Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the semi-finals of this season's Copa del Rey.

The first leg will be at the Vicente Calderon on 1 February, with the return at the Nou Camp a week later.
Atletico recorded a 5-2 aggregate triumph over Eibar, while Barca swept aside Real Sociedad 6-2 over two legs in the last eight.
Friday's draw also paired Real Madrid's conquerors Celta Vigo and Alaves, who saw off second division side Alcorcon.


Former Wales and British and Irish Lions back Lee Byrne has been appointed director of rugby at rebranded rugby league side South Wales Ironmen.

The Ironmen are playing under a new name having competed for the past decade as South Wales Scorpions.
The club are also relocating to Wern Sports Park, the home of Merthyr RFC.
Byrne helped Wales win rugby union's Six Nations Grand Slam in 2008, while he also played for Ospreys, Newport Gwent Dragons and Clermont Auvergne.
The 36-year-old retired from playing in April 2015 after failing to recover from a shoulder injury.
His appointment is due to be followed by news of player recruitment, with the Ironmen set to announce signings from Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday.
The club will play in League One of the Kingstone Press League, two tiers below the Super League, in 2017.


One of the founders of the comic Viz has sold his collection of railway memorabilia for more than £9,000 at auction.

Chris Donald had 56 lots for sale including models, station clocks and metal signs.
His collection sold for £9,330 at Railton's auctioneers.
The most expensive item proved to be an oak-cased clock from Ilderton Station which fetched £850, more than double its £400 estimate.
The brass nameplate from the engine The Bramham Moor sold for £700, more than twice its estimate, while another clock from the London and North Eastern Railway reached £800.
The Chronicle had previously reported Mr Donald was selling his collection as he is downsizing his home in Northumberland.
Mr Donald founded Viz in Newcastle in 1979 with the help of his brother Simon and friend Jim Brownlow.


National League Woking have extended the loan of defender Terell Thomas from Charlton until the end of the season.

The 21-year-old has made 26 appearances in all competitions for the Cards in the past two seasons.
Centre-back Thomas extends a deal originally agreed between Charlton and Woking in October.
He is yet to score for Woking or make a senior appearance for his parent club despite featuring among the substitutes on several occasions.


An elderly woman who died in a fire at a Belfast care home was regularly given cigarettes and a lighter unsupervised, an inquest has heard.

Kathleen Fegan, who suffered from dementia, was critically injured when the fire broke out in her bathroom at Owenvale Court in 2012.
Br Michael Newman, acting manager at the time, said all steps were taken to protect 81-year-old Mrs Fegan.
However, he said: "I don't think she was able to understand the rules."
The inquest heard that on a number of occasions Mrs Fegan was found to be smoking in areas she was not meant to be, including her bedroom.
The court also heard that Mrs Fegan had burnt her underwear and trousers, and left cigarette butts burning in her bedroom bin.
At the time of Mrs Fegan's death, care at the west Belfast home was provided by St John of God Association and Br Newman was acting manager between 2010 and January 2012.
Under questioning, coroner Patrick McGurgan asked him as to the appropriateness of simply "having a conversation about the dangers of smoking in a bedroom with a woman who had dementia?"
Br Newman replied he believed all steps were taken to protect Mrs Fegan from herself and her smoking.
Pushing the matter further, a solicitor for Mrs Fegan's family questioned whether she fully understood the rules.
Brother Newman replied: "No, I don't think she was able to understand the rules."
The home is now under new ownership.
The inquest continues on Tuesday.


Remote control aircraft and drone pilots are being warned to steer clear of power lines or electricity substations.

The warning follows a rise in the popularity of drones and model helicopters as Christmas gifts.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) said the aircraft could cause power cuts if they crashed into equipment.
SHEPD also warned that damaged drones could injure pilots on the ground.
Pilots could also be killed attempting to retrieve the toys from substation enclosures, it added.
The Civil Aviation Authority warns that drones should not be flown within 150m of a built-up area.
SHEPD head of operations Rodney Grubb said: "The model planes and drones that are on the market nowadays are really powerful and can fly really fast and high.
"If one of them strikes a power line or crashes into a substation, it can potentially damage an important piece of equipment and cause a power cut, or even serious injury to the pilot.
"If you've been given a drone or a model helicopter for Christmas, we want you to enjoy it in a safe environment where there is no risk of hitting power lines or substations."
If a model aircraft or drone does fall into a substation, SHEPD is urging people not to go in after it "no matter how expensive it is".
The electricity network operator wants people to contact its emergency service centre instead.


A US man sentenced to 35 years in jail for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks has been pardoned by an Indian court after he agreed to be a witness.

David Headley appeared before a court in Mumbai via video conference and agreed to give full details of the planning and execution of the attacks.
Headley, 52, pleaded guilty and co-operated with the US to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India.
More than 160 people were killed by gunmen in the November 2008 attack.
The Mumbai court told Headley that his pardon was conditional and it expected him to fully disclose all the information he had on the attacks.
He appeared before the court through a video link from an undisclosed location in the US.
"He has become a government witness. The court decided to pardon him because his testimony will give more details of the attacks. He will testify on 8 February," Indian prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told journalists in Mumbai.
Headley's US lawyer John Theis told BBC Hindi that he did not "expect anything substantially different from what he (Headley) has already said and it will be consistent with his testimony in Chicago".
"It [Headley's pardon in India] also doesn't affect the 35 year jail term that he's serving in the US," Mr Theis added.
Headley was sentenced in the US in 2013 on 12 counts, including conspiracy to aid militants from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which India blames for carrying out the attacks.
After initially denying the charges, he eventually pleaded guilty and co-operated with the US to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India.
He admitted to scouting potential target locations in Mumbai ahead of the attacks.
Headley was born Daood Gilani to a Pakistani father and American mother but changed his name to David Coleman Headley in 2006 "to present himself in India as an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani", US prosecutors had said.
Headley is alleged to have told US prosecutors that he had been working with LeT since 2002.
He was arrested by FBI agents in Chicago in October 2009 while trying to board a plane for Philadelphia.
The 60-hour assault on Mumbai began on 26 November 2008. Attacks on the railway station, luxury hotels and a Jewish cultural centre claimed 166 lives. Nine gunmen were also killed.
The only surviving attacker, Pakistani Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, was executed in India last November.


Former Korean Air executive Heather Cho, who was jailed for an outburst over macadamia nuts, has been freed after winning a court appeal.

Cho was jailed for a year in February but the court on Friday ruled she should serve a suspended sentence.
She was convicted of violating plane safety after ordering a taxiing plane back to the gate to offload a steward who had served the nuts the wrong way.
But the appeal court ruled she did not cause a change in the flight path.
It gave Cho a reduced sentence of 10 months and suspended the prison term for two years.
She remains guilty of using violence against flight attendants.
She did not answer questions from reporters and quickly left in a car.
Cho, also known as Cho Hyun-ah, was a vice-president of Korean Air. She is also the daughter of the company's chairman.
Cho Hyun-ah arrived at the appeal-court under police guard, dressed in the plain green overalls of the South Korean prison service. She left, having changed swiftly, into the black non-prison garb which has become her "outfit of contrition".
Before she was imprisoned at the end of last year, she repeatedly paraded herself before batteries of television cameras. Dressed in black from head to foot, voice at a whisper, she would express her contrition. So she appeared today, though without the big apology.
The court had quashed one of her convictions - illegally deviating a flight - a charge intended for hijackers.
But the assault in the form of jabbing the flight attendant with a bunch of papers was not over-turned. That verdict stands. And surely so does the humiliation. She became "nut-rage woman" around the world. That memory can't be erased.
Nor can a bigger question in the minds of many South Koreans. The economy is dominated by family-run chaebols - or firms - huge conglomerates answerable to no-one but the family oligarch. Often these companies are very successful, sometimes they aren't.
Cho had a job on the board of Korean Air. She was the boss's daughter. Is keeping business in the family a good way of running an economy?
On 5 December last year, Cho became angry while onboard a Korean Air flight in New York after she was served macadamia nuts which she did not ask for, and which were still in a bag, not in a bowl.
She confronted both the flight attendant who served her and chief steward Park Chang-jin about the presentation, at one point jabbing Mr Park with a service manual.
Cho then ordered the plane, which was taxiing at JFK Airport, to return to the terminal to offload Mr Park.
Cho had been in custody since she was arrested on 30 December. In February she was convicted and sentenced to one year in jail.
One of the judges on the appeal panel said on Friday that they had taken into consideration that she was a first time offender.
"It appears that she will have to live under heavy criticism from society, and stigma," he said.
The case attracted intense attention in South Korea, reopening a national debate about the Korean business system, which is dominated by family firms known as chaebols.
Some of the families running these businesses have been accused of high-handedness and acting with impunity.


Former Manchester United youth player David Gray has become Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs' first signing.

The right-back, who has penned a two year deal, started his career at Hearts and moved to Old Trafford in 2005 for a fee in the region of £50,000.
He then had spells with Preston North End and Stevenage Borough.
"This is a great opportunity to play for a big club and to be part of something memorable," the 26-year-old told the Hibs website.
"I'm honoured to be Alan's first signing - he comes across really well - and now I can't wait to get started.
"Our first competitive game of the season is against Rangers in the [Petrofac Training] cup and then two games later we've got an Edinburgh Derby, so there is plenty to look forward to"
Boss Stubbs says Gray, a former Scotland under-21 international, will be joined by more new faces as Hibs gear up for the Scottish Championship campaign.
"David is a quality player with plenty of experience and a first-class attitude," he said.
"Hopefully his arrival will be the first of many new signings at the club over the next few weeks."


The death of a schoolboy who was hit by a minibus being driven by a teacher will be investigated by the Health and Safety Executive.

Ashley Daniel Talbot, 15, was run over by PE teacher Chris Brooks, 34, at Maesteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend county, on 10 December 2014.
In January, police confirmed Mr Brooks would not face any criminal action.
A second 13-year-old boy suffered minor injuries in the crash.
A family tribute released after his death said: "Our son was our life and he was loved as a brother and we wouldn't change him for the world.
"He was a typical teenager, a practical joker with a wicked infectious laugh."
South Wales Police said it had questioned Mr Brooks but confirmed no action would be taken against him.
The force said Ashley's family had been informed about the latest development.


Susie Wolff is launching an initiative aimed at increasing the number of women involved in motorsport.

The Scot, who retired from racing last year, is joining forces with UK motorsport authority the MSA for the scheme.
The former Williams test driver said: "I knew I wanted to give something back when I stopped racing."
The scheme will start with motorsport, but there are plans to expand it into other male-dominated environments.
Wolf said: "I never set out to become a role model but somehow I did.
"The opportunities are out there. We aim to inspire female talent to ensure in the long term our sport is diverse."
It will be officially launched at the Autosport International Show at Birmingham's NEC on Thursday 14 January.
Wolff spent three years involved in test and development work at Williams, and took part in four practice sessions at grands prix over the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Before that, she spent seven years driving for Mercedes in the German touring car championship (DTM).


Sarah Olney has been welcomed into the House of Commons as its latest MP.

The Liberal Democrat won a by-election in Richmond Park on Thursday to oust former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith.
He stepped down from the Conservative Party in October in protest over a third runway at Heathrow and ran as an independent candidate.
But Mrs Olney overturned his 23,000 majority to win by more than 1,800 votes.
On Monday, the 39-year-old took her seat after being led into the chamber by leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron.
She now becomes the Lib Dems' ninth MP.
She then got the chance to get a welcome and a few tips from Speaker John Bercow.
Earlier on Monday, other MPs and party members met Mrs Olney on College Green in front of the Houses of Parliament to welcome her.


Labour has not got a "hope in hell" of holding on to its current number of seats if it continues to lose votes from black and Asian voters, Chuka Umunna has warned.

In a speech in Llandudno, Conwy county, the MP said the party has given the impression it took support from ethnic minorities for granted.
It has seen a big fall in support among black and minority ethnic (BME) groups.
Almost one in three BME voters backed the Conservatives at the last election.
Some one million ethnic minority voters "helped put David Cameron in Downing Street" last May and Labour has no chance of winning in 2020 if the trend continues, Mr Umunna told union Unison's National Black Members' conference.
"In spite of all we have delivered, too often we have given the impression that we take our ethnic minority communities' support for granted. We cannot afford to do this," said Mr Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham.
"Evidence from last year's general election suggests we are shedding votes from different ethnic minority communities to the Tories.
"And we have not a hope in hell of retaining all our current seats, let alone make any enough gains and winning the next general election if we continue to lose ethnic minority votes at this rate."
Tory support from ethnic minority voters at the general election jumped to 33% from 16%, the same percentage that Labour lost, Mr Umunna will say.
The surge in support was the best result in the Conservative Party's history and the fall in Labour backing should have set "alarm bells ringing", he told the conference.


Resorts World Birmingham - a behemoth housing 17 bars and restaurants, 50 shops, an Imax cinema, a casino, spa and luxury hotel - is entering the final stages of construction.

It is the project of Malaysian conglomerate the Genting Group, which owns and runs more than 40 casinos in the UK.
Due to open "towards the middle to end of summer", the seven-floor 538,000 sq ft (50,000 sq m) building cost £150m to build, will take 1,200 staff to run, and will be able to accommodate at least 12,000 people at any one time.
Roughly based on the shape of a cruise ship, the resort is the first of its type in the UK, according to operations manager Barry Clemo, in that visitors will not have to leave the building.
"In this country people don't understand what a resort like this is. Visitors will be able to come here, shop, drink Champagne, go to the cinema or casino and if they want, stay the night."
Built on the NEC site, it is next to the newly-named Genting Arena - formerly the LG Arena.
The cavernous interior has double-height ceilings, which take the seven floors of the building to the height of a 12-storey one, Mr Clemo said.
Mr Clemo said the resort was aimed at people "too young to sit at home watching telly, and too old to push through the crowds in the city centre.
"I envisage it to be the sort of place where parents have a babysitter arranged and want to have a night out. Most of our clientele will be within an hour, or hour-and-a-half, radius."
Mr Clemo said: "Everything is here, next to each other. It's not like if you go into the city centre, and have to get from A to B.
"You may want to go to a restaurant and then a bar and the hassle of getting from one place to another sometimes means you just don't bother with the bar and you go home - but then feel like you've missed out.
"But here, you can tailor your own experience, go to the World Bar, or the New York Lounge or the sports bar. And you don't need to leave the building."


A 15-year-old girl has appeared in court along with three other people accused of murdering a man after a street row.

Lorry driver Darren Kelly, 42, from Basildon, Essex, was stabbed to death two miles from his home on Tuesday.
The four people appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court earlier.
A girl, aged 15, from Pitsea, a boy, 17, from Pitsea, a boy, 16, from Basildon, and Chris Carroll, 20, of Pitsea, have been charged with murder.
None of the youths can be named for legal reasons.
Mr Carroll, of Pevensey Close, appeared in a separate hearing before the three youths.
All four have been remanded in custody to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on 27 October.
The youths were remanded in youth detention accommodation.
A 13-year-old girl, from Basildon, who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on police bail until 16 December.
A post-mortem examination found that Mr Kelly died from stab wounds and blood loss.


A church has been damaged in an arson attack in south Belfast.

Cairnshill Methodist Church, off the Saintfield Road in Castlereagh, was broken into on Thursday night. The exact time of the attack is unclear.
A number of separate blazes were started and damage was caused to the interior of the building as a result.
Methodist superintendant, Rev Ruth Patterson said she could not understand why anyone would target the church.
"It's just totally random. We have very good community relations, very good relations with other churches and the local community."
The Rev Brian Anderson, president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, condemned the attack.
"At the heart of the Methodist identity is a saying by the Rev John Wesley in which he described Methodists as the friends of all and enemies of none.
"This has been at the heart of the Cairnshill Methodist congregation, whose only desire is to serve the community among whom it is set."
An historic stain glass window from an older church building was covered in soot but otherwise undamaged.
The main church room, where Sunday services are held, also escaped the worst of the damage.
Rev Anderson encouraged anyone with information to contact police.


Leinster moved top of the Pro12 table with an eight-try thrashing of Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade.

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Two Jack Conan tries in the first half gave Leinster a healthy lead at half time, and Jamison Gibson-Park extended their advantage after the break.
Adam Hughes crossed for the hosts to claw back Leinster's 14-3 half-time lead before the Irish province rallied.
Richardt Strauss, James Tracy, Hayden Triggs and Luke McGrath all touched down for the visitors late on.
Munster's 30-21 defeat by the Scarlets means that Leinster leapfrog their Irish rivals to move top thanks to their demolition of Kingsley Jones' side.
The result means the Dragons, who had to play without Wales wing Ashton Hewitt due to concussion protocols in the lead up to the match, remain 10th in the table.
After a period of momentum from the hosts before the break, hopes of a Dragons comeback seemed to be extinguished in the last play of the first half, when Dorian Jones hit the crossbar with a penalty.
Despite being stunned by an influx of tries by Leinster in the second period, Matthew Screech crossed to keep the home fans entertained.
Sarel Pretorius scored a late try to take the Dragons past the 20-point mark and round off a game which saw 11 tries scored by either side.
Newport Gwent Dragons: Carl Meyer; Adam Hughes, Tyler Morgan, Jack Dixon, Pat Howard; Dorian Jones, Tavis Knoyle; Sam Hobbs, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Nick Crosswell, Rynard Landman, Ollie Griffiths, Nic Cudd, Lewis Evans (capt)
Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Thomas Davies, Lloyd Fairbrother, Matthew Screech, Harrison Keddie, Sarel Pretorius, Angus O'Brien, Adam Warren
Leinster: Joey Carbery; Adam Byrne, Zane Kirchner, Noel Reid, Fergus McFadden; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Peter Dooley, Richardt Strauss (capt),  Michael Bent, Ross Molony, Mike McCarthy, Rhys Ruddock, Peadar Timmins, Jack Conan,
Replacements: James Tracy, Ed Byrne, Mike Ross, Hayden Triggs, Max Deegan, Luke McGrath, Cathal Marsh, Barry Daly
Referee: Marius Mitrea
Assistant referees: Claudio Blessano and Robert Price


Theresa May put affordable housing at the heart of her "offer" to voters when she became prime minister.

The government's target is one million new homes by 2020; the argument being that more supply will bring down prices.
But the head of one of the UK's largest housebuilders, Berkeley Homes, says the target may be missed.
Radical change will be required to raise the current new-build rate above 170,000 per year, says Rob Perrins.
When I asked him if the target would be hit, his answer was emphatic.
"The answer is no, and surprisingly the answer is not due to planning," he said.
"There have been some very good reforms in planning over the past few years. [However] there are three reasons why they will not hit the target.
"Firstly, there is not enough land ready for development.
"Secondly, the UK has the highest property taxation in the world. And it acts as a disincentive to build and [for people to] move.
"And thirdly, I don't believe it is a top three political issue. And there is nothing more important for those under 30 than resolving the housing crisis," Mr Perrins added.
He said the government should take the issue as seriously as funding the National Health Service.
I interviewed Mr Perrins on the Kidbrooke estate in south-east London, where Berkeley Homes is building 4,500 new homes - 1,500 of which will be cheaper "affordable" homes.
The Kidbrooke estate is Britain's housing crisis in microcosm.
In the 1960s, the area was called the Ferrier Estate, a depressing jungle of pre-cast concrete that had fallen into disrepair.
In the 1990s, the local council, Greenwich - which Mr Perrins describes as one of the best when it comes to backing housing development - starting planning to redevelop the site.
It took 10 years to achieve a "development agreement" for the area, signed in 2007.
There are 800 "conditions" attached to the planning permission, from the type of building materials used, to the type of energy supply needed, to the type of facilities - such as a new school and health centre - that will be provided.
All might be very necessary, but all slow down the system.
The final houses will not be completed until 2030 - more than 30 years after the council first earmarked the area for redevelopment.
Building homes in the UK is a glacial business.
"The real issue in my view is getting land ready for development," Mr Perrins said.
"It is also about infrastructure. It's about electricity. It's about gas. It's about adjoining land permissions. It's about all the infrastructure issues around getting land ready, and there are an awful lot of those."
There are, of course, many other reasons put forward for the chronic shortage of new homes in the UK.
One is that housebuilders deliberately constrain supply to keep prices - and their profits - high.
The government is considering bringing in financial sanctions for housebuilders that do not develop land quickly enough.
That policy proposal could be fleshed out in a housing White Paper to be published before Christmas.
Mr Perrins dismissed this criticism of housebuilders, saying that companies like his were ready to build.
"We take huge risks getting sites like this [Kidbrooke] ready for development," he said.
"It's hugely complicated and we take those risks over a number of years.
"It also requires an awful lot of capital. Sites like this require over Â£200m of capital to bring them forward," he pointed out.
Returns need to be good to keep shareholders - which include many people's pension funds - satisfied.
"You mustn't bring in policies that are a disincentive to bringing house [building] forward," Mr Perrins said about any government action on fining companies that do not build new homes quickly enough.
"The government owns 40% of the land in the UK; they have enough of their own land to solve the housing crisis," he added.
With Number 10 and the Treasury both saying that new housebuilding is a priority, the government department responsible for delivering on housing policy - communities and local government - is under scrutiny.
The housing minister, Gavin Barwell, told me he "didn't agree" the one million new homes target by 2020 would definitely be missed.
"I certainly accept that at the current rate we are not going to hit it, so we need to raise our game," he said.
"But I think if you look in both our own past and if you look to some of our near neighbours, it is possible to build the number of homes we need in this country and it is my job, working with my boss Sajid Javid [the Communities and Local Government Secretary] to make sure we do it," the minister added.
"How?" is the question governments have been asked for decades, ever since the 1960s and 1970s when house building was a public and private affair, with 100,000 council houses a year adding to the number built by private developers.
"I think if there was a simple answer to that question, someone would have solved the problem already," Mr Barwell said.
"I think there is a combination of things. In some parts of the country we are not releasing enough land into the system.
"Then often people get planning permission, but it takes too long to turn that into a home - you can't live in a planning permission.
"We're too slow to get spades in the ground when we've got planning permission.
"I think we are too dependent on a small number of large housebuilders, so we need to broaden the range of the people who are doing the building.
"And then we need to make sure we've got enough people in the country who have got the skills to work in the industry," he said.
Mrs May has been careful to avoid too many targets in her short time as prime minister.
But she knows the "one million new homes by 2020" will be one for which voters can and will hold her accountable.
Expect a flurry of government activity - on simplifying planning rules and promoting local authority building - by the end of the year.


The US has carried out a commando raid on an al-Qaeda stronghold in central Yemen, killing 14 militants, the military says.

One US soldier died and three were injured.
Several Apache helicopters were reported to have taken part in the operation in al-Baida province.
Three al-Qaeda leaders were among those killed in a battle lasting 45 minutes in a village in Yakla district. Earlier reports suggested a higher death toll.
US drones have carried out periodic attacks on al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Local sources earlier said 41 militants and 16 civilians were killed.
A provincial official said the helicopters targeted a hospital, school and mosque.
Leading al-Qaeda figure Abdul Raouf al-Dhahab was among those killed in the night-time operation in which drones were also used.
Al-Qaeda has taken advantage of the chaos caused by the conflict in Yemen to entrench its presence in the south and south-east.
For the past two years, the country has been embroiled in fighting between forces loyal to the internationally recognised president, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Shia Houthi rebels.
Iran rejects accusations of supporting the rebels.
This would be the first such raid since President Donald Trump took office on 20 January.


A boy aged nine has been sent a postcard from "pirates" in Norway after they found a message in a bottle he sent from Northumberland two years ago.

Archie Aitken wrote the note, "I hope you find your treasure, when I grow up I would like to join you", and put it in a plastic a bottle in the Tyne.
Sent from more than 1,000 miles in Lista, Norway, Archie and his family now want to find the mystery pirates.
Archie said: "There's only two pirates left so it shouldn't be that hard."
Archie's mother, Suzanne, said he had sent the bottle, from Hexham, after becoming "obsessed" with the film Treasure Island.
She said: "It's quite special. We had completely forgotten about it.
"Then on Saturday morning, with all the Christmas cards, lo and behold there was this postcard from Norway. We were so shocked and delighted.
"It's a mystery. But then pirates are like that. They are at sea for long periods of time, so maybe they don't want to be found."


Former security minister Baroness Neville-Jones says she is "alarmed" by people using mobile phones in public instead of being more alert to the risk of a potential terrorist attack.

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that people should take more notice of their surroundings.
Measures such as the closure of railway stations in Munich on New Year's Eve would become more likely.
Such moves showed "prudence and proper caution" by authorities, she said.
Official guidance is that members of the public should be "alert but not alarmed" about the threat of terrorism.
But Lady Neville-Jones, former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said people were not as vigilant as they could be.
"I think being alert is very important," she said. "I am alarmed by the number of people I see wandering along the street entirely engaged in their mobile telephones and with their ears plugged in to music.
"They're not aware of their surroundings - you need to be aware of your surroundings."
When interviewer John Humphrys said that was "how we should be able to lead our lives", she added: "Maybe, but I do think you need to take some personal responsibility."
Two railway stations which were closed in Munich in response to a suspected terror threat reopened on Friday after German officials said there was no sign of an imminent attack.
Lady Neville-Jones said: "I do think we are going to have to get used to what we have seen yesterday in Germany - that is to say alerts which close places of public functions, and higher levels of security in big public gatherings.
"That is prudence and proper caution on the part of intelligence and the police authorities."
Authorities have a responsibility to take information seriously, even if the wider picture is not clear, she said.
"It's a very bold government or policeman who chooses not to take precautions in such circumstances," said Lady Neville-Jones.
"I think the population on the whole would prefer them to be cautious and occasionally have closed something that it turned out wasn't necessary, but how do we know, rather than take the risk of exposing people to dangers on which they have information, even if it's not complete and on which they can't necessarily totally rely."
But she said UK cities were unlikely to be locked down in the way Brussels had been over recent terrorism concerns.
She told Today: "I would hope that that would not be something that would happen in the UK.
"I do think that counter-terrorism and both the intelligence side of it and the policing side of it, and well done, are matters which are bred of long experience and of great skill and I think that in this country we do have both of those things and we have very close co-operation between both police and agencies and I think they understand how to use information.
"I don't think those skills are nearly so widespread on the continent. So I think we shouldn't conclude that what happened there is necessarily the technique that would be adopted here."


The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, dazzle stargazers on Earth and in space.

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Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly has captured timelapse footage of the spectacular sight, from the International Space Station.
The splashes of colour are caused by the interaction of charged particles and the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
Scott took the sunrise footage on his 141st day of his #yearinspace mission.
Pictures courtesy of Scott Kelly, Nasa.


Manic Street Preachers perform Wales' Euro 2016 anthem 'Together Stronger (C'Mon Wales)' on The One Show.

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Wales have qualified for their first major championship since the 1958 World Cup and the Manics, who are hardcore Welsh football fans, admit their anthem began evolving since Wales narrowly failed in their qualification bid for the 1994 World Cup by defeat to Romania.
"It's a long time coming," said lyricist Nicky Wire.
"Definitely there's pressure, World In Motion by New Order (for England's 1990 World Cup campaign) is the best one, that's the benchmark.
"We wanted to make a great Manics song first and I think we pulled it off. If the song takes off on the terraces, there's not going to be many more finer moments than that."
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More than 80% of people aged 16-25 with autism or Asperger's in Wirral have been victims of so-called mate crime, a report has found.

Wirral Autistic Society said the number young people who had suffered from mate crime was "staggeringly high".
Victims of this type of crime - by people who claim to be friends - suffer verbal and physical abuse and theft.
The survey, carried out earlier this year, collated 141 responses, which were all submitted anonymously.
In 2014, a survey by the National Autistic Society found 49% of adults with autism said they had been abused by someone they thought of as a friend.
The Wirral report found 85% of over-16s felt "lonely and left out" and all respondents said they had difficulty "distinguishing friends from those who bully or abuse."
Steve Vasey, manager of the society's Rainbow Resource Centre in Birkenhead, said: "It can range from setting someone up to take something from a shop right through to sexual abuse and posting online images."
He added previous research was with over 18s and there was "a significant spike" around the 16 to 25-year-old age range, as this was the age at which most people formed relationships outside school.
A parent of one victim surveyed said: "My daughter was diagnosed at the age of 14 with Asperger's but she has been bullied all her life from reception onwards.
"When she was older, her Â£100 iPod disappeared then her Blackberry disappeared and she was always asking for money for one thing and another."
Robin Bush, the society's chief executive, said: "Perpetrators of mate crime prey on the most vulnerable people in society and do so in the knowledge these crimes often go unreported.
"It is morally reprehensible and they are cowards."


A "dysfunctional" maternity unit must further improve to ensure mothers and babies are safe, a watchdog has said.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Darlington Memorial Hospital after "serious incidents and concerns around the culture".
There was a "real drive to improve" but "poor behaviours and performance" still needed addressing, it said.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust welcomed the report's conclusion that "services are safe and well led".
"Good progress" was being made on improvement action plans, a trust spokesperson said.
Despite this, there "continued to be issues relating to the cohesiveness of certain groups of medical staff", CQC inspectors found.
"Certain elements of the obstetrics team remained dysfunctional with a lack of clinical engagement and support," their report said.
There was some confusion over how guidelines were followed, but this was being addressed.
The trust was also working with the relevant members of staff, inspectors noted.
Chief inspector of hospitals Prof Sir Mike Richards said there were "issues relating to the culture in certain areas - particularly among the medical team".
"Although there was no evidence to suggest that individual clinicians were not caring for women, clinical engagement and support was not always effective," he said.
The trust had carried out its own investigations but "any significant change in culture may take some time to embed", he added.
Overall, inspectors found services at the hospital were safe and well led, the CQC said.


Dame Sarah Storey, Britain's most successful Paralympian of the modern era, has been selected for her seventh Paralympics.

The 38-year-old, who has won 22 medals, including 11 golds, has been named on the cycling team for the Rio Games, which run from 7 to 18 September.
Storey will be aiming to retain the four titles she won at London 2012.
"It's just as exciting to be named in the team today as it was for my first Games in Barcelona in 1992," she said.
Storey competed in four Paralympics as a swimmer - in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 - before switching to cycling in 2005.
Her medal haul for Britain is second only to swimmer Mike Kenny, who won 16 golds and two silvers from 1976 to 1988.
Fellow London 2012 medallists Neil Fachie, Jody Cundy, Jon-Allan Butterworth, Karen Darke, David Stone and tandem pilot Helen Scott have also been selected in the cycling team.
Fachie and Pete Mitchell, the three-time world champions, will ride together, while Scott pilots Sophie Thornhill.
"London was an amazing experience but any Paralympics is just a phenomenal festival of sport that you want to be part of," Fachie, who won gold and silver with pilot Barney Storey four years ago, told BBC Sport.
"We are going in as favourites, but I would rather that than having to go in and do something special on the day.
"Everyone is coming for us and getting close, but we are in a good place. As long as we keep improving, hopefully we will be on that top step again."
Fellow tandem pairs Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall, and Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby are also included, along with newcomers Megan Giglia and trike rider Hannah Dines.
A second team announcement will be made at a later date to name the riders who will occupy the remaining places.
Kadeena Cox, who won gold at the UCI Para-cycling track World Championships in Italy in March and is hoping to compete in cycling and athletics in Rio, has not been selected as she awaits a cycling reclassification in July.
GB squad: Jon-Allan Butterworth, Steve Bate & Adam Duggleby, Jody Cundy, Karen Darke, Hannah Dines, Megan Giglia, Neil Fachie & Pete Mitchell, Lora Turnham & Corrine Hall, Sophie Thornhill & Helen Scott, David Stone, Dame Sarah Storey.


The global farming sector has a big role to play in the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to future climate change, the UN says.

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization said agriculture accounted for about a fifth of emissions, which it said needed to be reduced.
The State of Food & Agriculture 2016 report said "business as usual" would leave millions at risk from hunger.
Last year, nations adopted a UN goal of ending hunger by 2030.
"The climate is changing, so agriculture must change too," explained Rob Voss, director of FAO's Agricultural Development Economics division.
"We are saying that because agriculture is already very affected by the impacts of climate change, particularly the countries in the tropical zones.
"Also, agriculture is contributing itself to about one fifth of the global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases," Mr Voss, who headed the team that produced the FAO State of Food & Agriculture 2016 report, added.
"If we continue along the present pathways then we will not be able to [deliver] food security around the world and we will not be able to stabilise the climate."
As a result, he told BBC News, there was a need for "major changes" to take place in the sector.
"One of the challenges is agriculture itself. As soon as we shovel the ground then we are already releasing greenhouse gas emissions. Also, as it is so dependent on water and quality of land, any impact from the change in climate has a direct impact."
Therefore, he said, the challenge was bearing these changes in mind and looking at ways to shift to a more sustainable footing.
"A lot of the technologies that are available that allow us to do things differently do face a number of hurdles, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers in developing countries.'
These include the cost of changing the way farmers produce their food; knowledge of shifting to the novel ways of farming; urbanisation; access to water.
In terms of making the change to deliver a robust global food system, Mr Voss said the report highlighted four steps that could be taken:
"First, put in the steps that would help farmers switch to more sustainable practices, such as more efficient use of fertilizers and using heat tolerant and drought resistant crop varieties."
He added that management systems, such as agroforestry - which places forestry cultivation around farmlands, would also be beneficial as it helps farmers build in great resilience against the impacts of climate change.
"Secondly, we need to work harder to increase the capacity of soils and forestry to sequestrate carbon. Deforestation and changes to land-use is one of the major sources of emissions from the sector.
"A third area where we can immediately start work on is to reduce food losses and waste. We estimate that about one third of the food we produce gets lost in the post-harvest process or gets wasted at the consumer end.
"The fourth area, which is more challenging, is to try and do something about people's diets. What we have been seeing around the world is a clear shift towards increasing demands for food products that put a lot more pressure on natural resources."
The report observed: "Rebalancing diets towards less animal-sourced foods would make an important contribution in this direction, with probable co-benefits for human health."
FAO director-general Jose Graziano da Silva said that the coming twelve months should be about "putting commitments into action", referring to the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goal of delivering "zero hunger" by 2030.
He also observed that agriculture was set to be one of the main topics for discussion at the forthcoming UN climate summit in Morocco in November.
"Climate change threatens all dimensions of food security," Mr Graziano da Silva warned.
"It will expose both urban and rural poor to higher and more volatile food prices. It will also affect food availability by reducing the productivity of crops, livestock and fisheries."
He stated: "Hunger, poverty and climate change need to be tackled together."
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A "national architecture centre in the North" is to be opened by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Liverpool's Riba North will have conference facilities and a gallery "at its heart", a spokeswoman said.
The institute's president Jane Duncan said it would "explore the enormous impact that architecture and design has on our lives".
It will open in August with an exhibition of designs for Liverpool that were never built.
The centre, which will be housed in the Broadway Malyan-designed Mann Island on the city's waterfront, "will offer a magnificent opportunity to display Riba's historic collections, telling hundreds of years of the UK's extraordinary architectural history", Duncan said.
The "prominent high-footfall location" for the privately-funded venue had been chosen to "help us to reach a wide audience", she added.
The opening show will "celebrate Liverpool's long, often maverick, history of architectural ambition [and] its willingness to take risks and be open to transformation", the spokeswoman said.
It will include Sir Charles Nicholson and Philip Webb's proposals for the city's Anglican Cathedral, a 1959 scheme by Sir Denys Lasdun for the Catholic Cathedral site and Graeme Shankland's "bold vision for a new skyline" from the 1960s.


London Irish fly-half Greig Tonks says being thrust into a Premiership relegation battle does not faze him.

Scotland international Tonks, 26, joined the Exiles last month from Edinburgh in a bid to help them climb away from the bottom of the table.
And he kicked 13 points in the crucial 23-18 victory against Gloucester on Sunday to boost their survival hopes.
"I'm enjoying being part of the club and set up, but obviously I've arrived at a tough time," he told BBC Sport.
Tonks, whose last international appearance came against Italy in August, has signed a deal with Irish until the end of the season.
The former Leicester and Northampton player hopes a regular run of appearances in the number 10 shirt will not only guide London Irish to safety, but put him in the frame for a Scotland recall.
"I'm enjoying getting a run of games and having a real shot at fly-half," he said.
"The Scotland coaches have told me if I'm playing well regularly, it doesn't matter if it's in Scotland, England or anywhere.
"I enjoy having a strong input in how we play the game. Hopefully, I can pass that on to my team-mates and implement the way the coaches want us to play the game."


Leicester City restored their eight-point lead over Tottenham Hotspur and took another stride towards the Premier League title with a ruthless demolition of Swansea City.

The Foxes were without suspended top-scorer Jamie Vardy and had watched Spurs start to apply pressure at the top of the table.
But Claudio Ranieri's side responded emphatically by equalling their best Premier League win and scoring four for the first time since Sunderland were beaten 4-2 on the opening day.
Riyad Mahrez took advantage of Ashley Williams' poor clearance to score with a composed finish before Leonardo Ulloa stepped into the space left by Vardy to ensure this was a win achieved in style and comfort.
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Ulloa headed in Danny Drinkwater's free-kick before the break, then scrambled in the third goal from a loose ball on the hour to give Leicester the advantage their superiority deserved.
Substitute Marc Albrighton added a fourth to leave Leicester needing a maximum of five more points to win the title for the first time in their history. They could even clinch it with victory at Manchester United next weekend if Spurs slip up at home to West Bromwich Albion on Monday night.
Relive Leicester's win against Swansea
What would Leicester City do without Vardy? That question has been asked plenty of times this season - and more so in recent days, after he was suspended for being sent off in the 2-2 draw with West Ham and then hit with a follow-up Football Association charge for his reaction to referee Jon Moss.
The emphatic answer came in the shape of Ulloa, who fully repaid manager Ranieri's faith in his ability to replace the man with 22 Premier League goals this season.
When Ulloa earned the Foxes a vital point with a stoppage-time penalty last weekend against West Ham, he showed he was not a man to be perturbed by pressure - and he relished the responsibility put on his shoulders against Swansea.
The 29-year-old Argentinian striker, an £8m buy from Brighton in July 2014, ran selflessly all afternoon to compensate for the darting, pacy threat of Vardy, and most importantly contributed two goals that eventually made this a stroll for Leicester City.
Ulloa reacted decisively to head Drinkwater's inviting free-kick past Lukasz Fabianski on the half-hour, then showed determination to make sure he was first to a loose ball to bundle home his second, Leicester's third, after Jeff Schlupp had broken clear.
The two-goal striker was rewarded with a standing ovation when he was substituted late on. Vardy was not missed - and there is no greater compliment to Ulloa's performance.
Leicester's King Power Stadium demonstrated its first signs of tension during the draw with West Ham United last Sunday - a result that left the door ajar for title rivals Spurs.
Mauricio Pochettino's side took full advantage with a 4-0 thrashing of Stoke City on Monday night, and that could easily have played on Foxes' nerves.
Not a bit of it. Well before kick-off, there was a mood of expectation and optimism sweeping around this atmospheric arena, with Leicester closing in on the finale to the greatest Premier League story.
Former Leicester forward Alan Birchenall, now master of ceremonies at the stadium on match day, whipped the crowd into a fervour with a rallying speech. The traditional pre-kick-off playing of Post Horn Gallop was accompanied by a deafening greeting for Leicester's players.
And once Mahrez gave Leicester the lead, there was never a doubt about the destiny of the points. This ground reverberates on most occasions - but it has surely never been more thunderous than this.
The final seconds were played out to roars of "Barcelona, we're coming for you" - the perfect soundtrack to this wonderful, unlikely story of success.
This win, however, means that a day of yet greater celebration for the most unlikely of Premier League triumphs moves even closer.
Ranieri has spent the season flouting his reputation as 'The Tinkerman' - earned during his days at Chelsea when his penchant for squad rotation sent heads spinning.
He has relied on a bedrock of the same 11 players - but he needed to make selection decisions against Swansea, and got them spot on.
Once Vardy was suspended, the Italian announced within minutes that Ulloa would be his replacement. He talked up the player's character and ability and got a two-goal performance.
He backed another winner when he dropped Albrighton down to the bench and brought in Schlupp.
The 23-year-old Ghana international may be an erratic figure but his direct, strong running unsettled Swansea and he set up Ulloa for his second goal. He may be slightly unconventional but he was another to earn a standing ovation when he was substituted.
And just to confirm Ranieri had the magic touch, Albrighton emerged from the bench to score the fourth late on.
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "It's a fantastic performance. Without Jamie Vardy everyone gave something more.
"We knew we had some difficulties but with the fight of everybody we had a good match.
"We know it will be tough because Tottenham are a good team but we will fight until the end."
Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin: "We began really well, but then we conceded the first goal and we had to change our mentality and the way we played.
"We fought for 90 minutes. Claudio is my friend and now I can say it, I hope Leicester go on and win the title because they deserve it. Leicester are a really strong team and they deserve to win the Premier League."
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BBC Radio 5 live pundit and former Leicester player Robbie Savage: "Leicester winning the league would have to be the best achievement in domestic sport. Ever. It is that incredible. And I don't think we'll see anything like this ever again.
"I just can't believe it. Everybody here is the same from when I was around; the kitman, the people holding the doors open. But on the pitch they are transformed. It's one of those moments when you think: I was there."
Leicester travel to Old Trafford to play Manchester United on Sunday, 1 May, while Swansea host Liverpool on the same day.
Match ends, Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0.
Attempt missed. André Ayew (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jack Cork.
Foul by Alberto Paloschi (Swansea City).
Demarai Gray (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Williams (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Fuchs (Leicester City).
Goal!  Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy King.
Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.
Neil Taylor (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Andy King (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt missed. Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Leonardo Ulloa because of an injury.
Attempt missed. André Ayew (Swansea City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ki Sung-yueng with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Swansea City. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Swansea City. Ki Sung-yueng replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ashley Williams (Swansea City).
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Jefferson Montero.
Attempt missed. Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Swansea City).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.


Europe's Sentinel-1a satellite has got its first good look at the aftermath of Saturday's big quake in Nepal.

The radar spacecraft is able to sense ground movement by comparing before and after imagery acquired from orbit.
Scientists turn this information into an interferogram - a colourful, but highly technical, representation of the displacement that occurs on a fault.
The new data confirms an area of 120km by 50km around Kathmandu lifted up, with a maximum of at least 1m.
"There's a peak of slip just to the northeast of Kathmandu. Basically, what we do is count the coloured 'fringes' in this interferogram and there are about 34, so that translates to more than a metre of uplift," explained Prof Tim Wright from the UK's Nerc Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET).
Further to the north of the capital, the interferogram indicates that the ground subsided, which is exactly what would be expected following a shallow thrust.
Researchers can also see how the fault ruptured east from the epicentre, and did not break the surface.
This may indicate that not all the strain built up in the rocks prior to the earthquake was released in the magnitude-7.8 event and its subsequent aftershocks.
The interferogram has been produced as part of a European Space Agency study called INSARAP.
This is led by Norut in Norway, and includes Dutch-based PPO.labs, Leeds University, UK, the Polish Geological Institute and the Geological Survey of Norway.
The interferogram will be refined in the coming days.  It will be used to map damage and landslides.
INSARAP will also derive a model to interpret the quake's "anatomy". This will help scientists understand Saturday's tremor in the context of historic events.
The hope is that such analysis can point to areas at greatest risk from future ruptures - information that can assist with disaster planning.
"We want to know which parts of the fault slipped," said Prof Wright, who is based at Leeds University.
"And that's important because it tells us those parts that did not, and which are still primed and ready to go in a future earthquake.
"Many of us are involved in a project called Earthquakes Without Frontiers, which has as its aim to use the latest scientific information to improve resilience."
Sentinel-1a is the first in a new fleet of spacecraft being launched by the European Union to monitor the Earth. Next year, it will be joined by a sister satellite, Sentinel-1b, and this will cut the time taken to acquire the after-quake images, as the pair will be able to map the entire planet every six days.
In anticipation, researchers have been working on speeding up the production of the interferograms themselves.  In this case, Sentinel-1a passed over Nepal shortly after midnight, Tuesday into Wednesday.  The data was then downlinked and put in the hands of scientists within a matter of hours.
Sentinel radar analysis of Nepal quake
The interferogram on this page is copyrighted: Copernicus data (2015)/ESA/PPO.labs-Norut-COMET-SEOM Insarap study
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People underestimate the amount of sugar in drinks which are perceived to be "healthy", research suggests.

The Glasgow University study asked more than 2,000 people in the UK to estimate how much sugar was in a range of drinks.
While many overestimated the amount in fizzy beverages, they underestimated levels in smoothies and fruit juices.
The research also found soft drinks could be accounting for a large chunk of their recommended calorie intake.
The British Soft Drinks Association says the sugar in soft drinks is not hidden because beverages carry clear labelling of nutritional content, including calorie and sugar content.
The reasearchers asked participants to assess their weekly drinking habits.
Their answers suggested 450 calories a day were being consumed - a quarter of the daily limit for women and a fifth for men.
BBC Health: Managing your weight
But it was the lack of awareness about the sugar content of drinks that caused concern.
The participants were asked to guess the number of teaspoons of sugar in a range of popular drinks.
They underestimated it for pure apple juice and orange juice, a caffeinated energy drink and a smoothie by between two and four teaspoons.
And for a pomegranate-based drink, they underestimated the sugar content by nearly 18 teaspoons.
Unsurprisingly, many participants were not taking the calorie content of their soft drinks into account when thinking about their diet.
The team warned that the over-consumption of soft drinks was contributing to obesity and was a major risk factor for conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.
Lead researcher Prof Naveed Sattar said: "What you drink can be as damaging to the body as what you eat.
"There is no question that consuming too many sugar-sweetened drinks can greatly contribute to obesity.
"Some varieties of drinks such as pure fruit juices and smoothies, which are perceived as 'healthy' options, are also very high in sugar.
"For many people struggling with their weight, reducing their intake of such drinks and replacing with water or diet drinks would be a sensible first target to help them lessen their calorie intake."


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Riot police in Rio de Janeiro have undergone training in crowd control ahead of the Brazil football World Cup.

The exercise involved the military police, with 50 of them playing the part of unruly protesters.
A helicopter monitored the "march" next to Rio's Sambadrome in order to inform the actions of agents on the ground.
After fresh violent street unrest, the Brazilian government recently announced plans to deploy up to 170,000 security personnel during the World Cup.
President Dilma Rousseff said the armed forces could also be brought in if needed.
Since last June, protesters have staged a number of street marches, with some violent episodes, raising concerns about security at the tournament.
Brazil is also preparing to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
But the focus is now on the World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June.
Police admit they were caught by surprise by the large demonstrations which took place last year during the warm-up tournament Confederations Cup.
More than a million people took to the streets to protest against corruption and excessive spending on preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics
"We learned that each day is a continued process of learning for all of us. The Confederations Cup was a laboratory for the World Cup and even later for the Olympics," the commander of Rio's riot police, Colonel Andre Luiz Vidal, told Efe news agency.
Earlier this month, a cameraman died after being hit by fireworks apparently let off by protesters.


A suspicious object found on the M1 motorway has been declared as "nothing untoward" by police.

The security alert ended at about 17:40 GMT on Tuesday.
All closures have now been lifted. Chief Insp Natalie Wilson said police "appreciate the level of frustration that everyone has felt".
"We are hopeful that traffic will be able to move freely soon."


The government's plans for new grammar schools in England are based on "flimsy evidence", a former Labour shadow education minister has said.

Lisa Nandy said plans for new selective schools were a "particularly backwards looking approach".
She said it was "pitiful" that ministers appeared to have given up hope of making every school a good one.
But Education Minister Nick Gibb said the government was committed to improving standards for all students.
Announced in September, the proposals to allow new grammar schools have prompted strong criticism from politicians and the teaching profession.
Leading a backbench debate on the issue in the Commons on Tuesday, Ms Nandy said: "The idea that in 2016 in Britain that we are better off as a country, or that any child is better off by being segregated and branded a failure at the age of 11 seems to me to be a particularly backwards looking approach."
"This government appears to be set on a path that will pit children against one another, and make losers of all of us."
Ms Nandy cited a whole range of studies and statistics that questioned the benefits of selective education.
She said the plans, set out in a consultation document, were based on "precisely no evidence".
MPs heard that grammar schools were under-represented at Oxford and Cambridge universities, given their selective intake, and grammars did not increase the number of high achieving students.
But Mr Gibb told MPs there was evidence that the grades of children in selective areas who did not get into grammar schools fell by only a fraction of a grade.
He said: "What this consultation document seeks to do is to find a solution to that problem, by requiring all new grammar schools that are established, all grammar schools that want to expand, to help raise the academic standards in those non-selective schools in those areas."
Ms Nandy responded by saying no other countries were pursuing selective education and that good comprehensive schools deserved just as much praise from the government.
There were also concerns about the increased cost of school transport, given children would travel from further afield, as well as the lack of funding among local authorities to implement the plans.
"The answer to his problem is surely to make every school a good school. The fact the government appears to have completely given up on this, in 2016 in Britain, is pitiful for young people in this country," she said.
Neil Carmichael, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Committee, described the grammar school plans as a "distraction".
He said other education issues, such as fairer funding and support for primary school pupils making the transition to secondary school, needed greater attention.
"I do think that we have to focus on what matters and therefore I repeat this issue about grammar schools is something of a distraction,"  Mr Carmichael said.
"The question we have got to ask ourselves all of the time is what about all of the other schools? That's actually at the heart of this matter because we do have 3,500 secondary schools.
"The question is what do we do about the 3,400 or so schools which we do depend on for the vast majority of our teaching."
Concerns have been expressed about pupils from wealthier families receiving private tutoring in order to pass exams to get into a grammar school.
"The evidence suggests it would be extremely difficult to create a tutor-proof test," Mr Carmichael said.
Labour's former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell also criticised the plans.
"I can't quite believe that in 2016 Britain we are seriously contemplating a return to selection at 11, given all the progress that we have made in education over the last 20 years," she said.
"What a damning verdict of our country if we went back to an era where we told four in every five children at the age of 11 that there was a cap on their potential and it was only the grammar school kids who could get far."


Carl Frampton has said a social media death threat that warned he and his family would be murdered was "probably a young lad being stupid".

The boxer told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme that the threat had not been reported to the PSNI.
Christine Frampton, Carl's wife, revealed the threat on Twitter on Wednesday.
It warned that the family, including two children, would be "murdered by the UVF".
She said: "Lovely message I got on Facebook. How do I find out who this person is because the profile seems to have disappeared?"
The boxer said that while you have to "take these things seriously", he believed it was "some idiot".
"I just really think it was some clown, probably young, sitting in his mum's front box room thinking he's a hard man.
"A lot of the time people think they can say what they want on social media, which I don't think should be the case, but it's not a serious death threat I don't think."
He said they had decided not to go to the police but that "people don't have the right to make these sort of statements just because they're on social media".
"Just because it's social media, you can't talk about people's kids and talk about murdering someone's family. It's just not on.
"We did take it seriously, it was annoying, but we didn't go to the cops because we know, both me and Christine, that it was just some idiot.
"I retweeted it and then I took the retweet down because I hoped that someone would know who this guy was and maybe have a word with him and just say, 'wise up, you can't be doing this sort of stuff'."
It's not the first time Frampton has cooled a potentially heated social media situation.
Earlier this month, the Tiger Bay boxer replied to a Twitter user who said he would "never again" support him after he was pictured in an Antrim gaelic games jersey.
Frampton tweeted  a picture of a personalised hurling stick and the words: "Hey boy, anymore talk like that and you'll get this around the coupon."
The boxer said: "I'm pretty sure if you look through his Twitter feed he's just a troll looking for a reaction off people, and I gave it to him and I probably shouldn't have.
"But it was just a bit of fun."
He told BBC Talkback that despite the presence of "keyboard warriors" he had been "pretty lucky" on social media.
"I don't get a lot of negative comments, most people are pretty positive towards me.
"Obviously you get the odd one, but I look at some other boxers and some other sports stars and what people are saying to them and some of it is pretty disgraceful.
"But, again, these people who are giving the abuse are probably the same people who would approach you for a photograph or an autograph on the street."
Meanwhile, Frampton, who suffered his first professional boxing defeat in his last fight, said his next bout will be announced "very, very soon" and will take place in Belfast.
"I'm pleased and satisfied with it. It's not going to be Leo Santa Cruz, but my next fight will be a good fight and one that will be interesting."


Ministers may bring in changes aimed at tackling SNP concerns in an effort to avoid defeat over plans to relax Sunday trading laws, the BBC understands.

If certain safeguards are put in place SNP MPs are set to abstain in the vote.
This would counter a sizeable rebellion expected by Conservative MPs, who have reservations about the proposed plans.
The Enterprise Bill, through which the government plans to bring in the changes, will be debated by MPs on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The government wants to allow local councils in England and Wales to decide whether larger stores should be able to stay open longer than the current six hours on a Sunday.
Ministers say the move - first announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his July 2015 Budget, with a consultation that followed - would benefit "struggling high streets".
But opponents question if this would actually be the case, pointing out that under the existing law, smaller traders are allowed to open for longer.
It is understood the SNP will not block the measures provided higher Sunday pay rates in Scotland are protected and other safeguards for employees are introduced.
The party had initially said it would vote against the changes amid fears it could drive down Scottish workers' wages.
A source said: "We may now abstain if we're confident our concerns have been met."
Conservative rebels say they believe they could still defeat the measure without SNP support, but it would require more than 40 Tory MPs to vote against the government.
It is thought the government may also seek to amend the legislation to limit the extension of Sunday trading to "tourist zones", which would address the concerns of a sizeable number of potential Conservative rebels.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the prospect of the SNP co-operating with the government would inevitably be seized on by Labour ahead of the upcoming Scottish elections in May.
In England and Wales, small shops - up to 280 sq m, or 3,000 sq ft in size - can open when they want to but on Sundays, larger stores are restricted to six hours between 10:00 and 18:00. Retailers can be fined up to Â£50,000 if they break the rules.
There are no trading restrictions in Scotland, while in Northern Ireland shops can open for up to five hours between 13:00 and 18:00.
Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics, SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said his party would decide on Tuesday evening whether to support any amendments to the draft legislation.
He said the SNP's concern is that a "UK-wide system" could erode the "premium pay" given to Sunday workers in Scotland, adding: "We are still getting representations from both sides."
Shopworkers' union Usdaw, which is campaigning against any relaxation of the Sunday trading laws, said the SNP was right to be concerned about an effect on Scottish workers' pay.
Its general secretary, John Hannett, added: "It would be an enormous U-turn if they were to now abstain, allowing a Conservative government to damage the livelihoods of shopworkers across the UK."


A former homeless man whose makeshift camp opposite a children's park prompted complaints has been told he faces jail if he repeats his actions.

A judge has banned Jonathan Hughes, 48, from an area of Rhos on Sea, Conwy county, using disorderly behaviour and setting up unauthorised camps.
Hughes has since moved into a flat, the court in Llandudno was told.
He received a three-year criminal behaviour order after admitting harassing a seafront cafe worker.
Prosecutor James Neary said police had received 23 separate complaints about his camp in a shelter near the seafront at Rhos Point, including issues about the smell and litter.
He had previously lived rough at Caernarfon, Gwynedd, which had also prompted complaints, the court heard.
Mr Neary said Hughes' behaviour had had an "impact on the community".
Hughes, who represented himself, was given a 10-week curfew between 16:00-06:00 GMT and he was ordered to pay Â£100 compensation and Â£170 costs.


The prime minister has joined the mayor of London in rejecting comments by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump that parts of London are "so radicalised the police are afraid for their lives".

The Republican nomination contender made the remarks in a TV interview.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said David Cameron "completely disagrees" with Mr Trump and thinks "his views are wrong".
The mayor of London Boris Johnson said Mr Trump's comments were "complete and utter nonsense".
"The Prime Minister completely disagrees with the comments made by Donald Trump, which are divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong," his official spokeswoman said.
The comments represent a departure from the practice usually followed by British prime ministers of avoiding commentary on the merits of contenders in the US presidential race.
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said the presidential hopeful's remarks were an "affront to common humanity" and called for people to "unite against racism", coming in the wake of Mr Trump's call to ban Muslims from entering the US.
The Metropolitan Police said: "We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however on this occasion we think it's important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong.
"Any candidate for the presidential election in the United States of America is welcome to receive a briefing from the Met Police on the reality of policing London."
Mayor Boris Johnson said the remarks were ill-informed.
"As a city where more than 300 languages are spoken, London has a proud history of tolerance and diversity and to suggest there are areas where police officers cannot go because of radicalisation is simply ridiculous," he said.
Mr Johnson said police officers were doing "excellent work" in London.
"Crime has been falling steadily both in London and in New York - the only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump," he added.
Fiyaz Mughal, director of Tell Mama, an organisation that monitors Islamophobic attacks, said: "He plays up to what groups like IS want - that is divided and weaker communities."
Mr Trump's comments risked marginalising the people who could help fight extremism, said Mr Mughal.
The Republican party frontrunner was also attacked by Labour candidate for London mayor Sadiq Khan, who said the billionaire "can't just be dismissed as a buffoon - his comments are outrageous, divisive and dangerous".
Conservative mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith said Mr Trump was "an appalling creature... one of the most malignant figures in politics".
Asked on MSNBC if Muslims were needed in the effort to help confront terrorism, Mr Trump said: "If you look at Paris - and I hate to do this, the chamber of commerce is gonna go crazy - Paris is no longer the same city it was.
"They have sections in Paris that are radicalised - police refuse to go in there. They're petrified.
"We have places in London and other places that are so radicalised the police are afraid for their own lives."
The BBC's Anthony Zurcher, in Washington, says Mr Trump's poll ratings have risen after other hardline statements.
In January, US broadcaster Fox News was forced to issue an on-air apology for televising a claim that Birmingham was a "Muslim-only city" where non-Muslims "don't go".


Two Welsh Labour MPs have called on their colleagues in Westminster to dismiss a motion of no confidence in their leader Jeremy Corbyn for not campaigning hard enough during the EU referendum.

Paul Flynn called on colleagues critical of Mr Corbyn to "shut up".
Jo Stevens said the move was "self-indulgent".
But Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock is one of a handful of Labour MPs to publicly back the motion.
He accused Mr Corbyn of a "lacklustre" campaign.
Mr Corbyn said on Saturday he would not stand down if there was a challenge to his leadership of the Labour Party.
During his speech in London, he cited a petition urging him to stay on that has attracted around 150,000 signatures from the general public.
Jo Stevens, MP for Cardiff Central, said she believed it was "terribly unfair" to blame the referendum result on the Labour party.
"Two-thirds of Labour voters, according to the polls, voted to Remain," she said. She suggested that the support for Remain among SNP voters was "identical".
"So our situation is no different," she said.
Asked whether she will be backing the no-confidence motion, she said: "I think it's self-indulgent.
"I think we should be focusing entirely on what the country now needs.
"Our responsibility as a party is to ensure we go into these negotiations protecting the rights that EU membership gave us - human rights, consumer rights, environmental rights, and most importantly, our rights at work.
"They have to be safeguarded.  We fought for them for many, many decades and we've got to make sure that they stay."
Newport West MP Paul Flynn agreed, saying of some colleagues' criticism of Jeremy Corbyn: "I wish they'd shut up and get on with the job that we have to represent our own people."
"If you go ahead and undermine Jeremy, the only result will be two Labour parties because the party in the country is not going to accept a group of parliamentarians overthrowing a decision taken by huge majority by the rank and file of the party," he added.
But Mr Kinnock said: "Jeremy did about ten rallies during the campaign. If it were the short campaign for a general election you'd normally expect the leader to be doing ten rallies in a week.
"So I do think it was a lacklustre campaign. Not enough was done to win our core vote."
The motion has no formal constitutional force but calls for a discussion at the next Parliamentary Labour Party meeting on Monday.
The chairman will decide whether it is debated. If accepted, a secret ballot of Labour MPs could be held on Tuesday.


Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has been charged with 41 sexual offences, the Metropolitan Police has said.

The alleged offences, dating from 1967 to 1985, are related to 22 boys aged nine to 16.
Mr Denning was one of the original Radio 1 team when the station was launched in 1967.
He was initially arrested under Operation Yewtree in June 2013 and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Mr Denning, who is in his early 70s, was also the first announcer heard on BBC 2 when the television channel took to the air in 1964.
He worked as a music producer for The Beatles and helped launch the Bay City Rollers. He also ran his own music and video production business.
Baljit Ubhey, London chief Crown Prosecutor, said: "The decision to prosecute has been taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and Crown Prosecution Service legal guidance on rape and child sexual abuse.
"We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest."
Prosecutors found that there was not enough evidence to prosecute in connection with three further alleged victims.
Mr Denning is the fifth person to be prosecuted as part of Operation Yewtree.


More than 1,600 homes on the Isle of Arran and in Kintyre in Argyll are set to remain without power for a sixth night.

By Tuesday evening, 700 more customers had been reconnected by engineers battling to repair damage to pylons and power lines.
A storm on Friday caused pylons to topple under sheets of snow and ice.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said it hoped to restore power to all customers by Thursday night.
With more homes due to be reconnected throughout Tuesday evening, the power company said it expected a total of 925 homes in Kintyre and 725 in Arran to remain without supplies overnight.
A spokesman added: "Conditions continue to be challenging, but we believe that, providing no further significant damage to the network is found, customers who lost their supply as a result of the recent severe weather event should have electricity restored by the end of Thursday night."
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Snow and gales blasted the west coast on Friday, plunging about 20,000 properties into darkness.
Power companies attempting to restore supplies have been co-ordinating with local authorities and emergency services to clear snow-closed roads and transfer engineers into remote areas.
Transport Minister Keith Brown paid tribute to everyone who had worked "incredibly hard" to open transport links and maintain and repair essential infrastructure, as well as all the volunteers and "ordinary people" who were helping their neighbours.
He also announced that Finance Secretary John Swinney had activated the Bellwin Scheme to allow additional revenue support to local authorities hit by the snow storms.
The scheme helps councils in the wake of large-scale incidents.
SSE said it had drafted in more than 400 engineering staff to Kintyre and Arran and had six helicopters operating across the affected areas.
The utility firm said the damage to the electricity network infrastructure in Kintyre and Arran had been "among the worst seen for 30 years".
A total of eight pylons have been damaged - three of them badly - in the Crossaig area of Argyll alone.
The power company said the last time a storm brought down one of its pylons was in 1987.
Sandy MacPherson has lived in Campbeltown, Kintyre, all his life and told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland programme these were the worst conditions he had experienced.
"My wife and I have had nothing for four days," he said. "We've had no heating, lighting or cooking facilities."
"Had it not been for good neighbours and friends we would be really struggling."
He added: "We were warned on Monday/Tuesday about the extreme weather that was coming in and, similar to the M8 escapade two years ago, nothing was put in place to be ready for it.
"We are now just catching up and chasing our tail."
All schools in Arran will remain closed for the rest of the week.
North Ayrshire Council said pupils involved in exams would get support on their return from the Easter break.
Argyll and Bute Council said a few of its schools were closed due to having no electricity.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) has organised eight mobile hot food outlets in Argyll and Arran, while 18 large generators and 50 smaller sets have been installed in the areas.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Campbeltown and the surrounding area on Tuesday to meet with affected residents.
She said: ""More and more people are now having power restored which is a tribute to the hard work of everyone involved - and the focus is on getting everyone back to normal as quickly as possible."
Mainland areas of Dumfries and Galloway were also badly affected by the severe weather on Friday and over the weekend.
On Monday evening ScottishPower said that all homes across the area had been reconnected to a main line electricity supply.
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To many living in a Pembrokeshire town, Janusz Szuch was a devoted family man who enjoyed repairing antique clocks.

But it was not until his funeral that neighbours in Goodwick, near Fishguard, found out the modest man living in their midst was secretly a World War Two hero.
Janusz Szuch - known as Bob or John to his friends - risked his life to help smuggle dozens of Jewish families out of the Warsaw ghetto saving them from the gas chambers.
He was just a child himself when he took soup and clothes to children hiding from the Nazis.
Mr Szuch died in July, aged 91, after a long battle with leukaemia.
His nephew Janusz Baczynska said surprised mourners were "touched" to hear of his uncle's courage.
"He was a very brave man, they were a very brave family," he said.
Mourners also heard at 16, Mr Szuch played a key role in the 1944 Warsaw uprising, when the Polish resistance tried to liberate the city from Nazi Germany.
Mr Baczynska, who travelled from Poland to deliver the eulogy, told how his uncle was repeatedly shot and almost blown up while fighting but always miraculously survived.
Tragically his young fiancee, who was also a child fighter, was shot and died clinging to his boots during the failed uprising.
"It was unimaginable," he said, adding his uncle had 28 pieces of metal still in his body from the war when he died.
"He was my hero."
A representative from the Polish Consulate also attended the funeral last month on behalf of the Polish president and lay a presidential wreath.
In the final hours of the uprising Mr Szuch avoided being shot by German officers after a woman placed a religious statue on his body.
"She saved his life, the officer did not shoot him, it was a miracle, they killed everyone but him," said his nephew.
He later fled from Poland to Italy where he enlisted in the army with other Polish resistance fighters and took part in the battle of Arnhem, before moving to London.
But, while details of his remarkable life are displayed proudly in Poland, few knew of his bravery in Goodwick, where he later retired with his partner.
Mr Baczynska said his uncle hardly spoke of his brave youth and never returned to Poland due to fear of being killed.
But he did share some of his past with Bernard Jackman, owner of the Glendower Hotel.
Mr Jackman said: "He was very modest like most brave people are - a very gentle giant.
"I wouldn't like to have done what he did, I suppose you could describe him as a hero."
Details of Mr Szuch's youth are displayed in Warsaw Uprising Museum dedicated to the estimated 150,000 Poles who lost their lives trying to free the city from Nazi occupation.
Before he even joined the doomed resistance, his family saved numerous Jewish families from the gas chambers, giving them fake papers to slip past patrols into the countryside.


London's benchmark share index continued its record-breaking winning streak on Wednesday, closing at an all-time high for the 10th day in a row.

The FTSE 100 ended the day's trading up 15.02 points, or 0.21%, at 7,290.49.
Mining giant Anglo American led the list of gainers, rising 3.8%, while retailer Dixons Carphone gained 3.6%.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's added 1% after a positive update on its Christmas trading, but its rivals fared less well, with Morrisons falling 2.6%.
"The real positive [for Sainsbury's] comes from Argos, which delivered a show-stopping 4.1% leap in like-for-like sales, confirming just what an important strategic acquisition this was for the supermarket," said Neil Wilson from ETX Capital.
The FTSE 100's latest closing record high has extended what was already the longest such streak in history.
In other company news, housebuilder Taylor Wimpey reported a 4% jump in home completions last year, to 13,881. It said customers continued to "benefit from a wide range of mortgage products and low interest rates with customer confidence remaining robust".
Its shares were down by 2.5%.
On the currency markets, the pound slipped 0.44% against the dollar to $1.2125 and against the euro it was little changed at €1.1540.


An 85-year-old man in the Scottish Borders has lost a "five-figure sum" in a bank account scam.

He was phoned in his Eyemouth home on Monday by someone claiming to be a police officer.
The caller told him there was a problem with his bank account and that someone would come to his home the following day to collect his bank card.
The pensioner was then visited at 14:15 on Tuesday and his card taken. All his savings were later removed.
The man who went to his door has been described as being in his early 40s, about 5ft 9in with a medium build, clean shaven face and olive-skinned complexion.
He was wearing a black tammy hat, black trousers and spoke with a Scottish accent.
Det Con Barry Mercer said: "The victim has been left devastated at the theft of his savings and we are pursuing various lines of inquiry to identify the culprits.
"If you recognise the description of the male who attended at the man's home, or if you have any information relevant to this investigation then please get in touch.
"While the caller may have sounded extremely convincing I would like to remind the public that neither police, nor banks will contact you by phone to request you hand over your bank card or account details."
He advised anyone receiving a similar call to hang up and contact the police immediately.


About 2,000 people have attended the funeral march for a German woman who died fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.

Waving flags and banners, they escorted the body of Ivana Hoffmann, 19, through the city of Duisburg to the cemetery where she was buried.
Ms Hoffman was killed earlier this month in the battle for Tal Tamr, in north-western Syria.
She had been fighting alongside the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG).
Ms Hoffman was the first Western female fighter known to have been killed fighting IS.
She was a member of Turkey's Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) and joined the YPG fighters six months ago.
A MLKP statement, which referred to her by her nom de guerre Avasin Tekosin Gunes, declared her to be "immortal".
UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said last week that at least 40 Kurdish fighters and IS militants had been killed in the battle for Tal Tamr.
About 100 Western volunteers are believed to be fighting IS alongside Kurdish forces in northern Syria and neighbouring Iraq.


Two North Wales Police officers have been disciplined for carrying out a strip search on a teenage boy without an appropriate adult present.

John Drew, who was 15 at the time, had been detained by police in Llandudno in 2012 under drugs laws but faced no further action.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission found on Friday that two officers did have a case to answer.
John Drew's father said the family welcomed the decision.
"It's been a long job - this has taken three years. The officers have been disciplined," said father, David Drew.
"I feel vindicated but I'm not entirely satisfied -  I would have liked more action."
The IPCC carried out its own investigation after upholding appeals from Mr Drew after complaints to North Wales Police.
The police watchdog said that while the strip search had taken place in a private part of the Llandudno station, no appropriate adult was notified or present.
The north Wales force told the IPCC it had put in place a number of measures around "stop and search" procedures, including intimate searches in custody.
Action includes further training for officers.
The IPCC said as the two police constables involved in the incident had already received management intervention, no further action against them was necessary.
"North Wales Police has advised the IPCC that, since the time of the incident, the force has heightened its focus around stop and search and has appointed a senior officer, at superintendent level, to oversee this area," said Jan Williams, IPCC Commissioner for Wales.
However, the teenager's father said the incident had left a long-lasting mark on his son.
"It's really affected him, even now. He's not the lad he was," said Mr Drew.
"He's quiet and inoffensive and has never been in any trouble."
Supt Nigel Harrison, who leads North Wales Police stop and search said the force acknowledged the report's findings.
He added: "Stop and search is a vital operational policing tool, in order to show transparency we now have robust management and scrutiny procedures in place to enable the public to have confidence in its lawful, fair and proportionate use."


When you think of the pre-match preparations of Europe's elite football clubs, you imagine world-class facilities, not those of a seventh tier non-league club.

But that was the choice of Borussia Dortmund, who used the ground of Northern Premier League Premier Division side Marine to fine-tune their skills before Thursday's Europa League match against Liverpool.
The German side trained at the Marine Travel Arena in Crosby, Merseyside, on Thursday morning before the 20:05 BST kick-off at Anfield.
"I was approached by their agents in Manchester funnily enough on the morning of 1 April and I actually thought it was an April Fool," chairman Paul Leary told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"We were assured it was a serious enquiry and we were delighted to assist them."
Marine, who are 18th in their league, seven points above the relegation places, are most famous for having the longest-serving manager in football in Roly Howard, who left in 2005 after 32 years.
"We had to keep it absolutely confidential and I only told the remaining directors on Tuesday morning," added Leary.
"Had it got out in the public domain then it would've been a difficult situation to manage.
"They've donated two Dortmund shirts and all of their players have signed the shirts which will be framed and hung in our new boardroom."


A woman who was found dead in woodland in Wirral is missing mother Anita Stevenson, Merseyside Police confirmed.

The 39-year-old, who was last seen at her home in Tranmere on 18 October, was discovered on land bordering Poole Lane and Old Court House Lane in Bromborough on Saturday.
Ms Stevenson's family has been informed and is being supported by specialist officers.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place.
About 30 friends of Ms Stevenson, originally from Bradford, travelled to Wirral on 14 November to to join efforts to find her.
Ms Stevenson was captured on CCTV near Albany Road in Rock Ferry on 18 October, and police released the footage as part of the appeal to find her.
A 41-year-old man from Birkenhead was previously arrested on suspicion of murder and later released on bail.


More than 3.5 million people have reportedly attended the World Cultural Festival in Delhi, in what organisers are calling the world's largest cultural gathering.

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More than 30,000 local and international artists performed at the event.
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