The partner of the late motorcycle medic Dr John Hinds has said there could be no better legacy for her "incredible other half" than saving lives.

Janet Acheson was speaking at Stormont on Monday, at an event to promote a Northern Ireland Air Ambulance.
"John would be incredibly proud at the groundswell of support shown for this life-saving cause," she said.
Dr Hinds, 35, died as the result of a motorcycle crash in July.
He had been providing medical cover at a road racing meeting at Skerries, County Dublin, on 4 July. He was known as a "flying doctor" of Irish motorcycle sport.
Shortly after his death, his family announced plans to set up a charity to support his vision of a Northern Ireland air ambulance.
Last month, the then Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he was committed to establishing an emergency medical helicopter service in Northern Ireland.
At Stormont on Monday, Dr Acheson said: "The support for John's work - which he was so passionate about - has been humbling, at times overwhelming, but most of all inspiring. It has also given us strength through some very tough days."
A helicopter emergency medical service should be funded by government in the long term, she said. It should also be based in the Greater Belfast area.
"A properly structured helicopter emergency medical service will make a lasting difference to the people of this country," she said.
Among those at Stormont was Shaun McCann, 7, who suffered a life-threatening head injury as a result of a fall at his County Roscommon home.
Dr John attended the scene along with the air ambulance team from Roscommon.
"Doc John provided Shaun with a general anaesthetic and placed him in an induced coma to protect his brain," said Ms Acheson.
"He provided mobile intensive care level support whilst Shaun was being flown to a hospital with the specialities necessary to deal with his injuries.
"Shaun made a full recovery and two weeks ago welcomed his baby sister, Alana, to the family. But things could have been different.
"Without a pre-hospital doctor, delivered to his home in a timely fashion, Shaun would not have received this intervention until he reached hospital, meaning if Shaun had survived at all, he was unlikely to be the Shaun we have before us today.
"Without an air ambulance Shaun's family would be marking a very different anniversary on 14 July each year."
She urged everyone to do everything they could to make her partner's dream a reality.
A few weeks before he died, Dr Hinds and the leader of the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV), Jim Allister, met with the then health minister Simon Hamilton to discuss the issue.
Dr Hinds was originally from Portaferry, County Down.
He was a consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital, County Armagh, but also volunteered as a motorcycling medic on Ireland's road racing circuit.


A sketch on a napkin by the artist LS Lowry has been sold at auction for £9,000.

The 6in (15cm) drawing shows "the Old Handball Court, Nelson, Glamorgan", now a listed building in Caerphilly county.
Peter Wilson fine art auctioneers said Lowry was introduced to the south Wales Valleys by Ebbw Vale businessman Monty Bloom.
Signed and dated 6 November 1961, it is thought to have been sketched by Lowry as he sat in a nearby cafe.
"Bloom recognised the appeal the grim contrast of spoil hills side by side with real mountains would have on the artist," Peter Wilson auctioneers said.
"Aged 77, Lowry embarked on a new era of painting inspired by the Welsh scenery and began working in a new, intuitive and experimental way.
"Together, Lowry and Bloom made visits to the area every six months or so and it is thought that this sketch may have been made upon his return from such a trip."
Lowry gave the napkin sketch to artist Percy Warburton, who would later pass it on to the family who put it up for auction on Thursday.
It was bought by a private collector from the Midlands.


A company set up to provide IT and HR services for councils in Cheshire is to be wound up after making huge losses.

CoSocius began trading in April 2014 and is jointly owned by Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester councils.
The firm blamed a "changing environment" for the decision.
Former Cheshire West council leader Mike Jones called the firm's performance "very disappointing" and "had not delivered what we expected".
In its first 11 months, CoSocius had operating losses of Â£800,000, added to a pension deficit of Â£8.5m.
More than 300 council staff employed by the jointly-owned company will now be brought back in-house.
Cosocius was established as "an innovative, sustainable and highly competitive business able to trade profitably with other organisations".
It was hoped the arrangement would generate savings of Â£5m over the first five years of operation, by bidding for contracts with other public and private bodies.
Managing director Dave Hudson said "CoSocius has made progress in a number of areas and contributed to the success of other areas of both councils, however the changing environment meant that many aspects of the company's original agreed business plan needed revisiting."
Cheshire East Council Labour spokesman Sam Corcoran criticised the project for "exposing council services to the disruption and expense of structural changes that are reversed a few years later."
The company will cease trading in April 2016.


Wales' opponents now "fear" them after their recent good form, according to assistant manager Osian Roberts.

Chris Coleman's side - top of Group B and unbeaten in eight qualifiers - need just one point from their final two games to secure a Euro 2016 place.
Roberts believes Israel's defensive display in Sunday's 0-0 draw in Cardiff is indicative of the effect Wales' success has had on opposition teams.
"That's what this group of players have earned now, that respect," he said.
"Teams are not going to be open and going toe-to-toe with us. That's because of the standards we've set and other teams fear us."
Wales are one point ahead of Belgium and five in front of third-placed Israel, with the top two guaranteed qualification.
Wales have risen to their highest Fifa world ranking of ninth, having been ranked 117th as recently as 2011.
Victory against Israel would have sealed the country's place at their first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup with two matches to spare.
But they were denied by a resolute Israel team who offered little in attack and were instead content to defend and hold on for a point.
Roberts added: "They came here and changed their shape to frustrate us because of the respect opponents are now showing us."


As the jet carrying Shaker Aamer landed at Biggin Hill airport, the questions over his future were only just beginning.

Whatever your perspective or personal views of what Mr Aamer is, was, or represents, his return to the UK was greeted with a collective sigh of relief across Whitehall.
The 5,017 days of detention were not only a real point of tension in the critical transatlantic relationship; they also soured and compromised attempts by the government to reach out to some of the hardest-to-reach Muslim communities.
In the short term, he will begin to receive expert medical help, including a psychiatric assessment. He will finally get to meet the son who was born on the day he arrived at Guantanamo Bay.
But for some, Mr Aamer's return represents a risk. Davis Lewin, of the Henry Jackson Society, a security and foreign relations think tank, has urged the UK to think very carefully about how it manages and monitors him now he is back.
Mr Aamer's legal team have said he will submit to whatever monitoring is required - although they also argue it is unnecessary because the case against him comes from unreliable allegations extracted during torture.
If MI5 decides to monitor him, he may never know for sure that it is happening - such is the nature of that kind of work.
There are bigger questions for the UK, questions of legacy and lessons to be learnt.
Critics argue that in the wake of 9/11 the US was not the only country to lose its legal map and moral compass.
London didn't seem to want to tell Washington that Guantanamo was a bad idea - and it didn't insist that any British men detained in Afghanistan be brought back to the UK.
That, say critics, was a dereliction of long-standing British principles of justice.
"Human rights and justice and the rule of law are for everybody," says former Conservative cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, a member of the cross-party group that lobbied Washington to release Mr Aamer.
"He has been denied that. Not only is that terrible for him, but we have to be better than that if we're going to defeat the scourge of terror and terrorism.
"We're going to have to rise above these things and stick to the rule of law, and accept that human rights belong to everyone."
Some American interrogations involved intelligence material provided by Britain - and that could amount to complicity in torture.
And so, many MPs are now pushing for real answers to questions about Britain's role in the weeks and months after 9/11.
"One of the things that it is absolutely essential that happens in due course is that [Shaker Aamer] looks the camera in the eye in Britain and says what happened to him," says Mr Mitchell.
"If as is alleged he was tortured, and if there was any UK involvement in that, we need to get to the bottom of that not only because it's utterly wrong if it was done in our name, but also because we need to ensure that these sort of circumstances don't happen to anyone else."
But why haven't those answers come out yet?
The government fought a mammoth legal battle to prevent courts disclosing the full extent of what ministers and officials knew about the transfer of men to Guantanamo.
But the claimants ultimately accepted a multi-million pound settlement - meaning the government never had to disclose what happened.
Parliament then passed the Justice and Security Act which allows ministers to apply to hear cases in secret - closing that door for good.
Campaigners still hoped the facts would emerge in a full judge-led inquiry into complicity in rendition.
The promised inquiry was shelved because there is still the possibility of criminal charges in relation to alleged rendition to Libya.
So it is now down to the Intelligence and Security Committee to investigate.
Earlier this week, the committee's new chair, Dominic Grieve QC, said he wanted to get started.
The last detainee with a UK connection now has a long and complicated road ahead of him. He has to learn how to stop being Detainee 239 of Guantanamo Bay and become Shaker Aamer, father of four, of south-west London.
His legal team say he does not want to persecute those who abused him - and in a recent letter to the BBC he talked about the "contract" he believes he must honour with the British people for their support.


Wearable technology company Fitbit saw its revenue beat expectations and more than triple to $400m (£256m) in the second quarter of the year.

Margins fell, however, due to higher spending on new products.
Net income rose to $17.7m in the quarter from $14.8m in the same period the previous year.
It is the first report as a public company for the makers of wristbands and devices that track heart rate, calories, steps and sleep pattern.
The company had gone public in June and stocks had risen nearly 160% since its debut.
The declining gross margins overshadowed the strong revenue and shares fell by more than 15% in Thursday's after-hour trading.
The company said adjusted margins fell to 47% in the three months ending June 30, down from 52% the previous year.
Fitbit said it does not expect margins to improve for the rest of the year.
The firm said it sold 4.5 million devices in the second quarter.
Revenue rose to $400m from $113m in the same period the previous year.
The gains were due to expansion to Asia and Europe and strong general demand for its devices.
For the next quarter, the company said it expects revenue to be slightly lower, in the range of $335m to $365m.


Wycombe goalkeeper Jamal Blackman saved a penalty to thwart Blackpool for a second time this season as his side held on for a goalless draw.

The 23-year-old, on loan from Chelsea, saved a penalty in normal time and one in a shoot-out when the Chairboys knocked Blackpool out of the EFL Trophy in January.
And, with four minutes left on the clock in this game, Blackman saved Brad Potts' spot-kick to preserve a point.
The first chance of the game fell to Adebayo Akinfenwa who drilled wide after 10 minutes.
Midway through the first half a speculative effort from Potts grazed Blackman's crossbar.
On the stroke of half-time Paris Cowan-Hall's low drive brought a smart save from visiting goalkeeper Dean Lyness.
Shortly after the break a Potts effort was acrobatically clawed back from the goal-line by Blackman. Blackpool claimed the ball had crossed the line but their appeals fell on deaf ears.
And Wycombe's keeper had his crowning moment in the dying stages, producing a brilliant save to deny Potts from 12 yards.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Blackpool 0.
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Blackpool 0.
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neil Danns (Blackpool).
Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers).
Neil Danns (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Sam Saunders replaces Sam Wood.
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jack Payne (Blackpool).
Penalty saved! Brad Potts (Blackpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity,  right footed shot saved  in the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Blackpool. Jamille Matt draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Myles Weston (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Alex Jakubiak replaces Paris Cowan-Hall.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers).
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Blackpool. Neil Danns replaces Jordan Flores.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jamille Matt replaces Mark Cullen.
Attempt missed. Jack Payne (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Attempt blocked. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Myles Weston replaces Dayle Southwell.
Jordan Flores (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card.
Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers).
Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jordan Flores (Blackpool).
Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers).
Mark Cullen (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.


The run-off parliamentary election win by the moderate government of Iran is a crucial victory for them.

The vote held on Friday was for 68 seats out of the 290 in parliament. It meant that nervous Iranians woke up on Saturday morning to an all new political landscape.
For the first time in 13 years moderates and reformists now have a majority in parliament.
While it was not a sweeping victory for the supporters of President Hassan Rouhani, it was still a surprise win, especially given the months of heavy campaigning against the government's policies.
Hardliners had a majority in the outgoing parliament.
In the three years since Hassan Rouhani took office, they have bitterly opposed most of government's plans, organising a fierce attack on the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Some MPs have even gone so far as to describe Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a traitor.
The popular moderate who negotiated the nuclear deal has regularly been subject to harsh criticism in parliament and is under constant threat of impeachment by fundamentalist MPs.
Now almost all those MPs have been unseated by moderate or reformist counterparts, and those who remain either supported the deal or at least never attacked it as vociferously as their unseated comrades.
Many observers argue the nuclear deal not only brought an end to years of harsh international sanctions but was also the deal-breaker in the elections. The people were saying no to those who had promised to stop the deal.
What puts this victory in a more meaningful context is the fact that it was achieved despite almost all well-known reformists being banned from running in the elections and a complete lack of media coverage of their campaign in the run-up to the elections.
State TV and media never gave equal coverage to reformists or moderate candidates and even led a campaign against the deal in recent months.
The only medium available to pro-government candidates was the internet and social media, which they used to the maximum in getting their message across, especially to the young and women.
The triumph of the reformists should lead to a major realignment within parliament, making it more supportive of President Rouhani.
But it will by no means end the president's problems when it comes to delivering his election promises.
The nuclear deal has hit some rough patches on its way to implementation.
Apart from domestic oppositions from hardliners in parliament and other unelected bodies, there are still a lot of obstacles to overcome outside of Iran.
The international banks still have not opened up to Iranian businesses and in the US, conservatives in Congress are doing all they can to derail the deal.
Any more delays in its implementation and ensuing lifting of sanctions would harm President Rouhani's economic reform plans and would prepare the ground for hardliners to recover from the this week's defeat in order to reshape their campaign against the government.
Time is not on the moderates' side and the new momentum could die down easily if it is not supported by economic rewards.
This is a worry that every unseated hardliner MP is focusing on from now onwards.


Tranmere have signed Rochdale striker George Donnelly for an undisclosed fee along with goalkeeper Peter Brezovan.

Donnelly, 26, has agreed a two-year contract after scored 13 goals in 86 appearances for Dale.
Brezovan, 34, spent the beginning of this season with Portsmouth on a short-term deal but has now signed for a season with Rovers.
Meanwhile, defender Matt Hill has also earned a one-year deal, having played five games on non-contract terms.
"George is a fast, powerful striker who will run behind defences and cause them a lot of problems," manager Rob Edwards told the Rovers club website.
"He gives us an option we haven't currently got in the squad.
Edwards added: "I'm delighted to bring Peter to the club. He's an experienced keeper who has played at Championship and League One level and it gives us good competition for places."


A man has been airlifted to hospital in Belfast after falling up to 50 metres in the Mourne mountains.

He was walking near Slieve Binnian on Monday when he fell at about 16:30 BST. Other walkers spotted him and raised the alarm.
A team of 18 people from the Mourne Mountain Rescue service went to his assistance.
Martin McMullan, coordinator with the rescue team said the man had been in a place known as the water slabs.
"He was coming near the top of the area which is very slippery and quite challenging," he said.
"It seems that he lost his footing at the top and then slid down part of the water slabs and started to tumble before he came to rest at the bottom.
"He had taken quite a fall and sustained multiple injuries primarily to the upper part of his body. We treated him for head, neck and chest injuries as a result of that fall."
Mr McMullan said the man slid and tumbled between 30 to 50 metres.
After he was treated at the scene for his injuries, he was transported by helicopter to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where his condition was described as "serious".
Mr McMullan said that even the most skilled individuals can have accidents in the mountains and stressed the importance of having a good back-up emergency plan before setting out.


A new taskforce, consisting of police, banks and government officials, is being set up by Home Secretary Theresa May to combat fraud across the UK.

Part of its work will be to publish a list of the 10 most-wanted fraudsters and improve intelligence sharing between banks and police.
Figures suggest five million frauds occur every year in England and Wales.
Last week, figures showed a rise in so-called CEO fraud, where a worker moves cash after a "bogus boss" email.
In 2015, fraud was included in the official Crime Survey of England and Wales for the first time.
The survey suggested that during the previous year there were 5.1m frauds, including those relating to plastic cards and those committed over the phone or online, with just over half involving some financial loss.
The Joint Fraud Taskforce will include Financial Fraud Action UK, the City of London Police, National Crime Agency, Bank of England, fraud prevention agency Cifas and CEOs of the major banks.
The new taskforce will be announced by the home secretary at an event later on Wednesday, which will be attended by Bank of England governor Mark Carney.
The home secretary is expected to say that "fraud shames our financial system".
"It undermines the credibility of the economy, ruins businesses and causes untold distress to people of all walks of life," she is to say.
"For too long, there has been too little understanding of the problem and too great a reluctance to take steps to tackle it."
The force's task list will include:
In the 12 months ending in March 2015, 230,630 fraud offences were recorded by police in England and Wales, an increase of 9% on the previous year.
A further 389,718 fraud offences were reported by industry bodies, 17% up on the year before.
Figures from Financial Fraud Action UK, the body which co-ordinates the finance industry's response to fraud, show losses from online banking fraud rose by 48% in 2014 compared with 2013.
Overall losses on UK cards totalled Â£479m in 2014, up 6% on 2013 - the third consecutive year of increase.
New figures also show a surge in what is known as CEO or "bogus boss" fraud over the past six months.
From July 2015 until January 2016, 994 reports of CEO fraud were made to Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud and internet crime reporting centre.
The fraud will typically start with an email being sent from a fraudster - pretending to be a senior figure in the company - to a member of staff in its finance department. The member of staff will be told that they need to quickly transfer money to a certain bank account for a specific reason.
The largest reported amount of money given by a member of staff to a fraudster was Â£18.5m at a global producer of healthcare products - but the average amount is more in the region of Â£35,000.
Steve Proffitt, of Action Fraud, warned businesses to be on high alert.
"Employees should be encouraged to double check everything they do and never be rushed into transferring large amounts of money even if they do think that it's an important task given to them by their CEO," he said.


Lewis Hamilton caught and passed Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix and extend his World Championship lead.

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Hamilton took his 10th victory of the season thanks to a late and brave move down the inside of Rosberg at Turn 12, after erasing the German's lead.
The result extends Hamilton's lead over Rosberg to 24 points with 75 available in the two remaining races.
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Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo drove superbly to beat the Williams to third.
Hamilton's victory will be another psychological blow for Rosberg, who arrived in Austin, Texas, admitting he needed "three strong races" to have any chance of beating his team-mate to the title.
The Briton looked the quicker of the two through the practice sessions, but Rosberg took pole after his team-mate hit trouble with his brakes in qualifying.
Rosberg converted that into a lead at the first corner but the fact Hamilton was able to follow within a second of him through to their first pit stops suggested the Englishman did indeed have a pace advantage.
The German's lead gave him the strategic advantage of making his first stop before Hamilton, on lap 15. Hamilton was in next time around and rejoined 2.8 seconds behind.
Five laps later, Hamilton was within a second of the leader and on lap 24 he made the decisive move.
He set the fastest first sector time of the race to that point, to put himself closer to Rosberg's tail as they entered the hairpin before the long straight.
Hamilton then dived for the inside at Turn 12, the hairpin at the end of the straight.
The move seemed to catch Rosberg unawares. He initially moved to defend, before realising that doing so would breach the rule that forbids changing line in the braking zone.
Hamilton, on the inside and alongside, ran his team-mate out to the kerbs, ensuring he held the lead.
Rosberg kept the gap between them stable at 1.4 seconds for a few laps before Hamilton extended it by a second over laps 30 and 31 to give himself some breathing space and then controlled the race to the end.
It was Hamilton's fifth victory in succession, 10th of the season, and the 32nd of his career, which means he has more career wins than any other Briton, passing Nigel Mansell, and has equalled the tally of his great rival Fernando Alonso.
Hamilton and Alonso are now equal fifth on the all-time F1 winners' list.
"I'm really grateful to be up front," he said. "It is such a privilege to be representing my country and to be at the top of the driver wins is quite special. The car was great today."
Behind the dominant Mercedes, Ricciardo fought back after dropping to sixth at the start from his fifth place on the grid.
The Australian passed Alonso's Ferrari at the restart after an early safety car period caused by Force India's Sergio Perez crashing into Sauber's Adrian Sutil on the first lap.
Ricciardo then passed Valtteri Bottas's Williams by making his first stop a lap earlier than the Finn, and did the same to the lead Williams of Felipe Massa at their second stops.
It was another stirring performance by Ricciardo, who has emerged as a major star in his first season in a leading team, putting team-mate and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel in the shade.
Alonso took sixth, running a very long middle stint in the Ferrari, and holding off the fast-finishing Red Bull of Vettel on the last lap.
Vettel fought through the field after a late stop for the faster soft tyre, gaining seven places as a result after a pit-lane start and a strategy that required patience and care to do two long stints on medium tyres before his final push.
McLaren's Kevin Magnussen took eighth and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne ninth ahead of Lotus's Pastor Maldonado.
But the Frenchman was given a five-second penalty for an aggressive pass on Romain Grosjean, who finished 11th, promoting Maldonado to ninth and dropping Vergne to 10th.
McLaren's Jenson Button dropped from eighth to 12th in the final laps as he struggled on worn tyres.
Full race results


Shaun MacDonald grabbed a stoppage-time equaliser as Wigan earned only their second point on the road this season.

Leeds went ahead when Chris Wood brought down Hadi Sacko's cross before lashing home a half-volley.
Michael Jacobs hit the post as Wigan fought back, while Pontus Jansson had a header cleared off the line for United.
Wood had a looping header brilliantly saved by Adam Bogdan before MacDonald scored via the woodwork as Latics secured a third successive draw.
Tuesday's EFL action as it happened
It was the Welshman's first goal since signing from Bournemouth and resulted in the first league draw between the sides.
Gary Caldwell's side remain in the bottom three despite denying Leeds a fourth successive home victory, something they have not done since December 2013.
For the home side it was just a second league draw of the season, after Wood scored a 93rd-minute equaliser against Fulham in August.
Leeds United head coach Garry Monk: "We are very disappointed not to get the three points. We paid a very high price at the end.
"We need to not rest and try to dominate. We need to go on and get a second and a third goal, that is the next step for the group.
"Wigan are a decent enough team but we should have won, we had the best chances."
Wigan Athletic manager Gary Caldwell: "We are happy to get the point and I'm really happy with the performance.
"We got what we deserved. Sometimes we just try and walk it in, but we have to be more ruthless in the box.
"The players have kept believing and were fantastic. When you are chasing a game it's never easy. We kept asking questions of Leeds."
Match ends, Leeds United 1, Wigan Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 1, Wigan Athletic 1.
Goal!  Leeds United 1, Wigan Athletic 1. Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Max Power with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
Offside, Leeds United. Matt Grimes tries a through ball, but Marcus Antonsson is caught offside.
Substitution, Leeds United. Marcus Antonsson replaces Chris Wood.
Offside, Leeds United. Alex Mowatt tries a through ball, but Kemar Roofe is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by William Grigg.
Hand ball by Chris Wood (Leeds United).
Attempt missed. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Shaun MacDonald.
Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
Offside, Leeds United. Charlie Taylor tries a through ball, but Alex Mowatt is caught offside.
Offside, Wigan Athletic. Dan Burn tries a through ball, but William Grigg is caught offside.
Attempt missed. William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephen Warnock with a cross.
Substitution, Leeds United. Alex Mowatt replaces Pablo Hernández.
Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Ayling with a cross.
Foul by Chris Wood (Leeds United).
Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leeds United. Matt Grimes replaces Hadi Sacko.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Jordi Gómez replaces Nathan Byrne.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Craig Morgan replaces Jake Buxton.
Attempt blocked. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Wood with a headed pass.
Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yanic Wildschut (Wigan Athletic).
Attempt blocked. Pontus Jansson (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Adam Bogdan.
Attempt saved. Luke Ayling (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kemar Roofe.
Attempt missed. Jake Buxton (Wigan Athletic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nathan Byrne with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kemar Roofe (Leeds United).
Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Jake Buxton.
Attempt blocked. Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Wood.
Offside, Wigan Athletic. Adam Bogdan tries a through ball, but William Grigg is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Pontus Jansson (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Hernández following a set piece situation.
Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yanic Wildschut (Wigan Athletic).


Fit-again winger Jordan Graham will add an extra dimension to Wolves' attack next season, according to team-mate Richard Stearman.

Graham, 21, played the last half an hour of Tuesday's 1-0 home defeat by Huddersfield, after 15 months out with a cruciate knee ligament injury.
"I thought he really livened the game up and got some bums off seats when he came on," Stearman, 29, told BBC WM.
"If he can stay fit then he'll be a force to be reckoned with next season."
Centre-back Stearman is approaching the end of his loan spell from Fulham, having originally left Molineux for Craven Cottage in 2015.
He returned to Wolves last summer but says he is waiting, like a large number of other players, on managerial decisions before knowing where his future lies.
"There's plenty of players up and down the country who don't quite know what's going to happen next year," he said.
"A lot of people are just waiting for the end of the season before they sort out what and who they need."


Six French soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have not been charged following a criminal inquiry.

Investigating judges found no evidence to warrant further investigation, the prosecutor's office in Paris confirmed to the BBC.
The assaults allegedly took place at a camp for displaced people near the airport in the capital Bangui.
French soldiers were sent to CAR after the outbreak of the civil war in 2013.
The assaults allegedly took place between December 2013 and June 2014.
The prosecutor's office make the final decision over the charges, but its decision is expected to reflect the finding of the judges,
There is however a three-month window for interested parties to demand fresh investigations.
The UN whistleblower who exposed the allegations in 2015 condemned what he called the "complete impunity" of the perpetrators, and criticised the UN for failing to properly investigate.
There are still other investigations taking place into alleged abuses carried out by French and UN peacekeepers in the CAR.
A 2015 study by independent experts revealed "gross institutional failure" by the UN in the way it responded to abuse allegations.
The study said that children as young as nine were encouraged to have sex in exchange for food or money by troops stationed in the conflict-hit country.
France withdrew its force from CAR in October, saying they succeeded in the mission to stop fighting in the country.
However, some 350 French soldiers stayed behind to provide back up to Minusca, the UN mission in CAR.


The route of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire cycle race has been announced.

The three-day event starts on Friday 1 May in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
The riders will travel around Yorkshire to Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York, before ending the final day in West Yorkshire at Roundhay Park, Leeds.
The new event is to be run by Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation, which organises the Tour de France.
Stage one is to start in the seaside town of Bridlington and finish further up the coast in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
During the day the riders will take in Flamborough Head and the North York Moors National Park, through Dalby Forest towards Pickering and back to the coast at Whitby. It will then head south to Robin Hood's Bay with the finish line on the seafront at Scarborough.
Stage two on Saturday 2 May sees the race start outside Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire and finish in York.
The route takes in much of the Yorkshire Wolds, and takes the peloton towards Market Weighton, through North Newbald and on to Beverley. It will turn north to Malton, then on to Stamford Bridge before a circuit of York.
The final day on Sunday 3 May starts in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and finishes in Leeds.
Riders will travel through South Yorkshire to Barnsley before heading on to Holmfirth and Ripponden, before riding the Cragg Vale descent - raced in the other direction on the Tour De France.
The riders will go through Hebden Bridge, Oxenhope and the cobbled streets of Haworth.  After a steep climb at Goose Eye the riders visit Ilkley, with a climb up by the Cow and Calf rocks before Arthington and the finish line in Roundhay Park.
Each stage will be a distance of about 110 miles (180km)
The race is also to include a women's race on the second day and a mass-participation "sportive". Here there will be several distances where people can ride the same route as the professionals. This will be held on 3 May.
The event is approved by cycling's governing body the UCI.
The three-day race was announced in September and hopes to build on the success of the Tour de France when an estimated three million people watched the Grand Départ over two days in Yorkshire, with the economic benefit to the region put at £102m.
Danni Hewson
BBC Yorkshire Business Correspondent
"It's all about managing expectations" - if I had a penny for every time I've been told that in the last month I could just about fund the Tour de Yorkshire myself.
As it is, in West Yorkshire at least, that cost is being met by business rates; not an additional charge but a portion of the cash set aside for growth in the city region.
There is no doubt this bike race, like last year's grand depart will bring business growth.
Restaurants, hotels, cafes and bakeries are among those gearing up to capitalise on the three-day event, particularly in areas that missed out on last years extravaganza. But there is a word of caution.
This race is not a tried-and-tested fixture on the sporting calendar. It will not automatically enjoy international media attention, nor will it bring hoards of foreign visitors to watch the race so the economic boon cannot come close to the £100m the region enjoyed last year.
There is an appetite, there is opportunity, but there is also a need to manage expectations.


MK Dons manager Karl Robinson will still be in charge next season despite their relegation to League One, according to chairman Pete Winkelman.

Winkelman previously was unsure whether English football's third-longest serving boss would remain in place.
"I'm comfortable in saying that Karl will be the manager next season because he wants to be," said Winkelman.
"If he wants it and he's got that drive, ambition then he understands the club so much better that someone else."
He continued to BBC Look East: "He already has a promotion out of League One and he's somebody that when we make mistakes, we make them honestly and ultimately, I trust him.
Robinson, 35, was unable to keep the Dons up in their first-ever season in the Championship.
Following relegation, Robinson publically said he felt the club should have used the money received from Tottenham for midfielder Dele Alli more wisely, and Winkelman admitted mistakes had been made with recruitment.
"Everybody had to get off their chests the things they felt were wrong and that's part of the cathartic nature of sorting out problems," said Winkelman.
"We needed to talk. Karl needed to look me in the eye and know I would continue to invest in him and I needed to look in his eye and know that if I'm going to do that he's going to work his guts out because I think we have more pressure than we've ever had as a football club.
"In fact, I'm quite excited by the fact we've got more pressure because it means we're becoming a bigger club. I'm excited about being a big club in League One next season."


The Prince of Wales is joining an Anglo-French government initiative to improve the condition of global soils.

Ministers from both governments are meeting the prince to discuss how to improve soil health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming.
Typically the focus of cutting greenhouse gases has fallen on transport and industry, but France says agriculture must play its part.
Ministers will debate how to store more carbon in soils.
They will also discuss how to restore degraded soils, improve fertility and increase food security.
The French farm ministry says farming and forestry can contribute between 20% and 60% of potential cuts in greenhouse gases up to to 2030.
It says changes to farming methods can save 12-15 million tonnes of CO2 through livestock farming alone. It lists the need for:
Previous attempts to nudge Britain's farmers into cutting emissions have largely failed. The Committee on Climate Change noted that emissions from agriculture have been broadly level since 2008 while industry and power generation emissions have dropped sharply.
The French farm ministry quotes statistics from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projecting that farming and forestry can contribute between 20% and 60% of potential cuts in greenhouse gases up to 2030.
Peter Melchett from the Soil Association told BBC News: "The French initiative is extraordinarily important. It has put greenhouse gas emissions from farming on the global climate change agenda for the first time since Kyoto (the first climate agreement in 1997).
"It highlights the desperate need to stop emissions of greenhouse gases from soils - especially lowland drained peat - and the huge potential for sequestering carbon in agricultural soils."
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) recommended in May that in order to implement an initiative from last year's Paris climate summit to increase soil carbon levels by 0.4% per year, the government should set out specific, measurable and time-limited actions.
The government agreed the importance of the initiative and said it was investigating what action to take.
Lord Krebs from the Committee on Climate Change said: "The health of the UK's soils is of critical importance for the productive capacity of our agricultural land.
"A combination of population and economic growth are expected to increase global demand for food in the future. At the same time, climate change could reduce the capacity of the land globally to keep pace with growing demand.
"It is, therefore, essential that we are doing all we can to protect the long-term productive capacity of our agricultural soils."
The Anglo-French meeting has been organised by The Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit in collaboration with both governments.
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UEFA has said it will make extra tickets available to Northern Ireland supporters who missed out on tickets for the European championships.

The Irish Football Association (IFA) had said it was "inundated" with calls from angry Northern Ireland fans unable to purchase tickets.
Some fans who said they ranked near the top of the IFA's 'priority list' missed out on tickets for the Poland game.
UEFA is allocating extra tickets for the Poland match.
Northern Ireland is due to play Poland, Ukraine and Germany in France in June.
More than 29,000 tickets have been allocated to Northern Ireland for the three games.
Earlier, Gary McAllister from the Amalgamation of Official NI Supporters Clubs said his phone had been "red hot" with messages from disappointed fans.
The question was over a points system which was meant to establish a priority list, favouring fans who had attended the most matches at home and abroad.
Mr McAllister and other fans were now asking whether the loyalty scheme has been implemented correctly.
He missed out on a ticket to the Poland game, despite having 27 loyalty points out of a possible 29.
"We have been swamped with messages from supporters, people who have travelled faithfully for many, many years to support Northern Ireland," he told Radio Ulster's Talkback.
"I am not glad that I haven't received a ticket, but people will know how many games I've attended."
The appeared to be a particular problem with the Poland match and fans said they wanted to know how the points system was used.
One caller to Talkback, Ian, said: "I have been to four away games in the last year and all the home games. That means not quite maximum points, but getting there.
"I have friends who have zero points in the same category and they got tickets.
"But I had 23 or 24 out of 29 points. The points did not mean anything."
Patrick Nelson, chief executive of the IFA, said: "We've been working for three months on a priority scheme with UEFA around the tickets that we've got for 2016 and obviously our priority is to our fans who follow us home and away."
He said the IFA ticketing team was working "to connect with UEFA at their level to make sure that the priority scheme is very well understood and we know exactly what UEFA have done".
"I got on to UEFA at the most senior level this morning to say that we were surprised and disappointed at the application of the priority scheme and that we needed them to look at this instantly and come back to me," he said.


Two men have been assaulted by an armed gang in south Belfast.

The men, aged 26 and 24, were in a house in Melrose Street when three men armed with a knife, hammer and batons forced their way into the property just before midnight on Saturday.
After assaulting the men, the gang left with a sum of cash and personal items. They also smashed a number of windows.
The men in the house received medical treatment for their injuries.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.


Two men have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death near Trafalgar Square in London.

Two 19-year-old men, of no fixed address, were charged on Saturday. They will appear before Westminster magistrates on Monday.
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, died in Adelaide Street, which runs behind St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, on Tuesday morning.
Police said he was stabbed some time between 07:05 and 07:15.
The results of a post-mortem examination which took place on Thursday are awaited.
The Metropolitan Police are awaiting formal identification of the man but believe they know his identity.
The man's next of kin have been informed, police said.


Police in Berlin have praised an "honest finder" who handed in cash and gold bars worth a total of €33,500 ($40,000; £30,000) found in a briefcase under a tree.

The small fortune comprising €3,500 in cash and 22 gold bars weighing a total of 1kg was found just outside a bank in the working class district of Neukölln.
"Amazing what you can find under a tree in Neukölln," the police said on Twitter.
They later tracked down the owner.
He had put the briefcase down as he locked his bicycle and then completely forgot about it, police said.
The person who handed the briefcase in will not go empty-handed however - German law stipulates a finder's fee of between 3% and 5% of the value of the items found, Spiegel magazine reported.
The lost and found office could also charge a fee of 10% for keeping the items safe, the magazine said.


At least 20 Australians have been killed fighting alongside militants in Iraq and Syria, the Australian government has said.

Several of them died around the Syrian border town of Kobane, Attorney General George Brandis.
Mr Brandis said Islamic State (IS) militants were using Australian recruits as "cannon fodder".
About 70 Australians are still believed to be fighting in the Middle East, while another 20 have returned home.
Australia has introduced legislation to combat the threat from those fighters who come back home.
Propaganda had fooled Australian recruits who believed they were playing an important role in a religious crusade, Mr Brandis said.
"They are simply using them as frontline cannon fodder, suicide bombers and propaganda tools."
Among those reportedly killed in Syria is Sydney man Mohammad Ali Baryalei, an alleged IS recruiter who was accused of masterminding a terror plot to behead random members of the Australian public.
Under a Foreign Fighters Bill that adopted by the Australian parliament in October, it is an offence for Australians to visit areas declared as "terror hot-spots".
Last week, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop used this provision to declare it an offence for Australians to visit the de-facto IS capital of Raqqa in Syria without a valid reason.
Australians face up to 10 years in prison for illegally visiting the region.


Jonny Leota scored a late bonus-point try as Sale Sharks set up a decider against Newport for a place in the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

An early score by Andrei Ostrikov was added to by tries from Nev Edwards and Will Addison before the break.
The Premiership side only secured their bonus point when Samoa centre Leota crossed out wide with a minute to go.
Sale sit second in the group, two points behind leaders Newport, who beat Castres on Friday.
Josh Beaumont captained the side in the week he received his first England call-up as the Sharks won for a second time in France this season.
Steve Diamond's side will fancy their chances against their Welsh opponents next week, as they are unbeaten at the AJ Bell Stadium since April 2015.
Pau: Malie; Vunibaka, Fumat (capt), Dupouy, Acebes; Fajardo, Marques; Moise, Bianchin, Natsharashvili, Pierce, Dry, Habel-Kuffner, Domolailai, Monzeglio.
Replacements: Boundjema, Jacquot, Orlandi, Dougall, Bernad, Lacrampe, Buros, Votu.
Sale: Haley; Arscott, Addison, Leota, Edwards; Cipriani, Cusiter; Harrison, Taylor, V Cobilas, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, Lund, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: Briggs, Flynn, Parker, Mills, Easter, Mitchell, Ford, Jennings.


A Harvard University academic has been elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile and will take on the political role previously played by the Dalai Lama.

Lobsang Sangay won 55% of the votes cast by Tibetans around the world.
He defeated two candidates for the role, Tenzin Tethong and Tashi Wangdi.
Mr Sangay must now assume the political functions of the Dalai Lama, who said in March he wanted to devolve this responsibility to an elected official.
The Dalai Lama will retain his role as Tibetan spiritual leader.
The elections were held in March and the result announced on Wednesday in Dharamsala, India, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based.
"The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has declared Dr Lobsang Sangay as the third kalon tripa," Election Commissioner Jampal Thosang announced, using the Tibetan term for prime minister.
Almost 83,400 Tibetan exiles were eligible to vote and more than 49,000 ballots were cast, he said.
Tenzin Tethong, a former representative of the Dalai Lama in the US, got 37.4% of the vote and Tashi Wangdi, a government-in-exile bureaucrat, received 6.4%.
The 42-year-old winner is an Indian-born legal expert who has never lived in Tibet. His father fled Tibet in 1959, the same year as the Dalai Lama.
He says he will move to Dharamsala to serve as prime minister and that he supports the Dalai Lama's stance on ties with China.
"What His Holiness stands for is the 'Middle Way', which is genuine autonomy within China or within the framework of the Chinese constitution," he told the BBC earlier this month.
"If Tibetans are granted genuine autonomy then his Holiness the Dalai Lama said he is willing to accept Tibet as part of China."
In a victory statement on Wednesday, he said he took comfort in the fact that the handover was taking place while the Dalai Lama "is healthy and available to watch over us".
"I urge every Tibetan and friend of Tibet to join me in our common cause to alleviate the suffering of Tibetans in occupied Tibet and to return His Holiness to his rightful place," he said.
An official told Reuters news agency that the Dalai Lama was "very happy" that people had taken "a very active part in the election process".
The 76-year-old monk announced in March that he wanted an elected official to assume some of his responsibilities, saying that such a move was in the best interests of the Tibetan people.
Analysts say he aims to ensure that even if China's government tries to select the next Dalai Lama, the Tibetans will have an elected leader they can look to who is outside China and beyond the Communist Party's control.
The BBC's Mark Dummett says Lobsang Sangay has the daunting task of trying to keep the issue of Tibet alive while the man who embodies the struggle for Tibetan rights gradually steps back from the limelight.
He has been elected head of a government which no country recognises and will face in China an opponent which has shown no sign of wanting to compromise, our correspondent adds.


A charity run by Didier Drogba is being investigated over "serious regulatory concerns" by the Charity Commission.

The Daily Mail claimed that just £14,115 out of £1.7m donated to the Didier Drogba Foundation had gone to help causes in Africa.
Former Chelsea striker Drogba, 38, is threatening legal action and called the Mail's story "false and defamatory".
In a statement, the Ivorian said: "There is no fraud, no corruption, no mismanagement and no lies."
Drogba, who plays for Canadian Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact, accused the Mail journalists of "jeopardising the lives of many thousands of African children".
The Mail said it "stands by every word of this important story" and had not alleged corruption or fraud.
The Didier Drogba Foundation was launched in the UK in 2009 when the former Ivory Coast captain was playing for Chelsea.
The African charity is run in the Ivory Coast but is also registered in the UK.
In the article, the Mail claimed that £439,321 was spent putting on lavish fundraising parties attended by celebrities, and more than £1m languished in bank accounts.
But Drogba said he had spent his own sponsorship earnings first and planned to use UK fundraising money for future projects.
In his statement, he listed the accomplishments of his foundation, including building a mobile clinic, investing in orphanages, and funding the purchase of school bags, books and a dialysis machine.
Drogba added: "I come from a poor family and I had to work hard to get where I am today, but this would mean nothing to me if I wasn't able to give back to my country, my continent and my community."
The Charity Commission said it had opened a case to assess "concerns about the administration of the charity and the oversight provided by trustees, all of whom appear to live abroad, as well as allegations that the charity has provided misleading information to donors and the public.
"Further, the charity has raised and accumulated significant sums of money that have not yet been spent and further information is required over the plans to spend those funds.
"All these issues merit further investigation by the Commission", it said, adding it was at the early stages of its inquiry.


A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a woman after a lorry crashed into her North Ayrshire home.

Catherine Bonner, 55, was killed and her partner, Jim McColl, 55, was badly hurt in the crash in Fairlie in 2013.
The driver George Marshall, 53, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The Crown later dropped this after studying his medical background.
A preliminary hearing into the crash has been scheduled for next month with full proceedings expected in January.
The HGV coal lorry driven by Mr Marshall ploughed into Ms Bonner and Mr McColl's ground-floor flat on Main Road at about 13:45 on 14 February 2013.
The couple had been watching television at the time and became trapped under rubble. Ms Bonner died from her injuries.
The crash caused extensive damage to the building which was split into five homes.
Months later, police said that Mr Marshall had been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
However, the then Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland, later said that after fully considering all the medical evidence available, the Crown had decided there would be "no further criminal proceedings at this time in relation to George Marshall".
The Crown Office has now announced that a Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held into the crash.


Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell carded a disappointing two-over-par 72 in Saturday's third round of the Dean & Deluca Invitational in Texas.

The 2010 US Open winner dropped shots at three consecutive holes on his front nine and ended the day seven shots behind leader Webb Simpson of the USA.
McDowell, 37, had been two off the lead overnight after rounds of 66 and 70.
England's Paul Casey, without a win on the PGA Tour since 2009, is two shots behind Webb after a 68.


Warwickshire fast bowler Boyd Rankin is in line to make his first start of the 2017 season following a back injury.

The 32-year-old Ireland, and ex-England, international has not featured for the Bears since last July, having suffered a fractured tibia in training.
Rankin was fit enough to make four appearances in seven days for Ireland in January, in the Desert T20 in Dubai.
But he then suffered his most recent problem, another back injury, while on Ireland duty again in April.
Having opted to transfer his international allegiance back to his native Ireland, that ruled him out of his country's two ODIs against England at Bristol and Lord's in early May.
He came through a Second XI match last week against Derbyshire bowling almost 20 overs to take 3-60 in the match.
Bears captain Ian Bell will lead the side on the ground when he scored his last first-class century, an unbeaten 174 in the opening game of last season.


The American senator who brokered the Good Friday Agreement has warned that border controls between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would be a "step backwards" in the peace process.

Senator George Mitchell  told The World This Weekend that the ability to cross the border was important.
It contributed to "the stability that's developed over the past two decades".
Changing that would have an adverse effect, he said.
"I believe that the restoration of a militarised border with strict controls limiting traffic back and forth would have an adverse effect on relations within the island of Ireland," he said.
"The ability to move back and forward across the border that has existed for the past several years has been very helpful in increasing commerce and also in reducing stereotypes on both sides.
"I think that that would be a step backward for that to occur."
Senator Mitchell , who was was President Bill Clinton's special envoy to Northern Ireland, said he did not want to prejudge any deal that may be done on the border, but he expressed optimism that the "constructive and thoughtful leaders on all sides" could reach an agreement that would "permit open access".
Asked if Brexit was a breach of the Good Friday Agreement, Senator Mitchell said the deal "plainly contemplates the possibility of a vote under certain circumstances" that change Northern Ireland's constitutional position.
"The agreement plainly provides that the political status of Northern Ireland can be determined or changed only through a vote - and it's the informed consent through a vote - of the people of Northern Ireland," he said.
He added: "I'll leave those arguments to the people of Northern Ireland and the UK."
Senator Mitchell also said Britain and Ireland's membership of the European Union had helped create the conditions for the peace process in Northern Ireland.
"There can be no doubt that the presence of Ireland and the United Kingdom in the EU was a significant factor in leading both governments to reach the conclusion that if there was to be a resolution to the conflict in the North it had to be led and underpinned by a joint effort by the two governments," he said.
"I think their being in the European Union for some years before that was a significant factor in the warming of what had been a very cold relationship."


Bristol have signed New Zealand international Steven Luatua for the 2017-18 season from Blues.

Luatua, 25, back-rower has won 15 caps for the All Blacks.
"Since bursting onto the scene as a 19 year-old, Steven has been a consistently formidable presence, both at Super Rugby and for the All Blacks," head coach Mark Tainton said.
"He's a hungry, ambitious 25-year-old and a standout performer at the very highest level."


Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i bump o bobl fu farw pan ddisgynnodd hofrennydd i'r ddaear yn Eryri ddydd Mercher.

Bu farw Kevin a Ruth Burke, 56 a 49, Donald a Sharon Burke, 55 a 48, a Barry Burke, 51, oedd i gyd o ardal Milton Keynes yn y digwyddiad.
Wrth roi teyrnged, dywedodd merch Donald a Sharon Burke bod y "teulu wedi newid o fewn diwrnod".
Dywedodd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru bod gweddillion yr hofrennydd wedi eu hadfer a'u cludo o fynyddoedd Y Rhinogydd.
Mewn datganiad, fe wnaeth teulu Sharon Burke "ddiolch i bawb am eu cefnogaeth a negeseuon o gydymdeimlad" ar ôl iddynt golli merch, chwaer a modryb.
Fe wnaeth Kath Stewardson hefyd gydymdeimlo gyda theulu gŵr Mrs Burke, Donald, ei frodyr Kevin a Barry, ac hefyd gwraig Kevin, Ruth.
Dywedodd: "Rydym wirioneddol wedi'n llethu gyda'r holl gariad a chefnogaeth.
"Mae ein meddyliau ar yr adeg hon yn arbennig gyda thri o blant Sharon a Donald, mae'r tri wedi bod yn glod i'w rhieni.
"Hoffem ddiolch yn arbennig i bob un o'r gwasanaethau brys a'r cyhoedd a helpodd wrth chwilio am ein hanwyliaid, ac hefyd swyddogion cyswllt yr heddlu sydd wedi bod o gymorth mawr yn ystod y cyfnod anodd hwn."
Dywedodd Olivia, merch Donald a Sharon Burke bod ei theulu "wedi newid o fewn diwrnod".
"Maent wedi eu cymryd yn llawer rhy fuan, ac mae'n anodd i ni ddeall pam y byddai trychineb o'r fath yn gallu digwydd i'r math gorau o bobl, a oedd mor anhunanol a diffuant i bawb oedd yn eu hadnabod," meddai.
"Fyddwn ni byth yn anghofio'r ddau, ac fe fyddwn ni'n gobeithio i'r ddau fod yn falch ohonom bob amser.
"Byddem yn ddiolchgar pe bai pawb yn parchu ein dymuniadau i gael llonydd i ddod i delerau â'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd, drwy gefnogaeth ein teulu a ffrindiau."
Bydd archwiliad manwl o'r gweddillion nawr yn cael ei gynnal gan y Gangen Ymchwilio i Ddamweiniau Awyr (AAIB).
Ddydd Llun, fe wnaeth y Prif Arolygydd Richie Green o Heddlu'r Gogledd ddiolch i'r gymuned leol ac i ymwelwyr am eu cefnogaeth a'u cydweithrediad.
"Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am yr amynedd a dealltwriaeth barhaus y cyhoedd yn ystod yr ymchwiliad cymhleth ac anodd yma," meddai.
Ychwanegodd bod swyddogion yn dal i apelio am wybodaeth gan unrhyw un oedd yn yr ardal ar y pryd.


Wales women's Jess Fishlock says she is considering retiring from international football after their failure to qualify for Euro 2017.

The midfielder, 29, has won 87 caps for Wales but is unsure whether to continue into the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.
"I am considering my future, I think it is something I am going to have to sit down and think about quite strongly," she told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"I have to sit down and decide whether to listen to my head or to my heart."
The Seattle Reign midfielder, who has scored 28 goals for her country, will again miss out on a major finals in 2017 as Wales' 2-0 defeat to Norway has ended their European Championship qualification hopes.
However, Fishlock admits it will be a huge wrench to quit international football, even though she does believe it would prolong her career.
"I turn 30 in January and we are going to have a year before qualification for the World Cup even starts," she explained.
"If I commit to it I want to commit to the whole campaign, which is another two-years on top, by then I will be 33 and that's quite old.
"The reality is, as I get older, my legs start to go. That's the way it is. The travelling is a factor as well. It takes its toll at times and that's the thing I really have to think about and manage.
"If I stop Wales and the travelling, does that prolong my club career, with less travelling? I believe it will.
"But I also know that for as long as I am playing for my club, I am going to want to play for my country, that's what is in my heart."
The former Melbourne Victory star, who has had spells playing in the Netherlands and Germany, feels Wales have the right leadership under manager Jayne Ludlow.
"The direction we are heading under Jayne, there is a big part of me that wants to be a part of things, whatever I can do," she said.
"Even if that means I'm an impact player, not a starter, I think I would be OK with that.
"I will want to commit 100% if I decide to carry on playing for Wales and that is another three years of big commitments.
"The more I think about it, the more I think I do want another campaign under Jayne."
Fishlock will continue playing for the remainder of this campaign and insists she would not have a problem with being in a similar situation to Wales striker Craig Bellamy.
The former Newcastle striker called time on a 15-year international career only to see Wales reach a major finals just a few years after his retirement.
"If Wales qualified for a tournament and I was not there, I think I would be ok with it," said Fishlock.
"Comparing myself to Craig Bellamy, when you call it quits - and it is such a big decision, it is because you know that it is the right thing to do.
"And when you do it, you are very supportive of the group, you don't think about yourself.
"When I come down to making the decision, it will very much be about 'will I be ok, with not playing for Wales'?"
Fishlock insists she will never pick and choose her the matches she plays for Wales, which complicates her decisions on her future.
"I have to make the tough decisions, because I can't and won't half-commit to the campaign." she said.
"I won't ever be someone who says 'Just call me in when we have home fixtures against the best teams, but I am not coming to Kazakhstan to play over there.'
"That's not who I am. If I am in it, I am in it for the qualifiers, the friendlies, the training and the travelling.
"It is a lot, takes a toll on my body and doing it for another three years is a big ask but equally, I don't know if I am ok with not playing for Wales anymore. It is something I need to figure out."


Almost 190,000 speed awareness courses have been taken across Northern Ireland since the scheme was introduced seven years ago.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) also revealed that it has received almost £6m to cover administration costs of the course.
BBC News NI obtained the data through a freedom of information request.
The speed awareness course began in June 2010 and may be offered to drivers as an alternative to penalty points.
A total of 187,608 speed awareness courses have been completed since then.
The maximum speed of a participant on the course was recorded at 86mph in a 70mph zone.
Suneil Sharma completed it a few months ago in Belfast after he was caught driving at 38mph in a 30mph zone and said the course was "worthwhile but tedious".
"It was certainly worth doing the course rather than taking the penalty points," he said.
"They remind you of some of the basic things like leaving the house on time to avoid you driving quickly.
"I think I am a more careful driver now that I have been on it."
Mr Sharma said he was "completely gobsmacked" to hear how many people had taken part in the course.
The BBC has also obtained some figures about the speed awareness course and the Young Driver Scheme, which relates to the numbers of people who completed the course between 2011 and 2014.
More men than women have been caught speeding.
In 2012, almost 50% more men than women took part in the course, with 15,995 men taking part compared to 10,994 women.
During the same period, 1,463 people completed the course twice while three people completed it on three occasions.
People who are caught speeding while under the age of 25 will complete a different course known as the Young Driver Scheme.
About 2,000 young people have been completing it each year.
The figures also reveal that about 100 young people each year are completing the course while they still have their R plates.
The course costs £89 and lasts for four hours, during which drivers are taught about the dangers of speeding and the impact of speeding during an accident.
On average, drivers will only be given the opportunity to take part in the course if they are driving within 10mph of the speed limit.
The course is offered at eight locations in Northern Ireland and is delivered by contractor AADriveTech.


It's the BAFTA Film Awards later, the UK's biggest night of movie awards.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gives prizes to the top films as voted for by a panel of film experts, actors and producers.
In the category of Best Animated Film, the big contenders are Finding Dory, Zootropolis, Moana and Kubo and the Two Strings.
But we want to know what YOUR best film of the year has been.
Has it been one of those four, or did you prefer Rogue One, Fantastic Beasts or something else altogether?
I think Finding Dory was the best movie
The best film I've seen this year is definitely Zootropolis because I love the idea of a whole city being filled with just animals!
My favourite film would have to be 'Sing' as I found it very funny and the plot was not so predictable.
I think Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the best film because it is so interesting and I love all of the beasts and characters my favourite character is Luke.
My favourite movie was Zootropolis . I think it's really funny
I would give it to Doctor Strange as it has amazing graphics and action in it, and my favourite actor!!! Benedict Cumberbatch!
My favourite movies are the new version of Pete's Dragon and Fantastic Beasts and Were To Find Them. The old Pete's dragon was my grandmother's favourite movie.
Sofia, 11,  London


A council has been forced to chop part of its Christmas tree off in order to meet its own health and safety rules.

The tree in Llanelli town centre is now 20% shorter than before after workmen had to remove branches from its bottom and drop it into a 5ft (1.5m) hole to make it secure.
One local nicknamed it the "bonsai Christmas tree" as it is now shorter than surrounding trees.
Carmarthenshire council has apologised for any disappointment.
Local people complained about the 20ft (6m) tree online.
Dave Glover wrote: "I've got bigger weeds growing outside my property."
Sarah Williams complained the tree was "getting smaller every year" while another said: "Pathetic. Size really does matter with Christmas trees."
A Carmarthenshire council spokeswoman said: "We are sorry if people are disappointed that it is not as large as those we have had in the past.
"The tree had to be anchored five foot under the ground due to safety reasons.
"It meant that around four foot of branches had to be cut off to accommodate this.
"We can assure people that Christmas in Llanelli will still be a magical time."


Samoa international Alafoti Faosiliva has signed an undisclosed-length contract extension with Worcester.

The 31-year-old back-row forward arrived at Sixways last summer and has scored two tries in 15 appearances.
"Foti possesses huge power and the ability to break the gain-line so he is a fantastic player to have in our squad," Warriors boss Gary Gold said.
Faosiliva added: "We are building a very good squad at Warriors and I am excited about the future."
Faosiliva was part of the Samoa side which won the IRB Sevens World Series in 2009-10 and then had a spell at Toulon before spending three seasons with Bath.
He has won 21 caps for Samoa and made two appearances for his country at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.


Jeremy Corbyn has defended Labour's campaigning on the EU referendum, saying his party is pushing for "a social Europe".

Labour is backing the Remain campaign, and Mr Corbyn - who has often been critical of the EU - has been urged to make a more high-profile case.
At a meeting of MPs, he was told the referendum could be "lost" unless the party made a more "passionate" case.
His spokesman said he would be making a "big" speech on the EU "in due course".
Speaking on a visit to Dagenham, Mr Corbyn said there were issues on which the EU should be challenged, but "at the moment we're campaigning because we want this sense of unity across Europe".
Labour is campaigning "on issues of social justice across Europe" including the social chapter, which sets out EU policies on workers' rights, and the Working Time Directive governing the hours employees can work, he said.
Mr Corbyn said he had held meetings with socialist parties across Europe on how they can support his campaign.
During Labour's leadership race, Mr Corbyn refused to rule out campaigning to leave the EU, but after winning the contest he confirmed his party would back Remain after calls from MPs to clarify his position.
At Monday evening's Parliamentary Labour Party meeting, backbench MP Barry Sheerman criticised Labour's campaign so far and warned of the need to mobilise the party's machine.
Speaking on the BBC's Question Time, shadow chancellor and Corbyn-ally John McDonnell said Labour had been "crowded out" with Conservative splits dominating the headlines and said it was time "for us to come out a bit more in terms of explaining our views".


The dark clouds have been on the horizon for some time.

Transport for London (TfL) had been told in 2013 it would eventually have to be self-sufficient with its operating costs.
Today it was told by when.
There will be no more general grants from the government for day-to-day running of services from 2018 - earlier than TfL thought.
That grant currently stands at £591m a year but it will be tapered down.
How it deals with it isn't clear yet, but TfL will undoubtedly have to be more commercial.
It is currently planning to raise £3.4bn by 2020/21 through property, advertising and similar routes.
And it will have to be more efficient; it is currently planning to cut £16bn by 2020/21. That could affect the number of staff.
There will also probably have to be some choices on infrastructure investment in terms of priorities.
What it means is by 2018 London will be the only city in Europe where there is no day-to-day transport subsidy.
That bad news is tempered with some good news for transport bosses.
Previously a £10bn investment had been announced in the run-up to the election until 2019/20.
Today it has been increased to £11bn, covering another year. It breaks down as follows:
So investment in the big ticket infrastructure items such as the Tube upgrades look like they're OK.
But the purse strings just got a little bit tighter at TfL. Some will say this shows TfL is more than capable of looking after itself and this is a vote of confidence.
Others will say it leaves a big hole in TfL's finances that it will now have a big challenge trying to fill.
Whatever way you dress it up, it is still a big cut to transport funding in London.


A detective has admitted contacting victims of crime for his own sexual purposes.

Det Con Michael McMillan, 32, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to five counts of misconduct in public office.
The Merseyside Police officer contacted five women between June 2011 and June 2015 while working with the force's Family Crime Investigation Unit.
McMillan, who is suspended from duty, was given bail and will be sentenced on 11 March at the same court.
A psychiatric report has been ordered for that hearing.
Judge Clement Goldstone QC said the Crown Prosecution Service had been "merciful" to allow two further charges involving witnesses to lie on file.
He said it was difficult to see how McMillan's activities associated with those two charges, which the detective denied, did not also amount to misconduct in public office.
David Temkin, defending, said McMillan, from Crosby, suffered from bi-polar disorder and had expressed suicidal thoughts.
His actions have been the subject of an investigation by Merseyside Police's anti-corruption unit, which has been managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Following his admission, he will now face a misconduct hearing.
Deputy Chief Constable Andy Cooke said McMillan's behaviour had been "despicable and unforgivable".
"He was in a position of trust and he abused that when dealing with vulnerable victims of crime.
"He manipulated women who looked to him for professional support for his own sexual gratification and his behaviour as an officer is beyond comprehension."


Health Secretary Shona Robison has expressed "deep concern" after a man died in Aberdeen while waiting longer than expected for an ambulance.

The incident happened in the early hours of 19 May. The ambulance took more than 30 minutes to arrive.
Ms Robison said she had spoken directly to the chief executive of the ambulance service to ensure a "full and urgent review" of the case is undertaken.
She said the findings must be acted upon.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman: "We received a call at 02:46 hours on Friday 19 May to attend an address in Aberdeen and arrived at 03:19 hours.
"CPR advice was provided by our call handler.
"The response time is longer than we would expect."
The spokesman added: "We are currently undertaking a full investigation of the events. Initial findings indicate that the circumstances around this incident were extremely unusual.
"We have contacted the patient's family to offer our sincere condolences and to hear their recollection of the response as part of our investigation.
"We will share our findings with the patient's family and address any recommendations."


Captain Tom Youngs says Leicester must continue to learn from last month's record European defeat against Glasgow, to ensure it never happens again.

Tigers were hammered 43-0 in their final Champions Cup tie of the season.
Speaking ahead of their return to Premiership action against Gloucester on Saturday, Youngs said the loss provides both pain and motivation.
"It sat very heavy in my heart and a lot of the boys' hearts. It hurt big time," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"A lot of stuff has been thrown at us as a group. It will make us stronger in the long run, but short-term it will probably knock us a little bit.
"I have never wanted a game to end early in a Leicester shirt, but I really wanted that to end early. Everything we said to do we didn't do."
Hooker Youngs said his side's inadequacies, coupled with facing an in-form Glasgow side, made it difficult to keep their heads up in the days that followed.
"We could have done things better, but they were in one of those bubbles you get in sometimes in rugby," Youngs added.
"They got the momentum and got the squeeze on us. It was very hard, after the losses we have experienced, to keep heads up and keep going.
"It does take it's toll. It was pretty hard. There were lots of disappointed people and we have to take it on the chin."
As well as bowing out of Europe, Tigers are fifth in the Premiership, having lost seven of their past nine games in all competitions.
Youngs added: "I said to guys to watch the game against Glasgow again because you have to learn from that sort of game, and understand, and make sure it doesn't happen again.
"You have to draw a line in some regards, but you also have to learn from it. We need a win against Gloucester."


An Edinburgh woman who made hundreds of thousands of pounds running a national prostitution racket has been found guilty of living off immoral earnings.

Margaret Paterson spent almost £500,000 on designer goods and was found with more than £200,000 in cash in her West End home.
Paterson, 61, ran a brothel and escort service from the New Town with business partner Robert Munro, 61, who was also found guilty of the same charge.
They will be sentenced on 8 July.
Ian Goalen, 59, pleaded guilty to living off the earnings of prostitution at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday.
Goalen then gave evidence against his former bosses.
During a nine year period, Paterson and Munro provided prostitutes all over Scotland.
Goalen, a former bank manager from East Lothian, acted as a driver for the working girls in Edinburgh, West Lothian, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Newcastle Upon Tyne.
However, it came to an end when police raided their premises in Edinburgh's Grosvenor Street in September 2011.
Officers found sex toys, designer shoes and evidence which showed Paterson had gone on a £461,604 spending spree in some of Edinburgh's most exclusive shops.
Detectives found credit card records which detailed how she bought luxury items from Harvey Nichols, Louis Vuitton and Mulberry.
She also purchased health care from the Spire hospital in Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
After conviction on Monday, temporary judge Michael O'Grady QC said: "These are serious offences."
The trio were convicted of proceeds of crime and immoral earnings charges after a month-long trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Details can only now be reported as Judge O'Grady passed a contempt of court order at the start of proceedings prohibiting reports of it until the conclusion of the trial.
The jury spent three hours deliberating their verdict. They then returned unanimous verdicts on all charges.


A network of people smugglers in Calais is asking migrants for £1,200 each to help them travel to Britain illegally.

Sophisticated organisation lies behind the apparent chaos of migrants trying to board lorries and trains in France to cross the English Channel, a BBC investigation found.
Two Afghan researchers for BBC South East Today secretly filmed two men purporting to be people traffickers.
The men offered to help get them across the Channel to Kent.
As soon as migrants arrive at the Calais camp known as "The Jungle" they are approached by traffickers who say they will help them get on board trains or lorries.
Within 30 minutes of arriving, the Afghan researchers were welcomed, given water and told where to get food.
Trafficker Ahmed briefed them, telling them to carry a razor blade to slash their way into trucks heading to the UK.
"You need to climb on to the truck, cut the top and get inside," he said.
"My way is for lightweight people. The way is difficult. There are other traffickers - go and talk to them."
Ahmed invited the researchers into his private tent after nightfall to discuss money, saying his best price was £1,200.
For that the smugglers would ensure migrants would be placed into the back of a truck or a train. If they did not succeed in reaching the UK they would keep trying.
No cash changes hands; money must be wired to an agreed location.
"Where is most convenient for you: London or Kabul?" Ahmed asked.
The BBC did not pay any money to people traffickers during its investigation.
About 3,000 migrants have set up camp near the Port of Calais.
No-one knows how many succeed in getting into the UK but almost every day empty beds are left behind.
Amid the squalor are shops selling groceries and even sit-down restaurants.
A towering razor wire fence separates the jungle from the approach road to the ferry port and it is getting harder for migrants to get on to trucks but during wildcat strikes by ferry workers in Calais three weeks ago many attempted to do so.
Three migrants were injured after a "large number" broke into the French Channel Tunnel terminal overnight.
Last week a migrant died after jumping on a freight train heading for Britain days after 150 tried to storm the Calais Eurotunnel terminal.
Another trafficker, specialising in getting migrants on to trains, again for £1,200, claimed to offer the fastest route through the Channel Tunnel to Folkestone.
"It's a bit of a walk from here, but only 17 minutes on the train," he said.
When asked which way, he said: "Over the fences to the trains, after the security checks."
The researchers spent two nights in The Jungle, discovering the traffickers operating openly.
"They are fearless because they are not citizens or nationals of European countries," said one researcher.
"And they are in the worst place on earth so there is nothing to lose, really."
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced the creation of a "secure zone" at Calais for for 230 UK-bound lorries to prevent migrants boarding queuing trucks.
She said 8,000 illegal attempts to cross the Channel had been made in recent weeks.


Kirsty Gilmour hopes the arrival of Tat Meng Wong as Scotland's new badminton coach will give her career fresh impetus on her return from injury.

Gilmour, 23, underwent surgery on a knee injury after failing to reach the last 16 at the Olympics in Rio.
"I'm really quite excited," she said of Wong's appointment. "It will be a nice starting point for me.
"I'm hoping to build my training back up in December and I think he is going to come across in January to start."
Wong, who has been women's singles coach to the Badminton Association of Malaysia, is known to the Scottish number one.
"I didn't really know that I knew Tat Meng Wong, but I do," Gilmour, who is 19 in the world rankings, told BBC Scotland.
"He coached against me in the final of the Belgian Open last year.
"He was not shy in pointing out what he thought I should work on.
"I lost to his player, so he knows what he's talking about."
Gilmour's injury means she will miss the Scottish Open Grand Prix, which starts on Wednesday at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.
She is disappointed to miss her home event for the first time since making her debut at the age of 15.
However, she explained that the operation was a necessity after picking up the injury at the Australian Open in May.
"My whole preparation for Rio was hampered by that," she said. "I couldn't prepare as perfectly as I would have hoped.
"With the physio team at UK Sport and GB Badminton, I managed to get on to the court in Rio and it was just about getting through that.
"I went on holiday and came back and tried to get back into training and it hadn't improved at all.
"I had the surgery and we are six weeks from that now and I am starting to get back on to the court.
"So to hit the ground running with a new fresh coach is going to be really important to me."


In his latest Twitter tirade, President-elect Donald Trump has once again claimed he could have won more votes than his rival Hillary Clinton.

"I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently," he said.
The Republican insisted his strategy was more "sophisticated".
He won nearly three million fewer votes than the Democratic candidate, but prevailed in the electoral college.
The arcane but all-important institution formally certified him earlier this week as winner of the 2016 presidential election.
But the Manhattan billionaire is apparently still chafing at critics' claims that he lacks a popular mandate.
What exactly is the electoral college?
In two other tweets on Wednesday morning, Mr Trump said: "Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!"
The businessman - who is spending the festive season at his resort in Florida - added: "I have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact that I spent FAR LESS MONEY on the win than Hillary on the loss!"
But Mr Trump appears to have conceded finally that he lost the popular vote.
Late last month he erroneously claimed in a tweet that "in addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally".
He later tweeted that there was "serious voter fraud" in Virginia, New Hampshire, and California.
No such electoral illegality has been adduced by US election officials or observers.
Mr Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th US president on 20 January.


A beach brawl on the French island of Corsica between three families of North African descent and local youths has left five people injured and three cars burnt out, regional prosecutors say.

The brawl on Saturday began after the families objected to photos being taken, witnesses say. Stones and bottles were thrown.
Reports say some of the brawlers were armed with hatchets and harpoons.
Unrest continued on Sunday at a protest in the regional capital.
The head of the regional executive, Gilles Simeoni, has appealed for calm.
The incident took place on a creek near the village of Sisco, Upper Corsica.
Tension has grown this summer between local communities and Muslims of North African origin in the south of France, especially following the massacre of 85 people by a lorry driver in the city of Nice on 14 July.
At the end of last month, an outlawed Corsican paramilitary group warned Islamist militants against targeting their island.
Earlier this week, the resort town of Cannes controversially banned the wearing of the Islamic bathing costume for women, the burkini.
Three of the injured have been released from hospital in Bastia and the other two were due to be sent home shortly, prosecutors said in a statement (in French).
They described the brawl as being of "great violence".
French media report that the trouble began around 18:15 (16:15 GMT) when tourists took photos of women bathing. Reports say the women were wearing burkinis.
Ange Vivoni, mayor of Sisco, told reporters that when a local teenager was stabbed, the victim's "family and all the people of Sisco got together".
According to the newspaper Le Figaro (in French), some of the older men in the bathing party had attacked a group of local teenagers on the beach with hatchets.
When the teenagers' parents arrived from the village, two of them were reportedly injured with harpoons. Villagers allegedly then set alight cars belonging to the bathers.
Another French daily, Le Monde, reports (in French) that one man was injured twice by a harpoon after his son was beaten up. Stones and bottles were also thrown.
Two fathers from among the bathing party were also injured during the brawl, the paper adds.
According to Le Monde newspaper, the three involved in the brawl are all Muslims.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve condemned the violence and also appealed for calm.
Hundreds of people held a protest in Bastia, heading for a housing estate, where some of those involved in Saturday's brawl are said to live.
Riot police could be seen pushing them back and tear gas was reportedly fired when stones were thrown.


Ray Trew has stepped down as chairman of Notts County and has announced that the League Two club is for sale.

Trew became owner and chairman in 2010 but said he made the decision after his family were subjected to "foul and mindless abuse" in recent days.
Notts, who appointed Jamie Fullarton as manager in January, are 16th in League Two having been relegated last season.
"It is with very mixed emotions that I announce the end of my tenure," Trew wrote in an open letter to fans.
"This is not me backing away from a challenge, I do not do that and, indeed, if I'd have wanted to I would have done so some time ago because it has been a difficult journey at times.
"However, when my family are subjected to the kind of foul, mindless abuse that they have been in recent days, both in person and courtesy of the oh so brave keyboard warriors, regardless of whether this is just the minority ruining it for the larger supporter base, I have to make changes."
Trew paid £1 to buy the Magpies from then chairman Peter Trembling six years ago and took on debts of more than £1.5m, which were built up during Munto Finance's brief period as owners.
Despite initial success, with the club winning the League Two title at the end of Trew's first season, Notts have had nine full-time managers during his time.
Trembling bought Notts from Munto Finance for a nominal fee, only five months after the Middle Eastern consortium took over at Meadow Lane.


Italian champions Juventus reasserted their control over the Serie A title race thanks to a comfortable victory over top-four rivals Lazio in Turin.

Juve led within five minutes thanks to Paulo Dybala's brilliant first-time strike from 20 yards.
It was 2-0 after 16 minutes when top scorer Gonzalo Higuain prodded in Juan Cuadrado's right-wing cross.
Higuain also had a goal ruled out for offside but it mattered little as Juve exerted their authority.
Massimiliano Allegri's side remain one point above second-placed Roma, who beat Cagliari 1-0, but Juve have a game in hand over their title rivals.
Edin Dzeko scored the only goal in Rome as he held off Nicola Murru to steer in Antonio Rudiger's cross, with Luciano Spalletti's side equalling a club record of 13 consecutive home league wins.
Yet the ease with which Juventus brushed aside Lazio, who have ambitions of Champions League qualification for only the second time in a decade, was a major statement as they bounced back from defeat against Fiorentina last week.
Failure to beat the capital side would have left the Old Lady vulnerable to losing top spot for the first time since August.
But Allegri's decision to name a bold attacking line-up - including Higuain, Dybala and Mario Mandzukic - in his 300th Serie A game as a manager brought dividends.
Juve rarely looked troubled as they continued their bid for a record sixth successive Scudetto.
Inter Milan moved above neighbours AC Milan into fifth place after beating second-bottom Palermo to earn their sixth successive league win.
Inter earned a narrow 1-0 victory at their relegation-threatened hosts when Portugal midfielder Joao Mario came off the bench to score the winner.
Switzerland midfielder Blerim Dzemaili scored twice as Bologna moved into the top half by winning 2-0 against Joe Hart's fading Torino.
Alessandro Matri also scored twice as Sassuolo won 3-1 at bottom club Pescara, while Genoa were twice pegged back in a 2-2 draw against third-bottom Crotone, despite Giovanni Simeone - son of Atletico Madrid coach Diego - netting.
Relegation already appears a foregone conclusion for the bottom three, with Crotone and Palermo both 11 points off safety and Pescara a further point behind.
Match ends, Juventus 2, Lazio 0.
Second Half ends, Juventus 2, Lazio 0.
Attempt missed. Marko Pjaca (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross.
Offside, Lazio. Felipe Anderson tries a through ball, but Filip Djordjevic is caught offside.
Foul by Tomás Rincón (Juventus).
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Marko Pjaca (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Felipe Anderson (Lazio).
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Marco Parolo (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tomás Rincón (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marco Parolo (Lazio).
Foul by Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus).
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Paulo Dybala.
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Filip Djordjevic (Lazio).
Corner,  Lazio. Conceded by Andrea Barzagli.
Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Murgia.
Substitution, Lazio. Alessandro Murgia replaces Cristiano Lombardi.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Lukaku (Lazio).
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Filip Djordjevic (Lazio).
Attempt blocked. Marco Parolo (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín with a through ball.
Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marco Parolo (Lazio).
Substitution, Lazio. Filip Djordjevic replaces Lucas Biglia.
Substitution, Lazio. Jordan Lukaku replaces Stefan Radu.
Attempt missed. Lucas Biglia (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
Foul by Paulo Dybala (Juventus).
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Hours after the last chord sounded at Glastonbury the great clean-up has begun.
The festival was brought to a close by Ed Sheeran on the Pyramid Stage, just six years after his debut at one of the festival's smallest venues.
He attracted a much younger audience than Friday and Saturday's headliners, Radiohead and Foo Fighters.
There is no Glastonbury in 2018, meaning there are 731 days until Worthy Farm opens its gates again.


A multi-million pound conservation project has been launched to restore Newport's 17th century Tredegar House.

Rainwater has leaked into a number of attic rooms, with repairs now needed to replace 35 tonnes of Welsh slate covering the house's north west wing.
This year alone, National Trust staff have removed more than 52 gallons of water.
The attraction, one of the UK's foremost Restoration houses, is also home to a priceless art collection.
Contractors arrive on site on 19 September, with scaffolding going up shortly after - but the attraction will remain open throughout the work.
The project will make the roof watertight and rooms worst hit by the leaks will be redecorated. Other plans include the development of the house's laundry building.
Property manager Linda Wigley said: "So much work has already been done behind the scenes to get us to this point and we are delighted to be able to finally share our plans with the public.
"We have drawn on more than 120 years of conservation expertise in the National Trust to transform Tredegar House and its surrounding parkland into the exceptional visitor attraction we know it has the potential to be."
Newport council leader Councillor Debbie Wilcox called the house one the city's "great treasures".
She added: "This work is crucial to protect the many features of this beautiful building."
Tredegar House was previously managed by Newport council, and has been run by the National Trust since 2012.