The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee said it was in honour of the OPCW's "extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons".
The OPCW, based in The Hague, was established to enforce the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention.
OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu said the award was a "great honour" and would spur it on in its work.
He said the deployment of chemical weapons in Syria had been a "tragic reminder that there remains much work to be done".
The OPCW recently sent inspectors to oversee the dismantling of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.
It is the first time OPCW inspectors have worked in an active war zone.
The watchdog picks up a gold medal and 8m Swedish kronor ($1.25m; Â£780,000) as winner of the most coveted of the Nobel honours.
By Paul AdamsBBC World Affairs Correspondent
The OPCW has been working to rid the world of chemical weapons for the past 16 years. For the most part, this task has been laborious and unheralded.
A staff of about 500, working from its headquarters at The Hague, is charged with making sure that the 189 signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention are abiding by its terms.
But it is only in recent weeks, following the use of chemical weapons in Syria, that the OPCW has become a household name.
It is facing its biggest challenge ever - to verify and destroy Syria's entire chemical weapons programme by the middle of next year. The Nobel committee clearly feels it needs all the support it can get.
It is not uncommon for organisations to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It has happened 24 times since 1901. Non-proliferation has been an occasional theme, with campaigners for nuclear disarmament and against land mines among those recognised.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised the award, saying the OPCW had "greatly strengthened the rule of law in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation".
Announcing the award in Oslo, Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said it wanted to recognise the OPCW's "extensive work".
"The conventions and the work of the OPCW have defined the use of chemical weapons as a taboo under international law," he said.
"Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons."
The Nobel Committee also criticised Russia and the US for failing to meet an April 2012 deadline to destroy their chemical weapons arsenals.
The OPCW's Ahmet Uzumcu said the organisation had been working "with quiet determination to rid the world of these heinous weapons", away from the spotlight, for the past 16 years.
He said the Syria mission was the first time the OPCW had worked to such a short timeframe and in an ongoing conflict, and that it was "conscious of the enormous trust" placed on it by the international community.
Praising the commitment of his staff and the support of member states, he said the Nobel Peace Prize would "spur us to untiring effort, even stronger commitment and greater dedication" to bring about a world free of chemical weapons".
The head of the OPCW inspection team in Syria, Ake Sellstrom, said: "This is a powerful pat on the back that will strengthen the organisation's work in Syria."
The OPCW is made up of 189 member states and the principal role of its 500-strong staff is to monitor and destroy all existing chemical weapons.
It draws on a network of some of the best laboratories and scientists in the world to help it in its work, the BBC's science correspondent Pallab Ghosh says.
The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention has contributed to the destruction of nearly 80% of the world's chemical weapons stockpile.
Syria is expected to sign the treaty in the coming days.
French President Francois Hollande said the Nobel prize was a "vindication" of the international efforts in Syria and pledged continued support for the OPCW's work there and elsewhere.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the "Nobel Committee has rightly recognised [the OPCW's] bravery and resolve".
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, EU President Herman Van Rompuy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel all congratulated the OPCW.
There were a record 259 nominees for this year's Peace Prize, but the list remains a secret.
Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai and gynaecologist Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo had been tipped as favourites to take the award.
Malala praised the work of the OPCW after the announcement and thanked those who had offered her encouragement.
"I would like to congratulate them on this much-deserved global recognition," she said in a statement.
"I would also like to thank the people and media in Pakistan, and those from all over the world, for their support, kindness and prayers. I will continue to fight for the education for every child, and I hope people will continue to support me in my cause."
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Others who had been listed as contenders were Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning), the US soldier convicted of giving classified documents to Wikileaks and Maggie Gobran, an Egyptian computer scientist who abandoned her academic career to become a Coptic Christian nun and founded the charity Stephen's Children.
But an hour before Friday's announcement, NRK reported the award would go to the OPCW.
The European Union won the prize in 2012 in recognition of its contribution to peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
Previous Nobel Peace Prize laureates include anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, US President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Nobel Committee has in the past publicly regretted never awarding the prize to Mahatma Gandhi, the pacifist leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule, even though he was nominated five times.


Newcastle owner Mike Ashley says he "regrets" buying the club and that its bank account is virtually empty.

The Magpies are second from bottom of the table despite more than £82m being invested in the squad in the past two transfer windows.
When asked how much money was left in the club's bank account, he told the Daily Mirror: "Virtually nothing now. They have emptied it."
Ashley has vowed to stick by the club, even if the Magpies are relegated.
He said: "I'm wedded to Newcastle. They have got me and I have got them, that's just the way it is."
Newcastle are three points from safety with eight games remaining and are in danger of losing their top-flight status, which they have held since 2010.
"Do I regret getting into football?" said Ashley. "The answer is yes. I have had tonnes of fun in it but I haven't been able to make the difference I wanted to in football."
Relegation to the Championship would mean a huge drop in revenues for the club.
Ashley said: "All I say is, there is a bank account, when you have emptied it, it's empty. Don't come crying to me for more money."
The Sports Direct owner, who bought the club in 2007, has seen his time in charge filled with controversy, but he has backed investment in the squad and handed over a £129m interest-free loan, according to the last published club accounts.
Ashley has become increasingly disillusioned with the "negativity around me as an individual when it comes to Newcastle" and admitted he wants to have less involvement in the club.
He said: "I don't really want to have any influence in football to be honest. Looking after Sports Direct is more than a full-time job."
Ashley expressed his faith in former Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez, who replaced manager Steve McClaren earlier this month, but admitted he did not appoint him and is yet to speak to the Spaniard.
Speaking to Sky Sports on Monday, he said: "I think we have the right man in the job. If there's any chance of us staying up, let's hope Rafa can do the business and keep us up there."
Ashley was disappointed his side had not beaten fellow strugglers Sunderland on Sunday, but said the 1-1 draw was "not a disaster".
He said: "It's disappointing because I want to win every game for Newcastle United and it really doesn't matter who they are playing.
"It doesn't matter if it's a friendly, doesn't matter what it is, but I wanted us to win, so I'm a little disappointed."


Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will pay for a table smashed during a farewell party after his ousting from the leadership.

After the matter was raised by the opposition he said "it was my event so I take responsibility for it".
The marble table cost A$590 ($428; Â£277) when it was purchased more than twenty years ago.
Mr Abbott was toppled as leader by Malcolm Turnbull last month after being plagued by poor polls.
Cleaners discovered shards of the marble table on 15 September, the day after Mr Abbott's ousting, a parliamentary committee that viewed pictures of the table heard.
The committee also heard from an email written by a Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) official suggesting the table "may have been damaged by persons standing or dancing on it".
Mr Abbott said in a statement: "On the night of the leadership change I hosted drinks in the cabinet ante-room for staff and colleagues. During this event, a coffee table was damaged."
"I have asked my office to have the Department of Parliamentary Services invoice me for the value of the table."
"Quite a party," said senator Penny Wong from opposition Labor.
But Cory Bernardi, from the governing Liberals, urged caution over the matter saying the email suggesting the cause of the damage was "largely speculative".


A man accused of killing his baby son told police he panicked and tripped while carrying him as he attempted to get to hospital.

Four-week-old Tommy Lee died after he was taken to hospital last September. A post-mortem examination found he suffered bleeding around his brain.
Prosecutors told a jury at Hull Crown Court that Liam Laverick killed his son by shaking or throwing him.
Mr Laverick, 25, of Beeford Grove, Hull, denies manslaughter.
Tommy Lee had been left in the sole care of Mr Laverick at his partner's flat, jurors heard.
A transcript from Mr Laverick's police interview was read to the court, in which he said he woke to find the baby with sick on his face and noticed he wasn't breathing.
"His, like, lip were going blue", Mr Laverick told police.
"I could feel a heartbeat but no breathing, nothing at all".
He told officers he tried to clear Tommy Lee's airway, before falling with the child in his arms after tripping on a lamp cable in the flat.
The jury was previously shown CCTV footage of Mr Laverick taking Tommy Lee to a relative's house to find the baby's mother, Kelly Whitworth, before the couple ran to the nearby Hull Royal Infirmary.
He told police he fell again on the way to the hospital when his jeans were falling down.
Asked by police why he had not immediately mentioned a fall to doctors, he said he was sure he had but he did not know the child had a head injury and thought he was choking.
The trial continues.


A Leeds United employee was "treated like a piece of meat" in the way she was sacked by the club, an industrial tribunal has heard.

Former Education and Welfare officer Lucy Ward told the tribunal she was dismissed as she was in a relationship with former head coach Neil Redfearn.
She is claiming unfair dismissal and sex discrimination at the hearing.
The club denies any improper conduct and claims she was was dismissed for exceeding her annual leave entitlement.
In 2015, Ms Ward travelled to Canada to work as a BBC analyst and commentator at the 2015 Women's World Cup.
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The tribunal previously heard club chairman Massimo Cellino sacked her because she and Mr Redfearn came as "a pair".
Ms Ward told the tribunal she was treated as "Neil's baggage" and was given "no dignity as a businesswoman in my own right".
Leeds United's barrister Lucy Bairstow put it to Ms Ward that she "repeatedly failed to work on a Wednesday" and had not been given specific authorisation to have that day off.
She responded: "My working pattern was well-known and agreed with my line manager each season.
"Nobody ever said what I was doing was wrong. I'm being disciplined for the working practices I've had for 11 years."
The hearing was also told of an alleged conversation between Mr Cellino and Gary Cooper, the chairman of Leeds Ladies FC.
Ms Ward said she was told by Mr Cooper that Mr Cellino had said to him: "Football is no place for women, they should be in the bedroom or the beauticians."
Mr Redfearn and former Leeds United executive director Adam Pearson were also due to give evidence.
The tribunal continues.


While David Cameron's officials have been frantically negotiating the draft terms of a deal with the rest of the EU, his Cabinet colleagues, those who favour exit at least, have patiently been keeping their counsel.

Last month after all, they were instructed by Number 10 that it wouldn't be appropriate to get stuck into the arguments before the deal was actually done and the government had taken its final position.
But now the prime minister has been extolling the virtues of what's been achieved without that final agreement, can that truce hold?
One senior government minister told me tonight "the 'deal' is a mess" - and I understand there is debate behind closed doors over whether those who favour exit should stick to the previous deal and keep quiet until the middle of the month or gingerly begin to make the case for exit.
There will be relief in Number 10 tonight that the home secretary has signalled strongly that she will back the PM. But she is not the only one with reservations about the EU.
And while she broke her silence to state qualified support, others may, in the coming days, speak out to say something very different indeed.


A South Africa pastor who sprays his congregation with insecticide has been widely condemned.

In a Facebook post, self-proclaimed prophet Lethebo Rabalago claims a pesticide called Doom can heal people.
The company that produces Doom warned of the risks of spraying the substance, while a government commission urged anyone affected to lodge complaints.
But the pastor has defended his actions, telling the BBC he is using unconventional methods to heal people.
The country has seen a wave of practices where church members have been subjected to unorthodox rituals to receive healing.
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In photos circulating on Facebook and Twitter, Mr Rabalago, who runs the Mount Zion General Assembly in the Limpopo province, is seen spraying the insecticide directly into the eyes and various body parts of his congregants.
He told the BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Johannesburg that he had sprayed the face of one woman because she had an eye infection and claimed the woman was "just fine because she believed in the power of God".
He also claims the spray can heal cancer and HIV.
"Doom is just a name, but when you speak to it to become a healing product, it does. People get healed and delivered through doom," a post on the church's Facebook account reads.
Testimonies of people who have supposedly been healed by Doom have also been posted on the Facebook page.
In another interview, posted on the eNCA website, the pastor is heard saying: "The truth is, Doom can heal people in the right way."
But Tiger Brands, the company that makes the product, says it finds the practice "alarming".
"[We] want to make very clear that it is unsafe to spray Doom or any aerosol onto people's faces," the company said in a statement.
"Doom has been formulated to kill specific insects which are detailed on the cans, and the packaging has very clear warnings which must be adhered to," the statement added.
The company said it was trying to contact the pastor to ask him to stop the practice.
Our correspondent reports that the government has set up a commission to investigate motives behind these practices.
South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities has also condemned the practice, which it says is "detrimental" to the well-being of people.
"The CRL Rights Commission encourages everyone whose rights and beliefs have been violated to report such to the Commission," it said in a statement.
Many social media users have condemned his antics.
"It breaks my heart that our people are so desperate for change, they are so easily duped," Twitter user Boity Thulo wrote.
But for others, it was not a situation to laugh over.


Bradford Bulls have signed Adrian Purtell from Australian outfit the Penrith Panthers on a three-year deal.

The 26-year-old centre, who also plays as a winger, has scored 13 tries in 44 appearances for the NRL side.
Purtell started his career with Canberra Raiders where he ran in 30 tries in 64 matches.
"I'm at a point where I'm looking for a new challenge and a new experience and this is the biggest challenge I could've taken on," he said.
"I will be 27 by the start of next season and entering the most important years of my career."
We needed longevity in our signings so it's a good deal for both sides
Bulls head coach Mick Potter added: "Adrian has played virtually every game in first grade in the past two years, in every position from lock to the wing.
"He's a big guy with speed and he'll be an asset to our team next season. I'm pleased to get him signed up for a few years.
"He wanted the security and we needed longevity in our signings so it's a good deal for both sides."


Teenage goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne and midfielder Connor Ronan have signed new contracts until 2019 after making first-team breakthroughs at Wolves.

Burgoyne, 19, has made two Championship appearances for Wanderers, deputising for injured pair Carl Ikeme and Andy Lonergan against Fulham and Cardiff.
Ronan, 18, made his senior debut as a substitute in Saturday's 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
Young striker Donovan Wilson has also extended his stay at Molineux.
Wilson, a former Bristol Rovers trainee, is yet to feature at first-team level for Wolves.


A paralympian has been reunited with his specially adapted bicycle after it was stolen from outside his home.

Team GB skier Tim Farr's £5,000 handbike was found after a social media campaign.
It had been sold for £150 at a Cash Converters shop in south London.
Mr Farr, who was a member of the British Disabled Ski team at the Vancouver Paralympics in 2010, thanked people on social media for finding the bike.
On Facebook, he wrote: "Thank you again to all the amazing people, those who I know and don't, who shared my posts in the search of my stolen bike.
"It has been an amazing couple of days and has restored my faith in humanity."
He said his original call for help had been shared more than 3,500 times and that celebrities and MPs had helped with retweets.
The bike was taken from his car parked outside his home near Balham, south-west London, at about 04:00 BST on 21 April.
Police retrieved the bike after being alerted via social media by people who had spotted it in the shop.
More than £1,700 was raised on a crowd funding website to pay for a new bike for the skier.
This money will now be donated to charity.


Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington made a name for herself at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she won two Gold medals in the 400m and the 800m freestyle.

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Life-like body parts have been 3D printed to help army surgeons deal with trauma injuries.

Based on CT scans, the organs are fitted into a realistic synthetic "body" and connected to pumps which mimic human breathing and blood flow.
Nottingham Trent University, with the NHS and Ministry of Defence, used silicone gels to replicate the feel of human tissue.
Bespoke models could now be created to prepare for individual operations.
Richard Arm, of Nottingham Trent University's School of Art & Design, said he was asked to come up with a heart model for a surgeon who wanted to practice performing an implant.
He said: "When making more organs, the trickiest part was the flexibility.
"The heart has 17 different 'hardnesses' so 'does it feel right?' turns out to be a bit vague.
"Then we put them together and I knew we were getting it right when I started to feel sick."
The prototype - officially known as a thoracic trauma trainer - will be exhibited to trauma treatment experts.
After feedback, two models are due to be produced for the MoD by December 2017.
Colonel Peter Mahoney, emeritus professor at Defence Medical Services, said the requirement was for training equipment that was portable, robust and reusable, while "also achieving a realism" that had only previously been possible with dead bodies.
He added: "We wanted to start with the chest, because it is a common area connected with trauma, but if it could be created with realistically-moving lungs and blood vessels then any other body parts would be possible."
Future developments could include the brain, eyes, stomach, pancreas, liver and kidneys, the vascular system in a person's legs and bespoke models for patient-specific preoperative surgical planning.


Wes Burns scored his fifth goal in eight games as Fleetwood Town beat Peterborough to move closer to League One safety.

The on-loan Bristol City striker fired home after a one-two with Bobby Grant.
Fleetwood goalkeeper Chris Maxwell saved Michael Bostwick's penalty after Shaquile Coulthirst was fouled by Eggert Jonsson, whose second-half header sealed victory.
Victory lifted Fleetwood into 19th, one point above the relegation zone.


More than 400 wildfires are burning in British Columbia, Canada, as additional emergency teams pour in from across the country and the US.

About 250 firefighters from Ontario, Alberta, and the US state of Washington have been sent to the province to help battle the disaster.
Local government officials have confirmed they have surpassed their annual forest firefighting budget.
Most of the fires started at the end of July.
Finance Minister Colin Hansen said the BC Liberal government had already spent 56.5m Canadian dollars ($55.1m; Â£34.6m) and counting - passing its allotted budget of $51.7m for the year, according to the Vancouver Sun newspaper.
This year's fire budget represents the lowest in more than a decade, the paper says.
In 2001, for example, the local government allocated 85.7m Canadian dollars for forest fires in BC.
Mr Hansen cited the unpredictability of forest fire seasons for the drop and said the budgets were only projected to cover the minimum cost of getting firefighting resources in place.
Meanwhile, heavy smoke has enveloped communities around BC.
Residents in Alexis Creek, in central BC, began evacuating their homes as winds carried smoke into their community on Friday.
But some are refusing to leave.
"They are afraid for their homes, and even though the heavy smoke is a serious health issue, they are refusing to leave," said counsellor Sherry Stump.
More than 70 of the fires have started within the past three days, according to the Wildfire Management Branch.
A water-bomber plane fighting forest fires in British Columbia crashed last week, killing the two pilots and igniting another fire.
Emergency teams have responded to 1,272 wildfires in BC since 1 April, which have burned a total of 933 sq km, according to the fire service.


Newcastle outside back Lee Smith has said there is no issue with former club London Wasps prior to his first return to Adams Park on Saturday.

Smith, 27, left Leeds Rhinos in rugby league for a switch of codes to join the Premiership club in 2009.
But injury and personal reasons led to his return to the Rhinos after just five months and two first-team games.
"I've got nothing against Wasps at all, I enjoyed my time there," Smith told BBC Sport.
"I got down there coming off the back of not having a pre-season, more or less got chucked straight in and I unfortunately got an injury - a bulging disc in my back - and I didn't get off to the best of starts, which was frustrating.
Looking back I was doing it day-by-day, rather than looking at the bigger picture
"I don't regret it, I think it was good and I learned a lot. I moved to London and enjoyed my time down there and met some very good people."
At the time of the move to Wasps, Morley-born Smith was one of the league code's hottest properties.
He picked up the Harry Sunderland Trophy for man of the match as the Rhinos beat St Helens in the 2008 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford, and then scored two tries in the following year's repeat final on his last appearance.
The Drighlington amateur was also an emerging international player with seven tries in eight England games, used to playing regular football at domestic level.
"I think it was just a bad decision on my behalf. I was young, only 22 years old and it probably wasn't the right decision for me and Wasps," Smith continued.
"I was a young kid and I just wanted to play rugby, that's all I wanted to do but they saw the bigger plan, which was to bed me in and have me more for the year after as I'd signed a three-year deal.
"Looking back I was doing it day-by-day, rather than looking at the bigger picture - ultimately that was what it was. When you're caught up in it as a young kid and all you want to do is play rugby, you can't fault me for that.
"I think Wasps saw that too, that I just wanted to be playing. We left on fairly good terms, they were happy enough to part company with me."
in February on the back of a spell at Super League side Wakefield.
Director of rugby Dean Richards has handed Smith three first-team appearances to date.


(Noon): UK shares fell sharply in the first trading session of the new year, as European markets dropped in the wake of steep losses in China.

The FTSE 100 index was down 149.91 points, or 2.4%, at 6,092.41.
In Germany, the Dax index fell more than 4%, while France's Cac 40 index was 2.6% lower.
Earlier in Asia, trading in China had been suspended after markets fell 7%, triggering new "circuit breakers" designed to limit volatility.
One factor cited for the sharp falls was another weak survey of China's manufacturing sector.
The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) slipped to 48.2 in December, marking the 10th consecutive month of shrinking factory activity in China. A figure below 50 indicates contraction.
"This swift return to the 2015 template of worrying about China looks to have been the trigger for the sell-off in Chinese equities," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
The disappointing survey results hit shares of mining companies in London, as China is a major importer of raw materials. Shares in Anglo American fell 7% while Glencore was 6.6% lower.
Confidence among investors was also hit by worries over rising tensions in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia breaking off diplomatic ties with Iran.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the euro to â‚¬1.3537, but rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.4770.


The brother of football manager David Moyes was the "duped" middle man in an apparent "con" to try to buy Rangers before Craig Whyte took over the club.

Kenny Moyes introduced two people who got through the first stage of the buying process by making a bid using a fake bank letter, a court heard.
The evidence emerged in the trial of Mr Whyte who is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers in 2011.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
David Horne - Sir David Murray's lawyer and one of his most senior advisers - was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow.
Mr Horne, 54, was part of the Murray Group team involved in the Rangers sale.
The jury has heard how Whyte, 46, struck a £1 deal to takeover the club from Sir David in 2011. But, prior to that, a number of individuals were said to have shown interest in Rangers.
Kenny Moyes contacted then Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain in 2010 about two people apparently keen to purchase Sir David Murray's controlling stake at the club.
The agent - brother of ex-Manchester United boss David Moyes - introduced English-based Rangers fan Ian Anderson and a Dutch national as being keen on a buyout.
They were said to have up to 50m euros (£42m) to invest with a letter from a Belgian bank that apparently confirmed this.
Mr Horne said "on the face of it" this seemed to be an interest in the club, but said it was discovered that Mr Anderson was a banned director.
The bank letter was then found to be a forgery.
Mr Horne told Craig Whyte's lawyer Donald Findlay QC: "We let Kenny Moyes down gently as I think he was the victim of a con as well."
Mr Findlay: "He had been duped?"
Mr Horne: "I believe so, yes."
A man named as Vladimir Antonov - said to be a chairman of a Lithuanian bank - was also described as being interested in the takeover of Rangers.
Mr Horne said that when the offer came in, he thought: "Oh no."
He believed the reaction of the supporters to such a bid would have been "one of horror".
Among other concerns surrounding Mr Antonov were claims the FBI had been looking at a business deal he was involved in, the trial was told.
Mr Horne said "right or not", it had been "certainly of concern".
Mr Findlay said these individuals were part of a "motley crew" of people supposedly keen to buy Rangers before Mr Whyte came forward.
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial, before Judge Lady Stacey, continues.


A test for a disability benefit is "traumatic" for applicants and needs to change, according to former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb.

Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) help disabled people live an independent life.
But the Preseli Pembrokeshire MP said applicants for PIPs found the test "very intrusive".
The UK government said assessments were carried out by qualified health professionals.
In his first interview on welfare since resigning from the government, Mr Crabb told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme: "Of course you do need a system of assessment when you're giving out taxpayers' money.
"But the way it has been done - I see this in my surgeries, every single MP in their surgery sees this - people who felt that the assessment procedure has been traumatic, intrusive, hasn't been a comfortable experience at all. And that's what we've got to fix.
"We need to have a supportive assessment process that obviously comes to the right decision about the kind of money and resource that a disabled person needs."
Mr Crabb spoke out a week after his successor Damian Green launched a consultation on reform of the Work Capability Assessment, which is used to apply for Employment Support Allowance.
PIPs are not means-tested and are gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
They were introduced in 2013 and are being rolled out across the UK. Eventually, more than 150,000 people in Wales will be assessed for them.
As secretary of state, Mr Crabb scrapped plans to cut PIPs benefits and his predecessor Iain Duncan Smith resigned over those proposed cuts in the Budget in March.
However, some recipients, like 67-year-old Judith, from Ceredigion, said receiving PIPs had left them worse off.
Judith has primary and progressive multiple sclerosis and walks with the aid of a frame.
The DLA she had received for 12 years was replaced by PIPs at the beginning of 2016, leaving her Â£1,400 a year worse off.
"This may seem just not very much really but when you haven't got much to start with, it is quite a difference," she said.
A nurse with 25 years' experience who worked for assessment company Capita until earlier this year has claimed assessors do not necessarily have the right skills when it comes to some disabilities.
He did not want to be identified but told the programme: "A paramedic is very well designed to do the job of a paramedic. Have they got a lot of experience of somebody with MS, for example?
"Perhaps somebody with a very physical condition like MS should be assessed by somebody like an occupational therapist, or physiotherapist.
"Somebody with severe mental health difficulties by a psychiatrically trained person - but that doesn't happen."
Capita said staff were suitably equipped and supported to carry out assessments and on-going training was provided.
The Department for Work and Pensions said in a statement: "Assessments for PIPs are carried out by qualified health professionals who combine their clinical knowledge with an understanding of the fact that not everyone with the same disability is impacted [upon] in the same way.
"Decisions are made following the consideration of all information provided by the claimant, including any supporting evidence from their GP or medical specialist."
Week In Week Out: Why Have My Benefits Been Cut? is on BBC One Wales on Tuesday, 8 November at 22:45 GMT.


A small Swiss-registered plane has crashed near a Lidl supermarket in Tires, just west of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, killing five people.

Portuguese media say the victims were the pilot, three passengers and a lorry driver, whose vehicle was hit.
Three of the dead were French citizens and one Swiss, reports say. The plane had been en route to Marseille.
It crashed after take-off from a local airfield. The cause is not known. Tires is about 20km (12 miles) from Lisbon.
The crash site is a car park in a residential area between Lisbon and the upmarket resort of Cascais.
Dozens of firefighters are at the scene.


Queens Park Rangers have signed midfielder Luke Freeman from fellow Championship club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.

The 24-year-old has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Loftus Road.
Freeman scored 10 goals in 121 appearances for the Robins after joining from Stevenage in 2014.
"I've been a great admirer of Luke and his creativity is something we'll really feel the benefits of," R's boss Ian Holloway told the club website.
Freeman is QPR's third signing of the January transfer window.
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez refused to blame his defence after watching his team concede five goals in a Europa League defeat by Dynamo Kiev.

The Blues surrendered a 2-1 first-leg lead to exit 6-4 at the last-16 stage, with two poor first-half clearances gifting Dynamo key goals on the night.
"A couple of times we made defensive mistakes, but there was also some incredible finishing," said Martinez.
Everton's exit means no English sides remain in European competition.
After levelling on the night through Romelu Lukaku, the Toffees went behind to goals from Lukasz Teodorczyk, Miguel Veloso and Oleg Gusev.
"Once we scored the away goal, I thought we would be stronger and tighter in our performance, but it was the kind of night where everything they tried went into the back of the net," said Martinez.
"I agree there were instances when we could have defended better, but there is not a lot you can do about goals that go right into the top corner."
Andriy Yarmolenko's opener and a wonder strike from Atunes - Dynamo's fifth - each left goalkeeper Tim Howard clutching at thin air.
But Everton's central defensive partnership of Phil Jagielka, who scored a late consolation, and Antolin Alcaraz struggled throughout.
"I think it is a case of the whole team not defending well enough," added Martinez. "I don't think it was a case of the personnel."


He's one of the world's most powerful celebrities, worth an estimated $66m (Â£40m) and now Calvin Harris looks set to get even richer.

The DJ's signed a three-year deal with Abu Dhabi-owned hospitality company Hakkasan Group.
The 31-year-old will hold residencies at three of the group's Las Vegas venues and is their music consultant.
"I am excited to be able to play a part in this next chapter of its story," the DJ said speaking about the deal.
"Its venues are some of the best in the world for dance music and the opportunity to be part of the wider group as it develops into other markets and sectors is a really exciting prospect for me as an artist.
"We have some great ideas up our sleeves."
Calvin Harris will split his time between Hakkasan Nightclub, Wet Republic at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and the soon-to-open Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace.
As Hakkasan's music consultant he'll be in charge of the brand's 'sound' and coming up with new experiences and events over the next three years.
Neil Moffitt is the CEO of Hakkasan, which owns restaurants and nightclubs across North America, Asia, India and the Middle East.
He said: "We are excited to continue our partnership with Calvin Harris as he extends his exclusive residencies with Hakkasan Group.
"He is a truly sensational artist and we look forward to what he will bring to our most acclaimed venues over the next three years".
Calvin Harris released his fourth album Motion in November.
He was named best electronic artist at the MTV EMAs.
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Travelling on the Underground exposes commuters to more than eight times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, a university study has found.

Monitors worn by commuters found those who travelled on the Tube were exposed to 68mg of harmful pollutant PM10, whereas car drivers had 8.2mg.
The University of Surrey study found when train windows were open, commuters were exposed to more pollutants.
Drivers were not as exposed because cars filter the pollutants out.
But although drivers are not exposed to as many pollutants, the types given out by cars are more harmful than the ones found on the Underground.
The study found PM levels were highest on trains on the Victoria and Northern lines, because they all had their windows open, heightening the effect of pollutants when going through tunnels.
The study did not include people who commute on foot or cycle.
The study also found:
Dr Prashant Kumar, who led the study, said: "We found that there is definitely an element of environmental injustice among those commuting in London, with those who create the most pollution having the least exposure to it.
"The relatively new airtight trains with closed windows showed a significant difference to the levels of particles people are exposed to over time, suggesting that operators should consider this aspect during any upgrade of Underground trains, along with the ways to improve ventilation in underground tunnels."


European Union ministers are meeting to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe.

Some central European states have resisted calls for EU members to accept mandatory quotas.
Whatever is decided, the UN says the EU's plans will not be enough.
The migrants are part of 500,000 to have arrived by sea this year so far. Germany says it expects at least 800,000 this year.
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The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants has created deep EU divisions.
Home affairs ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday are hoping to reach agreement which would be ratified by EU leaders on Wednesday.
Source: European Commission
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Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic all oppose the idea of obligatory quotas, promoted by Germany which has accepted large numbers of migrants.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said two weeks ago that obligatory quotas were "a first step" towards a more permanent scheme to deal with the influx.
But mandatory quotas have now been dropped, diplomats say, and a voluntary relocation scheme is now on the table.
Refugees and migrants have been walking over the border from Hungary. The young men come first, waving and asking: "Is this Austria?"
There are cheers when they are told where they are.
The families follow, a father holding the hands of his two young children, a mother carrying her baby, then a man pushing a boy in a wheelchair.
Many are from Syria - others say they are from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Some walk to the reception centre where the Red Cross has food and clothes for them. But others go straight to the queues for the buses which will carry them away from the border.
Some apply for asylum in Austria but most say they want to go on to Germany.
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Most of those arriving in the European Union are from war-torn Syria, the European Commission says.
The relocation scheme would prioritise migrants recognised as "in need of international protection" - those from Syria, Eritrea and Iraq, according to EU data.
The 120,000 would be transferred from Hungary, Greece and Italy - the states where most migrants have been entering the European Union.
The UK, under an opt-out, would not be part of the relocation scheme but has already agreed to take 20,000 migrants directly from countries bordering Syria over the next five years.
The Irish Republic and Denmark, with similar opt-outs, have agreed to take part in the EU scheme.
The UN Refugee Agency has warned that the relocation scheme will be insufficient given the large numbers arriving in Europe.
"A relocation programme alone, at this stage in the crisis, will not be enough to stabilise the situation," spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.
The number of those needing to be relocated will probably need to be revised upwards significantly, she said.
Newcomers continued arriving in southern Europe on Tuesday in the hope of making their way north to Germany and Scandinavia.
Hundreds are crossing the Hungarian border into Austria - and about 4,000 are reaching the Greek island of Lesbos every day.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


A Hampshire city centre is experiencing a "crime epidemic", according to the victim of five break-ins.

Spencer Bowman, who owns the Mettricks cafe chain, said Southampton was a "soft touch" for criminals, with far more crimes than comparable cities.
In 2015, Southampton's recorded burglary rate was nearly 50% higher than neighbouring Portsmouth.
But Hampshire Constabulary said a special operation had been mounted to tackle the problem.
Mr Bowman said his coffee shop, in Bargate, was broken into on Saturday night, when about Â£500 was stolen including a charity collection.
He said: "We are losing the fight for Southampton city centre to criminal activity - the police don't have the resources to keep our city centre safe."
Hampshire Police said while the number of its dedicated city centre officers had been reduced from 15 to six following a "force restructure" it continued to "respond to reports based on the information given to us".
It said all six current officers were patrol officers while the former total of 15 included a proportion of desk officers.
Insp Pete Jones from the constabulary said the force had also been running the previously unpublicised Operation Turbulent involving "many officers", since April.
He said it focused on the city centre and "enables officers to link reports and identify offenders" at a time when the number of burglaries and attempted break-ins at commercial premises in the centre was about five per week.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal the burglary rate in Southampton was higher in 2015 than in any other "similar area" and in the last three months, was rising in Southampton, but falling in the rest of Hampshire.
Statistics also revealed the city recorded more than 10 burglaries per head of population, compared to seven per head for towns like Hounslow and Slough.


Mark Duggan's family have lost a challenge over police procedures following fatal shootings by armed officers.

The Court of Appeal rejected a challenge on whether officers could confer before a court case involving a fatality at the hands of police.
Mr Duggan was shot by police in north London in August 2011 in Tottenham.
The 29-year-old's death sparked riots in the area, which then spread to other cities in England.
The case was brought by his mother Pamela Duggan and relatives of Rafal Delezuch, who died after being restrained by Leicestershire Police officers in 2012.
Duggan family lawyers argued the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) was operating a policy of allowing officers to confer which was inconsistent with the stance of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Lord Justice Moore-Bick, Lord Justice Richards and Lord Justice Tomlinson said the IPCC had decided that key officers involved in a death should normally be separated from one another and not allowed to confer.
The three judges said "the risk of collusion" after an incident involving police "cannot be avoided altogether", but new guidance, issued by ACPO this year, went "a long way" towards reducing the risk, but they added that the document was "imperfect" lacking clarity and precision.
They said they were particularly concerned about two aspects of the guidance: allowing officers to remain together at the scene of an incident and as they travelled back to a police station, and the "unsupervised interval" between writing their initial accounts of what had happened and a detailed version up to 48 hours later.
"The less that is said... the greater is the scope for contamination of the detailed account by reason of intervening collusion," they said.
Lord Justice Richards added: "The IPCC has asserted its independence in issuing draft guidance that differs materially from the 2014 guidance.
"If it proceeds to issue statutory guidance, whether in that or in revised form, chief officers will have to take due account of it and consideration will no doubt have to be given to whether the 2014 guidance should be brought into line with it."
That was "for the future", said the judge.
The judges dismissed the appeals and refused permission to take the case to the Supreme Court.
The Duggan challenge was launched after Ms Duggan lost her High Court battle to overturn an inquest verdict that her son had been "lawfully killed" by an armed Metropolitan Police officer.


(Close): London's leading shares ended lower on Monday amid concern over weak global economic prospects.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 58.67 at 6295 points.
Standard Chartered bank was an early gainer, up 2.2%, with brokers saying prospects could be rosier than thought.
It turned tail throughout the afternoon though to close down 0.5%.
Intercontinental Hotels Group fared less well.
It was in the losers' list of the 100-share index, falling 5%.
The firm lost ground after denying media reports that it was considering putting itself up for sale or merging with a competitor.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.49% against the dollar to $1.512, and was up 0.28% against the euro at â‚¬1.4051.


As soon as the video premiered on The X Factor, #BandAid30 became the most trending topic worldwide on Twitter.

The highly-anticipated track had been the subject of countless discussions across the news over the weekend.
The updated lyrics were announced and the musicians went to the studio - all that was left was to see the new video.
So now that it has been revealed, what does everyone think? And will it go straight to number one, as Bob Geldof anticipates?
Speaking of Bob, he introduced the video from The X Factor stage, warning viewers that he and Simon Cowell had decided to show some graphic images, to illustrate what the Ebola crisis has done in West Africa.
"This is hardcore, to allow The X Factor nation to watch this," he said.
"This is the most anti-human disease but we can stop it and we will stop it.
"It could be here. It could be a British problem. Buy this thing [the song]. Don't get it free."
Appearing fifth in the video, Paloma Faith tweeted an appeal to her followers to help the cause.
"Honoured to be a part of #BandAid30 - join us to help our sisters & brothers," she wrote.
The YouTuber was in the chorus for the song and has already described the experience of recording the video as "surreal".
"How amazing was that track! Bob Geldof is one amazing guy," she tweeted after the track aired.
As well as featuring in the video for the Band Aid 30 song, Olly also performed his new track on The X Factor.
Bob Geldof apologised to him, saying that Wrapped Up would be "caned" in the charts by Do They Know It's Christmas?
Like a number of the people involved, Jessie Ware encouraged her fans to watch the ITV show to see the first play of Do They Know It's Christmas?
The video that was shown on The X Factor was the first cut and the final version will be shared on Monday 17 November at 8am.
Zoella's fellow YouTuber also appeared in the chorus for the song - they were seen in the video standing near to Ed Sheeran.
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A record number of captive-bred fish were released in 2015 to boost populations in England's rivers, says the Environment Agency.

Almost two million coarse fish were released, helping to restock populations where water quality was improving after years of pollution.
The species that were captive-bred by the Environment Agency included chub, bream, tench and roach.
The fish and larvae were bred at the agency's Calverton farm in Nottingham.
(Source: Environment Agency)
Fish farm team leader Alan Henshaw said there were two main reasons why 2015 was a record-breaking year.
"One was the weather; it was a very good year for growing fish," he explained.
"Fish do not like surprises so if we have a summer where the temperature is consistent, that is far better.
"It is not good when the temperature gets over 24C or 25C (75-77F) because they get a little more difficult to grow because the water is warmer. Basically, a good year for growing fish is when it is not a good year for a sun tan."
The second reason was a result of the discovery that fish rearing was more successful when there was a larger mix of species within the farms tanks and ponds, he told BBC News.
"Before, we'd only grow three species in a pond - that would have been a bottom feeder, mid-water feeder and a surface feeder.
"But we have realised that if we keep the biomass - the total amount of fish - the same but make that biomass up out of five or six species, the fish do much better. It's called polyculture. We didn't invent it, they have been doing it in Europe since the Middle Ages. We've tweaked it and it is working really well."
In order to maintain the fitness and genetic integrity of the wild populations, the team at the fish farm do not keep brooding adults. Instead they collect adult fish from rivers each year in order to harvest eggs and sperm that will be used to grow the fish.
Mr Henshaw said: "The fish we produce here are never more than one generation from wild.
"It is not like a trout farm that is producing fish for the table. The whole idea behind our fish is that they are fit for purpose - they are not naive and they are prepared for life in the wild."
The fertilised eggs are incubated for 3-30 days, before the larvae is transferred to ponds under polytunnels to protect the tiny animals from predators and cold temperatures for the first year.
They are moved to outdoor ponds for the second summer of life, and are fed natural food and experience flowing water.
"We drop the food in the flow and if the fish want to eat then they have got to swim - and we feed them on natural food so they know what natural food is," Mr Henshaw explained.
"Our fish are effectively wild fish that have just so happened to have spent the first two years of their life growing on a fish farm. We have grown them in as natural rearing conditions as we possibly can."


Oxford United have signed Everton midfielder Ryan Ledson on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

Ledson, 19, made one senior appearance for the Toffees in the Europa League against FK Krasnodar in 2014 and has been capped by England Under-19s.
He spent the second half of last season on loan at Cambridge United.
"To move away from Everton is a massive step, but I've got to do what's right," Ledson told BBC Radio Oxford. "I'm looking forward to getting started."
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Jurgen Klopp was all smiles as a hectic first week as Liverpool manager ended with a creditable draw at Tottenham.

The 48-year-old former Borussia Dortmund coach has been received by adulation bordering on hysteria since replacing sacked Brendan Rodgers - but now it was time to get down to the football.
And the German declared himself satisfied with a point after his first experience of Premier League football as Liverpool manager.
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Klopp has made much of his desire for "full-throttle football" at Liverpool - preferring a "heavy metal" approach to the game as opposed to what he called the "silent symphony" of passing favoured by Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.
And it will be a style in the manager's own image if the first glimpse of Klopp in the Premier League is anything to go by.
White Hart Lane's press box offers a low-down, close-up view just feet behind the visiting manager - and watching Klopp is a show all of its own.
He was at the centre of the action even before the game, standing in the centre circle to see his players warm up before turning his back on them to observe, with equal intensity, Spurs' players going through their paces.
Klopp made a low-key entrance in front of a bank of photographers before taking his seat. In fact, he took his seat for only 30 seconds and did not return until the 31st minute. And only then for a few seconds.
Every piece of pressing, which he so loves, was greeted with applause with hands above his head, while crucial pieces of defensive work were saluted with a clenched fist.
It was not all praise though.
He turned to Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg to complain at how they had marked at a corner and teenager Jordon Ibe felt the rough end of Klopp's tongue when he was too slow getting ready to come on as an 87th-minute replacement for Philippe Coutinho.
Klopp smiled as he engaged Spurs counterpart Mauricio Pochettino in conversation on a couple of occasions in the second half, then turned to embrace Jerome Sinclair at the final whistle as the youngster was denied an appearance just as he was about to come on.
He then joined his new Liverpool players in the centre circle before acknowledging the applause of the travelling supporters, both parties delighted to be in each other's company.
"I'm satisfied," Klopp said of the draw. "Football is a result sport.
"We need all the results, we have to try and improve, work together and do the things together we want to see. The nil on the right side is OK, the nil on the other side doesn't give you the same feeling."
One of Klopp's first statements of significance as Liverpool manager was to say everyone at the club had to turn from "doubters to believers".
And proof of the galvanising effect the charismatic German has had was not only seen in the giant flag bearing his image in the away section, emblazoned with the slogan "We Believe".
On the trains heading to White Hart Lane out of Seven Sisters - and around the Seven Sisters Road - there was a spring in the step of Liverpool's fans and an air of genuine optimism inside the stadium judging by the noise even before kick-off.
There was a staleness to the latter days of Brendan Rodgers' time in charge, on and off the pitch, but this has been lifted by the arrival of a manager who forged an unbreakable bond with supporters at his previous clubs Mainz and Borussia Dortmund.
Liverpool fans rallied noisily any time their men chased down Spurs' players, especially when Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris was hurried into a second half clearance, knowing this was what they can expect to see more of under their new manager.
They rose to team and manager at the final whistle. It may have only been a point at a ground where they won 5-0 on the way to almost winning the league in 2013/14 - but Liverpool's fans had seen enough to justify their early faith in Klopp.
Klopp has been acquainting himself with all facets of Liverpool life since touching down at John Lennon Airport on a private plane from Dortmund - and discovered another on Saturday.
And this is that he cannot rely on Daniel Sturridge as the England striker was once again missing through injury.
With £32.5m summer signing Christian Benteke sidelined with a hamstring injury and Danny Ings out for the season with knee ligament damage, the last thing Klopp needed was for Sturridge to suffer a knee problem - a slight one it is said - in a training ground challenge with Ibe.
"Afterwards he had a little pain in the muscle - I'm not a specialist for this but we screened him only to be sure," said Klopp.
"There is a little bit of swelling but nothing serious so we will have to see. I hope on Thursday he will be ready to play."
No-one questions Sturridge's talent and he proved his importance when fit with two goals in Liverpool's 3-2 win against Aston Villa at Anfield, the final victory for Rodgers.
The problem is the number of times the 26-year-old is absent. Can Klopp really be convinced he can count on him? A study of the statistics suggests not, and that is even before the questions about whether the languid striker can fit into his pressing style are answered?
In Sturridge's first two seasons at Liverpool, his appearance record was respectable. In 2012/13, after signing from Chelsea, he played 14 league games out of 18 he was available for at a rate of 67.4%.
Sturridge played 29 out of 38 in 2013/14 at a rate of 66.52% - but that has dropped alarmingly since then.
Last season, plagued by a variety of injuries, Sturridge's ratio was reduced dramatically to 21.93%. He figured in only 12 games out of 38, playing only 750 minutes out of 3,420.
Sturridge took his time returning this season and has been available for three out of nine league games.
This rate is going to have to improve significantly as Klopp demands maximum fitness and effort from every player.
Klopp's "gegenpressing" style is well-known - high intensity pressure on opponents.
It was clear from the first whistle at White Hart Lane that he is already making this demand of his players - and when Spurs keeper Lloris was chased and hustled into a rushed clearance in the second half, Klopp turned to his backroom team with a huge smile and a clenched fist.
The problem Klopp has is whether he has the players to suit this new style and whether they are built to last the pace of a physically taxing system. It takes exceptional fitness to maintain the physical approach Klopp wants for 90 minutes.
Adam Lallana and Coutinho ran themselves into the ground before being substituted but it may be that the stricken Ings - who Klopp will not see until next season - is the player best suited to what he wants with his busy, tireless style.
Will Sturridge or Benteke fit the bill?
There must be doubts but there was encouragement for 20-year-old Belgium striker Divock Origi as Klopp revealed he wanted to bring him to Borussia Dortmund before he went to Liverpool from Lille.
"We are going to have a lot of fun with this player," said Klopp. Time will tell.
Klopp's news conferences promise to be hugely entertaining - but at White Hart Lane he was calm and measured, almost giving off an air of relief that he could talk about a football match after his hectic first few days in the spotlight.
He praised his players and understood he had only had three days to work with most of them. The real work will begin this week at Melwood.
Klopp's smile beamed around the room on several occasions but he was suitably sombre when asked for his thoughts on the death of former Everton manager Howard Kendall, provoking a sadness that has united Merseyside's football community.
"I don't have the right words for things like this - give me time", said Klopp, perfectly understandably.
Even in this low-key performance, it is clear Klopp will be an exciting addition to the Premier League.
Klopp's first few days on Merseyside have revealed what cars he likes to drive, where he is going to live, how little he enjoys having his photograph taken while out for a meal - and now we know more of how he will fare as Liverpool's manager.
For all the excitement about his appointment, only dreamers would expect him to turn up and transform a team that has struggled this season in a matter of 90 minutes.
It was important Klopp avoided defeat, showed something of what Reds fans can expect in the days ahead and also gain knowledge of what he has and what he needs to do.
Klopp left White Hart Lane with a tick next to all those boxes - so ended a satisfactory day without the dream start of a victory.


The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 will face no further action from media regulator Ofcom after actor Jeremy Irons swore on air.

Irons had been telling an anecdote about younger actors and used a word that Ofcom said audiences considered "among the most offensive language".
In its ruling, Ofcom noted Chris Evans apologised immediately after the incident, broadcast on 18 March.
Irons also apologised. The BBC had warned him about swearing beforehand.
The watchdog said it now considered the matter resolved.
After Irons used the expletive, Evans responded immediately by saying: "You can't say that, I apologise on your behalf."
Irons also said sorry straight away, adding that he had sworn because he felt "so relaxed" in the studio.
"I am most terribly sorry if anyone is offended, or their children. I'm so embarrassed, I can't talk," he said.
The regulator said it had received one complaint from a listener who said the language was inappropriate and should not have been broadcast at a time when children were likely to be listening.
The Breakfast Show runs from 0630 to 0930 on weekdays.
In response to Ofcom's investigation, the BBC said it accepted the language was inappropriate and apologised for any offence caused.
The corporation said the actor had been "given a full face-to-face briefing on arrival" at the Radio 2 studio, despite a risk assessment concluding that the actor was unlikely to use inappropriate language.
He was told there was potential for children listening and that "he needed to moderate his language and stories accordingly".
The BBC added: "Jeremy Irons, clearly mortified by his mistake, [apologised] without hesitation."
Radio 2 has now reinforced its policy to limit offensive language by sending a warning email to guests' agents and representatives in advance of interviews to remind them of the rules.
The Chris Evans show currently has around 9.7 million listeners in the UK.


A fun run inspired by Eric Morecambe will be held in his Lancashire hometown for Comic Relief on 14 March.

The inaugural "Leg it with Eric" race will celebrate the return of the late comedian's statue to Morecambe after it was vandalised last year.
Councillor Ron Sands said it "made us all sit up and galvanised the spirit of the people of Morecambe to just how important Eric is".
Runners are urged to wear "Eric-style" glasses for the 3km (1.86-mile) event.
Born John Eric Bartholomew, Morecambe formed a much-loved double act with Ernie Wise on stage and television.
Their Christmas specials were a highlight of the festive period, attracting more than 27 million viewers in 1977.
Morecambe died in 1984 after collapsing on stage with a heart attack shortly after his 58th birthday.
His comedy partner died in 1999, a few months before Morecambe's statue was officially unveiled by the Queen.
Red Nose Day takes place on 13 March, a day before the "Leg it with Eric" run, which has been organised by Lancaster City Council with Lancaster and Morecambe Athletics Club.


A man who crawled the London Marathon dressed as a gorilla has completed the course and raised £26,000 for charity.

Tom Harrison - who calls himself Mr Gorilla - took six-and-a-half days to do the 26.2 mile route on his hands and knees, "gorilla-style", in aid of The Gorilla Organization.
Mr Harrison crossed the finish line on The Mall with his sons and had a medal presented by conservationist Bill Oddie.
He said he felt "tired but happy".
"Prior to this, the most I had crawled in one go was a mile, so I found the first day of the marathon really exhausting," he said.
"Each day became its own little marathon.
"I'll be glad to get the costume washed as it's getting a little bit fruity.
"I think I've started to smell a bit like a gorilla."
The father-of-two, a Met Police officer who lives in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, started his attempt on 22 April, crawling the streets of the capital for between 10 and 12 hours a day.
He originally aimed to raise £1,500 but said the reaction to his challenge had been "incredible".
"The fact it went global has been completely unexpected, but brilliant," he said.
Mr Harrison was joined outside Buckingham Palace by his two sons, Nicholas, six, and Alex, four - also dressed as gorillas.
They were watched by a crowd of around 100 people.
Mr Harrison, 41, originally from Worcester, was inspired to take on the challenge by his passion for the work of the charity, which runs conservation projects in several African countries.
The charity's executive director Jillian Miller, described his efforts as "incredible".
"He's now officially our highest fundraiser ever," she said.
"He feels very strongly, as the father of two little boys, that he wants to help preserve biodiversity for future generations."


England's performances since the 2014 World Cup will have "frightened" other nations, says captain Wayne Rooney.

The Manchester United striker scored one and hit the woodwork twice as England beat Lithuania 4-0 to record their fifth Euro 2016 qualifying win.
Roy Hodgson's side failed to win a game at the World Cup in Brazil, but have since won seven matches in a row.
"We've had some great victories, are scoring goals and have real energy around the team," said Rooney, 29.
"Since the World Cup we have been fantastic. A lot of teams around Europe will be looking at this team and will be frightened."
Danny Welbeck added a second before Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane both scored their first international goals, with Kane's close-range header coming 79 seconds after he came on as a substitute.
"It's fantastic for Harry Kane and we're delighted for him," said Hodgson.
"It's a bit of a fairytale but it's nice when fairytales come true and it has come true for Harry. He has had a wonderful season and crowned his debut with a well-taken goal."
Hodgson's team, who play a friendly in Italy on Tuesday, remain six points clear at the top of Group E as they look to qualify for next year's tournament in France.
"Our major test will be when we get to France and I'm convinced we'll get there," added Hodgson.
"We've got a year and bit to work with them and this team are so young.
"You can only beat what's in front of you. We had to work hard to wear them down in the first half and we got our reward in the second half when they tired."
Everton left-back Leighton Baines, Manchester City midfielder James Milner, Liverpool forward Sterling and Arsenal striker Welbeck will miss Tuesday's game in Turin and will return to their clubs.
England have called up Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand into the squad for the match against Italy.


A sign resembling a large, red Google Maps pin has been spotted on an Oxfordshire roundabout.

The origin of the giant 'A' at Playhatch Roundabout on the A4155 Reading to Henley road is not yet known.
The roundabout is near Sonning-on-Thames, where a red letterbox 'appeared' on a bridge last year.
A BBC Radio Berkshire reporter saw the 'pin' and posted an image on a BBC Facebook page.
"I was just driving to Sonning to go play touch rugby on Monday night and the sign caught my eye as I went round Playhatch Roundabout," said reporter Catherine Bolsover.
"I asked around on Twitter but no-one knew where it had come from or who had made it.
"One suggestion was that it's linked to whoever put a postbox on Sonning Bridge."
In response to her Facebook photograph, one person commented: "Noticed this yesterday nearly drove on to it!"
Anita Trif, a waitress at The Crown pub nearby, said no-one knew where the sign had come from.
"I first saw it on Friday or Saturday," she added.
"We have all seen it but have no idea where it's come from. We have all been wondering about it."


Forest Green were unable to fully capitalise on leaders Cheltenham's loss to Braintree as they drew at Tranmere.

A win would have taken Rovers top of the league, and Darren Carter's early left-footed goal was a great start.
But Tranmere roared back after half-time, with Jay Harris finishing after good work from Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
Forest Green's task was made difficult after Carter was sent off for a second bookable offence in the second half, but Tranmere could not capitalise.
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Forest Green manager Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "Under the circumstances, with Darren Carter getting sent off, it's a fantastic point for us.
"I think the two players just got their legs tangled but the referee was adamant that Carter tripped him - but either way, we showed a lot of character after going down to 10 men against a good side.
"We've got another big game to come against Aldershot at home, but it's been a great weekend."


Funding cuts to Wales' Young Farmers' Clubs (YFC) will have a big impact on rural communities, unions have said.

It has lost Â£360,000 from a Welsh government-backed grant used to support its educational work for "thousands" of young people, say Wales YFC bosses.
The Farmers' Union Wales and NFU Cymru called for a rethink.
A Welsh government spokesperson said it offered to meet the Wales Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs to give feedback on its application to help future bids.
The organisation has also lost a Â£20,000 grant from Natural Resources Wales which said its funding scheme was over-subscribed and that it had offered to work with unsuccessful bidders to help them "strengthen their applications".
Wales YFC chairman Iwan Meirion said he was "extremely disappointed", adding that both funding schemes were "essential for us to maintain our educational programme for thousands of young people living in rural Wales".


Health officials in Florida are investigating four cases of Zika that do not appear to be related to travel.

So far cases outside of Latin America and the Caribbean, where the virus is prevalent, have been spread by travel to that region or sexual transmission.
The four Florida cases have raised the possibility that mosquitoes in the US have begun to carry the virus.
Zika causes only a mild illness in most people but the virus has been linked to severe brain defects in newborns.
Florida officials say they have not drawn any conclusions and are still looking into how the virus was transmitted.
The four cases were detected in the Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
To confirm whether Zika is being carried by mosquitoes locally, scientists will survey houses and people within a 150-yard (metre) radius of the cases, the flying radius of the insect.
US experts were baffled last week by another case, in Utah, in which a carer caught Zika after tending to a dying elderly man with the virus.
And earlier this week, a Spanish woman infected with Zika gave birth to a baby boy with the brain disease microcephaly, thought to be the first such birth in Europe.
In February, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency because of the risk to newborn children.
In severe cases, children can die and babies who survive can face intellectual disability and developmental delays.


A Labour AM who criticised the Welsh government spending nearly £20m on M4 relief road plans has been sacked as a committee chair by the first minister.

Jenny Rathbone said an "unhealthy culture" at the top of the government stopped AMs from speaking out.
Last week, she said she was "appalled" by the money was being spent preparing for the proposed road around Newport.
On Tuesday, she said Carwyn Jones had dismissed her as chair of the committee overseeing use of EU funds in Wales.
In a statement, she said: "The events of the last 24 hours have confirmed in my mind there is an unhealthy culture at the top of the Welsh government which does not allow for rigorous debate and reflection on the best use of public funds.
"Independent thought is not tolerated by AMs and if someone does step out of line, they are ruthlessly dealt with.
"This is not a good way to make difficult decisions."
She said her scepticism about the government's policy towards the relief road was shared by most Labour AMs.
"I recognise the right of the first minister to choose who he wants to carry out the important role as Chair of the European Programme Monitoring Committee," she added.
"I am however disappointed that he has chosen to sack me for speaking out on a matter that is unrelated to this role."
Ms Rathbone received immediate support from fellow Labour backbencher Alun Davies.
Commenting on Twitter he said: "Very disappointed to hear the news about Jenny Rathbone.
"She was a very effective chair.
"Labour AMs should be free to debate these matters."
But two other Labour AMs distanced themselves from Ms Rathbone's comments.
Jeff Cuthbert said she was "not speaking in my name when she claims she is speaking on behalf of the majority of Labour AMs".
"I believe that the Welsh government's preferred black route [for an M4 relief road] warrants full consideration and I accept the view of the minister that developments of this nature demand extensive preparatory and consultation work on."
Joyce Watson added: "I don't recognise this as the view of the majority of backbenchers."
A Welsh Conservative spokesman said Mr Jones had "serious questions to answer over Jenny Rathbone's claims about the culture at the heart of Welsh government".
"Clearly the first minister is being very poorly advised."
Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas AM said Ms Rathbone had "shone a light on the way the Welsh government operates".
"We already knew that this was a government that tried to avoid scrutiny where possible, but the Labour AM's account of top-down decision-making suggests that this is a government that hides from scrutiny and debate."
Liberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott accused Labour of being in "complete disarray".
"They long have had a culture of stifling debate and avoiding scrutiny and this has clearly caused resentment."


A bounty of 10,000 euros (Â£8,200) is being offered to catch the people who took the online multiplayer game Wurm offline.

The game's servers were victim of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack this week and the game remains offline.
A DDoS attack forces a website offline by overloading the site's servers with more data than it can process.
The bounty is being offered for any "tips leading to a conviction".
Wurm is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that is played on personal computers.
The game takes place in virtual realms and everything in it is created by the players who are taking part. They can compete against each other or combine forces to defend a realm.
The attack happened just after an update to the game.
Writing on Wurm's website, one of its creators said it would be back online as soon as possible.
"We were the target of a DDoS attack and our hosting provider had to pull us off the grid for now.
"We will be back as soon as possible, but things are out of our hands since their other customers are affected.
"We can offer 10,000 euros for any tips or evidence leading to a conviction of the person responsible for this attack," he wrote.
People writing on the site's forum did not think the attackers would be easy to catch. One user suggested it could be a disgruntled player but equally could be somebody "completely random".
They also pointed out that DDoS attacks "are a daily event that run into the hundreds".
Players were reassured that any progress they had made before the attack would not be lost.
Barry Shteiman, of data security company Imperva, said the nature of attacks on online gaming websites had changed.
"It is unfortunate that Wurm got hit by a DDoS, especially on the day of an update.
"If we take a look at last year's gaming attacks, we can definitely see that there was a focus on account hijacking rather than service disruption. This is therefore a new trend that should be watched out for.
The company had already planned to move the hosting of the game to new servers and because of the attack has now speeded up that process.
In its latest statement, the company said it was unsure when the game would be back online although "things are looking good".


The flashpoint for Syria's war, six years old this March, has in recent days taken the form of an elemental struggle over water.

The drinking water supply to some 5 million residents in the Syrian capital, Damascus, was cut on 23 December by the Damascus Water Authority, who say rebels have contaminated it with diesel. Rebels deny this, saying bombing by the government has damaged the infrastructure.
The historic water source of Ain al-Fijeh lies in the valley of Wadi Barada, 18km (11 miles) north-west of the capital, where a cluster of 10 villages has been under rebel control since 2012.
Local people joined the revolution early on in protest against government neglect, corruption and land grabs made legal under new state land measures, where whole hillsides were requisitioned for sports clubs and luxury hotels.
On 22 December the Assad government, using barrel bombs dropped from helicopters and supported on the ground by Lebanese Shia militia fighters of Hezbollah, began a campaign to take control of the strategic valley and springs.
The timing was significant, just days before the announcement of the countrywide ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey on 29 December.
The Barada Gorge was cut through the Anti-Lebanon Mountains eons ago by the Barada river, which still runs through the centre of Damascus.
Today the river is just a shadow of its former self, diminished for most of the year by drought and pollution to a dirty trickle by the time it reaches the city centre.
But in earlier times it was the source of the city's legendary fertility, and the reason for its location in an oasis of gardens and orchards known as the Ghouta.
The river was and still is fed by the meltwaters of Mount Hermon, Syria's highest peak. Mentioned no less than 15 times in the Bible, it retains its snow-capped summit till early June.
The amount of snowfall in winter is a direct indication of how much water Damascus will have throughout the year.
The Barada river, known in ancient times as Abana, was supplemented through seven further rivers whose course was diverted by means of elaborate channels constructed as far back as the Roman era.
Guided by aqueducts into the centre of Damascus, the city was fed by a complex network of waterways and channels that allowed water to flow in and out of every house.
Sophisticated Ottoman water distribution points throughout the city also allocated water in agreed quantities to the public bathhouses, mosque ablution areas and public drinking fountains.
Even today most houses have a special drinking tap in their kitchen directly connected to the spring.
In high summer families would come to Wadi Barada on Fridays and holidays, often renting a riverside platform for the day.
Rigged up as tent awnings open only onto the river side, they formed an idyllic private arbour where families could relax, enjoying the coolness of the fast-flowing river.
Little iron ladders were fixed onto the platforms, so that children could climb down and swim.
In the 16th Century it was along the banks of the Barada river on the outskirts of Damascus that the first coffee houses grew up.
Pilgrims would assemble, waiting for the annual Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca to set off in one huge joint caravan, protected in numbers from raiding desert tribesmen.
Many engravings from the 19th Century show scenes of coffee houses on the banks of the brimming Barada.
Near the village of Souq Wadi Barada, huge gaping holes in the cliff above can be still be accessed.
They are part of the original Roman water system: elaborate tunnels cut into the rock, conducting the meltwaters into the aqueducts of Damascus.
On sections of the old Roman road between Baalbek and Damascus, inscriptions in Greek, the official language, and in Latin, the language of the soldiers, can still be seen, describing how the road was rebuilt higher up to avoid destruction by flooding.
For Hezbollah too the battle is a geographical one. They regard this area as their backyard, connected to their Baalbek stronghold in Lebanon.
The Syrian government claims there are fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) present in Wadi Barada, to justify its ongoing campaign. Local residents insist there are only Free Syrian Army moderates.
Since both UN monitors and Russian officials have been denied access to the area by Hezbollah checkpoints, the truth remains hidden - as so often in Syria - behind the fog of war, or in this case, beneath the waters of the Barada.
Diana Darke graduated in Arabic from Oxford University and is the author of several books on Middle East society, including My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis (2016). Follow her on Twitter.


Growth in the eurozone economy slowed slightly in December from the previous month, new monthly figures suggest.

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) figure for December fell to 54, down from November's figure of 54.2, according to Markit.
Any figure above 50 indicates growth.
Eurozone inflation was also revised up to 0.2% in November, down from the previous month, and down 7.3% compared with the same period the year before.
The greatest price increase in November was for unprocessed food, which rose 2.7% - however, that is lower than October's rise of 3.2%.
Despite eurozone economic growth dipping in December, the last three months of 2015 saw the strongest quarterly growth in more than four years, Markit said, with the services sector showing its largest monthly gain since November 2010.
The pace of growth in the manufacturing industry sped up at the fastest rate in 20 months, outpacing the growth in the services sector for the first time in more than a year - although costs and wages in manufacturing continued to rise.
Growth in employment in manufacturing was reported to be "stuck at a modest pace".
Germany enjoyed "ongoing solid growth", while France "slowed closer to stagnation".
Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson said: "Most encouraging of all is the upturn in the rate of job creation, which will hopefully pave the way for unemployment to start falling in earnest as we move into 2016.
"The survey is signalling a quarterly GDP rise of 0.4%, meaning the region grew 1.5% in 2015," Mr Williamson wrote, adding that the growth in hiring indicated growing business confidence.


Dizzee Rascal says he deserves to be given top billing at the Glastonbury Festival.

"I've toured this festival for years, never disappointed," he told the BBC. "You can always count on me.
"I'm basically at the stage where they need to make me headline this thing - because they ain't had no British rappers headline this festival."
As if to prove his point, the star drew huge crowds to his set on The West Holts stage on Friday.
Running through hits including Fix U, Look Sharp, Bonkers and new single Space, he provided a raucous counterpart to Radiohead's more cerebral set on the Pyramid Stage.
Dizzee's appearance put him at the top of the bill on the festival's third-biggest stage, and grime collective Boy Better Know will headline the second-biggest Other Stage on Sunday.
But the star asked why US rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West had been made main stage headliners ahead of their British counterparts.
"I've been on the main stage, but I need to headline the whole ting," he said.
"I've got 15 years of bangers. I'm confident I would tear it up."
However, he was careful not to be critical of Glastonbury, where he has delivered crowd-pleasing sets for more than a decade.
"It's the biggest festival you could do," he said. "It's a privilege."
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A row between a Police and Crime Commissioner and his deputy, who was found guilty of serious misconduct, has been resolved following a payout.

Yvonne Mosquito, the West Midlands Deputy PCC, was suspended after visiting a murder victim's family without informing officers.
Following a disciplinary in May 2016, Ms Mosquito had an employment tribunal listed to take place in May 2017.
A joint statement said "all outstanding matters" were resolved.
A BBC source said Ms Mosquito had received a payout. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner said it would not comment on whether money had exchanged hands.
Allegations against Ms Mosquito related to a visit she paid to the family of Kenichi Phillips, 18, who was shot dead in a car in Birmingham, on 17 March 2016.
Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said her actions "caused ongoing upset and distress" and "damaged the relationship" between the family and police "in the middle of a complex and sensitive murder investigation".
Her supporters insisted she visited as an ordained minister who wanted to offer condolences to relatives.
Her union Unite rejected the allegations, saying it was "deplorable" the hearing went ahead in Ms Mosquito's absence.
She was issued with a final written warning and her contract was never renewed.
The BBC previously reported Ms Mosquito wrote a letter of complaint about the PCC's behaviour towards her, of which the PCC was aware, four weeks before her suspension.
A joint statement issued by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Ms Mosquito said they were "happy to announce that they have amicably settled all outstanding matters between them".
"Litigation is a stressful business and the parties acknowledge and regret the effects that inevitably follow from that," it added.
The former colleagues thanked each other for their work around issues of equality, the statement added.


Ceremonies are taking place in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu to mark the death of the last king of the isolated Himalayan region of Upper Mustang.

Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, who reigned the Buddhist kingdom for more than half a century, died on Friday aged 86.
King Bista lost his royal title in 2008 when Nepal abolished its own centuries-old monarchy.
He lived most of his life in the medieval capital Lo Manthang, acting as local spiritual leader.
He moved to Kathmandu after he started to experience health problems.
He was admitted to hospital earlier this week, the former king's nephew Tsewang Bista told the AFP news agency.
His health began to deteriorate last year and he suffered from heart and kidney problems.
"He had not been well on and off," Tsewang Bista said, adding that the former king was "having more difficulty recently because of the cold".
As a young man, Bista supported a CIA-funded guerrilla campaign to oust Chinese forces from neighbouring Tibet after a failed uprising there in 1959.
The remote Buddhist kingdom of Upper Mustang sits surrounded by canyons on the high, arid Tibetan plateau close to the border with China.


A man who set up a petition for all children to have the meningitis B vaccine has said he is overwhelmed by the response after more than 640,000 people signed it.

Lee Booth started a petition after one his daughters was deemed too old for the vaccine. It attracted 900 names.
Support grew after a Kent couple shared harrowing pictures of their daughter Faye Burdett who died this month.
It is now the most-signed online petition in parliamentary history.
Mr Booth, 44, from Gateshead, said he was "speechless and overwhelmed" and the response had been phenomenal.
The father-of-two said: "The number of signatures has just skyrocketed. The government cannot now ignore the biggest petition ever."
His petition calls for vaccination of all children up to at least the age of 11.
And because the petition has gained more than 100,000 signatures, a debate is now guaranteed to be held in parliament.
Two-year-old Faye, from Maidstone, died on Valentine's Day after an 11-day battle with the infection.
Her family shared a picture of her covered in a rash and lying in a hospital bed just before she died.
Faye's parents, Jenny and Neil, shared the picture to raise awareness of the disease. They also said the response had been overwhelming.
And ex-England rugby captain Matt Dawson revealed how his two-year-old son Sam had meningitis W135, ending up hooked up to machines in hospital before he recovered and returned home.
A vaccine to protect against meningitis B is available on the NHS for babies aged two months, followed by a second dose at four months and a booster at 12 months.
Parents who wish to have older children vaccinated must pay privately, but there is a worldwide shortage of the vaccine and stocks are low.
It is hoped there will be increased stocks in the UK by the summer.
The NHS programme is unaffected by the shortage.


Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man found stabbed to death at a flat in Greater Manchester.

Jonathon Herd, 44, was discovered at a home in Lees New Road, Oldham, shortly before 12:20 BST on Sunday.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said two men, one aged 37 and the other aged 38, have been arrested.
A police spokesman said that a 30-year-old man arrested on Monday remains in custody.
GMP said the man had suffered "multiple stab wounds" and died at the scene.
Det Insp Carl Jones, said: "This is a fast moving investigation and we now have three men in custody.
"Our work does not stop here and we will continue to carry out extensive enquiries to establish exactly what happened and who was involved in Jonathan's tragic death."


Eight more Russian athletes have been cleared to compete as neutrals by world athletics' governing body.

A total of 61 cases were reviewed by the IAAF's doping review board in the latest round of applications, with 53 declined.
The IAAF said the successful applicants met exceptional criteria.
Russia's athletics federation remains banned from international competition, including next month's World Athletics Championships in London.
It was suspended by the IAAF in 2015 amid allegations of state-sponsored doping.
IAAF president Lord Coe said: "From the beginning we have declared this process was about supporting the hopes and aspirations of all clean athletes, including Russian athletes who have been failed by their national system."
This year, 109 applications have been turned down and 47 approved, of which nine were specifically for the World Under-18 Championships and two for the European Under-20 Championships. Two were cleared to compete last year.
The latest athletes to be approved to compete as neutrals, subject to acceptance of their entries by meeting organisers, are Ilya Ivanyuk (high jump), Sergey Litvinov (hammer), Alena Lutkovskaya (pole vault), Danil Lysenko (high jump), Sofia Palkina (hammer), Valery Pronkin (hammer), Vladislav Saraykin (race walk), Ekaterina Sokolenko (3,000m steeplechase).


Three people have been charged over allegations of fraudulent fundraising in Cardiff.

Two women aged, 18 and 19 from Grangetown, and a third aged 19, from London, have been charged with fraud by false representation.
The arrests were made after people were approached by cold callers who claimed to be collecting money for Unicef.
But the charity confirmed no one had been authorised to fundraise in the area.
The women appear at Cardiff Magistrates Court on Friday 1 May. Two other men who were also arrested have been released on bail pending further investigations.


School books aren't often the subject of street protest, but in South Korea a row over a government plan to write a single history textbook brought protesters to the streets of Seoul last month, with police using water cannons to disperse them.

History here is not a dry subject confined to academia but a topic that exercises the passions of South Koreans.
Currently, a range of books by different academics are on offer in the country's schools, but the centre-right government thinks they are biased to the left and wants to replace them with a version it approves.
"The current textbooks have some mistakes so we want to revise them and correct the mistakes," the official in charge of the project, Park Sung-Min, told the BBC. "The authors don't want to change their point of view, so the government will make an accurate textbook".
One minister said that school books should teach "the proud history of South Korea, which has achieved both democratisation and industrialisation in the shortest time in world history".
Another conservative minister alleged the current versions of history were too uncritical of North Korea: "One textbook, for example, used the term 'dictatorial' only twice when writing about North Korea, but as many as 28 times about South Korea."
The government's plan has caused outrage both inside the country and around the world.
Prof Chung-in Moon of Yonsei University in Seoul told the BBC: "Why should we have one version of a text-book? We need multiple views so students can choose. History can be subject to multiple interpretations."
There are wider questions about what the study of history is for, according to Owen Miller, a Korean studies scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London University.
"Is history simply a tool for establishing loyalty to the nation or is it about producing critical citizens who can draw lessons?" he said.
The government's plan is so contentious because the current president, Park Geun-hye, is the daughter of a previous president, Park Chung-hee.
The elder President Park, who was assassinated in 1979, is a controversial figure.
As a military officer, he led a coup which took power in 1961. Extreme brutality was used by the security agencies under his presidency.
But he is also widely credited with driving through South Korea's super-fast industrialisation. He ordered the country's rich to invest their money in industries which he dictated they should build from scratch.
President Park is, accordingly, celebrated as the founder of South Korean prosperity. At his birthplace, for example, there is a shrine with a huge statue (reminiscent, incidentally, of the style of statue used to idolise leaders in North Korea).
But the plaques alongside it make no mention of President Park's dark side.
His record in the war when he served the Japanese is absent - and collaboration with the Japanese colonialists remains a hot issue in Korea. No pictures of him in a military uniform are apparent.
Critics of the government today fear that the new history textbook will have a similar, sanitised view of the past. And they assert that the plan is dear to the current president who wants to whitewash her father's legacy, scrubbing away the dark spots.
There are other areas of contention where the left and right are divided over how to read history.
The causes of the Korean War, for example, are disputed. For the right, it was started unambiguously by North Korea in an unprovoked aggression.
For some on the left, it was more complicated, with an incipient civil war over issues like land ownership already underway before the North invaded in 1950.
On this leftist view, there is some sympathy for North Korea, which is seen in parts of the left as a victim of the same civil war rather than as the outright aggressor.
South Korea is not alone in having a battle over history in the classroom.
Japan is having a very similar row, with conservatives wanting the wartime brutalities of Japanese soldiers downplayed and the status of disputed territories asserted in the classroom as being of undisputed Japanese sovereignty.
History in this part of the world is alive and contentious.
As it is in Texas where the state's board of education approves books for use in classrooms. There are hearings which are often emotive, with right and left disagreeing profoundly on the interpretation of events like slavery.
This year, a 15-year-old student noticed that slaves were referred to in one textbook as workers. He took a picture of the page, put it on the internet and the image went viral.
There is now a debate in the state about whether professional historians should get more say in the selection of approved textbooks.
In his novel 1984, George Orwell cited a fictitious totalitarian government slogan: "Who controls the past controls the future."
South Korea, Japan and Texas where the current rows over textbooks are taking place are not totalitarian states.  In truly despotic places governments control history teaching completely.
But in all three places, opponents of government fear an erosion of democracy.
History matters.  It's about politics and it provokes all the passions of politics.  They know that in Seoul, Tokyo and Austin.


Paris St-Germain have signed Hatem Ben Arfa on a free transfer after his contract ran out at Nice.

The 29-year-old scored 18 Ligue 1 goals last season, but failed to make France's final Euro 2016 squad.
Ben Arfa joined Nice after having his contract terminated by Newcastle, whom he joined in 2010, and following a loan spell at Hull City that was cut short.
He has signed a two-year deal with the French champions, who are planning for life without Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
PSG will go into next season without leading scorer Ibrahimovic, who is expected to sign for Manchester United, and with a new manager after Unai Emery replaced Laurent Blanc.
Ben Arfa scored 13 goals in 76 games for Newcastle after joining from Marseille, initially on loan before making it permanent in 2011.
He failed to score in nine appearances on loan at Hull in 2014/15.