A record number of police officers will patrol New York's annual Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday, with 3.5 million people expected to attend.

The city's signature parade will be held under tight security following the attacks in Paris on 13 November.
But officials have urged residents and tourists to attend, saying there are no credible threats.
Around 50 million people worldwide are expected to watch the televised event, now in its 89th year.
"I encourage people to come out. This is a way to push back on events around the world that are meant to intimidate," Police Commissioner William Bratton told a press conference.
But the New York Police Department is ramping up security by having around 200 officers from a new counter-terrorism unit on patrol, officials said.
The city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, said the police department had been "fine-tuning" its response to a possible terrorist attack - but told people not to give in to "psychological warfare".
"I think people are coming here from all over the city, all over the metropolitan region, all over the country to be a part of this parade," he said.
"We cannot let the terrorists succeed at psychological warfare. They're doing what they do to try and create fear, to try and change us."


It is going to be 24 hours from hell for Greek bankers (and of course for the Greek people).

Senior bank executives tell me they have more than enough cash in their branches to meet whatever demand for withdrawals there may be today - and in fact they believe that the rate of withdrawals by worried customers will remain at a lower level than at the beginning of the week.
"We're OK" says one.
And what about next week? "There is going to be a deal [between the Greek government and its creditors]. That is certain".
His certainty is not based on the increasingly sceptical and wary tone of statements and comments from ministers and officials in Brussels, crucible of the negotiations.
It stems from financial logic. If there were to be no deal, the consequences for the Greek banking system would be cataclysmic - and the knock-on to the Greek economy would be dire.
Bankers have been warned by the Bank of Greece, the Greek central bank, that no deal means the probable end of emergency liquidity assistance, or the loans they receive both to finance withdrawals by worried investors and to fund vital short-term loans to the Greek government.
So it also means, they've been told (as if they needed telling), that the Greek government would have to impose capital controls - or severe limits on cash withdrawals - were the liquidity tap to be turned off.
However there would be several days of bank holidays, or branch and ATM closures, before customers were permitted to withdraw any money under the circumstances of capital controls - because legislation would need to pass through the parliament to impose such controls.
If you conduct a thought experiment about what it would mean if you woke up tomorrow to be told that there was no way of getting money out of your bank, you will understand why this is not a prospect any rational minister or banker would wish to contemplate.
Apart from the short-term blow to confidence and economic activity, the current drought of lending by banks would turn into a nuclear winter.
Greek businessmen tell me it is hard enough - and ludicrously expensive - for them to finance investment and exports right now. In the circumstances of capital controls, many Greek companies would collapse, because the banks would no longer have the capacity to provide any credit at all - pending the recapitalisation, or resurrection, of the banking system.
The point is that Greek banks not only have a liquidity problem, a chronic problem borrowing and taking in deposits. Their solvency would also be in question - because something like a third of all their loans are classed as "non-performing" (borrowers are struggling to keep up the payments) and because around a half of their capital resources are tax-refund claims (so-called deferred tax assets) on a government seen to be close to defaulting on its obligations.
So in the unlikely event that you have missed the point, today's talks in Brussels are not just about whether Greece can make its 1.5bn-euro payment to the IMF next week. It is about whether the Greek banking system can be maintained as a going concern.
But don't however conclude please that the Greek government has everything to lose and its creditors - eurozone governments, the ECB and the IMF - will be immune from harm if it all goes spectacularly wrong.
The damage to the eurozone, and indeed to the wider European Union, would be potentially devastating.
Here are just a few illustrations.
The hard and painful reality of the Greek banking system in turmoil would lead, inevitably, to capital shifting from banks in economies perceived to be weaker - Portugal, Spain and Italy, inter alia - to the stronger north, especially Germany.
This would increase the cost and decrease the availability of finance in those weaker economies, and stymie their nascent recoveries. It would also widen the damaging economic inequality between the eurozone's flourishing north and its struggling south.
Second, there would probably be colossal losses for the European Central Bank and therefore for eurozone taxpayers.
Having provided, directly and via the Bank of Greece, something like 120bn euros of loans to Greek banks, the ECB has in effect financed around 100bn euros of capital flight from Greek banks. Of this an estimated 45bn euros is cash under mattresses and buried in gardens, with the rest moved to overseas banks.
All of that cash and exported money represents hard "promises to pay" by the European Central Bank. By contrast the collateral it has received for its loans from the Greek government would be of questionable value.
The reputational damage to the European Central Bank, were it to incur severe losses, could imperil its primary responsibility - namely to maintain confidence in the euro as a store of value.
And finally, if you get back to that thought experiment of what it would mean for an entire banking system to be closed for days and impaired for months, it would be naive to expect anything but fury from Greek people. Recriminations would fly against their own government and - inevitably - against Germany and the rest of the eurozone.
Diplomats working in Athens have told me of their anxiety that there would probably be riots. There is a risk of political extremists seizing this bleak day.
Social breakdown in Greece, the cradle of civilisation, would be more than embarrassing for the European Union. If the EU means anything, it means a collective endeavour to provide peace and stability in Europe.
The only beneficiary, arguably, of Greek anomie would be a Russia under President Putin looking for new allies.
So just maybe Greek bankers are right when they tell me that agreement will imminently be reached between Greece and its creditors - because the alternative is nightmarishly unthinkable.


Fans buying tickets for Adele's tour have told the BBC they were shown the address and credit card details of customers other than themselves.

Advance tickets were made available to members of Adele.com this morning.
But several fans said they saw other people's shopping baskets, including payment details, upon check out.
Ticketing company Songkick said due to the "extreme load" on the site some customers could see others' account details. It apologised for any "alarm".
"At no time was anyone able to access another person's password, nor their payment or credit card details (which are not retained by Songkick)," it said.
Kiran Farmah, in Birmingham, said she was offered tickets for Glasgow shows.
"I got through to buying tickets but it came up with someone else's screen with their card details and home address for SSE," she tweeted.
Emma Harris in Woking told the BBC she had experienced a similar problem.
"After queuing for an hour and half, we clicked the tickets we wanted [and] got pushed through to another screen but different tickets were selected."
"We went with these anyway because we thought otherwise we'd lose out. But when we got to the next screen, where you fill in your details, all of the boxes were already filled in with somebody else's name, somebody else's address and somebody else's credit card number."
Harris said she deleted the other customer's "big, long digit card number" and eventually obtained tickets for the O2 in London next March.
"It's definitely worrying, as I know myself and a lot of friends of mine have paid with our credit card details and we don't know who they've been exposed to."
The sale was organised by live music and technology firm Songkick, which provides concert tickets and allows fans to be alerted to upcoming shows.
"Due to extreme load experienced this morning, some of our customers were incorrectly able to preview limited account information belonging to other customers...
"We take the security of our users and Adele's fans very seriously, and we apologize for the alarm we have caused to those purchasers who experienced issues."
Security consultant Graham Cluely said the incident "certainly sounded" like a security breach.
"This is the sort of thing which should be impossible, even if the website is very busy," he told the BBC.
"It sounds like the website [code] has been written insecurely. It's spitting out other people's information - information which they would expect to have been kept private."
He agreed it was still "unclear" whether credit card numbers had been exposed, but urged customers to be cautious.
"If that information could have been exposed, then keep a close eye on your bank account and your credit card statements. Look for unusual activity there and be very wary of unsolicited messages or unusual emails which you might receive."
After dutifully signing up to Adele's website to be eligible for the presale like countless others, and logging on at 08:57, and being in a queue on the website - unexpected euphoria. I'm in.
I select two tickets at £55 each for one of the Manchester dates. But on the next screen, I'm informed I've selected four tickets at £95 each. Clearly something has gone wrong.
The clock ticking, a snap decision is required. How much do I like her? Enough to spend £380 (plus fees) rather than £110? Sorry Adele - I remove the tickets in the hope I can choose different ones.
But no - I'm just thrown out of the booking process and shoved to the back of the queue. At the time of writing, an hour and a half later, I'm still in the queue and the site says tickets are "still available". I suspect they've realised there's a gremlin in the system.
The tour kicks off in Belfast on 29 February and finishes in Antwerp on 13 June next year. It also includes four dates at London's O2 Arena.
It will be the first time Adele has toured since 2011. That tour ended prematurely due to the discovery of a haemorrhage on her vocal cord, which required surgery.
With huge demand for her new gig tickets, Adele's website carries a request that purchasers do not sell tickets on for a profit.
Reselling tickets at inflated prices is common for sold-out gigs and is not illegal in the UK. But it often causes consternation among genuine fans and the site says: "The resale of tickets will not be tolerated."
However, dozens of tickets for the singer's shows have already appeared on secondary ticketing sites.
Viagogo is offering a single ticket to London's O2 Arena for £3,506. On Get Me In, the top price is £770.
Coldplay recently signed an open letter to the government calling for action over secondary ticketing sites, saying fans are being "ripped-off by touts who anonymously exploit fair ticket prices via online ticket marketplaces".
Songkick said there had only been a "low level" of ticket resale for Adele's show, suggesting that just 2% of the 57,000 tickets sold on Tuesday morning had found their way onto secondary sites.
"Compared to other events, we believe these efforts helped to reduce resale by well over 50%, increasing the amount of fans that can attend these shows," it added.


Newcastle United goalkeeper Matz Sels has joined Belgian champions Anderlecht on a season-long loan.

The 25-year-old joined the Magpies for £5m from Gent last summer, but only played nine times in the league as they were promoted from the Championship.
He started the campaign as Rafael Benitez's first-choice keeper, but was replaced by Karl Darlow in September.
Benitez can also choose from fit-again Rob Elliot, Tim Krul and England Under-20s goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.


Police searching for missing airman Corrie Mckeague say they are "confident" his body will be found at a landfill site.

The RAF serviceman has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September.
Suffolk Police revealed a bin lorry seized shortly after the gunner vanished was carrying a heavier load than first thought.
The force is now searching a landfill site in Cambridgeshire as a result.
Live: Follow updates on the search for Corrie Mckeague
Det Supt Katie Elliott told the BBC: "I have a strong belief that we will find him here."
Asked for her reaction to the delay in the correct information about the weight of the lorry's load coming to light, she replied: "It's frustrating for me, I think it must be terribly frustrating for Corrie's family."
Det Supt Elliott said she would "have liked to have had the information sooner that would have led us to this point".
She said finding out about the lorry weight mistake was "very sobering".
"We've been working tirelessly on this investigation to try and find Corrie - that's been our priority the whole way through.
"To have that information really reinforced the decision that we'd already made that we needed to come and search this landfill site."
Mr Mckeague was last seen on CCTV cameras walking into a loading bay area of Bury St Edmunds known as the "Horseshoe".
After he was reported missing, signals showed his mobile phone had been in nearby Barton Mills, and matched the route of a bin lorry.
Police were initially told the waste collected from the area weighed 11kg (1st 10lb), too light to have contained Mr Mckeague.
The force has since found out the lorry's load was more than 100kg (15st 10lb).
A search team at the landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire - where the lorry's load ended up - has already trawled through 60 tonnes of waste.
It could take the team of eight trained officers up to 10 weeks to sift through the rubbish, which covers an area of about 920 sq m (9,900 sq ft).
Asked if Mr Mckeague's family had wanted police to come to search the site sooner, Det Supt Elliott replied: "We had discussions with the family around coming to search the landfill site at the beginning of the investigation when we understood Corrie's phone [was] tracked at a similar pace to the waste lorry.
"However, the information at that point did not lead us to believe that it was justifiable to come and search here. The strongest line of inquiry at that time was that Corrie had tried to walk home."
Mr Mckeague's family raised more than Â£50,000 through crowdfunding to hire McKenzie Intelligence Services to work on the case.
Its managing director, Forbes McKenzie, said more work should have been done at the landfill site "from the outset".
He said a number of individuals had commented on the bins in the "Horseshoe" area and the bin lorry that appeared to follow the same route as the airman's phone.
Mr McKenzie said there were "lots of comments" from people who worked in the waste disposal industry who said the information provided about the bins did not add up.
"We would like to think we had something to do with directing [police] to that [landfill] site," he said.


Andy Murray and Dan Evans have made it through to the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

This is the first time in 15 years that Britain have had two men in the fourth round of a Grand Slam.
The last time this happened was in 2002 when Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski reached round four at Wimbledon.
Top seed Murray breezed past American Sam Querrey, beating him in straight sets 6-4 6-2 6-4 .
He is now the firm favourite to take the title, after last years winner Novak Djokovic was knocked out by wild card Denis Istomin.
Murray was joined by British number three Dan Evans, who continued his stunning run of victories by beating Australian 27th seed Bernard Tomic in straight sets.
This is the first time the Solihull born 26 year old has ever made it past the third round in a Grand Slam tournament.
Oddly enough he's having to buy his own t-shirts to play in after sports company Nike terminated his sponsorship deal recently.
With it looking likely that he'll now move in to the world's top 50 players, something tells us he might be getting a few phone calls!!


Alan Sugar has revealed he missed out on fronting the US version of The Apprentice because he wasn't well known enough.

"They did consider me but, to be perfectly blunt, the American public haven't got a clue who I am," he said.
The job became available earlier this year, when host Donald Trump plumped for the 2016 presidential election campaign over another series.
"I would have done it but the producers wanted someone the US public knew."
Trump's replacement is Hollywood star and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Lord Sugar joked: "They've got Arnie now - I can't wait to see what a cock-up he's going to make of it!"
The eleventh series of the UK Apprentice kicks off next Wednesday with 18 new candidates competing for the chance to go into business with Lord Sugar.
They include two former Naval officers who served in the Gulf War, a Kosovan refugee and a former Miss Jamaica.
This year sees a change to the panel chaired by Lord Sugar following the departure of his long-term confidante, Nick Hewer.
Claude Littner, who has worked with Lord Sugar for the past 25 years, has replaced Hewer as one of his advisers alongside Karren Brady.
Littner gained a fierce reputation on the show previously, having appeared as a tough interviewer towards the end of the selection process.
He chairs a number of Lord Sugar's companies and has been part of the interview episode for 10 years.
Littner said he may still be involved at the interview stage but would "see how it works out".
He said his new role, which involves giving feedback to Lord Sugar on how the candidates perform on weekly tasks, was "a completely different role. You can't compare one with the other".
"I'm acting as an observer and trying not to show any emotion at all," he added.
Lord Sugar said The Apprentice was still a success because it didn't rely on gimmicks.
"If it's not broke, don't try to fix it. (It has) consistency with slight tweaks. With respect to The X Factor, gimmicks don't work.
"I'm the same, a bit older 11 years on. What's not the same is the candidates, they make compelling viewing."


The dollar value of individual bitcoins may have fluctuated wildly since their creation but there is one facet of the virtual currency that has only ever accrued more and more interest - the question of who invented it.

For the first two years of the project, the originator of Bitcoin's core ideas, who adopted the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, was very active on the cryptography forums where the underlying code of the protocol was critiqued, tested and improved.
Satoshi worked with Hal Finney, James Donald, Nick Szabo, Ray Dillinger and many others to refine the core code and turn the fledging technology into a robust, anonymous, decentralised payment system.
And then in early 2011, Satoshi stepped away from what he had created. His parting words in an email were that he had "moved on to other things".
At that time, one Bitcoin was worth about $29 (Â£20). But with online shops, banks and payment processors starting to accept them they steadily gathered value. Now, each one is worth about Â£305 having declined from a peak in December 2013 when a Bitcoin was worth Â£843.
As more coins were mined, more shops accepted them, and as the profound possibilities of the Bitcoin system became apparent, the frenzy around Satoshi's real identity has grown.
In 2011, The New Yorker said Satoshi was either Finnish economist Dr Vili Lehdonvirta or Michael Clear, a graduate student in cryptography at Trinity College, Dublin. Both strongly denied being Satoshi.
Later the same year, Fast Company amassed evidence suggested Neal King, Vladimir Oksman and Charles Bry could be Satoshi. All three denied it.
Craig Wright said the pseudonym he adopted is derived from two sources. The first name, Satoshi, is from Japanese Manga comics but he has not said which character or series it draws on.
The second name is taken from an obscure 18th century Japanese philosopher Tominaga Nakamoto who stood at odds with the views of his time. Mr Wright said he has some sympathy with Nakamoto's outlook on life.
Speculation then cooled for a while until 2013 when the name of Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki was put forward as a candidate. He too said he was not Satoshi.
The same year saw a flurry of articles and papers all naming different people as candidates. Gavin Andresen, Jed McCaleb and Dustin Trammell were all mentioned as possibles. All denied it.
A claim was put forward for Ross Ulbricht, creator of the Silk Road drug-selling website, as a potential Satoshi. This claim was later retracted.
In December 2013, a blogger analysed the writing styles of many crypto-coin related academic papers in a bid to work out who might have written the early Bitcoin documents. He said this evidence pointed to computer scientist and cryptographer Nick Szabo as a potential candidate.
In March 2014, Newsweek said its investigation proved that a Japanese-American man called Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto was Bitcoin's creator. A physicist by training, Mr Nakamoto had also worked on computer finance and classified defence projects.
The story led some media outlets to camp outside Mr Nakamoto's house and then pursue him in a car chase when he declined to answer questions. The feverish interest provoked the real Satoshi to intervene. He declared in an email sent from an account known to be connected to him: "I am not Dorian Nakamoto."
Later in the same year, cryptographer Hal Finney was suggested as a candidate for Satoshi. The claim was made after journalist Andy Greenberg from Forbes compared the writing styles from the early Bitcoin papers with those of Mr Finney - the resemblance was closer than any other candidate.
But Mr Greenberg retracted his claim after meeting Mr Finney and reviewing evidence from the early days of Bitcoin. Hal Finney died in 2014.
Craig Wright's name as a potential Satoshi came to light in December 2015 after two tech magazines, Wired and Gizmodo, wrote about him after being passed documents and emails that are believed to have been stolen from him. Mr Wright did not respond to press enquiries after these stories. Many people in the Bitcoin community were unconvinced by the evidence.
It is not yet clear if Mr Wright's going public on 2 May 2016 and claiming to be Satoshi will still this debate.


Human remains found at a quarry in Monmouthshire belong to a woman who had been missing for 14 years, police have said.

Margaret Ann Llewelyn, 53, was last seen at her home in Chepstow in 2002.
Her disappearance prompted a major search operation and relatives made several appeals.
Gwent Police were called to Beaufort Quarry on 24 February and said the remains have been identified as the grandmother.


Aston Villa's first game in the second tier since 1988 ended in defeat as Fernando Forestieri's late goal gave Sheffield Wednesday victory in their Championship opener at Hillsborough.

Forestieri pounced on a poor clearance by Villa goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini to slot in an 85th-minute winner.
Roberto di Matteo's Villa improved as the game progressed after a slow start.
They looked on course for a point until Forestieri's intervention for last season's beaten play-off finalists.
Gollini had twice denied the Italian forward during the second period but was powerless to rectify his kicking error as Forestieri raced clear before finishing coolly into the corner of the net.
Jordan Ayew and Rudy Gestede both had headers saved and Ashley Westwood also drilled two long-range shots just wide as Villa, aiming to return to the Premier League at the first attempt under new boss Di Matteo, made a creditable but ultimately pointless start to life in the Championship.
Chances were scarce during a cagey first period, which was interrupted for five minutes while Owls debutant Steven Fletcher and Villa captain Tommy Elphick received treatment following a nasty clash of heads.
Scotland striker Fletcher required 10 stitches in a head wound and was unable to continue.
Villa's new £12m front man Ross McCormack was denied a debut goal by Tom Lees' last-ditch tackle shortly before his withdrawal after 77 minutes.
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We were fantastic in the first half and deserved to be ahead.
"Villa have a good team and they started playing more near our defence, who did some very good work.
"We gave a signal to everybody that we wanted to win by putting Atdhe Nuhiu up with Gary Hooper, and we scored the goal with a mistake because Gary pressed the goalkeeper. We deserved to win against a strong team in the competition."
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Aston Villa boss Roberto di Matteo told BBC WM: "With 10 minutes to go, you're away from home against a good side, you'd like to see the game out. If you can't win it, don't lose it.
"Unfortunately it was an error from us that gave them the goal, but I thought that in the second half we were a very good team and had some excellent opportunities to score.
"It's very harsh for us to take because I'd like the opposition to do something special to score, rather than give them a goal.
"We have to learn from this situation - we've only been together for five weeks and you can see they've been together for a much longer time."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Andre Green.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Baker.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Sam Hutchinson.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Leandro Bacuna.
Goal!  Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Liam Palmer replaces Jack Hunt.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
Foul by Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Aaron Tshibola.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Ross McCormack.
Attempt missed. Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri with a cross.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Atdhe Nuhiu.
Attempt blocked. Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Hutton with a cross.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Tom Lees.
Attempt blocked. Ross McCormack (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rudy Gestede with a headed pass.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Kieran Lee tries a through ball, but Gary Hooper is caught offside.
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nathan Baker (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Tshibola replaces Gary Gardner.
Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ross McCormack.
Attempt blocked. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Lee with a cross.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Ross Wallace.
Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
Attempt saved. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Lee.
Attempt missed. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.


Kane Hemmings' late strike for Dundee denied Inverness Caledonian Thistle their first league win of the season.

Iain Vigurs pulled a simple chance wide of the Dundee goal in the first half.
Home goalkeeper Scott Bain saved a Ross Draper drive but was helpless when David Raven rounded off an Inverness break after an hour of play.
Inverness keeper Owain Fon Williams saved a Greg Stewart penalty before Hemmings struck and Inverness forward Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo was sent off.
The visitors have struggled to find the net this season, with only three goals prior to kick-off, and Mutombo passed up a glorious chance to increase their tally.
Inverness captain David Raven swung in a cross from the right but the Belgium-born midfielder headed the ball wide of the target from just eight yards.
Vigurs played a wonderful one-two with Raven but with the goal gaping the 27-year-old blasted the ball wide of goal.
The home side had plenty of possession with Hemmings and Stewart looking lively but they lacked a cutting edge in front of goal.
Caley took the lead through Raven when the home defence stood off and allowed him time to curl the ball into the corner beyond Scott Bain.
Nicky Low had a chance to equalise when he intercepted a Carl Tremarco pass-back but was forced wide by Fon-Williams.
With seven minutes left the home side were awarded a penalty when Danny Devine handled a cross into the box.
Stewart stepped up but his left-foot shot was brilliantly saved by the visiting keeper.
Paul Hartley's side kept pushing forward and, after Paul McGowan missed a glorious chance at the back post, Hemmings slid the ball home.
The drama, though, was not over and referee Andrew Dallas sent off Mutombo for a challenge on Nick Ross.
Match ends, Dundee 1, Inverness CT 1.
Second Half ends, Dundee 1, Inverness CT 1.
Dylan Carreiro (Dundee) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Lewis Horner (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Dangerous play by Dylan Carreiro (Dundee).
Goal!  Dundee 1, Inverness CT 1. Kane Hemmings (Dundee) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul McGinn.
Corner,  Inverness CT. Conceded by Paul McGinn.
Nicky Low (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Christie (Inverness CT).
Penalty saved! Greg Stewart (Dundee) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity,  right footed shot saved  in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Dundee. Conceded by David Raven.
Danny Devine (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Danny Devine (Inverness CT) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Nathaniel Wedderburn replaces Iain Vigurs.
Substitution, Dundee. Dylan Carreiro replaces Gary Irvine.
Attempt saved. Kane Hemmings (Dundee) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Nicky Low (Dundee).
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Daryll Meggatt (Dundee) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Dundee).
Dani López (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Dundee. Conceded by Danny Devine.
Substitution, Dundee. Daryll Meggatt replaces Thomas Konrad because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Thomas Konrad (Dundee) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ryan Christie (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Gary Irvine (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Paul McGowan (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Delay in match David Raven (Inverness CT) because of an injury.
Goal!  Dundee 0, Inverness CT 1. David Raven (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Greg Stewart (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Nick Ross (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Attempt saved. Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Greg Stewart (Dundee).
Ryan Christie (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. James McPake (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Greg Stewart (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT).


Mean Girls actress Lindsay Lohan is to make her West End and stage debut later this year in a revival of David Mamet's Speed-The-Plow.

The 27-year-old told the New York Times last week she had been in London preparing for a potential role and was "nervous but excited".
Mamet's play, which first opened on Broadway in 1988 starring Madonna, satirises the Hollywood film industry.
It will run at the Playhouse Theatre from 24 September to 29 November.
Lohan will play the role of Karen, a temporary secretary who puts the relationship of two Hollywood producers under strain.
It will be directed by Lindsay Posner, who previously directed other Mamet plays including Oleanna, A Life in the Theatre and Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
The West End production is being brought to the stage by Theatre Royal Bath, which was also behind recent West End productions Relative Values, Relatively Speaking and Fences.
Further casting will be announced later.
Speed-the Plow's first Broadway run was nominated for two Tony awards.
The role of Karen was later portrayed by Clueless star Alicia Silverstone in a 2006 revival and by Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss in 2008.
Its most recent London production was at the Old Vic in 2008 starring the theatre's artistic director Kevin Spacey as Hollywood executive Fox opposite Laura Michelle Kelly as Karen.
Lohan made her film debut in 1998's The Parent Trap before going on to star in Freaky Friday (2003), Mean Girls (2004) and Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005).
She also released two albums - Speak and Raw - in 2004 and 2005.
Her career floundered after spending much of 2010 to 2013 in either rehabilitation clinics or entangled in legal problems after a number of arrests and probation violations.
In 2012 she starred as Elizabeth Taylor in TV biopic Liz and Dick, and last year appeared in Paul Schrader's The Canyons.


The Brazilian Congress has voted not to put President Michel Temer on trial for corruption.

Opposition lawmakers in the lower house of Congress failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to send the case to the Supreme Court.
Mr Temer welcomed the vote as "clear and incontestable".
The president has been accused of receiving $12m (£9m) in bribes from the boss of a giant meatpacking firm, JBS. He has denied the allegation.
In the 513-seat chamber, 263 voted against the motion to send the president for trial and 227 voted in favour, well below the 342 needed for the motion to pass.
"With the support the lower house has given me, we will pass all the reforms that the country needs," President Temer said, after the vote.
"Now it is time to invest in our country. Brazil is ready to start growing again."
He vowed to complete his term of office, which ends in December 2018.
The Congress session was marred by scenes of chaos and angry exchanges.
Lawmakers shouted abuse, pushed each other and threw fake bank notes at their opponents.
Julia Carneiro, BBC News, Rio de Janeiro
You know there's something serious happening in Brazil when the prime time soap opera is cancelled.
In its place, the voting session in Congress was shown on the main TV channel, with no lack of drama - from pushing and shoving to fake money flying in the air.
After the outcome, Brazilians turned back to the evening's live football match.
A recent poll suggested that more than 80% of the population wanted the investigations to continue, but the outcome of the vote in Congress was expected.
Over the past weeks, Brazilians followed news of Mr Temer's manoeuvres to muster support to save his government.
Unlike his impeached predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, Mr Temer is no beginner in politics, and showed his ability in forging alliances - even if this includes promising roles in ministries, funds for lawmaker's projects and other benefits.
President Temer is currently approved by only 5% of the population, but still has the backing of political elites and businesses due to the economic reforms he is pursuing - and has so far managed to resist the political scandal.
Left-wing Congressman Ivan Valente, of the Socialism and Liberty Party, demanded the ousting of Mr Temer and the holding of new elections.
"The Brazilian people do not want Temer, the Brazilian people want direct elections. We do not want to change six for half-a-dozen. Out with Temer! Direct (elections) now!" he said.
The lengthy session descended into chaos earlier, when both sides traded accusations of corruption.
Pro-government lawmakers displayed inflatable dolls depicting former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a prisoner.
He was sentenced last month to nine years and six months in jail and is facing other charges of corruption.
Lula says all the accusations against him are politically-motivated.
Mr Temer's supporter argued his dismissal would cause instability and damage Brazil's ailing economy.
"I am in favour of all investigations, but the moment we are living in is very delicate and we need to recover the economy," said Luiz Claudio from the centre-right Republic Party.
Mr Temer became president last year following the impeachment of his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff.
She was found guilty of tampering with the government accounts in order to hide a growing deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014.


Sam Gallagher's header earned Blackburn just their second Championship point of the season as they salvaged a draw against Queens Park Rangers.

Tjaronn Chery's sublime 25-yard free-kick had given the hosts the lead just past the hour mark at Loftus Road.
But Gallagher met Corry Evans' cross and sent the ball over goalkeeper Alex Smithies reach to bring Rovers level.
QPR striker Idrissa Sylla was denied late on by Jason Steele as the visitors held on for a share of the points.
An injury to new signing Charlie Mulgrew forced the Blackburn striker off after only 34 minutes in an uneventful opening half.
The match sparked into life when Ben Marshall's foul allowed Chery the opportunity to curl the ball into the top right-hand corner.
Rovers looked to be heading to their fifth league defeat, but Mulgrew's replacement Evans scooped the ball into the box and Gallagher rose highest to net his second league goal of the season.
Despite their hard-earned draw, Rovers remain bottom of the Championship and are the only club yet to win a league match.
QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
"I thought the performance was really good. We deserved more, but you have got to put the ball in the net.
"We created chances with good play, had three one-on-ones and their keeper made some good saves.
"Did we deserve more from this game? Yes, big time. But you have to go and earn it. If you think you can stroll through this division, you are wrong.
"But we knocked on the door and on a better day would have won 2-1 or 3-1. That is why I am happy with the performance and happy with the players."
Blackburn manager Owen Coyle:
"Our first two games of the season were very poor but from there we have progressively got better with each game.
"We've brought a number of players in and the more you work together, the more you see what type of team you're going to be.
"Regardless of how the game went, if we continue to perform consistently like that we will win games and will move up the table.
"It's not about a knee-jerk reaction after four or five games. It's about 46 games and there's work to be done."
Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.
James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Samuelsen (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt saved. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Washington with a headed pass.
Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).
Karl Henry (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gordon Greer (Blackburn Rovers).
Foul by Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers).
Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Olamide Shodipo (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers).
Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers).
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Martin Samuelsen replaces Danny Graham.
Foul by Olamide Shodipo (Queens Park Rangers).
Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Idrissa Sylla replaces Abdenasser El Khayati.
Attempt missed. Abdenasser El Khayati (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Marvin Emnes replaces Sam Gallagher.
Attempt missed. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Conway with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Karl Henry.
Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olamide Shodipo.
Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Corry Evans following a corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Grant Hall.
Foul by Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers).
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Karl Henry.
Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Goal!  Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers).
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Karl Henry.


Debts run up by 113 academy trusts in England amount to almost £25m, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.

The numbers raise "serious concerns about the accountability" of the system, said Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
More than half of England's secondary schools are run by self-governing academy trusts.
The government said financial oversight of academies was "more robust than in council-run schools".
The DfE's Education Funding Agency investigated one academy trust, Lilac Sky Schools, over its financial governance.
It runs nine primary schools in Kent and East Sussex. The most recent accounts show a deficit of £665,972.
And last year one of its schools was threatened with closure because of poor academic performance.
In the year 2013-14, Lilac Sky Schools Trust (LSST) paid £800,000 to outside companies set up by co-founders Trevor Averre Beeson and his wife Jane Fielding.
The Education Funding Agency has since ordered that payments to these companies cease.
Ms Fielding, who was an LSST managing director, was also paid a salary totalling £200,000 over the years 2014 and 2015.
Mr Averre Beeson's daughter, Victoria Rezaie, who was employed by the trust as a principal, received a salary of £63,298.
Another daughter, Samantha Busch, was employed by LSST for £16,593.
In November, the Regional Schools Commissioner's office for London and south-east England issued a pre-termination warning notice to the trust over "unacceptably low" standards at LSST's Marshlands academy in East Sussex.
The trust now has to hand nine schools to other trusts before the end of the year.
"At first it looked like this would be a good thing," said the parent of a child at a Lilac Sky School.
"Parents were impressed. Very soon the school was flooded with 'Lilac Sky' managers, and 'outstanding achievement coaches', of course all wearing something lilac.
"But soon afterwards problems began to emerge with the departure of experienced staff, and their replacement by less experienced teachers."
The parent added: "All the time the pressure was on results, results, results and that meant the less able got left behind.
"Many of the non-core, fun things that are an everyday part of most primary schools were cut - swimming lessons, music lessons, school trips.
"However money was made available to send children who were soon to sit Sats on Sats booster courses at other Lilac Sky schools in the county.
"As far as I'm concerned this was all about business and making money and little to do with educating children."
Trevor Averre Beeson responded by saying: "We are extremely proud of Lilac Sky Schools Limited.
"Since 2009 we have run over 17 schools and worked in hundreds more, nine of which were removed from special measures in very quick time, four improved significantly and four new schools opened to Ofsted's satisfaction.
"The deficit for the trust in 2015 was due to costs associated with setting up four new primary academies. The individual schools themselves were all in surplus."
He said that his wife and daughter had been employed by the trust "because they were already successful teachers".
And he added: "We voluntarily decided that our companies should stop providing services to the trust when I also resigned as CEO and trustee in early 2015."
The scale of the deficits accumulated by academy trusts was revealed in a Freedom Of Information request obtained by BBC 5 live Investigates.
Perry Beeches, which runs five schools in Birmingham, had a deficit of £2.1m in the last financial year.
Former chief executive Liam Nolan, who quit earlier this year, was criticised for receiving £80,000 a year as a consultant to the trust in addition to his £120,000 salary as head teacher.
Mr Nolan declined to comment.
Meg Hillier said some trusts "show a complete disregard for the use of public money".
She added: "This is not their money they are spending, it's our money. There are rules about how this is done for a good reason.
"This is not about whether the academy system is good or bad for education, it's about how taxpayers' money is spent.
"These figures raise serious concerns about the transparency and accountability of the system."
In a statement, the Department for Education said: "All academies operate under a strict system of financial oversight and accountability, more robust than in council-run schools. Where issues are identified we can and do take direct action.
"All academy trusts must balance their budgets from each academic year to the next. Only a tiny number (4%) of academy trusts reported a deficit at the end of the academic year 2014-15 and we continue to monitor them very closely."
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Fermanagh start their league campaign against Down with their sights set firmly on achieving top-flight status.

Team boss Pete McGrath believes promotion is a realistic target in what he expects to be an extremely competitive season in Division Two.
Down, relegated without a point last year, have not won a league game since an April 2015 success over Laois.
But McGrath says his former county have improved and will present a formidable challenge under the lights at Newry.
"Down know they had a poor 2016 but they have been working hard and had a decent McKenna Cup," said McGrath who led the Mourne men to their All-Ireland triumphs of 1991 and 1994.
"They are moving in the right direction. Every game is going to be important in what will be a competitive league."
McGrath has named an experienced side for Saturday night's opener with Teemore's Cian McManus the only league debutant.
Down are managed by Bryansford man Eamonn Burns who played under McGrath when Down famously hoisted those two Sam Maguires of the 90s.
After going through 2016 without winning an inter-county match, Down shaded a 0-15 to 0-14 win over Derry in the McKenna Cup group stages in January, although they didn't make the last four.
The addition of former Irish League player Alan Davidson to the Down panel has borne fruit.
Davidson, who played for Ballymena, Glenavon and Newry, took up Gaelic football just a few years ago with the Belfast-based Bredagh club, earning a reputation as an accurate free-taker.
He will start at left corner-forward on Saturday night in a Mourne side that includes other league debutants, Ryan McAleenan, Glenn player Shay Millar and Saval's Pat Havern.
Meanwhile, Monaghan boss Malachy O'Rourke has named an experienced side for Saturday night's difficult away Division One opener against beaten All-Ireland finalists Mayo.
O'Rourke's side includes no league debutants with the likes of Drew Wylie, Colin Walshe, Karl O'Connell, Conor McManus and the Hughes brothers Darren and Kieran all included.
O'Rourke, entering his fifth term as the Farney county supremo, will be looking for an improved year after failing to make an impression at Championship level in 2016.
Mayo boss Stephen Rochford includes nine players who featured in last year's All-Ireland Final replay defeat by Dublin - Keith Higgins, Paddy Durcan, Colm Boyle, Donal Vaughan,  Kevin McLoughlin, Jason Doherty Cillian O'Connor, David Clarke and Stephen Coen.
Rochford hands league debuts to Castlebar's Donie Newcombe and 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 winner Fergal Boland.
TEAMS
Monaghan (v Mayo): R Beggan; F Kelly, D Wylie, R Wylie; C Walshe, N McAdam, K Duffy; D Hughes, K Hughes; K O'Connell, S Carey, G Doogan; C McCarthy, T Kerr, C McManus.
Mayo: D Clarke; D Newcombe, K Higgins, P Durcan; C Boyle, S Coen, D Drake; D Vaughan, D Kirby; F Boland, K McLoughlin, J Doherty, E Regan, A Freeman, C O'Connor (capt)
Down (v Fermanagh): M Cunningham; R McAleenan, G McGovern, D O'Hagan; G Collins, C McGovern, B McArdle; A Carr, J Flynn; J Murphy, C Maginn, S Millar; A Davidson, P Havern, B O'Hagan.
Fermanagh: T Treacy; M Jones, C Cullen, C McManus; D McCusker, R McCluskey, A Breen; E Donnelly, L Cullen; B Mulrone, E McManus, P McCusker; E Courtney, Sean Quigley, T Corrigan.


A father who lost two daughters at the Hillsborough disaster has described how he gave them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as they lay unconscious.

Trevor Hicks told an inquest jury how he moved back and forth between Sarah, 19, and her 15-year-old sister Vicki.
He also said he felt "dreadful" after choosing to ride to hospital with one of them while leaving the other behind.
Ninety-six fans were fatally injured in a crush at the 1989 Liverpool against Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi-final.
Giving evidence at the new inquests into the disaster, Mr Hicks said he stood in a different section of the Leppings Lane terraces from his daughters.
His wife Jenni had a seat in the adjoining North Stand, he said.
In a statement, Mr Hicks said he saw the "limp form of [his] youngest daughter Victoria being passed over the barrier".
Both girls were eventually laid down next to each other on the pitch, the inquests heard.
Mr Hicks described how he was helped by others as he started trying to resuscitate them, drawing on first aid training he had received as an engineer.
He moved from one daughter to the other, shouting their names and asking for help, the court heard.
"I was doing what I thought was best. I was calling for assistance," he said.
"I've also been taught that one of the last things that goes is your hearing so I was calling their names in the hope that, you know, they would know we were there."
Footage timed at about 15:35 BST - 35 minutes after the match kicked off - showed Mr Hicks with his daughters and a group of helpers at the Leppings Lane end.
He said: "If it seemed that somebody knew what they were doing and were doing a better job, I was more than happy to let them.
"It sounds a bit selfish but I wanted to get help for my girls."
Mr Hicks said neither Sarah nor Vicki showed any "signs of life" on the pitch, but everyone was working with a "positive attitude".
He added: "As far as I was concerned, they hadn't gone. I was going to do everything possible and everyone else seemed to be doing that. If they had a chance, they were going to get it."
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He and a police officer, Peter McGuinness, eventually carried Vicki into an ambulance.
There was only room on board for one of his daughters and Mr Hicks had to make the "very difficult decision" to travel with his youngest and leave Sarah behind.
He saw one ambulance arrive and expected more to follow.
He said: "We thought that was the first of a fleet. You know, you expect something like that when there's a major incident going on.
"I felt dreadful. I had no choice - I appreciate that - but it doesn't stop you feeling dreadful about it. I knew there was a medic with Sarah at that time."
The court has heard that there were two other casualties placed into the same ambulance, which left the stadium at about 15:39 BST.
Vicki continued to receive CPR as they travelled to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.
But Mr Hicks said he and PC McGuinness had put Vicki into the ambulance the "wrong way around", meaning that she could not receive oxygen while on board.
"We were all of the opinion that she had a chance," he said.
At one point he said that he and the ambulanceman on board, Tony Edwards, felt a pulse.
Medics at the hospital continued to work on Vicki for "10 or 15 minutes" but eventually formally pronounced her dead.
Mr Hicks earlier described how he had repeatedly called out to police officers after realising his daughters were in distress.
"I had obviously been seeing what was going on for some time. I was calling up to the police to do something about it," he said. "I had got a good view. It was clear that there were extreme circumstances.
"I knew roughly where they were. I was looking down - I could see that there were people in extreme distress. Clearly the attitude from the police officer was not going anywhere and so we carried on shouting up at them for a few minutes, probably."
The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, continue.


All of Birmingham's 213 tower blocks will have sprinklers fitted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

City Council leader John Clancy said work would be carried out "as a matter of urgency".
He is setting aside Â£31m for the retro-fit but is urging the government to set up a fund to help councils across the country pay for the adaptations.
The council will be forced to sell assets if government help is not forthcoming, a statement said.
Councillor Clancy has written to the leaders of Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield councils calling for them to support his campaign.
"The dreadful events in London have understandably triggered an outburst of public anger and demands that councils need to do far more to protect tenants living in high-rise blocks," he said.
He added: "The government should accept this is a national emergency that fully justifies establishing a fund to allow councils to fit sprinkler systems as a matter of urgency.
"If the government fails to respond appropriately, I believe our tenants would expect work on less important building projects to be delayed so that we can make sure our tower blocks are safer places to live in."
The council said it carried out daily safety inspections at its blocks of flats.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said he could not comment on specifics but said the Prime Minister had said on Thursday that councils can discuss the cost of building modification to mitigate fire risk with them.


Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, watched by his father Neil and mother Glenys, spoke during Wednesday's debate on devolution: "I was born about 30 miles to the north east of Aberavon, in Tredegar, as was my father.
"My mother is of course form another country altogether known as north Wales They have always worked tirelessly to combat injustice and their dedication to public service has inspired me throughout my life."
Stephen Kinnock said he saw himself as "a global Welshman", having lived in many exotic lands, including England. "I believe Wales is a nation with the ability to punch far above its weight and I hope that I will have an opportunity to contribute to that worthy cause."
He also raised a local cause or two: "In Aberavon we like to connect our proud history to our promising present and our ambitious future. It is in this spirit that I wish to join those calling on the Ministry of Justice for the posthumous pardon of Dic Penderyn, a miner and son of Aberavon hanged in 1831 for his part in the Merthyr Uprising."
Cardiff North Tory Craig Williams told the debate his primary ambition during the next five years was to achieve a "city deal" for Cardiff. He saw it as an opportunity to deliver what he sees as "the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation - version two".
He was also critical of the Welsh government's refusal to adopt some UK government policies: "I will be shining lights on subjects where I think devolution is failing my constituents and the people of Wales."
Gower Tory MP Byron Davies  - a member of the National Assembly for Wales until recently - said the key question was the added value brought by devolution. He said he found "much discontent after 16 years of devolution in Wales" during his election campaign.
Mr Davies also had a message for his wife: "It's my wedding anniversary today and I forgot to send a card so I do hope this will make up for it."
Green MP Caroline Lucas told him that although his speech was "exceedingly good" she wasn't sure it would compensate for the lack of an anniversary card and he might want to buy one anyway.


The International Olympic Committee has backed the "strong stance" taken by athletics chiefs in upholding Russia's ban from international competition.

The IAAF decided on Friday not to lift the suspension, which was imposed after accusations of state-sponsored doping.
It means Russia's track-and-field team is suspended from the Rio Olympics, though athletes can compete as neutrals if they prove they are clean.
The IOC said the ruling was in line with its "zero-tolerance policy".
It has the power to overturn the IAAF's decision but vice-president John Coates said on Saturday he would be "very, very surprised" were that to happen.
The IOC will meet in Lausanne on Tuesday.
It said in a statement it "full respected" the IAAF's position, adding: "The eligibility of athletes in any international competition including the Olympic Games is a matter for the respective international federation."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the ban - imposed in November - as "unjust and unfair".
A taskforce studying reforms in Russia acknowledged on Friday that "significant progress" had been made but said the "deep-seated culture" of tolerance of doping "appears not to have changed".
That followed a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) that said anti-doping officials in Russia were being stopped from testing athletes, and were also being threatened by security services.
Wada president Craig Reedie said there had been "no cultural change" in Russia since its athletes were banned and the IAAF ruling should send "a strong message" to other sports.
The IOC said Tuesday's meeting would address those countries whose national anti-doping organisation has been declared non-compliant by Wada.
It aims to implement additional testing measures for Olympic competitors from such countries.
Russian investigators announced on Saturday they have begun a criminal case against the former head of the country's anti-doping laboratory, who alleged the government and security service were involved in cover-ups.
The powerful Investigative Committee said it had started criminal proceedings against Grigory Rodchenkov for "abuse of power".
Rodchenkov, who has fled to the United States, last month made claims of an elaborate doping cover-up at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, with the close involvement of the sports ministry and the FSB security service.
A programme aired on German public broadcaster ARD last week - based in part on documents from Rodchenkov - alleged Russian authorities had covered up doping cases despite calls for reform.
Russian officials have criticised Rodchenkov for making the allegations. A statement read: "Through his actions, Rodchenkov caused substantial damage to the legally protected interests of the state."
It also accused him of "trying to conceal shortcomings and violations in his activities", violating "Russia's international interests" and discrediting the country's anti-doping policy.
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UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner accepts the IOC is in a difficult position but urged it not to bow to pressure to allow Russian athletes to compete in Rio.
"What is being revealed is that many other Russian sports are subject to the same corruption," Warner told BBC Radio Four's Today programme.
"The IOC are going to be under inordinate pressure to cave in and allow the Russians back. I sincerely hope they don't do that because what we have seen is that clean athletes have been cheated for many years by state-sponsored, systemic cheating and it is terrible and goes to the heart of confidence in sport.
"It's a very, very tricky moral maze but what we have seen over the last year is evidence that the vast majority of Russian athletes are caught up in this system, whether they inadvertently have been treated by doctors that have been doping them without them knowing or not, who knows?
"So we're talking here about the vast majority deserving to be punished, and if a few innocent athletes unfortunately are caught up in it then maybe this is the wake-up call that Russia needs."
Warner claimed the Russian government could 'bankroll' the legal case of pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva as she fights to be allowed to compete in Rio.
British javelin record holder Goldie Sayers, meanwhile, says drug cheats stop clean athletes from "knowing how good you are".
Sayers was fourth at the 2008 Olympics, but could yet be promoted as silver medallist Maria Abakumova recorded a positive result in a re-test.
"The cheats are thieves," the 33-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live.
She added: "If an athlete is going to be cheating they need to be tested in the winter months. I like to remain naive, otherwise you become quite bitter."


The average cost of Christmas for people living in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire is expected to be £476.53 this year, a survey suggests.

The figures indicate spending on presents, food and drink is a worry for almost half the region's population, with 46% expressing concern.
But, people in the area are less likely to borrow to foot the bill than in other parts of Yorkshire.
Only 7% said they may have to borrow, compared with 15% in West Yorkshire.
The BBC survey suggests the average cost of Christmas across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Derbyshire will be £463.83.
People in North Yorkshire are expected to spend the most - £508.82 - while people in Lincolnshire are expected to spend the least - £433.16.
Across Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, 50% of people surveyed for the BBC said they were very or fairly concerned about their festive spending.
Jane Symonds, money expert at the Money Advice Service, said: "Christmas can be an expensive time of year, but it's important to know that you don't have to live beyond your means to make it a fun time. A big financial hangover is the last thing anyone wants to start the new year with.
"Planning ahead by looking carefully at costs will help you to take control of your spending and reduce some of the pressure. It's best to avoid credit if you can, but if you need to borrow there are more options if you think ahead."
Across all areas surveyed of those planning to borrow 68% said they would use their credit card, 18% plan to ask friends and family for help, 18% will use their overdraft, 6% will go to a pay day lender, 6% will take out a loan, and 2% say they will go to a credit union.
On average people said they expected to borrow about £180.
Men said they were likely to borrow on average £214.76, while women said they expected to borrow about £146.36.
More than half of all borrowers said it would take them between a few weeks to a year to repay their debt.
Kevin Peachey, personal finance reporter, BBC News
Financial advisers say it is never too late to draw up a budget for your Christmas spending.
Those who get into trouble often forget to factor in those little extras that add to the festive bill.
So, as well as presents, food and travel, advisers urge families not to ignore the cost of replacing decorations, calling relatives and even taking the children to Santa's grotto.
They suggest shopping around on the internet for all these things to get the best deal.
Those who turn to credit may be deferring the pain, but missing repayments in the new year could start or continue a debt spiral that may be difficult to pull out of.
Instead, advisers say, keep things under control this year, and start saving now to bring some Christmas 2015 cheer to your family and your finances.
Market research agency ComRes interviewed 1,270 people across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, of which 501 were in West Yorkshire, 305 were in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, 335 in North Yorkshire, 179 in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire and 189 in Lincolnshire.
The online survey was carried out for BBC Radio Humberside between 27 November and 1 December.


On 28 February, President Trump addressed a joint session in Congress for the first time.

The claim: The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.
Reality Check verdict: The increase in the number of murders in the US from 2014 to 2015 was indeed the biggest since 1971, but the murder rate went up by more in 1979, 1986 and 1990.
In Chicago, there were 4,331 shooting victims and 762 murders in 2016, more than in any other US city.
But both the US murder rate and that of Chicago have fallen slightly in the first two months of this year compared with the same period of 2016.
During the speech, he made a claim about the murder rate in the US.
In 2015, there were 15,696 murders in the United States, according to statistics provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports.
This figure represents an increase of 10.8% from 2014, when 14,164 murders were reported. It is the largest increase since 1971, almost 50 years ago.
But the murder rate went up by 0.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, which is not the biggest for half a century - there were bigger rises in 1979, 1986 and 1990.
The overall trend of the number of murders per 100,000 inhabitants has decreased over the past two decades since the peak in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s.
The rate of murders was highest in 1980, when it reached 10.2 per 100,000 of population.
In the late 1990s, the murder rate sharply declined, to a level similar to those of the mid-1960s - 5.6 per 100,000 inhabitants.
The 4.9 murder rate in 2015 was the same as it was in 1964.
In his address to Congress, President Trump also mentioned Chicago's recent shootings and murder rate, as he has done before.
He said 4,000 people were shot in the city last year alone.
Indeed, Chicago police registered 3,550 shooting incidents, and 4,331 shooting victims in 2016.
This was an increase of 1,128 shooting incidents on the previous year.
There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016, more than any other American city and an increase of 275 from 2015.
Five police districts on the south and west sides of the city accounted for nearly two-thirds (65%) of the increase in murders.
The University of Chicago's Crime Lab produced a report on the sharp increase in homicides in the city during 2016.
It noted the conditions that historically may have contributed to the high murder rate and prevalence of gun crime, such as poverty and the proximity of Illinois to states with more relaxed gun laws.
According to the most up-to-date Chicago Police Department data for 2017, there have been 94 murders between the start of the year and the end of February 2017.
This is fewer than the 98 recorded in the same time period in 2016.
In the first two month of 2017 there have been 399 shooting incidents, also a slight fall on the 404 recorded in the same period in 2016.
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A man accused of raping a student during fresher's week was preying on single, drunk women, a court has heard.

Remus Hamza, 40, is alleged to have attacked the 20-year-old near Cardiff University as she walked home alone after a night out with friends on 20 September.
The prosecution at Newport Crown Court has alleged she was so drunk she could not have consented to sex.
The defendant, who is Romanian and lives in Cardiff, denies rape.
The court heard the woman lost her friends during her night out and started to walk home along Greyfriars Road, under an underpass by City Hall and then along Museum Avenue at about 02:00 GMT.
It was here she was approached by the defendant and the alleged rape happened behind a bush.
Claire Pickthall, prosecuting, told the jury the victim was "so drunk she can't remember the incident happening. She can't even remember him having sex with her".
It was this intoxication, she said, that meant she was not in any state to consent.
"The actions in these circumstances amount to rape," Ms Pickthall said.
"He was preying on single, drunk females."
The court heard Lee Neill, who saw Mr Hamza walking behind the National Museum of Wales with the victim, was so concerned he followed them.
Suspecting something "sinister", Mr Neill said he took a photograph "to use as evidence".
The flash frightened Mr Hamza, who ran off, the jury was told. After giving chase, Mr Neill lost Mr Hamza and returned to the alleged victim. He then called the police.
However, the court heard when officers spoke to the victim, she was so confused she thought Mr Neill was the man who raped her.
He was arrested and questioned but later released. DNA later led police to arrest Mr Hamza, the court was told.
The woman told jurors she had drunk wine, cider and cocktails during her night out.
She said she couldn't remember much of her journey home or the attack but insisted she would never have consented to having sex with a stranger.
"I have a moral compass'" she added.


A 37-year-old man is a in a serious condition after being attacked by two men in a targeted attack.

Police are treated the incident, in a flat in Renfrew, as attempted murder.
Officers were called to the flat in Houston Street at about 19:20 on Wednesday.
Both suspects were white with one taller than 6ft and thin and the other of average height and build. They may have been in the company of a woman, also white, and aged between 25 and 30.
Det Insp Alexander Nelson, of Police Scotland, said: "Whilst we don't know the motive for the attack we do not believe it to be random.
"We are gathering CCTV images to review in the hope that it provides us with further details on the suspects.
"I am appealing to people in the local area to think about whether they saw or heard something - did you see the two men, did you see the woman?
"Any small piece of information could prove vital in helping us locate the people responsible for this attack."


Defender Megan Finnigan has signed her first full-time professional deal with Everton Ladies, a decade after first playing for the club.

Finnigan, 19, joined the Toffees at the age of nine and has since progressed to become a regular first-team player.
She helped Everton win the Women's Super League 2 Spring Series, with the club since selected to join the top flight for 2017-18.
"I can't think of a better way to mark that anniversary." Finnigan said.
"I played a lot during the Spring Series, which was great for me, but I do believe making the step up to WSL 1 will boost my performances. It will help make me the player I want to be."


Communications provider KCOM has been fined £900,000 after flooding caused by Storm Eva led to the failure of 74 emergency calls.

Ofcom found "serious weaknesses" in the Hull-based firm's emergency call service which meant people in the area could not make calls to 999 or 112.
The regulator found it had broken rules to ensure people can contact emergency services at all times.
KCOM operates the main telephone and broadband network in Hull.
It is the only UK city not served by BT's Openreach, which controls the telecoms network.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
Ofcom said KCOM notified the regulator on 28 December 2015 that its emergency call service for the Hull area had failed for around four hours.
It said the failure was because of flooding at one of the BT's telephone exchanges in York in the wake of Storm Eva.
However, Ofcom found that all emergency calls from customers in that area relied on the flooded telephone exchange in York.
Under Ofcom rules, the telephone and broadband operator should have been able to automatically divert emergency calls via back-up routes.
The investigation found that although the firm did have back-up routes in place, these also relied on the flooded telephone exchange in York.
Ofcom said KCOM created an alternative route to carry emergency calls that bypassed the flooded telephone exchange in York within two hours of identifying the problem.
The regulator said it expected telephone companies' services to be resilient enough "to the greatest extent possible" to connect emergency calls at all times, even in challenging circumstances.


A new health minister, a new health review and the prospect of a new initiative to tackle hospital waiting lists next year.

At times 2016 had a refreshing air about it.
But a quick flick through the diary and there is a sharp reminder that certain issues continue to linger namely abortion, GP funding and the state of mental health.
Highlights of the past year? There were many.
In January Chris Boucher gave his three-year-old daughter Lucy one of his kidney's using a revolutionary 3D printer model to help surgeons size the organ from adult to child.
Remember Lucy's laugh? It was infectious.
Charles Bloomer, a 70-year-old man from Belfast, received a cornea transplant from someone he never knew.
Robert Montgomery, a Belfast paramedic, delivered another baby in the back of his ambulance - it's all in a day's work.
It was a year of giving, taking and delivering. It was also the year when we heard a call for politics to be taken out of health.
As always people both patients and staffs were at the centre of the BBC's health stories.
The issue of "Do not resuscitate" orders was brought into the public arena by County Antrim man Neil Birnie.
Mr Birnie is paralysed from the neck down and can only communicate by using a voice activated computer.
He told the BBC that he was unaware that a "Do Not Resuscitate order" had been placed on his medical file.
Mr Birnie said he felt his human rights were violated. It's since been lifted.
Many names dominated the news including - Bengoa.
In October, Professor Raphael Bengoa's review of health and social care services was published providing the blueprint for much needed reform.
So is this the report to end all reports?
For the good of everyone's health - let's hope so.
While it is a document full of promise one of the biggest threats to its implementation is political opposition.
Its recommendations may be challenging; the big question is can people put health before the current wealth of hospital buildings across Northern Ireland.
The minister Michelle O'Neill responded by issuing a 10-year plan.
2016 was not a great year if you were on a waiting list.
By November a total of 243,141 patients were waiting for a first consultant-led appointment over 5% more than the same time last year.
More than 70,000 patients were waiting to be admitted to hospital. Health trusts will hardly receive a Christmas bonus - all breached waiting targets set by the Department of Health.
Abortion issues have dominated the year.
In April a woman was given a suspended prison sentence after buying drugs online to terminate a pregnancy.
Precious Life described the sentence as "very lenient" but Amnesty International said it was "utterly appalling" and that women should not be criminalised.
We also saw the latest guidelines on abortion being published and a paper submitted to the Executive around the issue of Fatal Foetal Abnormality.
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would look into giving Northern Ireland women access to NHS abortions in Scotland without facing prohibitive costs and as we look ahead we still await the Court of Appeal's ruling on whether Northern Ireland's abortion laws breach human rights.
In November a BBC investigation revealed that all of Northern Ireland's Health Trusts failed to meet waiting time targets for treating people with mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
It also threw up the shocking figure that an additional 300 staff are required to meet demand for treatment.
The issue was raised on the floor of the house - the minister said the solution included improved work force planning.
We heard GPs threatening to resign from the health service unless the health minister agrees to their demands.
If no agreement is reached people may have to cough up to go and see their doctor. Idle threats? Let's see
Significant announcements  - there were many, including the life time ban on gay men donating blood being lifted and the abolition of the Health and Social Care Board.
Doing this job means meeting lots of different people.
In 2016, I will remember conversations with Lynette McKendry, for highlighting inflammatory breast cancer, Consultant Eunice Minford who revealed her abortion story after 15 years and Caroline Gannon a Paediatric Pathologist who told the BBC that she resigned due to interventions by the Attorney General on abortion laws surrounding Fatal Foetal abnormality.
Some of the above issues will limp into next year.
In January, the health minister is due to announce a plan as to how she envisages tackling hospital waiting lists - how much of the independent sector will be employed?
GP funding and the long awaited outcome of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry are all acute issues to keep across in 2017.
It has been a busy year for the health service. Let's see if politics steps aside in order for reform to happen in 2017.


Northern Ireland secured a famous first win at the European Championship, beating Ukraine 2-0 to keep their hopes of reaching the last 16 alive.

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Manager Michael O'Neill had made five changes from the side beaten by Poland in their opening match on Sunday - but how did his chosen XI fare?
BBC Sport's Lyle Jackson gives his ratings on the men in green from the Stade de Lyon.
Cannot be faulted really. Got well behind a decent Yaroslav Rakitskiy effort in the first half and pulled off an important late stop as well.
What a fairytale for the 36-year-old former Newcastle and Aston Villa defender. Brought all his experience and international knowhow to the table in an efficient, unfussy manner. Justified his unexpected recall to the starting XI.
Solid as a rock. Got through a mountain of work, helping hold things together at the back as Ukraine pressed for an equaliser in the second half. Went close to scoring in the first half.
The West Bromwich Albion man had already achieved hero status with the green and white army. Another sound defensive display was topped as he scored a brilliant header to give Northern Ireland the lead early in the second half.
Playing on the left of a back four might not be the West Brom man's preference, but he again showed what a class act he is. Made important ball-winning challenges and used possession wisely.
Bravely took a couple of hits for his side and put in an energetic and valuable performance. On this display, deserved to be part of manager O'Neill's reshuffled line-up.
Almost caught napping when dispossessed early on, but it was his perfectly-delivered free-kick which led to McAuley's opener.
As usual, played a captain's part in this superb victory. Gave everything; how he will savour this special moment.
Recalled to the starting team, the Leeds United man was effective in giving Northern Ireland and more positive approach to this match.
The nippy Nottingham Forest winger was a revelation, producing what must be his finest display for Northern Ireland. Really made a nuisance of himself, repeatedly unsettling the Ukraine defence.
Preferred to Kyle Lafferty up front and he didn't let manager O'Neill down with a hardworking, running performance.
Scored Northern Ireland's first goal in the qualifying campaign, he now makes his mark in the history books by scoring the latest goal in a 90-minute match at the Euros - coming in at 95 minutes and 52 seconds.
Came on for the final minutes and played a part in the move which led to McGinn's goal.
A 90th-minute replacement for Corry Evans; not on the field long enough to earn a mark.


Hundreds of farmers have staged a protest over milk prices outside one of the UK's largest dairies.

About 250 demonstrators blockaded the Muller Wiseman plant in Market Drayton, Shropshire, from 21:00 BST on Monday.
Protest group Farmers for Action said its members voted for the action in response to falling milk prices.
Muller UK & Ireland Group chief executive Ronald Kers branded the group "militants" and said blockades could damage the dairy industry.
He said a worldwide surplus of milk coupled with weaker demand had driven down the price of dairy products.
Muller was one of a number of major milk processors which recently announced it would lower the price it paid for milk.
David Hanley, chairman of Farmers for Action who was at the protest, said the future for dairy farmers was uncertain.
"It's very simple," he said.
"For the last three or four months, we have been telling this processer and all the other processers that the milk price cuts they're making aren't sustainable and they are going to put a lot of dairy farmers out of business."
He said the the current problem of over production in the UK was only "1% between supply and demand and that is not extreme".
"These people are using every excuse under the sun to take advantage and cut milk prices. Why? Because they can. Why? Because we are the weakest link."
Sam Jones, a member of Newport and Wem Young Farmers, also at the protest, told BBC News it was important to get the message out to the public that their future was in jeopardy.
"It can't be right," he said.
"We're doing a 100-hour week for less than the cost of production.
"We're just not going to be able to keep going."
But Rob Harrison, chairman of the National Farmers Union national dairy board said: "It is really tough that actually we're in a global marketplace, that is the way it is.
"We trade in dairy products.
"We can bring imports in, exports out, etc etc and actually that is the price."
Farmers For Action said it planned to stage a second protest on Wednesday in Bridgwater, Somerset and would also target supermarkets in the coming weeks.
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has urged supermarkets to pay more for milk.


Personal details about hundreds of London-based research students were posted online in an apparent breach of data privacy laws.

The University of Greenwich has apologised and said it is in the process of contacting those affected.
The matter was brought to the BBC's attention by one of the students, who discovered the information could be found via a Google search.
They also flagged the matter to the UK's data watchdog.
The Information Commissioner's Office has confirmed that an investigation is under way.
One legal expert warned there could be financial consequences.
"It does look as though there has been a significant breach of the Data Protection Act's obligations to process personal data securely, fairly and lawfully," said Ruth Boardman from the law firm Bird & Bird.
"[The university] may face enforcement action by the Information Commissioner (ICO) and claims by affected individuals.
"Under new rules due to be adopted in Brussels later in March, it would face a penalty of up to 10m euros [$11.2m; Â£7.8m]."
At present, the largest fine the ICO can impose is Â£500,000.
Students' names, addresses, dates of birth, mobile phone numbers and signatures were all uploaded to the university's website.
They were posted alongside minutes from the university's Faculty Research Degrees Committee, which oversees the registrations and progress of its research students.
In some cases, mental health and other medical problems were referenced to explain why students had fallen behind with their work.
In one example, it was disclosed that a student had a brother who was fighting in a Middle Eastern army and references were made to an asylum application.
Supervisors' comments about the students' progress were also documented.
In some instances, copies of emails between university staff and individual students were also published.
The university believes all the documents are now offline and has contacted Google to try to ensure cached copies of the documents cannot be retrieved from its search engine.
"I am very sorry that personal information about a number of postgraduate research students has been accessible on the university website," said Louise Nadal, the university's secretary.
"This was a serious error, in breach of our own policies and procedures. The material has now been removed. This was an unprecedented data breach for the university and we took action as quickly as possible, once the issue came to light.
"We are now acting urgently to identify those affected. I will be contacting each person individually to apologise and to offer the support of the university.
"At the same time, I am also conducting an investigation into what went wrong. This will form part of a robust review, to make sure that this cannot happen again. The findings and recommendations of the review will be published.
"We are co-operating fully with the Information Commissioner and we will take all steps necessary to ensure that we have the best systems in place for the future."
The university was unable to say whether or not any of its staff were aware of the problem before it was contacted by both the BBC and the ICO on Monday.
The watchdog confirmed that its investigation was at an early stage.
"We are aware of an incident at Greenwich University and are making enquiries," it said.
The student who discovered the uploads has not revealed their identity. They said they welcomed the fact the documents had been made inaccessible.
"It's sad that it took an investigation by the BBC to get the documents off the internet," they said.
"It's a huge relief. My motivation was that it is so wrong and I was worried about the Middle Eastern student who, to me, was put at great risk."
Ms Boardman said the affair served as a warning to other organisations who might not be properly reviewing the material they posted online.
"Public bodies do have obligations to publish information," the lawyer said.
"However, they must do so in a way which meets their obligations under data protection legislation.
"This breach shows the importance of doing this properly, so as to avoid causing significant distress to those whose information has been made available in this way."


A prominent online video star has defended YouTube in a row over the way the site treats musicians.

The company said it had faced a "chorus of music label representatives and artists" accusing it of "mistreating" songwriters and performers.
Hank Green, a prominent video producer and entrepreneur, said YouTube gave musicians "new revenue streams".
The row comes as the video-sharing website renews its agreements with major record labels.
Prominent voices in the music industry have accused YouTube of paying low royalties for music video streams and turning a blind eye to copyright infringement.
In March, the Recording Industry Association of America said YouTube paid "meagre" royalties when compared to subscription music services such as Apple Music and Spotify.
On Monday, music manager Irving Azoff, formerly in charge of Ticketmaster and who now represents artists such as Christina Aguilera, said artists were paid a "pittance" on the advertising-funded site.
In an open letter, he said YouTube did not allow musicians to put their tracks behind its YouTube Red pay-wall to earn more revenue.
He also accused YouTube of "hiding behind" a so-called "safe harbour" provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which stops websites being held responsible for copyright infringement by users, in some circumstances.
Trying to keep copyright music off YouTube was "an impossible, expensive game of 'whack-a-mole'," he said.
"When the artist sends a 'take down' it should be a 'stay down'."
YouTube said comparing subscription services to free advertising-funded websites was "like comparing what a cab driver earns from fares to what they earn showing ads in their taxi".
In a blog post, the company said it paid "a majority" - more than 50% - of its advertising income to content creators and the music industry.
However, it added that the average YouTube user listened to only one hour of music a month, compared to the 55 hours a month it said Spotify subscribers consumed.
The company said its Content ID technology could detect when copyright music was uploaded to the website and automatically dealt with 99.5% of copyright claims.
It said record labels had the choice of whether to earn advertising revenue from unauthorised uploads or have them blocked indefinitely, and that half of the $3bn (Â£2bn) it had paid out to the music industry came from monetising these "unauthorised uploads" by the public.
Income from its subscription service YouTube Red, available in the US, was shared with content creators and musicians in the same way as advertising revenue.
YouTube has been separately criticised by video-makers who say Content ID does not respect the "fair use" of television and film extracts, which is protected by a provision of the DMCA.
It has attempted to address the problem by allowing disputed videos to earn advertising revenue which is kept until the correct copyright holder can be identified.
Hank Green, co-founder of the world's biggest online video convention VidCon, described YouTube's Content ID technology as a "win-win" situation for record labels.
"[Record labels] can take the video down, or they can claim the revenue for themselves... this is not an expensive game of 'whack-a-mole', it's 100% automated," he wrote in a reply to Mr Azoff.
"They've been given a new 10-figure revenue stream of claimed fan creations that they never would have had without YouTube."
Singer Dave Giles, a regular performer at YouTube events, said musicians did benefit from advertising-supported streams on the video site.
"It was interesting that when Taylor Swift took her songs off Spotify, she kept them on YouTube," he told the BBC.
"If it wasn't really helping her career, surely she should have taken them off there as well.
"Spotify might be paying more per stream than YouTube, but they have more subscribers. There's an argument that YouTube should be doing more to push its subscription model, but they are still rolling it out.
"It's still more than artists get on Facebook. Where's Mr Azoff's email about that? Why is YouTube facing the rap and Facebook not?"


A woman has been treated for smoke inhalation after a suspected arson attack in Londonderry.

Firefighters were called to a terraced house in the Lower Bennett Street area of the city on Wednesday morning.
The woman was the only occupant of the house at the time.
The living room was damaged by the fire and there was smoke damage to other rooms. The police are investigating how the blaze started.
There has also been an arson attack on a flat in Glenview Avenue in Limavady.
The property was significantly damaged in the fire, which started on Tuesday night.


A doctor who assaulted police after a Christmas party in Londonderry has dropped an appeal against her sentence.

Dr Eireann Kerr, 32, had argued that she had been "the victim of a crime" because her drink was spiked with a date rape drug.
The judge who found her guilty said he had no doubt that her drink was spiked but added it was not a defence in law.
Dr Kerr's barrister told Londonderry Magistrates Court that the sentence would be "affirmed."
In April, she was found guilty of two charges of assaulting police officers, disorderly behaviour and resisting a police officer after her arrest in December 2013.
She was given a two-month conditional discharge.
Dr Kerr, of Malborough Park South in Belfast, was working as an anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry at the time of the incident and had been to several pubs in the city while on a staff night out.
She was arrested during the early hours of the morning and assaulted officers in Strand Road police station.
The hospital anaesthetist said she woke up in a police cell the next day with none of her belongings and no idea how she had ended up there.
She claims the convictions have put her medical career at risk.
Dr. Kerr was not present in court when her appeal was withdrawn.


Companies in Wales are being asked to change how agency staff are paid amid claims workers are being "ripped off".

The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) says many staff are paid via accountancy firms which take admin fees and costs.
It says affected workers include those working on the Heads of the Valleys road expansion in Blaenau Gwent.
A Welsh government spokesman said the deal signed with contractors Carillion includes fair payments for employees.
Workers said they were told they had to stop being classified as self-employed to comply with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) rules and be paid as an employee through an agency or accountancy company.
A spokesman for Carillion said legislation instigated by HMRC in April 2014 made a self-employment scheme unfeasible for workers who are "under direct supervision, direction and control".
"It is for the individual to decide which payment route they opt for," he added.
This affects 48 people working on the A465 contract.
Nick Blundell, regional secretary of UCATT Wales and South West, said: "Workers are being ripped off by the umbrella company con-trick and they are now struggling to make ends meet."
HMRC said it would never require the use of an umbrella company or any other intermediary structure.
Huw Irranca Davies, Labour MP for Ogmore, added: "It's not illegal, but it's completely immoral and I'm even now hearing people from within these umbrella companies that they don't want to be doing it but they have to, because everyone else is."