The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida in February.

Trayvon Martin, 17, was killed by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, while walking through a gated community in a suburb of Orlando.
Mr Zimmerman says he was acting in self-defence.
Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Martin family, used a news conference on Tuesday to call for his arrest.
A Florida grand jury will also hear evidence in the case on 10 April, a state prosecutor has said.
A grand jury convenes to determine if there is enough evidence to bring a case to trial.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has also asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to assist in the investigation.
In an impassioned speech, Mr Crump said police had a clear duty: "Arrest George Zimmerman."
"He is allowed to come and go as he please, while Trayvon Martin is in a grave," Mr Crump said.
According to Mr Crump, a 16-year-old young woman was on the phone with Martin before he was shot. She said Martin was followed by Mr Zimmerman and she heard the beginning of the confrontation, Mr Crump said.
Mr Crump played a recorded affidavit from the young woman in which she describes Martin's last phone call. She spoke with him repeatedly while he visited Sanford, the Orlando suburb where he died.
"She blows Zimmerman's absurd self-defence claim out of the water," Mr Crump said.
According to the affidavit, Martin was walking back from a shop when he ran to a nearby building to take shelter from the rain and then pulled up his hoodie before he walked the rest of the way back. He then realised that someone was following him.
The young woman heard Martin ask Mr Zimmerman repeatedly why he was following him and then described a change in his voice that made her believe he was hit in some way.
She then lost contact with him.
Phone records show the last phone call with Martin started on 19:12 local time on 26 February. Sanford police were on the scene by 19:16, according to a police report on the incident.
"We have all the evidence now," Mr Crump said. He added that three witnesses had come forward to say Martin was the one screaming for help. They could be heard on a separate 911 call.
Mr Crump also questioned why the Sanford police had not tested Mr Zimmerman for drugs or alcohol or completed a background check on him during their investigation.
Rallies were held on Monday to demand Mr Zimmerman's arrest and an online petition has more than 500,000 signatories.
Students protested in front of a court building in Sanford, the community where the shooting happened, and on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
By Daniel NasawBBC News, Washington
The incident sheds light on Florida's seven-year-old self-defence law, which critics say is too lenient.
The law, nicknamed a "stand your ground" or "shoot first" statute, gives protection from criminal prosecution or civil liability to people who claim self-defence after a shooting or violent incident.
One of the most expansive of such laws in the US, it states that people have no duty to retreat from a place they are legally allowed to be, and have the right to use deadly force if they believe they are threatened with death or serious harm.
On Tuesday evening the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold a meeting at a church in Sanford where the first rally for Trayvon Martin was held last week.
More than 500,000 people have signed a global online petition asking for Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer, to be prosecuted.
The justice department said in a statement that it would "conduct a thorough and independent review of all of the evidence" before taking "appropriate action".
The FBI and a federal prosecutor in Florida will also assist in the investigation.
It has emerged that Mr Zimmerman, acting as a neighbourhood watch volunteer, had called police several times in the months before the shooting to report incidents.
Call logs and recordings show that Mr Zimmerman called police on 26 February, reporting there had been break-ins in the community.
He told police there was "a real suspicious guy" who "looks like he's up to no good".
When he said he was following the person he had identified as suspicious, the dispatcher said: "We don't need you to do that."
Using a expletive, Mr Zimmerman expressed his frustration, saying "these assholes always get away".
The release of emergency calls recordings, including two from neighbours during which screams and shots can be heard, had fuelled demands for a federal investigation.
The case has focused attention on a 2005 state law which allows deadly force if a person believes their life is in danger.


It's boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before - until now, that is.

27 April 2017 Last updated at 17:27 BST
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has flown through the rings of the planet Saturn - for what will be its last ever mission.
The probe had to travel for seven years to get to Saturn which is about 746 million miles away.
It's been travelling around the planet and sending information back to Earth. Take a look!


More than 100 photographs taken by acclaimed poet Philip Larkin have gone on display at The University of Hull.

The exhibition at the Brynmor Jones Library, where Larkin was librarian for 30 years, includes images of his female companions, friends and self-portraits.
It shows the poet, who took nearly 6,000 photos throughout his life, was an accomplished amateur photographer.
The university said it captured "a unique glimpse into Larkin's life".
The exhibition, which runs until 23 December, follows the publication of a new book by Richard Bedford looking at Larkin's photographic work.
It also features family snaps of his childhood, portraits of literary friends, as well as familiar views of Hull and the East Riding and other landscapes.
University Librarian Dr Richard Heseltine said: "As one of the university's most eminent librarians, Philip Larkin is a prominent part of the university's cultural heritage.
"It is an unmissable opportunity to come along to see another side of one of the most celebrated poets of our time.
"The photographs offer a unique glimpse into Larkin's life, his interests and even subjects which informed some of his poems."


DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her comments in an interview with the Sunday Independent about Michelle O'Neill's blonde hair and appearance were meant as a compliment.

Mrs Foster was criticised by Sinn FÃ©in who claimed her remarks were sexist.
However, she said her comments were intended to be positive.
She told the BBC: "They were meant as a compliment. If they have been taken any other way, that is a matter for people who have taken them the other way."
Asked if she regretted the remarks, or if they could be seen as sexist, the DUP leader repeated that they were meant to be a compliment.
She said the response to them showed more "about Sinn FÃ©in than it does about me".
Following Mrs Foster's remark, Mrs O'Neill responded that there could be no place for sexism or any form of discrimination in public life.
The DUP leader's "blonde" comment sparked a social media frenzy.
Among those who reacted was Mrs O'Neill's teenage daughter who took to Twitter to defend her mother, calling Mrs Foster's comments "disgraceful".
The row was labelled "#blondegate' on Twitter, as social media filled with memes.


Wrexham midfielder Rob Evans has signed a new one-year deal with the National League club.

The 20-year-old came through the club's youth system and became a regular feature for Gary Mills' side, making 44 league appearances in 2015-16.
The club also signed strikers Khallem Bailey-Nicholls and Callum Powell as well as centre back Hamza Bencherif.
Bencherif, 28, has National League experience with Lincoln City and AFC Halifax Town, who he joined in 2015.
Paris-born Bencherif played in FC Halifax Town's recent FA Trophy final win over Grimsby Town.
18-year-old Bailey-Nicholls joins following a scholarship with Birmingham City while Powell, 20, most recently played for Rugby Town.


The Duke of York is to get a new title, chancellor of the University of Huddersfield.

This will be the first time that the duke has taken on the role of a university chancellor.
The university's vice-chancellor Bob Cryan said the duke had showed a "real commitment" to student projects in digital skills and entrepreneurship and had become a "regular visitor".
"This is much more than a ceremonial appointment," said Prof Cryan.
The Duke of York will be formally installed later this month, when actor Sir Patrick Stewart steps down.
The relationship between Prince Andrew and the university goes back to 2001, said a university spokesman.
It began with a charity project and then developed into support for the university's entrepreneurship schemes, with the duke formally becoming the university's patron in 2013.
The university says the duke has also met alumni in Vietnam and Indonesia.
"When he visits us and talks to students who are launching businesses, his grasp of detail and his ability to get to the heart of an issue are always highly impressive," said Prof Cryan.
"Also, he has consistently taken an interest in the University of Huddersfield and the progress that we are making."


The UK must remain an EU member during a transition period from March 2019, according to the head of aerospace body ADS.

Paul Everitt said the UK would struggle to sign the necessary agreements with global safety regulators before then, risking disruption to air travel.
The government has indicated an "implementation period" may be needed to avoid an abrupt exit from the EU.
But it has yet to outline what that could involve.
Mr Everitt, chief executive of ADS, told BBC Newsnight: "When we cease to be an EU member we need to have in place a whole new set of international agreements with, for instance, countries like the US, with Canada and emerging major markets like China, India, Japan.
"So for us the transition period is important and it's important that during that period we remain an EU member."
Such agreements are needed, he said, even if the UK chooses to remain a part of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which has largely replaced domestic air safety regimes in EU member states over the past 15 years.
Mr Everitt added that ADS was not aware that the UK government had started "detailed work" on these relationships. He said leaving the EU without these in place would mean "chaos, because we don't have a system to ensure that our products are safe and secure to fly".
EASA certifies aircraft for use, oversees approved aviation and maintenance operations, and develops regulations for the entire sector.
The aerospace industry, which employs about 120,000 people in the UK and generates about Â£28 billion worth of exports, is keen to avoid regulatory divergence which would require double certification of aircraft parts and components.
"We are very clear that we wish to remain a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency," said Mr Everitt. "And we don't believe that there is a viable alternative that can be up and running in a reasonable period of time."
ADS represents the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors. It estimates that it could take five to 10 years, and an extra 300 staff, to equip the UK's Civil Aviation Authority to take over EASA's responsibilities.
Remaining part of EASA could prove controversial. The UK would likely be required to make financial contributions to the agency, as well subjecting the UK's safety regime to European oversight, ultimately by the European Court of Justice.
Some countries outside the EU, like Norway and Switzerland, have associate membership of EASA.
But these countries, said Mr Everitt, have bilateral agreements with the US and others which provide "the meshing of both the regulatory regime and the international relationships. That's what we need to have."
"It's really about providing our international colleagues, particularly the US, with confidence that the new regulatory regime that we are going to operate is capable of meeting the high safety and security standards that they require.
"The challenge is we don't know what that is going to look like," he added.
Aviation experts told Newsnight that the work required to sign such agreements should not be technically complex, provided the UK is committed to remaining aligned with EASA rules.
But it could still take an estimated 18 months to get the required paperwork in place before the UK's departure from the EU.
In a speech in June the head of the US Federal Aviation Authority, Michael Huerta, said it had started discussions with the UK government about "various scenarios" around Brexit. But he added that those discussions were "complicated and time-consuming by their very nature".
He warned: "It is important to keep these time constraints in mind, and to not get sidetracked into a uncomfortable situation in which a missed deadline results in an interruption of service."
The questions about safety regulation after Brexit are the latest to hit the aviation industry.
Michael O'Leary, the boss of Ryanair, has repeatedly warned that the UK is running out of time to agree a new Open Skies agreement with the EU, which allows airlines to fly freely.
Airlines sell seats up to a year in advance and Mr O'Leary has said there is a "real prospect" that there will be no flights between the UK and Europe for a period beyond March 2019.
Other airlines, however, believe both UK and European governments are highly motivated to sign a new air traffic agreement given the possible disruption and the mutual benefits of trade and tourism.
Air safety is, if anything, more complicated because it involves regulators beyond the 27 European Union countries.
"It's not impossible for the government to allocate sufficient resources and for our European partners and worldwide partners to get up to speed. But I have to say to dateâ€¦ that level of urgency does not appear to be around," said Mr Everitt.
"If we don't have a transition arrangement and if we aren't a member of the EU as part of that transitional arrangement, then we have chaos because we don't have a system to ensure that our products are safe and secure to fly and a regime that is acknowledged around the world," he added.
A government spokesman said: "Aviation is absolutely crucial to the UK's economy and we are committed to getting the best deal possible for Britain. We will work closely with the international aviation community to ensure that this global industry continues to be a major success story for the UK economy."


Cardiff's Swn music festival will return in a changed format - spanning a month and visiting venues across Wales.

The festival usually takes place over a weekend in the capital, championing up-and-coming acts.
But co-founder John Rostron said the 11th edition would be "very different" when he announced part of the line-up on Tuesday.
It will start in Swansea on 22 September and will incorporate the Welsh Music Prize.
The Skints' performance at Sin City will kick off the festival and follows calls to move events around the country.
But Mr Rostron said that while a few gigs will be held around Wales, Cardiff will remain "at the heart of it".
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme, Mr Rostron announced gigs at venues such as Clwb Ifor Bach, The Tramshed and The Globe.
In the past year, Dempsey's and The Full Moon - prominent Swn Festival locations - have closed.
"Cardiff changes fast and every year. What works one year doesn't the next," Mr Rostron said.
"We have lost a lot of small venues in the past year. Instead of buying a wristband and running round, it will look very different [this year] because the city looks very different."
The Welsh Music Prize is usually awarded in November but Mr Rostron said it has a "natural home" at the festival.
He added that packing the event into four days made it difficult to expand the festival's programme and that the new month-long format has given it far more flexibility.


It has only been five years since Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai wrote an anonymous diary about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan.

Since then she has been shot in the head by the militants, and has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Accepting the award in Oslo on 10 December, she said she was "humbled" and proud to be the first Pashtun and the first Pakistani to win the prize. She also joked that she was probably the first winner who still fought with her younger brothers.
Malala Yousafzai first came to public attention through that heartfelt diary, published on BBC Urdu, which chronicled her desire to remain in education and for girls to have the chance to be educated.
When she was shot in the head in October 2012 by a Taliban gunman, she was already well known in Pakistan, but that one shocking act catapulted her to international fame.
She survived the dramatic assault, in which a militant boarded her school bus in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley and opened fire, wounding two of her school friends as well.
The story of her recovery - from delicate surgery at a Pakistani military hospital to further operations and rehabilitation in the UK, and afterwards as she took her campaign global - has been closely tracked by the world's media.
She  was discharged from hospital in January 2013 and her life now is unimaginably different to anything she may have envisaged when she was an anonymous voice chronicling the fears of schoolgirls under the shadow of the Taliban.
She was named one of TIME magazine's most influential people in 2013, put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, won the European Parliament's Sakharov price for Freedom of Thought and her autobiography "I Am Malala" was released last year, and reversioned for younger audiences.
Malala was only 11 years old when her anonymous diary captivated audiences. She wrote under a pseudonym - Gul Makai, the name of a heroine from a Pashtun folk tale.
Militants destroyed scores of girls schools in the time the Taliban wielded power over the valley. They had an implacable attitude to female education and this was Malala's primary concern.
In January 2009, as the school was closing for winter holiday she wrote: "The girls were not too excited about vacations because they knew if the Taliban implemented their edict [banning girls' education] they would not be able to come to school again. I am of the view that the school will one day reopen but while leaving I looked at the building as if I would not come here again."
She documented the anxiety she and her friends felt as they saw students dropping away from class for fear of being targeted by militants, and as the girls began to attend school in plain clothes not uniform, so as not to draw attention to themselves.
Eventually, Malala and her family, like many thousands of other Swat residents, fled the valley when a government military operation attempted to clear the region of militancy.
Malala consistently received support and encouragement in her activism from her parents. The idea for the blog was even that of her father Ziauddin, who ran a local private school.
In a lengthy profile published in Vanity Fair magazine, one teacher from Swat said that her father "encouraged Malala to speak freely and learn everything she could".
And  her identity as the girl blogger from Swat eventually became known as she became more vocal on the subject of the right of girls to education. It is a subject she never ceased to be passionate about even after she returned home once the militants had been run out of Swat.
In 2009 a documentary film was even made about her.  Many more honours followed: in 2011 she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by The KidsRights Foundation and in 2012 the Pakistani government awarded her the National Peace Award - subsequently renamed the National Malala Peace Prize - for those under 18 years old.
She even confronted then US special envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, urging him to do something about the state of affairs for women who want an education.
When she finally returned to Swat, Malala took advantage of the improved security and went back to school. Malala and her family were the subject of threats and it was on 9 October 2012 that these were borne out.
The Taliban said that they targeted her for "promoting secular education" and threatened to attack her again.
The bullet hit Malala's left brow and instead of penetrating her skull it travelled underneath the skin, the length of the side of her head and into her shoulder.
Amid the outpouring of global support she was flown to the UK and at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city of Birmingham she received specialist treatment and had a titanium plate fitted as well as a cochlear implant in her skull to help her hear.
She began attending Edgbaston High School in March and her father has been given a job with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham for three years.
But she has continued her campaign and taken it around the world.
A fund set up in her name helps children in education around the world. Among other trips, she has travelled to Nigeria, meeting President Goodluck Jonathan to press for action to free the 200 girls held by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
It is all a far cry from the girl who wrote in her diary only four years ago: "Today, I also read my diary written for the BBC in Urdu. My mother liked my pen name Gul Makai. I also like the name because my real name means 'grief stricken'."


A Burmese journalist has been shot dead while trying to escape from custody, the army has said.

A military statement said that Aung Naing was arrested in Mon state at the end of September while covering clashes near the border between Thailand and Myanmar, which is also known as Burma.
The military accused him of working for an armed group in the area.
But his family and colleagues denied this, and activists said his death was a rights violation.
The military statement came in response to a request from Aung Naing's wife.
It said he had been shot dead on 4 October when he tried flee military detention by seizing a gun from a soldier.
The military described Aung Naing as a "communications captain" of a Karen rebel faction, but his colleagues said he was a reporter.
Aung Naing often reported on ethnic issues along the Myanmar-Thai border for several papers based in Yangon (Rangoon).
He had met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on several occasions.
His wife Than Dar told the Irrawaddy newspaper that she had not been informed of his death.
She said she would bring a legal case against the army for torture and death.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon says that while the media is now relatively free, anything to do with the army or its activities is still extremely sensitive.
Free speech advocate Zaw Thet Htway said the truth about his death needed to come out.
"Whether he was a journalist or an officer from an armed group, this is a human rights violation," he said.
The army has been fighting armed groups in eastern, northern and south-eastern regions, despite efforts to bring an end to six decades of conflict.
Recent clashes reported in Karen, Shan and Kachin states may jeopardise a ceasefire agreement planned for later this year, correspondents say.


The number of five-year-olds with tooth decay has dropped to its lowest level in almost a decade, latest figures from Public Health England show.

In 2008, nearly a third of five-year-olds in England - 177,423 in all - suffered tooth decay. By 2015, it had dropped to a quarter.
But health experts say more steps must be taken to help youngsters look after their teeth.
They recommend limiting sugary food and drink and regular trips to the dentist.
And children should brush their teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste.
Currently, an estimated 166,467 five-year-olds - less than a quarter - suffer from tooth decay.
But while there has been improvement nationally, experts say there is a great deal of regional variation.
The highest rates of tooth decay were found among children living in the North West of England, and the lowest in the South East.
Dr Sandra White, director of dental public health at Public Health England, said having healthy teeth was important for children, both for their health and their confidence.
"Our faces are quite a mirror to us, and we you smile with a nice smile it makes a big difference when we start school."
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She said the downward trend in tooth decay was welcome, and was probably down to parents and society being more aware of the impact of sugar on teeth.
"Parents have a key role in this. They need to watch what their children are eating and particularly drinking."
She said children were consuming three times the amount of sugar that they should be having, and a lot of that is coming from sugary drinks.
"It would be wonderful if everybody gave their children water and low fat milks." But she accepted that, realistically, it might be quite difficult for parents to achieve.
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Mike Hay has been appointed as the Team GB chef de mission for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The Scot takes on the role for the second successive Games after leading the team at Sochi 2014.
Former curling coach Hay guided Rhona Martin's rink to Winter Olympic gold at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
"Success four years ago gave the nation cause to be proud of our winter Olympians and helped put winter sport at the forefront," Hay said.
Britain secured gold, silver and two bronze medals in Sochi, equalling their total from their most successful Games in 1924.


Twenty years ago, mother-of-two Katie Salvini went to bed after staying up late to watch TV news analysis of Tony Blair's landslide general election victory.

Her children, three-year-old Zach and seven-year-old Emily, were already asleep.
That night someone cut phone lines, then poured petrol through the letterbox and started a fire which roared through the house.
It killed her daughter and left Mrs Salvini and her son with burns and traumatised.
The severed phone lines delayed rescue by the emergency services.
Now 23, her son Zach Salvini says his experience of the fire is his earliest memory.
He said: "I remember my mum frantically swung the door open, it was like a wall of something hit her, a wall of white.
"I remember my mum screaming 'Emily' over and over again."
Mrs Salvini said the fire "blew, pounced into the room".
She could not even see flames, but instead "hot sheets of pale yellow, sheets of white".
She managed to climb out of the window of her home and protect her son, as roof tiles dropped off the building.
Emily, who was sleeping in another room in the house, was already dead from breathing in smoke and from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Police have never found the person responsible for the blaze.
In the weeks leading up to the attack in Reading, Mrs Salvini's father, who babysat his grandchildren on Thursdays, had his tyres slashed.
Ten days before the arson attack, Mrs Salvini's phone lines were cut, and had to be replaced.
But she had lived happily as a single mother in the Caversham area of the town with Zach and Emily.
Now she is hoping a fresh appeal to the public will solve the 20-year-old mystery of who started the fire.
"I think it's really important for my whole family, it's important for Zach, it's important for them to know, but most of all it's important for Emily," she said.
"She was my beautiful little princess."
Mrs Salvini spoke of her love for her first born child. She had her when she was "young, newly-wed and straight out of uni".
"I was living in Italy with Marco, Emily and Zach's dad," she said.
"I couldn't speak a word of Italian, and there I was aged 23 up a mountain on Lake Garda, with this wonderful baby girl and I fell in love with her straight away."
Appealing once again for information, she said: "I hope this will spark someone's memory.
"It could be the thing that could result in us finding out who did this, who did this horrific thing?"


Stoke have broken their transfer record to sign midfielder Giannelli Imbula from Porto for a fee of £18.3m on a five-and-a-half-year contract.

The 23-year-old became Portuguese football's record signing when he joined Porto in a £15.1m deal from Marseille seven months ago.
He has played for France Under-21s, but could also play for Belgium.
The Potters have let Chelsea midfielder Marco van Ginkel leave his loan spell early to join Dutch club PSV.
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The 23-year-old, capped twice by the Netherlands, had played 21 times for Stoke during a season-long loan spell, but he will now be in Eindhoven until the summer.
Stoke's previous record deal was winger Xherdan Shaqiri, who cost £12m in the summer.
Imbula, who started his career at Guingamp, played in both of Porto's Champions League games against Chelsea this season.
Potters chairman Peter Coates told BBC Radio 5 live: "If he is as good as we think he is, he'll keep his value. You've got to think of it from a business point of view. We want him to be worth more than we paid for him.
"This move has been on and off for a few days. We said we were withdrawing the offer, then they came back."
Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam told BBC Sport: "We played Porto in a friendly in Germany last summer and I thought he was excellent.
"He went off injured because I gave him a little kick and gave him a dead leg, but he showed against us that he has the right qualities to play in England.
"I would say he is a Patrick Vieira type - a strong and powerful midfielder, a real driving force in there and perfect for the Premier League."
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Wigan Warriors full-back Sam Tomkins has been ruled out until March 2016 after surgery on his knee.

He pulled out of England's ongoing series with New Zealand because of the posterior cruciate ligament injury.
Tomkins, 26, is re-joining Wigan next season after a two-year stint at NRL side New Zealand Warriors.
Chairman Ian Lenegan told the club website that it was decided he needed surgery after consultation with a specialist.
"The surgery was performed successfully on Friday and it is anticipated that Sam will make a full recovery," said Lenegan.
Super League 2016 will begin on 4 February, with Wigan starting their campaign the following day at home to Catalans Dragons.


Former Derry City striker Kevin McHugh's season looks to be over after a freak accident almost completely sliced off his finger.

The Finn Harps captain was hosting a coaching session in County Donegal when his wedding ring got caught in a fence.
The 36-year-old immediately drove himself to Letterkenny University Hospital to try and save the finger.
He was then taken by ambulance to Galway University Hospital to undergo surgery on Thursday morning.
Mr McHugh said he had been chasing after a stray football when the accident happened.
He then tweeted a graphic picture of his injury with the caption: "Think that's my season over."
Mr McHugh added that he may have suffered "too much damage" to save his finger.
The footballer, who once had a trial with Aston Villa, played for the Candystripes from 2006 to 2008 before returning to his native Finn Harps via Linfield.
Finn Harps are third from bottom in the League of Ireland Premier Division table after they dug out a scoreless draw with Sligo Rovers on Tuesday.


About one in five schools in Yorkshire and Humber region needs improving, according to government inspectors.

Ofsted's latest report said the region had the largest proportion of schools requiring work, compared to other areas in England.
It also found the region had the lowest number of schools rated as outstanding or good.
Nick Hudson, from Ofsted, said the profile of schools in the region was lower compared to others in England.
The findings were based on inspections of 21,050 educational institutions, including nurseries, primary and secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units, across England from 1 October to 31 December.
It follows a report in December which found secondary schools in Yorkshire and Humber were among the worst in the country.
Out of 2,145 schools inspected, 453 required improvement and 62 were deemed inadequate.
The report states 65 of Bradford's 201 schools need improving, along with 42 of the 141 schools inspected in Doncaster.
In East Yorkshire, 41 out of 148 schools need improvement as well as 17 of the 58 schools in North East Lincolnshire.
Councillor Ralph Berry, executive member for children's services at City of Bradford Council, said urgent action was being taken to drive up school standards.
The report has prompted criticism from former Ofsted inspector Marvyn Moore, from Sheffield, who said the inspection process was deeply flawed.
He said: "The outcome of inspections depended on the registered inspector who was leading the inspection and whether they wanted a quick job... whether they wanted a thorough job or were thoroughly disenchanted with the school."
Mr Hudson said parents relied on inspections to make decisions on which schools to send children.
He added: "Ninety per cent of feedback after inspections say head teachers are satisfied with the inspection process."


The US victims of the Iran hostage crisis are to receive compensation 36 years after their ordeal, reports say.

Each of the 53 hostages or their estates will receive up to $4.4m (Â£3m), according to a US spending bill passed last Friday.
The victims of other state-sponsored terror attacks such as the US embassy bombings in East Africa in 1998 will also be eligible.
The hostage-taking lasted 444 days and led the US to break off ties with Iran.
The decision to award compensation follows a controversial deal between world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme.
"Those negotiations resulted in an understanding that an inevitable next step in securing a relationship was to address the reason for the rupture, which was our kidnapping and torture," former hostage Rodney Sickmann told the New York Times.
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The hostages have long fought for restitution, but the agreement that secured their release barred them from making such claims and their attempts were repeatedly blocked by the courts, including an appeal denied by the Supreme Court.
Congress was also unable to pass laws granting them compensation.
The money for compensation is likely to come from a huge $9bn fine for French bank Paribas for violating sanctions against Iran, Sudan and Cuba, the New York Times reported.
About $1bn will go into a fund for victims of terrorism and an additional $2.8bn will be set aside to help the victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families.
The new law allows for payments of up to $10,000 for each day of captivity, while spouses and children are eligible for a payment of up to $600,000. Initial payments are due within a year.
Thirty-seven of the 53 hostages held after a mob stormed the US embassy in Tehran are still alive.
4 November 1979: Iranian students storm the US embassy in Tehran and take 99 people hostage, including 66 Americans. They demand the extradition of Iran's former ruler, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, from the US
17 November 1979: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of female and African-American hostages, bringing the number of hostages to 53
28 January 1980: Six US embassy employees, who had avoided capture and hidden in the homes of Canadian embassy officials, flee Iran
7 April 1980: President Jimmy Carter cuts ties with Iran
25 April 1980: An attempt to rescue the hostages fails when a helicopter and a transport plane collide, killing eight US soldiers
11 July 1980: A hostage is released due to illness
19 January 1981: The US and Iran sign an agreement to release the hostages
20 January 1981: The remaining 52 hostages are released and flown to Germany


United States goalkeeper Hope Solo says her side were knocked out by a "bunch of cowards" after losing to Sweden on penalties in the Olympic quarter-final.

It is the first time the defending champions have failed to reach the semi-finals of a major tournament.
The game finished 1-1, before the USA's Christen Press missed the fifth effort in the shootout allowing Lisa Dahlkvist to win it for the Swedes.
"The best team did not win today," said Solo, who has won more than 200 caps.
Sweden had taken the lead on 63 minutes through Stina Blackstenius, before Alex Morgan equalised with 13 minutes left.
"I'm very proud of this team," added Solo, 35. "But I also think we played a bunch of cowards. They didn't want to open the game.
"They tried to counter with long balls. I don't think they're going to make it far in the tournament. I think it was very cowardly. They're moving on and we're going home."
Sweden's coach Pia Sundhage coached the US team to gold medals at the Beijing and London Olympics.
"It's OK to be a coward if you win," she said.
Solo later tweeted: "Losing sucks. I'm really bad at it."
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More than 50 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, officials say.

The unrest, which started on Sunday, ended early on Monday, police said, when the inmates surrendered their weapons and freed unharmed the last of 12 guards they had taken hostage.
A prison chaplain said the riot began after a fight between rival gangs.
A number of inmates has reportedly escaped. Brazil has the world's fourth largest prison population.
There are some 600,000 inmates and overcrowding is a serious problem.
When the riot began on Sunday afternoon, six headless bodies were thrown over the perimeter fence of the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Centre, the biggest in Amazonas state.
The prison was built for 454 inmates, but it is thought to have held almost 600. Latest available figures dating back to October suggest there were 585 prisoners in the jail back then.
Fights between rival gangs often result in dozens of inmates being killed and sometimes dismembered.
The gang members behind the deadly riots are often from violent inner-city areas of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo who have been transferred to prisons in remote states in order to break up the gangs.
However, the number of deadly riots in these states would seem to indicate that this strategy has not worked out according to plan, correspondents say.
In October, at least 25 prisoners were killed in a jail in Boa Vista, in Roraima state, and seven youths also died in a riot in Caruaru in Pernambuco state.


A memorial to three Scottish soldiers who were murdered by the IRA has been attacked for a 19th time, the Royal British Legion has said.

Slogans were painted on the monument at White Brae, Ligoniel, on the outskirts of north Belfast and two wreaths were removed.
The monument is a tribute to teenage brothers John and Joseph McCaig, and their colleague Dougald McCaughey, 23.
The off-duty fusiliers were shot dead at the site by the IRA in March 1971.
James Wright, chairman of Oldpark and Cavehill branch of the Royal British Legion, said: "Just like the cowards who in the dead of night murdered John, Joe and Dougald, these lowlife cowards cannot show their faces, they have to carry out their attacks under the cover of darkness.
"As a branch we will not be deterred in ensuring that the murder of these young soldiers who were off-duty and out socialising in Belfast will never be forgotten."
Sinn FÃ©in councillor for north Belfast, Gerry McCabe, also condemned the latest incident.
"The ongoing attacks on this memorial must stop.  They have gone on too long," he said.
"The actions of those involved in this are not representative of the people of this community and whoever is behind this should question what they are achieving."


Tributes have been paid to Dame Helen Alexander, the first female president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), who has died aged 60.

Dame Helen led the business lobby group in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis between 2009 and 2011.
The CBI's current president Paul Drechsler said she was "a brilliant leader" who was "widely respected".
The Economist Group, of which she was chief executive from 1997-2008, said business had "no better ambassador".
Dame Helen, who was married with three children, had been battling cancer for several years.
She began her career in publishing at Faber & Faber, before moving to the Economist Group in 1985, where she became managing director in 1993 before taking the helm in 1997.
Her career also included boardroom roles at Rolls-Royce, Centrica and Northern Foods.
The number of high-profile city and business roles she had during her career meant Dame Helen was seen as a trailblazer for women in business.
She was also co-chair of the Hampton-Alexander review - a government commissioned review into increasing the number of women in senior business roles.
Announcing her death, the Economist said she was "self-effacing but a world-class networker".
It paid tribute to her leadership style, which "lacked fireworks and did not seek fame but deserved more recognition, for both its humanity and effectiveness".
The CBI's Mr Drechsler added: "People will remember Helen for being a great listener with a thoughtful sense of humour. She will be greatly missed by me and by everyone who knew her, both in the UK and beyond."


Real Madrid missed out on the chance to go top of La Liga as Atletico scored late to draw the Madrid derby.

Karim Benzema scored an early header from Dani Carvajal's cross and Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas saved Antoine Griezmann's penalty.
Gareth Bale, returning after injury, came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Real before Luciano Vietto scored his first Atletico goal from close range.
Real moved into second as Villarreal remained top despite losing to Levante.
Levante won 1-0 to move off the bottom of the table following a first-half sending-off for Villarreal's Bojan Jokic and Deyverson's 83rd-minute goal.
Atletico's draw extended their unbeaten run against Real in La Liga to five games.
Real coach Rafael Benitez, for whom this was a first Madrid derby, said: "We were in front and we made mistakes for the penalty and the goal."
Atletico boss Diego Simeone said: "The feeling is that we have lost two points."
Bale, 26, made little impact on his first appearance since suffering a calf problem in September, while defender Sergio Ramos also returned from injury for Real.
Cristiano Ronaldo failed to officially overtake Raul's record of 323 Real goals, although the club have already honoured the 30-year-old Portuguese forward.
Athletic Bilbao beat Valencia 3-1 at home and Real Betis won 2-0 at Rayo Vallecano.
Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 1, Real Madrid 1.
Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 1, Real Madrid 1.
Corner,  Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
Attempt blocked. Giménez (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabi with a cross.
Corner,  Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
Attempt saved. Jackson Martínez (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Jackson Martínez (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Filipe Luis.
Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid).
Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid).
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid).
Foul by Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid).
Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 1, Real Madrid 1. Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jackson Martínez with a cross.
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid).
Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid).
Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco with a cross.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Karim Benzema.
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Juanfran (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Toni Kroos following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Two more senior Brazilian officials have resigned in the latest blow to the government of President Dilma Rousseff.

They are Sports Minister George Hilton and Col Adilson Moreira, who was organising security at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next August.
Col Moreira reportedly wrote that he was ashamed the country was being led by "an unscrupulous group".
The resignations come as Ms Rousseff battles for her government's survival in an impeachment process.
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Col Moreira led the National Force for Public Security, whose members will guard sporting venues during the Olympics.
Brazilian media reported he had sent an email to his colleagues criticising President Rousseff and other senior officials.
Brazilian officials said the planning for the Olympic Games would not be affected by Col Moreira's and Mr Hilton's resignations.
Supporters of the president marched on Thursday evening in a number of Brazilian cities to show their opposition to the impeachment proceedings.
On Monday, Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves handed in his letter of resignation, pre-empting his PMDB party's split from the governing coalition.
The PMDB was the largest partner in the governing coalition and its exit could deprive President Rousseff of crucial votes she needs to block impeachment proceedings against her.
She is expected to announce sweeping changes to her cabinet on Friday to replace up to seven ministers from the PMDB party.
Her critics say she is trying to buy the votes of smaller parties by offering them posts in the cabinet.
Congress is expected to start voting next month on whether to remove her from office over allegations that she manipulated accounts to hide a growing deficit.
If 172 out of the 513 members of the lower house of Congress vote against her impeachment, the proceedings will be shelved.
But if 342 members vote for it, President Rousseff will be suspended for 180 days and Vice-President Michel Temer of the PMDB party will become interim president.
The impeachment would then by reviewed by the upper house, the Senate, and a final decision be taken in October.
Ms Rousseff has denied any wrongdoing and has likened the moves to impeach her to an attempted coup.
Separately, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to be investigated as part of a corruption case involving the state-run oil company Petrobras.
But on Thursday, he was handed a boost as Brazil's Supreme Court ruled it would take over the case.
It had previously been led by a lower court magistrate, Sergio Moro, whom Lula had accused of unfairly targeting him.


Emirates will reduce flights to five US cities from next month, after new security rules targeted travellers from the Middle East.

The Dubai-based airline said the change was due to weaker demand for US travel.
In March, the US banned electronic devices larger than a mobile phone from cabin luggage on flights from 10 airports.
This included Dubai, as well as from other airports in the Middle East, north Africa and Turkey.
The UK imposed similar rules to the US.
US President Donald Trump has also signed two executive orders to bar refugees and nationals of several Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and north Africa from travelling to the US. Those bans have been contested in court.
An Emirates spokeswoman said: "The recent actions taken by the US government relating to the issuance of entry visas, heightened security vetting and restrictions on electronic devices in aircraft cabins have had a direct impact on consumer interest and demand for air travel into the US.
"Over the past three months, we have seen a significant deterioration in the booking profiles on all our US routes, across all travel segments."
Emirates president Tim Clark said last month that demand to the US had fallen by about a third since Mr Trump's announcements.
The airline has also introduced new services to cope with the laptop ban, lending tablets to premium passengers and offering to check in electronics at the gate.
Emirates said it will reduce direct flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando to five a week in May from the present one a day.
The airline will also cut back its twice-daily flights to Seattle and Boston in June to one a day, with a similar frequency for Los Angeles from July.
However Etihad, its smaller Abu Dhabi-based rival, said it had not seen a significant change in demand for travel to the US in recent weeks. The airline flies to six US cities.
Emirates started flying to North America in 2004. It now serves 12 US destinations, launching its most recent route, between Athens and Newark, last month.
Its expansion has led to conflict with US airlines, which have accused the group of receiving government subsidies.


More than 60 people were injured, at least two critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City.

Hundreds of people were on the trains involved in Friday evening's crash just outside Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Officials said a train that left New York City's Grand Central en route to New Haven, Connecticut, derailed then was hit by another train.
Amtrak has suspended its service between New York and Boston.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said on Friday night that the front of one of the trains had been extensively damaged and its wheels were "sticking into the other train".
He said five people had received serious injuries, describing one person as being in a "very critical" condition.
The two hospitals in Bridgeport that received the wounded said they were each treating one person in a critical condition. By Saturday morning, many of injured passengers had been released from hospital.
Investigators are trying to find out what caused the crash, which happened shortly after 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT).
Governor Malloy said he had no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident.
Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said most of those hurt were walking wounded.
"Everybody seemed pretty calm," he told the Associated Press. "Everybody was thankful they didn't get seriously hurt. They were anxious to get home to their families."
But Canadian passenger Alex Cohen told NBC Connecticut that "people were screaming... they had to smash a window to get us out".
One witness, Brian Alvarez, told CNN: "I saw this one car and it was completely destroyed and they were pulling people out of the car. They were all bloody."


A woman who died as a result of anorexia "would have survived" had she received better treatment, a report has said.

The assessment of Charlotte Robins' mental state was "fundamentally flawed", according to a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
She died in 2010 aged 29, weighing  3st 1lbs (20Kg) according to a post-mortem.
The Devon Partnership Trust has apologised for the way it originally investigated the incident.
Ms Robins' parents have been pursuing complaints about the way their daughter was treated for the last six years of her life.
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The Parliamentary Ombudsman report said Ms Robins' death from cardiac arrest due to low potassium levels "could have been avoided if she had received different care and treatment", after she was admitted to Torbay hospital in May 2010.
Ms Robins' family say she developed anorexia with bulimia as a teenager after a ballet teacher told her she looked fat.
When her weight and BMI dropped she was voluntarily admitted to hospital on 27 May 2010.
She was transferred to a psychiatric ward before being discharged on 18 June, when doctors decided she was well enough to make her own decisions about her care and treatment.
She had a home support service which included weekly weight and blood tests with her GP, as well as support from a community carer and psychologist.
However, she cancelled this arrangement shortly after arriving home, and started vomiting regularly.
Ms Robins' father Andrew said: "They allowed her out... and they thought this would be OK, and it was not."
27 May 2010 - Ms Robins' agrees to be voluntarily admitted to Allerton Ward at Torbay Hospital.
3 June 2010 - A psychiatrist decides she has the capacity to make her own decisions about her medical care.
9 June 2010 - Ms Robins agrees to be transferred to a psychiatric ward at Torbay Hospital.
18 June 2010 - She is discharged from hospital, with weekly weight and blood tests from her GP, and support from a care coordinator and clinical psychologist.
25 June 2010 - Having cancelled her home support service, Ms Robins attends a prearranged appointment with her consultant psychologist with her mother and care co-ordinator.
28 June 2010 - Ms Robins dies at Torbay Hospital, weighing just 3st 1lbs (20Kg).
The report said the assessment that decided Ms Robins had the mental capacity to be in control of her own care was "fundamentally flawed", and did not take into account her "powerful anorexic compulsions".
It added that those flaws led to her being discharged from hospital with minimal support "when this was not appropriate", and either detention in hospital or closer home supervision "would have kept Charlotte safe".
Experts asked to review the case told the Ombudsman that if she had been in hospital or under appropriate supervision, her potassium levels would have been monitored, and corrected and it is "more likely than not that she would not have developed the arrhythmia which led to her cardiac arrest".
The report said they concluded that "in short, her death at that time would have been prevented".
A spokesman for Devon Partnership NHS Trust said:  "We apologise for the shortcomings in the way that we originally investigated the incident and communicated with the family.
"We have, however, made a number of important changes to our systems, processes and services.
"We know that a dedicated community eating disorders service would bring much-needed specialist help and support to many people across Devon.  We have raised the issue with our commissioners and are discussing it with them."


Simona Halep and Jelena Ostapenko will meet in Saturday's French Open final with a first Grand Slam title on the line for both women.

Third seed Halep, who lost to Maria Sharapova in the 2014 final, began this year's tournament as the favourite.
Victory on Saturday would see the 25-year-old Romanian replace Angelique Kerber as world number one.
Latvian Ostapenko, who turned 20 on Thursday, is ranked 47th and has yet to win a title of any kind.
She has ensured a top-20 place with her run to the final and made history as the first Grand Slam finalist from Latvia.
This year's tournament saw a quarter-final line-up without any former Grand Slam champions for the first time since 1977.
"Of course, this match is really important, and I will not hide the heaviness that it has," said Halep.
"Of course it's going to be a great thing if I can win. But I would like not to think too much, because it puts more pressure on me."
Halep has been widely viewed as the player with the experience and form to clinch a title seen as there for the taking in the absence of Serena Williams.
The American is awaiting the birth of her first child, while former major winners Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova also missing.
When defending champion Garbine Muguruza, top seed Kerber and clay-court contenders Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sam Stosur lost before the quarter-finals, it left the draw wide open.
Halep was on the brink of defeat against Elina Svitolina when she trailed by a set and 5-1, and then held off a fightback from second seed Karolina Pliskova in the semis.
A professional for 11 years, with 15 WTA titles to her name and on the brink of the number one ranking, Halep now has her best chance to land one of the sports four biggest titles.
"I say always that I play well with the pressure, but now I don't need it," said Halep.
"I just take it like a big day, a big match. And definitely I'm ready for it, because I won many matches until now."
Ostapenko has burst out of the pack of potential future stars to become a possible Grand Slam champion in the space of two weeks of brilliant hitting.
Three years after winning junior Wimbledon and joining the senior tour, the Latvian is on the verge of a remarkable triumph.
"Of course I didn't expect that when I came here," said Ostapenko. "But every match I was playing better and better."
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Her all-out attacking game has thrilled the Paris crowd and seen off the likes of Sam Stosur, Caroline Wozniacki and, over three sets in the semi-final, Timea Bacsinszky.
She has hit more winners at 245 then any other player in the tournament, man or woman, albeit with a sizeable 217 unforced errors.
"It's like I cannot play the whole match, like, amazing," she said. "Sometimes it's up and down, but I still try to fight and play my game.
"And if I do that, I will get back my game and then it can help me to win."
Her surprise run has also brought a phone call from Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis.
"He actually called my mom. So that's what she told me," she said. "Because nobody knows my phone."


Typical pensioner incomes after housing costs now outstrip those of working-age people, a new report suggests.

The Resolution Foundation also says pensioners are more likely than their predecessors to be working, own a home and have generous private pensions.
The think tank says growth in pensioner incomes has been coupled with weak income growth for working-age people.
Pensioner households are now £20 a week better off than working age households, but were £70 a week worse off in 2001.
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However, the report, called As Time Goes By, adds: "This strong growth is not the result of a boom time for all pensioners, with most finding that their personal situation changes little from year to year. "
It says while typical incomes across the pensioner population have grown by more than 30% since 2001, the typical income of someone who turned 65 in that year was only 7% higher by 2014.
Adam Corlett, economic analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: "The main driver of pensioner income growth has been the arrival of successive new waves of pensioners, who are more likely to work, own their home and have generous private pension wealth than any previous generation.
"Of course, not all pensioners can draw on these income sources, which is why the state pension will always be the main income for many pensioners.
"We can't assume either that young people today will be able to draw upon the kind of wealth that recent pensioners have accumulated, given the recent fall in home ownership and decline in generous defined benefit schemes."
The report identifies four key drivers of growth in typical pensioner incomes since the 2000s.
These are: the possession of occupational pensions, a growth in the numbers in employment, increased state benefits, and a move towards home ownership from renting.
But the Resolution Foundation warns that future generations of pensioners cannot assume that they will benefit from further gains from these income sources.
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Lord David Willetts - an executive chair of the Resolution Foundation and former Conservative minister - said that the "triple-lock" pension policy of successive governments should be reviewed.
The triple-lock guarantees pensions rise by the same as average earnings, the consumer price index, or 2.5%, whichever is the highest.
"Of course there has to be some kind of framework for increasing the state pension," he told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
"But the [triple-lock] is a very powerful ratchet pushing up pensions at a time when incomes of the less affluent half of working households are barely rising at all."
He added: "I actually think pensioners worry about their kids and grandchildren. They don't want to live in a society where all the big increases in incomes are accruing to pensioners and other groups are being left behind."
He said the government needed to look at ways of improving younger people's "pension rights" and chances of owning their own homes.
"These are all things that have enabled today's pensioners to be so prosperous," he said.


Successful solo artists are twice as likely to die early compared to those in bands, the journal BMJ Open reports.

The study looked at the careers of 1,400 European and North American rock and pop stars who were famous between 1956 and 2006.
The chances of a European solo artist dying young was one in 10 - but for those from North America it was twice as likely.
Experts suggest that peer support from band mates may be protective.
The cut-off point of the study was 20 February 2012 - at which point 137 performers had died prematurely.
These included solo artists like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, rapper 2Pac, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston.
And band members like Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, Sid Vicious from the punk group Sex Pistols and Stuart Cable from Stereophonics.
The stars' achievements were determined from international polls and top 40 chart successes, while details of their personal lives and childhoods were drawn from a range of music and official websites, published biographies and anthologies.
The average age of death was 39 years for European stars, with those from North America being six years older on average.
Solo performers were about twice as likely to die prematurely compared to those in a band, irrespective of whether they were European or Northern American.
And while the chances of a European solo artist dying young was one in 10 - for American solo artists it was more likely at one in five. The authors speculate this may be due to longer tours in North America plus variations in access to health care and exposure to drugs.
Honey Langcaster-James, a psychologist who specialises in celebrity behaviour, believes the support of a band may be protective.
She said: "Solo artists in general approach life in a solitary manner - deliberately choosing to go it alone.
"They can find themselves in a situation where everyone around them are paid employees -  the PR guru, their manager - all interested in them from a financial point of view and not in their personal needs -  it's hard for the artist to know who to trust.
"They travel a lot, are away from friends and family for long periods of time and only seen for their public image, not their real self - which can make them feel inferior, isolated and invalidated.
"Even for the general population, psychology research has found that people with support have increased lifespan - and those in a band may benefit even more from this - they are all in the same boat.
"It is easier to know who to trust - other members can stop an individual spiralling into self-destruction and pull them back into the group - both because of concern for the band mate, but also because they are all in it together."
The study also found that while gender and the age at which fame was reached did not influence life expectancy, ethnicity did - with those from non-white backgrounds more likely to die early.
And those that died of drug and alcohol problems were more likely to have had difficult or abusive childhood than those dying of other causes.
The authors of the study, from Liverpool and Manchester, suggest that a music career may be attractive to those escaping an unhappy childhood, but it may also provide the wealth and access to feed a predisposition to unhealthy and risky behaviour.
In the paper they write: "Pop/rock stars are among the most common role models for children, and surveys suggest that growing numbers aspire to pop stardom.
"A proliferation of TV talent shows and new opportunities created by the internet can make this dream appear more achievable than ever.
"It is important they [children] recognise that substance use and risk taking may be rooted in childhood adversity rather than seeing them as symbols of success."


Two supporters of the so-called Islamic State group murdered an imam because they viewed his practice of Islamic healing as "black magic", a jury heard.

Jalal Uddin, 71, died after suffering head injuries in an attack in a children's play area in Rochdale.
Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, 22, and Mohammed Abdul Kadir, 24, were said to have developed "a hatred" of Mr Uddin, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Syeedy, of Ramsay Street, Rochdale, denies murder with another.
The jury was told Mr Kadir fled abroad in the days that followed Mr Uddin's death, on 18 February.
The prosecution claims the Bangladeshi national was targeted after he left a mosque where he usually prayed, ate a meal at a friend's house and then walked home.
Mr Syeedy and Mr Kadir were said to have taken offence after discovering he practised Ruqya healing, which involves the use of amulets.
It is alleged the pair mounted surveillance of Mr Uddin, who was described as "quiet, dignified and well-respected", before he was killed in an attack, thought to have involved a hammer.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Paul Greaney QC said: "Who hated a decent man like Jalal Uddin with such virulence?
"The answer to that important question is to be found in the twisted ideology of Isis, sometimes known as Islamic State.
"Jalal Uddin was a practitioner of a form of Islamic healing called Ruqya.
"Isis regards this practice as black magic and adheres to the view that those who engage in it deserve severe punishment, even death.
"Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, the defendant, and an associate of his named Mohammed Abdul Kadir, were supporters of Isis and so they subscribed to the view that those who practised Ruqya deserved such punishment."
Mr Greaney said Mr Syeedy will claim he does not support Isis or violent extremism of any kind.
He told the jury: "Your task will be to determine whether that defence may be true.
"Our submission is that once you have heard all of the evidence, you will be sure that it is not true."
He said it was the prosecution's case that Mr Syeedy drove Mr Kadir to the gates of the park, knowing full well Mr Kadir intended to attack Mr Uddin.
Mr Kadir was said to have landed "repeated forceful blows", including to his mouth and teeth, which left the victim with a skull fracture.
He then dashed to the exit on the other side of the park, where he was picked up by Mr Syeedy, the court heard.
Two young girls discovered the unconscious Mr Uddin at about 20:45 GMT.
He was rushed to hospital where he died a short time later as a result of a killing "of hatred and intolerance", Mr Greaney said.
The trial continues.


World welterweight champion Kell Brook has criticised British rival Amir Khan for showing him "a lack of respect".

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Brook, 28, retained his IBF belt on Saturday and wants a bout with Khan, also 28, who has opted to fight American Chris Algieri next.
"Khan has no respect for me and looks down his nose at me, but I've done everything asked of me," said Brook.
"I'm an unbeaten world champion and deserve and command respect but he talks to me like I'm nothing."
Brook added: "If someone said to me you can get five million quid, a world title, fight at Wembley with a fight that every fan wants to see, it's a no-brainer for me."
Khan, a former world champion at light-welterweight, has expressed a desire to fight Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao in the future, but has said he may fight Brook "inside the next 12 months".
However, Sheffield-based Brook, who has won all 34 of his professional fights, expressed his surprise at Khan's choice of Algieri as an opponent and told BBC Sport: "Khan is now fighting in my division and has not had many fights there as he used to fight at a lower weight.
"But now he thinks he can jump the gun and fight Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao before me, when I have earned the right to do so. I don't know who he thinks he is. It's about ego for him.
"Every fight fan in Britain and across the world wants to see me and Khan fight. We have a great rivalry, there's a big pot of money for him and it is for a world title. All they have to do is pick up the phone, but he doesn't want it."
On Twitter, Khan defended his choice of opponent and said: "Can everyone please wake up. I said the fight between me and Kell Brook will happen. When I think it's right. Look at who he fought last [Romanian Jo Jo Dan].
"Seems to me Kell Brook is dying to fight me for the big pay day before he faces a half decent opponent and loses that IBF title.
"Algieri [only beaten once by Pacquiao and still 140lbs WBO world champion] is still a better opponent than No No Dan."
Two weeks after beating American Shawn Porter in California to win the IBF world welterweight title in August, Brook was stabbed in the leg in an "unprovoked attack"  while on holiday in Tenerife.
"The toughest time was lying in a Tenerife hospital with no-one speaking English, next to a window with the sun beating down and my leg tied up, thinking I would never box again or even walk again," Brook revealed.
"It took every bit of shine off winning the world title. It was then about taking baby steps and it was a long road to come back.
"I was staring death in the face so there's no man that can worry me now. It was the toughest fight of my life."
"Amir Khan is a very good fighter, but he has been knocked out a few times when he has stepped up," said Brook.
"Timing beats speed and I'm very strong at my weight. I'm big, accurate, powerful, determined and very eager to land my shots on his chin.
"He has always been the golden boy since doing well in the amateurs and has had that tag above his head.
"He's been on this television show and that television show and that's great if you're a celebrity but I'm about hardcore boxing. He has so many million followers on Twitter and beating him would be a massive boost to my profile.
"Khan's team want him to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao for the money as if he gets beat he can still fight me. But if he fights me and loses he has got nowhere to go."
American Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines hold the other versions of the world welterweight title and fight in Las Vegas on 2 May.
"I think Floyd Mayweather will beat Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has the desire to win, he has never lost, he controls his fights and is on a real high," said Brook.
"Mayweather is about securing a legacy and he wants to win all the belts. So if he wins, I would be a strong favourite to fight him. I would go into the fight 100% thinking I can win."
"I think of Prince Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis and I'm not in front of them yet, but I want to leave a legacy and have exciting fights," Brook added.
"At the moment Carl Froch is leading the way for British boxers. but he won't be here for ever and next to him is me. Everyone else is below me."


Swindon had two players sent off but still gained a point at Rochdale.

The Robins took a 2-0 lead when Louis Thompson added to Jon Obika's opener, and their debutant keeper Will Henry saved Ian Henderson's penalty.
Jamie Allen got one back for Rochdale from 25 yards just before half-time, and Thompson was dismissed for a second bookable offence after 58 minutes.
Matty Lund's header made it 2-2, but Swindon held on despite an 88th-minute red card for Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill.


Community leaders on Raasay have said lives could be lost due to the island being left without out-of-hours medical care for the fourth consecutive month.

More than 40 islanders attended a public meeting on Monday to make their views known to NHS Highland.
The health board has been unable to fill two local community nursing vacancies and has no budget for employing agency staff.
During this month, only three nights of cover have been provided.
Katherine Gillies, of Raasay Community Council, said: "All we need is one major incident here with no cover and that is one life that could be lost."
Another council member, Rebecca Mackay, said: "You're just very lucky that it is an island where there is very low activity, that we look after ourselves, that we are resilient, we look after our neighbours, we look after one another, we don't bother the nurse.
"We try to wait until the morning."
Raasay, off the Isle of Skye, has 170 residents.
NHS Highland said it would work with the community to devise a better job description, emphasising Raasay's strengths, opportunities and quality of life, with a view to re-advertising the posts.
It also agreed to come back for a follow-up meeting next month.
Tracy Ligema, deputy director of operations for North and West NHS Highland, said: "It's hard to get staff who will live and work for years in an area and provide a fantastic service to the community.
"People simply aren't willing to do that any more."
Kate Earnshaw, NHS Highland district manager for Skye, Lochalsh and Western Ross, said the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process, which will come into effect in 2016, will complicate recruitment.
She said: "It's about making sure that individuals maintain their skills and their competencies, and, you know, unfortunately the activity level on Raasay is very, very low, and it does mean that for staff coming over here, there is not a lot for them to keep their skills maintained."
Mary Scanlon, the Scottish Conservatives MSP for the Highlands and Islands said: "Quite frankly, this is an appalling situation for patients and staff on the island of Raasay.
"We've known for some time that recruitment of medical staff is a problem across Scotland, but for such a remote area to be left without any out-of-hours medical care, is simply putting people's lives at risk.
"It's now time for the SNP government and NHS Highland to sort this problem out before things get out of hand.
"Given the Â£6m overspend at Raigmore Hospital, it is critical that this is not followed up by cuts to other services in our remote rural areas. "


The family of a woman who died in Israel have said a post-mortem report into her death casts doubt over claims she died of natural causes.

Authorities in the tourist town of Eilat said Julie Pearson died after collapsing in a guest house.
But her family believe she was beaten to death by a former boyfriend.
The hotel worker, from Kinross, collapsed and died on 27 November last year after visiting the Dolphin guest house in Eilat.
She had moved to the town in September 2014 as she had family connections there.
The police report claimed that Miss Pearson's death was from natural causes.
However, it also acknowledged that she appeared to have been beaten by her ex-boyfriend the day before she died.
Her family in Scotland have been demanding answers as they believe the authorities did not carry out a thorough investigation at the time.
It has taken the family eight months to obtain a post-mortem report.
It was released to them last week in Hebrew, and it does not rule out the possibility that the beating Miss Pearson received played a role in her death.
Although the family has not had an official translation of the report, their Israeli lawyer has read it. He told them the findings suggest there could be doubts over the cause of Miss Pearson's death.
Her aunt, Deborah Pearson, who lives in Blackburn in West Lothian, said she wanted the case re-examined and Miss Pearson's former partner investigated.
Mrs Pearson said: "I've spoken to the doctor at  the Forensic Institute in Israel and he told me there is a possibility that the beatings contributed to her death so when it is fully translated [the report] then I do want it to go back to court and I want this man punished for what he has done.
"I believe that he is responsible and I want justice for Julie and I won't stop until I get justice for Julie."
Hannah Bardell, MP for Livingston, said: "It always makes me sad when we have cases such as these when someone has been killed or died in unknown circumstances and we have to get so heavily involved.
"It should be the case that the systems and processes are in place to support a family but unfortunately it doesn't appear in this case that they have been so we have to keep fighting to get justice for Julie."


Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke to David Dimbleby on the BBC the morning of the EU Referendum result.

The claim: Jeremy Corbyn has performed a U-turn over when Article 50 should be triggered.
Reality Check verdict: Mr Corbyn's message has certainly changed, either because he has changed his mind or because he misspoke on 24 June and waited a month to correct himself.
His first remark was that: "The British people have made their decision. We must respect that result and Article 50 has to be invoked now so that we negotiate an exit from the European Union."
Article 50 is the mechanism by which countries leave the European Union. After it has been triggered, the clock starts ticking on a two-year deadline to negotiate the terms of the exit, after which the country will leave the EU, unless all the other members agree to an extension.
Mr Dimbleby said the idea of an abrupt signing of Article 50 was at odds with suggestions from Tory MEP Daniel Hannan who said it would be better to take our time and develop a strategy.
My Corbyn confirmed that it was important to have a strategy but did not disagree with the suggestion that he was calling for an abrupt triggering of Article 50.
Media coverage concluded that Mr Corbyn was indeed in favour of triggering Article 50 straightaway, and his first challenger for the Labour leadership, Angela Eagle, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that his idea of triggering Article 50 straightaway would have caused chaos.
An immediate triggering of Article 50 was not an outlandish suggestion at the time. David Cameron had said before the referendum that he would be doing so straightaway, before changing his mind and resigning instead.
But Mr Corbyn set the record straight in an interview on Newsnight on Thursday.
"I may not have put that as well as I should have done," he told presenter Evan Davis.
"The view I was putting was that Article 50 will be invoked at some point. I did not mean it should be invoked on Friday morning and we should rush over to Brussels and start negotiating things away because clearly the negotiations are going to be very long and very complicated."
Read more: The facts behind claims about our relationship with the EU


Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) may be added to a list of war crimes suspects in Syria, the chief UN investigator says.

"They are good candidates for the list," Paulo Pinheiro said, referring to public executions and crucifixions carried out by the militant group.
The identities of war crimes suspects on the list drawn up by a UN commission remain confidential.
People from both sides of the three-year Syria conflict are to be included.
Isis militants, who control vast swathes of territory in northern Syria and neighbouring Iraq, have been engaged in fierce fighting with Syrian government forces in Raqqa province in recent days.
"I can assure you that we are collecting information on perpetrators from all sides including non-state armed groups and Isis," Mr Pinheiro, the head of the independent UN commission on Syrian war crimes, told reporters.
"I am not in a position to say who is winning the World Cup of human rights violations. Both sides are doing horrific things and they will continue if there is no accountability," he added.
As well as Isis, Mr Pinheiro specified the heads of Syrian intelligence branches and detention facilities, military commanders who target civilians, airports where bombing attacks are launched and armed groups and individuals involved in "attacking and forcibly displacing civilians".
UN human rights investigator Karen Koning Abu Zayd has also warned that more and more Syrian rebels are defecting from their own groups to join the hardline Isis insurgency.
Meanwhile, Isis rebels said on Friday they had seized control of a large military base on the outskirts of the northern city of Raqqa.
They released images of captured soldiers being beheaded after the battle for the base, the largest of its kind in the north-east of Syria.
At least 170,000 people have been killed, a third of them civilians, since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in March 2011.
Some nine million people, or a third of Syria's pre-war population, have fled their homes.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria was set up in September 2011 in order to collect witness accounts, satellite photographs and other information documenting human rights violations throughout the conflict.


Wolves winger Jordan Graham is expected to be out for at least nine months with torn knee ligaments.

Graham, 20, needs surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee when he fell awkwardly in Saturday's 3-1 home defeat by Cardiff City.
"Jordan is expected to be out for between nine and 12 months," said Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett.
"But he's young enough and good enough to come back stronger next season."
Phil Hayward, the head of Wolves' medical department, added: "He is to see a consultant towards the end of this week. It is probably too early to be talking about exact timescales.
"It was one of those almost freakish situations where he was caught slightly off balance and his knee went into a hyper-extended position and that is what did the damage."
Graham, signed from Aston Villa in January 2015, has made 12 consecutive appearances for Wolves following his return from a successful loan at League Two side Oxford United.
His current 18-month contract is set to expire at the end of the season.
Saturday's defeat ended a run of four successive league victories for Jackett's side, halting their climb back up the Championship table.
It was also the first game watched by owner Steve Morgan since he resigned as chairman and put the club up for sale on 28 September.
Morgan remains insistent that no progress has made on any potential sale.
"There's no real update on what's been said in the past," he told BBC Midlands Today. "We're not in firm talks with anybody."


Students in England are staging a national day of action to protest against changes to higher education.

The National Union of Students (NUS) says lectures will be boycotted as students join rallies, marches, petition signings and other events.
The walkout is part of a week of action to show high tuition fees, hidden course costs and a lack of bursaries are pricing students out of education.
The government said students had a right to peaceful protest.
Action will be held at a number of campuses, including King's College and Goldsmiths in London and universities in Sussex, Liverpool, Manchester, Kingston, Brighton, Birmingham, East Anglia, Bournemouth, York and Edinburgh.
The NUS said it wanted universities to explain the "true cost" of being a student, and for the government to spell out the future of the education system.
NUS president Liam Burns said: "We need a national debate on changes to higher education, and this week we will remind ministers that we are watching what they're doing.
"When the government quietly dropped plans for a higher education bill earlier this year, they didn't drop their plans. They simply removed the opportunity for the kind of scrutiny that has been afforded to changes to the NHS.
"Students, parents, lecturers and anyone with a stake in education wants to know what the government and our institutions have in store for higher education, and demand that they come clean."
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: "We are putting students at the heart of the system, with a diverse range of providers offering high-quality teaching.
"Going to university depends on ability not the ability to pay.
"Most new students will not pay up front, there will be more financial support for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and everyone will make lower monthly loan repayments than they do now once they are in well-paid jobs.
"Students, like other citizens, have the right to participate in peaceful protest."


Conor Washington marked his home debut by earning Euro 2016-bound Northern Ireland victory over Slovenia in Monday's friendly at Windsor Park.

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The QPR striker, 23, charged his way through and turned to shoot low past keeper Jan Oblak in the 42nd minute.
Northern Ireland have now gone 10 games unbeaten for the first time.
Slovenia had a chance to equalise in the second half but veteran keeper Roy Carroll superbly saved Milivoje Novakovic's penalty.
The 66th-minute spot-kick was awarded when West Brom defender Jonny Evans pulled back Miral Samardzic as a corner came into the area.
Notts County keeper Carroll made another fine stop in the 89th minute to keep out a low shot by Valter Birsa.
Washington, the former postman who was playing non-league football just over four years ago, earned his second cap after making his debut in Thursday's 1-1 draw in Wales.
Boss Michael O'Neill has said the bulk of his squad will be made up by the players who got Northern Ireland to their first major finals for 30 years, so there are only a few places up for grabs by those on the periphery.
But Washington has certainly put his hand up for inclusion.
Those fans wondering why the match-shy Kyle Lafferty, their top scorer in qualifying, did not start forgot all about that when the hard-working Washington bulldozed his way through to finish well for the only goal of the night.
Northern Ireland going 10 matches unbeaten is a nice record for O'Neill to reflect on but, from his perspective, the result mattered more because it keeps momentum going as the Euro 2016 finals edge closer.
In their first tournament appearance in 30 years, Northern Ireland will face world champions Germany, Poland and Ukraine in the group stage.
Thursday's draw in Cardiff and this slender victory maintain the feel-good factor ahead of the finals.
It all breeds confidence and, if they can come through their final two warm-up games without losing, Northern Ireland can head to France in fine spirits.
For spells, the match may have had the definite feel of a friendly, but it was a good workout for Northern Ireland.
Striker Lafferty, now with Birmingham City on loan, came on in the second half to get some more game time.
Peterborough United defender Michael Smith made his international debut at the age of 27 and did not look out of place with a composed performance.
Competition for places is keen - there are going to be some disappointed men when O'Neill decides on his squad of 23.
Northern Ireland have two friendlies left before the serious business of facing Poland in their opening Euro 2016 match on 12 June.
O'Neill's men are back at Windsor Park to play Belarus on Friday, 27 May.
They then travel to play Slovakia in Trnava's New City Stadium on Saturday, 4 June before heading for their tournament base near Lyon.
Boss O'Neill has chosen to play Slovakia, believing they play in a similar style to the Poles and second Group C opponents Ukraine.


Police have appealed for witnesses after a Glasgow cafe was vandalised in front of rush-hour traffic.

A man broke in to Cube CafÃ© on Garscube Road when it was closed at about 17:00 on Tuesday.
It is alleged he smashed the external CCTV system, forced open the shutter then damaged the inside of the cafe.
He was described as being white, of medium build, between 5ft 6in and 5ft 8in tall and in his mid 40s and wearing light-coloured jeans and a blue jacket.
Nothing was reported to have been stolen.
Det Con Fiona Fraser said: "This was a brazen incident of vandalism which occurred on Garscube Road as people were travelling home from work.
"Many passing motorists may well have seen or heard the disturbance as they travelled towards Maryhill or down towards Cowcaddens during that busy period.
"If you witnessed this disturbance, or saw a man matching this description running away from the area, please contact officers with any information you may have."


St Mirren have completed the signing of Cammy Smith from Aberdeen on a two-year contract.

The 21-year-old forward joined the Buddies on  loan in January, scoring twice in 17 appearances, and has now agreed a permanent move.
"I still feel I'm quite young but I feel now at a stage where I need to play every week," Smith told the club's website.
Defender Gary MacKenzie has also agreed a one-year contract extension.
St Mirren, managed by Jack Ross, retained their Championship status thanks to dramatic upturn in form in the second half of the season.
"I think the way that the club is going, particularly the second half of the season, it was an easy decision to make," 31-year-old McKenzie told the club website.
"I wanted to be here, the club wanted me to be here and we just had to brush up on a few things. It was never in any doubt in my mind.
"I believe that we should be looking to get promoted. Simple as that."


Rangers' board will pay back a £5m loan from shareholder Mike Ashley's Sports Direct retail company, reversing an earlier decision not to do so.

The initial decision had been taken in June following a shareholders' vote at an extraordinary meeting of the club.
But chairman Dave King told the annual meeting in Glasgow that the board has decided to pay up.
"It took me one hour this morning to raise the £5m from major shareholders," he said.
"We will advise Sports Direct we will be repaying that loan."
Ashley, who owns nearly 9% of Rangers shares, gave the Scottish Championship club £5m in January to help them remain solvent.
But Rangers want to renegotiate the terms of the contract between Sports Direct and Rangers Retail, an agreement made with the club's previous board.
Ashley won a court injunction preventing the club from revealing details of the agreement.
King told shareholders at the annual meeting at Clyde Auditorium that he was therefore limited in what he could tell them.
He said incessant litigation by Ashley and Sports Direct was an "ongoing hassle" but added that once the loan is paid off, the club will have "no external debt".
"If you look at the financial strength of the club, once the Sports Direct loan is paid off, other than shareholder loans which I'm saying should be treated as an equity substitute, Rangers Football Club has no debt," he said.
"You'll go far to find a single football club in the world that's got a balance sheet as strong as Rangers'. We've got no debt at all, a strong supporter base and own all our assets.
"We're one of the strongest clubs financially in the world. Once Sports Direct is paid off we've no external debt whatsoever.
"Barcelona can't say that, neither can Man United or Arsenal."
Rangers lead the Championship in their second season in Scotland's second tier, but Hibernian have caught them in recent weeks and are level on points.
King, who stressed it was vital that Rangers were in the top flight next season, said it is the board's intention to give manager Mark Warburton sufficient resources to secure promotion and then challenge for Europe.
"We will make it back to the top of the domestic game," he said. "We will continue to improve and strengthen team over coming seasons."
King said Rangers are recovering from "all manner of malicious attacks" but are now irreversibly on the road to recovery.
"It was our collective belief that kept Rangers alive despite the crimes, the punishment, the abuse, the lies and sometimes the hatred the club has endured," he added.
"No club has been made to suffer as this one has.
"But we are here today, we'll be here tomorrow and everyday after that. And because of our belief Rangers will emerge stronger than ever."


Inverness Caledonian Thistle were relegated to the Scottish Championship on Saturday despite beating Motherwell in their final game, with Hamilton Academical thrashing Dundee to book a place in the Premiership play-off final.

On Sunday champions Celtic look to complete the first-ever unbeaten 38-game campaign in Scotland's top flight.
Saturday reports
Hamilton Academical 4-0 Dundee
Inverness CT 3-2 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 1-2 Ross County
Sunday previews (12:30 kick-offs)
Celtic v Hearts
Partick Thistle v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Rangers


Jacques Parizeau, the former Quebec premier who nearly led the French-speaking province to independence, has died at the age of 84.

His death was announced on Monday night by his wife and fellow former Parti Quebecois politician, Lisette Lapointe.
"He was surrounded by love," wrote Mrs Lapointe on social media. "We love him and will love him forever."
Parizeau led the Parti Quebecois during the 1995 sovereignty referendum which was rejected by a razor-thin margin.
"His ideas light the way for the future," Jean-Francois Lisee, a former adviser and current member of the Canadian legislature wrote on twitter.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper tweeted: "On behalf of all Canadians, Laureen & I extend our deepest condolences to the family & friends of former premier Jacques Parizeau."
In 1995, Quebecers voted 49.6% "Yes" in favour of seceding from Canada, falling just short of the required majority.
For the second time, voters had rejected sovereignty, but the result was much closer than in 1980 when 60% of voters responded "No".
In a speech on the night of the referendum, Parizeau blamed the loss on "money and the ethnic vote", a phrase that sparked accusations of racism.
He resigned the next day and apologised for his comments, but continued to hold significant influence in Quebec politics as he campaigned for sovereignty.
A graduate of the London School of Economics, Parizeau worked as an economic adviser to Quebecer politicians during the Quiet Revolution, a period that expanded the reach of the Quebec government.
The moustachioed politician earned the nickname "the Monsieur" for his use of precise language, his high level of education and penchant for three-piece suits, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.


Plans to build 529 new homes and a school at a former steelworks in Newport have been submitted to the council.

Whiteheads Steelworks was closed down in 2005 and later demolished as part of the city's regeneration works.
Developers say the development, off Mendalgief road, could regenerate a section of Pill "traditionally associated with industry".
Plans also include a pub-restaurant, retail and assisted living units.
Whiteheads Developments first submitted plans for the development in 2015 with a smaller number of residential properties -  498 - and a care home.
Developers changed the plans following noise concerns over the Coilcolor factory and after increased costs of "unforeseen contamination" at the site.