to a nearby unit.
Police are investigating the cause of the blaze, but it is not being treated as suspicious.
A number of people released Chinese lanterns during Wednesday night's vigil, however police stopped this after one lantern got caught in a tree and burned out above the crowd.
Earlier, DÃºn Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council told residents of a south Dublin housing estate that a temporary halting site for survivors of last weekend's fire will be used for just six months.
Those living on the estate met local council officials on Wednesday after they blocked entry to a plot of land earmarked as a temporary accommodation site for survivors.
Residents of Rockville Drive, a cul-de-sac off Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines, have said that they were not consulted on the plans and while they had sympathy for those affected, they were concerned about the lack of discussion in selecting the site and its suitability.


Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious group, deeming it to be an extremist organisation.

The justice ministry argued that the group had distributed pamphlets which incited hatred against other groups.
Lawyers representing the group reject the claims and say they will appeal.
The denomination says it has 175,000 members in Russia - a country where it was persecuted during the Stalin era.
An estimated eight million people worldwide are part of the Christian-based movement, best known for going door-to-door looking for new converts.
Jehovah's Witnesses at a glance
Practitioners of the faith argue that it means their activities from now on will be criminalised.
The justice ministry urged the court to close the group's national headquarters near St Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported, in addition to banning some of its "extremist" publications.
One pamphlet distributed by the group quoted the novelist Leo Tolstoy as describing the doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church as superstition and sorcery.
Officials have accused the religion of destroying families, propagating hatred and endangering lives.
Jehovah's Witnesses say the accusations are completely untrue. A spokesman told the AFP news agency that he was "shocked" by the ruling.
"I didn't expect that this could be possible in modern Russia, where the constitution guarantees freedom of religious practice," Yaroslav Sivulsky said.
The Jehovah's Witnesses group was founded in the United States in the 19th century.
They take most of the Bible literally and refuse blood transfusions. They are not seen by traditional Christian Churches as a mainstream denomination.
During Joseph Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union it was outlawed and thousands of members were deported to Siberia. Other Christian groups were also persecuted.
As the Soviet Union collapsed, there was a revival of Christianity in Russia and the ban on Jehovah's Witnesses was lifted in 1991.
Gradually attitudes towards the movement hardened again and in 2004 it was accused of recruiting children and preventing believers from accepting medical assistance.
Human rights group Sova has argued that an "official repressive campaign" has been conducted against the movement for years and many of their members have been physically attacked.


The visible security cordon around the annual Manama Dialogue, the air-conditioned meeting rooms and all the theatre of government protocol belie the sense of unease that has permeated this premier regional security conference, organised by the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).

The region is still coming to terms with the consequences of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 which tipped the chessboard of Middle Eastern power politics upside down.
Most of those consequences are unwelcome to the oil-rich Gulf Arab states.
In Iraq, the despotic Sunni regime of President Saddam Hussein has been replaced by a Shia-led government seen by many here as a proxy of Iran.
The subsequent marginalisation of Iraq's Sunni population in recent years helped give rise to the violent jihadist group calling itself Islamic State (IS).
Today, the region's leaders are looking nervously at a range of threats, both within their borders and beyond.
Using the Arabic term 'Daesh' for the so-called Islamic State, Saudi Arabia's urbane Foreign Minister, Adel Jubeir, said the organisation that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria under its black banner was not a religious movement but a cult.
Thousands of Saudis have joined its ranks, drawn by the similarities to some of their own country's strict, ascetic interpretations of Islam.
This year Saudi Arabia has suffered several deadly attacks by IS suicide bombers, mostly targeting mosques, both Sunni and Shia, as the militant group attempts to provoke a sectarian conflict in the Gulf.
Bahrain announced that it had identified 70 of its nationals fighting for IS and a further 24 individuals have been charged with trying to form a branch of IS in Bahrain. Sixteen of these suspects remain at large.
The Saudi foreign minister categorised those would-be jihadists who go off to join IS in three ways.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond gave a keynote speech to the conference in which he admitted that the UK had been "too slow in the past to recognise the links between non-violent extremism and violent extremism."
He added: "For decades we have clung to a false distinction between the two.. With hindsight, we've been too tolerant of intolerance."
Britain, he said, would shortly be introducing legislation to ban the most dangerous extremist organisations.
There is a fair degree of nervousness here about how Iran will spend the soon-to-be-released billions of dollars in unfrozen funds as a result of the UN-backed nuclear deal.
Many of the Gulf Arab states see Iran as a strategic threat even without its nuclear programme, which Iran says is purely for peaceful purposes.
Both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have accused Iran of interfering in their countries and exporting terrorism. On a visit to London last month a senior Iranian official strongly denied this.
"We want to have the best possible relations with Iran," said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir without a hint of irony, (Iran and Saudi Arabia are regional rivals with a history of mutual distrust).
"But the reason they are not good is because of Iran's interventions in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen and its attempts to destabilise Bahrain".
Mr Jubeir said Saudi Arabia welcomed the Iran deal but that Iran had huge infrastructure challenges and the region did not yet know whether it would spend the proceeds from the deal on developing its infrastructure at home - or on funding what he called "aggressive policies" abroad.
Bahrain recently expelled the Iranian ambassador after blaming it for supplying a major arms cache to insurgents. There were no Iranian officials at this year's Manama Dialogue.
But Nazenin Ansari, a London-based Iranian journalist for Kayhan newspaper, attending the conference, told me that "there are different (power) centres with different agendas in Iran.
"The Foreign Ministry would like to have a more civilised and a more cordial relationship with the outside world and to be able to reintegrate Iran into the outside world.. But there are those in Iran who see this as a death knell for their power structures within Iran and they will use every means at their disposal to put a stop to that."
In a side room of the conference Bahrain's Chief of Police, Maj-Gen Tariq Al-Hassan showed delegates round a chilling display of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), claymore mines, machine guns and grenades discovered by security forces here over the last four years.
Bahrain has been wracked by more than four years of intermittent protests that have cost the lives of 22 people, 11 of them policemen.
The police chief said a total of 445 IEDs had been uncovered, all exported by Iran.  The US Navy, whose powerful 5th Fleet is headquartered in Bahrain, has been providing the Bahrainis with intelligence tip-offs.
Although the violence has subsided considerably from its peak in 2011, human rights organisations still accuse the Bahraini authorities of abuses.
Opposition activists and journalists have previously accused the government of exaggerating the threat from terrorism but a senior British military officer present said the finds on display were all genuine.
The conflict raging in Syria has dominated this year's Manama Dialogue. The Saudi foreign minister, just back from the talks in Vienna, sounded pessimistic about the chances of any imminent breakthrough.
Although there had been agreement on some more minor points there remained two serious sticking points dividing those supporting and opposing Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad. These were:
The US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken found himself on the defensive over US policy on Syria. He announced a further $100m in aid for the Syrian opposition and insisted that progress was being made against IS in Iraq.
As a country on the extreme southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula, what happens in Yemen concerns all six Gulf Arab states and there was much discussion of the seven-month war there that has cost more than 4,000 lives.
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain reiterated their view that blame lay with the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who took over much of the country last year.
But international concern over civilian casualties has been mounting, especially those caused by Saudi-led air strikes.
The Saudi foreign minister said he believed the war had now entered its final phase and that a deal based on a UN Security Council resolution was possible.
Embarrassingly for the conference organisers however, two respected Yemeni delegates were expelled from Bahrain at the request of Yemen's acting Foreign Minister, Riyadh Yasseen, claiming incorrectly that they were Houthis.
One was even had to leave midway through a conference workshop session. The move has been widely criticised as being completely contrary to the spirit of "a dialogue" and has painted both the Bahraini authorities and Yemen's exiled government in a poor light.


The introduction of a 5p charge for plastic bags in England has been blamed for a packaging firm going into administration.

Forty workers have been made redundant at Nelson Packaging's factory in Lancashire.
Managing director Michael Flynn said it was mainly due to "the English bag legislation and corresponding impact on customer and retailer demand".
He also blamed "aggressive overseas competition".
The 5p charge for bags was introduced in England in October and followed the introduction of charges in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
One worker told BBC Radio Lancashire they believed the legislation had a "slight but not a massive impact" on the business, which has been operating since 1975 and was taken over by Cheshire-based packaging firm Intelipac three years ago.
7.6 billion
Number of plastic bags issued by supermarkets in England in 2014
140
Equivalent per person
40 bags on average in every home
Â£780m expected economic benefit over 10 years because of the charge
Â£60m savings in litter clean up costs by 2025
80% expected reduction in bags
Union representative Robert Copeland, who had been with the firm since 1986, said staff were told last Wednesday that they were being made redundant and were told to leave the factory immediately.
"It's daunting as I have no interview skills. I'm 49 years old and I've got to now go into a new working environment and start again. It is scary.
"I was 19 when I started andâ€¦ you were seeing the children of people you have been working with for 30 years starting to come through so you had parents and children [at the factory]."
Campaigners argue that plastic bags blight streets, spoil the countryside and damage wildlife, seas and coastline.
Wales was the first UK nation to introduce the bag charges, followed by Northern Ireland and then Scotland.
A report in 2015 found the number of single-use carrier bags handed out by shops in Wales fell by 71% since charges were introduced in 2011.
Scotland and Northern Ireland introduced their charges in 2014 and 2013 respectively and also saw significant drops in usage.
The number of plastic bags handed out in Scottish stores was slashed by 80% - the equivalent of 650 million carriers - in the first year of the 5p charge.
Similarly, in Northern Ireland in 2014 there was a 42.6% annual reduction following a previous drop of 71%, after charges were introduced.
Does the charge include all carrier bags?


Labour has suspended a prominent donor over an article he wrote in which Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid team were likened to Nazi stormtroopers.

Michael Foster wrote that Mr Corbyn and his team had "no respect for others and worse, no respect for the rule of law".
Labour said the suspension was for allegedly breaching election rules which ban "abuse of any kind".
Mr Foster said he had been highlighting Mr Corbyn's "leadership cadre" and did not use the word Nazi himself.
The article for the Mail on Sunday was headlined: "'Why I despise Jeremy Corbyn and his Nazi stormtroopers', by Jewish Labour donor".
It was published after the High Court ruled against Mr Foster's attempt to stop Labour from allowing Mr Corbyn to automatically stand for re-election as leader.
In the article he wrote: "To me, respect for the rule of law is fundamental to a democracy. Once political parties believe they are above the law it ends with all opposition silenced, whether it is my grandparents in Dachau, or the Left in Erdogan's Turkey rounded up and held uncharged in prison.
"The courts decided that the rules as they stand allowed it. This decision advantaged Corbyn and his Sturm Abteilung (stormtroopers)..."
But Mr Foster said the word "Nazi" was not included in his article and had been added to its headline by the Mail on Sunday.
He maintained his remarks clearly referred to Mr Corbyn's "leadership cadre", which could also be likened to the "Pretorian Guard or Revolutionary Guard or Red Guard - a group there to secure the leader and his political plans".
Labour said he was suspended on 7 September because he was alleged to have breached a rule governing the leadership election which bans "abuse of any kind by members or supporters".
In a letter signed by general secretary Iain McNicol, the party said the claim related to an article written by Mr Foster for the Mail on Sunday last month. It did not set out a timescale for its investigation but he cannot take part in the leadership vote until the issue is resolved.
Mr Foster, who has donated more than Â£400,000 to the party in the past two-and-a-half years, is a former showbusiness agent whose clients have included actor Sacha Baron Cohen and radio host Chris Evans.
He unsuccessfully stood in the 2015 general election for the seat of Camborne and Redruth.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has previously claimed Labour's HQ was undertaking a "rigged purge" of Mr Corbyn's supporters after the leader of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union, Ronnie Draper, was suspended, reportedly over a "unidentified tweet" but "no action has been taken against Michael Foster".


Scott McKenzie, who sang the 1960s hit San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair), has died aged 73.

The singer was a close friend of Mamas and Papas star John Phillips, who wrote and produced the San Francisco track.
Released in May 1967, it became a global hit and an anthem for the 1960s counterculture movement.
"I am amazed at how San Francisco continues even now to evoke dreams in the hearts and minds of people all over the world," McKenzie wrote in 2002.
He was found by a neighbour in his home on Sunday afternoon. His death was confirmed by another neighbour, Victoria Byers.
She told the BBC he had been in and out of hospital recently after falling ill with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a disease affecting the nervous system.
"I think he had a heart attack this most recent time. He was in the hospital," she said. "They did not want him to leave the hospital, but he wanted to be in his house [when he died]".
Born Philip Wallach Blondheim in January 1939, the singer, songwriter and guitarist grew up in North Carolina where he lived with his grandparents while his widowed mother worked in Washington DC.
As a teenager, he met Phillips and formed a doowop band called The Abstracts. The band moved to New York and became The Smoothies, where they played on the club circuit and recorded two singles.
It was at this stage in his career that he changed his name, after complaints that Blondheim was unpronounceable, and comments by comedian Jackie Curtis that he looked like a Scottie dog - hence Scott.
Festival inspiration
With the rise of folk music in the 1960s, he and Phillips approached banjo player Dick Weissman and went on to form The Journeymen. The trio recorded three albums, before breaking up in 1964.
Phillips went on to form the original The Mamas and Papas and is credited with writing a memorable body of songs that chronicled the personal and social upheavals of the decade.
McKenzie declined an invitation to join him in favour of becoming a solo star, but the two remained close friends.
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair), penned by Phillips and featuring him on guitar, was McKenzie's only significant hit.
Inspired by the first Monterey Pop Festival, which organised by Phillips and Lou Adler, among others, it was reportedly recorded with McKenzie wearing a flower garland and friends gathered on the floor to meditate.
It soared to the number four spot in the US Billboard 100, and number one in the UK.
McKenzie released two solo albums, before dropping out in the late 1960s and moving to Virginia Beach, after struggling with the pressures of fame.
'Summer of love'
Over the course of his career, he dedicated every American performance of the track to Vietnam veterans, and in 2002 sang at the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
He returned to music in the late 80s when he replaced first Denny Doherty, and then an ailing Phillips, in a touring version of The Mamas and the Papas.
He also co-wrote the Beach Boys hit Kokomo.
"Never before or since, with the exception of rap, has popular music contained such sheer poetic and social power," wrote McKenzie on  his website in 2002.
"Even at the end of the decade, when so many of us had lost hope, when the summer of love had turned into a winter of despair, our music helped keep us alive and carry us forward into a world we had hoped to change.
"And so it still does."


A broken down train that blocked the Belfast to Londonderry railway line for about two hours has caused major disruption to several rail services.

The 17:10 BST train from Belfast to Derry broke down at Fortwilliam on Friday evening, blocking both the Derry and Larne lines northbound.
Engineers tried to fix the mechanical failure on site before the train was brought back to Yorkgate and passengers were transferred to another train.
It has caused delays and cancellations.
The 20:15 Whitehead to Belfast train service and the 20:25 Larne Harbour to Belfast train services have both been cancelled.
A woman travelling on the Belfast to Derry service told the BBC there was "standing room only" as passengers were stuck on the train for two hours.
Lynne Cooper complained that there was "no level of customer care" for those on board.
"If we were cattle, we would be given some refreshments and water.  You wouldn't transport cattle like that. It's totally unacceptable," she said.
A Translink spokeswoman said bus substitutions have been organised for Larne line passengers.
Northern Ireland Railway's (NIR) website said all northbound lines have now reopened but it warned that disruption is expected.
"Normal services will be provided as soon as possible," NIR said.