Disneyland Paris is facing a pricing probe following accusations that UK and German customers are being frozen out of certain price promotions.

The Financial Times said people in the UK were paying 15% more for one day tickets.
The European Commission told the BBC that it had "received a number of complaints" from customers.
A Disneyland Paris spokesman said promotions were seasonal.
The newspaper said in a report that in some cases French consumers were paying â‚¬1,346 for a premium package, while British visitors were charged â‚¬1,870 and Germans â‚¬2,447.
The European Commission is concerned that Disneyland Paris is stopping consumers in some member states from shopping around for the best deals, EC spokeswoman Lucia Caudet told BBC Business online.
Under European law, firms can not stop consumers from doing this, she said.
The BBC understands that consumers in countries including the UK, Germany and Italy have made pricing complaints.
The problem potentially lies in, for example, a UK holidaymaker trying to order a Disneyland Paris ticket from a French website but being unable to pay because they do not have a French credit card.
The French government has now been asked to investigate.
A spokesman for Disneyland Paris said that the price of a standard ticket was the same across the European Union market.
He said that the firm runs different promotions at specific times of year based around, for example, seasonal events and school holidays.
Customers are not subject to so-called geo-blocking, where promotions are closed to those people whose computers are located in a certain country, the spokesman said.
But he added that customers would not be able to directly pay for tickets for a promotion for a certain country unless their credit or debit card is registered in that country.
"It's an anti-fraud measure," he said.


A company has been censured for a second time in seven months for sending out spam text messages - this time with a £200,000 fine.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said there were 6,758 complaints in a month about text messages sent by Swansea-based Help Direct UK.
The messages were about claims for accidents, PPI and bank refunds.
The ICO ordered the same company to stop sending marketing texts about pensions in March.
Mobile phones and devices used by the company in the past were linked to the current investigation, the ICO said, and could face further action as a result.
In the latest case, the ICO issued a fine of £200,000 - the first of its kind under new powers - for spam text messages aimed at generating leads for claims companies.
A typical text read: "Its been signed off, we have 3886.41 in your name for the accident you had, for us to put in your bank Now just fill out www.accidentinjuryclaim.so".
One complainant said they had never had an accident and was worried someone could be fraudulently using their identity; another was concerned they may have unknowingly caused an accident.
An ICO investigation discovered that Help Direct UK was using unregistered SIM cards to send the messages. The ICO said this was a common practice by companies looking to avoid the mobile networks' spam detectors.
"This was a marketing campaign on a massive scale from a company who has already been warned by us to stop sending these marketing messages," said Anne Jones, assistant information commissioner for Wales.
"The company has also shown a blatant disregard for the rules by ignoring enforcement action we issued earlier this year. They are now facing the consequences of that decision."


Heavy snowfall has caused travel disruption in parts of northern England.

Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire have been worst affected, after 2-5cm fell overnight, with 10cm reported on higher ground.
Passengers waiting to depart Manchester Airport have reported being stuck on the runway for hours due to a lack of de-icers.
Leeds Bradford Airport suspended all morning flights but has since reopened.
Manchester Airport reported "minor delays to departing aircraft" -  but passengers told the BBC they had been stuck on board outbound flights.
Shirley Hale said her Jet2 flight to Tenerife had been waiting to depart for over four hours.
"We have been told that there are not enough de-icers at the airport," she said.
The airport apologised and said de-icing was the responsibility of airlines and their ground teams.
More than 100 schools were closed across East Lancashire and Oldham, with 80 shut in West Yorkshire.
BBC Weather said Buxton in Derbyshire saw up to 17cm of snow, the deepest measured on Friday.
The avalanche risk in the Peak District was currently extremely high, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team said.
Parts of Staffordshire have been affected, with several centimetres of snow reported in Flash, England's highest village.
Commuters have been urged to allow extra journey time, and the Met Office has issued snow and ice warnings.
More on the snow and other stories in West Yorkshire
Weather updates for Lancashire and Greater Manchester
BBC Weather presenter Kay Crewdson said conditions were due to slowly improve into Saturday.
Molly Greenwood reported 10cm of snow in the Huddersfield area. "Don't think I'm going anywhere," she said.
Zulfi Hussain said the snow was causing "traffic chaos" in Woodhall Road, Calverley, near Leeds.
Elliott Hudson, another West Yorkshire resident, said: "Looks like I have woken up in Narnia."
West Yorkshire's Liversedge FC, who have had to cancel every home game for the last four months due to bad weather, tweeted a picture of snow with the caption: "It's not looking good for Liversedge FC's home game with Worksop Town tomorrow."
The A628 Woodhead, A57 Snake Pass and A537 Cat and Fiddle roads are all affected, with delays reported on the M65 motorway.
Highways England said the A57 eastbound in Great Manchester is closed between M67/A560 and B6174  due to severe weather conditions.
It said teams were working to clear the road.
Tony Hallwood, from Leeds Bradford Airport, said it reopened at about 09:00 GMT after crews used ploughs to clear snow from the runway.
He said: "We are asking passengers to make their way to the airport as early as they can given the difficult conditions."
Bus operators are also reporting delays to all services across West Yorkshire.
Oldham Council has said 48 schools had closed this morning as a result of the snow and severe weather.
Drivers are also being asked to take extra care after snow fell overnight in some parts of Northern Ireland.
A Met Office yellow warning for ice and snow in northern England and Wales ended at 15:00.


Indian and Pakistani troops have clashed near the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region.

Pakistan said Indian troops had raided a military post in the Haji Pir sector of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, killing a soldier and injuring another.
An Indian army spokesman said it had responded to a "ceasefire violation" but did not cross the Line of Control.
Kashmir is claimed by both nations in its entirety and has been a flashpoint between them for more than 60 years.
Exchanges are not uncommon but rarely result in fatalities.
The Pakistani military said in a statement that Indian troops had "physically raided a checkpost named Sawan Patra".
The Haji Pir Pass is just south of the main road from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir.
"Pakistan army troops effectively responded to the attack," the Pakistani statement said, adding that Indian troops had left behind weapons as they retreated.
One Pakistani soldier was killed and another critically injured, it said.
Indian army spokesman Col Jagadish Dahiya told Reuters news agency it had responded to a "ceasefire violation" by Pakistan.
He added: "None of our troops crossed the Line of Control. We have no casualties or injuries."
Another Indian army spokesman, Col Brijesh Pandey, told Associated Press that Pakistani troops had "initiated unprovoked firing" with mortar shells and automatic weapons at Indian military posts. One civilian home was destroyed, he said.
"We retaliated only using small arms. We believe it was clearly an attempt on their part to facilitate infiltration of militants," Col Pandey said.
There has been a ceasefire in Kashmir since late 2003.
India suspended a peace process with Pakistan following attacks by Pakistan-based militants in Mumbai in 2008. Negotiations resumed in February last year.
Last month, the nations signed an agreement to ease visa restrictions on travel for some citizens.


A plant nursery business which has been burgled five times in 12 months says it has been let down by the police.

Derry's Nursery in Cossington, Leicestershire, lost Â£4,500 of plants in the early hours of Sunday.
Despite CCTV and police being alerted, a gang spent about 90 minutes loading a vehicle with plants.
Leicestershire Police said the call they received did not mention a burglary.
Nursery owner Alan Dayman said it was the biggest raid in his 42 years as boss and items were even taken from his father's grave which is in the grounds.
Mr Dayman said a gate had been knocked down and high-value ornamental trees and plants taken.
"A lady in the village rang the police at the time but they said they had no one to send out, which is obviously very annoying," he added.
"When I spoke to police on Sunday morning they said they would try to get out in the next three to four days.
"So many people from the village have helped me keep going but it's gut-wrenching really that they can come and take what they want.
"People around have been brilliant but I don't seem to be getting any help from the authorities."
A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said they were "aware this premises has been burgled a number of times and previous calls to this location where we have had information to suggest and offence is in progress resulted in an immediate attendance".
"We are sorry if the victims feel the service they have received from the force fall short of what they may expect and we are addressing any concerns they have raised with us," they added.


Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has said "all options are open" to deal with any threat to his country's water supply posed by an Ethiopian dam.

Mr Morsi said he was not "calling for war", but that he would not allow Egypt's water supply to be endangered.
Egypt was apparently caught by surprise when Ethiopia started diverting the Blue Nile last month, amid works to construct a hydroelectric dam.
The river is a tributary of the Nile, on which Egypt is heavily dependent.
The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a $4.7bn (Â£3.1bn) project that Ethiopia says will eventually provide 6,000 megawatts of power.
It says the Blue Nile will be slightly diverted but will then be able to follow its natural course.
"Egypt's water security cannot be violated at all," Mr Morsi said on Monday. "As president of the state, I confirm to you that all options are open."
"If Egypt is the Nile's gift, then the Nile is a gift to Egypt,'' he said, quoting popular sayings about the river in an emotive televised speech.
"The lives of the Egyptians are connected around it... as one great people. If it diminishes by one drop then our blood is the alternative."
Analysts say Mr Morsi could be using the issue to distract attention from severe domestic political and economic challenges.
Egypt is particularly dependant on water supply from the Nile, and its growing population has been placing that supply under increasing strain.
Sudan is also reliant on Nile waters.
Egypt cites a colonial era ruling to claim a right to the majority of the Nile's waters for itself and Sudan, but Ethiopia says the ruling is outdated.
Mr Morsi said Egypt had no objection to development projects on Nile basin states, "but on condition that those projects do not affect or damage Egypt's legal and historical rights".
Last week, Egyptian politicians were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action over the dam.


A Finnish-Syrian man feted by the global media for smuggling toys into Syria has rejected fraud allegations.

On Friday, Finnish police said they had launched a preliminary investigation into his use of donated money.
Finnish media have published claims he withheld money, had links with jihadists, and faked an injury.
He told the BBC he has receipts for all spending and is open with the Finnish government about his contacts, but "may have exaggerated" the injury.
Rami Adham, father of six, became known to international media as the "Aleppo toy smuggler" earlier this year.
As the BBC previously reported, Mr Adham has been taking Barbie dolls, footballs and teddy bears into Syria, including his hometown of Aleppo. He also runs a charity in Finland which provides aid in Syria through local partners.
But Finnish police are looking into concerns he may have been misusing donations.
Finnish National Bureau of Investigation chief crime inspector Tero Haapala told the AFP news agency: "A preliminary investigation is underway and we will determine as soon as possible if there are grounds for suspecting a crime."
On Friday, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanoma published an investigation into Mr Adham.
It reported that the organisation he works with to support orphans in Syria, the Alkefah Institute, said that donors had given €35 per orphan, but they had only received €9-€20 per child.
Mr Adham told the BBC the money - minus expenses - covered education and health services for the orphans and a monthly food basket.
"We are providing a full package service, we're not giving all the money to the orphans."
The newspaper has also alleged that Mr Adham has "tight links" to jihadist groups, particularly raising concerns about a photo posted on Facebook of him with the hard-line Sunni preacher Abdullah al-Mohaisany.
Research by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace describes him as a Saudi jihadi cleric and says he has had close contacts with so-called Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, a group which was linked to al-Qaeda until it said it was cutting ties and changing its name earlier this year.
"This is something you do when you go to a war zone. In order for me to go to Syria and especially Aleppo, I have to go through many groups," Mr Adham told the BBC.
He says he has been working in full cooperation with Finnish police and intelligence organisations: "They are fully aware of what exactly I am doing in Syria, and who exactly I move around with."
Mr Adham also told the BBC he received over €50,000 in excess of his target after extensive international media coverage of his work. He stopped accepting donations recently, saying his small charity does not have the capacity to accept more funds.
He explained the excess money donated to his NGO - a total of €81,000 - would be used to build a school in the countryside around Aleppo, as the siege around the city has prevented him from helping people inside.
Helsingin Sanoma also reported on a series of Whatsapp messages between Mr Adham and a photographer he was working with in Syria, which suggest that he faked being injured in a bombing in January 2016 as a publicity stunt.
"It did occur, but I might have exaggerated it a little bit - why, because I would like the Finnish media to pay attention more to the mass killing of my own people," he said.
The messages were "two people fooling around", he said.


In the run-up to the general election on 7 May, we'll bring you a daily guide to the key stories, newspaper headlines and quotes from the campaign trail.

The Times writes that left-wing Labour MPs could challenge the party's first Queen's Speech, possibly joining forces with the Scottish National Party to oppose cuts. The piece is based on an interview John McDonnell, leader of the Socialist Campaign Group, gave to the New Statesman.
The FT writes that Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, is preparing to exact a "steep price" to allow to the Conservatives to hold a referendum on British membership of the EU in the event of a hung parliament.
The Guardian leads with David Cameron's claims yesterday that families will face a Â£3,000 tax rise if Labour are elected, with the newspaper saying the charge was "undermined" by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The Telegraph says Ed Miliband's credibility on the economy "suffered a new blow" after business leaders raised concerns over the use of their quotes in a party advert.
Many candidates at the election stand little to no chance of winning. So why do they do bother? Tom Moseley has been finding out.
"The tone was absolutely right because this election is a choice."
David Cameron questioned about his criticism of Ed Miliband outside 10 Downing Street
"The four Westminster leaders offer us nothing more than further swingeing cuts to our public services and no commitment to securing an economic recovery for all."
Leanne Wood, Plaid Cymru leader, launching her party's manifesto
"Under no circumstances would we ever vote for the renewal of Trident or the spending of money on the renewal of Trident. In terms of any formal arrangement with Labour, I've made clear and I can't make clearer Trident is a red line."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on BBC Radio Scotland
"I learned that the name's Liberal Democrats instead of Cats..."
Joey Essex on meeting Nick Clegg
The BBC's Reality Check team looked a variety of political claims.
And BBC's StyleWatch asked the burning question of the day - what do you think of David Cameron's cufflinks?


Conference-related business tourism has been worth £1bn to Glasgow's economy since 2005, it has been claimed.

Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, which was set up eight years ago to promote the city, said the milestone had been reached after 27% growth last year.
It said conventions business worth £153m had been secured in 2012/13.
About 2,200 conferences have been staged in Glasgow since 2005. Visiting delegates now account for one in five hotel beds sold in the city.
Over the past eight years, more than 800,000 conference delegates have spent some 3.3 million nights in the city's hotels.
The marketing bureau said its success had been achieved in partnership with the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Bureau chairman and Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said: "To have secured £1bn of conference business and more than three million hotel room bookings, during a period when global competition in the market has been incredibly fierce, is nothing short of remarkable.
"This milestone achievement is testimony to the fantastic partnership working that exists between the different players across our conventions sector, from our venues, especially the SECC and our five universities, to our hotels, restaurants, transport providers, local ambassadors and all the other conference service providers."


Plans to transform three of Belfast's leisure centres with a £60m cash injection will be made public later.

Belfast City Council is unveiling initial designs for Andersonstown, Brook and the Robinson centres.
Andersonstown will focus mainly on water-based family fun. Brook will get a new pool and an outdoor centre of excellence for gaelic games and soccer.
The Robinson Centre is to become an aquatic centre of excellence for the city.
In a statement, the council said the initial plans were part of its £105m leisure transformation programme.
The designs were drawn up following consultation with local communities and advice from experts.
All three centres will have a fitness suite, sports hall and exercise studio.
The council said that designs can be viewed until 1 October.
It is also hosting drop-in sessions to allow the public to respond to the proposals.
Earlier this year, some employees at 14 of the city's leisure centres went on strike over pay, pension and staffing issues.
In 2015, the Robinson Centre in east Belfast was closed after asbestos was found in the building.


Arsenal's hopes of landing a first league title in 12 years suffered a heavy blow as Swansea came from behind to win at Emirates Stadium.

Joel Campbell slid to hook the Gunners into an early lead and they looked set to make up ground on leaders Leicester.
Swansea - missing boss Francesco Guidolin through illness - levelled when Wayne Routledge side-footed home.
Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez struck the bar before Ashley Williams pounced to earn a crucial Swansea win.
Look back on how Swansea shocked Arsenal
The Welsh club now have a six-point cushion to the relegation zone but Arsenal's six-point deficit to Leicester City at the top of the table looks sure to yield ugly headlines.
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Arsene Wenger's side have lost three successive games for the first time since 2010, severely damaging their title hopes in a season many regard as their best opportunity in recent times to be crowned champions.
After defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday, pundits lined up to criticise Arsenal's failings. Their shortcomings were again laid bare against the Swans as they missed chances and their soft centre again cost them dear.
Swansea arrived in north London sporting six changes, with a teenage debutant in Stephen Kingsley at left-back and minus their manager, who is in hospital with a chest infection.
The early stages, in which the impressive Campbell - in for Theo Walcott - turned home Sanchez's pass, saw the visitors struggle but then cracks emerged again in Wenger's side.
Weak play by Mesut Ozil led to Jack Cork being allowed to create the equaliser and Petr Cech must be questioned for the missed punch that allowed Williams to turn in from a yard.
Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has said Arsenal keep failing to sign leaders and such analysis continues to look more and more astute as at no point did Arsenal pin their visitors back for a long spell.
There were inevitable boos and the same old questions will be trotted out. Where is the character? Where is the steel? Arsenal are in danger of failing and suddenly, even a top-four place does not look guaranteed.
Sitting third - behind Tottenham - and six points adrift of Leicester, Arsenal may not look out of the title race by any stretch.
But a focus on their run-in reveals difficult away trips to Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland and Manchester City. Such challenges currently look beyond them and with just three wins in 11 matches, the excellent December form that solidified their challenge has disappeared.
Wenger admitted he was "worried" about results after this latest loss. Arsenal fans will likely echo his thoughts. News that Cech picked up an injury that rules him out of Saturday's trip to White Hart Lane will only add to their concerns.
There were moments where Swansea rode their luck, particularly when Giroud volleyed on to the bar before the break and when Sanchez curled a free-kick on to the woodwork.
But with coach Alan Curtis in charge on the night, they grew into the game and could have led late on when substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson rounded Cech but fired wide.
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The fact they managed 11 shots in a difficult away fixture perhaps underlined the footing they had in the game, with Williams leading the resistance at the other end.
The club captain made a game-high nine clearances and, as the only survivor in Swansea's defence from the defeat at Tottenham, marshalled the back four expertly.
His late tap-in was perhaps deserved reward and another win against struggling Norwich on Saturday could see this become the week in which Swansea's top-flight status is all but secured.
Arsenal face a north London derby at Tottenham on Saturday in a fixture that looks pivotal at the top of the table, while a few hours later Swansea host Norwich in a game that seems key at the bottom.
Match ends, Arsenal 1, Swansea City 2.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Swansea City 2.
Attempt missed. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Stephen Kingsley.
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Wayne Routledge (Swansea City).
Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Jack Cork (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Swansea City. Angel Rangel replaces André Ayew.
Offside, Swansea City. André Ayew tries a through ball, but Bafétimbi Gomis is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Jay Fulton.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Kyle Naughton.
Foul by Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Jordi Amat (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
Offside, Arsenal. Mesut Özil tries a through ball, but Nacho Monreal is caught offside.
Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Wayne Routledge (Swansea City).
Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Jack Cork.
Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Alexis Sánchez.
Goal!  Arsenal 1, Swansea City 2. Ashley Williams (Swansea City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Foul by Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal).
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Swansea City. Jay Fulton replaces Leroy Fer.
Offside, Swansea City. André Ayew tries a through ball, but Bafétimbi Gomis is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ashley Williams (Swansea City).
Offside, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by André Ayew.
Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Joel Campbell.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Leroy Fer (Swansea City) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.


BP has reached an $18.7bn (£12bn) settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

It comes as a US federal judge was expected to rule on how much BP owed in Clean Water Act penalties following the environmental disaster.
Over 125 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf after an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010.
The settlement is the largest paid by a single company in US history .
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters in US history and claimed the lives of 11 people.
In December the US Supreme Court rejected the oil giant's legal challenge over an original compensation deal agreed in 2012.
At the time BP had already paid out $2.3bn in so-called business economic loss claims out of a total of $4.25bn in compensation claims to individuals and businesses, according to Patrick Juneau, the administrator appointed by the courts to handle claims.
The settlement process is also separate from other court proceedings relating to the spill, including environmental and criminal penalties.
BP has said its costs associated with the oil spill have already exceeded $43bn even without the Clean Water Act fine.
US Attorney General Loretta E Lynch said the BP settlement was the largest to be paid by a single company in US history.
"If approved by the court, this settlement would be the largest settlement with a single entity in American history; it would help repair the damage done to the Gulf economy, fisheries, wetlands and wildlife; and it would bring lasting benefits to the Gulf region for generations to come," she said.
In a statement, Bob Dudley, BP's group chief executive, called the settlement a "realistic outcome which provides clarity and certainty for all parties".
"For BP, this agreement will resolve the largest liabilities remaining from the tragic accident and enable BP to focus on safely delivering the energy the world needs."
"For the United States and the Gulf in particular, this agreement will deliver a significant income stream over many years for further restoration of natural resources and for losses related to the spill."
Under the agreement BP will;:
BP said it expected impact of the settlement to be to "increase the cumulative pre-tax charge associated with the Deepwater Horizon accident and spill by around $10bn from $43.8bn at the end of the first quarter".
BP's share price rose 4.6% at 438p following the announcement of the deal.


A huge storm cloud rolled over Sydney, Australia on Friday giving us some amazing views.

6 November 2015 Last updated at 12:30 GMT
The city has been hit by thunderstorms and heavy rains, but there has been no reports of damage.
Check out this amazing time-lapse video of the storm.


The Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady yet again shouldn't surprise any of us.

But what should worry us are the reasons why the most powerful central bank in the world has decided to do nothing: "Economic growth was relatively weak late last year and even this year," said Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
Or in other words, the US and world economies are in a far more precarious situation today than they were just a few months ago when the US first started raising interest rates.
That's not good news.
It means that even after an unprecedented run of letting global economies run on low interest rates, the world isn't ready yet to be weaned off its addiction to cheap cash.
Why should Asia care?
Well, we were some of the biggest beneficiaries of that cheap cash.
When US rates were low, a record amount of foreign funds found their way into risky Asian assets like the Indonesian stock market and the Malaysian currency.
The cheap money and low interest rate environment also made it easier for Asian companies to borrow money and expand their businesses, and for Asian consumers to borrow money and buy property.
That led to over-inflated assets in Asia - stock price valuations, currencies and property prices all soared thanks to the funds from overseas, and Asia enjoyed a decade of plenty thanks to all this cheap cash.
But low interest rates aren't normal. They artificially inflate the price of goods, and just make things seem better than they are.
The US Fed signalled that 2016 is the year when the party will have to end, and we will have to go back to normal.
And yet here we are, halfway through the year and all we have had is one rate rise.
It's no wonder investors are anxious and confused. No-one can quite make sense of what's going on in the global economy, because the risks keep changing.
First, it was China's slowdown that stopped the US Fed from raising rates earlier this year. Now it's Brexit - the possibility of the UK leaving the EU - that's one of the factors rattling the Fed.
All of this uncertainty is leading to flight to safe havens, and here in Asia that means the Japanese yen is strengthening.
But a strong yen makes it harder for Japanese companies to sell their goods overseas, and that's threatening Japan's economic recovery.
That's putting pressure on Japanese authorities to intervene in the currency markets - but they can't do it too aggressively because they risk being accused of manipulating their currency by their G7 partners.
Well, the officials at the US Fed have indicated at least one rate rise is on the cards sometime this year, and possibly another one depending on the global outlook.
But Ms Yellen also warned that rates will only increase gradually in the future, and even if they do go up they will stay low by historical standards.
The global economy isn't out of the woods yet, not by a long shot.
Parts of Asia may be in a better economic position than the US or Europe, but Asia can't shrug off what's going on elsewhere because we are all increasingly connected.
Investors face more uncertainty ahead.


A man who stabbed the Mayor of Cologne in the neck a day before she was elected has been convicted of attempted murder and jailed for 14 years.

A state court in Duesseldorf found 45-year-old, Frank S, tried to kill Henriette Reker for her welcoming stance to refugees.
The attack came in October last year at the height of Germany's refugee influx while Ms Reker was head of refugee housing in Cologne.
It left Ms Reker seriously injured.
Barbara Havliza, the presiding judge at Duesseldorf state court said: "He wanted to send a signal against the government's refugee policy. He wanted to create a climate of fear and influence politics.''
"He believed that the German government was not entitled to let refugees into the country,'' the judge added.
The defendant, a German national, admitted to the attack during the two month trial but denied he tried to kill Ms Reker.
In her testimony Ms Reker said she was "very worried that I could be paralysed'' and that she still suffered from nightmares. She was put in an induced coma after the attack and took over as mayor a month later.
The defendant, an unemployed house painter testified about his participation in right-wing groups in Bonn in the 1990s. He has not been named in line with German privacy laws.
He said he was a "rebel with conservative values" and that he was motivated by Chancellor Merkel's "wrong policy" of granting asylum to thousands of refugees.
Germany received over 476,000 asylum applications in 2015, with 1.1 million arrivals in total.
New Years' celebrations in Cologne earlier this year saw many women reporting sexual assaults, allegedly by men of North African and Arab appearance.


Apple has invested $1bn (£693m) in Didi Chuxing, the car-hailing app that has a greater market share than US rival Uber in China.

Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market.
Didi Chuxing, previously known as Didi Kuaidi, said it represented the single largest investment in its history.
The firm said it provided more than 11 million rides a day and claimed to have 87% of the Chinese market share.
The company is also backed by Chinese internet giants Tencent and Alibaba.
US rival Uber has been struggling to break into the Chinese market despite having won Chinese search engine Baidu as an investor.
In February Uber admitted it was losing more than $1bn a year in China, spending huge sums to subsidise discounted rides.
China correspondent, Stephen McDonell:
Before Didi Chuxing's app, pretty much the only option to catch a cab in China was to hail one in the street. In most cities, there were no widely-used phone booking services like those in other countries.   People might have a few phone numbers of taxi drivers they knew to call and see if they were driving in the area but that was it.
Then - as with other technologies - China leapfrogged into the future.
Suddenly everyone had the "Didi" app: it could line up a driver, see how many taxis were in the area, put you in contact with a driver, even offer a tip to get a vehicle there more quickly. Now in cities like Beijing and Shanghai on a Friday night you're struggling to hail a cab in the street because they're all taking Didi bookings.
US rival Uber is also making a big, costly, push into China and is popular with more affluent customers.
Didi has responded with its own premium car service. It's already merged with one rival Chinese company and a huge investment from Apple could see it expand and stave off the challenge being thrown down by other apps.
Mr Cook said he saw many opportunities for Apple and Didi Chuxing to collaborate in the future.
He also stressed the deal was a chance to learn more about China as Apple's second-biggest market.
Apple's ambitions in China has recently hit roadblocks with Chinese regulators shutting down the company's online book and movie services to implement strict rules governing what can be published online.
The move was widely seen as a blow to Apple, which is keen to ensure its products are popular and sell well in China, because it is the second-biggest market for its products.
Apple reported in April that its revenues fell for the first time since 2003 with China marked out as a particular weak spot.


League One strugglers Port Vale have signed defender Andre Bikey on a deal until the end of the season.

Bikey has not played in English football since being released by Charlton Athletic in July 2015.
The 32-year-old joined Indian Super League side Pune City in July 2016, but failed to make a competitive appearance for the club because of injury.
He could make his Vale debut when they travel to face relegation rivals Coventry on Tuesday.


The government is "profoundly shocked" by a report which found the NHS failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

He spoke to the Commons after the BBC revealed the findings of an NHS England report into mental health patients at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
He offered a "heartfelt apology" to families affected.
Southern Health said it had made "substantial improvements".
Mr Hunt described the findings of the report - which was commissioned by NHS England and carried out by Mazars, a large audit firm - as "totally unacceptable".
Southern Health is one of the country's largest mental health trusts, covering Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and providing services to about 45,000 people.
The leaked report, which was passed to BBC News, looked at all deaths at the trust between April 2011 and March 2015. During that period, it found 10,306 people had died. Most of these deaths were expected but 1,454 were not.
Of those, 272 were treated as critical incidents, of which just 195 - 13% - were treated by the trust as a serious incident requiring investigation (SIRI).
Mr Hunt told the Commons there was an "urgent need" to improve the investigation and learning from the estimated 200 avoidable deaths that happen every week across the NHS system.
He outlined a three-point plan to try and improve the situation. This included:
Labour's shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander described the findings as "truly shocking revelations".
The report was ordered in 2013, after 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk drowned in a bath following an epileptic seizure while a patient at Southern Health hospital in Oxford.
An independent investigation said his death had been preventable, and an inquest jury found neglect by the trust had contributed to his death.
His mother, Sara Ryan, told BBC News earlier the behaviour of the trust was "barbaric".
"I can't express how shocked we were, we had no idea at the level of disregard and disinterest that Southern Health were demonstrating towards a group of their patients," she said.
"Scrutiny should be put on other trusts across the country to see if this is common practice, you know, it's absolutely barbaric."
Beverley Dawkins, who was an adviser to the report, said its findings were "just the tip of an iceberg".
"Until there is a proper ongoing mortality review we won't understand the scale of the problem," she said.
The report also found that the likelihood of an unexpected death being investigated depended hugely on the type of patient.
The most likely group to get an investigation were adults with mental health problems, where 30% were investigated.
For those with learning disability the figure was 1%, and among over-65s with mental health problems it was just 0.3%.
The average age at death of those with a learning disability was 56 - over seven years younger than the national average.
Even when investigations were carried out, they were of a poor quality and often extremely late, the NHS England report, which is yet to be officially published, said.
Mr Hunt told the Commons the culture change required in the NHS remained "unfinished business" from the Mid Staffs scandal.
"The fundamental question that we all need to reflect on is why is it that we don't currently have the right reporting culture in the NHS when it comes to unexpected deaths," he said.
Health Select Committee chairwoman Sarah Wollaston described the report's findings as "deeply disturbing" and welcomed the measures announced by Mr Hunt, particularly the pledge that it will not be treated as an isolated incident.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust said it accepted its processes "had not always been up to the high standards our patients, their families and carers deserve".
"However, we have already made substantial improvements in this area over a sustained period of time," a spokesman added.
"These issues are not unique to the trust and we welcome the opportunity to shine a spotlight on this important area.
"Though the trust continues to challenge the draft report's interpretation of the evidence, our focus and priority is on continuing to improve the services we provide for our patients."


Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to a modern urban elite.
Sophisticated kingdoms existed before the arrival of the Dutch, who colonised the archipelago but gave in to an independence struggle in 1949.
Indonesia has become one of the world's major emerging economies.
The country faces demands for independence in several provinces.
Population 243 million
Area 1.9 million sq km (742,308 sq miles)
Major languages Indonesian, 300 regional languages
Major religion Islam
Life expectancy 68 years (men), 72 years (women)
Currency Rupiah
President: Joko Widodo
Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won the elections of July 2014, one of a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy.
It was a close contest with the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule.
He is seen by many as relatively untainted by the county's endemic corruption and in touch with ordinary Indonesians as a result of his humble background - he was a furniture maker and his father a wood seller.
Indonesians have been among the world's most active users of Twitter, with a range of opinion formers active on social media.
In 2014 there were said to be 71 million internet users in Indonesia.
Reporters Without Borders praises Indonesia's media pluralism but says the government has failed to guarantee complete freedom for the media.
Some key dates in Indonesia's history:
1670-1900 - Dutch colonists bring the whole of Indonesia under one government as the Dutch East Indies.
1942 - Japan occupies Dutch East Indies.
1945 - Sukarno - leader of the struggle for independence - returns from internal exile and declares independence.
1949 - The Dutch recognise Indonesian independence after four years of guerrilla warfare. Sukarno is president.
1966 - Sukarno hands power to General Suharto following an abortive coup.
1976 - Indonesia invades East Timor and incorporates it as a province.
1998 - Protests and rioting topple Suharto.
1999 - East Timor comes under UN administration.
2004 - First-ever direct presidential elections.


If you've got the nerve to heckle a Ryder Cup player over a missed putt, you'd better be good enough to show him how it's done.

Particularly when there's $100 up for grabs.
Let's let Open champion and European stalwart Henrik Stenson, who was partnering Justin Rose in a practice match, take up the story...
"We played a match against Andy Sullivan and Rory McIlroy and they had a putt and Andy didn't make it, and they tried again to get the right line.
"Someone in the crowd yelled 'I could have made that', so we let him have a go."
"Justin Rose put $100 down and the guy drilled it in the centre.
"He would have been chipping if it didn't go in, but all credit to him for making it."
Rose added: "I thought [the money] might make it a bit more real for him, but clearly not. The boys were cupping out, missing it low and this guy just ripped it into the middle. Fair play to him and he celebrated in style.
"It's fun," laughed Rose. "We are doing what we should be doing out here, having fun. We are preparing, we are focusing, but you have to enjoy it."
So who was the heckler-turned-hero?
It was David Johnson, from North Dakota, who later admitted: "I closed my eyes, hit the putt and it happened to go in."


Police are appealing for witnesses following the death of a woman two days after she was knocked down by a car in a hit-and-run incident in Paisley.

Angela McGregor, 48, died from her injuries on Christmas Day.
She was hit by a Volkswagen Golf in Love Street, near to its junction with Albion Street, at about 19:55 on Wednesday 23 December.
The vehicle did not stop at the time of the crash. Police said the driver and the vehicle were later traced.
Ms McGregor was from Wallace Street in Paisley.
A full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Sgt Mark Miller, from the divisional road policing unit in Paisley, said: "The investigation into this fatal crash is continuing, and I would urge any witnesses to the road crash, or anyone with information that may assist police enquiries to contact Police Scotland on 101."


A £35m road scheme, which will take 7,000 cars a day out of a busy town, has opened weeks ahead of schedule.

The A31 Magherafelt bypass was officially opened by Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard.
The four-mile route loops round the town, carrying traffic from the west towards the main roads for Derry and Belfast.
That traffic previously had to pass through Magherafelt, often with lengthy delays.
About 25,000 vehicles a day travel through the town centre.
Opening the bypass on Thursday morning, Mr Hazzard said it would ease congestion in the town by as many as 50,000 vehicles a week.
"In addition to reducing congestion, the bypass will help improve road safety and reduce journey times," he said.
That is expected to fall to around 18,000 with the opening of the bypass.
Many traders in the County Londonderry town have welcomed the new road, saying it will make Magherafelt a more attractive shopping option.
But some are concerned at the loss of passing trade.
Sara Jane Knox, a member of the town's Chamber of Commerce who runs a shop in the town centre, was looking forward to the road opening.
"It can get quite bad, mornings and afternoons especially," she said.
"To queue for half an hour to get into Magherafelt before you even think about parking - I'm sure it puts some people off at certain times of the day."
The new road links a roundabout on the Moneymore Road with an existing roundabout at Castledawson.


A Russian yacht has been detained by North Korean coastguards in the Sea of Japan, Russia's foreign ministry says.

Reports say the sailboat with five crew on board was intercepted as it was returning to Russia after participating in a competition in South Korea.
Russian diplomats have demanded the crew's immediate release and an explanation.
Russia is one of the few countries that has relatively friendly ties with North Korea.
The yacht Elfin was on its way from South Korea's port city of Busan to Vladivostok in Russia's far east when it was detained 130km (80 miles) off the coast on Friday, the foreign ministry said.
The vessel was taken into the North Korean port of Kimchaek and the crew were not in any danger, the ministry added.
The Russian consul-general was waiting for permission to visit them, it said.
Russia shares a short land border with North Korea.


The mother of a student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in Delhi has publicly revealed her daughter's name.

Asha Singh told a crowd on Wednesday that she felt "no shame" in announcing her daughter's name: "Her name was Jyoti Singh."
The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died after being brutally raped by six men on a moving bus in 2012, causing global outrage.
Rape victims cannot be named under Indian law.
Their identities are often hidden in a bid to protect them from being shunned in society.
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"I say this in front of you all that her name was Jyoti Singh," Asha Singh said at a public gathering in Delhi, three years to the day of the attack.
"There is no need for us to feel any shame. It is the perpetrators of heinous crimes who must feel ashamed of themselves."
16 December 2012: A 23-year-old physiotherapy student is gang-raped by six men on a bus in Delhi, her male friend is beaten up and the pair are thrown out after the brutal assault
17 December: Key accused Ram Singh, the bus driver, is arrested. Over the next few days, his brother Mukesh Singh, gym instructor Vinay Sharma, fruit seller Pawan Gupta, a helper on the bus Akshay Thakur, and the 17-year-old juvenile, who cannot be named, are arrested.
29 December: The victim dies in hospital in Singapore from injuries sustained during the assault; body flown back to Delhi
30 December: Cremated in Delhi under tight police security
11 March 2013: Ram Singh dies in Tihar jail; police say he hanged himself, but defence lawyers and his family allege he was murdered
31 August: The juvenile is found guilty and sentenced to three years in a reform facility
13 September: The four adult defendants are convicted and given the death penalty by the trial court
13 March 2014: The Delhi high court confirms the death sentence
March - June: The convicts appeal in the Supreme Court and the death sentences are put on hold until the court takes a decision
Ms Singh was attacked on board a bus after watching a film in south Delhi with a male friend. Police said she was raped for almost an hour and beaten with iron bars.
The attack sparked violent public protests that left one police officer dead.
Four men were convicted of the crime and handed the death penalty in 2014.
One died in jail in March while another, aged 17 at the time, is set to be released after serving three years in a reform facility - the maximum term possible for a juvenile in India.
The victim's father on Wednesday condemned the decision to release the minor, saying: "Almost every day we read about even small girls being raped. If criminals like him are let off I fear what will happen to society."
Many called for him to be tried as an adult at the time.
India recorded over 36,000 rape cases in 2014, with 2,096 in Delhi. Experts say the numbers are likely to be higher.


Every day Mohamed Eusoof Sarlan looks at his beloved homeland, a few hundred metres away from where he lives - but Myanmar's soldiers will not allow him to return to his country.

He is among thousands of Burmese Tamils living in the north-eastern Indian town of Moreh in Manipur state, which borders Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Mr Sarlan and other Indian-origin people were forced to leave the country following a military coup in the 1960s. Their businesses were nationalised and Mr Sarlan, who used to live in Rangoon (now called Yangon), and others became penniless refugees overnight.
It is estimated that nearly 300,000 Indians fled the country following the coup.
"After we reached India, for the first three months we were living in a refugee camp in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Though Tamil Nadu was the land of our forefathers, it was difficult to live there without any support," recalls Mr Sarlan, 74, who is now a social activist.
'Mini-India'
Indians lived in Burma for centuries, but large-scale migration took place during British-colonial rule, when the country was part of British India, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They were used as civil servants, traders, farmers, labourers and artisans - and came to be considered the backbone of the economy.
Burmese nationalists always viewed them with suspicion and there were a series of anti-Indian riots in the 1930s. Once the British left in 1948, Indian-origin people became increasingly vulnerable and they were swiftly forced to leave following the 1962 coup.
They found it difficult to settle in India, so many decided to return to Burma by land. They vaguely knew that India's north-eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh shared a border with Burma.
After weeks of travelling by train and bus a small group managed to reach Moreh, around 3,200km (2,000 miles) by road from Tamil Nadu. When they reached the border crossing, Burmese soldiers prevented them from entering the country.
The Tamils settled in Moreh hoping one day to return to their homeland - but those dreams have never been fulfilled.
"Moreh was a tribal village when we first came here. There was hardly any infrastructure at that point. But many Burmese people came to Moreh looking for Indian goods like automobile parts, clothing and cosmetics. Since we knew the Burmese language it was easy for us to start businesses," Mr Sarlan recalls.
Soon, the Tamils in Moreh invited their relatives and friends from camps in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere to join them.
Many went on to become Indian citizens.
By the 1990s the number of Burmese Tamils in Moreh had increased to about 15,000, almost half of the town's population. They had set up their own schools, temples, churches and mosques - and celebrated their cultural festivals with fervour. Moreh was described as a "mini-India".
"We still retain lots of cultural and social links with Tamil Nadu state. For our important temple festivals we bring priests and music performers from there. Many parents in Moreh also send their children to schools in Tamil Nadu," says K Balasubramaniam, who is the principal of a local secondary school.
Chinese goods
At one point, Burmese Tamils dominated local border trade and that led to resentment from the Kuki community and others.
Several people were killed in bloody clashes between Tamils and Kukis in 1995, but relations have improved since then.
"We take part in each other's cultural and religious festivals. We have several committees to look into any problems and they get sorted out immediately," says Manohar Mohan, a Tamil businessman.
Tamil businesses suffered a setback after the Burmese government established a market just inside their border in Namphalong in the mid-1990s. Chinese products flooded in and many Burmese started shopping in Namphalong rather than Moreh.
Traders in Manipur also faced threats from insurgents in the state - some of the businessmen who refused to pay "extortion money" were shot dead.
The violence and lack of business opportunities forced many traders and Burmese Indians to leave Moreh, many opting for Chennai. Now Moreh's Tamil population is just 3,500.
'Gateway'
The insurgency has been contained to a large extent in the last few years. Many traders in Moreh hope the town will regain its business importance once the long-pending Asian Highway, linking the state capital Imphal with Yangon and Bangkok materialises.
Moreh is considered to be India's gateway to South East Asia and locals believe because of its unique geography the place offers tremendous potential.
The story of the town's Burmese Tamils is one of suffering and resilience as well as achievement.
Many elderly Tamils, originally from Burma, are nostalgic and want to stay in Moreh, as it is closer to where they come from.  But later generations say the town offers little in terms of education and employment.
"If we don't have the right education facilities then we have to go elsewhere. We can't do higher studies here. Also, girls can get only teaching jobs here in Moreh. So there are no other options but to leave this town and go to a place like Chennai," says B Revathy, a university student.
Emotional attachment it seems may not be enough for Moreh to keep its Burmese Tamils.


Colchester recorded their biggest win of the season as they put four past Crewe Alexandra.

Colchester took a 20th-minute lead through Kurtis Guthrie, whose flick-header from Owen Garvan's corner flew in at the near post.
Crewe goalkeeper Ben Garratt denied both Denny Johnstone and Richard Brindley, before Colchester had a penalty appeal rejected when Perry Ng appeared to handle Brindley's attempted cross in the area.
Brennan Dickenson's effort hit the roof of the net for Colchester early in the second half before Us keeper Sam Walker denied Alex Kiwomya at his near post.
Colchester doubled their lead with 18 minutes remaining through Garvan, who dispossessed George Cooper before coolly slotting past Garratt.
Substitute Drey Wright made it 3-0 four minutes later when he escaped down the Crewe left and squeezed a low shot into the far corner.
Dickenson wrapped up Colchester's victory in stoppage time with a superb left-foot strike that left Garratt no chance.
Report provided by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Goal!  Colchester United 4, Crewe Alexandra 0. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Craig Slater.
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Owen Garvan.
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces Richard Brindley.
Attempt missed. Drey Wright (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Foul by Owen Garvan (Colchester United).
Daniel Udoh (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Callum Ainley replaces James Jones.
Goal!  Colchester United 3, Crewe Alexandra 0. Drey Wright (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Daniel Udoh replaces Chris Dagnall.
Goal!  Colchester United 2, Crewe Alexandra 0. Owen Garvan (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Owen Garvan.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Tom Eastman.
Foul by Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United).
Harry Davis (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Harry Davis.
Substitution, Colchester United. Drey Wright replaces Denny Johnstone.
Attempt missed. Harry Davis (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by George Elokobi.
Attempt blocked. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Sam Walker.
Attempt saved. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Owen Garvan (Colchester United).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is just a bit too high.
Foul by George Elokobi (Colchester United).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Colchester United 1, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Ben Nugent replaces Perry Ng.
First Half ends, Colchester United 1, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Lapslie (Colchester United).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Perry Ng.


Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe feels his side must regain momentum following an at-times "negative" performance in their 3-1 home defeat by Stoke.

That result coupled with others over the weekend left the Cherries four points clear of the relegation zone.
It was also the first time Howe's side have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats since November.
"A wonder strike for them seemed to dent our fluency and we became a bit hesitant," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"The early exchanges were really positive, but from the moment they scored, the game changed and it became difficult for us.
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"Seeing passes and then changing our minds and going backwards, the crowd didn't like to see it and we certainly don't like to see it as coaches.
"We just became a little bit negative."
Bournemouth found themselves 3-0 behind after 55 minutes but did respond through Matt Ritchie after the midfielder came off the bench.
"Today was uncharacteristic," added Howe. "We're usually up and at them and fluent and if we don't get the result, we're normally fluent with our passing.
"Everyone seems to be on the same page. Today, for whatever reason, we just weren't.
"We'll put it down to confidence, which seems to have taken a little knock."
The Cherries face Everton at home in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday.


The UK is set to unveil its robotics strategy on Tuesday, revealing a plan drawn up by the Technology Strategy Board that aims to spur the country on towards capturing a significant slice of what is predicted to become a multi-trillion pound industry.

From self-driving cars to robotic postal deliveries, from carebots for elderly people to surgical snakes, the sector promises riches for the companies that design and engineer the bestselling automatons.
But what happens to the staff whose tasks they take on? Does the new technology help them work more efficiently, or does it put their livelihoods at risk?
It is a bone of contention between academics, with some convinced that offloading work on to machines will worsen unemployment, while others believe it will boost prosperity.
Take Bob for example. A robot security guard that patrols the workplace, scanning rooms in 3D and reporting any anomalies.
It's the brainchild of scientists at the University of Birmingham, who insist the machine will "support humans and augment their capabilities", despite concerns that such a technology could eventually replace human security officers.
The US army, meanwhile, is reported to be considering replacing thousands of soldiers with remote-controlled vehicles as it tries to manage sweeping troop cuts.
Dr Carl Frey, an Oxford University researcher who has written detailed studies on the rise of computerised labour, made headlines when he predicted that work automation put up to 47% of existing US jobs at "high risk".
His forecast was attacked as being a "major overestimate" by Prof Robert Atkinson, president of the US-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank.
But Prof Frey stands by his prediction insisting that the number should not be seen as "shocking" bearing in mind the process could take a couple of decades.
While the two men might remain at odds about the size of the figure, they do agree that more machines are coming to the workplace.
Last year, the number of industrial robots sold globally hit a record high of 179,000, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
Germany, Japan and the United States have become prolific investors in automated technology, but even in nations where low-wage factory work is common, there are clear signs of machine adoption.
China, for example, last year became the world's largest buyer of industrial robots. And according to Dr Frey, machines are finding their way into India too.
"Nissan relies on industrial robots to produce its cars in Japan," he says, "but we're already seeing examples of the same type of businesses in India becoming automated."
Companies across the world are investing in new technologies that could automate a whole range of jobs.
In Germany, for example, the robotics firm Kuka is testing an unmanned TV camera for live broadcast that promises to offer "smooth, shake-free camera pan". The BBC already uses a different robotic camera system in its studios.
Meanwhile in Japan, the robotics manufacturer Yaskawa has produced a dual-arm robot that can assemble goods on production lines with human-like dexterity.
Foxconn, a China-based assembler of iPhones which employs more than a million people, has told the BBC it is investing in automation technologies to help soak up its intense workload.
But it's not just physical machines that are on the rise - software "bots" are also reshaping the workplace.
In March, the Los Angeles Times automatically published a breaking news story thanks to an algorithm that generates a short article when an earthquake occurs.
And cab service Uber is able to undercut rivals in part because its software automatically matches empty cars with passengers, doing away with the need for human dispatch operators.
Uber's boss Travis Kalanick has indicated he will eventually be able to cut costs even further when he  eventually replaces the fleet with driverless vehicles.
Dr Frey says such major new technological developments will only accelerate over the coming years.
His 2013 study found that, from a sample of 702 occupations, nearly half were at risk of being computerised.
Some jobs, such as being a dentist, are dependent on advanced detection skills and thus less likely to be replaced by a machine. Equally "safe" are sports trainers, actors, social workers, firefighters and, most obviously, priests.
But typists, estate agents and retail workers are among occupations deemed highly likely to be automated in the future, he claims.
"I was somewhat surprised when we arrived at that 47%," he tells the BBC.
"But the lines between man and machine are becoming increasingly blurred. We are seeing some jobs automated already, but not to the extent that we believe they will be over the next few decades."
Prof Atkinson observes there is "a genuine fear that we're going to automate so much work that there will be nothing left for people to do", but believes such concerns are overblown.
"Our internal estimates are, at best, a third of current jobs reasonably could be automated with existing technology.
"But one of the mistakes people make in this line of theory is they don't differentiate between functions and jobs.
"A machine can do a certain function, but most people's jobs involve multiple different functions. You can't automate all of those tasks with a single machine."
He adds that automation will only improve people's livelihoods: "My argument is that when a company saves costs, its extra revenue will inevitably feed back into the shareholders and employees. That increases consumer spending and creates more jobs."
Prof Frey agrees that such a utopian scenario is possible, but companies must plan ahead to achieve it.
"The past 20 years have taught us that some places have adapted well to the computer revolution and some haven't.
"Many studies have shown how computers have replaced labour in many of the old manufacturing cities, but at the same time, these computers have created a whole host of occupations elsewhere.
"Some thrive with new changes and others don't. It all depends on how you adapt."


A proposed investment in Gloucester by France-based businessman Mohed Altrad has collapsed after Premiership Rugby rejected his plan to purchase a 45% stake in the top-flight club.

The board voted to restrict any investment from Altrad - who also owns French side Montpellier - to just 20%.
Gloucester say Altrad has therefore opted to withdraw from the deal.
He said: "Whilst this news is extremely disappointing for Gloucester and myself, rugby is the biggest loser."
Syria-born Altrad, 69, would have needed approval from various other bodies, including European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and the Rugby Football Union (RFU), for any takeover to go through.
"Having initially proposed a 55% investment, we were pushed hard to come down to an interest below 50%," Altrad added.
"I respected the guidance given and proposed a 45% stake in Gloucester, with even further commitments. I have still not received any substantive reasons why our safeguards were insufficient, beyond a sense of general discomfort with dual interests.
"Our vision was to support an English club, facilitate investment in junior and senior players as well as coaching staff and improve its training and playing facilities. The wider benefits were obvious."
Andrew Umbers of Oakwell Capital who advised the Altrad Group, added: "It is disappointing having received broad support from all of the relevant rugby authorities, RFU, FFR, World Rugby and the EPCR but not the unanimous support of the PRL.
"The Altrad Group would have brought significant investment into the city of Gloucester and its well-managed and fanatically-supported rugby club."
Chairman Martin St Quinton, who has been the sole owner of Gloucester since February 2016, added: "We would like to thank Mr Altrad for his interest in the club. It speaks volumes of how well we are viewed externally that he was so interested in investing in us.
"Whilst we naturally would have welcomed Mr Altrad's investment in to the English game, we are on a solid footing moving forward and look forward to finishing this season strongly and have a lot to look forward to."
The Cherry and Whites are eighth in the Premiership table with two matches remaining and through to the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup.
BBC rugby union reporter Chris Jones
It's clear a number of Premiership clubs were uncomfortable with Altrad owning a significant part of Gloucester, while also having such influence in France with Montpellier.
And while you can understand the concerns over Conflict of Interest - Montpellier and Gloucester may be in the same European competition next season - Altrad could point to the models in Ireland and Scotland, where their professional teams are owned and controlled by the same paymasters, namely the Ireland and Scottish rugby unions.


This week's Open golf championship at St Andrews could boost the Scottish economy by more than £100m, according to VisitScotland.

More than 200,000 golf fans are expected to descend on the Fife town for the event.
The town's Old Course is hosting the championship for the 29th time.
VisitScotland, which is an associate of the event, said it believed The Open played "a crucial role" in helping bring golf enthusiasts to Scotland.
This year's championship will feature many of the world's top golfers, including Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.
However, defending champion Rory McIlroy will miss the competition after injuring his ankle playing football with friends.
VisitScotland chairman Mike Cantlay said: "Excitement has been building for months as we prepare to welcome hundreds of thousands of spectators, the world's greatest golfers and global media, back to St Andrews for The Open.
"These visitors, whether here for the day or for longer, help contribute to Scotland's economy by staying in hotels, using restaurants, drinking in bars or shopping in retail outlets.
"Scotland is the undisputed home of golf, and The Open is the jewel in the crown of what is a truly unmissable summer for the sport."
Golf tourism is estimated to be worth £220m to the Scottish economy and supports about 4,400 jobs.
VisitScotland said that for every £1 a visiting golfer spends on green fees, a further £5 is spent on extras such as food and drink and entertainment.


Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote is to headline the Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle.

A host of other acts have already been announced for the event at the site near Thornhill on 29 August.
Festival director Alex Roberts said that to secure King Creosote for the second edition of the festival was "unreal".
"To have such an iconic musician close the day at such an iconic location is something special," he added.


A poppies display and a dragon boosted visitor figures to historical sites.

The Cadw Dragon spent the summer touring castles, and the body reported a 22% increase in family visitors.
Welsh Government figures showed more than 600,000 people explored Cadw sites between July and September - the highest ever recorded for that quarter - while the dragon was on display.
Meanwhile Caernarfon Castle welcomed nearly 40,000 visitors during its first fortnight of Poppies: Weeping Window.
The dragon visited castles in Flint, Caerphilly, Chepstow, Beaumaris, Rhuddlan, Kidwelly, Caernarfon and Harlech.
Lynne Evans, owner of Glanmors Cafe in Caerphilly, said: "The cafe was heaving during the last two weeks of July - we couldn't understand why we were so busy until we realised that the dragon was back at the castle.
"We had hundreds of family visitors, stretching from Caerphilly locals to people from further afield in Cardiff - it was absolutely tremendous to see the cafe so busy."
The dragon will reside at Raglan Castle until 12 November, while the poppies installation will be open to the public until 20 November.


All employees at a Rolls-Royce base which makes reactors for nuclear submarines were evacuated earlier after steam set off a fire alarm.

Rolls-Royce said the evacuation at 17:00 BST at its Marine Power base in Raynesway, Derby, was a "false alarm".
It was thought to have been more serious when Derbyshire Police tweeted there had been a "chemical spill".
But the firm said emergency services were called as a precautionary measure only and no-one was injured.
A spokeswoman for Rolls-Royce said all employees were evacuated after "a steam release in a conventional manufacturing process" triggered the automatic alarm.


Mixing energy drinks with alcohol could be a risky combination, leading to a greater risk of accidents and injuries, research from Canada suggests.

The caffeine contained in energy drinks can make people feel wide awake and encourage them to drink more than normal.
Medics say this could also cause problems sleeping and a raised heart rate, although more research is needed.
Charity Drinkaware does not recommend mixing alcohol and energy drinks.
Mixing spirits and liqueurs with energy drinks, such as Red Bull and Monster, has become increasingly popular - in pubs and clubs, and at home.
But recent research suggests that drinking alcohol mixed with high-caffeine energy drinks could be more risky than drinking alcohol on its own, or with a more traditional mixer.
This is because it can make people "wide awake drunk" - a result of the stimulating effects of caffeine and the brain-slowing effects of alcohol.
In a review of 13 studies published between 1981 and 2016, researchers at the University of Victoria, Canada, found a link in 10 studies between intake of alcohol mixed with energy drinks and an increased risk of falls, fight and accidents.
But they said they were unable to pin down the size of the injury risk because of the varied nature of the studies and the difficulty of comparing results.
When it comes to the question of whether mixing alcohol and energy drinks is harmful to health, larger studies are still needed to work this out.
At present, the Food Standards Agency and the Committee of Toxicity says the evidence is not clear.
Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, usually about 80mg in a 250ml can - equivalent to a mug of instant coffee.
In comparison, a 330ml can of classic Coca-Cola contains 32mg and a can of Diet Coke 42mg.
Energy drinks also contain lots of sugar as well as other ingredients, such as glucuronolactone and taurine, and sometimes vitamins and minerals or herbal substances.
Some smaller "energy shot" products can contain as much as 160mg of caffeine in a 60ml bottle.
High levels of caffeine can lead to anxiety, panic attacks and increased blood pressure.
Pregnant and breast-feeding women are advised not to have more than 200mg of caffeine over the course of a day.
There is more information on NHS choices.
European advice says that most other adults are safe to drink up to 400mg a day.
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Children should have caffeine in moderation - a daily intake of less than 3mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight in children and adolescents is safe, the European Food Safety Authority says.
Under current UK rules, drinks that contain more than 150mg per litre of caffeine (apart from teas and coffees) must carry a warning saying: "High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women".
But there are currently no legal restrictions on the amount of caffeine that may be present in a food or drink product in the UK.
Men and women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.
That's equivalent to six pints of average strength beer or seven glasses of wine.
The advice, from the Department of Health, also says that it's best not to save up units and drink them all in one go and to make sure you have alcohol-free days every week.
What you need to know about the alcohol guidelines
Audra Roemer, study author and doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Victoria, says: "Usually when you're drinking alcohol, you eventually get tired and you go home.
"Energy drinks mask that, so people may underestimate how intoxicated they are, end up staying out later, consume more alcohol, and engage in risky behaviour and more hazardous drinking practices."
The charity Drinkaware said anything that encouraged people to drink more alcohol was "a very risky thing to do, and a worrying trend".
But Gavin Partington, director general at the British Soft Drinks Association, said there was no indication that energy drinks had any specific effect related to alcohol consumption.
"The European Food Safety Authority has concluded that it is unlikely that caffeine interacts adversely with energy drinks or with alcohol," he said.
"However, anybody drinking alcohol should do so in moderation, whether or not it's mixed with an energy drink."
If you're going to mix alcohol and energy drinks, then try to reduce any risks by:
Source: Drinkaware


Burnley have signed midfielder Jack Cork from Swansea City for a fee which could rise to £10m with add-ons.

The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with the Clarets, with whom he had loan spells during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns.
Cork joined the Swans from Southampton in 2015 and was their vice-captain as they avoided relegation from the Premier League last season.
His contract at the Liberty Stadium was due to expire in the summer of 2018.
Cork made 33 appearances for Swansea last season but might have found opportunities limited next term following the signing of Roque Mesa from Las Palmas.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche has money available to strengthen his squad after the sale of defender Michael Keane to Everton for a club record £30m.
Having started his career at Chelsea, Cork played for England Under-19s and England Under-21s, and was also picked for the 18-man Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
"They [Swansea] had just signed someone in the same position, we had a lot of midfielders and it was going to be a difficult year," said Cork.
"It's great to be back [at Burnley]. I've got some great memories from the year and a half I was here and it's good to come back and see some old faces.
"It's good to come back and try and have another go here, especially in the Premier League.
"I've heard lot has changed, the whole set-up has changed and the playing staff is completely different to when I was here.
"It's a new challenge for me and one I'm excited for and I'm looking forward to meeting new people."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the sacrifices of the Soviet people in World War Two, addressing the armed forces in Moscow.

The giant, annual Victory Day parade for the first time included missiles adapted for Arctic warfare.
Russia is developing new Arctic bases.
"No force will be able to dominate our people," Mr Putin said, deploring the havoc that Nazi Germany wreaked in the war. The USSR lost more than 20 million people - more than any other country.
The Soviet Union (USSR) ceased to exist in 1991.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko took part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Kiev. He told Ukrainian soldiers that Russia was trying to use the victory anniversary "to satisfy its own revanchist, imperialist and expansionist needs".
"The Kremlin is still trying to command Ukraine as if it commanded the four Ukrainian fronts in the 1940s."
Russia has often been accused of downplaying the role of other nations in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Western sanctions were imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014. They were ratcheted up - targeting many close associates of Mr Putin - when the Russian military bolstered pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The Kremlin denies helping the rebels militarily, but admits that Russian "volunteers" have joined their ranks.
The military hardware on show in Red Square on Tuesday included Pantsir-SA air defence missiles in grey-white Arctic camouflage.
Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles, which can deliver nuclear warheads, also trundled past the assembled military top brass, government officials and bemedalled war veterans.
Members of a new "military-patriotic" youth movement, called Yunarmiya, participated in the parade for the first time.
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The main event was in Moscow, but parades also took place in cities across Russia, many of which were devastated in the 1941-1945 bloodbath that Russians call the "Great Patriotic War".
"To fight terrorism, extremism and neo-Nazism we need the co-operation of the entire world community," Mr Putin said in his short speech.
Russia has deployed many of its latest weapons in the Syrian war, backing President Bashar al-Assad's forces, who are also heavily assisted by Iran.


A man has been treated in hospital following an apparent "road rage" attack on a busy motorway in Glasgow.

Police said two men, both driving vans, were involved in a "verbal altercation" on the northbound M77, near Silverburn Shopping Centre, at 15:30 on Thursday.
They left their vehicles, after which the man who was driving a white Ford Transit was hit on the head by the man who was driving a red Nissan van.
Police have appealed for people who witnessed the incident to get in touch.
Det Con Fiona Kane said: "The area in which the assault took place was at the very busy junction of the M77 adjacent to Silverburn Shopping Centre.
"We understand that a number of other motorists witnessed the incident, as a number of them were held in the traffic as the two vans had stopped on the busy road.
"Our inquiries have revealed that before the assault took place, the two drivers of the vans were driving erratically and at speed on Barrhead Road."
The detective added: "I would like to trace anyone who was in the vicinity of Barrhead Road between 15:30 and 15:40 hours, and who recognises the descriptions of the vans and the driving behaviour."
Police said that the red Nissan van also had roof bars.
Following the attack, both drivers carried on along the northbound M77.


The housing association responsible for managing the home where a five-year-old girl died when her head became stuck in a lift said it was assisting police with their investigation.

Firefighters helped free Alexys Brown from the lift at Emmadale Close, Weymouth, on Thursday, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Aster Group said it would assist the police investigation "any way we can".
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also confirmed it was investigating.
The coroner's officer said a post-mortem examination would be carried out next week and an inquest would follow.
A spokesman for Astor Group said: "We're sorry to learn of a death at one of our properties at Emmadale Close, Westham, yesterday and our thoughts are with the little girl's family at this difficult time."
Due to the ongoing investigation into the circumstances of the death, he said it would be inappropriate to comment further "at this stage".
Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Christine James, said news of Alexys' death had come as a "total shock" to the "tight-knit" community.
She added residents were likely to "rally round and do what they can to help".
Dorset County Council said it had not installed the lift at the property.
A spokeswoman for the authority said the lift involved was commonly known as a "through floor lift" and enabled someone with a physical disability to access upper floors, where stairs cannot be used.
The two-storey house has a disabled ramp outside.


A woman in her 60s has been tied up in her home by masked burglars in north Belfast.

Two men entered the house on Cavehill Road at about 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
One of the men, who was wearing a Halloween mask, bound her hands with cable ties while the other searched the house.
After they made off with money, the woman was able to raise the alarm.
Appealing for information, Det Sgt Andrew Madden said police believed the burglars may have been accompanied by a third man.
"The first suspect is described as around 5ft 8in tall of stocky build," he said.
"He was wearing a dark green hoodie, grey tracksuit bottoms and a Halloween mask.
"The second is described as taller than the first and thin. He was wearing a black-coloured bomber jacket and had a scarf over his face."


Oxford United have signed striker Jordan Bowery on a short-term deal until the end of the season following his release by Rotherham.

Former Aston Villa player Bowery, 24, made three appearances while on loan at Bradford earlier this season.
He leaves Rotherham by mutual consent after finding his first-team opportunities limited.
"I'm very delighted to be here, it's good to be back playing and the club's on the up," he told BBC Radio Oxford.
"I'm a big lad, I'm strong and hopefully I'll bang in the goals as soon as possible."
Bowery will be available for Oxford's trip to fellow League Two promotion challengers Portsmouth on Saturday having trained with the squad for the last few days.
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A Canadian couple has decided to cancel their large wedding so they could help a Syrian refugee family.

Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousefian had a civil ceremony instead and asked guests to support a Syrian family's bid to live in Canada in lieu of gifts.
The Toronto couple was planning their wedding when they saw a photo of Aylan Kurdi, a young refugee who died on the shores of Turkey.
They realised then their wedding could be an opportunity for fundraising.
Canada plans to release details on its pledge to take in 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of the year next week.
The pledge is a key component of the new Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The couple told the BBC that Ms Jackson had been working on helping Canadians to become private refugee sponsors before deciding to forego their traditional wedding.
"We could not stop thinking about the difficult decisions that many Syrian families are forced to make... [we] immediately began redrawing our plans with the hope of helping a Syrian family start a new life in Toronto," Mr Yousefian said.
Family and friends were supportive of the couple's decision, he said.
They planned their wedding fundraiser in three weeks. The message was clear, said Mr Yousefian - that refugees are welcome in Canada.
The couple has raised C$22,750 (Â£11,224) so far and hope to raise C$27,000 (Â£13,300), which is the cost to sponsor a Syrian family of four.
"Our decision is a reflection of the very values that Canadians hold so dear," Mr Yousefian said.
"We are certain that our initiative will inspire others, just as the acts of others have inspired us... We are truly privileged to have had the opportunity to use our wedding for a greater cause than our own."


Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says his aim is for the Glasgow side to consistently reach the latter stages of the Champions League.

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But he admits that's a mid-term target.
Rodgers is concentrating simply on coaxing a better performance from his side than they produced in losing 2-0 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.
"The process we're beginning, the experience this competition has given us, is the chance to build towards that," he said of their last-16 hopes.
Celtic face the Germans away on Tuesday night knowing defeat will leave their hopes of staying in Europe at all in severe doubt.
"It's step by step," said Rodgers. "They've arrived into this level, in the toughest group in the competition, and of course it's been difficult for them.
"We don't see it as a threat. It's a major challenge for us, but it's a great challenge to have.
"Each year we can arrive here, we can improve on it and hopefully get to the latter stages consistently.
"Let's see how the next game goes and take it from there."
More immediately, Celtic must attempt to take their hugely impressive domestic form on the road to keep realistic hopes of European football after Christmas.
"We were second best the last time, there was no doubt about that," Rodgers said of the home defeat by Tuesday's opponents.
"In terms of performance level, it was one of the few times we fell below a standard we have set.
"There is no doubt we can win here. If we perform to the level that we know we can then of course it is a possibility for us, or else we wouldn't be here."
Brushing aside questions about whether the last 16 was still attainable this season, he added: "It is about putting in a performance away from home and if we can do that then we know we have a possibility of getting a good result.
"They reinforced that they are a very good side. Even with the players missing, the level they are developing over the last couple of years is a level we are trying to get to obviously over time.
"At this level, there are very few opportunities and you have to take them while remaining very solid and super-competitive."
Gladbach sit third in Group C, one point behind Manchester City, and a victory over Celtic would put the Germans in a strong position to at least qualify for the Europa League even if they fail to reach the last 16.
Winger Andre Hahn, who scored in Glasgow, said: "Celtic and City have to get by us at Borussia Park and a few teams have had a problem there."
However, coach Andre Schubert said his side are "in the race. Nothing more, nothing less".
"It is one of our most important games," he added. "It could well decide whether or not we stay in Europe."


A tin house on the Isle of Skye is among 27 contenders for the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) 2017 awards.

The new base for the National Theatre of Scotland and the headquarters of energy giant Ineos are also on the awards shortlist.
Judges said the quality of Scottish architecture was on the rise.
Entries will be eligible to win awards in a number of categories including the Best Building in Scotland Award.
The winners will be announced on 10 June.