Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed his goalscoring exploits for Paris St-Germain have "put France on the map".

France won their home World Cup in 1998, but Ibrahimovic believes his 115 goals for PSG have helped boost the country's football profile.
The 34-year-old, who has scored 59 goals in 109 appearances for Sweden, said: "I'm very happy about that."
Ibrahimovic is preparing for Sweden's Euro 2016 play-off against Denmark on Saturday.
A place at next summer's finals is the prize for the victors.
"I would love to play at the European Championship in France," said Ibrahimovic.
"I have played there for four years. I have put Sweden on the world map and now I have put France on the world map too."
Next summer could be Ibrahimovic's last opportunity to play at a major tournament, but he believes he is getting better with age.
Ibrahimovic has scored nine goals in 11 Ligue 1 matches so far this season.
He said: "I have better statistics than before.
"So if I'm old and getting weak and still doing what I do, imagine if I was good and young. What I would do then?"
Sweden host Denmark in the first leg of their play-off on Saturday, with the return leg on 17 November.


The four Scottish victims of the Sousse massacre in Tunisia are among nine bodies returned to the UK on an RAF flight.

Cumbernauld couple Jim and Ann McQuire and Billy and Lisa Graham from Bankfoot were among 38 people killed by a gunman with links to Islamic State extremists.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney was at RAF Brize Norton for the repatriation.
The UK government said 30 Britons were killed at the Sousse beach last Friday.
Eight bodies were repatriated on Wednesday, with nine to follow on Thursday, including the four Scots.
The Tunisian government said it had arrested 12 suspects in connection with the attack by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, who was killed following the shooting last Friday.
A national minute's silence is to be held at 12:00 on Friday, one week on from the incident, and there will be a gathering at Abronhill Church, where Mr McQuire, 67, and his wife, 64, were members.
Minister Rev Joyce Keyes said they had been "overwhelmed by expressions of support".
She asked for privacy at the event dedicated to the McQuires, who had only booked their holiday a fortnight before the shooting.
She said: "We have been overwhelmed by expressions of support from those who loved this exceptional couple, and many more messages from those who simply shared in our grief.
"Ann and Jim were a kind and gentle couple who will be sorely missed by our congregation; for their willingness to share their musical talents, for their contributions to the Boys Brigade; and for the fellowship we shared."
North Lanarkshire Council has been flying flags at half-mast, and has opened several books of condolence for the victims.
Perth and Kinross Council has instituted similar moves in tribute to Billy and Lisa Graham, who were in Tunisia celebrating Mrs Graham's 50th birthday, and a candlelit vigil is to be held in Bankfoot.
Mr Graham worked as a turnstile operator at St Johnstone football club in Perth, and the team are to take to the field in their Europa League match wearing black armbands as a mark of respect.
Club chairman Steve Brown said the 51-year-old was "a great ambassador for the club", while the couple's MSP John Swinney said there were "no words that can explain the awfulness of this act".
The repatriations of all the British victims is likely to take several days.
Post-mortem examinations will be carried out before the bodies are released to their families. The UK government has ruled out an inquiry into the attack, but said Scotland Yard would assist the Tunisian investigation.


All through the summer and now into the autumn, thousands of refugees and migrants have been arriving on the small tourist island of Leros in the eastern Aegean close to Turkey.

The large numbers have sparked such a profound crisis that the local mayor threatened this week to stop voters taking part in Sunday's general election unless he received more help from the government in Athens.
At the peak in August and early September, up to 1,500 Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans were arriving every day, according to local officials. The total population of Leros is just 8,500.
It was at that time that left-wing Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister and a caretaker administration took over.
Squalid makeshift camps have been set up to accommodate the new arrivals on the island. Earlier this week several hotels were commandeered to look after survivors from a boat which sank nearby, killing at least 34 people.
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For the people of Leros and many of the other Dodecanese islands lying close to Turkey, the refugee and migrant crisis has not only become the top election issue - it is eclipsing everything.
"Right now it's the only thing on our minds," says the deputy mayor of Leros, Yiannis Konstantinides.
"We haven't even realised that this Sunday we have elections. We're all preoccupied with this problem and nothing else."
The mayor's threat to boycott the election on Leros prompted officials in Athens to provide the island with some help.
The caretaker government has now sent extra ships to the island to transport many of the refugees and migrants to the capital.
"The present government, even though it's temporary, shows a much greater interest than the previous government and is much more attentive to us," says deputy mayor Yiannis Konstantinides.
"We'd been trying to get the previous government to act for three months, but they would not listen."
The business community on Leros has also been voicing concerns about the influx of migrants and the need for any new government emerging from Sunday's election to focus immediately on finding an overall solution.
This region, like much of Greece, depends on tourism and there are fears that if the local authorities continue to be overwhelmed by the arrival of migrants, it will undermine the industry.
"Already now, big tour operators are pushing us to keep our prices very low," says Eva Gkeka, who owns hotels on Leros and the island of Lipsi.
"We are at the beginning of the (migrant) crisis and we don't know what will happen next year in the Mediterranean."
"We have to do something, reservations are going to go down."
It is estimated that at least 250,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece so far this year, six times more than during the whole of 2014.
This has become a key issue in election campaigning across the country, with conservative opposition party New Democracy accusing the former Syriza-led government of having an open-door policy.
The refugee crisis has also injected new life into the far-right Golden Dawn party, whose leaders are on trial on a range of serious charges.
Opinion polls indicate Golden Dawn could win between 6% and 7% of the vote despite despite its leaders spending months in pre-trial detention.
Campaigning both on an anti-immigrant ticket and on its opposition to Alexis Tsipras's bailout deal with the European Union could see the far-right party make big political gains.


Plans are at an advanced stage to resurrect the Ladies Irish Open and bring it to Belfast possibly as early as next year, it has been reported.

Belfast-born Canadian businessman Hugh Morrow hopes to relaunch the dormant Ladies European Tour event (LET).
"The idea of bringing it back really jumped out," Morrow, 68, told Northern Ireland golf journalist Paul Kelly.
Morrow, who emigrated to Canada in 1957, has been meeting with possible stakeholders in recent months.
"Over the last eight to 10 months I have been searching around, visiting golf courses, meeting with politicians, talking to Tourism NI, Invest NI, Tourism Ireland and Belfast City Council to really establish a platform so we can bring this event back to life," added Morrow.
"We are getting very close. The fact that there is currently no NI government has thrown a bit of a wrench into things but we understand that come 2 March, a government will hopefully be reformed and we will begin to move forward again.
"We are trying to build a UK swing for the LET that involves the Irish, Scottish and the Ladies British Open all taking place within three weeks of each other. It would make it a unique stop on the LET."
Morrow's company has been the driving force behind the successful Canadian LPGA tournament, the Maulife Classic.
Northern Ireland course Portstewart staged the inaugural Irish Open in 1983 but the event hasn't been held since the 2012 tournament at Killeen Castle in county Meath.


A boy as young as five was enlisted by two men to steal from a charity shop in a distraction theft, police said.

Officers released CCTV footage of a man appearing to instruct the boy to take a mobile phone from behind the till of a Cancer Research store in Wimbledon.
A second man is said to have been distracting staff.
The Metropolitan Police has urged anyone with information on the alleged theft, which took place on 11 October, to contact them.
CCTV footage shows the group leaving the shop with the charity shop worker's mobile phone stuffed down the child's trousers and ladies' clothing which had not been paid for.
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Robin Osterley, CEO of the Charity Retailers Association, said stealing from a charity shop is a "particularly heinous crime".
He said: "There's a view that stealing from charity shops is a victimless crime because items are donated but it's tantamount to taking money out of a charity box.
"People are striving often voluntarily to raise money for charities and if someone comes in and starts nicking their stuff it can be very dispiriting."
He also said money that could be spent on good causes is lost through theft or the cost of installing improved security systems in shops.


Plymouth boss Derek Adams has denied telling Mansfield manager Steve Evans that he is the 'best manager in the English Football League'.

The pair argued during Argyle's 2-0 win at Field Mill on Saturday.
"He failed last year, he's got a huge budget this year and that was a big result for them," Evans told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"When somebody tells you in the tunnel they're the best manager outside the Premier League, it's hard to pallet."
But Adams told BBC Radio Devon: "I don't think that's quite right, but Steve's one of these guys that talks a lot.
"We're not best pals after the game - it's 90 minutes of football and we want to beat each other, we're both Scottish, but you've got to get on with it.
"We've had words and that's the way it is, but what he's said is untrue."
Evans, who was appointed as Stags boss in November, also said Mansfield's performance was their best since he joined the club.
"It's the best they've probably played here in five years - I'm not being funny, it was the quality of the football," he said.
"Plymouth are a good team, a very good team, and we made them look like a bad team, a poor team.
"Their manager will say something different, he'll talk character and all that stuff but he can say what he likes."


Kenya's president has signed into law a bill which legalises the traditional home-brewed spirit changaa.

The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill is partly intended to stop people from dying after drinking adulterated moonshine.
The BBC's Angela Ny'endo in Nairobi says at least 100 people have died in such cases this year.
The bill also makes bars and brewers display prominent health warnings about the dangers of alcohol.
The bill takes effect in 90 days' time.
By legalising changaa, officials hope to take business away from establishments where toxic chemicals are added to the brew to make it stronger - sometimes with deadly results.
Changaa is normally made from millet or maize.
The bill also introduces safety regulations, although some MPs have questioned how these rules will be enforced.
Changaa is much cheaper than other alcoholic drinks, making it the beverage of choice for thousands of Kenyans.
However, some point out that under the new bill, changaa can only be sold in glass bottles, which would increase the cost.
This could mean some people will continue to drink the illicit - and potentially poisonous - brews.
Some MPs have resisted the new bill - some saying changaa should remain illegal


The eight-year jail sentence of a Chinese-born American geologist has been upheld by a Chinese court.

US Ambassador Jon Huntsman urged China to "immediately" release Xue Feng, following a hearing in which Mr Xue appealed against the conviction.
He was convicted last July, after a two-and-a-half year trial, on charges of stealing state secrets.
His case is one of many in which ethnic Chinese with foreign passports have been jailed on similar charges.
The BBC's correspondent in Beijing, Martin Patience, says this case has come to symbolise the country's use of state secret laws to protect powerful business interests.
Xue Feng, 44, was detained in 2007 after negotiating the sale of an oil industry database to his employers, an American consultancy company.
Mr Xue said the information he had acquired about China's oil industry was publicly available. He claimed he had been tortured while in detention.
Other cases include that of the Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, now imprisoned in Shanghai, and several Hong Kong residents detained in business disputes.
Our correspondent says the judiciary in China is not independent, and high-profile trials are often susceptible to government influence.
The Beijing High People's Court proceedings were brief and a statement was read out denying the appeal for a sentence reduction for Mr Xue.
"They rejected all our arguments," his lawyer, Tong Wei, said outside the courthouse.
The jail term handed down was described by his lawyer as "very heavy". Mr Xue was also fined 200,000 yuan (Â£19,500; $30,000).
"I'm extremely disappointed in the outcome, although it wasn't completely unexpected," Mr Huntsman said.
"We ask the Chinese government to consider an immediate humanitarian release of Xue Feng, thereby allowing him to get back to his family and to his way of life," Huntsman told reporters outside the court.
"This case has been brought up in every single meeting that I've been involved with for almost two years.
"We'll not let this one go," he added.
Our correspondent says that Washington had hoped that Xue Feng would be freed last month, ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to the US.
Mr Xue had arranged the sale of an openly available database about China's largely state-controlled oil industry to his US consulting firm IHS Energy, now known as IHS inc.
The geologist has claimed that interrogators burned his arms with cigarettes and hit him on the head with an ashtray.
Three Chinese nationals were also sentenced for illegally providing intelligence abroad.
Draft regulations released by China's government last year defined business information held by state firms as state secrets.
Legal observers have also voiced concern that China's courts are ignoring legal procedures when dealing with sensitive cases.
They say that in Xue Feng's case, the time it took to reach the verdict delivered last July breached China's own legal time limits.


A deal for drones to be tested at a former RAF base in Snowdonia will bring new jobs to the area from next year, the firm running the site says.

Defence technology company QinetiQ has signed a contract to use Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd, for drone tests.
Llanbedr Airfield Estates (LAE) said its 2,300m runway can handle larger drones than Aberporth, Ceredigion.
The base employed 130 people before it closed in 2004 and currently has limited use for private landings.
Built in 1938 and used during World War Two, the airfield was used for drone testing by the military before it closed.
In 2011 the Welsh government as owner of the site was granted new permission to test and develop unmanned aerial vehicles.
LAE partner Lee Paul said the deal signed with QinetiQ this month is expected to bring jobs to the site from next year.
He said: "We are in discussions with a number of potential operators at the moment and hope to bring the first ones in in early 2014.
"You have to have people on site to operate them. This could be temporarily for testing and evaluation or if may be longer term if they wish to develop and test them here.
"It's really just an extension of its historical uses and current activity."
When this month's deal was announced, Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "Llanbedr Airfield has the capacity to significantly increase Wales' capability in the [unmanned aerial systems] arena and its strategic importance was acknowledged by the Welsh government when it was included within the boundaries of Snowdonia Enterprise Zone."
QinetiQ operates the military range radars in Aberporth where the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) conducts drone research and testing at West Wales Airport.
In the last decade Aberporth has become a centre of excellence for the latest drone technology.


(Close): US stock markets were largely unchanged on Friday as investors continued to wrestle with fears of a Chinese-led global economic slowdown.

The Dow Jones closed down 12 points, or 0.1%, at 16,643.01. The S&P 500 was up 1 point at 1,988,87, while the Nasdaq was up 16 points, or 0.3%, at 4,828.33.
The last three days have seen markets regain some of the heavy losses sustained over the previous week.
Drugs giant Pfizer was the biggest faller on the Dow, shedding 1.8%.
"We certainly arrested the selling that we saw at the end of last week and the beginning of this week," said Mace Blicksilver at Marblehead Asset Management.
"There is a lot of concern about slowing growth, and we still don't know what the Fed is going to do," he said, referring to the Federal Reserve's plans to raise interest rates, which many investors believe could happen later this year, with some thinking as early as next month.
On the currency markets, the dollar gained almost half a cent against the euro, to 89.38 cents, and was unchanged against the pound at 64.93 pence.


A Kenyan mother has named her new-born twins after US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Millicent Owuor, 20, gave birth to the twins in south-west Kenya on the day Mr Obama was re-elected.
A short distance from the hospital, at the Obama family's ancestral village, people were celebrating his victory.
"I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt," Ms Owuor is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
Ms Owuor posed for photographers on Wednesday at the Siaya District Hospital with her twin boys.
She said she had named her twins after the winning and losing US presidential candidates in order to  remember the day of the vote, Kenya's Standard newspaper reports.
The US president's father was born in Kenya and his step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives in the village of Kogelo.
The residents of Kogelo sang and danced after Mr Obama was declared the winner.
"The reason why he has won is because God has given it to him," said Sarah Obama, who turns 90 this year.
"Secondly, he has got the knowledge to love all people, he doesn't have the knowledge of division, that is why he has won."
Barack Obama senior died in a road accident in Kenya in 1982.


The first Swim Serpentine - a two-day event in London's Hyde Park - takes place this weekend.

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The festival starts on Saturday with a mass-participation one-mile open water swim across the famous lake, with 4,500 people expected to take part.
Then, on Sunday, the British Open Water Swimming Championships take place, including an elite invitation race.
Joining the swimming on both days will be Rio 2016 Olympian Jack Burnell and BBC Breakfast's Louise Minchin.
Get Inspired takes a look at the journey of four of the first-timers.
Swim motivation: It may have been 40 years ago but Carol Carter has never forgotten the joy and terror of giving birth to her son Mark, who was born 13 weeks premature.
He weighed just 1lb 13oz, and staff at West Middlesex Hospital didn't think he would survive.
Now, nearly four decades, later Mark is a healthy father and grandfather. He is also the inspiration for Carol to take on the Swim Serpentine and raise money for the charity that helped her.
Carol says: "It was a long time ago but it's not something you forget. I don't know why he came so early and he was just so small when he was born.
"I remember him being wrapped up in silver foil and whisked away. It was hard because I couldn't hold him or touch him and he was in hospital for three months. But the doctors and nurses saved his life and I'll be forever grateful. That's why I'm happy to be swimming for Tommy's.
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"I was quite a good swimmer when I was younger but after I got married and had children I didn't swim for quite a long time. Then, two years ago, I joined a gym and started building up the lengths in the outdoor swimming pool.
"Open-water swimming really is special. I don't think once you have done it you go back to an indoor pool. The other morning I was out early in the morning with the sun shining overhead, there were ducks around and geese flying overhead. It was amazing."
Swimming for: Tommy's
Target sponsorship: £500
Swim motivation: In 1984, Lee Menday was badly injured in the Falklands while serving in the Royal Navy. The injury left him in constant pain and resulted in surgery to have his lower leg amputated.
Now, at the age of 57, Lee is preparing for the Swim Serpentine, to give back to a charity who have supported him throughout.
Lee says: "It was hard at times. Physical training was the whole of my life. As part of my job in the Navy, I organised sports on my ship and on other ships. I enjoyed my career but the injury ended that.
"After my last operation I knew the place to be to start my rehabilitation was the pool. I got to the point with my swimming where I started to see progress and then I wanted to take it further - that's when Swim Serpentine came along.
"To now be in a situation where I can raise money for a charity like Blesma is great. If there has ever been an issue during my injury, the charity has been there to help and look after me."
Swimming for: Blesma
Target sponsorship: £500
Swim motivation: When 24-year-old Theodora Moss found out two years ago that she had Stage 2 Lymphoma it had a big impact on her life and her love for swimming.
Studying at medical school at the time, Theodora had chemotherapy while maintaining her studies. Because of her weakened immune system, she was not allowed to swim in public pools, but then found open-water swimming.
Theodora says: "As I lay in my student flat hearing friends come crashing in at 4am, I felt defeated by the injustice of it all. I simply could not believe this was happening to me.
"As my treatment came to an end and the spring arrived, I discovered the wonder of wild, open-water swimming. There were none of the coughs and colds I had to be wary of in public pools. Diving into a clear Yorkshire river I have never felt more alive.
"Every inch of my skin tingled and as the water flowed past I felt the worries wash away with it. That summer I swam as much outside as I could, from the Yorkshire Dales to Tooting Lido and the Cornish coast, and so was born a new obsession.
"Trekstock are an amazing charity run by young people for young people and their refreshing and inspiring network of young people and support programmes have helped me get my life back on track - open-water swimming included!"
Swimming for: Trekstock
Target sponsorship: £2,000
Swim motivation: For 10-year-old Mae Webster, life has not been easy. At the age of two she was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and has spent years on medication to try to keep the condition in check.
Mae had been making a steady progress until she had a relapse this year. That spurred 33-year-old mum Keri to take on the challenge of Swim Serpentine.
Keri says: "Mae had a flare-up earlier this year and ended up back in hospital. It was then that I decided to do something. I knew I had to do something positive to help children like her, who live with this incredibly painful and debilitating condition on a daily basis.
"Mae has been really supportive of me since I started training and she has found it quite inspiring. But to me, Mae is the real inspiration. She is so strong.
"Everyone pictures childhood as running and jumping around without any problems but Mae can't do these things without being in pain.
"Arthritis is hard to understand - not just the fact that you can get it at any age, but the fact that it is often a lifelong and very invisible condition.
"Arthritis Research UK has been an invaluable source of information for us. That's why I am honoured to be raising funds for the charity, and raising awareness."
Swimming for: Arthritis Research UK
Target sponsorship: £350
Target time: 35 minutes
Get yourself out in the water. Take a look at our guide to getting into swimming to find out where to start.


Kent batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond has signed a contract extension with the County Championship Division Two club.

Bell-Drummond, whose previous deal had been set to expire at the end of the season, has scored 4,268 runs in first-class cricket an average of 35.86.
Details of the length of the 23-year-old England Lions international's new deal have not been disclosed.
"It's an exciting time for the club and I want to contribute to some success for our supporters," he said.
"I want to play for England one day and I feel my game is progressing well with the support of [head coach] Matt Walker and the Kent coaches."


An Ontario police department is proposing to "name and shame" those charged with impaired driving.

York Regional Police, which serves the suburbs of Toronto, says they hope publicising drink-driving charges will help keep them off the road.
In the past, they did not release names for privacy reasons.
But after they laid nine charges in one weekend in January, York police say enough is enough.
The final straw, so to speak, occurred on Sunday morning at 1:40 am local time, when York police found a 56-year-old man slumped over his steering wheel in the middle of an intersection.
Paramedics and police had to honk their horns and flash their lights to wake him up, and police later laid over 80 charges related to impaired driving after he failed a breathalyser test.
We don't know his name because York police do not routinely release the names of those charged with drink driving.
But that may change. On Monday, the police department tweeted that "We've been discussing posting the names of all charged with impaired driving."
"It's not necessarily to shame, it's more to bring light to the issue of the number of people being charged with this offence," says police spokesperson Andy Pattenden.
A few regions in Ontario are already doing this, Mr Pattenden says, but York region has refrained from doing so up until now, citing "privacy reasons".
"When a person is charged, it doesn't really mean that they are convicted in court," he said. "[Naming them] can affect their job and their position in the community."
In Ontario, about 80% of people charged with impaired driving are convicted, according to Statistics Canada.
Mr Pattenden said the department is considering changing its policy because of the growing problem of drink-driving in the area.
Last year, local man Marko Muzzo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing three young children and their grandfather while driving under the influence. His SUV collided with their minivan.


A group of ballroom dancers have been told they can no longer use a community hall over claims they had made the floor too slippery.

About 40 dancers had used the Trinity Centre in Llandudno, Conwy county, for eight years but they have now had their contract terminated.
The centre said they had failed to comply with a request to stop using accelerants, like wax, on the floor.
Ted Harding, 77, and his wife Doris, 76, said they were "extremely upset".
Accelerants are sometimes used on surfaces to help dancers glide.
But dancer Mr Harding, from Colwyn Bay, denied treating the floor.
He told told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme: "The problem appears to be a case of misunderstanding.
"We don't use any accelerators. They've just issued me with a carte blanche termination of my contract.
"It is deeply upsetting."
Mrs Harding said she was "bearing up under the strain".
She added: "It's affected both of us very badly."
In a written statement, the centre's committee chairman, Linda Groom, said: "We have very elderly and vulnerable people using the centre.
"Despite requests not to use accelerants on the floor this is not being complied with."
Mr Harding has been offered the use of Ty Hapus Community Centre in the town but said it was "unsuitable".
He said:  "It is far too large. It's the size of a football pitch."
The couple are now looking for a new venue.


Chelsea striker Bertrand Traore has joined Lyon for £8.8m (10m euros).

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The 21-year-old Burkina Faso international, who spent last season on loan at Ajax, has signed a five-year deal with the French side.
Traore joined the Blues in 2014 and scored four goals in 16 appearances, including goals in three consecutive matches in 2016.
He scored 13 times for Ajax last season and played in the Europa League final defeat by Manchester United.
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Ospreys centre Josh Matavesi has been cited for an alleged dangerous tackle during Boxing Day's 27-26 Pro12 win at Scarlets in the west Wales derby.

The Fiji international, 25, faces a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
He is accused of "lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground" when tackling Gareth Owen in the 51st minute.
World Rugby's recommended bans for those found guilty of such offences range from four to 52 weeks.
Ospreys' next match sees them host Dragons on New Year's Day at the Liberty Stadium.
If banned, Matavesi could also miss the Pro12 trip to Leinster on Friday, 8 January as well as their crucial European Champions Cup game that follows at Clermont Auvergne on Friday, 15 January.


A British vet is hopeful she has restored the sight of an orangutan which was shot more than 100 times with an air rifle.

Aan was left blind in one eye and severely sight-impaired in the other after the attack on a palm oil plantation in Borneo in 2012.
Vet Claudia Hartley, from Cambridge, performed a three-hour operation on Aan at the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve in Borneo on Friday.
She said the surgery went "very well".
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"We're pleased with how it went," said the 44-year-old volunteer veterinarian ophthalmologist.
"I'd like to assess her better when she's behaving a bit more normally.
"She's still quite sleepy and keeping the eye shut, so it's difficult to know how much she sees."
Ms Hartley's team of four flew out earlier this week with 265lb (120kg) of equipment in an attempt to restore Aan's sight.
They performed a cataract operation on the primate's right eye before removing the left eye, which was blinded permanently by the attack.
The team tried to insert an artificial lens into the right eye but were unable to do so.
After the operation Ms Hartley said: "If we shone a bright light in she would then scrunch her eye up.
"I'm pretty sure she can recognise the light."
She added: "But we can't assess how well she sees food and trees and obstacles and those sort of things which is the more critical thing that we need to do."
If the operation is successful, Aan will continue to be cared for by the Orangutan Foundation at the reserve for a further three to four weeks, before being released into the wild.
Ashley Leiman, director of the foundation, said: "As long as she has some sight, I'm confident she will have a life in the wild."


It is difficult to see past Brexit negotiations as the main point of discussion for the Conservatives as they gather in Birmingham for their annual conference.

Organisers are not beating around the bush either with the subject top of the agenda on the opening day.
Among the many questions we would all like the answer to is when the official negotiations will begin, firing the starting gun on the UK's withdrawal.
Another is whether tariff-free trade is something the prime minister would ultimately be prepared to sacrifice if it meant it was the only way to limit the unrestricted free movement of people.
Theresa May will inevitably respond to these with the familiar line that she is not prepared to give a running commentary on the negotiations, but conference is bound to lift the lid on some of the cabinet-level thinking.
It may also give a sense of the early thinking on what should be done with funding for agriculture and economically-deprived communities, both particularly relevant for Wales and both set to be changed fundamentally by Brexit.
Westminster will in future provide the money for agriculture but we do not know whether the cash will be handed over to the Welsh Government to be distributed via a system designed in Cardiff, or whether Whitehall would like to have more of a say.
If it is the latter then expect an almighty tussle with the Welsh Government who will resist anything other than complete control.
And then there is the replacement for EU structural funds for areas such as the south Wales valleys.
It is too early to get any indication of whether the UK government would replace this - never mind how - but there have been some strong comments from Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns about the need for this kind of aid to undergo major change.
Elsewhere on the policy front, the interesting question for the party is whether it tries to move into the centre ground in response to Jeremy Corbyn's dominance of Labour, or whether it looks to maintain its traditional ground to the right with policies like the reintroduction of grammar schools in England.
The Welsh Tories are gathering after a disappointing year which saw them go backwards in the assembly elections and lose their status as the main opposition.
What made it worse was the fact it followed the party's best result in Wales in 30 years at the 2015 general election.
There has been an internal review carried out into what went wrong but I am told it is not the kind of report that could put the leader in Wales, Andrew RT Davies, in any difficulty.
In fact, it appears he has nothing to worry about having found himself on the right side in the referendum campaign as a high-profile Brexiteer.
He is also being helped by the lack of any obvious candidates to challenge him for the top job in Wales.
But this is a party, and a current leadership, that will be defined by Brexit - and applies as much in Leave-supporting Wales as anywhere else.


The US House of Representatives has approved a so-called "clean" funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.

The bill does not include language that would roll back President Barack Obama's recent immigration reforms.
The vote ends an impasse between the White House and conservative Republicans over the reforms, that nearly shut the department last week.
The bill passed 257 to 167 with 74 Republicans supporting the measure.
Passage of the bill marks the end of the Republican's strategy to use funding for the department as a bargaining chip in the debate over immigration, and a political victory for the White House.
"There might be a Republican majority in both houses of Congress - but that doesn't mean the president has to bend to their will. In this arm wrestle, the president seems to have come out on top," the BBC's North America Editor Jon Sopel said.
The issue has created a rift in the Republican Party and has threatened Mr Boehner's position as the leader of the House.
In recent weeks, conservative Republicans had pushed to include language that would permanently halt immigration reforms announced by the White House in November.
Mr Obama, citing a lack of co-operation from Congress on the issue of immigration, said he would use his executive authorities to protect millions of immigrants from deportation.
"I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of of this president," Mr Boehner is said to have told fellow Republicans when he announced the vote.
Funding for the department has been the subject of controversy since the newly Republican-controlled Congress sat in January.
A partial shutdown of the department was averted last Friday when Congress passed a one-week funding bill in a rare late-night vote.
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for securing US borders, airports and coastal waters.
A court recently put a temporary halt on part of the president's immigration reforms. The Department of Justice is seeking a stay of that decision.


Rights groups have welcomed China's release of five activists who were held for more than a month, saying it was driven by an international outcry.

The women, who had planned protests against sexual harassment, were detained shortly before International Women's Day on 8 March.
The US, UK and European Union had all called for their release.
The five have not been charged but their bail conditions mean charges could be brought at a later date.
Their lawyer, Liang Xiaojun, said they would need to regularly update the authorities on their whereabouts.
Human Rights Watch's Maya Wang said on Twitter that their release "shows international pressure works on China, when it is strong enough", and that the authorities should "cease harassment".
Amnesty International's William Nee said in a statement that the release was "an encouraging breakthrough", but that "the authorities must now follow through and drop all charges and restrictions against the women".
Lu Jun, the co-founder of Chinese campaign group Yirenping - which some of the women were involved with - said their detention was "a glaring injustice", but that advocacy for the release has "actually furthered legal protection of women's rights and strengthened the rule of law in China".
Chinese authorities waited until the last possible moment to release the so-called Beijing Five from detention. Just hours before they were legally mandated to press ahead with a formal case, or release the women, prosecutors elected not to move forward with the recommended charges of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".
The women, now free on bail, will remain under police surveillance. The activists are part of China's Women's Rights Action Group, a loose network of volunteers who organise events promoting gender equality.
Many see the women's high-profile arrests as a red light warning to civil rights groups across China to scale down their activities.
This year's International Women's Day coincided with China's annual parliamentary session, which usually has tight security and is often preceded by the detention of activists.
The women had planned activities including a march in a Beijing park where participants would wear stickers advocating safe sex, and gatherings in Beijing and Guangzhou calling for awareness of sexual harassment on buses.
China said on Monday it had lodged a formal complaint to the US over a statement by Secretary of State John Kerry at the weekend in which he called for their unconditional release.


Party leaders will face questions from the public in a series of debates broadcast by BBC One Wales in the run up to the assembly election.

It will hold five Ask the Leader debates in the week of 11 April, and is looking for people to take part.
The shows will be broadcast live at 19:00 BST at locations from Swansea, Aberystwyth and Llangollen.
The Wales Report with Huw Edwards will also host a debate on 27 April, with six party leaders invited.
BBC Wales' Bethan Rhys-Roberts, who will present the debates, said: "The audiences will play a crucial role in holding the politicians to account and I'll be seeking answers to their questions.
"As the campaign gathers pace, I'm looking forward to hearing what really concerns people across Wales and what the five leaders - Carwyn Jones for Welsh Labour, Andrew RT Davies for the Welsh Conservatives, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, Kirsty Williams from the Welsh Liberal Democrats and UKIP Wales' Nathan Gill have to say for themselves."
Viewers can apply to be in the audience by emailing asktheleader@bbc.co.uk or by calling 03703 500 700, weekdays 09.30 to 19.30.
Guidelines require the BBC to have a balanced audience for Ask the Leader and The Wales Report Leaders' Debate. The broadcaster will ask all potential members of the audience questions about their political affiliation, in the interests of balance.
Calls to 0370 UK-wide rate are charged at no more than 01/02 geographic numbers. Calls may be recorded for training.
Leaders of Welsh Labour, the Welsh Conservatives, the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, UKIP Wales and the Welsh Green Party have also been invited to take part in The Wales Report Leaders' Debate in Cardiff.
It will be shown on BBC One Wales and the BBC News Channel at 20:30 on 27 April.
BBC Wales will provide coverage of the assembly election campaign on TV, radio and digital services, with further details to be announced.
There will also be comprehensive coverage of the results overnight on 5 May.


A big decision on whether to expand Heathrow or Gatwick has already been delayed due to fall out from the EU referendum and a change in prime minister.

But it looks like other less high profile legislation has also been put back.
According to the pilots union BALPA, tougher laws to stop laser attacks on planes has been put back "two Parliamentary sessions" - i.e. some months.
The union wants restrictions on high powered lasers as well as more powers for police to stop and search people suspected of carrying lasers.
The government has said it never outlined a timetable but was "looking to make changes as soon as possible".
"Safety is our top priority", a spokesperson for the Department for Transport said.
It comes as one South West Trains driver told us what it's like to be hit in the eyes with a laser.
Steve Upton said it was like looking directly into the sun and it was completely disorientating.
So far there have been 151 recorded laser attacks on train drivers over three years.
That's considerably lower than the number of aircraft being hit every year by lasers. In 2015, there were 1,439 incidents with 121 at Heathrow.
BALPA says urgent action is needed "to avoid a serious crash."


New rules aimed at reducing the number of employment tribunals have come into force.

Staff wanting to bring a case of unfair dismissal or discrimination now have to first notify the conciliation service Acas to see if the dispute can be resolved.
Another change sees employers facing fines if they lose a case at tribunal.
Ministers said the changes would help avoid "stress, time delays and excessive costs".
Previous government measures include the introduction last year of fees for workers looking to take their employers to tribunal.
This led to a 79% fall in the number of applications but was strongly criticised by trade unions.
Under the new rules, which have come in at the start of the 2014/15 tax year, staff or employers will be required to consult Acas before having access to a full tribunal.
Acas, which stands for Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, was set up to improve employment relations and prevent tribunals.
Another change in the law will mean that if an employer loses a case brought by an employee or former employee, and is shown to have especially poor workplace practices, it could be fined up to Â£5,000 on top of any back pay that is due to the employee.
The TUC said the fines would create a welcome new incentive for bosses to respect the rights of their staff rather than risk increased financial penalties.
The Confederation of British Industry said more work was needed to change the culture of the system of solving disputes.
Employment relations minister Jenny Willott said the Early Conciliation scheme was "good news for employees and employers".
She said: "It will help them resolve their workplace disputes, avoiding the stress, time delays and excessive costs all too often associated with tribunals."
Also coming into force in the new tax year is a rise in National Insurance allowances for employers, a fall in corporation tax to 21% and a rise in the ISA allowance to Â£5,940.


A man has been jailed for life after admitting he murdered his disabled neighbour who had been wrongly branded a paedophile.

Lee James, 24, killed Bijan Ebrahimi and set fire to his body in the Brislington area of Bristol in July.
Mr Justice Simon ordered that James must serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.
Bristol Crown Court heard Mr Ebrahimi, who was an Iranian national and in his 40s, died from head injuries.
Stephen Norley, 25, who had admitted assisting an offender, was given a four-year jail term.
He helped James drag Mr Ebrahimi's body from the scene of the attack and obtained white spirit to burn the body. His remains were found 100m from his maisonette in Capgrave Crescent.
Mr Ebrahimi was murdered on 14 July, three days after he was arrested by police following complaints that he had been taking pictures of children near his home.
Officers examined his camera, videos and computer but found nothing suspicious and he was released without charge.
The night before the killing Mr Ebrahimi recorded video of James holding a beer can and shouting at him after realising he was being filmed. Jurors were shown the video.
In sentencing the pair, who both lived near the victim, the judge described the murder as "deeply shocking".
He said it was "a vigilante crime" and "an act of murderous injustice", adding that claims that Mr Ebrahimi was a paedophile were baseless.
Speaking after the sentencing, Mr Ebrahimi's sister, Manisha Moores, said: "The next question to be answered is whether Bijan's death could have been avoided if he received the proper protection he deserved from the authorities.
"Lessons must be learned before other vulnerable lives are lost."
Prosecutor Andrew Langdon QC said neighbours witnessed the doorstep confrontation between James and Mr Ebrahimi.
He said: "Lee James was shouting at Mr Ebrahimi, telling him in abusive terms to stop taking pictures, to give him the camera, to delete the photographs.
"Mr James himself told one of the witnesses that Mr Ebrahimi had taken pictures of him with a can of beer in his hand.
"Mr Powell remembers Mr James saying 'I am going to burn his house down'.
"At one point Mr James entered Mr Ebrahimi's home uninvited and remonstrated with him and threatened him."
The court heard that during the fatal attack James repeatedly stamped on Mr Ebrahimi's head, shouting "have some of that".
Mr Langdon said that after murdering Mr Ebrahimi and burning his body, James told his girlfriend: "We sorted him out. We took care of things."
James, also of Capgrave Crescent, told police he had kicked Mr Ebrahimi "like a football... I had so much anger in me".
The court heard Mr Ebrahimi, who moved to the UK in 2001, made several calls to police in the 48 hours before his murder, but "those calls were not responded to".
Avon and Somerset Chief Constable Nick Gargan issued an apology after the tragedy, saying: "Mr Ebrahimi was someone who deserved the protection of all of us and we are very sorry about what happened to him."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has interviewed six police officers and six civilian staff as part of their investigation into police contact prior to Mr Ebrahimi's death.
Three constables have been questioned over potential misconduct in public office.
An inspector, sergeant, constable, control room supervisor, dispatcher and four call handlers have been interviewed for gross misconduct.
The inspector is no longer subject to the investigation.
Mr Gargan said: "On the day of Mr Ebrahimi's murder, we knew enough about the police response to convince us that we should make an immediate referral to the IPCC.
"We still await their report and therefore it is not appropriate for me to say more about that police response. It's important that we don't affect that external scrutiny by expressing a public opinion.
"It could also be the case that criminal proceedings follow and if so a jury needs to reach its verdict based on evidence in the courtroom, not our opinion today.
"Nevertheless... it is clear that there was a collective failure on the part of statutory agencies and others to protect Mr Ebrahimi.
"We need to have some frank and candid local discussions with our partners and our communities about what we collectively can do to stop this happening again.
"Senior people in our own organisation have already put in place urgent actions to improve the way we respond to the vulnerable, handle reports of anti-social behaviour and identify repeat callers and victims and we will continue to talk to partners to improve the way we work together to protect the public."
Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said: "The tragic murder of Mr Ebrahimi has shocked and saddened me and I have critical questions for the police and other agencies about the events leading up to Mr Ebrahimi's death.
"While I am not going to draw any conclusions before the IPCC investigation and any other reviews are complete I am determined to look publicly at what could or should have been done differently."
The IPCC report and a report by the Safer Bristol Partnership are expected to be completed and made public early next year.


Shane Williams has warned Wales' World Cup wing Alex Cuthbert his Six Nations starting place is under threat ahead of their opener in Ireland on February 7.

Williams believes George North will "probably have a starting place" on the left-wing in Dublin, but feels Hallam Amos and Tom James are contenders to replace Cuthbert on the other flank.
"George is performing well, playing with confidence and scoring tries," Williams said.
"But the other side is very open."
North failed to score for club or country before Christmas, but has three tries in five Northampton games since.
The recent regional performances of Wales internationals Cuthbert and James, of Cardiff Blues, and Newport Gwent Dragons' Amos have caught the eye.
Cuthbert, who has scored four tries in his last six Blues games, has been a virtual ever-present since his Wales debut in 2011.
The 25-year-old helped Warren Gatland's team win back-to-back Six Nations titles, starting with the 2012 Grand Slam and has touched down 15 times in 41 international appearances, but has scored just once in his last 12 Wales games.
Amos impressed in his first five Wales appearances, scoring in the World Cup against Uruguay, before dislocating a shoulder in Wales' win over England.
The 21-year-old Dragons wing scored on his comeback against Castres in the European Challenge Cup this January, while James, recalled to the Wales squad six years after winning his last cap, has scored eight times for Blues this season.
"Hallam Amos is playing well and seems confident with his shoulder," said former Lions wing Williams, Wales' record try-scorer and 2008 World Player of the Year.
"Players like Alex Cuthbert and Tom James are playing well for the Blues.
"It is great for the national side that these are competing for places. That can only make you a better as a player because when you know you're position isn't safe, you've got to fight for it."


A gravestone used as an ornament by a couple from Glyn Ceiriog, Wrexham, is thought to be a rare effigy of a medieval monk.

Meryl and Jerry Butler bought the stone at an auction in Ruabon in the 1990s.
Academics say the inscribed carving could be an image of a 13th Century Cistercian abbot from the Valle Crucis Abbey in Llangollen, Denbighshire.
Archaeology Prof Howard Williams, from the University of Chester, said it was a "unique monument".
Mr and Mrs Butler were restoring a medieval and Tudor house when they spotted the stone fragment for sale.
"We just loved the smile on his face, so we bought it for the garden," said Mr Butler.
"It was on its side and we think it had been face down before that - had it been left face up you wouldn't have the detail now."
The monument spent 20 years alongside the fireplace of the couple's home until they decided to share it with the public.
They approached Llangollen Museum, whose manager Gill Smith quickly realised its significance.
Ms Smith in turn contacted Prof Williams, who spoke of his "awe and surprise" on seeing the stone.
"I realised we were looking at a unique monument," he said. "We couldn't think of anything like it from north Wales.
"Inscribed effigies are rare indeed. There is only one other comparable example, from Rhuddlan, and while there are a large collection of medieval grave slabs from Valle Crucis Abbey, none have an inscribed effigy.
"What is amazing is that he is smiling. In this monument, we have an individual depicted fully aware and awake, awaiting salvation."
Prof Williams believes the original Lombardic inscription - of which only the final fragment remains - is likely to refer to Hwyel, who was recorded as Abbot of Valle Crucis around 1295.
"It's wonderful that he has survived and we are thrilled to see him appreciated at last," added Mr Butler.
"I'm sure one day he will go back home to Valle Crucis and perhaps more will be discovered about his life and times."


Karim, from Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, does not believe the official account of the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Twelve people died when two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, fired on the journalists on 7 January. Five others were killed over the two following days by one of their associates.
"I don't know who did this, but they are not Muslims," says the 18-year-old, standing outside his school.
One of his friends finds it "deeply suspicious" that Said Kouachi should leave his identity card in the car.
Such doubts are rife among the Muslim teenagers living in the deprived "banlieues" (suburbs) around French cities. "Of course it was staged," scoffs Lydia, 17, who goes to school in Argenteuil, east of Paris. "All my friends know that."
Who did the staging? Lydia suspects some right-wingers within the government bent on discrediting Muslims - something they have achieved: "Now people look at you as if you were a terrorist."
The killing of prominent journalists united the country in defence of free expression, under the rallying cry "Je suis Charlie". But such unity was not in evidence in the institution where such core values of the French Republic have traditionally been forged - the school system.
In middle-class suburbs, provincial towns, and affluent city centres across France most students embraced the "Je suis Charlie" message.
"It was very spontaneous," says Constance, who teaches literature in the eastern city of Dijon. Arriving in class a day after the attack, she found her students making signs reading "Let ink flow, not blood", in preparation for an impromptu street rally. "They asked me if I had adhesive tape for the banners," she recalls.
Things went differently in Saint-Denis, one of the poorest suburbs of Paris.
Iannis Roder, who teaches history to predominantly immigrant pupils there, says most were unconcerned. "Twelve people were killed," he says. "It didn't mean much to them."
Some did express shock because Islam is peaceful. "They don't react in the name of universal values, but in the name of their religion," Mr Roder says.
There are youths in Saint-Denis who feel strongly about the right to offend religion, but theirs is not the prevailing voice there.
This does not mean that most children of immigrant origin are impervious to France's republican values and the Enlightenment ideas that underpin them. It does mean, however, that in Saint-Denis and elsewhere, those ideals and values will be frequently challenged in class.
The education authorities have been aware of this for years. An official 2004 report warned that for some pupils the word "jihadist" had a heroic connotation - a fact confirmed by several teachers interviewed for this report.
In 2012, after seven people were killed in the southern cities of Toulouse and Montauban by a radical Islamist who targeted soldiers and Jews, many pupils refused to observe the minute's silence declared in schools - with a small number expressing support for the gunman.
After the Charlie Hebdo killings, the education ministry was not taking any chances. Every school was instructed to make time on the eve of the moment of silence to explain the reasons for it.
Although disruptions were recorded in many places, the strategy did yield results. History teacher Iannis Roder says there were far fewer incidents during the minute's silence at his school in Saint-Denis than in 2012.
The minute's silence for Charlie Hebdo "would have been impossible without prior discussion", says Marie, a literature teacher in one of the better secondary schools in the area. The tears she was unable to hold back also helped pupils understand the seriousness of the occasion.
Marie says that her school's good results in a high-immigration area are the fruit of years of engagement with pupils. However an ability to think on her feet clearly helps.
When a student recycled one of the Charlie Hebdo conspiracy theories swirling around the internet in class, she turned it into an object lesson on fact-checking and source analysis. Marie says the message got through: "The next time a conspiracy theory was brought up, they all said: 'What are your sources?'"
Mr Roder's technique is to confront any objectionable remark, including homophobic or anti-Semitic prejudice. "I will not let anything go unchallenged," he said. "And it works. The kids respect you when you stand up to them because it shows you care."
For some, however, the tough-love approach is not an option. "We are on the front line," a history teacher in Saint-Denis says. "Sometimes it's best to pretend you haven't heard."
Teachers' testimony
If teachers in Saint-Denis were braced for the challenges posed by the Charlie Hebdo killings, elsewhere many were caught by surprise.
Anne works at a school in a quiet, mixed area west of Paris. Many of her pupils come from upwardly-mobile migrant families who have escaped nearby housing estates. She says she has a "wonderful relationship" with the children, and was "completely unprepared" for their response.
"It hit me in the guts," she says. "I heard: 'They [the journalists] got what was coming to them. You do not mock the Prophet.'" Only the Muslim pupils - about a third of the class - spoke. Others did not say a word.
"On the Thursday my pupils did observe the minute's silence, but I did not feel it was out of respect for the victims - it was out of respect for me," Anne notes. Her colleagues who have less authority over their own class did not even try to observe it.
A few days later, she had a further shock when she found the "Je suis Charlie" poster she had put up in the hallway of the school torn down and spat on.
In another incident at her school, a pupil was recently caught re-enacting the massacre, shouting "Allahu Akbar" and mimicking the firing of a Kalashnikov.
A similar incident occurred at another school visited for this report - and located in a salubrious city centre. These are no doubt adolescent provocations, but they have a chilling effect in a country that is the largest provider of European jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
Xavier, a history teacher in a mixed neighbourhood near the Charlie Hebdo offices, also heard comments along "they-were-asking-for-it" lines, but dismisses these as "bluster". Most of his students, including many immigrants, attended the "Je suis Charlie" march at the nearby Place de la Republique, he stresses.
But Gabrielle Derameaux says the sought-after secondary school in a plush part of Paris where she teaches literature does face serious challenges. She was alarmed when some pupils who had never shown any sign of radicalism blamed intelligence services for the Charlie Hebdo killings.
"They were defiant," she says. "I represented the official version, and they had access to a hidden truth."
Honouring the victims
More generally, Ms Derameaux says, it is becoming difficult for teachers to tackle religion. "When mentioning the Bible as part of the course on the Ancients, you also have to talk about the Koran, which is not on the official curriculum." If she failed to do so, she says, the class would be disrupted.
In her course on the Song of Roland, an epic based on Charlemagne's victory over the Saracens, Ms Derameaux takes care to depict the latter as a great civilisation, as many pupils identify with the defeated Muslims.
A senior official in the education ministry acknowledges that tackling religion is a challenge for many teachers. A crash seminar on the subject was speedily organised in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, at the request of philosophy teachers.
The official points out that pupils of all religions - not just Islam - are becoming increasingly sensitive. This seems borne out by a visit to one of Ms Derameaux' classes. Almost half of her 13 to 15-year-olds - including Jews, Muslims and Christians - felt that Charlie Hebdo should not have been allowed to caricature Muhammad.
None sought to justify the attack, but clearly the message at the heart of the "Je suis Charlie" movement - in defence of free expression and secularism - does not appear to have been been fully absorbed.
For many French teachers, the Charlie Hebdo attack has brought home a disturbing fact: some of the principles that have forged French identity no longer go without saying.
"I had to hammer home the principles of the republic," says Esther, a literature teacher in a middle-class area east of Paris. "I realised that the basic notions of tolerance and freedom of expression are not so obvious to our students."
Across the country teachers are waging an ideological battle they thought had been won a century ago. In an age that combines new digital technology and old religious fervour, some are not sure they are winning.


England captain Alastair Cook will meet director of cricket Andrew Strauss on Friday, but no decision on his role as skipper is expected to be made.

The 32-year-old admitted to having "questions" over his position during the 4-0 series defeat in India.
Cook and Strauss regularly meet to review each series that England play.
With England not due to play a Test until July, Cook will be given time, with no decision likely before the end of the limited-overs series in India.
The white-ball teams, led by Eoin Morgan, play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s, the last of which is on 1 February.
With the majority of England's management, including coach Trevor Bayliss, currently in India, some staff met via video-link on Monday.
Cook, who was appointed in 2012 and has captained in an England record 59 Tests, is thought to have already spoken informally to Strauss and indicated that he would like more time to come to a decision.
The opening batsman was sacked as one-day captain in 2015, but is unlikely to face a similar situation if he wishes to remain as Test skipper.
Speculation over how long he might remain as leader first arose before the tour of India, when Cook said he was looking forward to a time when he was no longer captain.
Though England gained a creditable draw in the first Test, their performances deteriorated.
In the fourth Test they became only the third side to lose by an innings after making 400 or more batting first, a result that sealed a series defeat and after which Cook said he thought vice-captain Joe Root was "ready" to lead.
The fifth Test saw the tourists again beaten by an innings after hitting 477 batting first, this time with India piling on 759-7, their highest Test total and the largest made by any side against England.
In the aftermath, former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott called on Cook to step aside, while ex-captain Michael Vaughan said he expected the opener to stand down.
However, he has been publically backed by Bayliss and many members of his squad, most recently opening batsman Haseeb Hameed.
If Cook resigns then Root, 26, is expected to take over.


Rail passengers who challenge the issuing of a penalty fare could soon be able to turn to a new, independent appeals panel in England and Wales.

Under the Department for Transport plans, fined passengers will be able to go to the panel if they think an initial appeal was unfairly rejected.
Campaign group Transport Focus said fined passengers were "assumed to be guilty" if they were caught with the wrong ticket for their journey.
Ministers said "mistakes do happen".
The proposals, which will also aim to create "clearer rules" about fines and appeals, follow a public consultation and will go before Parliament next year.
Currently passengers in England and Wales have 21 days to appeal against a penalty fare using the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service, which is owned by the Go-Ahead group that runs Southeastern.
Passengers with certain operators, including Transport for London, Cross Country and Virgin Trains, can alternatively turn to a commercial appeals body, Independent Revenue Collection and Support.
The new body would offer a further means of appeal for passengers who have received a fine.
Transport Focus said train operators were the "victim, the investigators, the decision-makers and the prosecutor" under current arrangements.
Chief executive Anthony Smith said train passengers who tried to evade paying fares should be punished, but not those who were simply "caught out by the rules".
"They should be treated with understanding and not immediately assumed to be guilty," he said.
The Department for Transport says fare-dodging costs £240m a year in lost revenues.
Rail minister Paul Maynard said this sum was "picked up by honest passengers in the form of higher rail fares".
He admitted some passengers felt they had been "unfairly treated" under the existing appeals regime.
"Passengers need to be confident that there is a robust and independent process in place to deal with their appeal," he said.
A Rail Delivery Group spokesman, representing train companies, said it welcomed the proposals and called for wider reforms to ensure all operators take "the same consistent, fair and transparent approach" to ticketless travel.


Worcestershire batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore will join Yorkshire next season on an undisclosed-length deal.

The 22-year-old's two-year contract at New Road was due to expire at the end of the current campaign.
Kohler-Cadmore is not in Worcestershire's squad for their Division Two County Championship game at Sussex which starts on Friday.
Yorkshire said they would provide further details of the move once the deal had been finalised.
"Worcestershire County Cricket Club can confirm Tom Kohler-Cadmore communicated his position yesterday regarding his desire to leave the club at the end of the 2017 season," a Worcestershire statement said.
"Further discussions will take place between the player, his representative and the club over the next seven days."
Kohler-Cadmore, who came through the Yorkshire junior system prior to attending boarding school at Malvern College in Worcestershire, impressed the Tykes first hand in May.
He hit five sixes and 10 fours in his match-winning 118 against Yorkshire at New Road, part of a county List A record score of 342 on home soil against another first-class county.
His innings helped Worcestershire reach the One-Day Cup semi-finals - and a possible home tie against Yorkshire on 17 June, if the Tykes win their quarter-final against Surrey at Headingley four days earlier.
Kohler-Cadmore also caught the eye last May when he hit the fastest century of the season in 2016, a stunning 127 against Durham at New Road, breaking Graeme Hick's 12-year-old record T20 score for the county.
Worcestershire have won all four of their Championship matches this season, in which Kohler-Cadmore averages 48.40.


The Court of Arbitration for Sport has handled 11 appeals - predominantly from Russian athletes banned for doping - during the seven days it has been at a temporary base at the Rio Olympics.

It is the same number of appeals registered in the entire period of the London Games in 2012.
Appeals from 17 Russian rowers, as well as three Olympic medal-winning swimmers, have been adjourned.
The Russian weightlifting federation is also fighting a team ban.
Cas is an independent international institution that arbitrates on sport-related disputes.
Individual sport federations banned the competitors after the International Olympic Committee asked them to rule on which Russian athletes can take part.
The IOC asked the governing bodies to exclude anyone who has previously served a doping ban or implicated in a recent report into state-sponsored doping in Russia.
The International Weightlifting Federation excluded all eight Russians entered for Rio last week.
Two of the eight-strong weightlifting team had already been banned for prior doping violations, and another four were named in Dr Richard McLaren's report into the issue.
Swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev were also implicated in the report and are seeking to overturn their bans by swimming's governing body Fina, claiming the suspensions are "invalid" and "unenforceable".
A decision on their participation, along with the case of Daniil Andrienko and 16 other Russian rowers, will be made on Tuesday.
The next steps in the case of London 2012 200m breaststroke bronze medallist Yulia Efimova will also be decided on Tuesday. Efimova is banned from Rio for previous doping offences.
Cas said the Russian Weightlifting Federation's appeal against its suspension was likely to be dealt with on Wednesday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency had recommended all Russian athletes be excluded from Rio 2016, but weightlifting and athletics are the only sports to have imposed a blanket ban on competitors from the country.
An earlier Cas ruling - known as the Osaka rule - blocked attempts to ban athletes who had already been sanctioned for doping offences, saying there should be no  double punishment.


A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the Middle East and North Africa to the US and UK has come into effect.

Officials say devices "larger than a smartphone" must travel in the hold because of an increased risk that they could contain explosives.
At least one airline is allowing devices to be used up until boarding.
The US ban covers eight countries, while the UK restrictions apply to six.
Nine airlines from eight countries - Turkey, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait - are affected by the US ban. They operate about 50 flights a day to the US.
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UAE airline Emirates is offering complimentary packing and shipping services at gates to enable passengers to use their electronic devices after check-in and until boarding.
That also means passengers flying on two-leg trips from other countries to the US through Dubai can use their laptops on the first leg of their flights.
The UK ban meanwhile affects all flights out of Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Lebanon.
The British ban applies to any device, including smartphones, larger than 16cm (6.3in) long, 9.3cm (3.7in) wide or 1.5cm (0.6in) deep. However, most phones will be smaller than the limit.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged the US and UK to lift the bans as soon as possible.
The US Department for Homeland Security has cited attacks on planes and airports over the past two years as the reason for the ban,
Bombs, it said, had been hidden in such items as a soft drink can, used in the downing of a Russian airliner over Egypt in October 2015 with the loss of 224 lives, and the laptop used in the unsuccessful Somali attack last year.
European security experts are to meet next week to discuss the US and UK bans, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Royal Jordanian Airlines has tweeted suggestions of things to do during a long flight instead of using an electronic device.
It followed up with another tweet suggesting that passengers "do what we Jordanians do best - stare at each other!"
Aviation experts say the ban could hit airline profits as risks include a fall in passenger numbers, decreasing customer satisfaction and higher costs linked to screening baggage.


Wales rugby union international Liam Williams has apologised after posting a picture on Twitter of himself "blacked-up" as a Swansea City footballer.

The full-back for Pro12 side Scarlets appeared with four team-mates in fancy dress where he posed as Wilfried Bony.
Mr Williams was criticised by Show Racism the Red Card, which said it was "disappointed to see the image".
The photo has been removed and he said he was not a racist and there was "no malice behind it".
A statement from the Scarlets said: "Scarlets is fully committed to eradicating discrimination and promoting equality for both staff and our customers by treating people fairly and according to their needs.
"Scarlets is proud of its record in promoting equality and non-discriminatory behaviour amongst all our employees and this applies to the way we behave to members of the public and to other employees."


A man has been arrested after an allegation a Wrexham football player suffered racist abuse during their game against Chester.

It is understood Wrexham FC striker Ntumba Massanka made a complaint during the match on Saturday at the Lookers Vauxhall Stadium, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
The man was removed from the ground.
Cheshire Police said it was the only arrest with the bubble match restrictions in effect.
A spokesman said: "We can confirm a man was arrested in relation to a racially aggravated public order offence.
"Officers are investigating the incident."
Chester FC said it was made aware of the allegation, which it said was immediately dealt with by security and police.
CEO Mark Maguire said the club could not comment on an ongoing police investigation.
"However, it goes without saying that - as a community football club - we are fiercely proud of our inclusive approach and we utterly condemn any behaviour which contradicts the fundamental principles which make this great club what it is," he added.


Almost a third of women have been verbally abused on London's transport network, according to a poll.

A survey of 400 women by YouGov and the Thomson Reuters Foundation also suggested a fifth had been physically assaulted.
The global ranking puts the safety of London's transport system behind that of New York, Beijing and Tokyo, but ahead of Paris.
British Transport Police's Mark Newton said: "We are taking this seriously."
Women in London also have significantly less confidence in the authorities and public bystanders coming to their aid than women in New York City.
Bryony Beyon, campaigner for the Hollaback charity, which campaigns against street harassment, said: "I've experienced all sorts of verbal and physical harassment across London's transport network."
"I've had people expose themselves to me on buses. I've been groped on the Tube," she added.
"It's an incredibly common thing and it's often not spoken about. There's a culture of silence around this."
Many respondents said they felt so unsafe they would like some Tube carriages to be set aside for women only.
A total of 45% of women in London said they would feel safer using in sections reserved for women.
But Laura Bates from the Everyday Sexism Project, which records instances of sexism experienced by women, said this would be "a step backwards".
"It seems to accept that the problem is acceptable - that men will to harass women and that all we can do is contain them," she said.
British Transport Police Assistant Ch Const Mark Newton said: "You can generally say that if you have an offence made against you on the British transport network, we probably have an image of the offender - on the train, entering the station, or even leaving the station.
"What we need is people to take the step forward and have the confidence in us that we are really going to take this seriously."


Ayshah's been finding out how the UK is run as part of the BBC's Democracy Day.

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In a democracy, people get to elect their leaders and have more say in how their country is run.
That's something a lot of people around the world are still fighting for.
Ayshah went to the Houses of Parliament in London to find out how laws are made in the UK.


England's warm-up match against a South Africa Invitation XI was abandoned as a draw as heavy storms wrecked the third and final day in Potchefstroom.

The tourists resumed on 99-3 but slipped to 148-8 as five wickets fell for 15 runs, Junior Dala taking 5-34.
Ben Stokes' brisk 27 helped England to 190 all out, setting the hosts a nominal 473 to win, but they were 5-0 after two overs when the rain came.
England begin the first Test against South Africa in Durban on Boxing Day.
The visitors had dominated the first two days of this opening warm-up game, but Zambia-born seamer Dala accounted for overnight batsmen Joe Root (39) and Gary Ballance (25) who added 50 for the fourth wicket.
Keeper Jonny Bairstow was caught behind for a first-ball duck off left-armer Dieter Klein at the other end, before Moeen Ali (20) and Stokes, batting at 10, steadied the ship.
However, it was spectacular thunder and lightning which ultimately denied them the opportunity to try to bowl the hosts out and force victory.
England's final warm-up before the Tests is another three-day game against South Africa A at Pietermaritzburg, beginning on Sunday.


A historian is appealing for help to solve the mystery of a 100-year-old collection of postcards and photographs sent to him anonymously.

Courtney Finn, who chairs Grantham Civic Society, said they featured an unrelated family from the town with the same surname.
He said it may be that whoever sent them believed he was related.
The collection includes correspondence sent from Gallipoli and records of family holidays.
Mr Finn said: "We think someone was clearing out their loft, found these photos and very kindly posted them to us in Grantham."
He said the postcards and photographs are dated between 1905-1932, and feature George and Alice Finn, who lived at 91 Stamford Street, Grantham, and are buried locally.
However, he said: "It's a real mystery why someone sent them to us."
"I've even been and knocked on the door in Stamford Street to see if anyone remembers them, but it's all too long ago," he said.
One postcard sent from a friend or relative serving in Gallipoli said: "Took over three weeks to get here and rather hot too."
Another said: "Keep a loaf of bread - meet us at the train station."
Mr Finn said: "They are a magical reminder of all those years ago."
The historian said the parcel was postmarked Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, and cost Â£6 to send.
He added that someone had gone to a lot of trouble and is urging them to get in touch.


Owen Evans has been appointed as the new chief executive of Welsh language television broadcaster S4C.

Mr Evans joined the civil service in 2010 and is currently deputy permanent secretary to the Welsh Government. He will succeed Ian Jones in the role from October.
S4C's chairman Huw Jones said Mr Evans was a "highly respected leader".
Mr Evans was educated at Ysgol Penweddig, Aberystwyth. He graduated in economics at Swansea University.
He was director of Business in the Community Wales, from 2008 and 2010, and a member of the Welsh Language Board from 2005 and 2010.


A new surf lagoon has reopened after engineers fixed a fault which closed the attraction for 10 days.

The lagoon at Surf Snowdonia at Dolgarrog in the Conwy Valley was filled with more than six million gallons (33,000 cubic metres) of water for its opening on 1 August.
But it had to be drained so engineers could fix a fault affecting the wave foil which creates the waves.
About 14,000 people visited the centre in its first two weeks.


Sixteen-year-olds will not get the chance to vote at the 2016 assembly election, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said.

A bill on further devolution will be mentioned in the Queen's Speech.
But Mr Crabb said the Welsh government had agreed that votes for 16-year-olds would not be passed in time for the assembly election next May.
He said ideas for new powers would be drawn up by the autumn with "real legislation" following in early 2016.
Mr Crabb's comments follow a meeting with First Minister Carwyn Jones in Cardiff Bay on Thursday to discuss ongoing relations between the UK and Welsh governments following the Conservatives' victory in the general election.
Mr Jones said he always thought bringing in votes for 16-year-olds by 2016 was "ambitious" and that he "can't see it happening now".
But the first minister welcomed the pledge that plans for further Welsh devolution - set to include control over large energy projects and some financial powers - would be in the Queen's Speech.
"What is important is there's a clear timetable for when these powers will be devolved," he said.
"2018 at the latest in my view.
"I think that's plenty of time to get an act through the UK parliament and for the preparatory work to be completed for the assumption of those powers by the people of Wales."
Proposals to give more power to Wales were unveiled by Prime Minister David Cameron in February.
A lower minimum voting age has been credited with boosting young people's interest in politics when it was introduced for the Scottish referendum on independence last September.


Openers Joe Burns and David Warner scored centuries as Australia continued to dominate New Zealand on day three of the first Test in Brisbane.

Warner added 116 to his first-innings 163, while Burns scored 129 for his maiden Test century.
By the close of play, Australia had reached 264-4 in their second innings for a mammoth overall lead of 503.
Earlier, the Black Caps were dismissed for 317 in their first innings, Kane Williamson top-scoring with 140.
Williamson frustrated the hosts' attack until halfway through the second session of the day, posting his 11th Test hundred and his first against Australia.
Mitchell Starc eventually dismissed him to finish with 4-57, with fellow left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson taking 3-105.
Australia captain Steve Smith decided not to enforce the follow-on, despite leading by 239 on first innings.
New Zealand's attack toiled without quick bowler Tim Southee, who was forced off the field on day two with an irritated disc in his back.
Burns, playing on his home ground in his third Test, smashed two sixes in three balls to reach his century just before rain halted play for 50 minutes in the final session.
Warner reached three figures after the weather delay, the third time the 29-year-old has made hundreds in both innings of a Test.
The opening partnership was finally broken at 237 when Warner attempted a switch-hit slog sweep, and Burns soon followed him.
Smith and Mitchell Marsh were dismissed cheaply as Australia chased quick runs, having added 264 to their total in only 42 overs.
Listen to ball-by-ball commentary of every day of the Test series on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra from 23:30 GMT. Play starts at 00:00 GMT.


Apple Music has reversed its payment policy, a day after the singer Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her album 1989.

In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers.
Now Apple says it will pay artists for music streamed during trial periods.
"We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple," tweeted executive Eddy @Cue.
Swift had said the plan was "unfair", arguing Apple had the money to cover the cost.
"I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company," the 25-year-old said, describing Apple as one of her "best partners in selling music".
"Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.
"We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."
Apple Music launches on 30 June. It will cost $9.99 (Â£6.30) per month in the US for one person or $14.99 for families.
After hearing news of the company's decision on Sunday night Swift tweeted: "I am elated and relieved. Thank you for your words of support today. They listened to us.''
Mr Cue said he did not know if the Shake It Off singer would now make her album available on Apple Music - but he praised her for taking a stand.
"When I woke up this morning and I saw Taylor's note that she had written, it really solidified that we needed to make a change," he told Associated Press.
The music industry has generally supported the company bringing its vast music library to paid streaming, and the firm said it would pay 73% of the music subscription revenue to music owners.
Speaking to Billboard magazine Cue said they had already been been hearing "a lot of concern from indie artists about not getting paid during the three-month trial period" before Swift spoke out. But he said "we never looked at it as not paying them".
"We had originally negotiated these deals based on paying them a higher royalty rate on an ongoing basis to compensate for this brief time", he said.
They will now pay artists during the trial period and "also keep the royalty rate at the higher rate."
He said he spoke to Swift himself to let her know they were making the changes and "she was thrilled and very thankful".
Calvin Harris, the Scottish DJ understood to be Swift's current boyfriend, has also commented on Apple's decision.
"I just played a gig inside a giant owl and my girl just changed the entire music industry," he tweeted. "What a day."
Others who have commented include Radio 3's Clemency Burton-Hill, who said Apple's volte face was "good for all musicians".
"Well done @taylorswift13 for standing up for artists - and well done Apple for listening," tweeted Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire.
Swift's apparent sway with the tech giant has also generated a slew of light-hearted responses, with many asking the singer to use her clout to have various Apple-related oversights rectified.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians, the musicians' professional body, welcomed the news. But Deborah Annetts, its chief executive, said more needed to be done for musicians.
"It is great news that Apple has reversed its payment policy and will now pay artists for music streamed during trial periods; huge congratulations to Taylor Swift, for quite rightly defending her rights as an artist," she said.
"With the launch of Apple Music it is wonderful that more people have access to an ever expanding catalogue of music.
"But the fact remains that this service is not giving musicians, many of whom are session artists or non-featured artists, any new rights. And worse still, it will pay them virtually nothing."
It is not the first time Swift has spoken out against streaming music - she pulled her entire catalogue from Spotify last November and had refused to offer 1989 on streaming services, saying the business had "shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically".
She explained to Yahoo Music why she pulled her music from Spotify: "I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music."
If you find a Swift song now on Spotify it will only be from a compilation album.
1989 went on to become one of the biggest-selling albums of 2014 and has sold more than 4.9 million copies in the US alone.
Last week, UK-based independent record label Beggars echoed Swift's comments, saying it struggled "to see why rights owners and artists should bear this aspect of Apple's customer acquisition costs".
It said it did not have an agreement with Apple that would allow it to participate in the new service but hoped the "obstacles to agreement can be removed" in the coming days.


The family of a 17-year-old boy critically injured in a crash in County Antrim have said he is "fighting his biggest battle ever at the minute".

GAA player Odhrán McKenna, of the St John's club in west Belfast,  was injured on the Killead Road in Crumlin at about 17:00 GMT on Friday.
It is believed the teenager's car left the road and hit a tree.
His family have said he is likely to remain sedated over the weekend.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.


The chair of the Lords science select committee has urged ministers to stop funding "pet projects".

Lord Krebs told BBC News that the current approach to science funding has been "ad hoc".
His comments come as his select committee publishes a report highlighting problems in funding research labs.
It calls for a long-term strategy for investing in new labs and equipment.
In 2010, the chancellor reduced the money for the construction of laboratories and the purchase of scientific equipment by almost a half, cutting the so called capital budget by £1.6bn.
Since then, George Osborne, and the Science Minister David Willetts, have been gradually restoring the shortfall left by the 2010 cut.
The investments though have been directed towards specific projects that the ministers, with advice from the scientific community, have deemed to be in the national interest.
These include investments of hundreds of millions of pounds for a graphene research centre, high performance computing and the upgrading of the UK's space agency.
Lord Krebs said that the replacement of capital funding almost to what it was in 2010 was welcome, but that the ad hoc approach to funding should now make way for a more considered approach by government.
"Pet projects have been supported rather than having a coherent long-term strategy for investment in the infrastructure of science," he told BBC News.
"Countries like Germany, Japan, China the United States are investing really heavily in state-of-the-art facilities. We are going to need to have that too if our scientists are going to deliver science we need for the future of this country."
There is an acknowledgement in the report that science has done relatively better than other areas of government expenditure during the coalition's time in power.
Money for staff costs, the so-called resource budget - although frozen was ring-fenced for five years by the chancellor in his 2010 Autumn Statement. And in June this year, Mr Osborne also announced an inflation-protected, capital-funding pot of £1.1bn to run up to 2020, which has given researchers some much needed clarity and stability.
The Lords select committee report has called for joined up thinking on how that money is allocated.
The peers want the civil servant with responsibility for science spending, Sir John O'Reilly, to bring together the research funders, industry and other key organisations that make large investments in laboratories and equipment, such as the Wellcome Trust, and work out what the national priorities should be and then to draw up a coherent strategy.
John Pethica, vice-president of the Royal Society, agrees with the select committee that investment in scientific infrastructure does need to be stable and long term.
"It must also be coupled with sufficient recurrent operational resources to derive the best return on capital investment," he said.
Dr Sarah Main, who is the director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, told BBC News that the hitherto "lumpy" nature of capital funding had made it difficult for everyone to plan ahead.
"Representatives of multinational companies have told us that a long-term investment framework for science would help them make the case to their global headquarters for locating or remaining in the UK," she told BBC News.
"Indeed, we are now presented with an opportunity to shape our science facilities to match our vision of the UK as a thriving scientific nation."
The Lords select committee also found what it described as a "damaging disconnect" between resource and capital funding.
The peers found instances where the government has spent money on expensive equipment - such as the so-called "super microscope" at the ISIS laboratory in Oxfordshire, which cost £50m pounds to build, and which has recently doubled in size through a government-funded £145m investment.
The Lords inquiry found that not enough money had been set aside for running costs and for technical staff to ensure the upkeep and maintenance of the ISIS facility.
Consequently, the report says, it was only being used to two-thirds of its potential, resulting in "hundreds of potential experiments not happening, industrial projects losing out and a missed opportunity for UK research".
According to Dr Main, in order to get the most out of investments in equipment, there needs to be matching increases in the resource budget.
"We would like the government to set an upward trajectory for its science budget so that our new capital equipment can be used efficiently," she added.
The science resource budget, though, is under tremendous pressure.
Although it has been frozen and ring-fenced, it has been and will continue to be eroded by inflation and exchange rates.
It is also feared that squeezed government departments are about to raid the ring-fenced money to cover the costs of some of their science-related activities.
The research community feels squeezed. Many high-quality research proposals are now going un-funded, and fewer research positions are being funded. But no one dares complain for fear of offending the chancellor who, they have been told by Mr Willetts, has been extremely generous under the circumstances.
The money given to science by Mr Osborne is to be distributed to specific research areas by the end of the year and there are worries of a black hole in funding.
Most leaders in the research community are anticipating a continuing squeeze with some predicting worsening outcomes as the science budget is spread more thinly, according to Dr Main.
"If the chancellor is intent on 'winning the global race' and 'making the UK the best place in the world to do science', he will need to support that effort with the vision, determination and the funds to boost our position in the global premier league," she told BBC News.
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