A man arrested in connection with a death at a Flintshire paper mill has been released without charge, North Wales Police has said.

The pedestrian died after being hit by a large bucket loader at the UPM plant in Shotton, at 11:30 GMT on Monday.
The case has now been handed over to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for sole investigation.
UPM Shotton general manager David Ingham said: "We are all deeply shocked by this tragic incident."
The man who died was a contract worker in the inbound recovered fibre warehouse, where the bucket loader is used to move waste paper from the floor to the recycling lines.
The HSE has interviewed witnesses and reviewed materials relating to the incident.


It's extremely rare for an animal to escape from its enclosure in a zoo, but staff have to know what to do if it ever did happen...

3 February 2016 Last updated at 09:04 GMT
So Japan's Ueno Zoo has held a drill for its zookeepers.
But they didn't use a real zebra - one of their staff got dressed up as a zebra instead!
The fake zebra acted as if it had escaped after an earthquake and rushed past zoo staff. But they managed to catch the animal with a net ready to take it back to its enclosure.


FA Cup final referee Jon Moss is a "political pawn" whose appointment does not make any sense, according to former Premier League official Mark Halsey.

Moss will officiate Aston Villa v Arsenal at Wembley on 30 May but Halsey claims the 44-year-old "has not had a particularly good season".
Halsey says Mark Clattenburg should take charge and wants the Football Association to review the process.
"I'm amazed that they've not given him the final," Halsey said on Wednesday.
"I would imagine that Jon Moss will feel a little bit sheepish that he doesn't really deserve it and Mark Clattenburg does."
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Halsey alleged in a blog post that certain figures at the FA do not want Fifa-listed referee Clattenburg to officiate at Euro 2016 and are seeking to project the message that the 40-year-old "isn't our top ref".
"I've got nothing against Jon, he's a good lad, but I think he's a political pawn," Halsey told BBC Sport.
"I know that certain people don't want Mark refereeing in the European Championship. It's quite obvious they want Martin Atkinson to go ahead of Mark Clattenburg."
Clattenberg and Martin Atkinson are currently the only English referees in the top tier of Fifa officials.
BBC Sport contacted the FA and referees' body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) over Halsey's claims but neither was prepared to respond directly.
The FA says its selection process took into account Moss' performances and experience and that the appointment had been well received by the refereeing community.
PGMOL stressed that the FA was solely responsible for the appointment.
Referees can only take charge of one FA Cup final in their career and are chosen by a panel of former officials.
Atkinson refereed the 2011 final between Manchester City and Stoke.
"You are always looking for your best man available to referee that prestige game," Halsey added.
"It's no disrespect to Jon, but is he the best man? Has he been given a big game by the PGMOL? The Manchester derby, Man United v Liverpool, Man United v Chelsea - has he been trusted in those games? No, he hasn't.
"How many times has Mark done massive games? He's done the Uefa Super Cup this year, big Champions League games and earned plaudits. It just doesn't make sense."
Sunderland-born official Moss said the FA Cup final would be "the biggest game I will ever referee" when his appointment was confirmed on Tuesday.
"I'm not doubting or slagging him off," Halsey continued. "I try to help [referees], offer constructive criticism.
"People say I'm putting pressure on Jon. It's the FA that's done that. The FA has put extra pressure on that game."
Clattenburg made headlines earlier this season when he was dropped from officiating for one weekend due to two breaches of protocol.


A woman was reported to police in Northern Ireland and charged in connection with using abortion pills after she sought medical help, the BBC has learnt.

The purchase and use of abortion pills is illegal throughout the UK.
However, there is particular concern about their availability in Northern Ireland.
This is because a termination is only allowed where a woman's life or long-term health is put at serious risk.
There are now warnings that women are putting their health at risk by taking abortion pills bought online.
The drugs cause blood loss and some people are likely to need treatment if they use them.
Women in England, Scotland and Wales are allowed to have an abortion within the first 24 weeks of their pregnancy if it is carried out in a hospital or a licensed clinic.
In recent months campaigners have staged a series of stunts - including swallowing abortion pills in front of the police - as part of their attempts to challenge the stricter laws in Northern Ireland.
"It's a class issue now," said Courtney Robinson of Socialist Youth NI, who spoke to me at a protest outside Newry.
"Those who can afford it are travelling to England and having an abortion there privately.
"And those who can't afford it are here to either be in a dangerous situation or to get these pills online and face criminalisation."
There are fears that many who order pharmaceuticals online cannot be sure what they will receive.
BBC News NI looked at numerous websites that advertise abortion pills and offer to deliver them to UK addresses.
I purchased pills which arrived from India with limited documentation and had them tested at Queen's University in Belfast.
The university's ASSET Technology Centre found the drugs were capable of causing a termination however the pills were not licensed for use in the UK.
"There are risks associated with this drug's use," said Dr Paul McCague of the School of Pharmacy at Queen's.
"Of particular concern with this drug would be the heavy bleeding which is a relatively common adverse effect.
"And a number of women will actually require a blood transfusion."
A number of people have been charged in connection with the use and purchase of abortion pills over the last few years.
It is understood that one of those women was reported to police after she requested medical help.
A police statement said: "The PSNI has a statutory duty under Section 32 of the Police (NI) Act 2000 to protect life, to prevent the commission of offences and where an offence has been committed, to take measures to bring the offender to justice.
"As with any other offence where there are grounds to suspect the commission of an offence we will conduct a thorough and objective investigation into the matter.
"Whilst police can make recommendations at the conclusion of their investigation ultimately it will be a matter for the Public Prosecution Service to determine whether the case should or should not be prosecuted."
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland issued guidelines earlier this year stating that medical staff had a legal responsibility to give the police information to secure "the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction" of anyone involved in an illegal termination.
That duty to make a report to police is contained in the Criminal Law Act (NI) 1967.
However the guidance from Stormont goes on to say that all staff's first duty is the care of the woman and that health professionals do not need to pass on information "if they have a reasonable excuse for not doing so".
It has been described by some as a "don't ask, don't tell" clause.
The issue of abortion remains extremely divisive at Stormont, where there are some politicians who want the law in Northern Ireland relaxed to allow terminations in cases where the baby will not survive beyond birth.
However there are many MLAs with deeply-held religious beliefs who oppose any new legislation.
"We have been looking to the rest of the UK and saying we don't want that to happen," said Marion Woods of the anti-abortion group LIFE NI.
"And our politicians have been holding against the tide of some people who are actively trying to quite forcefully change our law."
BBC News NI tried to speak to both Stormont's justice and health ministers about abortion pills, but both refused several requests.
And when I turned up at a charity event where the Justice Minister Claire Sugden was due to give interviews, I was told I would not be allowed to ask her about abortion.
When I refused to agree to that, Ms Sugden's press officer asked for the charity hosting the event to throw us out.
The Department of Justice issued a short statement, saying issues regarding prosecution on abortion were a matter for the PPS (Public Prosecution Service).
"The current law prohibits the use of abortion drugs throughout the UK," it said.
"Medical issues relating to the use of abortion pills are a matter for the Department of Health."
After several calls a spokesman for that department simply said the health minister was "unavailable for interview".


Paramilitaries and members of the public are "baying for the blood" of a man who is charged with rape, police have said.

An officer told Londonderry Magistrates court that the man's "life is seriously at risk"
Aaron Francis Hyland, from Cranbrook Court, Belfast, is charged with raping a 23-year-old woman in a house in Derry on 3 October.
The defendant, who has been in custody since his arrest, denies the offence.
A police officer told the court: "The police are in possession of intelligence indicating his life is seriously at risk. He is aware of this and his mother is aware of this.
"Certain people would be delighted if this man was released on bail to be able to get their hands on him. Paramilitaries and members of the public are baying for his blood," he added.
The court was told that the defendant, who has 64 previous convictions, moved from Belfast to Derry in June.
Replying to the defence barrister, who said that Mr Hyland believed it was safe for him to be bailed to his mother's address in Belfast, the police officer told the court: "Then he is a very foolish and naive person."
Refusing bail the judge said he shared the police concerns for the defendant's safety.
He also said that the defendant's atrocious record led him to believe he would reoffend if he was released on bail.


A golf club with no course of its own is to hold a new competition on greens 300 miles (482.8km) away.

Eriskay Golf Club was launched in 1994 on the island of Eriskay in the Western Isles.
Members played on a six-hole course created on croft land until 1997 when a house was built on the course.
In the last 16 years, the club has played at other courses. This year it affiliated itself to Tain where the new competition will be played on Sunday.
Previously, club members played at Taynuilt in Argyll. Getting there from Eriskay involved a 200-mile (321.8km) round trip and 10 hours on a ferry.
Play later switched to Torvean Golf Club in Inverness.
Eriskay's club has 50 members and celebrates the island's links with Whisky Galore, a 1940s book by Compton MacKenzie that was inspired by real life events.
Later adapted for film, the story was written following the grounding of a ship carrying whisky.
The SS Politician, which was carrying more than 250,000 bottles of the spirit, got into difficulty off Eriskay on 5 February 1941.
The cargo ship was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of the island in bad weather.
The golf club's new competition, the Bonnie Prince Charlie Shield, takes its name from Prince Charles Edward Stuart. From a French ship, the prince landed on a beach behind the club's original course during the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Willie Rusk, a co-founder of the club, said steps had been taken this year to have it properly recognised as an official club.
He said: "Our members were keen to develop the club as a fully-operational golf club, so that's exactly what we have done.
"We have now affiliated with the Scottish Golf Union, have prepared a full range of competitions for our members during 2013 and are now authorised to administer our members' handicaps."
Eriskay is not the only island golf club with an interesting story.
In 2008, Scottish football legend Kenny Dalglish officially opened a refurbished golf course on South Uist.
Askernish Golf Club plays a course said to have been originally designed by four-times Open championship winner Old Tom Morris in 1892.
The opening ceremony was staged amid a row between the club and seven crofters. The crofters were opposed to an extension of the course onto land they used for grazing livestock.
The dispute was resolved the following year.
Two years ago, another club won its legal fight to sell alcohol on Sundays.
Western Isles Licensing Board had twice refused applications from Stornoway Golf Club to serve alcohol with Sunday lunches.
Following a court hearing in Inverness, Acting Sheriff Charles Stoddart overturned the board's refusal of a drinks licence.
The club wanted to increase income at weekends. However, it was still barred from allowing golf to be played on the Sabbath.


A motorist has been jailed following a police chase through the centre of Dumfries at the weekend.

It was the sixth time the 27-year-old had been caught driving while banned.
Sean Peoples, from Annan, was spotted driving erratically and failed to stop for two patrol cars.
He was chased along Shakespeare Street, the Whitesands and Buccleuch Street and overtook a line of vehicles at a red light. He was jailed for nine months, fined Â£400 and banned for three years.
Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that Peoples, who had changed his name from Ballard to try to put a series of crimes behind him, wanted to be imprisoned to allow his continued rehabilitation.
He admitted driving dangerously and driving while banned and without insurance.
Solicitor David Finnie said Peoples had a catalogue of offending over the years and had changed his name, taking on his mother's maiden name, in a bid to reform.
The court was told his mother was also helping him and had put him under a personal curfew at her home in a bid to keep him out of trouble.


Geraint Thomas is seven seconds behind leader Michael Matthews after the opening prologue time trial of the prestigious week-long Paris-Nice race.

The Welshman is leading the Team Sky squad and is tipped to run defending champion and former team-mate Richie Porte close for the overall victory.
Porte finished 10 seconds behind fellow Australian Matthews, who rode the 6.1km course in seven minutes 39 seconds.
Tom Dumoulin is one second back, with New Zealander Patrick Bevin third.
Monday's first stage proper will take the peloton 198km from Conde-sur-Vesgre to Vendome and is expected to finish in a bunch sprint.
Prologue result
1.  Michael Matthews (Aus/Orica GreenEdge) 7mins, 39secs
2.  Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Giant)         +1sec
3.  Patrick Bevin (NZ/Cannondale)   +2secs
4.  Jesus Herrada (Spa/Movistar)      +6secs
5.  Jon Izagirre (Spa/Movistar)         Same time
Selected:
7. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky +7secs
11. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +10secs
27. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +16secs


Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for an end to deportation raids targeting Central American families living in the US illegally.

A spike in raids in recent weeks, largely aimed at women and children, has drawn the ire of rights groups.
Mrs Clinton said the raids "have sown fear and division in immigrant communities across the country".
Immigration has been one of the leading issues in the 2016 race.
Mrs Clinton, who is top of the Democratic pack in the race, said she would ensure government lawyers were provided for unaccompanied minors and would increase funding for immigration courts.
The raids, which spiked over the holiday season, have angered migrants' rights activists as well as lawmakers in Mr Obama's Democratic party. Scores of House Democrats are demanding they stop.
They come as fears grow that a spike in immigration from Central America may be foreshadowing a repeat of the 2014 crisis that saw tens of thousands of migrants - especially unaccompanied children - cross the border.
The White House has defended the raids, with spokesman Josh Earnest saying the president was aware of the outrage but that "the enforcement strategy and priorities that the administration has articulated are not going to change".
The Obama administration has unilaterally enacted immigration reform to protect undocumented immigrants who have been in the country a long time, but has said deportations would continue. In February, Mr Obama said that the forced removals would be "focusing on potential felons".
"I think the administration sees is as important to complete some of these removal orders to discourage future irregular immigration from Central America," Marc Rosenblum of the Migration Policy Institute told the BBC.
"It's difficult to grant relief to deserving cases if you're not also going to deport cases found not to be deserving."
The raids have riled lawmakers and activists, who say they are disruptive and ill-timed, and were breaking families apart as well as spreading fear across immigrant communities.
Rep Nydia Vlazquez, a member of the Hispanic caucus, said that "immigrants and their families are terrorised".
"These are some of the most vulnerable members of society and we are treating them like criminals."
The anger prompted White House officials to meet with politicians on Thursday in an attempt to dampen the anger.
That failed to stop 135 Democrats from co-signing a letter asking that the raids stop immediately.
"We strongly condemn the Department of Homeland Security's recent enforcement operation targeting refugee mothers and children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala," the letter reads.
Leading Republican candidate Donald Trump prompted a weeks-long outrage over the summer when he described Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "criminals" and called for a wall to be built on the southern border.
Meanwhile, one of his rivals, Marco Rubio, is framing the issue as one of national security, saying that radical jihadist groups could exploit the immigration system.
Mr Rubio's support for immigration reforms in the past could be a liability for the candidate during primary elections, as he attempts to climb to the top of the crowded and mainly conservative Republican pack.
Democrats have taken a different approach to the issue, urging a humanitarian response.
Senator Bernie Sanders, currently in second place, wrote a letter to President Obama earlier this month saying: "I urge you to immediately cease these raids and not deport families back to countries where a death sentence awaits."
Martin O'Malley, who is in a distant third place, has attacked his two rivals saying that their support for immigrants was recent and politically expedient.


England's Stuart Broad does not believe cricketers have changed the way they play since Phillip Hughes' death.

Friday is the first anniversary of the Australian's death, which came two days after he was struck by a bouncer.
"I don't think it's affected the way players are bowling or batting," Broad told Stumped on BBC World Service.
"When you're playing for your country against another country, it's full of passion and pride. You do everything you can to try to win that contest."
However, Broad says the death of 25-year-old Hughes "shook" the cricketing world and believes players are now showing more concern for each other on the pitch.
During last summer's Ashes, there was visible worry from both sides when Australia's Chris Rogers was hit by a James Anderson bouncer, and again two days later when the opener had to leave the pitch suffering with dizziness.
During a one-day international between the same two sides, England captain Eoin Morgan had to retire hurt after being struck by Mitchell Starc's short-pitched delivery.
Speaking about Hughes' death, Broad said: "It was an awful time for cricket - it's not an uncommon thing for players to get hit on the head but it is obviously hugely uncommon for someone to pass away playing cricket.
"I think it shook the whole cricketing world, it was a few weeks of real sadness. Now, when you see someone get hit on the head you see immediate concern from everyone on that field.
"That's been a huge change - the teams showing real care for the injuries of other players."
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke, who guided his fellow players through the traumatic experience of losing a team-mate, said the team's dressing room "will never be the same" following Hughes' death.
Tributes will be paid to Hughes during the third Test between Australia and New Zealand at his old home ground of the Adelaide Oval, which begins on Friday.
Both Mitchell Johnson, who retired last week, and spin bowler Stephen O'Keefe have spoken about Hughes in the lead-up to the anniversary.
"I had that Ashes series in 2013-2014 where I was really aggressive and bowling a lot of short balls and I did hit players," said Johnson. The death, he added, "made me think, was I doing the right thing? You know, was I playing in the spirit of the game?"
O'Keefe, who has been recalled to the Test squad for the day-night clash with New Zealand, was fielding for New South Wales when Hughes was struck.
"The game has changed for me forever," said O'Keefe, whose only previous Test cap came against Pakistan in 2014. "It's not what it was.
"You're playing a game that's supposed to be fun and you're supposed to be in a great contest, and then in the blink of a ball it completely changes on you.
"I just hope in my lifetime that I never have to see anything like that again, and we can remember Phillip for what he was, which was a great bloke and an even better player."
Cricket was quick to reassess the safety of the players in the weeks after Hughes' death, with the main change being the development of extra protection on helmets.
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Many batsmen now wear an extra piece of protection, called a stem guard, which covers the back of their head and neck, where Hughes was fatally hit.
There are also suggestions that umpires, close fielders and coaches conducting training sessions will soon have to wear some form of head protection.
"There will become a time where if you get on hit in the head you don't have long-lasting effects," said Broad. "I know the helmet manufacturers are working very hard with their development teams to get it in place.
"That has to be a goal because there are at least a handful of players in the past year that have missed cricket after getting struck on the helmet. There's certainly movement to be done there."
You can hear more from Stuart Broad on this week's Stumped on BBC World Service at 00:30 GMT on Saturday. Listen and download via the Stumped website.


It was a performance befitting of a moody teenager.

But, with 20 grand prix starts to his name, it can be easy to forget that 18-year-old Max Verstappen is still exactly that - a teenager.
We've not seen much of the Toro Rosso driver's moody side, but it was on full, potty-mouthed display in the Australian GP on Sunday.
There was even the teenage trademark of a slammed bedroom door (it was actually the office door of team principal Franz Tost), just to complete the histrionics.
Having started fifth on the grid, the Dutchman was sixth midway through the race when he turned into mad Max.
"I wanted to pit first," he grumbled down the radio after his team-mate Carlos Sainz went into the garage for new tyres.
Eventually, Verstappen was given a new set of tyres and re-emerged in 10th, a place behind Sainz. That's when the strop hit its stride.
Three more radio messages followed, with some choice language removed:
The pair proceeded to pass Renault's Joylon Palmer at consecutive corners, before Verstappen's impatience almost got the better of him.
With three laps to go, Verstappen clipped the back of his team-mate and went into a spin.
He recovered to finish 10th, but it could have been oh-so costly for a team that looks like it could lay claim to being the best of the rest behind Mercedes and Ferrari, with Verstappen and Sainz having qualified fifth and seventh respectively on Saturday.
It's anyone's guess what was said behind Tost's slammed door in the Toro Rosso debrief.
In front of the microphones Verstappen, who refused a team order to let Sainz past at Singapore last year, made his thoughts clear.
"It was a very disappointing race. The start was great. But from there onwards it turned into a nightmare really," he said.
"There was miscommunication for the second stop and at the end we chose the wrong tyres for the last stint."
From Sainz's point of view, there was not an issue.
"I think it was a nice battle. I have no issues at all with what happened. I don't know why there is something to be angry about," said the 21-year-old Spaniard.
And Tost explained why Sainz was allowed to pit before Verstappen: "Carlos had a lot of front locking. Therefore we called him for an early pit stop.
"Within the next three laps also Max came into the pits, but the team was not prepared for this stop, as we did not call him. Therefore he lost seven seconds."
Verstappen was praised for his overtaking ability and willingness to race in his debut campaign last season, when he finished 12th in the drivers' championship.
But social media users were quick to poke fun at his teenage sulk.
BBC Radio 5 live reporter Tom Clarkson said Verstappen lost his cool.
"There is no doubt Max Verstappen has got hot under the collar in this race," he said.
"This is the first time we have seen over-exuberance from him and frustration in his driving."
And fans using the #bbcf1 hashtag on social media were less than impressed with the Toro Rosso man's manner.
Garrick Chandler: "Max is childish and I am sick of the whinging. Turn his radio off."
Robert Leon Felix: "So, Verstappen is sounding more and more self-centred and arrogant."
Garry Holett: "If Max spent a little less time acting the spoilt child and more on looking for gaps, he wouldn't need people to let him past!"
Jonathan Evans: "Verstappen is only a kid but boy doesn't it show. Needs to be taken down a peg or two."
Rhyan Paul: "Someone get Max V a pacifier, petulant child! Time on the naughty step for you after the race!"
But there were words in defence of Verstappen, with one contributor comparing him to seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
Only Me!: "Max reminds me of a young Shui. Get off his back!"
David NicholsonHirst: "Max Verstappen is a different animal, great to watch this guy. Lewis watch out!"
quixoticgeek: "Oi, give Vestappen a break. You lot attacking him, were you any better at his age?"


Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he is likely to leave Paris St-Germain this summer after helping them clinch a fourth successive French title.

The Swede scored four goals as PSG demolished Troyes 9-0 to seal the Ligue 1 trophy with eight games left.
The 34-year-old told beIN Sports: "For the moment, I will not be at PSG next season. I still have a month and a half left here.
"If they replace the Eiffel Tower with a statue of me, then I will stay."
Ibrahimovic has recently been linked with moves to Manchester United and Major League Soccer in the United States.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said that he wants Ibrahimovic to stay when his contract ends in June.
"Zlatan is magical," he said. "He is a great player. We are going to talk him and see what he wants to do. We want him to stay."
Ibrahimovic's four goals on Sunday included a 10-minute hat-trick, which took his league total to 27 in 24 games this season and increased his tally in the French top flight to 102.
The victory over the bottom club sealed a fourth straight title after just 30 games, a record for one of Europe's 'big five' leagues.
Qatari Al-Khelaifi added that PSG will now target a maiden Champions League triumph having beaten Chelsea 4-2 on aggregate in the last 16.
"We must now stay focused because the season is not finished," he said.
"We have three more cups to fight for (Champions League, French League Cup and French Cup) but the Champions League is our biggest dream.
"We want to go as far as possible but we know there will be some very strong teams."
Their only major European trophy to date was the Cup Winners' Cup in 1996.
Coach Laurent Blanc told beIN Sports: "We did what we needed to do, particularly in the second period.
"From day one we've wanted to set a rhythm that would be difficult to match.
"We did it and we've maintained it. We know that no-one can match us."


BBC Radio 2 and Crimewatch presenter Jeremy Vine has written a letter to a 15-year-old after a video shared on social media showed the boy being attacked by a group of teenagers in Romford, east London.

Writing on Facebook, Vine said he too had been attacked as a 15-year-old. He encouraged the boy not to try to be tough like his attackers, saying there was "no shame" in reading poetry and listening to "our favourite bands".
"Dear Romford 15-year-old, who I'll call Ben.
I don't know your name, and it's good that I don't, because I am sure you do not want to be associated with that video of the bullies savagely punching you to the ground.
Bullies? They are worse than that.
I was really shocked by what I saw.
Loads of people were disgusted.
You are just 15.
Ben, something similar happened to me.
I was a sensitive young teen, always trying and failing to be coolâ€¦ never athletic enough, never hip enough, a late developer, crazy hair, with uncool parents who thought church was the main event.
I worshipped indie bands - Joy Division especially - in the way that sensitive souls do.
I wanted to be a jock, but I was a nerd.
Maybe you recognise that.
One day I was at a party and spoke to a girl.
Apparently she was the girlfriend of someone important.
He sent his friend to beat me up.
The friend said: "Excuse me, can I tell you something?"
And because he was shorter than me I had to lean down to hear him.
Having moved my head within range, he punched me as hard as you got punched.
I had never been hit before.
The shock was unbelievable - violence does that.
I went down immediately just like you.
My mates, also sensitive souls, were too scared to help.
They were gutted afterwards.
You feel humiliated. Your pride is hurt, your head is hurt - I had a gigantic black eye.
A person can get very down over a beating.
Some people think depression evolved in us as a way of keeping us safe if we lose a fight - the mind and body working together to prevent you re-entering the conflict for your own safety.
It took me ages before I wasn't scared of being hit again.
You look over your shoulder for a while, and you feel a primal fear.
That is natural, Ben.
So I watched your video and saw myself.
That guy who distracted me in 1980 could be the thug who hit you from behind in 2016 - such a coward.
Can I give you some advice?
Don't think you have to be hard like them.
I tried to be a tough teenager afterwards and closed myself off like a drum.
I reacted to nothing and felt nothing.
Then I got to university and found people like me who would never dream of punching someone, and my life opened up like a flower.
A kind lecturer was shocked when I proudly and foolishly told him I had never read a poem.
He said, "We'll change that," and helped me understand the power of poetry.
One day in my student room I read a poem and cried.
I was alive again.
Sure, I would never win a fight - I have never hit anyone in my life - but you don't need to hit people to succeed in your life.
Quite the opposite.
The courts will decide who assaulted you and how to punish them.
In our society, what happened to you is thankfully now taken very seriously.
But let me tell you something about the lads in the video.
In 20 years, when you're with the person you love and hopefully in a career you have a passion for, they will still be scumbags.
Their cupboards will smell of gym sweat and cheeseburgers.
Each will own one suit which he wore to the funeral of a friend who died doing a wheelie on a motorway - by the way, they all wore the same baffled expression at the funeral service.
They've gone from making the weather to being rained on, and they complain about it constantly.
They are not something anyone wants to be with - their lives are already over.
Five per cent of people are good at fighting.
I'm not one and nor are you.
It is very important we let the 5% fight each other.
Live by the sword, die by the sword: the thug who beat me up was in hospital himself a year later after someone broke a bottle across his face.
Meanwhile, you and I can read poetry and listen to our favourite bands, and if we sometimes cry, there is no shame in that.
To cry is to live.
The people who attacked you are the walking dead.
Come into Radio 2 sometime and I'd be happy to show you around.
Yours, Jeremy"


Jess Glynne has topped the UK album chart with her debut I Cry When I Laugh, calling it an "insane dream".

The singer already has five number one singles to her name, including Rather Be with Clean Bandit and her Tinie Tempah collaboration Not Letting Go.
"It's the most insane feeling to have your whole album accepted by the British public," said Glynne.
Fight Song singer Rachel Platten said she was "excited and proud" to top the UK singles chart.
After a close race she sold almost 3,000 more copies than this week's number two, Felix Jaehn's Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) ft Jasmine Thompson.
Fight Song has made the top 10 in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Belgium so far.
"It's amazing to me that this song that I wrote when I was going through one of the hardest times in my life is also the thing that made my dreams come true," Platten told the Official Charts Company.
"I'm just kind of overwhelmed and really grateful."
Last week's number one single - Jess Glynne's Don't Be So Hard On Yourself - was at three.
Calvin Harris & Disciples' How Deep Is Your Love was number four, while also being the UK's most-streamed track for a third week running with 2.44m listens.
The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face - this week's number six - also broke the two million streams barrier this week, with a total of 2.18m.
Also in the singles chart, Charlie Puth's Marvin Gaye ft Meghan Trainor was number five.
Last week's number one album, The Very Best of Cilla Black, slipped to number two, while Bon Jovi's 13th studio album Burning Bridges entered the chart at three.
Britain's Got Talent duo Bars & Melody's debut album 143 entered the chart at number four, while Dr Dre's Compton is number five.
Glynne's number one album sold just under 60,000 copies - giving her the second biggest opening of the year for a debut artist, behind James Bay's Chaos and the Calm, which sold 64,000.
"To see how well it's been received is possibly one of the most overwhelming feelings I've ever had," said Glynne.
"I'm so proud and excited about this album - I love every song on it. The fact that people are buying it and loving it as well is like some insane dream."
The Official Chart with Greg James is on BBC Radio 1 every Friday from 16:00 BST.


Coronation Street is being investigated for showing child grooming scenes before the watershed.

Broadcast regulator Ofcom received five complaints after the scenes were shown in a Saturday morning omnibus of the soap on ITV2.
They showed three men paying for sex then following teenager Bethany Platt, played by Lucy Fallon, into a bedroom.
Another character, Shona Ramsey, was also seen being beaten and stamped on by a group of men in a separate scene.
An Ofcom spokesman said: "We're investigating whether this Saturday morning omnibus episode contained scenes that were unsuitable for broadcast at that time."
Five people made complaints about the omnibus, shown at 08:50 BST on 3 June.
The episodes had been shown earlier that week on ITV, but in evening slots.
The long-running storyline has seen Bethany, 17, groomed by her much older boyfriend Nathan Curtis, played by Chris Harper.
Ofcom also assessed - but decided not to investigate - 24 complaints made about the grooming storyline shown in separate episodes in June, broadcast in the evening on ITV.
There were also 73 complaints about a drug-taking scene on the soap, when character Daniel Osbourne took cocaine and GHB, that the regulator decided not to investigate.
"We assessed complaints about storylines in this soap, which featured drug use and grooming," said the spokesman.
"We concluded that both storylines were clearly signposted, and were the culmination of long-running plots that were likely to have been within the audience's expectations.
"The drug use was not shown in a positive light, and we took into account Coronation Street's history of exploring distressing social issues."
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Burnley moved four points clear at the top of the Championship after coming from behind to beat Fulham.

The Clarets led when Sam Vokes headed home a corner but Ross McCormack levelled with a powerful shot.
Moussa Dembele converted a Luke Garbutt centre to put the hosts in front.
The visitors equalised when Vokes slotted home from the penalty spot after Joey Barton had been clipped in the area, before Andre Gray rifled home a great finish to give Burnley the win.
Burnley, who had not won at Fulham since 1980, stretched their lead at the top thanks to Middlesbrough's surprise defeat at Rotherham.
The game pitted the Championship's two highest-scoring teams against one another and it took less than 10 minutes for Vokes to break the deadlock with his 11th goal of the season.
Struggling Fulham turned the match on its head with two goals in five minutes from their front two but defensive frailties ultimately cost them once again.
Gray, signed for a fee of around £9m from Brentford in August, has now scored 20 Championship goals in 31 appearances for Sean Dyche's side.
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Fulham head coach Slavisa Jokanovic:
"We played a very good game but in this game the result is more important. It's very difficult when you need to score four to win. We need to be more solid to compete in this division.
"It's very complicated for us to score so many goals to win games, that's our problem. These goals do not give us enough points. They score goals always but it is true we are not enough solid to compete.
"It is the fifth penalty in nine games, it is too many penalties. It is so very easy to score a goal. We don't find many more benefits to make chances. This is our moment, we need to be more solid."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche:
"Andre has a marvellous habit of not being disappointed to miss. He has so much power but [Sam] Vokes was tremendous as well.
"We can't worry about the other results, that's an anomaly, we can't control that. Tonight gives me belief in how we operate. You can't guarantee the outcome of every game.
"Consistency is difficult to find. I expected a lot of my players but they are human. To deliver constant high-level performances is difficult."
Match ends, Fulham 2, Burnley 3.
Second Half ends, Fulham 2, Burnley 3.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Ryan Fredericks.
Corner,  Fulham. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Corner,  Fulham. Conceded by Michael Keane.
Matt Smith (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
Attempt saved. Matt Smith (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Garbutt with a cross.
Corner,  Fulham. Conceded by Tom Heaton.
Attempt blocked. Luke Garbutt (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Tunnicliffe.
Scott Arfield (Burnley) is shown the yellow card.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Michael Madl.
Attempt blocked. Joey Barton (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Michael Madl (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Michael Madl (Fulham).
Andre Gray (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Fulham. Matt Smith replaces Scott Parker.
Substitution, Fulham. Rohan Ince replaces Dan Burn.
Fernando Amorebieta (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matthew Lowton (Burnley).
Offside, Burnley. Sam Vokes tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Ryan Fredericks (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Ryan Fredericks.
Offside, Burnley. Ben Mee tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Foul by Dan Burn (Fulham).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
George Boyd (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott Parker (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dean Marney with a cross.
Ross McCormack (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dean Marney (Burnley).
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Scott Parker.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Michael Madl.
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Goal!  Fulham 2, Burnley 3. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Dan Burn (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Vokes (Burnley).


Voters in London are going to the polls in the General Election after months of campaigning by political parties.

Polling stations opened in all the city's 73 constituencies at 07:00 BST with results expected to be declared after midnight.
Votes will be counted after the polls close at 22:00 BST.
For the latest news from all the counts on London, go to our election live service or check the results on your constituency profile page.


Remi Allen's goal gave Birmingham City Ladies a hard-fought win over Notts County Ladies in Women's Super League One.

After Jo Potter's strike was parried, Allen struck home from close range in the second half.
The visitors had chances to secure a point with Angharad James, Ellen White and Ellen White going close.
The three points means the Blues sit third, just a point off the top two while Notts County remain sixth.
Match ends, Birmingham City Ladies 1, Notts County Ladies 0.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 1, Notts County Ladies 0.
Rachel Yankey (Notts County Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Emily Westwood (Birmingham City Ladies).
Angharad James (Notts County Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Ellie Brazil replaces Freda Ayisi.
Attempt saved. Leanne Crichton (Notts County Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Notts County Ladies. Aileen Whelan replaces Ellen White.
Corner,  Notts County Ladies. Conceded by Jade Moore.
Foul by Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies).
Amy Turner (Notts County Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emily Westwood (Birmingham City Ladies).
Rachel Williams (Notts County Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies).
Danielle Buet (Notts County Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Jade Moore (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rachel Williams (Notts County Ladies).
Substitution, Notts County Ladies. Rachel Williams replaces Aivi Luik.
Jade Moore (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Angharad James (Notts County Ladies).
Attempt missed. Jade Moore (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Emily Westwood (Birmingham City Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jessica Clarke (Notts County Ladies).
Substitution, Notts County Ladies. Danielle Buet replaces Maja Krantz.
Corner,  Birmingham City Ladies. Conceded by Laura Bassett.
Corner,  Birmingham City Ladies. Conceded by Fern Whelan.
Foul by Remi Allen (Birmingham City Ladies).
Leanne Crichton (Notts County Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Emily Westwood (Birmingham City Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal!  Birmingham City Ladies 1, Notts County Ladies 0. Remi Allen (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Notts County Ladies. Conceded by Remi Allen.
Corner,  Notts County Ladies. Conceded by Sophie Baggaley.
Attempt saved. Jessica Clarke (Notts County Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Second Half begins Birmingham City Ladies 0, Notts County Ladies 0.
First Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 0, Notts County Ladies 0.
Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aivi Luik (Notts County Ladies).


If you are working in an enclosure full of crocodiles, don't turn your back on them to answer your mobile phone.

Sadly that is what one member of staff did in May at Collins Mueke's crocodile farm in eastern Kenya.
"He was talking on his phone not aware of his surroundings," says Mr Mueke, 62. "He died while getting treatment in hospital.
"Another worker lost his index finger while handling a young crocodile just a few weeks old. It can be a scary place here, but you have to move on and earn a living."
Welcome to the lucrative, but dangerous, world of crocodile farming.
If you are of a nervous disposition, you probably wouldn't consider farming Nile crocodiles.
The largest species of African crocodile, it is one of the world's most deadly predators.
Growing to five metres (16ft) in length, and typically weighing as much as 750kg (118st), it is renowned for its aggressive nature.
In the wild attacks on humans are commonplace. While exact figures are not available due to incidents going unreported, the Nile crocodile is said to kill hundreds of people in Africa every year.
Mr Mueke has more than 33,000 of the crocodiles at his 300-acre facility in Kitui County, some 180km (112 miles) east of the capital Nairobi.
Led by demand for crocodile meat from China, but also rising domestic sales to the restaurants of upmarket tourist hotels, he says that business has never been better.
"Each crocodile... can fetch you about 5,000 to 7,000 Kenyan shillings for the meat (£30 to £53; $50 to $69)," says Mr Mueke.
The meat is white in colour, and said to taste similar to chicken.
Mr Mueke adds that in addition he can sell the hides of the animals for 2,500 Kenyan shillings, which go on to become shoes, handbags and belts.
The financial result of all this, Mr Mueke says, is that he can double his money for each of the 3,000 crocodiles he slaughters every year.
"Crocodile farming has its challenges, but the most surprising result is the profits. You can make more than 100%," he says.
Mr Mueke's crocodiles live in sunken enclosures that contain both ponds and dry land.
They are fed with fish, blood-soaked maize, and other meats.
The enclosures have steep walls to prevent the crocodiles from escaping, but the farm's 246 workers have to climb down into them on a daily basis. This is so they can trap and kill crocodiles that have reached the ideal age for eating - eight years old.
Staff also have to collect eggs so that baby crocodiles can be hatched and reared in separate enclosures, and do general cleaning work.
Veterinarian Odhiambo Ojamong says cleanliness is vital to help prevent diseases.
"You have to observe the crocodiles daily for diseases and even injury," he says.
"An injury to a crocodile through infighting among the populations can cause serious fatal diseases and instant death.
"But the biggest disease a farmer must avoid among crocodiles is crocodile pox. It has no vaccine, and can wipe out the whole stock.
"So the best thing to do about this is always observe good hygiene."
The crocodile farming sector is now growing at 22% per year across Africa, according to industry estimates.
South Africa leads the pack, with total exports valued at about $73m (£56m) per year. It is followed by Zambia ($65m), Kenya ($62m), and Zimbabwe ($30m).
Almost 85% of exports go to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan combined. The next biggest export market is the wider Middle East region.
In Kenya there are now 21 crocodile farmers, but a further 60 have applied for the required licences, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), a government agency.
Paul Gathitu, spokesman for the KWS, says it has no problem with the farming of Nile crocodiles because the animals are not endangered.
Yet Mr Ojamong cautions that the start-up costs are onerous. He estimates that to set up a crocodile farm in Kenya you would need about $500,000 to cover everything from land purchases, consultancy fees for experts in the field, and securing your crocodile breeding stock.
Mr Mueke, who established his farm more than a decade ago, adds: "There are a lot of expensive infrastructure requirements... but the returns you get will make you not regret [the initial outlay]."
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A £4m cycle and walking path with the longest cycling tunnel in Britain has opened with a mass cycle ride.

The Two Tunnels Greenway route opens up two former railway tunnels nearly 50 years after they closed.
Almost 2,000 people attended the mass cycle to mark the opening of the route which runs from Bath to Midford.
The path goes through Linear Park, on through the disused Devonshire and Combe Down railway tunnels, and over the Tucking Mill Viaduct.
At over a mile long, the Combe Down tunnel will be the longest cycling tunnel in Britain and will feature an interactive light and sound installation.
The Two Tunnels Group - a team of 11 cycling, walking and railway enthusiasts - first kicked off the plan to reopen the tunnels for public use seven years ago.
Frank Tompson, chair of the group, has worked with cycling charity Sustrans - who built the route - and Bath and North East Somerset Council to create the path.
"It's been a long journey since some of us stood between the bricked-up Devonshire and Combe Down tunnels and said, 'wouldn't it be a good idea if…'," he said.
"I am really pleased that we are finally in a position to open the route to the public and estimates suggest that up to a million people might use the path each year."
The project is part of Sustrans five-year project to extend the National Cycle Network into the heart of communities.
One of the first cyclists through the tunnel was Bath schoolboy Jamie Gant.
"It feels like I've gone back to the past but there are modern lights and modern stuff and there is no track. It was kind of a bit cold," he said.
Also trying out the new path was Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams MBE who unveiled a portrait bench of herself, WWI veteran Harry Patch and a Roman soldier.
Williams, from Bath, said: "This is so exciting for Bath and the community, there are so many people here.
"It is only going to encourage more people to get on their bikes and go out for walks and after the London Olympics ."


The widow of a Falklands war veteran has won a High Court bid to keep frozen embryos that they had created.

Samantha Jefferies, 42, from East Sussex, said they were her "last chance" of having his child.
Clive Jefferies died suddenly in 2014 and his wife was told the embryos they had been using in fertility treatment would only be stored for two years.
Judge Sir James Munby said it was "obviously right" they were stored for 10 years, as had been initially agreed.
And he said he was sorry Mrs Jefferies had ended up in court as a result of the mistakes of others.
Fergus Walsh: The widow, the judge and the frozen embryos
Speaking with tears in her eyes, she said the judge's decision was "overwhelmingly fantastic - just brilliant, amazing". She said she did not have a plan for using the embryos soon but added: "I would love to be a mum."
"There was so much compassion within the court, that it didn't feel like it was a fight. It felt like they were more supportive rather than it being a battle," she said.
Embryos, like sperm and eggs, can be stored for a maximum of 10 years before couples must renew their written consent.
The couple had already had two unsuccessful cycles of IVF on the NHS, and were about to undergo their third when Mr Jefferies, a former army medic, died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage in 2014 aged 51.
Mrs Jefferies was then told the embryos must be destroyed because a two-year storage period had expired.
This was despite the couple signing consent forms for 10 years' storage and posthumous use of embryos.
The court heard the forms had been amended because the couple had only two years of NHS funding, which has now expired.
Mrs Jefferies says neither she nor her husband signed the amendments and cannot remember how the changes were made.
Her legal team suggest the changes on the forms reflect the clinic's policy at the time, which was to offer storage only for the period for which they were guaranteed payment and the law states that embryos cannot legally be stored once consent has expired.
Judge Munby said the case "turned on a signature".
The clinic - Sussex Downs Fertility Centre - has since changed its policy and supported Mrs Jefferies' application.
It said its previous policy had not been driven purely by financial concerns, but also because of the desire to maintain regular contact with couples. It has also paid Mrs Jefferies' legal costs.
Clive Jefferies served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was on board the transport ship Sir Galahad when it was bombed in the Falklands in 1982, killing 48 men.
He later worked as a nurse.
In early 2015 Mrs Jefferies received a letter from the clinic saying that consent for the embryo storage would expire that August.
The law states that embryos cannot legally be stored once consent has expired.
But Mrs Jeffries said she did not want to be denied the last chance to have her late husband's child by "bureaucracy".
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme before the judgement was announced: "It's pure red tape. They [the embryos] are going to be allowed to perish, which would be the worst-case scenario.
"I want to be a mum and I want my husband's children. We chose each other... based on lots of reasons... when two people fall in love.
"He was a wonderful man and I'd like to continue to have his children."
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) wrote to all IVF clinics in 2012 urging them not to restrict embryo storage to two or three years.
It said the policy risked "causing significant distress" in the event of a patient dying and urged them to allow couples to store embryos for 10 years, even if their funding ran out sooner.


Trees thrown out after Christmas have become the star attraction at an exhibition in New York.

8 January 2016 Last updated at 16:35 GMT
The discarded trees have been suspended from the ceiling in a grid formation to create the project named Suspended Forest.
The trees were collected from the pavements in Brooklyn in New York, after being used in people's homes for Christmas.
The pine scented exhibition, which was created by artist Michael Neff, took a day and a half to install and is on show for one month.
Video and pictures courtesy of Michael Neff.


Farmers living in central Tolima province in Colombia say they were terrified when an object they took to be a UFO crashed in a field on Sunday.

"It was smoking and a strange liquid was leaking from it," a resident of the small town of San Luis said.
Police have since identified the object as an internet balloon developed by X, a company founded by Google, to boost the signal in rural areas.
It is not yet clear what caused the balloon to crash.
Tolima police commander Jorge Esguerra denied previous reports on Twitter and local media which had described the object as a satellite.
"It's a technological device used by Google which moves around and is held aloft by a balloon," he explained, adding that it formed part of X's Project Loon.
X, which was formerly known as Google X, is using the devices to extend internet connectivity to people in rural and remote areas by having the balloons, which travel on the edge of space, relay the signal.
But many people in the rural area near San Luis where it crashed said they were convinced it was something more sinister.
"We all thought it was a UFO or the remains of a space craft," locals told El Tiempo newspaper.
It is not the first time a Project Loon balloon has crashed.
In February 2016, one came down at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka during a test flight.


Sailings between the Isle of Man and Liverpool are to resume after the ferry service was cancelled for six days for repairs.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said its Manannan fast craft was damaged by sea debris that has cost more than Â£100,000 to fix.
The firm said sea trials with the vessel earlier "went well" and it was ready to return to service on Saturday.
Sailings will start with the 07.30 BST crossing from Douglas to Liverpool.
Thousands of people have had their travel plans disrupted by the cancellations.
The firm said the damage, which has caused disruption to services since 3 April, was the "worst they have ever seen".
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's chief executive Mark Woodward said: "I would like to thank our passengers for their patience and understanding while Manannan was being repaired.
"This has obviously been a difficult period and I want to again apologise for the inconvenience caused to passengers."


Watch the Wimbledon champ answer the questions that matter to you!

6 July 2017 Last updated at 18:12 BST
Andy Murray is busy getting through the competition, but he sat down to watch and answer your questions.
So what is his favourite TV programme and what was his first tennis lesson like?
Watch the video and find out...


Only the most ardent, committed and perhaps blinkered of governing Peronist party supporters could interpret Sunday night's elections in Argentina as a victory.

Yet for several hours, that is what pro-government media outlets and even the current president's handpicked successor, Daniel Scioli, were doing.
"Scioli wins," read the rolling red electronic strap on the television screens in the packed media annex at the Front for Victory movement's headquarters in Buenos Aires.
Four hours after the polling stations had closed, Mr Scioli took to the stage, thanked his loyal supporters and set out his programme for government. Only indirectly and very subtly did he refer to the possibility that he might not have secured a clear first-round win and there might be the need for a run-off vote.
Two hours later, Mr Scioli had failed to return to the stage - as party officials had promised he would. With no exit polls or official results, there were whispers and rumours that things might be "going south" for the government.
The results, when they finally came, had everyone in shock.
Mr Scioli and his centre-right opponent, Mauricio Macri, were neck and neck.
The powerful Peronist party machine that dominates Argentine politics from the smallest provinces to the presidential Casa Rosada (Pink Palace) had been humbled.
The party faithful, who at the start of the evening had been in typically boisterous mood, were rolling up their huge banners and trudging out of the hall. Some were even in tears, fearful that this was the end of their progressive utopian dream.
Yes, they knew that their beloved Cristina - as the sitting President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is popularly known - had to stand down after eight years in power.
But through her chosen successor, Mr Scioli, the project of popular but expensive welfare programmes and interventionist politics that define the "Kirchnerist" government would surely continue.
The future course for Argentina looks much more uncertain today.
Not only did the ruling party fail to dominate the presidential vote, they also lost their congressional majority and - arguably as hurtful as anything else - the polemical government minister Anibal Fernandez, one of President Fernandez's top allies, failed in his bid to become governor of Argentina's most important province, Buenos Aires.
Divisions within the Peronist party are already being laid bare.
Some of those close to President Fernandez, the ultra loyal Campora movement, have always been lukewarm about Mr Scioli's ability to step into her shoes. They were suspicious, in particular, about his commitment to continue her radical but divisive style of government.
Others within the wider party argue it was that combative but divisive style of politics, personified by President Fernandez, that led to the meltdown.
As one newspaper headline succinctly but correctly put in the morning after the night before: "Two countries."
As the banners were falling to the floor at the governing party rally, across town at Mr Macri's Cambiemos (Let's Change) headquarters they were blowing up balloons, dancing on stage and promising a bright, very different Argentina.
Politicians are, of course, full of promises and some of the slogans in this election have been particularly bland and uninspiring, but Mr Macri and his movement have tapped into a deep dissatisfaction that opinion polls and overconfident government ministers missed or ignored.
Mr Macri, the former mayor of Buenos Aires, appealed for independent and undecided voters to back him in November's second round, saying that Argentina had clearly voted for change.
He will be painted, in these interceding weeks, as a charlatan who wants to slash government spending and abandon the expensive welfare programmes that are so popular with many of Argentina's Peronist-supporting working classes.
But he also recognises that the country is in desperate need of reform.
Inflation is running at worryingly high levels, the Central Bank coffers are almost empty and relations with the important agricultural sector are at an all time low.
Mr Scioli may indeed recover to become the next president of Argentina, with the help of the party machine and the votes of those who supported the independent Peronist candidate Sergio Massa in the first round.
But this is a changed country.
Whoever occupies the Casa Rosada in December, when President Fernandez returns to her Patagonian ranch, will need to be a bridge builder - one who can mend fences between conflicting sectors of Argentine society as well as rebuilding the country's reputation overseas.


Police hunting the killer of an artist in a West Sussex village are to appeal to more men to have their DNA screened.

Valerie Graves, 55, was found dead in a ground-floor bedroom of a house in Bosham on 30 December 2013.
Sussex Police officers will be knocking on doors in the bid to get samples from every adult male who lives or works in the village or is a regular visitor.
More than 2,000 men have already had their DNA screened, with about 1,400 being ruled out.
Voluntary sessions were held in January and February for men to give a sample and a thumbprint.
Police originally hoped to collect 5,000.
Officers will go house-to-house in Bosham asking men to provide samples until 12 April.
Det Supt Nick May said: "We want to thank all those men who attended the voluntary sessions in Bosham, Fishbourne and Chichester over the three-week session to give their DNA.
"We still need those men who have not come forward to do so. We will be doing house-to-house enquiries and knocking on doors during a week of action.
"If we don't get a reply we will also be sending out further letters asking them to attend Chichester police station to give their DNA."
Ms Graves is believed to have been beaten to death with a claw hammer as she house-sat for friends in Smugglers Lane.
She had been staying in the house with her sister, mother and her sister's partner.


Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma faces six months out because he needs surgery on the knee injury he suffered on Sunday.

The 21-year-old landed awkwardly after contesting a high ball and was taken off on a stretcher in the 1-1 Premier League draw with Manchester United.
"Scan today has shown I injured my anterior cruciate ligament. I will have surgery this week and will come back stronger," Zouma tweeted.
The France centre-back has made 32 appearances for Chelsea this term.
The most recent of his two France caps was in an international friendly with Denmark in October.
France host this year's European Championship, which begins in June.
Zouma and John Terry have become preferred starters in central defence as Chelsea have gone nine matches without defeat under interim manager Guus Hiddink.
BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty
Kurt Zouma's serious knee injury is a bitter blow to an outstanding young player, ruling him out of the rest of this season and France's Euro 2016 bid.
It may, however, open the door to fresh possibilities for his two experienced central defensive team-mates at Chelsea, John Terry and Gary Cahill.
Terry reiterated on Sunday that he has had no dialogue with Chelsea since he left the club's hierarchy bemused by announcing he was not getting a new contract and would leave at the end of the season.
Will Chelsea now be tempted to revisit negotiations to buy time and see how Zouma recovers - or is owner Roman Abramovich's mind made up and it is the end of the road for the 35-year-old iconic club captain?
Cahill, meanwhile, was reported as being unsettled in January after falling behind Zouma and seeing his own Euro 2016 prospects being hit by a lack of first-team football.
He will now be right back in the frame, ready to secure his Chelsea future and cement his place in England's plans for France this summer.


Scotland great Gavin Hastings believes there is "no doubt" Stuart Hogg will be selected for the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand next year.

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Hogg was named man of the match after scoring one try and creating another in Scotland's 29-18 win over France.
"He was the youngest player on the Lions tour three years ago," Hastings said.
"There's no doubt he will be on the Lions tour assuming he plays as well as he's done in this Six Nations."
Hastings has been encouraged by the back-to-back victories over Italy and France, and although he believes it is too early to confidently predict who will earn selection for next year's Lions tour, he feels several Scots could play their way into contention.
"Let's wait another 12 months or so, let's hopefully get Scotland a few more victories under their belt and then we'll talk about not only Stuart but hopefully a whole lot of other Scottish players as well."
After going over for Scotland's opening try in the first-half, Hogg produced a moment of magic to flick a pass over his head to put Tim Visser over in the corner for the crucial third try with 14 minutes remaining.
Hastings believes the Glasgow Warriors full-back's display against the French typifies how far he has come as an international player.
"He's one of these players that gets the crowd on the edge of their seats because you always think he's capable of making something happen," said the former Scotland captain, who won the Five Nations title in 1986 and 1990.
"He's very comfortable in that position. He's got great pace, great acceleration and he's got great awareness as well. There are so many players I see, they don't seem to realise how much time they have but that certainly doesn't apply to Stuart. He's always got time on the ball and I think that's the hallmark of a great player.
"He's a very important part of the team. He's played his part and he's very much one of these key men. As long as he continues that performance the team have got a great chance of winning. He's a very exciting player to watch.
"You realised it was Scotland's day when Stuart jumped up and he flipped the ball back into the arms of Tim Visser. What was really nice was he put his hands up prior to Visser going over in the corner because he knew he had created that try. It was Scotland's day and it was great to see.
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The birth of two black rhino babies in Tanzania, east Africa, is bringing hope for the critically endangered species.

10 October 2016 Last updated at 06:46 BST
The calves have come from two female black rhinos that were bred and brought up at a British wildlife park, Port Lympne in Kent.
Four years ago, they were moved from the UK to Tanzania.
They even got a royal send-off from the Duke of Cambridge, who is a passionate campaigner for animal rights.
Conservationists hoped that the two rhinos would settle into the wild and have babies... and now they both have!
The two new calves bring the total number of wild Eastern black rhinos to 702, as Ayshah's been finding out.


Images courtesy of AFP, AP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters

A selection of photos from Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week:


Ron Dennis' 35-year tenure as the boss of McLaren has come to an end.

Dennis, 69, quit after being told by fellow shareholders on Tuesday that he must give up his position as chairman and chief executive of McLaren Group.
He did not want to step down and failed in a High Court bid last week to prevent McLaren putting him on 'gardening leave'.
In a statement, Dennis said he was "disappointed" and called the grounds for his removal "entirely spurious".
He remains on the boards of McLaren Technology Group and McLaren Automotive and retains significant shareholdings in both.
Dennis owns 25% of McLaren Group, Bahrain's Mumtalakat investment fund owns 50% and the remaining 25% is held by Dennis' long-time business partner Mansour Ojjeh, a Saudi-born Frenchman.
Dennis and Ojjeh, the chief executive of the TAG Group, fell out some years ago and the 64-year-old Ojjeh has sided with the Bahrainis in trying to remove his former friend.
It was felt Dennis' autocratic style was ill-fitted to growing McLaren in the future.
Dennis said the other main shareholders "forced through" the decision "despite the strong warnings from the rest of the management team about the potential consequences of their actions on the business".
He added: "My management style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an automotive and technology group that has won 20 Formula 1 World Championships and grown into an £850m-a-year business.
"Ultimately it has become clear to me through this process that neither TAG nor Mumtalakat share my vision for McLaren and its true growth potential.
"My first concern is to the business I have built and to its 3,500 employees. I will continue to use my significant shareholding in both companies and my seats on both boards to protect the interests and value of McLaren and help shape its future.
"I intend to launch a new technology investment fund once my contractual commitments with McLaren expire."
Dennis' departure is seismic move in the context of modern F1, in which he has been a central figure since 1981.
Dennis joined McLaren in 1980 and took full control in 1981, after which he led the team to several periods of domination and turned it into the most successful outfit in history after Ferrari.
Under Dennis' leadership, McLaren won 10 drivers' titles with Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton, and seven constructors' championships.
However, the team has slipped from the front in recent years and the decision to join forces with engine partner Honda led in 2015 to the worst season in their history.
Honda entered F1 when it was not ready, a decision at least partly down to McLaren, whose engine partnership with Mercedes was ending in 2014 and who pushed for the Honda deal to start as soon as possible.
Dennis has also failed to secure a new title sponsor to replace mobile phone giant Vodafone, which left at the end of 2013.
Other lost sponsors have been replaced by similar deals but, notwithstanding Honda's significant financial contribution over and above the provision of free power units, the absence of a title sponsor for the past three years has cast doubt in Dennis's fellow shareholders' minds on his ability to procure major sponsorship contracts in the digital age.
American Zak Brown, a leading commercial figure in F1, remains the most likely candidate to replace him.
The 44-year-old's links with McLaren were revealed by BBC Sport last month and he has moved closer to accepting a leadership position at McLaren since then.
However, Brown has also been linked with a role with new F1 owners Liberty Media, heading up their commercial operation once they complete their takeover of the F1 Group next year.
Sources close to Brown say he is more likely at this stage to accept the McLaren offer but has not made a final decision.
Dennis' departure also raises questions about the future of McLaren Racing chief executive officer Jost Capito.
The German, the former boss of Volkswagen Motorsport, was appointed in January but only started work in September. He is strongly linked to Dennis, raising questions about his position once Dennis leaves the company.
Dennis' involvement in Formula 1 began as an 18-year-old mechanic for the Cooper Formula 1 team, before moving to Brabham two years later in 1968.
After a spell working in Formula 2 and 3, where he formed company Project Four, Dennis returned to Formula 1 and began his involvement with McLaren in September 1980.
In 1981 McLaren became McLaren International in what Dennis called "a reverse takeover" and 18 months later the then 32-year-old gained a controlling interest in the company.
Ojjeh joined Dennis as a McLaren shareholder in 1984 and has been his business partner ever since.
Of McLaren's 20 titles, 17 came during Dennis' time, along with 158 of the team's 182 grand prix wins.
McLaren had not won a grand prix since James Hunt in 1977 and a constructors' championship since 1974 before Dennis' arrival - but in 1982 and 1983 drivers Lauda and John Watson scored victories.
In 1984, they took both the drivers' and constructors' titles - winning 12 of the season's 16 races as Lauda edged team-mate Prost to the individual title.
Dennis oversaw the team's successful defence of both titles the following year.
McLaren's dominance resumed in 1988 when they claimed both titles as Prost and Senna won 15 of 16 races between them, despite a public feud between the pair.
That was the first of four successive years winning both championships, though McLaren would have to wait another seven years to follow that success when they took both the drivers' and the constructors' titles with Hakkinen the main driver in 1998.
Hakkinen would retain his title in 1999, but Ferrari had emerged as the sport's most dominant team.
McLaren would not celebrate another world championship until 2008, a season after they were stripped of their constructors' points and fined £49.2m for using information leaked from title rivals Ferrari.
Briton Hamilton was the man to provide McLaren with that last title eight years ago, having signed for the team's Young Driver Support Programme as a teenager.
Hamilton would remain at McLaren until 2012, racing alongside compatriot Jenson Button, but despite a handful of victories Dennis and the team have been unable to add to their world championships.
In the years following Hamilton's departure, Dennis also saw top designer Paddy Lowe and engine supplier Mercedes leave the team.


Kevin Brown's hat-trick against his former club gave Warrington a derby win against Widnes to progress to the last eight of the Challenge Cup.

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Wire fell behind to Greg Burke's try but responded through Ryan Atkins and Kevin Brown for a 12-6 half-time lead.
Jay Chapelhow's try and a penalty from Patrick Ah Van gave Widnes a two-point lead after the break.
Matty Russell and Chris Hill went over after Brown's second and third tries, with Ah Van crossing for the Vikings.
England stand-off Brown moved to Warrington for an undisclosed fee at the start of the season after three years at Widnes and was booed by visiting fans throughout, but produced an excellent display for last year's losing finalists.
After a stuttering start to their Super League season, Warrington's win was their fifth straight victory at home and their seventh in a row at the Halliwell Jones Stadium against their neighbours.
They last won the Challenge Cup in 2012, and were losing finalists at Wembley last year when they were beaten 12-10 by Hull FC.
Vikings' injury problems meant they had a number of teenagers in their matchday squad, and Lloyd Roby made his debut.
Denis Betts' side have lost six of their last seven games, and have not won at Warrington since August 2013.
Warrington: Ratchford; Russell, Hughes, Atkins, Lineham; Brown, Patton; Hull, Gidley, Sims, Jullien, Westwood, Cooper.
Replacements: Crosby, Philbin, Smith, G King.
Widnes: Hanbury; Roby, Runciman, Walsh, Ah Van; Mellor, Johnstone; Dudson, Heremaia, Buchanan, Cahill, Olbison, Burke.
Replacements: Manuakafoa, O'Carroll, Walker, J Chapelhow.


Sutton Bank is to be closed for two weeks from Monday for maintenance work.

The bank carries the A170 up an extreme gradient. The county council said the Â£250,000 programme of works needed to be carried out before the winter.
Traffic will be diverted along the alternate caravan route through Coxwold and Ampleforth.
A further six weeks of work will follow the closure, with temporary traffic lights controlling vehicle movements.
The council said it was impossible to complete the work, which also includes reinstating crash barriers, without the closure.


Fans of horror writer Arthur Machen have called on Newport council to protect the collection of his books and papers at the city's central library.

Caerleon-born Machen, who died in 1947, is known for his story The Bowmen, set in World War One, which gave rise to the legend of the Angels of Mons.
Newport council is consulting on budget plans that could see the library shut.
A spokesman said it would relocate the reference library if the building shut but no decisions have been made.
The Friends of Arthur Machen literary society said its members, who include comedian Stewart Lee, actor Barry Humphries and writer Alan Moore, are writing to the local authority.
Friends' founding member Godrey Brangham said: "This obviously is of great concern regarding the Machen collection in the reference library."
Friends' chairman Ray Russell said: "Newport holds the finest public Machen collection in the UK.
"We'd like them to preserve it, develop it, and keep access to it open.
"Arthur Machen was a local son of Gwent who won worldwide literary fame, and it is hoped that Newport will continue to honour his work."
Arthur Machen 1863-1947
•Born 150 years ago in Caerleon, south Wales
•Fantasy and horror writer
•Works include early self-published book Eleusina, The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters
•Fans include Stephen King, Mick Jagger and Rowan Williams
•His portrait is in the National Museum Wales
More about the first modern horror writer
The leader of the council has met with the group, and a spokesman said: "If the proposal to close the central library building did go ahead then the council would consider where the best possible place to relocate the reference library would be."
The consultation on the council's budget savings proposals continues until 16 January 2015.


Kyle Edmund secured a superb straight-set win over Janko Tipsarevic to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead in their Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia.

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Rain interrupted the match in Belgrade, but it did not affect the 21-year-old's concentration as he beat the former world number eight 6-3 6-4 6-0.
Tipsarevic, who returned in April after two years out, struggled throughout.
James Ward will play Dusan Lajovic in the next singles rubber, which will start at 11:00 BST on Saturday.
Great Britain are defending the title they won in Belgium last year.
Edmund is leading the team, with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in Belgrade only as a supporter.
The world number 67 proved himself to be a worthy stand-in and produced great power on his groundstrokes, reminiscent of Murray
I just tried to relax during the rain breaks
His forehand, in particular, was a weapon, as was his serve - winning points on 79% of his first serve, with Tipsarevic only managing 53%.
"To get us off to a good start was great," said Edmund. "Each set I really found my game. I was very pleased with my win.
"We played three games before it rained. I wanted to get the intensity high from the first game back after the break.
"I just tried to relax during the rain intervals. When you go back in it's almost a lull. I had some food and had a shower. It's not hard to switch on and off."
Ward, 29, was scheduled to play after the opening match, but heavy rain meant his contest against world number 81 Lajovic was delayed until Saturday.
The doubles match - scheduled to be between Britons Dominic Inglot and Jamie Murray - and Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic will not start before 15:00 BST.
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Rail commuters between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh faced disruption on Monday morning after weekend engineering work overran.

Other services affected included trains from Glasgow to Aberdeen, Alloa, Dunblane, Dundee, Inverness and Perth.
ScotRail said the disruption had been caused by engineering work which had not been finished on time.
However, the rail operator said a full service on all lines had been restored by 10:55.


Reports in Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the north-east by suspected Boko Haram militants.

The attack on Kukuwa in Yobe state happened last Thursday but details have only just emerged from survivors.
Some of the villagers who died are said to have drowned while fleeing gunmen.
The BBC's Nigeria correspondent says the fact that it took five days for any news to come out demonstrates how dire the security situation is in Yobe.
Eyewitnesses told AFP news agency that dozens of militants arrived in the village on motorcycles and began shooting the residents.
"They opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. Unfortunately many residents who tried to flee plunged into the river which is full from the rain. Many drowned," Modu Balumi, a resident, told AFP.
Some accounts put the death toll higher than 60 but exactly how many people died remains unclear.
A military offensive has weakened the extremist group in recent months but parts of north-east Nigeria are still extremely insecure.
Kukuwa is about 50km (30 miles) from the state capital Damaturu but the people there have for some time been extremely vulnerable.
Last month, Boko Haram killed 10 people there after some of its own fighters had been killed by a vigilante force in the village.
The southern part of Yobe has witnessed some of the most shocking attacks launched by Boko Haram fighters in recent years.
In February last year, militants targeted a boarding school in Buni Yadi killing 59 boys in their dormitories. In 2013, dozens of students were killed at an agricultural college in the same area.
The BBC's Will Ross in Lagos says that in general, the security situation has improved in Nigeria since then - but the challenge is still immense.
Close to 1,000 people have been killed by Boko Haram since President Muhammadu Buhari took over in May.


Matt Brittin's appearance at a London advertising conference could not have been better timed - for the watching journalists at least.

Google's European boss took to the stage at Advertising Week Europe just as the storm over adverts appearing next to extremist videos on YouTube hit new heights.
The fact that that Marks & Spencer has joined the government and a clutch of other organisations in withdrawing their ads from Google's platforms means the search giant is facing a crisis of confidence in its ability to police its service.
As Google is effectively the world's most lucrative ad business, losing the trust of its customers is a serious matter. So Mr Brittin started by saying sorry: "We apologise when anything like that happens, we don't want it to happen and we take responsibility."
However, he slightly undermined that by saying the impact on advertisers has often been a matter of pennies, not pounds. In other words, hardly anyone had seen the ads appearing next to the questionable YouTube videos.
Mr Brittin hastily went on to pledge that Google was taking the issue very seriously, investing millions of dollars and employing thousands of people to ensure that "bad advertising" does not get through.
There are two difficult issues for Google here: spotting videos that are illegal and should be removed from YouTube; and determining which are legal but not suitable to carry advertising.
Pressed by reporters on whether the firm would employ people to actively hunt down extremist videos, Mr Brittin was evasive, indicating that a combination of smart technology and user alerts to harmful content was a better option.
Yet his main challenge will be in providing more clarity to customers when it comes to deciding which videos are "ad-safe". Drawing the line will not be easy. As he pointed out, news organisations put a lot of disturbing content online, but need to earn money from advertising if they are to continue to invest in journalism.
Mr Brittin seems confident that by having a thorough look at its policies and showing advertisers how they can control where their messages appear, Google can regain their confidence.
The company, which insists it is a technology platform and not a media business, is finding it ever harder to hold that line.
Media firms face tight regulation - and that is what could be coming Google's way if it fails to clean up its act.


Wales' record goalscorer Helen Ward has signed for newly-promoted Women's Super League One club Yeovil Town Ladies on a free transfer.

The 30-year-old striker, who has netted 41 senior international goals, was unattached after leaving fellow-top-flight side Reading in December.
The former Arsenal and Chelsea Ladies player had been at Reading since 2013, helping them win the 2015 WSL 2 title.
She joins Yeovil for the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series, which starts in April.
"She brings a wealth of experience both on and off the field and she will be an excellent addition to the squad in our first campaign in WSL 1," manager Jamie Sherwood told the club website.


President Donald Trump's fired national security adviser is refusing to hand over files to a Senate panel probing alleged Russian political meddling.

According to US media, Michael Flynn will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating possible links between the Trump campaign and Kremlin.
Mr Flynn stood down in February after it emerged he lied about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.
The Senate committee issued a subpoena - a legal summons - two weeks ago to obtain his documents.
The panel, another congressional committee and the FBI are investigating claims that Russian hackers tried to help Mr Trump win last November's presidential election, and whether members of his campaign colluded with the alleged Kremlin conspiracy. Mr Flynn's name has cropped up repeatedly in the matter.
Lawyers for him reportedly cite an "escalating public frenzy against him" for his unwillingness to co-operate, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press news agency.
His attorneys argue that "any testimony he provides could be used against him".
My Flynn's legal representative has previously demanded immunity from "unfair prosecution" before his client co-operates with the committee.
The former Army lieutenant general is expected to invoke the fifth amendment to the US constitution, which protects Americans from being legally compelled to testify against themselves in a criminal case.
Republican Senator James Lankford, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted: "It is Mike Flynn's right to plead the 5th.
"We will get to the truth one way or another.
"We need facts, not speculation & anonymous sources."
Last week the committee's chairman Senator Richard Burr told reporters that Mr Flynn was "not co-operating" with the investigation.
Shortly after Mr Flynn left the White House, the Department of Defense also launched an investigation when it emerged he had received payments for a speech in Russia and for lobbying on Turkey's behalf.
Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified to senators earlier this month that she had warned the White House 18 days before Mr Flynn was fired that he was vulnerable to Russian blackmail.
The Kremlin had "leverage" over the ex-national security adviser, Ms Yates testified.
Mr Flynn misled the White House about discussing US sanctions against Russia with Moscow's envoy, Sergei Kislyak, before Mr Trump took office.
Mr Trump injected a fresh impetus into the Senate investigation after he himself met the Russian ambassador and foreign minister in the White House earlier this month.
The US president said in that encounter that he had just fired the FBI director because he was a "real nut job" and his dismissal eased "a great pressure because of Russia", the New York Times reported.
During the Oval Office chat, which US media were not invited to cover, Mr Trump also reportedly divulged secret information on the military campaign against so-called Islamic State.
Israel was reportedly the source of that sensitive intelligence.
But while in Jerusalem on Monday, Mr Trump told reporters repeatedly that he "never mentioned the word Israel" in his meeting with Russian officials.
Former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed last week as special counsel to lead the FBI investigation following Mr Trump's firing of the law enforcement agency's director, James Comey.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been forced to recuse himself from that inquiry after he neglected to tell senators  during his confirmation hearings about his own meeting with Mr Kislyak.
If Mr Flynn continues to refuse to comply with Senate investigators, it is thought they could vote to hold him in contempt of Congress, or even refer his case for possible criminal charges.


Few in the Yemeni city of Taiz dared to hope for a peaceful Ramadan.

But after efforts by the United Nations to secure a truce there failed, the first few days of the Islamic holy month saw intense fighting between forces loyal to exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebel movement.
Located in the highlands of south-western Yemen, Taiz was considered the country's cultural capital before it plunged into conflict more than two years ago.
With a relatively well-educated population of 300,000, Taiz was the cradle of the "Arab Spring" protests in 2011 that eventually forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power to Mr Hadi, who was then his deputy.
Today, the city's many professionals have been drawn into a struggle for survival, as Houthi fighters and allied security units loyal to Mr Saleh besiege their homes.
Mufeed al-Shemeeri still recalls the first time he fired a Kalashnikov over the frontline.
"I remember feeling I was very far from the path I had imagined for myself," he says.
The 26-year-old began his academic career as a postgraduate teaching assistant at the University of Taiz's applied sciences faculty and had plans to study for a PhD.
The closest he had ever come to a weapon until two years ago was wearing the traditional jambia dagger around his waist.
But as fighting in the city intensified and the university was forced to close, he felt his only choice was to join a local militia loyal to Mr Hadi known as the Popular Resistance.
The Popular Resistance was formed by residents within weeks of the arrival of Houthi and pro-Saleh forces in late March 2015, after they had taken control of the capital Sanaa.
The militiamen drove the rebels out of most of Taiz over the next few months with the help of a Saudi-led multinational coalition backing Mr Hadi.
But they were unable to stop the rebels from blocking roads into the city and preventing deliveries of basic supplies.
Despite two years of virtually uninterrupted fighting and bombardment that has devastated Taiz, neither side has been able to break the deadlock.
The medical humanitarian organisation, MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res, said in January that it had helped treat 10,700 people for war injuries in the city since 2015, while the UN reported in March that more than 2,000 people had been killed in Taiz and its surrounding province.
Omar al-Humairi has not worked since the siege began.
The 32-year-old was a practising lawyer, but his career was put on hold when the local courts closed.
He gave little thought to the future when he first joined the Popular Resistance.
"I didn't imagine that after six months, after two years there would still be war," he says.
Omar has also put off plans to settle down for as long as the conflict lasts.
"I don't want to get married when I'm fighting this battle and there's no guarantee that I'll live."
From the other side of the frontline, senior Houthi fighter Ahmed Amin al-Musawa says the decision of Taiz's residents to take up arms is "the best thing we have achieved in the war".
"Taiz was peace-loving and civilised and now everyone is prepared to fight for decades," he adds.
"Whether or not we have security in Taiz, whether or not we have an army, the people of Taiz will be able to protect their homes and what is happening now will not happen."
The former court clerk says extremist groups that the Houthis say they are fighting in Taiz are now coming under pressure from members of the Popular Resistance.
"They have started to say to al-Qaeda: 'Get out of Taiz, we will defend our city.' This is a major gain."
"I expect that in the future, they will fight them and drive them out of Taiz. And if that happens, you can be sure that we will be in agreement with them."
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants have been seen on the frontline, and the jihadist group itself released a video last year showing its presence in the city.
Colonel Abdo Hamoud al-Sagheer of the Yemeni army denies that al-Qaeda and other jihadist groups are present in Taiz, and disagrees that weapons will help the city.
"It is true that the people of Taiz didn't use to use weapons - they used the pen against oppression. But the militias attacking them have forced them to defend themselves," he explains. "This is not a positive thing but a necessity."
He does not believe that the fighting will help the city's people to protect themselves in the future, especially with the recent incorporation of the Popular Resistance into the army.
"Taiz is now building a national army that is capable of defending Taiz, its people and its property. It is capable of defending Yemen in general," he says.
Since the University of Taiz reopened late last year, Mufeed's waking hours have been spent between the barricades and lecture theatres, like many of the students who fight alongside him.
"There isn't a single day when they don't bring their pens, notes and textbooks with them [to the frontline]," he says.
On some days, he adds, they take turns to study in four-hour shifts while others keep look-out.
Mufeed is not ready to give up the battle for now, but does not see his future as a soldier.
"Once the siege on Taiz is lifted, that's it, I'll return to the university full time."
Mufeed celebrated his engagement in January, having postponed his plans to marry and start a family when the conflict erupted.
He says returning to work at the university has helped him gain a semblance of his former life.
"I took this step thinking that, God willing, the best is yet to come and that I can go back to the plans that I had before."


A selection of photos from around the African continent this week:

A woman shows her political allegiance at the national congress of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party in the capital, Harare, on Saturday. More than 10,000 delegates re-elected President Robert Mugabe, 90, as party leader while his wife Grace was chosen to head the women's wing.
Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan's image is printed on the clothes of delegates at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary elections at Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja, on Wednesday.  Mr Jonathan, 57, was endorsed as the party's candidate in next year's presidential election...
The next day, a woman kisses a photo of ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari in the main city, Lagos. Mr Buhari has been chosen as the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Jonathan beat the 71-year-old former general in the 2011 election.
On Friday, models present creations by Zimbabwean designer Sabina Mutsvati at the Swahili Fashion Week in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam. Twenty-four designers showcased their work at the event.
A supporter of Moroccan football champions Moghreb Tetouan is disappointed on Wednesday after his team's defeat at the hands of Auckland City in a match played in Rabat, as part of the 2014 Fifa Club World Cup. The Oceania club champions won 4-3 on penalties.
Girls from the Pokot ethnic group take part in an initiation ceremony in Kenya's Rift Valley on Saturday to mark their passage into womanhood.  The girls sing and stay standing from the afternoon until the morning and remain out of the sight of men.
A member of the Egyptian parkour group, EGY PK, practises a jump in front of the Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the Great Pyramids of Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo on Tuesday. EGY PK, one of the first parkour groups in Egypt, is training for performances, aimed at tourists, during the Christmas season...
A day later, an ostrich is fed at the Giza zoo in Cairo. Khedive Ismail, Egypt's ruler from 1863-1879, built the zoo and planned the opening to coincide with the inauguration of the Suez Canal in 1869 but missed the deadline. The zoo officially opened only in 1891, covering an area of 80 acres.
A view over the village of Portela being covered by a lava flow on the Cape Verde island of Fogo on Sunday.  Hundreds of residents were evacuated from the village as the volcano erupted on the island for the first time in 19 years.
And in this photo people are seen crossing the Dawa river near Kenya's north-eastern town of Mandera. Militant Islamist group al-Shabab recently killed 64 people in two attacks in the region, forcing many non-Muslims to flee.