The number of children spending Christmas in temporary accommodation in England has reached a seven-year high, the housing charity Shelter has said.

New figures show there were 14,670 households accepted as homeless between July and September, the largest number since 2008.
According to Shelter, more than 103,000 children will spend Christmas in B&Bs, hostels or temporary rented homes.
Ministers said the figures were still half the 2003 and 2004 peak.
Department for Communities and Local Government statistics show there were 68,560 families in temporary housing from July to September this year, compared with 60,900 in the same three months of 2014.
And 53,480 of those were households with children, compared with 45,590 at the same time the year before.
Shelter said a quarter of all homeless households living in temporary accommodation in England had been moved away to another council area.
The figures showed 18,600 homeless households moved to another area, more than three times as many as in 2010.
Families in temporary accommodation outside their local areas are under particular strain, according to Shelter.
They are "uprooted and moved away from jobs, schools and support networks with no idea when, or even if, they will be able to return", says chief executive Campbell Robb.
But four in ten homeless households in temporary accommodation find themselves in this position, the latest figures show.
This is more than three times the figure for the same period in 2010 when 5,880 households were in temporary accommodation in another local authority area.
Families in bed and breakfast hotels who have to share kitchens and bathrooms often rely on kitchen facilities of relatives or friends to cook healthy food, a Shelter researcher explained.
One woman, offered temporary accommodation in a city hundreds of miles from home, turned it down as she would have lost her job and her children would have been forced to change schools.
Frequent changes of school and long journeys can be very disrupting for children, the researcher added.
Councils are finding it far harder to find homeless households local accommodation due to "a severe drought of affordable homes and drastic cuts to council budgets", Mr Robb added.
The problem is particularly acute in London where one in three families in temporary accommodation are outside their original areas.
Communities Minister Marcus Jones said: "We are committed to helping the most vulnerable people in our society. The protection of the Homelessness Prevention Grant in the Local Government Finance Settlement shows our continued commitment to tackling homelessness.
"Statutory homelessness acceptances are now less than half the 2003 to 2004 peak but we are determined to ensure that anybody who needs help gets it.
"We have made over £500m available since 2010, which has prevented nearly a million people becoming homeless. We are committed to build on this over the next four years and work with the sector to do all we can to prevent homelessness."
New measures include protecting homelessness prevention for local authorities and £40m from the Department of Health to refurbish hostels and provide low cost shared accommodation for young people. There will also be £30m extra for councils' homelessness budgets and a £5m fund for the 25 local authorities facing the greatest pressures moving people from temporary to settled homes.
The councils sharing the funding are: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Birmingham, Brent, Bromley, Brighton and Hove, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Hounslow , Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Luton, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster
Shelter said the figures meant 109,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales would be in a hostel or temporary accommodation on 25 December, 103,430 of them in England.
Chief executive of Shelter, Campbell Robb, said:  "These figures are a heart-breaking reminder that thousands of families will wake up homeless this Christmas morning - many hidden away in a cramped and dingy B&B or hostel room, sometimes miles away from everyone and everything they know.
"With the double blow of cuts to welfare and a chronic lack of affordable housing, many more families are facing a desperate battle to keep a roof over their heads.
"Our advisors will be working non-stop to support the 109,000 children who'll be homeless this Christmas, but we're struggling to keep up with demand. That's why we urgently need more support from the public to help us make sure that no-one is left to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own."
A spokesman for the Local Government Association said councils finding it difficult to house homeless people because of a shortage of affordable homes and funding pressures.
He added: "It is important that councils have the funding and flexibilities to help those who find themselves homeless or at risk of homelessness. Local authorities also need the power to invest in building more homes that local communities can genuinely afford."
A person is considered "statutorily homeless" by the government if they no longer have a legal right to occupy their accommodation or if it would no longer be reasonable to live there, for example if it would lead to violence against them.
Other reasons included no longer being able to stay with family or friends, relationship breakdown and mortgage arrears leading to repossession.


Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called off a state visit to the Netherlands because of a threat that he could be arrested.

A separatist group, the Republic of South Moluccas (RMS), has asked a court to order his detention in connection with alleged human rights violations.
Mr Yudhoyono said that if he had gone ahead with the three-day visit, it might have led to a "misunderstanding".
Indonesian authorities crushed the RMS after it declared independence in 1950.
Indonesia flashpoints: The Moluccas
It was revived following the fall of President Suharto in 1998, and is currently based in the Netherlands, Indonesia's former colonial power.
From 1999 until 2002, ethnic violence in the Moluccas islands left an estimated 5,000 people dead and displaced 500,000 others.
A spokeswoman for a court in The Hague confirmed that the RMS had asked for an injunction to have Mr Yudhoyono arrested on arrival.
The group wanted him to face prosecution for the alleged human rights violations and the physical abuse of political prisoners, she added.
Mr Yudhoyono was reportedly already onboard his plane at Jakarta's airport on Tuesday when he decided to cancel the state visit.
"In recent days, a group has filed a request to the court to make an issue out of human rights in Indonesia and request the court to arrest me during the state visit to the Netherlands," he told reporters afterwards.
"What I cannot accept is if the president of Indonesia makes a visit to the Netherlands, after an invitation from the Netherlands, the court decides to arrest the president of Indonesia."
The BBC contacted the Dutch embassy in Jakarta about the president's plans but they had no comment.


A Russian court in Crimea has handed down a four-year jail term to a local activist for injuring a riot policeman during anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital Kiev last year.

Alexander Kostenko reportedly threw a stone at a Berkut policeman in Kiev.
Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March 2014, and Russian institutions set up there are not internationally recognised.
The prosecutor said more activists from the Kiev unrest would go on trial.
The case was heard in a court in Crimea's capital Simferopol. Kostenko was also found guilty of illegal possession of a weapon.
Kostenko denied involvement in the violence on Kiev's Maidan - Independence Square - on 18 February 2014, when the Berkut policeman from Crimea was injured.
His lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov said Kostenko would appeal against the sentence. He rejected the court's use of Russian law to prosecute a Ukrainian citizen for actions against other Ukrainians "on Ukrainian territory".
The Russian government says the Maidan unrest which toppled Ukraine's then-President Viktor Yanukovych was a "coup" supported by Western powers. Mr Yanukovych had refused to sign a far-reaching trade and co-operation pact with the EU.
Separately on Friday Russia's permanent representative to Nato, Alexander Grushko, said Russia would "partially strengthen" its military forces in Crimea, "because Nato countries are intensifying their activities, deploying new capabilities right near our borders".


Separate talks are due to be held between the management of Dublin's tram system and Siptu, the union representing Luas drivers.

It follows four days of stoppages by Luas drivers in a dispute over pay. Workers want an increase of up to 53% while management are offering between 1% and 3%.
The disruption has affected about 90,000 commuters in Dublin each day.
Further strikes are planned on 8 and 17 March.
The strike planned for 17 March falls on St Patrick's Day, a national holiday in the Republic of Ireland.
The union said its members believe they are underpaid, particularly when compared to workers doing similar jobs in Irish Rail.
Transdev, the private company that operates the Luas, said a workers' pay claim of up to 53% was not sustainable and would add 6m euros (Â£4.65m ) to its costs.


US Attorney General Eric Holder has urged federal law enforcement agencies to equip some of their officers with the heroin overdose antidote naloxone.

Mr Holder called the increase in overdose deaths "nothing less than a public health crisis".
Some state and local law enforcement groups, including the New York Police Department, already require officers to carry the drug while on patrol.
Naloxone works by reversing the effects of opioid drugs for about 30 minutes.
The delay gives emergency medical workers enough time to reach an overdose victim.
"I am confident that expanding the availability of naloxone has the potential to save the lives, families and futures of countless people across the nation," Mr Holder said while announcing the policy to a law enforcement conference.
Twenty-five states have approved the use of the drug either as an inhalant or an injection.
Though some critics say the drug enables addicts, it has become adopted by cities and states as heroin use surges.
In the US, heroin overdoses increased 45% between 2006-2010, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
In New York City, police began carrying $60 (Â£36) kits, which contain two syringes and two inhalers of naloxone, in May. The kits have a shelf-life of two years.
New York state attorney general Eric Schneiderman said police carrying naloxone in state's Suffolk County saved 563 lives in 2013.
A similar programme in Quincy, Massachusetts, was the first to require officers to carry naloxone. Since autumn 2010, the department's officers have used the treatment 221 times and successfully reversed 211 overdoses.


First aid skills should be taught in schools to counter the rise in knife crime among young people, a leading London trauma surgeon has said.

Duncan Bew, a consultant at King's College Hospital, said he has seen increasingly ferocious stabbing injuries inflicted on children.
In 2016, 299 children were caught carrying knives in schools, up from 152 in 2011, according to the Met Police.
The first-aid skills would mean fewer deaths from stab injuries, Mr Bew said.
The number of pupils caught in possession of knives in schools has risen for a fifth successive year, according to Met Police statistics.
"There's a need to raise public preparedness," Mr Bew said.
The surgeon co-founded Growing Against Violence which provides training in schools for 10-15 year olds to reduce gang membership and tackle violence, including equipping them with first aid techniques.
"We see more stabbing victims around the end of school than any other time," Mr Bew said.
"Gone are the days of children coming in having fallen off their bikes, now it's all because of knives."
The family of murdered teenager Quamari Barnes told BBC London that for some children carrying a knife came as naturally as picking up "their keys or mobile phone".
Justin (not his real name), was 12 years old when his mother found a hunting knife in his bag as he left for school.
"All the bigger boys in my class bully me and make me feel scared, they threaten me," he told the BBC.
"I wanted to carry a knife to look cool."
His mother said she "wasn't angry at all; I'm just really concerned."
"I live on an estate and I see bad things all the time. The situation will get worse because young people are competing against each other," she added.
First aid is taught in some schools as part of the personal, social, health and economics education (PSHE) curriculum - but it is not compulsory.
In March, the government announced PSHE would be made compulsory in all state schools, but there is no timetable for its introduction.
The government is currently consulting on what to include in the permanent curriculum.


Two EU agencies employing more than 1,000 in London will definitely move to the continent, despite UK attempts to keep them after Brexit, officials say.

The British government said this week that their location would be decided during Brexit talks.
But a European Commission spokesman has insisted they should move to the EU.
"The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union and it will have no say in the location of EU agencies," said Margaritis Schinas.
The European Medicines Agency has 897 staff while the European Banking Authority employs 159 people, and the UK's decision to leave the EU has prompted interest from several EU countries in hosting the two highly specialised organisations.
What will happen to the UK-based agencies?
The UK department run by Brexit Secretary David Davis appeared to hold out hope on Monday that the two agencies might remain in London. In a statement it said no decisions had yet been taken and that the two sides would discuss how best to continue co-operating on bank and medicine regulation.
But Mr Schinas said relocating was a consequence of Brexit. "A matter for the negotiations will be the duty for the United Kingdom to facilitate the transfer of these agencies, helping to ease the practical and financial burden for the experts working there who will have to relocate to another city in the EU."
It also emerged that UK Prime Minister Theresa May had spoken to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker since her decision to call a general election on 8 June.
The Commission spokesman said "real political negotiations" on Brexit would not start until after the vote.
On 29 April EU government leaders will meet to discuss guidelines proposed last month by Donald Tusk, who heads the European Council.
The UK prime minister formally triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and EU officials say they do not expect the election to make any difference to the timing of talks.


The roof of a former nightclub in Warrington has collapsed after a "suspicious" blaze ripped through the building overnight.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire broke out at Mr Smith's on Wilson Patten Street at 02:00 BST.
The building suffered "severe damage" and nearby buildings were evacuated.
No-one is thought to have been injured in the blaze. The fire service said the scene was dangerous for crews as the roof collapsed into the building.
More than 50 firefighters have been tackling the blaze.
Nearby roads have been closed and drivers have been advised to avoid the area.


Vietnam has jailed two musicians for spreading anti-state propaganda, after they wrote songs critical of government policy.

Tran Vu Anh Binh and Vo Minh Tri were both convicted by a court in Ho Chi Minh City and sentenced to six and four years in prison respectively.
Detained in late 2011, the two were sentenced after a five-hour trial.
Ahead of the trial, rights group Amnesty International described their treatment as "ludicrous".
As well as social issues, their work included songs that criticised China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea and the Vietnamese government's handling of the row.
Beijing and Hanoi have overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea and tensions between the two nations have been rumbling for months.
In a statement on Monday Amnesty International called for the songwriters' release.
"This is a ludicrous way to treat people just for writing songs,'' said Rupert Abbott, the group's researcher on Vietnam.
''These men are prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression through their songs and non-violent activities, and should be freed."
The sentencing comes weeks after three bloggers accused of spreading anti-government propaganda were jailed for between four and 12 years.
''There is a very disturbing trend of repression against those who peacefully voice opinions the Vietnamese authorities do not like," said Mr Abbott.
The Communist Party is currently riven by factional splits over corruption and mismanagement of a now shaky economy, and so is very sensitive to criticism, says the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.
Earlier this month, the party was forced to issue a public apology for the behaviour of some officials who have become very wealthy during the recent boom years.
But the jailing of songwriters shows it will not tolerate ordinary citizens drawing attention to its failings, our correspondent adds.


Former Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel has made the longlist for this year's prize, it has been announced.

The author, who won in 2009 for Wolf Hall, is nominated for sequel Bring Up The Bodies.
The 12 nominees, which also include Will Self, Michael Frayn and Deborah Levy, were selected from 145 titles.
The shortlist of six authors will be announced on 11 September, with the winner of the Â£50,000 prize named on 16 October.
This year's longlist includes four debut novelists - Rachel Joyce, Alison Moore, Jeet Thayil and Sam Thompson.
The oldest author is Michael Frayn at 78 with Ned Beauman the youngest at 27.
"Goodness, madness and bewildering urban change are among the themes of this year's longlist," chair of the judges and Times literary supplement editor, Sir Peter Stothard, said.
"In an extraordinary year for fiction the Man Booker Dozen proves the grip that the novel has on our world.
Sir Peter told the BBC the selected works were "all books that will last", tackling subjects including dementia, the state of the city, the pace of technological change and "some strong attempts to deal with the nature of virtue".
He said each of the novels on the longlist had been re-read by the judges "at least once" and he believed they would "repay reading more than once".
"We want people to take them away and read them on holiday," he added, "but its more important to me that they bring them back and read them again. They shouldn't be left on the sand."
Joining Sir Peter on the judging panel are Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens, aka Matthew Crawley, critic Dinah Birch, historian Amanda Foreman and writer Bharat Tandon.
Foreman wrote the book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley.
Bharat Tandon specialises in teaching British and US literature while Birch has a background in Victorian literature and is an expert on Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters.
The winning author is likely to see a considerable sales increase after the win.
Last year's winner, The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes, went on to sell more than 100,000 copies.
The shortest novel of the six finalists, it deals with the themes of childhood friendship and the imperfections of memory.
The story is narrated by a middle-aged man, Tony Webster, who reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken as the past catches up with him via a bequeathed diary.
However, judges faced criticism last year for placing an emphasis on "readable" works, with some saying the notion of artistic achievement had been abandoned in favour of a "dumbed down" shortlist.
Commenting on the longlist, Jonathan Ruppin from Foyles bookshops said it was "one of the most delightful and unexpected longlists in years".
"The absence of certain big names - Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan, and Zadie Smith in particular - may worry some retailers, but this is terrific opportunity for bookshops to show readers how much amazing fiction can be found off the beaten track," he said.
"The fact that thousands of readers will be trying writers like Deborah Levy, Jeet Thayil and Ned Beauman should be a genuinely thrilling prospect for all those who care about contemporary fiction."


Protection for holidaymakers if operators go bust is to be strengthened and made clearer, following new rules approved by MEPs.

EU tourists booking a break will be told whether the deal constitutes a "package holiday".
Operators ensure that anyone on a package deal is flown home if an airline goes bust, or is given a refund or replacement if hotels go under.
UK travel organisation Abta argued that the rules should have gone further.
It said that the extra protection failed to cover all trips that "look and feel like a package holiday" to consumers.
The new rules were given approval by the European Parliament and must be adopted by member states in the next two years.
European officials decided to review rules made in 1990 owing to the changing way that holidaymakers buy holidays, with many more now booked online.
Protection for package holiday deals has been in place for some time, with an operator responsible for all aspects of the holiday, should things go wrong. For example, a refund or replacement of a hire car would be the responsibility of the tour operator if the provider went bust.
New Flight Plus arrangements were added in the UK a few years ago, giving greater protection to those who book a flight and then a hotel through the same website than to those who book everything independently.
Now the new EU rules ensure that it is clear to holidaymakers whether their deal is a full package holiday, and which consumer protections that includes.
A new "linked travel arrangement" system relates to those who book a flight online and are then invited to click through for other services such as a hotel, which they then book in the next 24 hours.
The new rules will make it clear which operator is liable at each stage of the holiday and customers will be guaranteed the right to compensation if services provided are not up to standard.
Business trips arranged by an organiser through a general agreement are excluded from new rules, as these agreements usually offer separate protection for travellers.


Omawumi Megbele is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, who gained attention as the 2007 runner-up on the reality TV show West Africa Idols and has subsequently won multiple awards in Nigeria.

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Her debut single In the Music was a hit, and she has since released two albums - Wonderwoman and The Lasso of Truth.
If You Ask Me, the soulful song Omawumi performs for Africa Beats, tells the story of a girl made pregnant by her own father, and demands action be taken to confront and stop child abuse.
The song is produced by Cobhams Asuquo, one of the most influential figures in Nigerian contemporary music.
If you have been affected by anything in this video, there are details of information and support that is available here.
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There's money to be made from other people's mistakes: $110m (Â£85m) of it, to be precise.

That's the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls "the world's most accurate online grammar checker".
It has persuaded venture capital firms including General Catalyst, IVP and Spark Capital to support its platform.
The eight-year-old firm, based in San Francisco, offers "mistake-free writing every time" to 6.9 million users.
The start-up was founded in 2009 by Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn.
Its software uses spell-checking, proof-reading and plagiarism detection tools, scanning text for the correct use of more than 250 advanced grammar rules.
But not everyone sees the need for Grammarly. One online reaction posted to the announcement of the firm's venture round was: "I rather learn to write without mistakes than let a program correct it" (perhaps inadvertently proving its usefulness).
On the other hand, Grammarly's efforts provide no guarantee that your prose will be a joy to read.
Its own website contains the sentence: "Enhance your sentences with Grammarly's context-optimized word choice suggestions to instantly improve the readability of your document."
Clearly split infinitives are safe from the software's forensic gaze.


McLaren are a mess and anyone who thinks it is just the Honda engine keeping them off the pace is deluding themselves, BBC F1 chief analyst Eddie Jordan says.

In the build-up to the British Grand Prix, we put your questions to former F1 team owner Jordan and he didn't pull any punches...
The clothes, Eddie, why? WHY?!?! #myeyes - Matt Bone
"Because they make me feel cool and young."
Do you agree that in order for Lewis Hamilton to be considered a great champion he needs to compete against a much better team-mate? - Drew Constable
"I wouldn't be so quick to ask that question when there are only 10 points between the two Mercedes drivers heading into Silverstone. Nico Rosberg is undoubtedly gathering a momentum. Of course he is not as quick as Lewis and I think Lewis will become world champion again this year.
"Having said that, Hamilton will always have little question marks over him while he continues to make silly mistakes like he did in Austria, where he ran over the white line on the pit exit and got a penalty. He needs to rid himself of those to be described as one of the great world champions of all time."
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Should F1 consider ideas such as reverse grids or wetting the track at random? - Richard Moores
"It all seems extremely false to me, but we have had Kers and the DRS overtaking aid and some people would say all we are doing is making it possible to be able to pass. There is an argument that things are too easy for those at the front at the moment, with blue flags making it like the parting of the red sea when they come up on backmarkers.
"I would like to see some different approaches, but reverse grids? It has been spoken about for decades but never happened. It sounds too contrived to me."
When the message you intended leaves your brain, are you also sometimes surprised by what your mouth actually utters? - Stewart Hutcheson
"Continually, but it's been like that since birth. Very often I engage the talking process before the brain is even engaged, if there is one there in the first place."
How on Earth can McLaren bounce back from this season? Things go from bad to worse with each race. Honda are a mess - Steve Baker
"You can say Honda is a mess. But so are McLaren. They have been a shadow of their former selves since they arrogantly stated that Lewis Hamilton would rue the day he left McLaren. Look how that has rebounded on them.
"That arrogance is still there at the top of McLaren. They are hopelessly off the pace and anyone who thinks it is just the engine is deluding themselves. The engine is a lot of it, but there are lots of other issues there.
"I personally think the day McLaren started building road cars was the day they took their eye off the ball in F1, and I will be surprised if they ever come close to winning titles again while that road car programme is still going and while the current management structure is in place.
"McLaren boss Ron Dennis sacked ex-team principal Martin Whitmarsh. But Whitmarsh never did the job of running that team as badly as Dennis is doing it now."
Do you think Red Bull team principal Christian Horner's idea for ex-Mercedes F1 team boss Ross Brawn to get involved with new ways of making Formula 1 more exciting is a good idea? - Jonathan Orchard
"It can't be a bad idea. He is an expert, a champion in F1 and sportscars so he knows the angles. Personally, though, I would choose Gary Anderson because he has the most pragmatic sporting brain I have ever come across in F1."
What do you think of today's Scalextric-sound-alike cars. If you think they ought to be changed, how? - Paul McCarthy
"Noise in F1 is something I grew up with and I do miss it. I thought the noise was an important part of the show and will always think that. However, I'm sure there are new people who have been enticed to the sport recently who would not know any difference. My bigger concern is how motorsport governing body the FIA went about the engine rule change, particularly the costs and the damaging effects they are having on the budgets of the smaller teams.
Does F1 have an identity crisis? - Chris Phillips
"In certain parts of the world, absolutely not. It is taking on a new face. My concern is we don't seem to have enough young people at the races. We have to make more heroes in F1, with the drivers and team principals, and make the show and the sport more appealing on a more open and global basis."
Will Renault quit F1 after 2016? - ngho
"Renault president Carlos Ghosn is a tough, ruthless man, so making a decision won't be a problem for him and he will make it based on economics. Renault have been in the sport a very long time. Their previous turbo engine in the late 1970s and 1980s was amazing. This latest one is being castigated as not being remotely close to Mercedes, mostly by Red Bull. I have no doubt that there will be a divorce between Red Bull and Renault. But whether that will trigger Renault leaving the sport is another matter."
How close is the US/Qatar deal to buy out F1 owner CVC Capital Partners and will that be bye bye Bernie Ecclestone? - Matt
"Very often, these sorts of people try to keep things secret. This is different. But the people are serious and have made various sporting organisations better. If they can do that with F1, I welcome it. Certainly, some things need to change in F1 to make it longer-lasting and more exciting.
"According to Max Mosley - former president of the FIA - it would not be bye-bye Bernie. This would be, I think, the fourth time there had been a change of ownership and Bernie's position has remained at least as strong as before. How can the same person sell a business four times, cash in on the deal and never lose control or authority? That is Bernie. He is an entrepreneur in capital letters. The man is a genius when it comes to positioning himself with current and indeed new potential owners."
Why not introduce even distribution of revenues? - Guus van Lienen
"It is a good question. The revenue stream in F1 has always been contentious. I do believe some teams should get more for historical reasons. I was one of those who agreed that 3% off the top of the total prize fund should go to Ferrari. I felt it was the right return for Ferrari's loyalty and commitment, and the support they get from the fans.
"But I do think it is wrong that, for example, if Lotus were to win the championship, they would get significantly less money than McLaren. How can that be right? I'm not singling out McLaren. The same would apply to Red Bull.
"Where Bernie got caught out was he made an agreement with Mercedes that if they won two consecutive titles and a specific number of races in those seasons, they would get the same money as Red Bull."
If Bernie asked you how you'd change F1 for the better, where would you start, and what would you get rid of first? - Lyria
"I would make the revenue distribution more equitable and encourage GP2 teams to make the jump, instead of discouraging them with stupid rules like new teams not getting paid for three years. You wouldn't believe how good some of these teams are and how good they would be in F1. It would be nice to see pre-qualifying and teams fighting to even get the chance to be on the grid, as it was when I started."


England, Wales and Northern Ireland cannot all be drawn in the same Euro 2016 group after Uefa released the initial seedings for next summer's tournament in France.

Roy Hodgson's side are in pot one with Wales and Northern Ireland in pot four.
If the Republic of Ireland win their play-off they will be in pot three or pot four, depending on other results.
A potential group is England, Euro 2012 finalists Italy, the Czech Republic and Wales or Northern Ireland.
The seedings are based on Uefa's national team coefficient rankings, which includes past records in tournaments.
The other top seeds for the finals are holders Spain, hosts France, world champions Germany, Portugal and Belgium, who are set to become the number one team in Fifa's rankings.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary are the seeds in the play-off draw, which takes place on Sunday.
The Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Slovenia are their possible opponents in the two-legged deciders, which will be played between 12 and 17 November.
The draw for the finals takes place on 12 December.


A court in Brazil has approved a controversial hydro-electric project in the Amazon rainforest, overturning an earlier ruling.

Last week a judge blocked construction of the Belo Monte dam, saying it did not meet environmental standards.
But a higher court on Thursday said there was no need for all conditions to be met in order for work to begin.
Critics say the project threatens wildlife and will make thousands of people homeless.
The Monte Belo dam is a cornerstone of President Dilma Rousseff's plan to upgrade Brazil's energy infrastructure.
Controversial plan
Licences still have to be granted for the actual building of the plant, but in January, Brazilian environment agency Ibama gave the go-ahead to clear land at the site.
The government says the dam is crucial for development and will create jobs, as well as provide electricity to 23 million homes.
The 11,000-megawatt dam would be the third biggest in the world - after the Three Gorges in China and Itaipu, which is jointly run by Brazil and Paraguay.
It has long been a source of controversy, with bidding halted three times before the state-owned Companhia Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco was awarded the contract last year.
Celebrities such as the singer Sting and film director James Cameron have joined environmentalists in their campaign against the project.
They say the 6km (3.7 miles) dam will threaten the survival of a number of indigenous groups and could make some 50,000 people homeless, as 500 sq km (190 sq miles) of land would be flooded.


Five UN peacekeepers have been killed in a mortar attack on their base in Kidal in northern Mali.

Thirty others were injured in the raid, which involved rockets and a truck bomb.
A local militia that signed a peace deal with the government last year blamed Islamist militants for the attack, Reuters news agency reports.
The UN is trying to restore peace to the north, which was overrun in 2012 by jihadists and ethnic Tuareg groups.
The al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, who fell out with Tuareg separatists, were ousted from northern towns by a French led-force in 2013.
Last June, Tuareg-led rebels and other Arab groups seeking more autonomy for the north signed a ceasefire agreement with the government.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says attacks on peacekeepers "constitute a war crime," and will not deter them from supporting the Malian government.
Three of those killed were from Guinea. The nationalities of the other dead and wounded have not been revealed.
The attack in Kidal comes 48 hours after the UN representative in the country, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, visited the area.
It is the latest in a series of attacks on the UN force, made up of 10,000 soldiers from dozens of different contributor countries - the majority from Mali's West African neighbours.
"This serious act reflects the disarray of the enemies of peace since it comes at a time when the implementation of the peace agreement increasingly becomes a reality in Mali," Mr Annadif said in a statement.
In a separate incident, three Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush on a military convoy near Timbuktu. It is not clear who is behind the attack.
Militancy in Mali


Six Celtic and four Aberdeen players have been selected in PFA Scotland's Premiership team of the year.

Partick Thistle's Liam Lindsay makes up the XI voted on by top-flight players.
Celtic defenders Mikael Lustig and Kieran Tierney, midfielders Stuart Armstrong and Scott Brown, plus Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair feature.
And goalkeeper Joe Lewis, right-back Shay Logan, midfielder Kenny McLean and winger Jonny Hayes make up the Dons contingent.
Premiership team of the year (4-3-3): Joe Lewis; Shay Logan, Mikael Lustig, Liam Lindsay, Kieran Tierney; Stuart Armstrong, Scott Brown, Kenny McLean; Jonny Hayes, Moussa Dembele, Scott Sinclair.
Celtic secured a sixth straight top-flight title in April, while Aberdeen are on course to finish as runners-up for the third season running. Thistle claimed their first Premiership top-six finish this season.
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In the Championship team of the year, six clubs are represented with league winners Hibernian having four of the players.
Championship team of the year (4-3-3): Cammy Bell, (Dundee United); Nicky Devlin (Ayr United), Darren McGregor (Hibernian), Thomas O'Ware (Greenock Morton), Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian); Stephen Mallan (St Mirren), John McGinn (Hibernian), Ross Forbes (Greenock Morton); Tony Andreu (Dundee United), Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South), Jason Cummings (Hibernian).
Winners Livingston and runners-up Alloa Athletic each have four players in the League One team of the year.
League One team of the year (4-3-3): Neil Parry (Alloa Athletic); Ryan McGeever (Queen's Park), Andy Graham (Alloa Athletic), Jonathan Page (East Fife), Calum Waters (Alloa Athletic); Scott Pittman (Livingston), Shaun Byrne (Livingston), Jordan Kirkpatrick (Alloa Athletic); Andy Ryan (Airdrieonians), Liam Buchanan (Livingston), Danny Mullen (Livingston).
And title challengers Arbroath and Forfar Athletic are well represented in the League Two team of the year.
League Two team of the year (4-3-3): Chris Smith (Stirling Albion); Ricky Little (Arbroath), Thomas O'Brien (Forfar Athletic), Colin Hamilton (Arbroath), Archie MacPhee (Elgin City); Brian Cameron (Elgin City), Thomas Reilly (Elgin City), Bobby Linn (Arbroath); Steven Doris (Arbroath), Shane Sutherland (Elgin City), Peter MacDonald (Clyde).


A man has been charged over an acid attack on a woman and her cousin in east London.

Resham Khan and Jameel Muhktar, 37, had been celebrating Ms Khan's 21st birthday before the attack.
Acid was thrown on them through their car window on 21 June while they were waiting at traffic lights in Beckton.
John Tomlin, 24, has been charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court later.
Ms Khan, a student at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Mr Muhktar suffered severe burns to the face and body in the attack.
The attacker then threw more of the acid at Mr Muhktar before fleeing the scene, police said.


A woman is feared dead after a crocodile attack in Australia's Daintree National Park.

The woman, named locally as Cindy Waldron, 46, from Lithgow in New South Wales, was reportedly swimming with a friend on Sunday evening at Thornton Beach near Cairns in north Queensland.
She was in waist-deep water when she was attacked, media reports said.
The last fatal attack in the area occurred in 2009, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"We would hold grave fears for the welfare of the woman," police spokesman Russell Parker said.
"Her 47-year-old friend tried to grab her and drag her to safety and she just wasn't able to do that.
"[The friend] then ran to a nearby business and raised the alarm, and from that point police and other authorities were advised.
"They had been walking along the beach and they've decided to go for a swim just in waist-deep water at Thornton Beach and probably a very nice, clear night, but obviously may not have been aware of the dangers."
Nine News reported that witnesses heard the woman yell: "A croc's got me, a croc's got me."
Neil Noble, of the Queensland state ambulance service, said a 5m (16ft) crocodile had been reported recently in the area.
A search for the missing woman, helped by a rescue helicopter, resumed on Monday. A local cafe is being used as a command post by the search team.
The woman's friend is being treated for grazes and shock.
'An avoidable tragedy'
Residents told Australian media that the area was a known crocodile habitat.
And local MP Warren Entsch said the area was popular with crocodile-spotting tours and there were many warning signs.
"This is a tragedy but it was avoidable," he told reporters.
"If you go in swimming at 10 o'clock at night, you're going to get consumed."
Crocodiles are common in Australia's tropical north and kill an average of two people each year, according to AFP news agency.


Phil Burleigh's late try gave Edinburgh back-to-back wins and clinched the 1872 Cup against Glasgow Warriors.

With seven minutes left Alan Solomons' team trailed to a Mark Bennett try and six points from Duncan Weir to three penalties for Sam Hidalgo-Clyne.
Burleigh's score put Edinburgh 14-11 in front and Glasgow piled on massive pressure in the game's dying embers but could not break a mighty home defence.
Edinburgh go fourth, while Pro12 holders Glasgow remain eighth.
Gregor Townsend's side made an impressive start, stung by the inconvenience of having to play in Edinburgh's backyard for the second time in a week on account of their own pitch at Scotstoun being waterlogged.
Weir banged over an early penalty and it was then that Edinburgh's problems out of touch began in earnest. The home side lost three of their own line-outs inside the first 15 minutes, a lack of accuracy that Glasgow could not capitalise on.
Indeed, two Hidalgo-Clyne penalties put Edinburgh 6-3 ahead before a fourth lineout went astray.
What Edinburgh had in abundance was a dogged defence. They were quick and thunderous, hitting Glasgow hard and often.
The visitors had all the ball but the ferocity and organisation of the Edinburgh defence was too much for them. Glasgow went through the phases but went nowhere. Then the mistakes came and the head-wreck continued.
They made their breakthrough just after the half-hour when patience inside Edinburgh's 22 saw a gap open up and in scampered Bennett for the score. Weir missed a kickable conversion.
The war of attrition carried on. It was intense but ugly stuff. All the ball-players were frozen out, almost redundant in the battle.
Edinburgh lost another lineout at the start of the second half, a lack of accuracy that was added to when Hidalgo-Clyne missed with a penalty attempt. Weir slotted one just before the hour to put Glasgow 11-6 ahead.
A sixth Edinburgh lineout went south, but their malfunction did not stop Hidalgo-Clyne making it 11-9 after the home pack won a scrum penalty.
Edinburgh found some precision with their lineout when they needed it most. They put a penalty to touch, secured ball and moved it to the other side of the Murrayfield pitch. After some ponderous phases, Burleigh went through a non-tackle from Stuart Hogg for the winning score.
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Mark Bennett, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont, Duncan Weir, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Greg Peterson, Jonny Gray (captain), Ryan Wilson, Chris Fusaro, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Shalva Mamukashvili, Ryan Grant, Sila Puafisi, Leone Nakarawa, Hugh Blake; Grayson Hart, Peter Murchie, Lee Jones.
Edinburgh: Jack Cuthbert, Dougie Fife, Michael Allen, Matt Scott, Damien Hoyland, Phil Burleigh, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; Rory Sutherland, Ross Ford, WP Nel, Anton Bresler, Ben Toolis, Mike Coman (captain), John Hardie, Cornell Du Preez.
Replacements: Neil Cochrane, Allan Dell, John Andress, Alex Toolis, Jamie Ritchie, Sean Kennedy, Greig Tonks, Andries Strauss.


Most of us are familiar with the term equinox, indicating the start of spring in March and the start of autumn, which this year fell on 22 September.

The equinox occurs twice a year when the centre of the Sun passes directly over the equator.
But while many assume that day and night are equal in length on that day, this is not exactly the case.
At sunrise and sunset we clearly see the edge of the Sun for longer than its centre - so we are really seeing the star before the official sunrise.
Similarly, at sunset it is the edge of the Sun that we see last.
During these times and because of light being refracted by the earth's atmosphere when the Sun is below the horizon, we actually have light in the sky before sunrise and after sunset.
That gives us more light than dark during a 24-hour period.
So taking into account this twilight effect, the date on which day and night actually are equal in length, falls two or three days after the equinox in autumn and similar before the equinox in spring.
This date is the lesser known Equilux which fell on 25 September.
After the equilux, nights get longer in the autumn and days get longer in the spring.
Technically or astronomically, it means that during the period of a year, we should get a bit more light than dark.
However, what we actually get depends on another factor: The weather!
It's a big ask here in Northern Ireland, but could we have more clear skies than cloud please?


A top police officer mocked a colleague's boob job during an "inappropriate and hurtful" drunken tirade, a disciplinary panel has heard.

Assistant Chief Constable Rebekah Sutcliffe branded temporary Supt Sarah Jackson "silly, vain and frivolous" for going under the knife.
The pair, of Greater Manchester Police, were attending a Senior Women In Policing conference at the time.
Ms Sutcliffe admits misconduct but denies gross misconduct.
During an hour-long outburst at Manchester's Hilton Hotel, the misconduct hearing was told, Ms Sutcliffe brought up the subject of Ms Jackson's recent breast enhancement surgery.
She said she "used to respect her but no longer did since she had the boob job".
Ms Sutcliffe went on to say that Ms Jackson was "a laughing stock" among the force's chief officer team and was judged on the size of her breasts, the panel sitting at the force's headquarters heard.
Fiona Barton QC, opening the case for Greater Manchester Police, said Ms Sutcliffe told Ms Jackson she was "unlikely" to be promoted because her "credibility was zero and nobody took her seriously".
"It does not matter how hard you work now because you will always just be known as the girl who had the tit job," she is alleged to have said.
Miss Barton said Ms Sutcliffe pulled her own dress down, exposed her left breast and said: "These are the breasts of someone who has had three children.
"They are ugly but I don't feel the need to pump myself full of silicone to get self-esteem".
The panel heard Ms Sutcliffe made repeated attempts to apologise to Ms Jackson the following day and told her she "deeply regretted" it.
She later said she was "frazzled" and had been drinking too much to cope with stress in her personal and professional life.
John Beggs QC, representing Ms Sutcliffe, said it was "stupid" his client allowed herself to drink too much and had behaved "unkindly" towards Ms Jackson
He read out a statement from Sir Peter Fahy, the former chief constable of GMP, who said: "I have the highest regard for Rebekah's professional abilities.
"She is a gifted individual who has overcome a number of professional challenges ... with a strong principle of social justice and care of victims."
He added, though, that "with every strong leader, she had her weak points and human frailties".
Ms Sutcliffe, who is currently suspended, is accused of discreditable conduct and failing to treat Ms Jackson with respect or courtesy and abusing her position and authority.
Ms Jackson, who has since transferred to Cumbria Constabulary, was not at the hearing.
The hearing continues.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has unveiled new gun control laws in the wake of the deadly Oregon school shooting.

She proposes abolishing legislation that protects gun makers and dealers from being sued by shooting victims.
Mrs Clinton also vowed to use executive powers as president to expand background checks at gun shows and ban domestic abusers from purchasing guns.
The issue of gun control is a hugely divisive issue in the US.
Her announcement comes after a deadly shooting at Umqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, last week left eight students and a teacher dead.
She told a rally in New Hampshire: "I will try every way I can to get those guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them.
"We need to prevent these kinds of terrible crimes that are happening."
Hillary Clinton's firm stand on gun control, outlining the legislation she backs as well as the unilateral actions she would take as president, represents both an opportunity and a risk for her White House campaign.
It's an opportunity because gun control is one of the few issues where she can convincingly run to the left of the populist - and increasingly popular - Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has a mixed record on supporting increased firearm regulation, including voting against background checks in 1993 and for shielding gun manufacturers from negligence lawsuits in 2005.
The challenge for Mrs Clinton is the perception that gun control is a losing issue for Democrats in the general election. In 2000 Al Gore's failure to win pro-gun Southern states like Tennessee and Arkansas - and, as a result, the presidency - was attributed to his strong pro-regulation position. Since then, Democrats have been extremely reluctant to campaign on guns, believing that it will enflame their opponents while doing little to rally their base.
Mrs Clinton may think that equation has changed. She may have decided to take a long-term risk for immediate help in her nomination fight. Or, perhaps, she feels strongly enough about the issue not to care about the politics.
Her stance means she is going further in toughening the law than her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, who has called for "sensible gun-control legislation".
The father of the gunman, Christopher Harper Mercer, who killed himself during an exchange with police, has called for more gun control in the US.
"I'm not trying to say that that's to blame for what happened, but if Chris had not been able to get hold of 13 guns, this wouldn't have happened," he told CNN.
Republican rivals insist that restricting gun access will not do anything to prevent mass shootings.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said "more government" is not the answer to tragedies.
"There's always a crisis and the impulse is always to do something, and it's not necessarily the right thing to do," he said.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said the shooting was "another mental health problem."


One of the biggest collectors of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia has died following a short illness.

Jersey-based collector David Gainsborough-Roberts, 73, spent his life collecting a variety of memorabilia from famous people.
Last year he sold his entire Marilyn Monroe collection, making Â£1.5m which he said would go to charity.
Mr Gainsborough-Roberts was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, and died in Jersey on Saturday.
His collection focused on popular history of the 19th and 20th Century, and included keys and coats from the Titanic; Winston Churchill's Stetson hat; and guns owned by Billy the Kid. He even had a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers.
He would tell friends and family that making money from his collection was never the point. He told his friend Murray Norton that "the point is they have a story attached to them".
Mr Norton said his fame stretched far and wide but he would always make time for people.
"If you went to America people would know David Gainsborough-Roberts because he was a regular on the Joan Rivers Show.
"He was known throughout the world. He would give talks in far flung places from Germany to California," Mr Norton said.
Friends have described him as a kind and generous man with a lot of character and enthusiasm.


When Peter Robinson became first minister of Northern Ireland in 2008, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said Stormont's "honeymoon period" was over.

As a founder member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Mr Robinson had spent almost 30 years in Ian Paisley's shadow before taking over the top job.
But his relationship with his partners in government was a colder affair.
During his tenure, it looked many times like the DUP's so-called "love-in" with Sinn Féin was heading for a divorce.
For much of his career, Peter Robinson emulated the uncompromising, hardline unionism of his mentor - the late Ian Paisley.
But he is likely to be remembered as a shrewd political strategist who helped to build the DUP into the biggest political party in Northern Ireland, before laying the ground for its historic power-sharing agreement with its once sworn enemies, Sinn Féin.
Born in Belfast in 1948, Peter David Robinson was educated at the city's Annadale Grammar school and then what is now Belfast Metropolitan College, before taking a job as an estate agent.
His decision to swap 'for sale' signs for election posters was made in 1971, just as the Troubles in Northern Ireland were reaching their height.
The IRA murder of his former school friend, 23-year-old Harry Beggs, spurred the young estate agent to join Ian Paisley's DUP.
By 1979, Mr Robinson had won his first Westminster election, becoming East Belfast MP, a seat he would hold for the next 30 years.
He became deputy leader of the DUP in 1980 and played a leading role in the 'Ulster Says No' campaign against the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, which gave the Republic of Ireland a consultative role in Northern Ireland's affairs.
As part of the DUP's anti-agreement protest, Mr Robinson led an "incursion" over the Irish border in 1986, when he and 500 loyalists entered the County Monaghan village of Clontibret.
He ended up in a Republic of Ireland court, where he pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly and paid a fine.
There was further controversy later that year, when Mr Robinson was photographed wearing a beret at a rally of the paramilitary Ulster Resistance movement.
In addition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement protest, the DUP also fiercely opposed the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, refusing to share power with Sinn Féin until the republican party agreed to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
The once-unthinkable happened in 2007, when the famous firebrand Ian Paisley went into government with former IRA man turned politician, Martin McGuinness.
But while Mr Paisley struck up an unlikely friendship with the deputy first minister, earning the pair the nickname, the Chuckle Brothers, Mr Robinson appeared to have a fractious relationship with Mr McGuinness.
Disputes over flags, parades, welfare reform, as well as past and present paramilitary activity threatened to bring down the power-sharing institution on several occasions during his tenure.
Mr Robinson also stepped aside twice as first minister - firstly to clear his name in a business scandal involving his wife, Iris Robinson, when her extra-marital affair with a teenage cafe owner was exposed in 2010.
A BBC Spotlight investigation revealed that Mrs Robinson, who was also an MP, MLA and councillor, had obtained £50,000 from two property developers to help her teenage lover, Kirk McCambley, launch his cafe business in south Belfast.
She tried to kill herself after the affair ended and resigned from politics for health reasons shortly before the scandal became public.
An inquiry later cleared Mr Robinson of allegations of wrongdoing - namely that he had been aware of the £50,000 payments but failed to inform the authorities.
However, he was politically damaged by the scandal and in the 2010 general election, he lost the Westminster seat he had held since 1979 to the Alliance MLA Naomi Long.
Although many critics expected him to resign at that stage, the DUP leader weathered his personal and political storms and led his party to victory in the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
Ever the pragmatist, later that year he said the DUP needed to reach out to Catholic voters in order to guarantee the long-term security of Northern Ireland's place within the UK.
He spoke of the need to end sectarianism, and made significant gestures that would once have been considered unacceptable for a DUP leader - such as attending a Catholic funeral Mass and a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) football match.
However, it was religious tensions of a different kind that led to Mr Robinson making a public apology in June 2014.
He defended a Christian pastor who had described Islam as "heathen" and "satanic", and who said he did not trust Muslims.
Mr Robinson faced criticism for saying that he personally would not trust Muslims involved in violence or those devoted to Sharia law, but would "trust them to go to the shops" for him.
The DUP later visited Muslim community leaders at Belfast Islamic Centre and apologised in person for his remarks.
A heart attack in May 2015 forced Mr Robinson to spend some time in hospital, but he was not replaced as first minister.
He was back in the public eye within days, blaming his health problems on his poor diet and lack of exercise.
Over the summer recess, he was forced to defend himself in a fresh financial scandal, after allegations that a politician or party from Northern Ireland stood to profit from the largest property deal ever made in Northern Ireland.
Mr Robinson denied any wrongdoing over the sale of the National Assets Management Agency's Northern Ireland property loan portfolio and robustly defended himself at a Stormont inquiry into the deal.
In September 2015, the first minister stepped aside for a second time, this time in protest after Sinn Féin's northern chairman Bobby Storey, was arrested by police investigating the murder of ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan just weeks earlier.
Mr Storey was later released without charge.
Mr Robinson resumed his post after an independent assessment of paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland concluded that the IRA's so-called 'army council' still existed but had a "wholly political focus".
During his time as first minister, Mr Robinson often spoke of his frustration with the political system at Stormont and the length of time it took to get anything done.
He described the current structures as "not fit for purpose" and called for significant reform.
The tensions between the DUP and Sinn Féin during his tenure led critics to claim that the two biggest parties were involved in a "sectarian carve-up" rather than carving out a shared future for unionists and nationalists.
Whether or not the latest Stormont deal will fix the problems that dogged Mr Robinson's time in office is yet to be determined.


Britain's Giles Scott enjoyed another dominant day in sailing's Finn class to close in on Olympic gold.

The world champion went into Saturday's racing as the overall leader and managed a victory and a third place.
With the lowest score winning, Scott is on 22 points - 16 clear of Slovenia's Vasilij Zbogar with three races left.
Scott, 29, is a four-time world champion bidding to follow in the footsteps of compatriot and four-time Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie.
"It's looking good going into the next two races but there's still a lot to play for," said Scott.
"Obviously having that points margin is a big confidence booster but I think the thing for me to be focusing on is that it isn't over.
"You can't get complacent. You have to attack days like I've done today so nothing really changes. But clearly having that margin is a good place for me."
Nick Thompson's medal hopes in the Laser category took a blow, as he finished 22nd in the 10th race, dropping to sixth.
Thompson, 30, was second after six races, but is 10 points outside the top three going into the medal race, which is worth double points.
Alison Young kept alive her hopes in the Laser Radial, winning the penultimate race to be eighth going into the medal race.
Ben Saxton and Nicola Groves dropped to third in the Nacra 17 mixed category, after they finished outside the top 10 in three of their four races on Saturday.
Charlotte Dobson and Sophie Ainsworth are sixth in the women's 49er class while in the men's equivalent Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign are 12th.
Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign have risen from 14th to 12th in the 49er fleet, but face a tough ask to finish in the medal hunt.


A football club chairman and his father were given a "loan" of more than £2.5m by a company set up to oversee the development of its stadium.

Administrators' reports suggest around £7m of £10.25m lent to Northampton Town by the local borough Council was passed to 1st Land Limited.
A total of £2.65m was then given to David Cardoza and his father, Anthony.
David Cardoza declined to comment, saying: "I'm under confidentiality so can't speak."
A report from March this year showed a dispute arose between the Cardozas and 1st Land, which has since gone into administration, over the money.
The Cardozas called it a "Joint Venture Fee" - money paid to one party to help carry out a jointly-run project - but 1st Land said it was a loan.
It is unclear what has since happened to the money.
The £10.25m loan was originally paid to the League Two club for the redevelopment of the new East Stand at Sixfields Stadium, along with a hotel and conference centre - none of which have been completed.
Contractors Buckingham Group were appointed to carry out the works, with 1st Land appointed to oversee the development.
When the company went into administration, it owed Northampton Town £7.3m and Buckingham Group more than £2m.
The Cardozas and fellow businessmen, Howard Grossman, his son Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick, feature as directors of several firms with business links to 1st Land and a second company appointed to oversee the development - County Developments (Northampton) Limited or CDNL.
Many of these companies have gone into liquidation.
Howard Grossman is listed as the only director of 1st Land; which is owned by another Grossman firm, County Group.
The administrators' report also lists payments of £314,000 to Howard Grossman for his salary; £1.475m to County Homes (Herts) Ltd and £233,000 to County Cemetery Services Limited.
The director of County Homes is also Howard Grossman.
County Cemetery Services lists two current directors: Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick.
David Cardoza was a director of the company until August last year.
It has also gone into administration - but not before a sale agreement was made with a company called Centurion Infinity Limited; whose directors are Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick.
After the collapse of 1st Land, CDNL took over the job of facilitating the Sixfields development. Its current directors are listed as David and Anthony Cardoza, while Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick resigned directorships in January.
That company has now also entered liquidation.
The club faces a winding-up petition, due to be heard on 16 November, from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).


Public Works Minister John Magufuli won the 2015 presidential election by a surprisingly large margin over his main challenger and former prime minister, Edward Lowassa.
Nicknamed "The Bulldozer" for his energetic road-building drive and reputation for honesty as minister, Mr Magufuli stood on promises to boost economic performance and, like the opposition, fight corruption.
But he was expected to face stiff resistance on the last count from civil servants from within his own Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which has run Tanzania since independence.
His other major election pledges - to tackle youth unemployment and establish free primary and secondary education - will to a large degree depend on cautious management of resources.
Mr Magufuli also faces rising political discontent on the island of Zanzibar, where local elections had to be scrapped over vote-rigging allegations shortly before he took office.
His predecessor, Jakaya Kikwete, devoted his two terms as president to continuing the country's broadly successful policy of economic liberalisation.


Lancaster Bomber veteran John Weston has celebrated his 90th birthday by performing a wing walk on a biplane.

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Mr Weston chose the performance to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society after losing his wife to the disease.
Jo Healey reports from Lincolnshire.
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British Vogue's new editor Edward Enninful has officially started his new job.

He's the first male editor in the magazine's history and takes over from Alexandra Shulman, who announced her departure in January.
She had spent 25 years in the role - a quarter of the magazine's lifetime.
The fashion world will be watching with interest to see what Enninful does as editor - his first move on Tuesday was to launch Vogue on Snapchat.
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Here are some of the key areas he's likely to work on:
Vogue has been on our shelves for 100 years. The magazine retains a loyal readership - the average issue sells 186,000 copies in the UK.
But Colin Morrison, a media consultant who writes for Flashes & Flames, says that figure includes 26,000 "multiple copy sales", where copies are sold at a discounted price to be distributed in shops or airport lounges.
"So their traditional figure is about 160,000 - which is a fair bit lower than the 200,000 they've enjoyed for a long time," he says.
Given the huge changes to the print industry in recent years, Vogue's sales have arguably held up relatively well.
But the figures don't tell us anything about who is still buying the paper magazine - and many younger readers are likely to have migrated online.
Interestingly, the first thing Vogue announced on Tuesday as Enninful officially took the reins was that the magazine was joining Snapchat.
It suggests Enninful is well aware of one of Vogue's biggest challenges, which is what the magazine's digital presence might be in the future.
British Vogue sold 8,000 digital copies per month in the second half of last year - low compared with the physical sales.
The online landscape is of course very different to print, with young consumers so used to getting so much content for free.
Hannah Rochell, acting fashion editor at the London Evening Standard, says Vogue's online presence will likely get much stronger as it becomes more distinct from its paper counterpart.
"I think they have to make their online content really engaging and to offer something different to what you get in the physical magazine," she says.
"Video content in particular is a very exciting thing for fashion because you can do so many different things with it - so there's huge potential for their online presence to grow."
It's worth bearing in mind that Teen Vogue has been a huge success online, speaking in a totally different language to its parent publication.
In recent years, publications like Vogue have arguably been overtaken by platforms such as Instagram as the gatekeepers of the fashion industry.
Now, if a designer wants to reach the widest possible audience, Vogue is not necessarily the first platform they would choose.
Advertisers are more likely to try and get Rihanna or GiGi Hadid to be seen wearing their clothes or posting about them on Twitter and Instagram.
Similarly, vloggers and bloggers are now a regular fixture on the front rows of fashion shows - a symbol of their power and influence.
"I think the fashion industry is changing all the time in so many ways, and it has indeed moved on to celebrity and digital influencers," Rochell says.
"But the fashion industry is good at adapting and keeping up with that sort of trend, so we could well see a change in editorial tone at Vogue to reflect that."
Morrison says that while many traditional media outlets have found a way to make money from online content, advertisers now have far more platforms to choose from.
"Magazines are now quite big digitally, but a huge amount of online advertising now just goes straight to Facebook and Google, so that's the competition that isn't easy for traditional publishers to contend with," he says.
Enninful has already been busy making some changes at the top of Vogue in the last few months.
For starters, he's hired Naomi Campbell, Steve McQueen, Kate Moss and Adwoa Aboah as contributing editors - just a few names in the huge overhaul of the editorial team.
But perhaps even more interesting than who he's hired is who has departed - a number of senior figures have left the magazine since his appointment was announced.
In what The Times described as a "posh girl exodus", veterans such as Lucinda Chambers, Frances Bentley and Emily Sheffield all announced their departures.
It wasn't initially clear whether they had jumped or been pushed, but last month Chambers told Vestoj in no uncertain terms: "I didn't leave. I was fired."
Enninful himself has put a slightly different spin on it.
"I'm really excited to see my vision for the British Vogue team come to fruition," he said.  "I'm very much looking forward to working with everyone on forthcoming issues."
As for how Vogue's new era could be reflected in its pages, Rochell thinks the signs point to a more diverse line-up of models and contributors.
"Diversity is something [Enninful] is very keen on championing, as we've seen in the past with his work, so I think that's definitely something that will be welcomed in the fashion industry as a whole," she says.
The industry has faced criticism recently for its lack of diversity, but many designers have been trying to improve.
The most recent New York Fashion Week attracted publicity for the inclusion of plus-size models and a hijab catwalk show in its line-up.
Rochell adds: "Alexandra Shulman did a great job as editor, but I think this is a very exciting change and I'm really looking forward to seeing what direction Edward takes things in."
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Remember the fuel surcharge imposed by the airlines when oil prices started to rise?

Now with oil at a 12 year low, below $30 a barrel, how can airlines possibly be hitting passengers with a surcharge for jet fuel?
The point is they aren't.
But before you crack open the champagne and book a quick flight off to the Maldives - those surcharges haven't gone away.
They're just not for fuel any more. They're for - well it's not quite clear what they are for, apart from maintaining profit margins at the airlines.
To recap: the surcharges were introduced as a way for the airlines to distance themselves from the rising cost of oil, in the same way that they itemised government taxes on their bills.
Travel writer Simon Calder explains: "It was a way for the airline to say "this is nothing to do with us - don't blame us for the price rises".
Even when oil prices began to fall, for a while fuel surcharges were still acceptable because the airlines had hedged, buying much of that oil when the price was high.
"And let's not forget the oil price is paid in dollars and the dollar has been very strong over the last year," he adds.
That has meant that savings have been slow to come through. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reckons the final hedges which locked airlines into higher than market oil prices will unwind by mid-2016.
Even so, as the oil price raced downwards, the surcharge became virtually impossible to defend.
And, more important, the regulators were not going to let the airlines hoodwink their passengers.
In 2012 the US Department of Transportation had ruled: "When a cost component is described as a fuel surcharge … that amount must actually reflect a reasonable estimate of the per-passenger fuel costs incurred by the carrier".
So bit by bit the fuel surcharge has disappeared.
Has that meant fares have come down?
IATA's chief economist Brian Pearce says: "In 2015 air ticket prices on average still fell by around 5% (adjusted for exchange rate changes) and we expect similar reductions in 2016.
"That's a substantial reduction because at the same time airlines are seeing the costs like labour and airport charges going up."
But the interesting point is how the airlines have removed the surcharge.
Some airlines like Qantas and Virgin Australia did get rid of it altogether and absorbed it into their basic fare early last year.
Many of the budget airlines, such as Ryanair, boasted that they never had a fuel surcharge in the first place.
A few held on to it, most notably in Japan where it is strictly regulated, and accurately reflects the falling cost.
So the fuel surcharge for a JAL flight from Japan to Korea at the beginning of 2015 stood at 1,000 yen (£5.80; $8.40). A year later and it has sunk to 300 yen.
But many of the other airlines simply removed the fuel surcharge and replaced it with something different, often described as a "carrier imposed surcharge".
What that means is not exactly clear.
For instance BA's explanation of the charge is as follows: "Carrier imposed charges were introduced in October last year in response to a variety of factors.
"These include changing industry practices and to be consistent with changes that have been in place for flights originating in the USA for a number of years."
Lufthansa is slightly more illuminating. It introduced an "international surcharge" in 2014.  Spokesman Boris Ogursky says: "The surcharge covers costs beyond our control such as air traffic control fees, emissions trading scheme payments and so on.
"It is important for the customer to compare the overall cost of the flight with other airlines. The total fare is steered by market competition - it's not just us making up surcharges and putting them up and down as we like.
"It is a highly competitive marketplace."
In some respects the name of the surcharge is irrelevant. As Simon Calder says: "You could call it a uniform charge if you want, and you can say it's to cover the cost of uniforms, it matters not a jot.
"It is just another way of charging the passenger."
However, it does matter to frequent flyers. In general, frequent flyer points can only be redeemed in exchange for basic fares. Surcharges and government taxes, with some exceptions, have to be paid for with cash.
So, by framing a large chunk of the fare as a surcharge, airlines can protect that income from discounts and loyalty scheme claims.
The bottom line could come as a bit of a shock to a frequent flyer eagerly queuing up to redeem points to buy a British Airways round trip to New York, say.
If they leave early this Saturday and come back on Wednesday, they will be faced with a total fare of £523.55.
Of that £155 is government taxes. No chance the frequent flyer points (known as Avios to BA customers) will pay for that.
£163 of the fare is the carrier imposed surcharge. The points won't pay for that either - unless there is a special offer available.
In the end the points will pay for just £205 of the £523.55 fare. The frequent flyer (not the points) ends up paying the rest.


Claudia Winkleman has been named best entertainment presenter at the Royal Television Society Awards, beating Graham Norton and Keith Lemon.

Judges said Winkleman, who took a full-time role on Strictly Come Dancing when Sir Bruce Forsyth stepped down, was "a genuinely individual performer".
Her win was something of a coup - as neither Sir Bruce nor Tess Daly had ever been nominated for the award.
The star said she was "ridiculously happy" to have been honoured.
Overall, the BBC took 18 of the 28 prizes at Tuesday night's ceremony.
Sarah Lancashire was named best female actor for her role in the drama series Happy Valley, while Tom Hollander won best actor for his portrayal of poet Dylan Thomas in BBC Two's A Poet In New York.
Graham Norton made up for his loss in the entertainment presenter category by winning best entertainment programme.
Judges called his chat show "effortlessly slick, brilliantly cast and continually fresh".
Medical drama Casualty was the surprise winner of best soap, beating both Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton shared the best comedy performance trophy for their comedy anthology Inside No. 9 - which tells a series of dark, twisted stories, each set behind a door marked "number nine".
Another comedy duo - Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse - picked up best scripted comedy show for their affectionate spoof of BBC Two's history, The Story of the Twos, which was commissioned to celebrate the channel's 50th anniversary.
ITV received just one award - as Billy Connolly was named best presenter for Billy Connolly's Big Send Off, a two-part documentary examining how different cultures deal with death.
Channel 4 received best daytime show, for Couples Come Dine With Me, and best popular factual show, for The Island with Bear Grylls - beating The Great British Bake-Off.
Arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg was given the lifetime achievement award, marking his 52 years in television.
The South Bank show presenter was hailed was being "synonymous with the arts", and credited as a "great broadcaster and programme maker".
The BBC's controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, was presented with the judges' award.
The executive was described as having had "an extraordinary year", having been responsible for seven of the 10 most-watched dramas of the year.
His commissions included The Fall, The Missing and Line Of Duty - which picked up best drama series.
Stephens used his speech to ask the audience to rally behind the BBC as it approaches charter renewal.
"No more cuts at BBC, only programmes," he told the audience of industry professionals.
"Time for everyone to get behind the BBC," he added. "The BBC is always on the front pages for the wrong reasons and it's nonsense."


The Indian capital, Delhi, is in the grip of the worst outbreak of dengue fever in five years, officials say.

More than 1,800 cases have been recorded in recent weeks, compared to 1,695 cases for all of 2010. Five deaths have been reported so far.
The mosquito that carries the dengue virus breeds in containers with clear, stagnant water.
Dengue cases usually jump during and just after the rainy season, which normally lasts from June to September.
Hospitals and clinics across the city have been inundated with patients, putting a strain on emergency services.
News channels are showing patients sharing beds and scores of people queuing up at clinics for free fever tests.
The government in Delhi has ordered 1,000 extra bed in hospitals to treat dengue patients after the suicide of a couple whose seven-year-old son died from the tropical illness after being allegedly refused treatment at a number of city hospitals.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has also ordered the setting up of "fever clinics" at hospitals to deal with the rush of patients.
"There is no need to panic. I have ordered all government hospitals that they should not refuse to admit dengue patients even if they have to treat two patients on a single bed," he said.
"The panic in people about the spread of dengue is leading to a huge burden on hospitals."
YK Mann, director of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, told the AFP news agency that this was "the worst outbreak in the last five years and it is going to further increase as the weather remains humid".
The government's latest move comes after a couple jumped to their death from a four-storey building in Delhi last week, two days after their son died of the fever.
The authorities ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death after local media reported that the boy was refused admission at five private hospitals. The reports sparked outrage and anger in the city.
Monsoon rains provide more breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes, who lay their eggs in stagnant water, including pots of clean water, puddles and open sewage drains.


A plan to develop a luxury hotel and spa on the slopes of Slieve Gullion in County Armagh is to benefit from a grant of almost £1m from Invest NI.

The project will involve the restoration of the Grade A listed Killeavy Castle and its outbuildings.
The castle was bought in 2013 by Jaramas Investments NI.
The firm is controlled by Mick Boyle, an Australian with family roots in the Killeavy area.
Invest NI Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton said the project represented "a valuable boost to the tourism infrastructure in the region".
"The development is expected to create over 80 new jobs in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area, in addition to the employment generated during the construction phase over the next two years," he said.
Mr Boyle said the intention is to create a distinct visitor attraction that maximises the heritage and beauty of the Killeavy Castle Estate.
The overall cost of the scheme will be about £10m with a plan to open in 2018.
Killeavy Castle started life as a country farm house, built in a gothic style by the Foxall family between 1810 and 1820.
In 1836, Powell Foxall commissioned the Dublin-based architect George Papworth to extend the building, adding four stone towers, outbuildings and Tudor-style windows.
The extended 4,000 sq ft house then became known as Killeavy Castle.
It sits on a 330-acre estate which backs onto the slopes of Slieve Gullion and includes a farm and woodland.


One in five British firms was hit by a cyber attack last year, research suggests.

Larger firms - defined as those with over 100 staff - were more likely to be attacked than smaller counterparts, said the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which surveyed 1,200 companies.
Its report found 42% of larger firms had been the victim of a cyber attack, compared with 18% of smaller ones.
The business group has urged companies to do more to protect themselves.
Just a quarter of the firms the BCC surveyed said they had put in place security measures to protect themselves against hacking.
"Cyber attacks risk companies' finances, confidence and reputation, with victims reporting not only monetary losses, but costs from disruption to their business and productivity.
"Firms need to be proactive about protecting themselves from cyber attacks," said BCC director-general Adam Marshall.
Household names including Yahoo, eBay and TalkTalk have all fallen victim to major cyber attacks.
Last year, Tesco Bank reported losing Â£2.5m in an unprecedented breach at a British bank.
The law requires organisations to have appropriate measures in place to keep people's personal data secure.
Next year data protection regulation will be extended, increasing businesses' responsibilities to protect personal data.
"Firms that don't adopt the appropriate protections leave themselves open to tough penalties," warned Mr Marshall.


Family of a motorcyclist who died after a crash involving a 4x4 said he would be "sadly missed by all".

Neil Cottrell, 50, from Trefor on the LlÅ·n Peninsula, died after the Honda motorbike he was riding collided with a Toyota 4x4 on the A499 in Gwynedd on Thursday.
It happened just before midday between Llanaelhaearn and Glasfryn Parc.
In a statement, his family said Mr Cottrell was a "partner, uncle and friend".


Somalia's al-Shabab militants have been distributing food to drought-stricken Somalis in what appears to be a bid to win public support.

A similar initiative by the militants during the last famine in 2011 failed to boost their image. Not only did the UN blame al-Shabab for contributing to the 2011 famine but their acts of sabotage lost them public support.
The al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists blocked aid deliveries, burned food and even killed charity workers.  More than 260,000 people died in that famine. Al-Shabab militants had undermined their own attempts at presenting a charitable image of themselves.
What has changed since 2011?
The UN has appealed for $863m (Â£700m) for the country and in an echo of the past, state-owned Radio Mogadishu recently accused the group of hindering relief efforts.
Could al-Shabab have learned from its past mistakes?
There are some signs that it has. The militants now want their efforts recognised favourably but they are still contemptuous of Western humanitarian organisations.
Al-Shabab says it has established drought committees to coordinate relief operations in six administrative regions.  It constructed canals for farmers in some regions, as reported in September by the pro-al-Shabab radio, Al-Furqaan.
A new leader has taken over al-Shabab since Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US airstrike in 2014.
While Godane was from the north, the majority of al-Shabab fighters are known to be southerners, with clan and family links to areas where the drought has hit hardest.
The current leader, Ahmed Omar, alias Abu Ubaidah hails from Kismayo and his deputy Mukhtar Robow alias Abu Mansoor is from Bay region - both in the south of the country.
It was Godane who led al-Shabab into a formal alliance with al-Qaeda in 2009. And it was he who was was in charge of the group when it attacked humanitarian operations in 2011.
What is al-Shabab's approach?
Al-Shabab has embarked on a publicity campaign to announce details of its donations.
Somali Memo website published several unverified pictures on 6 March of what it said were al-Shabab militants distributing food to residents of Lower Shabelle region.  Some of the footage showed trucks filled with what appeared  to be food bags. One 50-kg bag was branded "product of Brazil".
Al-Shabab's Radio Andalus and the Somali Memo website have also carried several reports claiming the group distributed food in Bay, Bakol, Mudug, Hiraan, Lower Shabelle, and Galguduug regions.
Al-Shabab blames others for problems, including its foes from the African Union mission. Somali Memo website reported last April that aid was given to families in Gorome village  which is "home to many people who fled there.. after Ethiopian troops burned down their homes".
The group shows how it considers other needs beyond food. In Bakool, 80 families each received half a sack of flour, a sack of sorghum, 12kg of sugar, medicinal drugs, rugs, and plastic sheeting to protect them from the rain", the website added.
It attempts to display an understanding of how much is needed. In Celbuur district, 230 families allegedly received aid from al-Shabab.  "Each family received 25 kg of sugar, 25 kg of rice, 25 kg of flour, and two plastic containers of cooking oil. The food is enough to last more than a month," Somali Memo website reported in March.
There are other reports of of al-Shabab's charity work.
But aid to a few hundred families will not make much difference when the UN says that more than six million people in Somalia need assistance.
Al-Shabab says it buys some of the food from local markets. But its financial situation is unclear.
Through Radio Andalus, it has broadcast appeals to  "business communities and the wealthy to assist their brothers" by donating food.
Al-Shabab's economic fortunes have dwindled since it lost control of the capital, Mogadishu, in 2011 and the lucrative southern port city of Kismayo a year later.
The group still controls rural areas in parts of central and southern Somalia and gains revenue from illegal taxes levied on local communities and businesses.
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In February, the UN said thousands of women and children had fled drought-hit Bay and Bakol regions into Ethiopia because the militants were taxing them and seizing their food, animals and land.
In March, al-Shabab militants burnt down a village on the outskirts of Jowhar, one of the areas worst hit by drought.
Al-Shabab "loaded tonnes of food and private property onto vehicles before setting the village on fire" and local authorities described the looting as "shocking", Garoweonline website said.
Such attacks are likely to overshadow al-Shabab's aid efforts.
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Egyptian forces have struck "terrorist training camps" in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said.

State media say six strikes hit the town of Derna in neighbouring Libya.
Gunmen earlier attacked a bus carrying worshippers in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others.
President Sisi said he would "not hesitate to strike terrorist camps anywhere".
Announcing the strike in a TV speech late on Friday, he promised to "protect our people from the evil".
Countries supporting terrorism should be punished, he said, as he appealed to US President Donald Trump for help.
Military sources told Reuters news agency that the militants targeted in Libya had been involved in the attack on Egyptian Christians earlier in the day.
Although no group immediately said it was behind the attack, Islamic State (IS) militants have targeted Copts several times in recent months.
Libya is effectively controlled by a large number of armed militias that have emerged in the chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.
But IS has also built a presence in Libya during the chaos.
Egypt has launched air strikes against IS in Libya before. In 2015, the military bombed several sites, also near Derna, after militants released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.
The Copts killed on Friday had been travelling to the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 135km (85 miles) south of Cairo, from Minya province when their bus came under fire.
It was in a small convoy that was stopped on a desert road near a police station on the border with Beni Suef provinces.
Gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked the convoy with automatic weapons before fleeing in 4X4 vehicles, eyewitnesses said.
Minya Province Bishop Makarios said many of the victims were shot at point blank range, the New York Times reported.
He said that children had been on the bus and were among the dead, adding that a pick-up truck in the convoy carrying workmen at the monastery was also targeted.
Minutes after President Sisi's speech, the White House released a statement of support from Mr Trump.
"This merciless slaughter of Christians in Egypt tears at our hearts and grieves our souls," he said.
"America stands with President Sisi and all the Egyptian people today, and always, as we fight to defeat this common enemy," he added.
Copts make up about 10% of Egypt's population of 92 million.
Two suicide bombings at Palm Sunday services at churches in the northern cities of Alexandria and Tanta on 9 April left 46 people dead.
Those attacks prompted President Sisi to declare a three-month nationwide state of emergency and promise to do whatever was necessary to confront jihadist militants, most of whom are based in northern Sinai.
But many Copts complain that the Egyptian authorities are not doing enough to protect them, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo.
There is now a real sense of fear, and a feeling of being hunted, she adds.


Great Britain's Temi Fagbenle will play for Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA after being selected in the final round of this year's draft.

The 23-year-old Olympian will join Minnesota in time for the 2017 season after deciding to finish her studies at the University of Southern California.
Fagbene, who was born in the United States but grew up in London, has played 32 times for Britain.
She averaged 13.6 points and nine rebounds for USC last season.
Fagbenle played three seasons at Harvard before transferring to USC to pursue a masters degree in strategical public relations.


A teenage boy has been charged over the death of a man who died after falling ill following an altercation.

The 54-year-old man became ill at a property in Sackville Road, Dartford, at about 11:50 GMT on Saturday, Kent Police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene almost an hour later, a spokesman said.
The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due to appear at Medway Magistrates' Court later charged with his murder.


A man has been shot in the legs in north Belfast.

It happened in the Jamaica Street area on Sunday 25 June.
The paramilitary-style shooting was reported to police shortly after 23:00 BST.
The man has been taken to hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Detectives have appealed for information.


He might not be the biggest name in football, but few can have crammed quite as much into their career as Chris Todd.

The 35-year-old Welshman has played over 300 professional games, run out at Wembley three times - once just months after overcoming leukaemia - and guided a non-league team to the third round of the FA Cup.
So why has someone with so much experience switched to coaching football at a further education centre?
"The students all ask me the same thing - why?" says Todd, sitting in a classroom at South Devon College in Paignton.
It is three months since Todd was sacked as manager of National League side Eastleigh just four games into the season, only two of which ended in defeat.
"It's a bit of security. The game in general is starting to change drastically regarding managers, it's becoming cut-throat at times. Results are everything and there's no time to bed a manager in and let him grow, it has to be instant success," he explains.
"I believe I had success at Eastleigh, I did well in the FA Cup and we just missed out on the play-offs when we weren't really near them when I took over."
Todd is now responsible for helping 16-19-year-old boys balance a decent standard of football with the opportunity to study for either academic or vocational qualifications.
"The opportunity came about and it attracted me. Getting back on the training ground again, it's a different adventure for me," the centre-back, who still plays part-time for National League South club Truro City says.
An adventure is certainly one way to describe Todd's career - seven clubs, overcoming serious illness and taking non-league Eastleigh to within a whisker of putting then-Championship side Bolton Wanderers out of last season's FA Cup.
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"Back in the day when I was a youngster I had no interest in getting a qualification," he tells BBC Sport.
"When you're a kid, you get told by all the experienced players that you should do something on the side because it might not work out.
"You have to get your livelihood right, because if you're not a footballer and you don't earn that money, then as soon as that's finished you have to do something else.
"You don't earn enough money in the lower levels to be able to retire once you finish at 35, that's a fact. There's a lot of players out there who I know have gone into disarray, they just don't know what to do next."
With the likes of Jamie Vardy, Chris Smalling and Troy Deeney all impressing in the Premier League having failed initially to make the grade, more and more players are looking to get a qualification while trying to keep alive the dream of making it as a pro, which is where people like Todd and places like South Devon College come in.
"99% of them will never be professional footballers, but they want to learn, they want to be better people," adds Todd.
"I've had two lads since I've come in here who have done trials for England colleges. That was an eye-opener for me, I went to that and saw the amount of talent there that the professional game doesn't see.
"As a manager you don't take any notice of college football, you really don't, unless you have a connection with an academy. But I spotted a number of players that could easily play at Conference level if not higher."
So what about Todd's future? Is he lost to the professional game forever in favour of a more secure role out of the limelight?
"I'm not going to dismiss anything," he smiles, just a few weeks after being turned down for a managerial role at another National League club - he will not say which one.
"If it's an unbelievable job that comes up there's no way I'd say 'no, I'm not going to do it', because that would be crazy, and the college understand that.
"But if I tell somebody I want to do something then I'll stick at it and there's a great adventure here for me to be a part of."
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A Ryanair flight from Edinburgh to Alicante was forced to land at Glasgow Prestwick after being struck by lightning.

The incident happened shortly after the flight took off from Edinburgh at about 18:15.
Following Ryanair procedure it was diverted to the nearest available airport.
It was inspected by engineers and took off for Alicante after being given the all-clear.
A Ryanair spokesman said: "We apologise to passengers affected by this short delay, however the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority."