Derby's struggle for goals continued as they were held to a frustrating stalemate by Brentford.

Scott Carson was at full stretch to tip a header from Brentford's John Egan behind, while Tom Ince saw his free-kick turned over by visiting keeper Daniel Bentley.
The visitors almost scored when Scott Hogan rounded Carson, but he could only find the side netting.
Derby, who have just seven goals in 13 games, are three points off relegation.
Johnny Russell and Ince had the Rams' best second-half chances, while Romaine Sawyers had a penalty shout waved away for Brentford.
Despite the lack of goals, Steve McClaren's Derby side are now on a four-game unbeaten run, conceding just once in the process.
Their lack of attacking impetus was compounded by James Wilson's knee injury in training, and they also lost Will Hughes, who limped off midway through the first half.
Brentford, winless in three games, are just a point outside the top six and rarely looked in trouble against their hosts.
The clean sheet was their first against Derby in 11 attempts, going back to 1953, and they have not won an away game against the Rams since 1939.
Derby County manager Steve McClaren:  "The first half was too slow, no tempo and a little too safe.
"But we've got to play football with these players, they are football players, we can't play long ball.
"At times they are making mistakes but that will progress and will get better and I had no faults apart from in the final third where we needed that bit of magic.
"A draw was probably a fair result, we huffed and puffed without blowing the house down."
Brentford head coach Dean Smith: "I don't know if we deserved to win but we certainly deserved a penalty.
"It was a double whammy and how it's not given I don't know. I think their bench was embarrassed it wasn't given as well.
"I thought our performance was very good, very disciplined and the intensity of pressing in our half was very good.
"Derby have got very good players but had very few clear-cut chances and I think our goalkeeper was rarely troubled.
Match ends, Derby County 0, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Derby County 0, Brentford 0.
Craig Bryson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Woods (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Josh Clarke (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Foul by Craig Bryson (Derby County).
Lewis MacLeod (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Brentford. Lewis MacLeod replaces Sullay Kaikai.
Attempt missed. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sullay Kaikai.
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Nico Yennaris.
Substitution, Derby County. Darren Bent replaces Matej Vydra.
Cyrus Christie (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sullay Kaikai (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Craig Bryson (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tom Ince with a headed pass.
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sullay Kaikai (Brentford).
Hand ball by Craig Bryson (Derby County).
Foul by Tom Ince (Derby County).
Yoann Barbet (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Brentford. Josh Clarke replaces Sam Saunders.
Attempt saved. Johnny Russell (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ikechi Anya.
Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
Craig Bryson (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Craig Bryson (Derby County).
Scott Hogan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Derby County. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
Attempt blocked. Cyrus Christie (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Butterfield.
Substitution, Derby County. Johnny Russell replaces Chris Baird.
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matej Vydra.
Scott Hogan (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott Carson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
Attempt saved. John Egan (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sullay Kaikai with a cross.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Scott Carson.
Attempt saved. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Saunders.
Foul by Ikechi Anya (Derby County).
Sam Saunders (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sam Saunders (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


A woman has denied being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control after 12 people were attacked in a play park in Blyth.

Nine youngsters needed hospital treatment after the incident with a brown-coloured Staffordshire bull terrier dog at the park in Burns Avenue on 20 May.
Claire Neale, 37, of Chasedale Crescent in Blyth, denied the charge at Newcastle Crown Court.
A trial date has been set for February.
Ms Neale was granted bail on the condition she lives in South Tyneside, does not enter Blyth and does not own a dog.


Bastian Schweinsteiger has thanked Bayern Munich fans as he has a medical on Sunday before his proposed move to Manchester United.

The 30-year-old Germany midfielder is believed to have told Bayern he did not want to extend his contract, which runs until 2016.
United announced in a club statement on Saturday that they had reached an agreement to sign him.
"I hope you understand my decision," Schweinsteiger told fans on Twitter.
The World-Cup winner said he was moving to United to "gain experience at a new club".
"No one can take away the incredible journey we had together. The decision was very hard to make because you and Bayern have, are and will always be an extremely important part of my life," he added.
The Old Trafford club hope to complete the medical to enable Schweinsteiger to be involved in their tour of the US.
Louis van Gaal's men fly out to America on Monday afternoon and will be based in Seattle for their first game against Mexican team Club America on Friday.
Bayern's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "It's regrettable because Bastian meant a great deal to the club.
"He achieved great things but he wants to do something new at the end of his career. He asked that we meet his wishes."
Schweinsteiger has made 536 appearances for Bayern since his debut in 2002 and played under Van Gaal while the Dutchman was in charge at Bayern between 2009 and 2011.
He helped his country win the 2014 World Cup and has one Champions League, eight Bundesliga titles and seven domestic cup triumphs to his name while at the German club.
Bayern defender and former German captain Philipp Lahm said: "We have to simply respect and accept his decision. He's  looking for a new challenge, but for me it's an absolute pity he is going."
United identified Schweinsteiger earlier this summer as a high-profile player they were interested in, along with Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.
United have made two other signings this summer - £31m-winger Memphis Depay arrived from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in June - and on Saturday Italian defender Matteo Darmian signed for an undisclosed fee from Torino.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A male has been arrested after a child was involved in a collision with a quad bike in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

South Wales Police said the incident happened on Margaret Street in Pontypridd at about 18:10 BST on Tuesday.
The child, who was a pedestrian, has been airlifted to hospital but the injuries are unknown.
Police said the male was riding the quad bike and is in police custody.


Sherlock stars Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington have revealed they have separated after 16 years together.

"I'm not with Amanda any more," Freeman told the Financial Times, describing the split as "very, very amicable".
Abbington also gave an interview to The Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine, in which she said she and Freeman had "realised we'd come to the end of our time together".
The couple, who met on a film set in 2000, have two children together.
"Martin and I remain best friends and love each other, and it was entirely amicable," Abbington said.
"There was no hostility, really, we just said that we couldn't live together anymore, so we put everything in place, he moved out to a flat in north London, I stayed at home and we've started a new chapter.
"It is sad and it is upsetting, because you think you're going to be with someone forever, but you either do that or you break up, and we both came to the decision that splitting was best for us. We've been really lucky to make it such a clean break, especially for the kids."
On Friday morning, Abbington tweeted: "Thanks for the beautiful and supportive messages. We are all ok! But thanks."
The couple will shortly be seen reprising their roles as John Watson and his wife Mary in Sherlock's latest series.
In his interview with the FT, Freeman said: "I'll always love Amanda."
The new series sees their characters with a baby daughter, named Rosamund Mary Watson.
Freeman and Abbington appeared with other cast members at an event this week to promote the first episode, to be broadcast on New Year's Day.
Abbington also appeared on Wednesday's edition of Christmas Kitchen, during which she said she would be spending Christmas with her children.
A spokesman for the BBC said it does not comment on the personal lives of its stars.
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Adam Gemili ran his first sub-10 seconds 100m but then fell to the ground with a suspected torn hamstring.

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The 21-year-old ran 9.97 secs in Birmingham to become the first Briton to go under both 10 seconds in the 100m and 20 seconds in the 200m.
He clutched his leg after crossing the line in second place behind American Marvin Bracy (9.93) and was taken from the track in a wheelchair.
Dina Asher-Smith, 19, ran the second quickest 200m by a British woman.
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On a successful day for Britain's sprinters, Asher-Smith finished third in a personal best 22.30 secs.
The British 100m record holder was just a hundredth of a second adrift of winner Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix in second, who both clocked 22.29 secs.
"I'm really happy," Asher-Smith told BBC Sport. "I was looking to get somewhere around my personal best so to run 22.30 is just out of this world."
The pair's performances sated athletics fans in the absence of double Olympic champion Mo Farah, who withdrew from men's 1500m on the morning of the competition.
Farah said he was "emotionally and physically drained" after a "stressful week" that saw a BBC investigation allege his coach Alberto Salazar had been involved in doping.
European 200m champion Gemili's form in the week leading up to the race had promised a special performance in Birmingham.
He recorded a wind-assisted 9.97secs last Sunday and, on a cloudless day at the Alexander Stadium, set a personal best 10.00secs in the heats, which he went on to better in the final.
"I felt my hamstring go as I dipped, but I'm in good spirits," Gemili said.
"British sprinting is really stepping up and I'm glad to be a part of it."
Richard Kilty also set a personal best time of 10.05secs in finishing fifth, while fellow Briton Chijindu Ujah was sixth in 10.11secs.
Five Britons had previously dipped under the 10-second mark: Linford Christie (9.87), James Dasaolu (9.91) Chijindu Ujah (9.96), Dwain Chambers (9.97) and Jason Gardener (9.98).
He recorded the second quickest 200m by a Briton when he won gold in Zurich last year in a time of 19.98 secs.
Elsewhere at the Diamond League event, Olympic champion Greg Rutherford won the men's long jump by equalling his second longest jump ever, a season's best 8.35m leap.
Laura Muir set a personal best 2:00.42 to finish second in the women's 800m. It was a race comfortably won by Kenya's Eunice Jepkoech Sum, unbeaten over the distance this season, in 1:59.85.
British record holder Tiffany Porter (12.65) came third in the women's 100m hurdles, as did compatriot Laura Weightman (4:06.42) in the women's 1500m.
Finally, having initially had what was an African-record throw deemed a foul, Julius Yego's 91.39m effort in the javelin was later declared legal - winning the Kenyan the competition and putting him ninth on the all-time list.


The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Championships in London from 4-13 August.

Men
100m: James Dasaolu, Reece Prescod, CJ Ujah
200m: Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Danny Talbot
400m: Dwayne Cowan, Matt Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney
800m: Elliot Giles, Kyle Langford, Guy Learmonth
1500m: Josh Kerr, Chris O'Hare, Jake Wightman
5,000m: Andrew Butchart, Mo Farah, Marc Scott
10,000m: Mo Farah
3,000m steeplechase: Rob Mullett, Zak Seddon, Ieuan Thomas
110m hurdles: David King, David Omoregie, Andrew Pozzi
400m hurdles: Jack Green
High jump: Robbie Grabarz
Triple jump: Nathan Fox
Hammer: Nick Miller, Chris Bennett
Discus: Nick Percy
Decathlon: Ashley Bryant
20km race walk: Tom Bosworth, Callum Wilkinson
50km race walk: Dominic King
Marathon: Andrew Davies, Callum Hawkins, Josh Griffiths
4x100m: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod, Danny Talbot, CJ Ujah
4x400m: Cameron Chalmers, Dwayne Cowan, Jack Green, Matt Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney, Delano Williams, Rabah Yousif
Women
100m: Desiree Henry, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip
200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Shannon Hylton, Bianca Williams
400m: Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Anyika Onuora
800m: Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, Lynsey Sharp, Adelle Tracey
1500m: Jessica Judd, Sarah McDonald, Laura Muir, Laura Weightman
5,000m: Eilish McColgan, Laura Muir, Steph Twell
10,000m: Jessica Martin, Beth Potter, Charlotte Taylor
3,000m steeplechase: Rosie Clarke, Lennie Waite
100m hurdles: Tiffany Porter, Alicia Barrett
400m hurdles: Eilidh Doyle, Jess Turner, Meghan Beesley
High jump: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake
Pole vault: Holly Bradshaw
Long jump: Shara Proctor, Jazmin Sawyers, Lorraine Ugen
Discus: Jade Lally
Hammer: Sophie Hitchon
Shot put: Rachel Wallader
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
20km race walk: Gemma Bridge, Bethan Davies
Marathon: Tracy Barlow, Alyson Dixon, Charlotte Purdue
4x100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Corinne Humphreys, Shannon Hylton, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip, Bianca Williams
4x400m: Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Eilidh Doyle, Laviai Nielsen, Anyika Onuora, Perri Shakes-Drayton
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BBC Radio 3 has set two world records after broadcasting a live performance of composer Max Richter's eight-hour composition, Sleep.

The station now holds records for the longest broadcast of a single piece of music and the longest live broadcast of a single piece of music.
Richter and an ensemble of six musicians played non-stop throughout Saturday night and were broadcast live from London's Wellcome Institute.
A live audience slept in camp beds.
Listeners at home were also encouraged to sleep through the broadcast.
BBC reporter Emma Jane Kirby, who was there, said: "Like a lullaby on a loop, the musical themes were insistent and persistent - and I found myself drifting out of consciousness."
The new records were certified by Guinness World Records.
Described as a "lullaby for a frenetic world", Sleep was composed in consultation with neuroscientist David Eagleman.
Richter told BBC Breakfast: "I, personally, am very lucky that I sleep well but I know I'm quite unusual.
"We're kind of a sleep-deprived culture now, our world is very busy, we live in a data blizzard and we're on 24/7 and people sometimes find it difficult to find a space to rest and that's what this is."
The broadcast formed part of Radio 3 and Wellcome Collection's Why Music? weekend, a series of programmes linking musicians with leading scientists investigating music's role in life.
Radio 3 controller Alan Davey said: "To establish two new world records with one broadcast overnight is a shining example of what makes us so unique.
"It's rare a controller wills his audience to sleep, but I hope Radio 3 listeners enjoyed slowing down to Max Richter's Sleep.  I'm grateful to Max Richter for working with us on this great project."
The broadcast will be available to listeners on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.


Australian police have arrested a 17-year-old on terror charges in a Melbourne suburb and say they have halted a plot to detonate three homemade bombs in the city.

A house was raided in the northern suburb of Greenvale on Friday.
Five men were detained last month, also in Melbourne, for allegedly planning an attack on an Anzac Day ceremony.
Last September saw the country's biggest counter-terrorism operation, with  15 people arrested.
The arrested youth has not been named, but is due to appear in court on Monday.
The charges include "preparation for a terrorist act" and possessing "things connected with a terrorist act".
Police detonated three devices found during Friday's raid in Greenvale.
Heavily armed officers made the raid after a tip-off to a security hotline.
"There is evidence of a bomb plot that was in a reasonably advanced state of preparation," said Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday.
Police said they were unable to confirm what the target for the alleged attack was.
"But let me tell you, something was going to happen," Australian Federal Police (AFP) Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan told a press conference in Melbourne.
"As a result of Victoria police and AFP interception yesterday, some Victorians are going to be alive," he added.
Last month, the authorities in Melbourne said they had uncovered a plot to behead a police officer.
Two teenagers were charged with conspiring to plan a terrorist attack


Celtic captain Scott Brown described Jamie Walker as a "cheat" after the latter won a penalty in Hearts' 2-1 defeat at Tynecastle.

Walker was challenged in the box by Kieran Tierney and Brown said: "It was a dive. Cheat. What else can you say?"
The Hearts midfielder said: "I knocked the ball on and I've seen him [Tierney] coming out the corner of my eye and felt contact so I went down.
"At the end of the day, I am not the referee. I don't give the decisions."
Brown praised Hearts for their performance, but added: "There is no place in football for cheats and that's been a couple of times here now."
Brendan Rodgers, taking charge of his first Scottish Premiership game, praised his Celtic players' mentality to recover from referee John Beaton's "mistake".
Celtic led via James Forrest's opener but Walker levelled from the disputed penalty.
Walker slammed in the penalty but Scott Sinclair's late winner secured three points for the reigning champions.
"It was a dubious penalty, that was clear. In fairness to the referee, he said he made a mistake," Rodgers said.
"At least he was big enough to admit that.
"We had to show mentality and character in the second half. We were super offensive in the last 20 minutes and eventually got the breakthrough."
Rodgers was understandably delighted with the impact of Sinclair, who came off the bench after an hour to make his debut after completing a £3.5m move from Aston Villa.
"He showed typical hunger and desire to score the goal, with the speed he has shown to get into the box," Rodgers told BBC Scotland after his first league match in charge of Celtic.
"It was wonderful play from Leigh Griffiths and Scott showed a great touch and composure to score.
"He has made a big choice to come here but I am sure he will do well and score many more goals.
"He is a really top talent. It has been a bit difficult for him the last couple of seasons at Manchester City and Aston Villa but he brings excitement - he gets you off your feet with his pace and trickery, and he loves scoring goals."
It completed a whirlwind 48 hours for Sinclair, who only arrived in Scotland on Friday night, and completed the final details of his transfer late on Saturday.
"It all happened so fast," he told BBC Scotland.  "I only had three hours' sleep on Friday, but I did the scans and bits and pieces yesterday and I made the squad.
"It is an amazing feeling to come on and score the winner. I didn't think I would be involved but the manager said I was fit.
"This is why I came to Celtic - to play games, score goals and start enjoying it again. Hopefully it can continue."
Rodgers admitted he wants to add "at least another two" players to his squad before the transfer window closes.
One of his new signings, Kolo Toure, was struggling with a groin problem late on, in his first start for the club.
"He wanted to continue," Rodgers added. "I thought he was excellent. He is still a way off with his fitness but he showed he can still play in these big games."
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson felt his side could have had a second penalty when Toure clashed with Robbie Muirhead.
"There were a lot of inconsistent decisions today," he said. "We got some, they got some.
"In my opinion Toure leans into the back of him. If there's no contact on the ball and the boy goes down it's a penalty."
The Tynecastle boss also revealed he hopes to make at least two signings before the end of the transfer window.
"We're still looking to get a couple of guys in," said Neilson. "[Krystian] Nowak the centre back came in last week so we'll hopefully get that tied up in the next couple of days, and we're also looking for a wide player."


Roma captain Francesco Totti took a selfie of himself to celebrate becoming the joint top scorer in the capital derby with the equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Lazio.

The Italy forward scored both second-half goals for second-placed Roma and was handed a mobile phone by one of the coaching staff to mark the leveller.
The 38-year-old held the phone up and took a photo with the Roma fans behind him as his side recovered from 2-0 down.
Lazio led after Stefano Mauri converted Felipe Anderson's cross, before the latter doubled the lead from 20 yards.
Totti, who has now scored 11 times against Lazio, said: "I thought about it during the week.
"Although it's in fashion, I don't usually take them because I want my private life to stay that way, but this was a special occasion, something to be remembered for a long time."
Roma went into the game knowing victory would take them above Juventus, ahead of the champions' trip to fourth-placed Napoli later on Sunday.
But it was Lazio, starting the match in third place, who opened up a 2-0 half-time lead.
Totti reduced the arrears with a fine angled strike three minutes after the restart and claimed his second from close range just after the hour to set up a tense finale.
It was his 239th goal in Serie A. Silvio Piola holds the record with 274.


Northern Ireland's hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) remain as busy as ever, according to waiting times figures.

The latest statistics for March reveal an 8.6% increase in the number of people attending their local ED, compared to the same time last year.
In that same month, 68% of patients were treated, discharged or admitted within four hours of their arrival.
That was despite the ministerial target set at 95%.
The targets also state that no patient should wait more than 12 hours to be seen, treated, admitted and discharged after arriving at any ED, but statistics show 666 patients waited half a day or more last month.
This figure represents a decline in performance in comparison to the same period last year, when 613 patients waited more than 12 hours during March 2015.
The busiest EDs in Northern Ireland last month were the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast, and the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in the west of the city.
A total of 7,971 patients attended the Ulster's ED while 7,850 patients sought emergency treatment in the RVH.


Mexico's attorney-general says the burnt remains of a second student out of a group of 43 who disappeared last year  have been identified.

They disappeared in the town of Iguala in Guerrero state.
She confirmed the identification of Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, found in a rubbish dump outside the city.
Austrian forensic officials have been carrying out tests. The remains of another student Alexander Mora Venancio were identified last December.
The group disappeared in September last year when they were on their way to take part in a demonstration.
Relatives of the students have questioned the account of the Mexican authorities who said corrupt local police handed over the students to a local drugs gang who killed them and burnt the bodies.
Earlier this month an independent investigation rejected the government's account of events.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights says it has found no evidence to support claims that the bodies were incinerated.
The Mexican government said it would send forensic experts to the area.
Relatives have always rejected the official investigation.
They accused the authorities of covering up the alleged involvement of high-ranking officials and possibly the army in the killings.
The case shocked Mexico and led to weeks of protests against official impunity and the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto.


Japan's prime minister has condemned as "outrageous and unacceptable" a video declaring the murder of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State.

Shinzo Abe demanded the release of a second hostage, purported to be Kenji Goto, shown in the video. Japan says it is trying to verify the footage.
On Tuesday, Islamic State (IS) said it would kill the two men unless Japan paid $200m (Â£130m) within 72 hours.
But IS now appears to be demanding an exchange of captives instead.
Mr Goto appears to say IS would swap him for Sajida al-Rishawi - an Iraqi militant held in Jordan.
After the latest tape, Mr Abe said Japan would not bow to terrorism.
"This act of terrorism is an outrageous and unacceptable act of violence," he said.
"I again strongly demand the immediate release of Mr Kenji Goto unharmed."
In a statement, President Barack Obama said the US "strongly condemns the brutal murder of Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa by the terrorist group ISIL [or IS]".
Mr Obama said the US would stand "shoulder to shoulder'' with Japan.
The video apparently shows Mr Goto holding a picture of what appears to be the body of Mr Yukawa.
US National Security Council official Patrick Ventrell said the US was also trying to establish the authenticity of the video and was closely co-ordinating with Japan.
Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said the video image "showing a killed Japanese person" was "an abominable and unforgivable act of violence".
There is some uncertainty over whether the video released on Saturday actually comes from Islamic State.
Unlike similar previous videos, the latest recording does not carry the logo of any IS media arms, and consists of an audio message with a still image. Other official videos have shown moving footage.
Haruna Yukawa, 42, was seized by militants in August after going to Syria to set up a private military contracting company, according to reports.
Kenji Goto, 47, is a well-known freelance journalist and documentary film-maker who went to Syria in October, reportedly to try to get Mr Yukawa released.
In a video released on Tuesday, a masked man was shown standing over kneeling hostages named as Mr Yukawa and Mr Goto and demanding the ransom.
The previously announced ransom is the same amount as that pledged in non-military aid for countries fighting IS by Prime Minister Abe during a recent tour of the Middle East.
Who are Islamic State (IS)?


Firefighters have extinguished a lorry fire in the main street in Lisknaskea.

Owen Mooney, who lives on the street where the incident happened, said he passed the lorry when it was stopped with hazard lights on.
He said when he returned three or four minutes later the cab of the lorry was on fire and about five to 10 minutes later it had "exploded".
Mr Mooney said he was told the driver had seen smoke coming from the back of the lorry.
He then saw flames underneath it when he stopped and checked and then tried to get people away from the vehicle.
Mr Mooney said there were three explosions in all.
"There was one explosion whenever the fire brigade was here - it was probably the tyres exploding because of the fire," he said.
"Thankfully everybody's OK, it could have been a lot worse because there were children in the street, which was obviously very busy."


Cornish Pirates have signed fly-half Bar Bartlett from National One side Loughborough Students.

The 22-year-old was part of Worcester's academy and has played for the Premiership side's A League team.
Bartlett played for the Pirates in a friendly match last October.
"Bar came down for a time during our last pre-season and impressed with not only his skill set but his attitude to improve and work hard," said outgoing Pirates boss Ian Davies.
"We have a strong link up with Dave Morris and Loughborough University and I'm sure Bar will follow previous alumni by becoming a very good player for the Pirates."


New rights to allow parents to share leave following the birth or adoption of their child have come into effect.

Aside from an initial two weeks of maternity leave for the mother, up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay can be shared between parents.
The rules mean that parents can also take time off at the same time to look after a newborn.
The Institute of Directors has previously warned the new law could create a "nightmare" for employers.
The changes were pushed for by the Liberal Democrats whilst in coalition government.
Source: UK Government; ACAS
How the UK's new rules on parental leave work
About 285,000 working couples would be eligible to share leave under the new rules, the government has said.
The pattern of leave must be agreed between the employee and employer with eight weeks' notice.
Previously, fathers were entitled to one or two weeks paid ordinary paternity leave, or up to 26 weeks' paid additional paternity leave - but only if the mother or co-adopter returned to work.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said the rights would allow men to become more hands-on fathers and stop women feeling they have to choose between a career or a baby.
Mr Clegg said: "To build a fairer society, the Liberal Democrats want to tear down the barriers that stop people reaching their full potential.
"For too long, mums have been told their place is at home with their child, while dads return to work. I want parents to choose for themselves how to balance work and family."
When the changes were announced in 2013, the Institute of Directors business group said the plan was a "nightmare" that would "heap yet more burdens on struggling employers".
Deputy director of policy Alexander Ehmann said: "The proposed system is considerably more complex and unwieldy than the current laws and employers will - once again - have to absorb the cost of adapting and implementing this new system."
Children's charity Barnardo's warned that the legislation relied on the support of businesses or it could quickly "run into the sand".
It believes the new measures will allow low-paid working families, where the mother is the higher earner, the opportunity to provide parental support for their child without worrying about losing their jobs.
Others, including campaign group Maternity Action and the TUC, welcomed the change as a "step in the right direction".
Conciliation service Acas, which has drawn up a guide to the rules, said that employers and employees should be aware of the new rights.
Parental leave is a devolved issue in Northern Ireland but the Northern Ireland Assembly passed a bill offering parents the same rights as in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.


US and South Korean troops are staging major annual land, sea and air drills, prompting North Korea to threaten "all-out war" on the peninsula.

Pyongyang warned it would turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" if provoked. The US and South Korean joint command insist the drills are purely defensive.
Relations have been fraught since the North shelled a South Korean island in November, killing four people.
Military talks aimed at easing tensions between the two broke down recently.
The 11-day exercises involve 200,000 South Korean troops and nearly 13,000 Americans - most of whom are not based in the country.
The training drills are a regular rehearsal for emergency deployments of US forces in the event of a sudden attack on South Korea.
The drills "are planned months in advance, and they are not connected to any current world events", the joint command said in a statement.
Every year Pyongyang denounces the exercises, saying they are actually a pretext for an American invasion of the North to topple the communist government.
Just hours after the exercises started, a commentary in North Korea's main newspaper warned "the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula is deepening".
Earlier, the North threatened to turn the South's capital, Seoul, which sits less than 48km (30 miles) from the border and so well within range of artillery, into a "sea of fire".
Despite the harsh rhetoric, South Korea's Defence Ministry said there had been no suspicious behaviour by Pyongyang's army, adding that it was ready to defend the country against any attack.
The BBC's Nick Ravenscroft in Seoul says many analysts have predicted a new military provocation by the North, following last year's confrontation over a South Korean island and the sinking of one of its warships, for which the North denies responsibility.
These concerns were reinforced when military talks between the two Koreas broke down earlier this month, says our correspondent.
The US has about 30,000 troops stationed in South Korea. Technically North and South remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
The North has also been angered by a renewed propaganda drive from the South.
As well as activists sending leaflets criticising the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il via balloons floated over the border, it is understood the South's military has begun using the same technique - and may also be spreading news of uprisings in Arab countries.
Pyongyang calls this "psychological warfare" and has threatened to attack the sites from which balloons are launched.


Flu has shut a ward at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness to new admissions.

NHS Highland said there had been an increase in patients diagnosed with the illness in Ward 7C.
Eight patients have tested positive for flu. The health board said this was being treated as a possible outbreak.
It added that relatives and friends have been asked to avoid visiting Ward 7C if at all possible.


Traditional banking in Africa has failed - 80% of the continent's 1.2 billion people do not have a bank account or access to formal financial services.

So mobiles and web-based services are stepping in to fill the gap. But there is much more to Africa's financial services story than M-Pesa, the wildly successful mobile banking platform launched in Kenya and Tanzania in 2007.
For example, Nigeria's Social Lender looks at borrowers' social media profiles to assess their creditworthiness.
One of the issues lenders face is that it is near impossible to obtain adequate data about people, particularly in rural areas. So mobile and web are proving useful ways of gathering it.
Social Lender uses its own algorithm to assign a "social reputation score" to each user, with "social guarantors" acting like referees validating their trustworthiness.
As the youth-orientated website strapline has it: "Get rep, get cash, stay fly".
"The solution is designed to bridge the gap of immediate fund access for people with limited access to formal credit," says co-founder Faith Adesemowo.
"Loans are guaranteed by the user's social profile and network, allowing users to borrow from banks and other financial institutions based on their social reputation," she says.
Social Lender currently has more than 10,000 registered users taking out loans of up to 10,000 Naira (£24) with a default rate of less than 4%.
Users can withdraw cash loans via bank accounts or mobile money.
"We solve the problems of prohibitive cost to serve the market, inadequate financial history, unreliable credit score and lack of collateral for these people that hitherto prevented our partner financial institutions from serving this market," says Ms Adesemowo.
Mobile phone data is also helping to give lenders and other financial service providers useful information about potential customers.
Based in Cape Town, Jumo partners with mobile operators in countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, to gain access to data on how people use their phones.
Its algorithms analyse a person's smartphone usage - how much they spend on airtime, how they use their mobile money wallet - to come up with a "Jumo score", which rates their creditworthiness.
Users can then apply for loans from conventional lenders through Jumo and have the cash sent straight to their phones.
"A $20 [£15] loan that can be accessed without collateral in the middle of the night in a rural village can mean the difference between getting a sick person to hospital and going without medical care,"  says Andrew Watkins-Ball, Jumo's chief executive.
"For a micro-entrepreneur who deals in single-digit dollar amounts, a similar amount can have a major impact on their ability to buy stock effectively at greater volumes and lower prices."
Smartphone adoption is still very low among poorer communities, he says, so the technology has been to run equally well on simple, so-called "feature" phones as well as on smartphones.
Using the data gathered, Jumo can target users with products they are likely to need. Three million people have used the tech company's services since it launched in 2015 and it makes up to 50,000 loans a day.
Providing data on informal and rural traders to enable access to credit is key for Africa's development, says Hendrik Malan, operations director at research consultancy Frost & Sullivan Africa.
"This will give rise to an enormous micro-lending market across the continent," he says.
Mobile and web tech is also helping the 30 million Africans living abroad send money home more efficiently.
This African diaspora sends more than $40bn (£30bn) back home each year. But costs are prohibitive: the World Bank says Africans pay an average of 9.74% in fees for every transaction with the likes of Western Union and Moneygram.
Now these money transfer giants are being challenged by nimbler start-ups.
One of these is Ugandan company Redcore Interactive, whose service, Remit, enables people to send cash via debit or credit card to relatives and friends in Uganda, Kenya or Rwanda at the click of a button, straight to their mobile phones.
Recipients can then use the money to pay bills direct from their mobile wallets or make a cash withdrawal at any mobile money agent.
Founder Stone Atwine says Remit offers significant time and cost savings, bypassing physical infrastructure for a fee of 4.99% of the transaction amount.
"The reduction in overheads allows us to provide remittance services at a significant discount to existing providers," he says, adding that millions of dollars have already been transferred through Remit.
"Sending money within and to Africa is expensive and inconvenient. We solve this by building products that make mobile money systems interoperable across the continent."
The growing influence of such "fintech" services across Africa would appear to pose a threat to traditional branch-based banks.
Yet this doesn't seem to be the case.
Speak to many fintech entrepreneurs and they will say that their services are complementary to established banks, not a threat to them. Indeed, many banks are partnering with African fintech start-ups rather than competing with them.
Established banks have access to customers, something fintech start-ups lack. So co-operation makes more sense, Frost & Sullivan's Mr Malan believes.
And it is this interplay between new tech and established bank networks that could see many more millions of Africans gaining access to much-needed financial services.
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A bun throwing event for the Queen's official 90th birthday will be held in Abingdon later.

The 255-year old tradition, which attracts thousands of people, takes place to mark royal events.
The 4,500 specially-baked currant buns, which feature a crown design on the top, will be thrown from the roof of the county hall.
Roads in the town centre will be closed from 17:00 BST - the bun-throwing begins at 19:00.
The event, organised by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, sees the Mayor, Councillor Alice Badcock and council members throw the buns into the crowds below who try to catch them.
Ms Badcock, who will throw the first bun said: "Bun throwing is a major event for Abingdon.
"It does not take place every year and therefore people very much look forward to taking part when there is a royal event to celebrate."
In recent years there have been two bun throwing occasions in 2011 to celebrate the Royal Wedding and in 2012 6,000 were thrown as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations.


An earthquake has toppled buildings in the south Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing at least 11 people.

The magnitude 6.4 quake struck just before 04:00 (20:00 GMT Friday) when most people were at home asleep.
A baby was among at least four people killed when a high-rise building, containing 100 homes, collapsed.
At least 30 people remain missing. Tainan's mayor said people were alive but trapped under the rubble and all means would be used to rescue them.
President Ma Ying-jeou, who toured the city of two million, said shelters would be set up for those who had lost their homes.
Television pictures showed rescue workers frantically trying to reach people trapped in collapsed buildings, using ladders to climb over piles of rubble.
One of the worst affected was the 17-storey Wei Kuan apartment complex, home to at least 256 people.
More than 200 people were rescued, but a baby, young girl and two adult men did not survive, officials said. At least 70 people were taken to hospital.
Interior Minister Chen Wei-jen said he feared more people may have been in the fallen apartment block than usual as families gathered to celebrate Chinese New Year.
He said investigators would examine whether the building's construction met requirements.
Residents told how they were able to escape from their homes in the block, using their own tools and ladders.
"I used a hammer to break the door of my home which was twisted and locked, and managed to climb out," one woman told local TV.
Another man tied clothes together to make a rope and lowered himself from the ninth floor to the sixth floor below, Apple Daily reports.
One Tainan resident said his bed turned over as the wall collapsed. "My home completely turned into debris. I didn't know what was happening. I was really frightened as I have never seen such an earthquake," he said.
A 35-year-old woman described how she and her two children were pulled from the rubble.
"Rescue workers broke through (the building) layer by layer. And they asked us to climb out but I said my children are too small to climb. So they dug a bigger hole. Then one rescue worker tried his best to climb in and take the children out. Then I slowly climbed out myself," she said.
The quake was shallow, meaning its effects would have been amplified, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
There have also been at least five aftershocks. The quake was felt in the capital Taipei, 300 km away.
Although the damage does not appear to be widespread, a number of tall buildings have been left leaning precariously.
There are also reports of power outages, and transport links have been disrupted on what is one of the busiest travelling days of the year ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday.
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and often sees tremors.
Beijing has offered assistance although at the moment at least, given the relatively limited scale of the disaster, it does not look as if much outside help is needed, the BBC's John Sudworth reports from the Chinese capital.
Back in 1999, when a 7.6 magnitude quake killed more than 2,300 people in central Taiwan, a similar offer of help from the mainland became embroiled in political wrangling, with Taiwan accusing China of exploiting the situation for its own political ends, our correspondent adds.


Atletico Madrid missed a chance to go top of La Liga after falling to a late winner from Malaga striker Charles.

Diego Simeone's side surrendered a 15-game unbeaten run as the Brazilian fired home an 88th-minute volley.
A draw would have seen Atletico climb above Barcelona to the summit going into the 10-day winter break.
But they had to hold on after losing skipper Gabi Fernandez to two yellows cards in the space of five minutes early in the second half.
In a sometimes bad-tempered encounter, the visitors were up against it from the moment Fernandez was cautioned for a foul, then ordered in the 56th minute after committing a handball near the halfway line.
Charles saw two first-half chances saved by Atletico keeper Jan Oblak in a game short on clear openings.
But the Brazilian had the final say, finding the net with the aid of a deflection off defender Diego Godin for his sixth goal of the season.
Barcelona have a game in hand after being without a domestic fixture due to their involvement in the Club World Cup final against River Plate.


John McEnroe described Novak Djokovic's final-set capitulation at the French Open as "inexplicable" and questioned the 12-time Grand Slam winner's desire.

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The defending champion, 30, lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-0 to Austria's Dominic Thiem - losing a love set at a Slam for the first time since 2005.
The Serb is now without a major title after holding all four 12 months ago.
"I don't recall seeing a time in the last six to eight years when Novak mailed it in," McEnroe told BBC Sport.
The American, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, added: "He basically gave up."
Djokovic won just eight points and made 12 errors in the final set of his quarter-final, which lasted 20 minutes.
It was only the ninth time he had lost a set to love in his career, and the first at a Grand Slam since he played Gael Monfils at the US Open 12 years ago.
"It looked in the third set like he just didn't want to be out there, couldn't compete any more, and that's shocking for a guy that's won as much as he has and prides himself on competition," added 58-year-old McEnroe.
"It just shows you everyone's human.
"On paper it was the most interesting quarter but to see it tail off like that is highly surprising.
"If you had told me a year ago, when he was the only guy since Rod Laver holding all four Slams that this is what we'd be talking about now, I'd have told you you were nuts."
Twelve months on from completing the career Grand Slam in Paris, Djokovic will drop out of the world's top two for the first time since 2011 in the next rankings.
"For me, it's a whole new situation that I'm facing," the Serb said.
"Especially in the last seven, eight months, not winning any tournament, which hasn't happened in many years.
"I guess you've got to go through it, try to learn your lessons and figure out how to get out of it stronger.
"It's a big challenge, but I'm up for it."
The 12-time Grand Slam champion alluded to "personal issues" following his shock third-round defeat by Sam Querrey at Wimbledon last year, and injuries then contributed to a drop in form.
Djokovic parted company with coach Boris Becker at the end of 2016 and then the rest of his coaching team, including his long-time confidante Marian Vajda, last month in what he described as "shock therapy".
He has since been working with Spaniard Pepe Imaz, a former world number 146 who runs a tennis academy based around "peace, love and meditation", as well as his brother, Marko, a former professional.
"Obviously there have been issues off the court," said McEnroe. "I don't know exactly what they've been but that's affected him.
"There's a let-down [after completing the career Grand Slam] and that's understandable when you think about it, after you've accomplished that you probably have some motivation problems.
"There's been, I'm assuming, some type of injury issues.
"But all in all, I can't believe that he seems so lost right now compared to what we saw when he was on top of the world."
Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi was added to the team in Paris, although the American was only present for the first three rounds because of prior engagements elsewhere.
"Don't put Andre in the midst of this," Djokovic said. "This final set, of course, that's all me.
"His influence and impact on my game, it's going to take time.
"It's not something that comes out in the first week. We have spent seven days together. We just got to know each other."
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The Serb's next scheduled tournament is Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July, and he generally does not play a grass-court warm-up event, but has not ruled out taking a break.
"Trust me, I'm thinking about many things, especially in the last couple months," Djokovic said.
"I'm just trying to sense what's the best thing for me now.
"Obviously, it's not an easy decision to make, but I will see how I feel after Roland Garros and then decide what to do next."
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Conservative Angus Macpherson has been chosen as Wiltshire's police and crime commissioner (PCC) in the first result to come in after Thursday's elections.

He beat Labour's Clare Moody after second preference votes were counted as neither managed to get 50% of votes.
The result comes amid a low turnout with figures showing that only 81,477 ballots were cast out of 520,000 registered voters - less than 16%.
Wiltshire was the only force area where an overnight count was held.
Mr Macpherson received 28,558 (36%) of first round votes while Ms Moody received 16,198.
When second preference votes were counted, he was elected with a total of 35,319 votes, compared with Ms Moody's 21,157 votes.
The returning officer for Wiltshire, Stephen Taylor, said they would need to look at why so few people turned out to vote.
"It would be good to have some analysis afterwards and see whether there's any lessons to be learnt. It is a new system," Mr Taylor said.
"I think people have emailed and contacted us saying that they didn't know enough about the candidates. That's something which I've got no control over."
Despite the low turnout, Mr Macpherson said it was a legitimate result.
"It's not so much a mandate, it's more, in the Wiltshire situation, a large job interview," he said.
"Now, of course it would be much better if more people had gone out to vote and I think it's incumbent on all police commissioners as we all take office to actually develop this job and let people know what it is."
Other candidates for the Wiltshire PCC job have also spoken about the low turnout.
Mrs Moody said: "The government did not allow us as candidates - and it's immensely frustrating as a candidate - enough of an opportunity to talk to the electorate."
Liberal Democrat candidate Paul Batchelor said: "[It was] David Cameron's big idea about localism and he should have pushed it a lot further, a lot harder and a lot stronger."
PCCs will take over from the police authority and be responsible for controlling the budget and setting police priorities.
They will also have the power to hire and fire chief constables, but will not be involved in the operational side of the force.
Wiltshire chief constable Pat Geenty congratulated Mr Macpherson on his appointment, adding it was an "excellent force" with dedicated and hard-working officers.
"The aim for Wiltshire Police remains one of reducing crime and anti social behaviour and keeping it one of the safest counties in the country," he said.
"I look forward to working alongside Angus Macpherson, when he takes up office on 22 November, to shape a programme of work to help enable him to deliver his manifesto and priorities, as we continue to protect the public of Wiltshire and Swindon."
Mr Macpherson - who will be paid a salary of Â£70,000 a year - has previously served as a borough councillor in Swindon and as a member of the police authority. He is also a trustee of several Wiltshire charities.
His election pledges were to help reduce crime and reoffending and to improve efficiency.
He said: "The first thing is to write a police and crime plan and to do that you've really got to get out and listen to people.
"The challenge of the job is magnificent. This is a blank canvas, no-one has done it before."
One of his main tasks will be to help improve morale in the force. A survey by the Wiltshire Police Federation in August showed a 12% decline in morale, with officers believing there was a lack of manpower to get the job done.
The survey, which was completed by 60% of staff, also showed falling confidence in police leadership.
Counting in the election got under way at Oasis Leisure Centre in the city after polls closed at 22:00 GMT on Thursday.
In Swindon, 15% of eligible people voted, in Devizes 10% cast ballots, while the turnout in both Trowbridge and Chippenham was 11%.
The total turnout figure is higher than the averages of individual constituencies as the overall figure includes postal votes.
Six candidates stood in the Wiltshire police elections: Liberal Democrat Paul Batchelor, Conservative Angus Macpherson, Labour's Clare Moody, UKIP's John Short, Independent Liam Silcocks and Colin Skelton, also an Independent.
Election officers from Swindon Borough Council organised the count and oversaw proceedings.


Senior US Republican senator Lindsey Graham has said his campaign email account was hacked by Russians.

Sen Graham also told CNN that he believed "the Russians" hacked into the Democratic National Committee, and accused them of trying to "destabilise democracy all over the world".
Officials in Russia have repeatedly denied hacking accusations.
President-elect Donald Trump rejected a CIA report that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour.
In a separate development, NBC News reported that US intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in a covert Russian campaign to interfere in November's presidential election.
The attack targeted emails of the Democratic Party and of John Podesta, a key aide to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The contents, passed to Wikileaks and posted online, were embarrassing to the Democrats and shook up the presidential campaign.
The NBC report, quoting two unnamed senior officials, says that new intelligence shows how the hacked material was leaked and used.
It added that the operation began as a "vendetta" against Mrs Clinton before becoming "an effort to show corruption in American politics and split off key American allies".
Mr Putin is said to have been furious when Mrs Clinton, as secretary of state, questioned the integrity of 2011 parliamentary elections in Russia. He publicly accused her of encouraging street protests.
The BBC has not been able to confirm the report.
Sen Graham, a member of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, said on CNN that "we were told by the FBI in August that we were hacked in June".
"I do believe the Russians hacked into the [DNC]. I do believe they hacked into [John] Podesta's email account. They hacked into my campaign account," he said.
He also said that he believed that "all the information released publicly hurt Clinton and didn't hurt Trump."
But he stressed that the outcome of the election was not in doubt.
"I think Hillary Clinton lost because she wasn't an agent of change and she tried to disqualify Trump and she wasn't able to do it."
However, Sen Graham added that this was not "a Republican or Democratic issue" and must be tackled on a bipartisan basis.
He accused Russia of attempting to destabilise democracy.
"We should tell the Russians that on no uncertain terms, you interfere in our elections, we don't care why, we're going to hit you and hit you hard, we're going to introduce sanctions."


It is not every day that one of the world's largest technology companies announces a new CEO.

So when Google announced that Sundar Pichai was taking the reins on Monday, his promotion gained thousands of column inches worldwide - not least of all in his native India.
The Hindu newspaper called the news "a bonus for people of Indian-origin world over". The Times of India hailed the "quiet yet thoughtful" man from Chennai (Madras).
But his ascent is far from unique. In fact, it is becoming ever more common for major international companies to have an Indian-born CEO.
One study, by the University of Southern New Hampshire, says that Indian managers are more successful because of "a paradoxical blend of genuine personal humility and intense professional will".
Whatever the model is, it seems to be working. Mr Pichai is the latest, and the most high-profile, Indian-born CEO. You can read more about him here - but here are five more Indian-born CEOs who are making waves.
Mr Nadella, 47, who was named the head of Microsoft in February last year, was one of the first to tweet his congratulations to Mr Pichai on Monday.
On his first day in the job, the father-of-three sent an email to all staff, calling it "a very humbling day for me".
"I am... defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning," he told staff. "I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete.
"I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things."
Born in Hyderabad, he joined the company in 1992 and was previously in charge of Microsoft's Cloud OS service, which powers products such as Bing, Skype and Xbox Live.
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After working for Nestle, then PepsiCo, Mr Banga - who is from Pune - took over as CEO of the credit card company in July 2010. He began his career with Nestle in 1981.
In a speech in April to his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), he outlined what he called the "grand plan" he had at the start of his career.
"Get with somebody good. Get with somebody global. Do something that interested me. That's it. So, don't stress if you haven't got a detailed plan for your life. Anyone can have a good idea or plan; what makes it great is execution."
He also outlined six main lessons for good leadership:
Named the third most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine last year, Ms Nooyi was, like Sundar Pichai, born in Chennai.
She was named CEO of PepsiCo in 2006, having joined the company in 1994.
The company she presides over is a food and drinks giant: some of the brands owned by PepsiCo include Starbucks, Muller, Frito-Lay and Tropicana. The company says 22 of its brands are each worth more than $1bn (Â£640m).
"In my case, I benefited because I grew up outside of the United States," Ms Nooyi said in an interview in March.
"I understand exactly how the world works, and I could see the world through the eyes of people from outside the United States."
Mr Menezes, from Pune, is another IIM graduate. He took over as head of the British drinks giant Diageo in July 2013.
Like Ajay Banga, he began his career with Nestle in 1981.
Among the brands the company owns are Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum.
One of his biggest moves as CEO was to buy a majority stake in India's United Spirits company, though that deal has since provided Diageo with a number of headaches.
Mr Narayen, from Hyderabad, has run the software firm since December 2007. He began his career with Apple.
"There's an Indian community that's vibrant and thriving," he said of Silicon Valley in an interview in February. "We attribute a lot of that to the importance of education that we all grew up with."
In the interview, he said Hyderabad's schools - modelled on the British public school system - helped his progression, as did having a foreigner's appreciation of the opportunity the US had given him.


A girl from Blackpool has been congratulated for not missing a single day of her 12 years at school.

Emily Platt, from Bispham, will leave Blackpool's Montgomery High School with an unblemished record, racking up a total of 2,280 school days.
The 16-year-old, who spent her primary years at Westcliff Academy, has recently completed her GCSEs.
"I'm not special," she said. "I just wake up and go out to school every day. I've done it all my life."
"There are some days that are a bit harder when you have to force your way out of bed but once I'm there you just wake up," she added.
The student has a keen passion for graphics and music and hopes to be able to study A-Levels in the subjects at a local sixth-form college.
Tim Burns, from Montgomery High School, said Emily was "an absolute inspiration".


Former World Championship runner-up Alan Norris is one of four British Darts Organisation players attempting to join the Professional Darts Corporation tour.

Norris, Lakeside runner-up in 2014, is joined by James Wilson, who was number one seed at this year's tournament.
Robbie Green and Jan Dekker are also attempting to earn tour cards.
The quartet are taking part in the PDC's Qualifying School, which begins on Wednesday in Wigan.
Stephen Bunting, the 2014 BDO world champion, switched after his win at the Lakeside and enjoyed a successful year, reaching the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship.
Bunting took advantage of the tour cards automatically offered to Lakeside semi-finalists, which the PDC has since withdrawn.


There was much disquiet from New Zealand's batsmen about the Cardiff pitch after their 87-run defeat by England, but to me it was clear: this was absolutely a fair track, and England's progression to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy is entirely deserved.

The ball from Liam Plunkett that jumped up and hit Ross Taylor on the grille of his helmet was an outrageous delivery. You shouldn't see a ball doing that, and to see one do so at almost 90 miles an hour was frightening. Thank goodness Taylor had that protection in place.
But it was just a ball that behaved strangely. The ball did not go through the top of the pitch, nor did it leave a mark. It was unsettling, but New Zealand's batsmen then let it unsettle them too much.
Taylor and his skipper Kane Williamson were putting together a solid partnership in pursuit of England's 310 all out. That ball seemed to get inside their heads.
There was poking at the pitch, there was prodding it. There were words with the umpires, and there was shaking of heads.
When Williamson was then surprised by some extra bounce from Mark Wood and caught behind by Jos Buttler, his reaction indicated that the pitch had been to blame.
I don't believe it had been. Instead, Wood had produced an excellent piece of bowling.
It was the classic cross-seam delivery, something Stuart Broad has always said works well at this ground, something that England reach for quite a lot in one-day cricket.
It's not a new tactic - Andy Roberts used to slip it in for the West Indies off his bouncer, reasoning that if the ball landed on the shiny portion it could skid on and surprise the batsmen with pace, and that if it landed on the seam it could jump up and cause them a different sort of problem.
On pitches like this, it can grip a little. It can stick and bounce, and that's what happened to Williamson.
Again, no mark. Again, no puff of dust.
What surprised me was Williamson's reaction. For the team's captain and leading batsman to gesture as he did sent a bad vibe to the dressing room, as if to excuse further struggles, as if to say, this isn't our fault.
By contrast, England produced a polished team display. It wasn't an overwhelming total that they made, but neither was it shocking.
It was middling, daft though that sounds when they went past 300, and it was hard to call how effective it might be; Cardiff is notoriously hard to read, with its short straight boundaries to draw in the big hitters.
Among England's bowlers, I thought Adil Rashid deserves special praise. Having been left out for England's opening match against Bangladesh at The Oval, he was brought back in conditions less obviously conducive to his skills.
He dealt with them superbly, demonstrating once again that all that hard work he and the England coaches have put in over the past two years has paid off.
He has a wrong 'un that even good batsmen cannot pick, and in the shorter forms of cricket that is a wonderful weapon for a leg-spinner to have in his armoury.
It all means that England supporters can be genuinely optimistic about their team's chances as they move into next week's semi-finals.
They have justified their billing as pre-tournament favourites, and while India have shown that they to deserve to be bracketed in the same league, England will not be intimidated.
No matter who they meet in the semis, or where they play them, they will be confident. They know how to win in Cardiff and they love playing at Edgbaston.
There are still questions about Jason Roy - once again he got out to a premeditated shot, and I just wish he would get himself in before taking such risks - but the rest of the team has form and a plan that works.
Now to knock Australia out of the tournament on Saturday. Qualification or not, that match can never be a meaningless fixture or one they will be happy to lose.
Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce


A total of 300 temporary workers have been given permanent roles at Amazon's distribution centre in Fife, the company has announced.

The move brings the number of permanent staff at the Dunfermline centre to more than 640.
Amazon said it expected that number to rise to 750 as the facility continued to expand its operations.
The firm has committed to opening more UK warehouses over the next two years, creating another 2,000 permanent roles.
Amazon director of operations Catherine McDermott said: "We're delighted that so many of our top performing temporary associates have now joined us on a permanent basis.
"Amazon has invested over Â£1bn in its UK operations, including our fulfilment centre in Dunfermline where hundreds of employees focus every day on providing an exceptional experience for our customers all over the UK, Europe and the world."
Amazon opened its one million sq ft (92,000 sq m) centre in Dunfermline in late 2011, along with a customer services base at Waverley Gate in Edinburgh.


Police searching for an 82-year-old man feared dead in a weekend house fire in County Down have recovered a body.

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5 January 2015 Last updated at 18:39 GMT
The fire broke out at a farm at Ballynafern Road at about 07:18 GMT on Saturday and gutted the farmhouse.
Efforts to find the pensioner were put on hold at the weekend amid concerns about the safety of the building.
BBC News NI's Lisa McAlister reports.


Everton have completed the signing of Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley on a five-year contract.

The 25-year-old, who spent last term on loan at Aston Villa, will join Everton on 1 July when his United deal expires.
He was also called into the England squad for Sunday's friendly with the Republic of Ireland to replace the injured Ryan Mason of Tottenham.
"I can think of many reasons why fans will enjoy Tom representing our club," said Everton boss Roberto Martinez.
"The most important one is that he is a perfect fit for what we are trying to build here as he has so much experience of playing in the Premier League and he still has his best years just ahead of him."
Cleverley, who has also had loans at Leicester, Watford and Wigan - where Martinez was in charge - won the last of his 13 England caps in November 2013.
"At the age of 25 and a player who is representing his country, Tom has experienced winning trophies and having big roles in demanding teams," the Toffees manager added.
"Having worked with him previously, I know the type of character he is and I know that, with the Everton fans' support, we will get a very special footballer joining our already exciting team.
"It says a lot also, when someone like Tom is available on a free transfer and he can pick his next club out of many options home and abroad, that he has chosen to play for our football club. That's the perfect start to his career here at Everton."


A European Parliament committee wants end-to-end encryption to be enforced on all forms of digital communication to protect European Union (EU) citizens.

The draft legislation seeks to protect sensitive personal data from hacking and government surveillance.
EU citizens are entitled to personal privacy and this extends to online communications, the committee argues.
A ban on "backdoors" into encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram is also being considered.
Encryption involves digitally scrambling a communication to protect its contents, and then using a digital key to reassemble the data.
End-to-end encryption means the company providing the service does not have access to the key, meaning it cannot "listen in" to what is being shared - giving the sender and recipient added confidence in the privacy of their conversation.
"The principle of confidentiality should apply to current and future means of communication, including calls, internet access, instant messaging applications, email, internet phone calls and personal messaging provided through social media," said a draft proposal from the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs.
The proposal seeks to amend Article Seven of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights to add online privacy and will require approval by the European Parliament and the European Council before it can be passed into law.
During the UK's recent election campaign, the Conservative Party said that tech firms should provide the authorities "access to information as required" to help combat online radicalisation, but ministers have also said they do not want to weaken encryption.
That has led to some confusion among tech industry leaders as to whether the government wants some kind of "backdoor", a way to have end-to-end encryption disabled in specific cases, or some other action.
However, cyber-security experts warn that criminals can still find a way to protect their communications, even if end-to-end encryption is banned.
"There are lots of existing techniques law enforcement can use," Dr Steven Murdoch, a cyber-security researcher in the department of computer science at University College London told the BBC News website.
"One of them is traffic analysis, which is looking at patterns of communications, eg who is talking to who, when and from what location.
"The other one is hacking - equipment interference in British law - which can happen before data is encrypted and after it's been decrypted, so there are still ways for law enforcement to gain access to information."
In the Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge terror attacks, the perpetrators were already known to UK security services, Mr Murdoch added.
"They were not stopped because there were either insufficient resources or the resources were not sufficiently prioritised," he said.
"The suggestions being considered by the UK government would be worse for computer security. So much of people's lives are now carried out online. We should have privacy online just as we have offline."


A man has appeared in court after armed police were called to a disturbance in Peterhead.

Paul Fox, 43, faced charges including breaches of offensive weapon legislation and threatening or abusive behaviour.
He made no plea at Peterhead Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
Police Scotland said no-one was injured in Sunday's incident and that there had been no threat to the wider public.


A senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Latif Mehsud, has reportedly been handed over to Pakistan by the US from Afghanistan.

The US military confirmed it "transferred custody" of three Pakistanis, but did not reveal their identities.
The Afghan government was not involved in the transfer, the US said.
Correspondents say the repatriation of a senior Taliban figure is extremely unusual.
It could relate to attempts to improve Afghanistan-Pakistan ties, they say.
While the US did not confirm Latif Mehsud was among those transferred, Pakistani officials said Latif Mehsud had been "released".
Several senior officials said that the commander had been secretly flown to Pakistan earlier this week.
The identity of the other two men is not yet known. The three men had been held by the US at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
The office of the US Forces in Afghanistan said that the transfer took pace after talks between the US and Pakistan.
"In making a decision to transfer a detainee, we take into account the totality of relevant factors relating to the individual and the government that may receive him, including but not limited to any diplomatic assurances that have been provided," the US military said in a statement.
Latif Mehsud was second-in-command to the former Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike last year.
He was seized by the Afghan army in October 2013 in eastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border, then held by US forces at Bagram airbase.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time that he was returning from talks over a mooted prisoner swap deal, and his capture is said to have angered then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The latest development is leading to speculation that such exchanges could be in prospect now, reports the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Kabul.
There does currently appear to be some warming in relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have repeatedly accused one another of failing to act against cross-border militancy, our correspondent says.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani has said he is committed to striving for a peaceful solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
Taliban prisoners have been freed in the past in a bid to help peace efforts.
Pakistan's government entered talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in February.
The hardline Islamist movement has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 2007, leaving tens of thousands of people dead.


Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have struck conciliatory tones at their Berlin summit, but remained vague on how to prevent Athens from running out of money.

Mrs Merkel said she wanted to see the Greek economy grow.
Mr Tsipras said it was better to talk with each other than about each other.
Both countries have been at odds over Greece's efforts to renegotiate the terms of its international bailout.
"We want Greece to be strong economically, we want Greece to grow and above all we want Greece to to overcome its high unemployment," the German chancellor said at a press conference mid-way through talks, which are due to continue over a working dinner.
She said both countries approached the talks as partners in the EU as well as Nato, facing the same geopolitical challenges. "We both have a vested interest in building cooperation based on trust."
As one of 19 eurozone countries Germany was in no position to decide whether Greece's reform programme was appropriate or not, she said. An institutional framework to assess this was in place, she added.
Mr Tsipras noted that it was almost five years since the start of the Greek bailout, which required massive fiscal adjustments in his country.
"It has not been a success story," he said citing a 25% loss in GDP and 60% youth unemployment.
Alexis Tsipras looked preoccupied as he arrived - to full military honours - to meet the chancellor of Europe's largest economy and his country's biggest creditor. There was no doubting who held the balance of power during the press conference after his meeting with Angela Merkel.
And after the heated rhetoric that's passed between Athens and Berlin in recent weeks, perhaps it's no wonder his smiles looked a little nervous. The chancellor had told him over the telephone last week, he said, that it's better to talk to - not about - each other.
That was - many here believe - the real purpose of this meeting; to set a new tone in a fraught relationship. Both leaders spoke of their commitment to the euro zone and to discussions held in a 'spirit of trust.'
But Chancellor Merkel looked irritated as Mr Tsipras brought up the subject of war reparations. And, while she maintained that it's not her role to decide what happens to Greece, she did allude to the fact that - for Berlin - the bottom line is unchanged. Germany expects the new Greek government to make the reforms it promised in return for financial aid.
Mr Tsipras stressed the need for dialogue. "It must be our priority to break the stereotypes that have been created over the past few years. Neither are the Greeks lazy, nor are the Germans responsible for all the ills that take place in Greece," he said.
Instead, he added, both countries should work together to fight corruption, which was "continuing to hold Greece back".
Mrs Merkel said that although some issues were going to be discussed in more detail over dinner, there would not be any new commitments.
The summit comes after a pledge from the European Union (EU) to provide €2bn (£1.45bn) to Greece to ease what it called the country's "humanitarian crisis".
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the €2bn fund would be spent on growth and "social cohesion" in Greece.
But Mrs Merkel said on Friday there would be no new money without reforms.
Mr Tsipras has pledged to end austerity, but so far, his plans have met resistance from Greece's EU creditors.
At last week's EU summit, Greece promised to meet creditors' demands to present an economic reform package within days to unlock the cash it needs to avoid leaving the euro.
According to the Financial Times, Mr Tsipras wrote to Mrs Merkel on 15 March outlining Greece's precarious financial position.
In the letter, he wrote that Greece faced a short-term cash-flow crisis and might have to choose between paying pensions and wages and meeting debt obligations.
Mr Tsipras seems clear which option he would choose, writing that to add to Greece's social crisis was "a prospect that I will not countenance".
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The public inquiry into the M4 relief road is set to begin on 1 November, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has announced.

The Welsh Government wants to build a Â£1.1bn six-lane motorway south of Newport to relieve congestion around the Brynglas tunnels.
The inquiry will examine the controversial plan and alternatives.
A pre-inquiry meeting will take place on Monday at Newport's Lysaght Institute.
It starts at 13:00 BST, is open to all and will allow interested parties to understand the process and prepare for the inquiry itself.
It will not examine evidence. The full inquiry will take place at the same venue.
Opponents of the M4 relief road include environmentalists, opposition politicians in the assembly and Labour backbench AMs, with concerns ranging from cost to the impact on the environment.
Mr Skates said: "It's been clear for some time that for businesses, commuters and visitors alike, the current stretch of M4 around Newport is unable to cope with the needs of modern Wales."
He said the inquiry will provide "open and transparent scrutiny of our proposed solution, and suggested alternatives, before providing vital feedback to inform a final decision on whether we proceed to construction".


Ireland's former champion jump jockey Davy Russell and fellow rider Philip Enright have been given five-day bans after a whip incident at Clonmel.

Russell lost his whip in the Powerstown Handicap Hurdle and took Enright's stick before the final straight.
The stewards found that both riders had breached Rule 272, which is related to bringing racing into disrepute.
"I never set out to do this, it wasn't premeditated. The suspension has come as a bit of a shock," said Russell.
Russell was riding favourite Leave At Dawn, with Enright on Backinyourbox. Both horses finished well down the field.
The pair will are banned from racing on 20 and 21 December, as well as the action from 26-28 December, which includes big festive meetings.


Mae tiwtor Cymraeg i oedolion ers 50 mlynedd wedi dweud wrth Cymru Fyw bod ei gwaith yn "fwy anodd" bellach gan nad yw dysgwyr yn cael cymaint o gyfle i "gael eu trochi" yn yr iaith.

Dywedodd Felicity Roberts fod "cymunedau lle mae'r Gymraeg yn gryf yn gymhelliant cryf iawn i bobl fod eisiau dysgu'r iaith", ond fod nifer y cymunedau hynny wedi gostwng dros yr hanner canrif diwethaf.
Ar y llaw arall, meddai, mae "ymwybyddiaeth" o sefyllfa'r iaith wedi cynyddu, ac mae datblygiadau technolegol wedi gwneud gwaith tiwtoriaid yn llawer mwy hwylus.
Bydd Ms Roberts a Jaci Taylor, tiwtor Cymraeg arall o ardal Aberystwyth, yn cael eu gwobrwyo am gyfraniad oes i'r Gymraeg mewn seremoni arbennig nos Fawrth.
Eleni fydd y tro cyntaf i Brifysgol Aberystwyth, sydd wedi trefnu'r Gwobrau Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, gydnabod unigolion yn benodol am eu cyfraniad i'r iaith.
Mae Felicity Roberts, yn wreiddiol o Chwilog ger Pwllheli, wedi bod yn dysgu Cymraeg i oedolion yn Aberystwyth ers 1968, ac mae Jaci Taylor, sydd o Birmingham yn wreiddiol, hefyd wedi bod yn diwtor ers 1984.
Dywedodd Ms Roberts ei bod hi wedi dod fel "syndod braf" i'r ddwy gael eu gwobrwyo gyda'i gilydd, a'i bod yn "braf teimlo bod eich ymdrechion yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi".
Mae'r ddwy wedi cydweithio ers yr 1980au, gan sefydlu mudiad Cyd gyda'i gilydd yn ogystal a throi eu sylw at sawl menter arall gan gynnwys cynnal Eisteddfod y Dysgwyr yn Aberystwyth, a sefydlu'r Ganolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion yn y brifysgol yn 2006.
"O ystyried hyn i gyd rwyf yn falch ac yn ei weld yn beth priodol fod gwaith y ddwy ohonom yn cael ei gydnabod," meddai.
"Mae proffil uchel i'r anrhydeddau hyn y mae'r brifysgol yn eu cyflwyno, ac mae hynny yn sicr o feithrin mwy o barch at y Gymraeg a'r gwaith a wneir i roi cyfle i bawb yng Nghymru feistroli iaith gynhenid y wlad, a chael cyfranogi yn llawn o'r holl fanteision sydd o fod yn ddwyieithog ynddi."
O'i gymharu â phan ddechreuodd hi fel tiwtor Cymraeg i oedolion maen nhw bellach yn cael tipyn o gefnogaeth gan y llywodraeth a'r prifysgolion, meddai, yn ogystal â chymorth y datblygiadau technolegol.
"Heddiw rydym wedi'n hamgylchynu ag adnoddau o bob math i'n cynorthwyo yn y gwaith," meddai.
"Dwi wrth fy modd yn gallu defnyddio pwerbwynt, deunydd sain a deunydd gweledol oddi ar y we neu DVD, a'u plethu i mewn i'm gwaith dysgu."
Wedi dweud hynny, meddai, mae'r gostyngiad yn nifer y cymunedau naturiol Gymraeg dros yr hanner canrif diwethaf, wrth i bobl ddi-Gymraeg symud i ardaloedd traddodiadol Gymraeg a Chymry Cymraeg iaith gyntaf symud i ffwrdd, wedi creu heriau.
"Mae cymunedau lle mae'r Gymraeg yn gryf yn gymhelliant cryf iawn i bobl fod eisiau dysgu'r iaith," esboniodd.
"O safbwynt hyn mae'n gwaith ni'n fwy anodd, ac mae'r cyfleoedd i bobl gael eu trochi yn yr iaith yn fwy anodd i'w canfod.
"Fodd bynnag, mae'n hymwybyddiaeth o sefyllfa'n hiaith fel cenedl wedi codi, ac mae yna ymdrechion bwriadol sylweddol yn cael eu gwneud i'w diogelu drwy fynd ati'n fwriadol i greu cyfleoedd i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg mewn gwaith a hamdden."


Ulster University risks losing some 20m euros (£17.5m) in European Union funding and tuition fees as a result of the Brexit vote, warns a report.

The stark prediction is included in a briefing document prepared by the university and obtained by the BBC.
The document also warns of the impact of a "harder" border on staff working at the university's Londonderry campus.
"Should border checkpoints be re-established, this would have an adverse impact on staff mobility," it said.
Two-thirds of UU's staff from the Republic of Ireland work at the Magee campus in Derry.
"There is also some concern that the vote to leave the EU could result in prospective EU students withdrawing their applications," the document continued.
UU had 1,332 EU students in 2015/16 - including 1,206 from the Republic of Ireland - who paid a total of £3.3m in tuition fees.
UU are calling for the government to provide reassurances about the immigration status of EU students and clarification on their tuition fees and access to student loans.
EU students currently pay £3,925 per annum in tuition fees - the same as Northern Irish students.
EU nationals studying now will continue to receive current loans and grants until they finish their course.
However, the document said: "We are currently awaiting confirmation on ongoing arrangements for EU students in Northern Ireland when the UK leaves the EU."
It also estimated that UU's future share of EU research funding would be worth 17m euros every year.
For instance, the university has received almost 10m euros since 2014 from Horizon 2020, an EU research fund.
The document said that further funding of 10.5m euros for 2016/17 from that programme is currently in negotiation.
Horizon 2020 is worth 80bn euros and awards funding for research and innovation.
It is open to UK institutions while the country remains a member of the EU.
The document called for clarification "as to whether UK universities can participate in EU research collaboration and funding programmes after the UK formally leaves the European Union".
"In a context where we planned to double our external EU research grant income this is of grave concern to the university", it said.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond previously said EU-funded projects signed before the Autumn Statement later this year would be guaranteed by the Treasury after the UK leaves the EU.
However, the UU document warned: "There is already substantial anecdotal evidence that UK institutions (including Ulster University) are being asked to leave consortia applying for EU funding."


Shropshire skipper Richard Oliver has been handed a pathway into professional cricket after taking advantage of an unexpected opening with Worcestershire.

The 24-year-old former Whitchurch and Shifnal opener, now playing club cricket in Surrey, was  just another Minor Counties player a week ago.
But a successful T20 Blast call-up by Worcestershire got the man from Woore noticed, with knocks of 43 and 34.
"I've got a chance, one that a lot of people don't get," he told BBC Sport.
"I'm not on a contract yet. But I'd like to think I've done enough to stay in the squad."
Oliver's introduction into county Twenty20 cricket, with just an hour's notice, came when he was selected to play for Worcestershire against Durham at Chester-le-Street on Friday night, hitting eight boundaries in a nerveless 43 in 31 balls.
The following night, he impressed on another big stage, with 34 off 24 balls against Lancashire, including two big sixes, the first off Junaid Khan, the second off England's all-time top wicket taker Jimmy Anderson.
Oliver learned a colourful new phrase or two in the process, which he admits "you wouldn't say it in front of your mother".
But he also says: "It's just part and parcel of the game. All you're doing is watching the ball. Like in darts, you play the board not the player.
"Five years ago, I could never have imagined that I would be sharing the same cricket field as Jimmy Anderson. It's something I would never have dreamed about even six weeks ago. But, although it's a real privilege, playing with those guys is no different to playing with anyone from Shropshire, or Reigate.
"We're all human beings. They're like anyone else who make mistakes one day and have the ability to do well the next. And they're all lovely blokes too."
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"He's registered with us on a match-by-match basis at the moment," Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "And the ball is in his court.
"He sees this as a fantastic opportunity to impress and, at the end of the day, what he wants is a contract.
"He hits the ball in some funny areas, he's got a very good eye, and can hit it some distance as Junaid Khan and Jimmy Anderson found out.
"We gave him the opportunity to impress in the second XI and he got two hundreds in two days and then had another on the Sunday for Shropshire.
"At the moment, if we play him in certain games, be it first team or second XI, we have a structure where we pay him. And the way he has played, hopefully he is going to have a few more appearances.
Richard Oliver is not a guy who is lacking any cricket nous. He actually looks at home in that environment
"It is early days and we don't want to put too much pressure on him. But he is not a guy who is lacking any cricket nous. He is not a duck out of water. He actually looks at home in that environment."
Although Oliver was already on Worcestershire's radar, having played a second XI game at the end of last season, it was Shropshire coach Kevin Sharp's eve-of-season move to New Road to supplement the backroom team at New Road which finally opened the door.
"I'd moved all my stuff down to Reigate to start a new job," Oliver told BBC Radio Shropshire. "Then, on the Sunday night, Kevin Sharp rang to say they had an injury and would I come up and play for the seconds?
"I got a few runs. And the upside of doing well for Worcestershire was that it gave me the confidence to go out and play with freedom for Shropshire and I got 148 against Lincolnshire, which wouldn't have done me any harm at all.
"Sharpy and me share the same winning culture. It has been nice to walk straight back into that relationship and it has been easy fitting into the Worcester dressing room. A smooth transition."
The added workload has come with one slight handicap though.
"I've had two days off in three weeks," said Oliver. "And they've been spent either travelling or washing my whites. All my kit is in my car boot. But I'm not complaining. I'm just excited at getting this big chance."


Essex opening batsman Nick Browne has signed a new two-year deal keeping him at the club until 2018.

Browne, hit over 1,000 first-class runs for Essex in the 2015 season, including five centuries, and scored a career best 255 in their most recent  Championship match against Derbyshire.
"I'm delighted to have signed" the 25-year-old told the club's website.
"I firmly believe we have a core group of players and youngsters that can push this club to success for a long time."


Sunderland moved off the bottom of the Premier League and to within a point of safety with victory over Watford at the Stadium of Light.

Following a first half of few chances, Patrick van Aanholt scored the only goal of the game shortly after the break.
Adnan Januzaj slid a lovely ball to Jermain Defoe, whose low cross was touched by Van Aanholt, who then swivelled and shot in off the post from six yards.
Troy Deeney had a chance to equalise when he met a Nordin Amrabat cross, but his header flew wide.
Daryl Janmaat and Odion Ighalo also had late efforts for the visitors saved by keeper Jordan Pickford, as Watford slipped to a fourth defeat in five games.
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Sunderland manager David Moyes had earmarked this as a must-win game in his side's quest to avoid relegation, and his players delivered a display built on determination and solid foundations.
The home side defended resolutely and, when their goal was threatened, Pickford made the necessary saves as the Black Cats kept only their second clean sheet of the season in the league.
Left-back Van Aanholt was key to the win, not only scoring but combining well with Victor Anichebe ahead of him, as 55.8% of Sunderland's attacking play came from their flank.
Van Aanholt went close at the end of the first half when he had a shot saved - when he appeared to be offside - before he was rewarded for his overlapping runs with his third goal of the season.
"It's a massive win for us," said Sunderland captain Defoe. "We've got to keep going now, keep our foot on the gas, as it's so tough down there."
Watford strikers Deeney and Ighalo were key to their side's successes last season, and were reunited in attack from the start for this game.
However, their struggles continued and their lack of goals - they have five between them this season - looks to have dented their confidence.
Deeney has been stuck on 99 goals for the Hornets since 1 October, and when through on goal in the first half he misplaced a pass as he tried to square for Ighalo rather than shoot.
The pair had two shots between them, but Watford did have their chances - Amrabat having a shot tipped over by Pickford, and Miguel Britos heading wide from two yards.
Sunderland manager David Moyes: "The players stuck at it, even though it got ugly at times.
"We were slow getting out the blocks and, to be fair to Watford, they started OK. We didn't press enough in the first half.
"Watford had a lot of set-pieces and we tightened it up with 10 minutes to go by bringing John O'Shea on. You never know if decisions like that are going to work. It did today.
"I told the players we had to win. It wasn't a great performance but it was a winning performance, which always hides a multitude of sins."
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Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: "We did everything ourselves and I'm very angry. We missed many chances in the first half and we gave them the goal easily.
"Sometimes you make mistakes but it's only our fault. We should have scored and we didn't. I've spoken with the guys, they know what they did, and we will have to sort it out.
"I'm concerned by the way we play. I was happy with the performance but if we don't take our chances, we won't get anywhere."
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Watford will get the Premier League action under way on Boxing Day when they host Crystal Palace on Monday, 26 December at 12:30 GMT. Sunderland manager David Moyes takes his side to former club Manchester United for a 15:00 GMT kick-off on the same day.
Match ends, Sunderland 1, Watford 0.
Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Watford 0.
Substitution, Sunderland. Wahbi Khazri replaces Fabio Borini.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Didier Ndong.
Attempt missed. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Donald Love.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Donald Love (Sunderland) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).
Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Fabio Borini.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by John O'Shea.
Attempt blocked. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaac Success.
Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Adnan Januzaj.
Substitution, Watford. Daryl Janmaat replaces Younes Kaboul.
Younes Kaboul (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Younes Kaboul (Watford).
Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).
Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat with a cross.
Foul by Miguel Britos (Watford).
Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Corner,  Sunderland. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.
Attempt blocked. Lamine Koné (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adnan Januzaj with a cross.
Foul by Isaac Success (Watford).
Didier Ndong (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Victor Anichebe (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Didier Ndong.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Donald Love (Sunderland) because of an injury.
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.