If you like your criticism to come in torrents, then it's been a good day to be in Washington - the airwaves have been thick with it and my email inbox is brimming over.

The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Corker, kicked it off saying of the Iran deal that he started "from a place of deep scepticism" about whether the agreement would achieve the objective of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That's on the muted end of the scale.
"It's going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear Iran," John Boehner, the speaker of the House, said.
"And this isn't about Democrats or Republicans, it's not a partisan issue at all, it's about right versus wrong.
"If in fact it's as bad a deal as I think it is at this moment, we're going to do everything we can to stop it."
And let's just whizz through some of the other attacks from the Republican presidential hopefuls.
"The Persians are laughing at us" - Donald Trump
"A dangerous, deeply flawed, and short-sighted deal" -  Jeb Bush
Obama is "playing a dangerous game with our national security" - Chris Christie
"The president has given concession after concession to a regime that has American blood on its hands" - Marco Rubio.
Get the picture? But you know what has struck me more?
It has been the very muted response from the president's own supporters. There is no cheering, no high-fiving, no whooping or hollering.
Could US Congress torpedo the deal?
This deal may be historic, it may have moved the prospect of a full scale Middle East war further away, it may stop a nuclear arms race in the region, it may put on a new footing the toxic relations between Iran and the United States - but I'm not hearing champagne corks popping. And that MAY be because of my extensive use of the word may.
And it may also be because this is only being described as a "good" deal. Until a few weeks ago President Obama's key adviser on the deal was Dr Philip Gordon. He wrote a thoughtful article for Politico magazine where he said "the perfect is the enemy of the good".
And the deal hammered out exhaustingly in Vienna is not perfect. I've heard others who work for the administration describe how they would sit in the White House and watch the pundits and opponents go on the TV and say "what the president needs to do is get a better deal". And they would sit there - throwing in an expletive or two - and think "no kidding? Why didn't we think of that?"
By which, the pundits meant Iran needed to commit to ending its nuclear ambitions, agree to recognise the state of Israel, vow that it would no longer support Hezbollah, the Syrians or Shia militias, and then let anyone check in at any time to make sure they were being true to the word.
Ideally Iran would be waving a white flag while they walked into the conference room
But in the real world there was never going to be a deal if those were the demands. So what you are left with is an agreement which gives a lot of people - both Republican and Democrat - a lot of concerns, about the ending of the arms embargo on Iran, about how the verification process will work for the UN inspectors, about what happens at the end of the 10 years.
And ultimately the concern that this is a deal which doesn't see Iran's nuclear programme dismantled, it only halts the proliferation. There are myriad questions and entirely legitimate concerns.
And that has left some saying no deal would be better than this. While others say the West should have hung tough for a better deal.
But those sleep-deprived diplomats now wearily making their way home from Vienna after this drafting marathon would no doubt argue they have come with away with the best and only agreement that was available.
The problem is it's a bit like Churchill's maxim about democracy, that it's the worst form of government... except for all the others.
I don't know much about retail, but am guessing it's not much of a sales pitch to say: "Buy this deal, it's the least worst available in the shop."
Politics doesn't do nuance very well. Black and white is a lot easier. The president now has to sell nuance.


Rory McIlroy says his concerns that the Zika virus in Brazil could threaten his participation at August's Olympics have eased.

McIlroy, set to represent Ireland in Rio as golf returns to the Olympics, said last week he could turn down a Games spot because of the virus.
However, McIlroy, 27, said on Wednesday he was now "ready to play".
"I feel like the advice I've sought out over the past 10 days has put my mind at ease," the world number three said.
"It makes me more comfortable going down there knowing that, even if I do contract Zika, it's not the end of the world.
"It takes six months to pass through your system and you're fine."
Former Masters and US PGA champion Vijay Singh and Australia's Marc Leishman have already announced their withdrawal from the Olympics because of worries relating to the mosquito-borne virus, which is linked to brain defects in newborn babies.
McIlroy is engaged to Erica Stoll and has spoken about "a point in the next couple of years" where he and his fiancee may think about starting a family.


Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he would attend a St Patrick's Day White House reception if invited.

He was speaking after an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the shooting dead of three people by an off-duty RUC officer in 1992.
Earlier, this week Sinn Féin's leader at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill,  said an invitation to President Donald Trump to visit NI was no longer appropriate.
Mr Adams said St Patrick's Day was about Ireland, not Mr Trump.
"I'll be there, if the negotiations allow me, to engage with Irish America, with our friends in Capitol Hill, with the undocumented Irish," he said.
"I haven't been invited to the White House. If I am invited, of course I would go."
It was revealed earlier this week that Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness had extended a formal invitation to President Trump to visit Northern Ireland.
The move was criticised by some other parties.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood called for the invitation to Mr Trump be to rescinded.
He said it was "astounding" that Mrs Foster and Mr McGuinness had been "eager to appease a man of his character and sell out their principles so quickly".
The Alliance Party's Stewart Dickson described the invitation as "premature", adding if a visit does happen it should not be an "exercise in toadying and sycophancy".
But the Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt backed the invitation, arguing that "on this occasion" Mrs Foster and Mr McGuinness had "got something right in trying to get the leader of the wealthiest nation in the world to visit Northern Ireland".
Commenting on Sinn Féin being invited to the White House, the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson tweeted that Mr Trump may "conclude it no longer appropriate to invite some with terrorist convictions to the White House".
Meanwhile, about 200 people attended a protest in Belfast against Mr Trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.
Other similar demonstrations were held in cities across the UK with the biggest taking place in London.
Muslim community representative Dr Raied Al-Wazzan said many Muslims in Northern Ireland would be affected by the ban.
"When you see people against you because of Islam it breaks my heart," he said.
"There are some people affected here, especially if they have relatives in the States - they can't go there for a conference or a business trip.
"Especially born in Iraq like myself, so I can't go to the States anymore, so that will affect my business."


In the near future, ocean search-and-repair specialists won't need arms or legs, according to one vision.

In fact, they are destined to be much more slithery.
"We try to get people to move away from the word snake because it's seen as kind of scary but even I find myself all the time calling it a snake," says Richard Mills from marine tech firm Kongsberg.
If the idea of a swimming robot snake doesn't appeal, you might want to skip the next few paragraphs.
I first mentioned Eelume to a friend who asked me whether I would be allowed to have a swim with it.
I was secretly relieved that the answer was no.
What started as a university robotics research project in Norway 10 years ago, has become a commercial prototype - and it is unavoidably snake-like.
It's designed to inspect structures on the sea bed and carry out repairs, and is currently being tested on oil rigs.
The flexible, self-propelling, tubular device has a camera at each end and is kitted out with sensors.
Because it has a modular design, its parts can be switched to suit different tasks, with swappable tools including a grabber and cleaning brush.
The design allows the robot to work in confined spaces that might be inaccessible to other vehicles, as well as to wriggle its body to stay in place in strong currents.
And because it is designed to connect itself to a seabed dock when not in use, it can be deployed at any time whatever the surface conditions.
It isn't yet on the market, but was recently on show at the Southampton's Ocean Business trade fair.
Future plans already include a cheap 3D-printed model and another which can operate in very deep water.
"Something like going inside the Titanic, where divers can't, is a great opportunity that we could look at in the future," said Mr Mills.
"We are only limited by imagination in where we can take this vehicle."
Just as driverless cars are causing excitement on land, autonomous boats are also making a splash.
"Unmanned systems allow you to focus on the data," said Dan Hook from UK firm ASV Global, which was also at the Southampton expo.
"You stay on board your ship in a warm, dry location, you can focus on the data and where to send the unmanned system next."
The firm's two autonomous vessels - which can also be operated via remote control -  currently run on diesel generators rather than battery power.
"We're seeing increasing regulation on the types of engines we can use - it's a good thing to force you into the cleaner engines," he said.
"They are quieter and more efficient... but the future is electric, we're seeing it in cars, it's happening in our industry as well."
Batteries from the specialist battery-maker Steatite's have to function at low temperatures and high pressure, and power deep-sea devices for days at a time.
Lithium-sulfur battery tech, already in the sights of electric car makers, is set to be trialled on board the famous autosub trio collectively known as Boaty McBoatface later this year - and it will be a Steatite creation.
"Lithium-sulfur is the next generation from lithium-ion," said the firm's Paul Edwards.
"It's got a better energy density, so you get more energy for the amount of weight you are carrying."
But if you think that it is battery life that holds marine tech back, then think again.
It is more likely to be your concentration span, said Sam McDonald, president of a Canadian firm called Deep Trekker.
The firm was demonstrating two remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) - the larger of which was about the size of a small child.
Ms McDonald said that the operator would become tired before the ROV did.
"I need to take a break after three or four hours of running it," she said.
"You're looking at a screen the whole time, it takes a great deal of concentration.
"You're trying to hold position under the water, looking at infrastructure or watching tools or divers work, you're constantly moving your hands and eyes," she explained.
If that sounds exhausting imagine being in charge of a whole load of them at once.
Planet Ocean was showing off the ecosub - a small, thigh-sized device that looks a bit like an old shell casing and is designed to "swim" in shoals, with each individual sub packed with different sensors to build up collectively a strong picture of the group's watery environment.
One "pilot" can oversee many simultaneously, and they are so small that each individual sub can only carry four or five sensors, said managing director Terry Sloane.
"If they bump into each other it's not a big disaster," he said.
"They only weigh 5kg [11lb] on land".
Keen to encourage recycling, Mr Sloane is prepared to offer a bounty for washed-up ecosubs that find their way to the beach - there's a hotline number on the casing for eagle-eyed beachcombers to call.
"We don't want to leave things floating around in the ocean, but it doesn't take many hours of searching for one to make it uneconomical to recover," he said.
"We expect people to recover them and claim a reward."


Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara has been traded by Columbus Crew to MLS rivals New England Revolution in the USA.

The move comes just days after Kamara was suspended for an on-field spat with team-mate Frederico Higuain.
The 31-year-old had signed a contract extension with Columbus 10 weeks ago.
"It's a shock to me and my family. I have done nothing but good on and off the field for Columbus. But my journey continues and this time is for New England Revolution," Kamara said.
Columbus coach Gregg Berhalter said: "Our actions will always reflect the values of our club and we believe this transaction will improve our competitiveness this year and in future years."
Kamara was given a one-match ban by his club after he argued with Higuain and criticised him in press conference over who should take a penalty against Montreal Impact on Saturday.
Having already scored twice, Kamara wanted to take the spot-kick for the chance to complete his hat-trick but Higuain took the ball instead and scored to give his side a 4-1 lead.
Despite the lead Montreal came back to earn a 4-4 draw.
Kamra went on to publicly disagree with his ban and insisted he had no regrets over his actions and his comments.
Berhalter said it had not been an easy decision to make.
"Kei had a memorable 2015 season and we recognise and understand how popular and productive he was, so this decision was not one we made lightly," he said.
He recorded 22 regular-season goals in MLS last year finishing joint-top scorer with the Giovinco but lost out the golden boot to the Italian who provided more assists.
He was top scorer in the play-offs, hitting four goals to take his season's tally to 26.
Among his honours in 2015 were Columbus Crew's player of the season award and being named in the MLS best XI.
The Revolution will be his fifth MLS club after Columbus Crew, San Jose Earthquakes, Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo.


As a professional athlete, I am more than happy to urinate into a cup, roll up my sleeves and allow a stranger to stab at my arm to provide blood - yet I couldn't tell you what the testers are trying to identify in the samples they take.

Scottish middle-distance runner Eilish McColgan is hoping to compete for Great Britain in the 3,000m steeplechase at next year's Rio Olympics.
In the wake of renewed allegations about doping in athletics, she tells BBC Sport about the difficulties faced by clean athletes.
All athletes who are part of the whereabouts system can access their test results online. I didn't know that. And neither did many of the other athletes I've spoken to since the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012 was leaked to the Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD/WDR last week.
I suppose as a clean athlete, I've never had to concern myself with the numbers. Maybe the athletes who are doping have a much wider knowledge.
In order to get the situation straight in my own mind, I had a peek at my own blood reports. For all the good it did. I don't possess the knowledge to interpret what is or isn't suspicious from a bewildering array of numbers.
But I want to believe my sport is clean and, as I understand it, these blood values can be spiked or altered with exposure to altitude, altitude tents, pregnancy and illness.
These are all things athletes are subjected to, so making a decisive judgement on the matter is very challenging. Many people jump to the conclusion that suspicious data equals doping and, although it seems that way, not all abnormal tests will be. And that is where it becomes tricky.
So what about the athletes who have these questionable values?
I think it's difficult to claim that one abnormal blood value is suspicious but perhaps if their values were extraordinarily higher than my own - I would start to question them myself.
Having said that, I am by no means Olympic medal-winning standard, nor do I live the perfect athlete lifestyle, and so perhaps my figures aren't comparable to these Olympic medal-winning athletes.
But I still regularly have to give drug tests in order to pave the way for clean sport. The televised Diamond League meetings that I compete in are plagued by athletes returning from bans, some of whom have made the wrong choice not once, but twice.
All sports contain cheats. People want to bypass their way to success and unfortunately drugs are the quickest way to do so. It means suspicion is inevitable.
I fully believe it's possible to win medals clean. I'm extremely fortunate to have my mum - 1991 World Championship 10,000m gold medallist Liz McColgan - as a clear example of that.
Her training diaries are concrete proof of the hard work and sacrifices she made in order to win major titles.
Winning clean is possible - it's just made a lot more difficult, against opposition willing to take the easy route.
From a young age the word 'drugs' didn't mean much to me other than 'say no'. Perhaps a little naive on my behalf, but the situation never occurred. However, the word has manifested its way into my life and started to overshadow the sport I love.
Now I fear that this data being leaked may give the dopers and their doctors the opportunity to make sure they never breach the boundaries again nor raise the alarm of suspicion.
I truly believe the GB team heading to the World Championships later this month are clean and I hope the public can support them.
But the same testing procedure is not equal from nation to nation and that is where our main problem lies. Something needs to be done to make sure all countries are singing from the same hymn sheet before we reach the point of no return.


The Belfast Giants have made American Alex Foster their latest signing.

The 31-year-old forward will link up with former team-mate Steve Saviano who signed for the Giants last week.
Both players iced for HC Bolzano of the Austrian Hockey League last season and Foster is excited to join the team.
"I have heard nothing but great things about the fans, the hockey and the city from former team-mates and this was an offer I just could not turn down," Foster stated.
Foster played Division One NCAA hockey for Bowling Green State University, where he was named in the Second All-Star team following 82 points scored in 72 games played.
Following University, Foster spent six seasons in Toronto and posted 163 points in 337 games played for the Marlies where he captained the American Hockey League organisation and also earned himself a call-up to the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008.
"Whatever needs to be done - I am willing to step up and do that," he said.
"I fully plan to be looked on to win games, be on the powerplay as well as involved in any last-minute situations."


Arsene Wenger said Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Sunday sets up a "must-win" game against Leicester next weekend.

The Gunners had not won any of their previous four Premier League fixtures and had slipped eight points behind the league leaders before kick-off on Sunday, a gap they reduced to five points with victory on the south coast.
Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored as Wenger's team won in the league for the first time in more than a month.
After the game, Wenger spoke about the title race and reserved special praise for Germany playmaker Ozil.
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Third-placed Arsenal host the Foxes at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, with second-placed Tottenham travelling to fourth-placed Manchester City on the same day.
A victory against the Foxes would put Arsenal two points off the summit, but Wenger believes Claudio Ranieri's side are rightly the bookmakers' favourites.
"Leicester were running away and us playing them next week makes the game very interesting," he said.
"It's a big game and an important weekend for the Premier League. In one week, Leicester have beaten Liverpool and Manchester City, so that means that they suddenly become the favourite to win the Premier League."
Ozil scored against Bournemouth for the second time this season - hammering home from 12 yards following Olivier Giroud's knockdown.
It was the first of two Arsenal goals in 88 seconds that turned the contest and ensured the visitors took all three points.
"Mesut has become a very important player," said Wenger, of his £42.4m signing from Real Madrid. "He has added a fighting attitude today.
"It was a top, top, top performance from him.
"He scored with his right foot which is very interesting for us. If he scores with his right foot he will become even stronger."


Substitute Lucas Akins scored a late penalty to beat Swindon and ensure Burton Albion ended 2015 in the League One automatic promotion places.

Mark Duffy, Nasser El Khayati and Stuart Beavon were all denied by Swindon keeper Lawrence Vigouroux.
At the other end, Jon McLaughlin produced a stunning save to keep out Jonathan Obika's point-blank volley.
Akins scored from the spot after Jordan Turnbull had tripped Beavon as Burton end the year in second place.
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"It was an excellent win. Very hard fought over the course of the game.
"John McLaughlin made a couple of magnificent saves, but over the course of the game we created enough chances to win two or three games.
"You can approach the game that little bit differently. That was the idea, a quick start. We did that in the first 10 minutes but didn't get the goal."


Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says "nothing is done" with regards to his future but insists he has fulfilled requirements needed to extend his contract.

The Swede, 35, joined Jose Mourinho's side last summer on a one-year deal and has scored 20 goals this season.
Mourinho said on Friday he believed the club's top scorer would still be at Old Trafford in 2017-18.
When asked about his future, Ibrahimovic said: "We'll wait and see."
Ibrahimovic's goals have helped Manchester United into the EFL Cup final - where they will face Southampton - as well as the fifth round of the FA Cup. The Red Devils are also in the Europa League knockout stage.
Manchester United won the Community Shield in August and Ibrahimovic is confident of adding at least one more trophy to the collection.
"We have one and we can get our second one," he added.
"We are still in the Europa League and FA Cup, so if we don't become champions in the Premier League at least we can try and win two or three trophies."


The A44 in Ceredigion has been reopened after being closed to allow the recovery of a lorry which left the carriageway.

The incident happened on the road between Aberystwyth and Ponterwyd on Friday.
The A44 was closed until Saturday between the A4159 at Lovesgrove roundabout, Capel Bangor, and the A4120 at Ponterwyd.


The former DUP MLA Maurice Devenney is to stand as an independent unionist candidate for Foyle in the upcoming elections.

On Wednesday, Mr Devenney announced that after much consideration he would run for an Assembly seat on 5 May.
He was suspended from the DUP amid claims he had brought the party into disrepute, an accusation he denied.
Some former colleagues within the party have warned that the move could split the unionist vote.
The DUP's Gary Middleton, who replaced Maurice Devenney as the party's MLA, said they want to maintain a strong unionist voice in the assembly.
"It's not going to be a bitter fight but I think people will judge it on the series of events which have happened over the course of the last 16 months," said Mr Middleton.
"When Maurice was co-opted to the assembly we did try and support him as best we could, writing his speeches and his questions, but unfortunately we couldn't actually sit in the chamber.
"I gave my all and he was a very close friend. We certainly haven't been as close as we have been, he's certainly not an enemy."
Last month, the Ulster Unionist Party released a statement welcoming Mr Devenney into its fold.
The former MLA said he made the move after some "intense discussion within the broader unionist family".
He was even photographed with the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt but his stay was short lived.
Party leader Mike Nesbitt expressed his surprise when just a few days later "unresolved issues" prevented Maurice Devenney from joining the party.
Mr Devenney has now said that after much consideration he will run as an independent.
"I will be providing an independent voice and offering to continue my lobbying and work on the ground that I already do as a councillor, albeit on a larger scale to a greater number of people.
"I have a track record of delivery which I believe stands the test of time particularly over the last 11 years of continuous service in council."
In 2014, Maurice Devenney was co-opted by the dup to replace former speaker William Hay.


A stretch of the A31 has been closed after a pedestrian was struck by a lorry.

Police said the woman in her 70s was hit on the eastbound carriageway of the road at Poulner Hill, shortly before 08:00 BST.
The extent of the woman's injuries is unknown.
Hampshire Constabulary urged motorists to avoid the area and said the road was expected to be shut from Ringwood for several hours.
The road closure has led to long tailbacks stretching about five miles (8km).


The ex-chair of the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) has said he does not believe bringing it back would solve the latest Stormont crisis.

The monitoring of paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland was conducted by the IMC up until 2011.
The PSNI has previously said it would support any move to set up such a body.
Lord Alderdice, who is also a former leader of the Alliance Party, said he did not think it would be appropriate for the commission to return now.
Talks will begin next week in Belfast in a bid to resolve the current crisis,  sparked by the murder of ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr.
Police believe that killing was in retaliation for the murder of former IRA commander Gerard Jock Davison in the Markets area of Belfast in May.
The Ulster Unionists withdrew from the executive after police said Provisional IRA members had a role in the killing.
"The current crisis is of a different order," Lord Alderdice told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.
"Even before the horrible murders of these two men, we were right on the edge of devolution being set aside.
"If somehow or another, magically, the issue of these two murders was taken out of the picture, we would still be in that position of crisis where the assembly, the executive, is about to be suspended or fold because there is no agreement on the governance of Northern Ireland.
"The IMC or any new IMC could not help that problem at all, it did not have a political mandate to try to get people to negotiate on the politics and the governance issue.
"I think it is maybe unwise for people to look back at a form of treatment that worked before and say: 'Oh well the symptoms are the same so the diagnosis is the same'."


As they prepare to play the Albert Hall, later this week, the band First Aid Kit lead a singing workshop for girls from nearby state schools.

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The session culminated with a joint performance of First Aid Kit's hit, Emmylou, by the students, together with the band.


Too many children in Wales are being denied a decent childhood because of the "crippling effects" of poverty, the new children's commissioner has said.

Sally Holland and three other UK commissioners have studied governments' records on children's rights in a report for the United Nations.
She said it was "deeply disappointing" having to report that Wales had the highest levels of poverty in the UK.
The Welsh government said it was investing £323m in anti-poverty work.
Ms Holland and the commissioners for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland said in the report they were alarmed at how welfare changes had increased child poverty.
They said under current policies figures were expected to rise, with 4.7 million children projected to be living in poverty by 2020.
Reporting on the situation in Wales, Ms Holland said: "It is deeply disappointing that I have to present a report to the UN which shows Wales having the highest rate of child poverty in the UK.
"Although the Welsh government has a clear anti-poverty strategy with some promising programmes for children, including Flying Start and Families First, these have so far failed to make an impact on overall rates of poverty.
"This may be related to the problems of scale and that these programmes do not reach enough children in Wales."
She said about 200,000 children in Wales lived in poverty, adding: "I remain convinced that the Welsh government and local government have some levers to change things.
"The approach taken by the Welsh government places a central emphasis on securing employment as a route out of poverty but there is also an urgent need to address in-work poverty.
"Many families are struggling with a combination of low wages and high childcare, housing and heating costs. Wales now has more low-income working families living in poverty than there are non-working ones."
The UK-wide report identifies areas of common concern including the state of mental health services, child sexual abuse, children in the justice system, the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and repealing the Human Rights Act.
The commissioners make 70 recommendations on tackling the issues.
Figures released last week showed a third of children in Wales lived in poverty - households where the income is below 60% of the UK average of £453 a week.
The charity Barnardo's welcomed the report, and said millions of children were being failed.
Responding to the children's commissioners' report, the Welsh government said: "We are in agreement with the Children's Commissioners that the UK government's welfare reforms and austerity measures have had a hugely detrimental impact on the lives of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
"This is why we are investing over £323m in our tackling poverty programmes this year alone, while all our government departments continue to work together to focus more relentlessly on the root causes of poverty."


Wales have made two changes to the side that lost the first Test against New Zealand for Saturday's game against the world champions in Wellington.

Lock Luke Charteris replaces Bradley Davies and Rhys Patchell starts at full-back after George North's injury, with Liam Williams moving to the wing.
Wales, beaten 39-21 by New Zealand at Eden Park, are looking for a first win over the All Blacks since 1953.
Warren Gatland's side were thrashed 40-7 by the Chiefs on Tuesday.
Wales have lost 27 consecutive games against New Zealand and are looking to beat Steve Hansen's side for the first time on their own soil.
Captain Sam Warburton and second-row Charteris are the only players to retain their places from Tuesday's rout by the Chiefs.
Gatland said his fringe players missed a chance to impress in that game and wings Tom James and Eli Walker have both been overlooked for the Test match, with Patchell preferred in the back three.
It is the first time the Wales coach has picked the Scarlets' back with Patchell's previous two caps coming on the 2013 tour to Japan when Robin McBryde and Shaun Edwards were in caretaker charge.
Charteris is the only change in the forward pack as he comes in alongside Alun Wyn Jones in the second-row.
Davies takes Jake Ball's place on the bench after the Scarlets lock limped off the pitch in Hamilton.
Ellis Jenkins pulled out of the game against the Super Rugby side with a tight thigh but he has recovered to feature among the replacements.
Ross Moriarty was another late withdrawal at the FMG Stadium Waikato due to soreness, but he too is on the bench in Wellington.
Gareth Anscombe, who has been nursing a hip injury sustained in the first Test, is replaced by Rhys Priestland on the sidelines.
Gatland commented: "It is important we go out on Saturday with the confidence to play for 80 minutes in what will be another huge Test match.
"We kept the ball and played well for periods of the first Test and we need to convert that to the full 80.
"It will be another huge occasion, in a packed out stadium in Wellington and we are determined to build on our first Test performance."
New Zealand have recalled World Cup-winning lock Sam Whitelock for the second Test after a hamstring injury.
The All Blacks have also shuffled their back three, with Israel Dagg in at full-back and Ben Smith moving to left wing with Julian Savea omitted.
Wales team: Rhys Patchell,, Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb, Gethin Jenkins, Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Luke Charteris, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Rob Evans, Tomas Francis, Bradley Davies, Ellis Jenkins, Gareth Davies, Rhys Priestland, Scott Williams.
New Zealand team: Israel Dagg; Ben Smith, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Waisake Naholo; Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Jerome Kaino, Sam Cane, Kieran Read (capt).
Replacements: Nathan Harris; Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Seta Tamanivalu.


A series of NHS and police failings led to the brutal murder of a woman by a psychiatric patient, a report has found.

Nicola Edgington attacked Sally Hodkin, 58, with a butcher's knife in Bexleyheath, south London, in 2011.
The attack happened six years after Edgington had killed her own mother.
On the day of the murder, Edgington repeatedly called police and told A&E staff she needed to be sectioned because she felt like killing someone.
Edgington was taken to Oxleas House mental health unit in Greenwich to be admitted, but was allowed to walk out of the unit on 10 October 2011 to commit the crime.
She got a bus to Bexleyheath, bought a large knife from Asda and stole a steak knife from a butcher's shop.
She then stabbed grandmother Mrs Hodkin and another woman in the street.
She was convicted of murder and attempted murder for those two attacks.
Edgington had previously been convicted in 2006 of the manslaughter of her mother Marion at her home in Forest Row, East Sussex, and ordered to be detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
The damning report commissioned by NHS England and released on Friday found staff at the Bracton Centre, run by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, deemed Edgington fit for discharge after three years.
It said Bracton Centre staff were too willing to accept Edgington's version of events and said documents failed to detail all concerns about her behaviour before discharge.
She was released in 2009 and allowed to live in the community.
After she was freed, Edgington was moved to accommodation with low levels of supervision and was also allowed to visit her husband in Jamaica.
Oxleas staff also failed to take seriously warnings made by her brother and sister that Edgington was still unwell and potentially dangerous, the report said.
The report found correspondence from the trust to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which approved the discharge, "did not fully reflect" concerns that had been raised about her disruptive, abusive and rude behaviour on the ward.
It also did not document her denial of any memory of killing her mother and her "fixation on making fast progress to discharge".
Overall, "reports... did not accurately reflect disruptive and aggressive behaviours described in the clinical notes", NHS England concluded.
The MoJ also asked for details of any concerns during the Jamaica trip, which could have led to Edgington being readmitted to a mental health unit, but these where never handed over by the trust.
When Edgington was discharged, Greenwich Police should have been informed of her release but the trust failed to forward on the paperwork, the report added.
On the day of the murder, when Edgington was taken to Oxleas House following several hours in A&E asking to be sectioned, a member of Oxleas staff missed an opportunity to give her the highest risk rating.
She was put down for 15-minute observations - a level deemed "inadequate" by investigators, who believed she should have had one-to-one monitoring while waiting to be admitted to the unit.
The report also pointed to missed opportunities by the police to section Edgington under the Mental Health Act on the day of the murder. Police staff also did not carry out a Police National Computer (PNC) check during their repeated interactions with her which would have alerted them to her conviction for manslaughter.
Mrs Hodkin's son Len, 40, a solicitor from Eltham, said Edgington should "never have been released in the first place" after killing her own mother and should have been "recalled to hospital when her behaviour deteriorated" after she was discharged.
He added his mother's death was "entirely preventable".


Yorkshire batsman Alex Lees has been appointed as the county's captain for 50-over and Twenty20 cricket.

The 22-year-old will be the White Rose's youngest skipper since limited-overs games were introduced in 1963.
Lees led the side for the last few games of last season after Championship skipper Andrew Gale stood down.
"After considering a number of candidates, we feel Alex is the right fit for us as captain," coach Jason Gillespie told the county's website.
"He learnt a lot on the job last season and we think he can develop as a leader further. We are delighted to afford him this opportunity and believe that he will do a fantastic job for our club."


Celtic captain Scott Brown will be available for next Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers, with the club planning to appeal against the late red card he received on Sunday.

Brown was sent off for a tackle on Liam Boyce in the 2-2 draw at Ross County.
The offence would trigger a two-match suspension.
However, the Scottish FA informed clubs in advance that all disciplinary hearings for incidents this Easter weekend will take place on 28 April.
Boyce, who converted a controversial 90th-minute penalty, was booked for a tangle with Brown moments before the Celtic skipper's red-card challenge.
When asked if he had any complaints about the red card, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers said: "No. Scotty has gone in and caught the boy late, but I'd have to see it again.
"Scott has been brilliant this season. He's never once made a challenge like that. He's been aggressive and strong.
"In his defence, the referee was letting a lot go on him. But that was the referee's making. It was a poor end to the game."
Following the semi-final at Hampden, Celtic meet Rangers again, on league duty, at Ibrox on 29 April.


Allan Johnston has been relieved of his duties as Kilmarnock manager with immediate effect, BBC Scotland has learned.

The 41-year-old announced on Thursday he would leave at the end of the season and indicated the sale of Robbie Muirhead was a factor in his decision.
The 19-year-old forward was sold to Dundee United shortly before the closure of the winter transfer window.
Assistant Gary Locke will take charge for Saturday's game at Hamilton.
A statement from the club read: "The board of directors would like to express its thanks to Allan Johnston for his diligent service over the last eighteen months.
"Allan kept the club in the Premiership last season by recording crucial end of season victories and an excellent start to the current league season raised expectations.
"Unfortunately, a number of injuries to key players and a series of poor results followed and although the club sits in eighth place in the Premiership, Allan decided to announce his decision to leave the club to the media on Thursday.
"Allan will stand down as manager with immediate effect and the board has therefore appointed assistant manager Gary Locke as interim manager pending a permanent appointment.
"Alan Robertson will provide support as Gary's assistant.
"Applications for the post of manager are invited and will be considered by the Board over the coming weeks."
Kilmarnock's directors have acted quickly to remove manager Johnston despite chairman Michael Johnston being out of the country.
Although the former Queen of the South boss insisted he would give his full commitment until the summer, the board believe it's best the manager steps aside now.
Former Hearts manager Locke, 39, was appointed as assistant at Rugby Park last summer, shortly after his departure from Tynecastle.
A former Kilmarnock player, Locke will aim to get the team into the Premiership's top six from their current position of eighth.


Any government trying to deal with a terrible event like the Grenfell Tower disaster needs sensitivity and nimbleness.

Ministers have a complicated "to do" list - make sure help gets to where it is required, turn on the taps for emergency cash and show that it is willing and brave enough to work out how it could have happened, in order to give any credible answer to the common cry of "something must be done".
But this government is already so fragile, facing pressure on many fronts, the PM still reeling from the election result only a week ago.
This is a huge political challenge that would test the most secure and most deft team, not least because the grim expectation at Westminster is that any inquiry may suggest that over the years, successive generations of politicians have just not paid enough attention to social housing.
There are layers of accountability here, the housing association, the developers, the council, the government, but few expect the political class will be covered in glory.
And while the prime minister's decision not to visit victims but fire crews and volunteers instead was made, Number 10 believes, for the right reasons, it may, in time prove to be a miscalculation.
Moments like this can require empathy, not just getting on with the almost impossible job.


Inpatients at some mental health units in Northern Ireland are to be exempt from the ban on smoking on hospital grounds.

The South Eastern Trust has agreed to temporarily lift the prohibition while a review is undertaken.
On Thursday, a judge in Belfast's High Court was told the review would decide if the ban should be extended to inpatients in mental health wards.
The review is expected to take at least six months.
The ruling is the outcome of a legal fight by a 23-year-old woman detained on an acute psychiatric ward.
Under legislation introduced last month no staff, patients, contractors or visitors can smoke on any Health and Social Care site in Northern Ireland.
Lawyers for the woman claimed there was a failure to carry out proper consultation on the ban.
They also say the ban discriminates against a patient who is currently unable to leave.
The woman, who has been granted anonymity in the case, is being detained for up to six months at a hospital in the South Eastern Trust.
Her application for a judicial review aimed at securing an exemption for those in her position.
In court on Thursday it was confirmed that a resolution had been reached. The Trust agreed to review its decision to implement the smoke-free policy in its acute mental health inpatient wards and environments.
Counsel for the trust confirmed they would examine the process to ensure all concerns expressed are addressed.
Dismissing the judicial review challenge on that basis, the judge awarded legal costs to the woman.
Outside court, her solicitor insisted the legal action was not about smoker's rights.
He said: "It was about the conditions and restrictions which can lawfully be placed on the most vulnerable in our society, if their health means they have to be detained in a mental health ward."
He also stressed that his client sought the judicial review on behalf of others within her area in the same position.
He said: "I am sure other trusts in Northern Ireland will look very carefully at this case."


Arsene Wenger has said he is "irritated and frustrated" that he cannot make every Arsenal supporter happy.

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The Gunners boss had to endure calls for his departure on Saturday before and during his side's 1-0 Premier League home victory over Norwich.
"We respect the opinion of everybody. We gave absolutely the best," said Wenger, whose team moved up to third.
"I'm really sorry I cannot make them all happy but we will continue to work hard to achieve it."
It was a minority of fans who had voiced their frustrations at their team's failure to mount a title challenge in recent years.
Fans from the Arsenal Supporters' Trust, the Black Scarf Movement and Red Action handed out posters with the message 'time for change' and some fans held them up after 12 and 78 minutes - 12 being the number of years the club has gone without winning the league.
In a divided stadium, there were those who supported their manager, singing "there's only one Arsene Wenger" in response to the 12th-minute protest.
Wenger, who joined the club in 1996, said he had been warned about the protest, adding: "I have respect for the club and gave so much for the club. I want to make people happy.
"It was a bit of a strange atmosphere. I think the fans were behind the team, and I believe as well that we did not have the stylish performance that could raise people off their seats.
"We had a serious, studied performance, a bit subdued at stages, but we wanted absolutely to win the game and we did it."
Wenger's pre-match comments had stoked the flames this week, with the manager saying fans had gone "overboard" with their criticisms, and that his team had played in "a very difficult climate" at home over recent months, contributing to their failure in the league.
Arsenal were top of the Premier League at the turn of the year, but their title hopes have since faded with their home form a major contributing factor - they have collected 14 points from their last eight games at the Emirates Stadium.
Wenger said: "Maybe it is as well because we have been remarkably consistent. This season was a bit special because we were in a position for a long time where our fans believed we could win the league.
"We didn't and that's why I think it's more disappointed love than real aggression."
Victory over Norwich moved Wenger's team a step closer to Champions League qualification and above Manchester City, who have a game in hand and who play the Gunners at the Etihad Stadium next weekend.
"We have to give a special game next Sunday," said Wenger of the City match.


A fundraising campaign has been launched by the National Galleries of Scotland to secure one of the world's most famous paintings.

The Monarch of the Glen, painted by Sir Edwin Landseer in 1851, features an iconic image of a Highlands stag.
A partnership between NGS and the painting's owner, drinks firm Diageo, was agreed in November last year.
Under the agreement, Diageo will gift half the painting's value to allow the gallery to buy it for £4m by 17 March.
This will allow the painting to remain in public view in Scotland.
The campaign has already raised £3.25m towards the final target, supported by donations such as the Heritage Lottery Fund, which pledged £2.75m, and Art Fund, which gave £350,000.
Sir John Leighton, director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland, said: "There has been a great response to the news that we have a fantastic opportunity to acquire this iconic image for Scotland.
"However, we still have some way to go to reach our £4m target and with only one month left until the deadline, we are keen to reach out to the public to help ensure that The Monarch of the Glen can stay in Scotland to be enjoyed for generations to come."
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "I congratulate the National Galleries of Scotland on securing significant sums from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund to support their acquisition of the iconic Monarch of the Glen painting.
"I wish them every success with their campaign to raise the remaining funding to ensure the painting can remain in public display in Scotland so that visitors from across Scotland and around the world can continue to enjoy it."
The Monarch of the Glen has been in private and corporate collections since it was painted.


A man has been jailed for life for murdering Irish student Karen Buckley, whose body was found on a farm four days after she went missing in Glasgow.

Alexander Pacteau killed the 24-year-old, who was from Cork, after meeting her outside a nightclub in April.
The 21-year-old admitted bludgeoning her with a spanner and strangling her in his car before hiding Ms Buckley's body in a barrel he stored at a farm.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Pacteau was jailed for a minimum of 23 years.
TV cameras recorded the sentencing hearing for broadcast.
Jailing Pacteau, judge Lady Rae told him that she found it "extremely difficult" to find words to describe what he did to Ms Buckley.
The judge described the victim as "much loved" and said that "for some unknown, inexplicable reason" Pacteau had destroyed her life in minutes.
Lady Rae said he had "concocted a story" in a bid to cover up the murder, adding: "You claim to be remorseful but you only expressed remorse for the first time when you pleaded guilty."
She pointed out that the Crown had decided not to seek conviction on a second charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, and had instead argued that Pacteau's actions were an aggravating factor to the murder charge.
The judge said: "I regret that the Crown, in withdrawing charge two, has to some extent tied my hands in relation to this sentence."
However, Lady Rae said it had been "extraordinary" for the defence to argue that she should not take into account anything which happened after the murder.
"I have come to the view that I cannot ignore your conduct after the killing," she told Pacteau.
She told Pacteau that he must serve a minimum of 23 years in jail before he could apply for parole.
In a statement, Ms Buckley's father, John, said he hoped Pacteau would be "haunted" by his crime and spend the rest of his life in jail.
He said: "Today's life sentence will not bring our beautiful Karen back. Our little angel has been taken from us forever in the cruellest of ways.
"We mourn for her every day. It will, however, ensure that women are safe from harm from the truly evil coward who took our beautiful Karen's precious life.
"I hope that he is never released and spends every day in prison haunted by what he did."
Mr Buckley thanked "the people of Scotland and Ireland" and the authorities in both countries "for all their help and support" in bringing Pacteau to justice.
He said he and his wife Marian and their three sons would now try to move on and and rebuild their lives.
Mr Buckley added: "Karen is at peace now and we know that she is in heaven looking down on us and helping us."
Last month, Pacteau pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Buckley in the early hours of Sunday 12 April.
The court had heard that she was a nurse and had moved to Glasgow in February to study occupational therapy at Glasgow Caledonian University.
On the night she was murdered, Ms Buckley had gone to the Sanctuary nightclub, in Glasgow's west end, with friends.
In the early hours of Sunday morning she told them she was going to the toilet but did not return or collect her jacket.
Pacteau was seen on CCTV images talking to her before they walked off to his car, which he drove to nearby Kelvin Way.
The car was parked on the street for 12 minutes, during which time Pacteau attacked and murdered her by grabbing her neck and delivering 12 or 13 blows with the spanner.
Pacteau's silver Ford Focus was seen on CCTV leaving the area and heading towards Dawsholm Park, where the following morning a member of the public found Ms Buckley's handbag near a bin.
Four days after she was reported missing, the student's body was found inside a barrel that Pacteau had stored at High Craigton Farm, near Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire.
The court heard that after murdering Ms Buckley, Pacteau moved her body into his flat and purchased cleaning materials and chemicals which he used to try to dispose of her body.
By the time he moved Ms Buckley's body to High Craigton Farm, police had identified him as the man seen talking to her on CCTV outside the nightclub.
He initially claimed they had consensual sex and Ms Buckley had fallen and injured herself on the bed frame before leaving.
Pacteau also claimed he had panicked after realising he was the last person to see her before she was reported missing.
He later admitted murdering the student after her body was found and the forensic evidence against him began to increase.
It later emerged that more than 500 police officers had been involved in the investigation into Ms Buckley's death.
After Pacteau was jailed, Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said: "The full resources of Police Scotland were directed towards understanding what happened to Karen and tracing the person responsible for her murder.
"Experienced murder investigators, working closely with local policing teams, specialist search officers and forensic experts, built up an overwhelming evidential case which led ultimately to Pacteau admitting his actions."


A man has been cleared of murdering an elderly pet shop worker more than 20 years ago.

Stuart Jenkins, 41, of Ossett, West Yorkshire, had been charged with killing Arthur Brumhill, 76, in Northampton in 1993.
Mr Brumhill was found dead in the basement of Denton's pet and garden shop. He had 26 injuries and his body was covered in straw.
Speaking outside Northampton Crown Court, Mr Jenkins said: "I'm relieved."
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Mr Jenkins worked at the pet shop for about a month in 1992, aged 17, on a youth training scheme.
The former army sergeant was arrested at the time of Mr Brumhill's death but was later released. He was re-arrested and charged in May 2015.
"It's been a long two years. It's been two years of not knowing where you are," he said after his acquittal.
His wife Louise said they send their condolences to the family of Mr Brumhill.
"We hope they do get justice," she added.
Northamptonshire Police said they remain "committed" to forensic developments in the case.
DCI Louise Hemingway, who led the investigation, said: "I'm really disappointed for Arthur's family. They have waited for 24 years.
"There was definitely enough evidence to bring it to trial. It was the right thing to do for Arthur, for his family and in seeking justice.
"This was an awful murder. If we do get any opportunities to investigate [further] we will."


Police are asking for the public's help to find a tourist missing in the Scottish Borders.

Tuan Huu Dinh, who was in a tour party from Vietnam, was last seen leaving the Macdonald Cardrona Hotel near Peebles on Saturday just after 20:30.
The 32-year-old, who police said had "limited English", has not been heard from since.
He is described as being of south east Asian appearance, 5ft 6in, wearing a black jacket, jeans and Nike trainers.
Insp Kevin Harris said: "Local officers have been conducting inquiries within the Peebles area to trace Tuan since he was reported missing.
"We are keen to establish his whereabouts as soon as possible and anyone who believes they have seen him since last night is asked to come forward.
"In addition, we would ask Tuan to get in touch with friends, family or police and let us know you are safe and well."


World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he was laid to rest days after his death at the age of 93.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as "a great man of the world", as he led the eulogies.
US President Barack Obama said the presence of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral was a reminder of the "unfinished business of peace".
Mr Abbas was among dozens of foreign dignitaries attending in Jerusalem.
Security was intensified ahead of the ceremony, with several people arrested.
Delivering an emotional address, Mr Netanyahu said that while Israel and the world grieved for Mr Peres there was hope in his legacy.
"Shimon lived a life of purpose," he told thousands gathered at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery.
"He soared to incredible heights. He swept so many with his vision and his hope. He was a great man of Israel.
"He was a great man of the world."
Former US President Bill Clinton, who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, said he was Israel's "biggest dreamer".
"He imagined all the things the rest of us could do. He started life as Israel's brightest student, became its best teacher and ended up its biggest dreamer.''
US President Barack Obama closed the eulogies, comparing Mr Peres to "some of the other giants of the 20th Century that I've had the honour to meet, like Nelson Mandela and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth".
Mr Peres, he said, believed in equality for Palestinians.
"Even in the face of terrorist attacks, even after repeated disappointments at the negotiation table, he insisted that as human beings Palestinians must be seen as equal in dignity to Jews and must therefore be equal in self determination."
On Mount Herzl where evergreen trees shaded the dusty walkways from the late-summer sunshine, an extraordinary congregation assembled to say goodbye to Shimon Peres.
You could have worked out that it was his funeral from the guest list alone - Prince Charles and Barack Obama, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. It's hard to imagine any other leader being mourned in quite the same way.
Israel said goodbye to the last of its founding generation and global diplomacy mourned a lost star, but the children of Shimon Peres grieved a father and spoke of him with elegance and simplicity.
And Mr Peres remained in command to the end, choosing his own funeral music. It was a setting of an old prayer he remembered his grandfather singing to him in the pre-war Poland of the 1920s.
Elegant and mournful, it played at the end of the old president's long journey, as it had played at the start.
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Before the ceremony began, Mr Abbas was seen shaking hands and speaking briefly with Mr Netanyahu. The last substantial public meeting between the two leaders was in 2010, with peace efforts completely suspended since April 2014.
Hamas, the hardline Palestinian group that runs Gaza, condemned Mr Abbas's decision to attend the ceremony.
Jordan and Egypt - the only two Arab countries to have signed peace deals with Israel - both sent official representatives to the ceremony.
Mr Abbas, along with Mr Peres, was one of those who signed the Oslo peace accords in 1993, in the presence of Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.
Mr Peres, Mr Rabin and Mr Arafat were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East". All three have now died.
Mr Peres' reputation in the region is complicated by the 1996 shelling of Qana in southern Lebanon that killed more than 100 people sheltering in a UN compound.
It took place when, as prime minister, he ordered an offensive against a wave of rocket fire by the militant Hezbollah movement.
He later said it was a "bitter surprise" to find that several hundred people were in the camp at the time.
The funeral was the largest such event in Israel since the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by a Jewish nationalist in 1995.
Mr Peres suffered a stroke two weeks ago and died on Wednesday in a hospital near Tel Aviv.


Microsoft is pulling out of the "feature" phones business.

But its Nokia-branded handsets - which are powered by the Series 30+ operating system, making them less powerful than its Lumia Windows phones - will continue to live on.
The division that makes them has been acquired by HMD Global, a new private equity-backed firm, and Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile.
Nokia said it had signed a 10-year deal for them to continue using its name.
"Feature phones were never a core part of Microsoft's strategic aim behind the purchase of Nokia's devices business," commented Ian Fogg from the IHS Technology research team.
"Following the Microsoft reorganisation last year, it was clear the feature phone business was an unwanted extra and Microsoft most likely took the first good offer to take the business off its hands.
"While the feature phone market is declining, shipments were still in excess of 400 million units in 2015. The Nokia brand is very strong in certain markets too and HMD will probably target these emerging markets."
Microsoft is being paid $350m (Â£240m) for the deal, which includes the Taiwanese firm Foxconn taking ownership of a feature phone factory in Hanoi.
About 4,500 workers will switch companies as part of the arrangement, with the deal due to be completed before the end of the year.
In a separate agreement, HMD has acquired the exclusive rights to use Nokia's name for a new range of smartphones and tablets.
HMD is owned by Smart Connect, a private equity firm led by Jean-Francois Baril. The executive worked at Nokia for 13 years, serving as its chief procurement officer until 2012.
"Branding has become a critical differentiator in mobile phones, which is why our business model is centred on the unique asset of the Nokia brand and our extensive experience in sales and marketing," said HMD's chief executive Arto Nummela.
For years to come students at business school will study the deal that saw Microsoft pay $7.2bn for the Nokia mobile phone business in 2014 - and not in a good way.
The deal was Steve Ballmer's last throw of the dice as Microsoft chief executive and on the day it was announced he told me it was a "big bold stepâ€¦ an important piece of the puzzle as Microsoft seeks to become this phenomenal device and services business".
But the following year, almost the entire cost of the deal had been written off and the Nokia brand had gone from the high-end Lumia phones.
Now the feature phone business - which had always made Nokia a household name in countries like India - has been sold too. At the same time, Finland's Nokia,  still a big force in telecoms networks, has unveiled a plan to make it a force in phones again by licensing the brand to another Finnish firm started by former employees.
Although Microsoft has given up on becoming a "phenomenal" device business, half of Ballmer's strategy is beginning to work. Under Satya Nadella, it's finding that selling services is a more profitable path than making phones.
Nokia itself is currently focused on telecoms infrastructure equipment, smart health kit and high-end virtual reality cameras.
But the deal allows it to benefit from its mobile legacy without taking on much risk itself.
"These deals reunify the Nokia brand feature phones with the upcoming Nokia-brand smartphones," said Mr Fogg.
"That will make it easier for HMD to upsell consumers from feature phones to smartphones in countries where Nokia feature phones are still in usage."


Antibiotic prescriptions and cases of resistant bacteria in England have continued to soar despite dire warnings and campaigns, figures show.

Public Health England found a 6% increase in prescriptions between 2010 and 2013 and warned that up to half may be "inappropriate".
It found a link between areas of high prescribing and resistant bacteria.
Experts said the report showed we were "squandering an unbelievably precious resource".
Antibiotics have been one of the greatest breakthroughs in medicine and have saved millions of lives. But there is growing concern that overuse is making them less effective as bacteria develop resistance.
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the world will be "cast back into the dark ages of medicine" unless action is taken.
The chief medical officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies, has warned of apocalyptic scenarios including routine infections becoming deadly once again.
Public Health England has, for the first time, brought together the data on all antibiotic prescribing in England whether in GPs' surgeries, hospitals or dentists.
They have recorded the number of "defined daily doses" of antibiotics prescribed between 2010 and 2013.
In that time prescriptions increased by 6% from 25.9 to 27.4 doses per 1,000 people per day.
There was also a 12% increase in the number of resistant E.coli infections in the blood.
There was widespread variation across the country.
Doctors in Merseyside are prescribing 30.4 defined daily doses per 1,000 people compared with just 22.8 in the Thames Valley region.
Dr Susan Hopkins, from Public Health England, said: "We know that less than 1% of bacteria are extremely multi-drug resistant at the moment, that means resistant to pretty much all the antibiotics we have available to us.
"But in countries like India they are approaching 10% to 20% of individuals they are not able to treat effectively with the antibiotics."
She said England could be heading that way if antibiotics were not used more intelligently.
She argued that giving prescriptions, which could be used only if symptoms became worse in several days' time, would reduce antibiotic use.
And she called for doctors in hospitals to review whether patients needed to stay on antibiotics every day.
Prof Laura Piddock, from the group Antibiotic Action, told the BBC: "It is disappointing that antibiotic use and resistance is still increasing, but it's not surprising.
"We have to make it easier for doctors to use antibiotics more wisely when the pressures in the NHS are great and it is really hard for doctors to take on every single guideline."
In the very last year of the study the number of GP prescriptions did start to fall. However, there is concern this is just moving prescribing to other areas of the health service.
Prof Kevin Kerr, the director of infection prevention and control at Harrogate District Hospital, commented: "This is a very important report, which provides yet more evidence that we as a society are squandering an unbelievably precious resource.
"Resistance to antibiotics is rising inexorably and unless we face up to the seriousness of this problem now, the tide of multi-resistant superbugs, which at the moment is lapping around our ankles will rise even further."
Prof John Watson, deputy chief medical officer at the Department of Health, said: "Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to health security facing the world today and everybody must take action."


NHS 24's chief executive will step down and leave the organisation at the end of this month, it has been announced.

Glasgow-based John Turner has been at NHS 24 since 2008.
He was chief executive at the former Borders Primary Care NHS Trust before holding the same post at NHS Western Isles after its chief was suspended.
NHS 24's chairwoman Esther Robertson said it was "with regret" that the board had accepted Mr Turner's resignation.
She said: "John has served the organisation since 2008, leading the development of NHS 24 as Scotland's national telehealth and telecare organisation.
"The board would like to thank him for the dedicated service he has given during his time, and wish him well for his future career. Interim arrangements are currently being agreed."
Mr Turner said he had enjoyed his time with the organisation "immensely".
He added: "Having recently successfully delivered a number of important milestones including the consolidation of the 111 service, completion of the 2014/15 performance year, and with the strong recent progress with our Future Programme , this seems like the right time for me to decide to move on.
"I wish NHS 24 and all its staff the very best for the future."


Spain's governing conservative party has won the most seats in the general election but has lost its majority and must now try to form a coalition.

With almost all votes counted, the Popular Party (PP) had 123 seats; the Socialists 90 and the anti-austerity Podemos party 69.
The liberal Ciudadanos party was in fourth place with 40 seats.
Podemos and Ciudadanos fielded national candidates for the first time, boosted by discontent among the electorate.
The PP and the Socialists have alternated running the government for more than three decades.
A spokesman for Podemos said the results showed that two-party politics in Spain had ended.
"We are entering a new era in our country," said Inigo Errejon.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's PP needed 176 seats to form a majority.  It had 186 seats in the outgoing parliament.
"I will try to form a government, a stable government," Mr Rajoy told PP supporters, after the final results were announced.
"This party is still the number one force in Spain."
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The Popular Party had 28.7% of the vote; the Socialists 22%; Podemos 20.6% and Ciudadanos 13.9%.
Turnout was put at about 73% - up slightly compared to the 2011 election.
Analysts said the PP could find it very difficult to form a government because it can't achieve a majority in parliament in coalition with Ciudadanos, its most natural partner.
The Socialists, on the other hand, could form a pact with Podemos and Ciudadanos.
Spain's economy, corruption allegations and a separatist drive in the prosperous north-eastern region of Catalonia were all dominant issues in the election.
Mr Rajoy's administration adopted tough austerity measures and job reforms that, although unpopular, have been credited with returning the Spanish economy to growth.
However, unemployment remains high at 21%, the second-highest rate in the EU after Greece, although it has fallen from its 2013 peak of 27%.
The PP has also been damaged by corruption scandals.
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Northampton Saints centre Harry Mallinder is among 13 youngsters to sign new deals with the club.

The 19-year-old son of Saints director of rugby Jim scored a try in his first two matches for Saints and has made a total of nine appearances.
Fellow backs Tom Collins, George Furbank, Rory Hutchinson, Sam Olver and Howard Packman have also signed deals.
As have forwards Will Allman, Sion Bennett, James Fish, Lewis Ludlam, Alex Moon, Jordan Onojaife and Josh Peters.
Of the group, England Under-20 wing Collins, 21, is the most experienced in a Saints shirt, having made 27 first-team appearances.
Scotland Under-20 centre Hutchinson, 20; England Under-20s 21-year-old fly-half Olver; England Under-20 wing Packman, 20 and England Under-20 second row Onojaife, 20, are the others in the group to have played for Northampton's first team.
"The Saints academy is doing its job, identifying and bringing through local talent.
"There are some highly-rated players in that group - some who've already made an impact in the first team such as Tom Collins and Harry Mallinder.
"The challenge for the club and the players is for more of them to make the step up now and break into the match-day 23 - something which has been difficult this season without an Anglo-Welsh Cup."


A man arrested after a cyclist died following a crash with a van on the A31 in Hampshire has been bailed.

Cyclist Lee Martin, 48, from Basingstoke, died in hospital after he was hit by a white Ford Transit van, near to the junction with Station Road at Bentley on Wednesday.
A 29-year-old man, from Alton, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He has been released on bail until 18 December pending further inquiries.
A statement released on behalf of Mr Martin's family, said they were "devastated".
It said: "He was a protective and loyal husband, father, son and brother.
"Big Lee will be missed by many friends and family members, but he will never be forgotten."


Stevenage have added Aston Villa youngster Kevin Toner to their squad in a season-long loan deal.

The 21-year-old defender came through Villa's academy and made his senior debut for the club in April 2016.
Toner, who is a Republic of Ireland Under-19 international, went on to make three Premier League starts prior to Villa's relegation.
He spent last season on loan to Walsall and Bradford, scoring his first senior goal for the Bantams at Scunthorpe.
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Three men have been charged with murder after a man's body was found in a park in Cornwall.

Josh Buscombe, aged 24, Daniel Atlass, aged 22, and Jordan Bishop, 21, have been charged with the killing.
All three men are from Truro Road, St Austell. They are due to appear before Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The body of 31-year-old Stephen Bull was discovered in a park off Bridge Road, St Austell, just after 05:00 GMT on Wednesday.


Should a 14-year-old married girl who migrates to Europe be viewed as a child - or a spouse?

The issue has put European governments in a spin: forcing a policy U-turn in Denmark, new legislation in the Netherlands and an agonised debate in Germany.
Analysts say early marriage is often carried out in refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by families trying to protect girls from poverty or sexual exploitation. Elsewhere, poor families might marry off their young daughters in exchange for dowries.
The question is one of rights and protections - but which? When authorities stop minors cohabiting with their older spouses, are they combating child abuse or breaking up (often already traumatised) families?
Depending on where you go in Europe, you'll find a radically different range of responses to the issue.
Denmark's response has swung first one way and then the other.
In February, Integration Minister Inger Stojberg vowed to act after a review found dozens of cases of girls living with older men in asylum seekers' accommodation - which the minister called "totally unacceptable".
Couples would require "exceptional reasons" to live together below the age of 18 (the legal age for marriage in Denmark) and no cohabitation would be allowed whatsoever if one party was below 15.
But separation reportedly prompted two migrants under 18 to attempt suicide.
The policy was reversed earlier this week - with children as young as 14 reunited with their husbands - after the issue was raised with the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) by lawmaker Josephine Fock.
"It is completely outrageous. We are talking about people who have fled to Denmark who are being split from each other. Some of them have children together and investigating individual [asylum] cases takes an unbelievably long time," Ms Fock told Metroxpress news service.
The DIS cited Denmark's "international obligations" as the trigger for its policy change, concluding that enforcing separate living quarters would violate the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to one's "private and family life".
That has prompted conservative politicians to call for Denmark's withdrawal from such treaties.
In the Netherlands, policy has shifted in the other direction - with the government moving swiftly last year to close a legal loophole which allowed child brides to live with older husbands in asylum centres.
And politicians have grappled with the same dilemma elsewhere in Europe - though on the whole each country is dealing with just a handful of cases.
The issue takes on much broader significance in Germany, which has greeted some 1.2 million migrants since last year under Chancellor Angela Merkel's "open-door" policy.
Here the authorities' response has been inconsistent and, some claim, confused.
Data suggest that in Germany there are at least 1,000 marriages where one or both parties are under the legal marriage age of 18, of which more than half are in the southern state of Bavaria.
The official confusion is reflected in one reported case: a 15-year-old Syrian girl married to her 21-year-old cousin. She was first separated from him in the city of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, for reasons of child protection.
Her husband lost an appeal to a family court, but the decision was eventually set aside by a regional court, which judged that the marriage should be recognised as it was legal in the country of origin.
But the city appealed, and the pair are now awaiting a judgment from Germany's federal court.
In response, Germany's justice ministry has set up a working group to agree a consistent response.
Ironically, the Family Affairs Minister Manuela Schwesig cited the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to argue against under-age cohabitation, claiming that violated children's rights to "play, education and health".
And the issue only threatens to become more pressing, despite the efforts of global campaign groups to eliminate child marriage - which they claim in many cases is in fact forced marriage.
Unicef figures from the vast Syrian refugee camps in Jordan suggest the proportion of registered marriages where the bride was under 18 rose from 12% in 2011 (roughly the same as the figure in pre-war Syria) to 18% in 2012, and as high as 25% by 2013.
And Jordan's Chief Islamic Justice Department was recently quoted as saying child marriages represented about 35% of all marriages of Syrian refugees in 2015.
"There are a number of reasons why families are opting for child marriage for their daughters," says charity Save the Children.
"As refugees, Syrian families are reliant on dwindling resources and are lacking economic opportunities. At the same time, they are all too aware of the need to protect their daughters from the threat of sexual violence."
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Oil giant Taqa has cut about 100 offshore posts after a review.

The company had announced in August that the positions were at risk.
A spokesman said: "The consultation process in conjunction with our key contractor companies has concluded.
"Our new offshore organisation structure is in place, resulting in a reduction of around 100 offshore core crew positions as planned."


Eric Molina hopes to emulate his mentor Oliver McCall when he fights Britain's Anthony Joshua for the IBF heavyweight title in Manchester on Saturday.

McCall upset Briton Lennox Lewis in 1994, knocking him out in the second round to take his world title.
Unbeaten Joshua, 27, is making the second defence of the belt he won in April.
"I always envisaged having a moment like Oliver had against Lewis," said the 34-year-old American.
"Oliver has meant so much to my career and showed that in the heavyweight division, anything is possible.
"The knockout is the only way I'm going to win and I've got nothing to lose. Anthony Joshua and all of Britain will be surprised."
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At the final pre-fight news conference, Joshua said he would make Molina "look like a novice" at the Manchester Arena.
Molina replied: "You have to make me look like a novice, that's why you got me here. If you slip up for one second, you'll be dancing."
However, there was none of the bad blood that coloured Wednesday's undercard news conference, when Dereck Chisora flipped over a table after exchanging words with his opponent Dillian Whyte.
Molina is a quietly spoken contender from Texas, whose other job is teaching disabled children in his home town of Weslaco.
He lost his first fight as a professional in 2007 but has been beaten only twice in 27 bouts since.
In 2012 he was knocked out in the first round by Chris Arreola, before lasting nine rounds with WBC champion Deontay Wilder last year. In his most recent fight in April, Molina caused an upset by beating Poland's Tomasz Adamek.
"I was supposed to last two rounds against Wilder, I was supposed to lose to Adamek in Poland, so let people keep talking," said Molina.
"I believe Wilder is the best heavyweight in the world and the hardest puncher. I want Joshua to prove me wrong. I want to test him, take him to the limit."
Molina has been friends with McCall for six years and often reminisces about one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history, when McCall flattened Lewis in two rounds to hand him his first defeat as a professional.
Saturday's fight will be the first time Rob McCracken is in Joshua's corner.
McCracken, the performance director of Great Britain's amateur squad, replaces Tony Sims as Joshua's main trainer, although Sims remains in the camp.
"The camp has been great, he's boxing well and he's punching well," said McCracken, who led Carl Froch to the super-middleweight world title.
"He's got a lot of ability, a lot of power and a lot of speed, which nobody talks about. He'll bring fighters on to shots they don't see."
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Chisora's fight with Whyte goes ahead but is no longer for the British heavyweight title after the British Boxing Board of Control withdrew its sanction for the fight following Wednesday's table-throwing incident.
Chief support is former amateur sensation Katie Taylor, who has her second professional fight against Brazil's Viviane Obenauf.
Birmingham's Kal Yafai fights Luis Concepcion for the Panamanian's WBA super-flyweight title, while Liverpool's Callum Smith makes the first defence of his British super-middleweight title against Darwen's Luke Blackledge.
Bury's Scott Quigg, last seen losing a super-bantamweight world title unification match against Carl Frampton of Belfast in February, fights at featherweight for the first time, against Mexican Jose Cayetano.
Newcastle's Hosea Burton defends his British light-heavyweight title against London's Frank Buglioni, while Cuban heavyweight contender Luiz Ortiz is also in action.


Lee McCulloch may still be only interim manager at Kilmarnock but he is slowly changing how things are done.

Since taking charge after Lee Clark's departure in February, McCulloch has altered routines to help to secure Killie's Premiership status.
His latest has been to make the home dressing room out of bounds during the week in the hope it inspires the players on the day of a game.
"It's just trying to get a freshness on match day," said McCulloch.
"That's why we moved the first-team players into the away dressing at Rugby Park. You could say it's worked a little bit.
"We gave the home dressing room a bit of a facelift and we locked it up so nobody could get in there. I think it's made a slight difference but you can only be the judge of that through results."
McCulloch made this move as he looks to improve Killie's home form, which has been poor in recent years.
So far in this campaign the Ayrshire club have won only three home matches - the least of any team in the league.
"It's just leaving no stone unturned really, going into every game," McCulloch told BBC Scotland.
"For the last four years it's been the worst in the club's history for home defeats and seven out of the last eight seasons have been the worst for home matches as well. The stats don't lie.
"It's not as if it's been there for ever. It's not as if it's somebody's fault because there have been different managers, different teams, different players,  different styles. Who knows what the problem is."
The former Scotland international hopes Killie enjoy a change in home form when basement club Inverness Caledonian Thistle visit this weekend.
"A victory would be nice," admitted McCulloch.
"Its going to be a tough match. Inverness are punching well below their weight with where they are in the league table, with the players they've got. So it's just up to us to go out and put on a positive performance in front of the crowd."


The UN says it is "extremely concerned" by reports of attacks by Kurdish forces on Sunni Muslim Arabs living in Iraq.

It cited lootings, property destruction, abductions and killings in territory recaptured from the Islamic State (IS) group.
Sunni Arabs face discrimination from Iraqi authorities and other groups who accuse them of supporting IS, it added.
In October, Amnesty International raised concerns over "war crimes" by Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
The UN said it was particularly worried about 1,300 Sunnis stranded in "no-man's-land" near Sinjar, between Kurdish security forces and IS.
"Reports indicate that Iraqi security forces and Kurdish security forces and their respected affiliated militias have been responsible for looting and destruction of property belonging to Sunni Arab communities, forced evictions, abductions, illegal detention and, in some cases, extrajudicial killings," UN spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly said.
"We have received reports as well about their limited access to basic services and essential goods, such as water, food, shelter and medical care," she added.
Ms Pouilly said the UN had also received reports of 16 mass graves containing the bodies of those killed by IS - but added it was unclear how many bodies were in the graves.
Her office has called on Iraq's government to investigate, she told reporters.
Sinjar, in northern Iraq, was liberated from IS in mid-November. The militant group captured the town in 2014, killing and capturing thousands of Yazidis.
Sunni Arab communities left behind now face accusations of sympathy for IS, according to the UN.


Police in Italy believe traffickers made some $3m (Â£1.9m; â‚¬2.5m) from 359 illegal migrants found abandoned on a cargo ship in the Mediterranean.

The Ezadeen was towed into the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro after being found by coast guards on Friday.
Most of those aboard appear to be Syrians, in the second such case involving a freighter this week.
The ships reportedly started in Turkey and Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus, in a change from the Libyan route usually favoured by gangs.
The police chief of Cosenza province, Luigi Liguori, said each migrant had paid between $4,000 and $8,000 to board the ship.
Officers say that the smugglers wore hoods and locked the migrants in the ship's hold before apparently abandoning ship on a lifeboat.
In the earlier case, Italian coastguards boarded a ship, the Blue Sky M, carrying 796 migrants on Tuesday. Finding it without a crew, they steered it into the south Italian port of Gallipoli.
The smugglers' new tactic appears to be simple and effective: point a cargo ship towards Italy and let the coastguard pick it up, the BBC's James Reynolds reports from Corigliano Calabro.
Illegal migration to the EU has been fuelled by the civil war in Syria, which has driven people to seek asylum in Europe, along with economic migrants.
Last year it is estimated that nearly 3,500 refugees died trying to cross the Mediterranean while another 200,000 were rescued.
The Ezadeen, an ageing Sierra Leone-flagged ship originally used to transport cattle, was spotted on Thursday evening and arrived in port in Italy on Friday night.
Passengers are said to be in good condition and are being transferred to immigration centres and foster homes across Italy, according to coastguard and police officials.
Mr Liguori says the new tactic used by the criminal gangs is attracting better-off migrants.
"We've noticed a change in the make-up of the Syrian refugees on board," he said. "They are socially well off. They wear better clothes and are also better organised and, if you allow me to, they are less desperate than the migrants we normally see."
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU's commissioner for migration, called for "decisive and coordinated EU-wide action" against the people traffickers.
"Smugglers are finding new routes to Europe and are employing new methods in order to exploit desperate people," he said, promising to present a "comprehensive approach on migration".
Illegal migrants arriving in the EU are assessed to see if they have a valid claim for asylum. They must satisfy the authorities they are fleeing persecution and would face harm or even death if sent back to their country of origin.
Passengers from the Blue Sky M have also reportedly been dispersed to reception centres around Italy.
Tommaso Tomaiuolo, a local resident in the Gallipoli area, saw the ship when it docked in the early hours of New Year's Eve and later talked to some of the migrants through the gate of a local school where they were taken.
Mr Tomaiuolo told BBC News that one Syrian migrant, who asked for his name not to be given, told him he had paid "Turkish mafia" 7,000 euros for himself and 7,000 euros for his pregnant wife to make the journey.
The 35-year-old said he was scared to reveal his identity in case he was returned to Turkey, where he had been living for about a year.
He spoke fluent English and said he had lived previously several times in the UK. He and his wife, he told Mr Tomaiulo, left Turkey on 21 or 22 December, apparently starting the journey in the port of Mersin in a smaller boat.
He gave Mr Tomaiuolo a photo from his mobile phone which shows the hold of a ship packed with people during the crossing on the Blue Sky M.


A female rugby player who died after being hurt in a tackle during a game has saved the lives of at least four people, it has been revealed.

Lily Partridge suffered a head injury when she was fatally injured during a county training event earlier this month.
The part time teacher and zookeeper, 22, from Exeter, carried two donor cards.
Her organs were retrieved before her life support machine was turned off.
Around 400 mourners, some wearing rugby shirts, turned up for Miss Partridge's funeral at Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday.
The congregation heard: "Lily's family would like to share something with you all today, just three days before Christmas, the traditional time for giving and receiving.
"Lily gave her Christmas gifts early. She has given the gift of life to four total strangers and more people will benefit in the weeks and months ahead."
"Three young adults and a middle aged person have now been saved and face a New Year with a new lease of life and full of hope."
Ms Partridge, who collapsed by the side of the pitch after being injured at North Tawton's Devon ground earlier in December, had a history of concussions.
Her family has stressed that no one was to blame for the accident two weeks ago and said Miss Partridge had been at the happiest point on her life both personally and professionally.
The front rower was a founder member of the Exonian ladies rugby team based at Topsham, Devon, and had played the game for 18 months.


Heathrow's new Terminal 2 has welcomed its first passengers, with the airport insisting it has learned lessons from the opening of Terminal 5.

The first flight, a United Airlines from Chicago, arrived at 05:49 BST.
Passengers on the first of 34 United flights scheduled for Wednesday were greeted by staff in Beefeater costumes.
The airport will open in stages to avoid the chaos in 2008 when Terminal 5 opened and staff struggled to cope with the computer and baggage systems.
Gentler start
The new terminal will operate at 10% of capacity on the first day and it will be some months before the other 25 airlines using Terminals 1, 3 and 4 join United Airlines at the new building.
By Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, BBC London
This opening is really a huge exercise in expectation management, and the team here has been constantly saying there will be the odd glitch.
That's not surprising considering that the opening of T5 was an absolute debacle, with lost luggage and delays.
Today Heathrow has gone for a very very soft launch. One airline and 34 flights.
Some critics have said that the airport wasn't ambitious enough, but no-one is really going to blame Heathrow for starting slow and steady.
And so far so smooth at cavernous, light T2. The worst that the media has been able to uncover so far is some payphones not working.
Heathrow is trying to prove that it is a world-class airport and capable of expanding.
It wants a third runway, and the successful opening of T2 is very much part of proving it is up to the job of delivering new infrastructure.
The opening coincides with a 24-hour strike by members of the RMT union who work on the Heathrow Express rail link to central London.
The union says plans to save £6m from the cost of running the service could affect 200 jobs and hit working conditions, but managers say they plan to run regular trains despite the walk out.
The £2.5bn Terminal 2, known as the Queen's Terminal, replaces the very first passenger building which was opened by the Queen in 1955. Before that, old army tents had been used to house passengers.
Eyes will be on the airport because the opening of Terminal 5 in March 2008 was such a disaster, said the BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott.
Staff could not park, find their way around or use new systems. In the end the new luggage system went into meltdown with 15,000 bags stuck in the wrong place, he said.
On the terminal's first day there will be just 34 flights carrying 6,000 passengers. There will eventually be 330 flights a day to 50 destinations by 26 airlines.
The new terminal has 60 check-in gates and 66 self-check-in kiosks, 29 security lanes, 33 shops and 17 restaurants.
There were 178 passengers and 11 crew on the first flight, a Boeing 767.
The UK and Ireland sales director for United Airlines Bob Schumacher said: "We're extremely proud to be the first airline to operate from T2.
"Heathrow is one of the most important airports in United's global network, and T2 represents a huge improvement in the service and facilities we are able to provide to all our customers."
Heathrow development director John Holland-Kaye said: "T2 is the culmination of an £11bn investment programme that has transformed Heathrow for passengers.
"Our measure of success is not everything running perfectly on day one; there will inevitably be things we can improve. Our real measure of success is whether T2 comes to be rated by passengers as one of the world's best airport terminals for years to come."
Passenger Dr Stuart Weinstein, 67, from Iowa City, Iowa, said: "That was the quickest I've ever got through immigration at Heathrow."
Steve Elmore, 47, from Chicago, said: "We saw these guys dressed in Beefeater costumes as we got off the plane. It was a fantastic reception."
Irish student Lee Conneely, 20, from Wexford, who was waiting to board a flight to San Francisco said: "There's not a huge flow of passengers yet, so the test for the terminal will come when it gets busier after a few weeks."
The BBC's transport correspondent said there was a lot at stake because Heathrow wants permission to build a third runway and a new terminal to go with it.