Grimsby Town have signed Mansfield midfielder Chris Clements for an undisclosed fee on an 18-month deal.

The 26-year-old scored 10 goals in 132 league appearances for the Stags after joining them from non-league Hednesford in July 2012.
He is the third player to join the Mariners this week after midfielder Jamey Osborne and striker Akwasi Asante moved from Solihull Moors on Wednesday.
All three could feature against Notts County in League Two on Saturday.
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The government is writing to a string of high street chains urging them to improve after a BBC London investigation revealed a "depressing" failure to accommodate disabled people.

Two researchers, one blind, one a wheelchair-user, documented their daily travails with pinhole cameras.
Some of the UK's top chains failed to provide ramps - while five cabs refused to take a guide dog.
Several firms apologised while others promised to improve.
The Equality Act obliges organisations to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.
But researchers found unusable tables or ramps missing or broken at branches belonging to Itsu, Costa Coffee, Eat, Caffé Nero, Caffé Concerto, Chipotle and the Post Office.
Researcher Christiane Link said: "I went from coffee shop to coffee shop - and either they had steps in front of their door or they only had high tables."
After experiencing problems in east London, BBC London test-booked 20 cabs to pick up a blind researcher. Five refused to take his clearly-marked guide dog.
One said: "Small dog, we can take it, but big dog we can't take it, we don't have the facilities."
The man was driving a people carrier.
Another said: "That will be extra money."
A third had a conversation with base on his radio - before claiming he could not take the dog because of "hay fever".
Drivers with allergies must carry a card proving it, but he was unable to produce one.
Robin Allen QC, head of chambers at Cloisters and a leading expert in equality law, viewed the BBC's footage.
He said: "What I have seen in terms of the drivers who refused to take the guide dog appeared to be a clear case of a criminal offence."
Of the other companies, he said: "If they fail to make reasonable adjustments and an individual is denied access to facilities on an equal basis, they will be in breach of the law - the disabled people will be entitled to compensation."
The Post Office carried out Ms Link's transaction in the street.
But Mr Allen said: "It is not reasonable, particularly with financial products or personal products, to expect wheelchair users to expect service in the street."
On four occasions, the wheelchair user got stuck on a train when staff booked to help did not arrive on time. She was unable to board a bus due to a faulty ramp.
Team GB wheelchair rugby player Ross Morrison said: "Getting on and off can be a really tricky issue. Quite often ramps aren't there.
"I've got good chair skills so I can bunny hop off the train - not safe, but I get away with it. For your average disabled person that's not an option."
A BBC London Freedom of Information request found disabled access complaints to TfL have almost trebled in three years - from 570 in 2011 to 1,431 in 2013.
The FoI revealed three legal actions between 2011 and present. All ended in out-of-court settlements - with £8,000 paid in damages and £41,673 for claimants' legal costs.
TfL said it had received only six complaints over guide dog refusals by minicabs in eight months, out of 45 million journeys.
Helen Chapman, TfL's general manager of taxi and private hire, said: "We take such incidents very seriously and anyone doing this faces having their licence revoked.
"We will thoroughly investigate any such instances - including those highlighted in the programme.
"The TfL network is one of the most accessible anywhere in the world - with a fully accessible and extensive bus service, step-free DLR network, and turn up and go assistance for disabled passengers across the Tube and London Overground networks."
Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper said: "I'm perplexed by the taxi story because I can't think of any plausible reason why they weren't able to take your researcher."
Of the wider findings, he said: "It's depressing. But we need to remember lots of firms do deliver good service."
Mr Harper has said he will write to the firms and consider redrafting guidance on minicabs.
High street responses
Costa said: "We have instructed our maintenance team to visit. We apologise for any inconvenience."
Caffé Concerto said: "We recognise our obligations under the Act and are constantly working to improve access."
Itsu said: "We are very sorry your researcher had difficulties eating at Itsu. This is not acceptable and we are rectifying this."
Eat said: "We are disappointed to have failed and would like to apologise."
Caffé Nero said: "We consider we make all reasonable provision with regards to access."
Chipotle said: "When this was brought to our attention, we made adjustments to ensure tables are accessible in all our restaurants."
The Post Office said: "We make endeavours to comply with regulations. We apologise for any inconvenience."


A body discovered in woodland has been confirmed as that of missing mother-of-three Natalie Hemming.

Ms Hemming, 31, from Milton Keynes, was last seen in Hemel Hempstead on 1 May and was reported missing two days later.
Her body was found at Toms Hill in Chandlers Cross, Hertfordshire, on Sunday.
Thames Valley Police said her next of kin had been informed and further forensic tests were ongoing.
The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
Ms Hemming's partner Paul Hemming, 42, was charged with her murder on 6 May.
He was remanded in custody by Milton Keynes magistrates on 7 May and is next due to appear in court in July.


The Right Reverend Martyn Snow has been named the new Bishop of Leicester.

The 47-year-old, who is currently the Bishop of Tewkesbury, will take over from the recently-retired Tim Stevens.
Bishop Snow, who will undertake the role from Spring 2016, said the job was "a little daunting... but exciting".
The Dean of Leicester, the Very Reverend David Monteith, said he was "ideally placed" to serve the diocese with "wisdom, imagination and love".
Bishop Snow is married with three children and is the youngest serving bishop in the Church of England.
He has been the Bishop of Tewkesbury since 2013 and his ministry has taken him to Sheffield and West Africa.
Bishop Snow said he hoped his experience "will be very useful as I come to this very diverse place".
"For us to model, at a local level, how different faith communities can live well together and work in partnership for the common good, that has to be a priority for me.
"I look forward to meeting other faith leaders in the coming weeks."
"I'm very aware It'll take me a while to build relationships and trust," he added.
In July, Tim Stevens, sometimes criticised for being "too political", held his last service ahead of retirement after 16 years as Bishop of Leicester.
During his career, he was widely commended for his work on inter-faith relations. He also led the re-interment service for Richard III earlier this year.


Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled tough anti-gay legislation signed into law in February.

It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs in December without the requisite quorum and was therefore illegal.
Homosexual acts were already illegal, but the new law allowed for life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality" and banned the "promotion of homosexuality".
Several donors have cut aid to Uganda since the law was adopted.
Ugandan government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said the government was still waiting the attorney general's advice about whether to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.
He added that the ruling showed to Western donors that Uganda's democracy was functioning very well and that they should reinstate any aid they had cut.
The Ugandan authorities have defended the law in the past, saying President Yoweri Museveni wanted "to demonstrate Uganda's independence in the face of Western pressure and provocation".
Uganda is a deeply conservative society where many people oppose gay rights and the sentence for homosexual acts has always been life imprisonment.
Earlier drafts of the anti-homosexuality act made it a crime not to report gay people - which would have made it impossible to live as openly gay - but this clause was removed.
However the legislation that was passed in parliament was "null and void", the presiding judge at the Constitutional Court said, as not enough lawmakers had been present to vote on the bill.
The law, which was signed by President Museveni in February, toughened up existing laws.
Lesbians were covered for the first time and those found living in a same-sex marriage could have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The challenge to the law was brought by 10 petitioners, including academics, journalists, both ruling and opposition MPs, human rights activists and rights groups.
"The retrogressive anti-homosexuality act of Uganda has been struck down by the constitutional court - it's now dead as a door nail," the AFP news agency quotes prominent journalist Andrew Mwenda, one of the petitioners, as saying.
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says supporters of the anti-gay laws have been angered by the ruling of the five judges.
They wonder whether their decision has anything to do with the president's visit to Washington next week for the US-Africa Summit, she says.
In June, the US imposed sanctions on the East African nation, including travel restrictions on Ugandan officials involved in serious human rights abuses.
The White House also cut funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan authorities.
Several European nations - including Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden - had earlier cut aid.
Pastor Martin Ssempa, a vocal backer of the anti-homosexuality legislation, told the BBC his supporters would be asking parliament to investigate the impartiality of the judiciary.
Our reporter says if the state does not challenge the ruling it could re-table the bill in parliament where the ruling National Resistance Movement holds the majority in the house.


In 1916, a small group of volunteers occupied buildings across Dublin to rebel against British rule in Ireland.

26 March 2016 Last updated at 00:10 GMT
The uprising lasted just six days before the rebels surrendered. The insurrection was not universally popular, but when 16 of the leaders were put to death, anti-British sentiment began to take hold in Ireland.
The Easter Rising laid the foundations for an Irish civil war six years later, and eventually the formation of a new Republic of Ireland.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke says his team have failed to learn from their recent struggles in Asia after slipping to a 2-0 Test series whitewash against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

They lost by 221 runs in the first Test and by 356 runs in the second Test.
Australia were also beaten 4-0 by India last year and Clarke said: "I think we've got to talk about what happened.
"We were hopeful that we'd learnt some lessons from our trip to India, but it doesn't look that way."
This latest defeat was Australia's 10th in their last 14 Tests in Asia.
"Our performances this tour were not any better than in India," Clarke continued.
"We must look to improve next time we get to the sub-continent but as a team there's no doubt the players are happy we're going home to play in conditions we're accustomed to.
"The best teams win away from home consistently, so it shows there's still a lot of work to do."
Australia now host South Africa in a tour featuring three Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, with the first T20 in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Clarke reserved his most damning criticism for himself, after another disappointing display with the bat in the middle order.
"I'm probably most angry with myself, most disappointed with my own personal performance," said Clarke, who emerged from the series with just 57 runs to show from his four innings.
"I've always prided myself on leading by example. I don't have any excuse for underperforming. That's probably what burns me most at this moment in time."
Pakistan now move above England to third in the world Test rankings and captain Misbah-ul Haq praised an all-round team performance.
"We always had the belief, and which is why we delivered," said Misbah, who on Sunday scored the fastest 50 in Test cricket and equalled the record for quickest century.
"We knew if we could put up some decent totals, we could bowl them out. As it happened, it was a complete team performance and each member of the team contributed towards the team cause."


Nashville Predators beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 to claim their first win in a Stanley Cup final and cut the Penguins' lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.

Jake Guentzel scored his 13th goal of the play-offs to put the defending champion Penguins in front early on.
The hosts hit back with three goals in the second period at Bridgestone Arena.
And strikes from Craig Smith and Mattias Ekholm in the third period ensured victory in game three.
Game four also takes place in Nashville on Monday (01:00 BST on Tuesday).
The Predators are playing in their first Stanley Cup final since their inception in 1998.


With Saudi Arabia's government announcing reforms aimed at moving the kingdom away from its dependence on oil, another source of income looks set to become a major contributor to the economy - religious tourism.

The authorities plan to relax restrictions governing visas for Muslim pilgrims, meaning those travelling to Mecca and Medina will be able to extend their stay and visit non-religious cultural cities and sites.
The tourism industry currently generates about 2.7% of Saudi Arabia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with religious tourists making up the largest group of visitors to the kingdom.
The Hajj pilgrimage, which takes place in the 12th month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and lesser Umrah pilgrimages, which can be performed at any time of the year, contribute $12bn annually.
That is projected to rise to more than $20bn within the next four years, according to the Council for Economic and Development Affairs.
The council predicts that the number of religious tourists coming to perform Umrah will grow from eight million this year to 15 million by 2020, and 30 million by 2030.
Until now, pilgrimage visas tightly controlled where and when pilgrims can travel in Saudi Arabia, but officials hope to loosen these restrictions.
"We're working towards pilgrims visiting Saudi antiquities, such as Madain Saleh near Medina, after they have done their religious duties," said Prince Sultan bin Salman, head of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Heritage.
"But we also have attractions that will encourage tourists to travel much further and to visit other parts of the kingdom."
A vast programme of infrastructure development - including railways linking Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and other large urban centres - is already under way.
Among tourism attractions being prepared are archaeological excavations, including spectacular rock art, that will become open-air museums.
Oxford University professor Michael Petraglia, who heads a team of archaeologists in Saudi Arabia, says there are dozens of such sites - including Jubbah, Shuwaymis and Nejran - which could draw large numbers of visitors.
"There are four Unesco [World Heritage] sites in Saudi Arabia and many others are under consideration," he said.
Mohammed Hafez, a member of the influential Saudi Art Council, said cultural initiatives had untapped potential to boost the economy.
"Our basic aim of educating Saudi Arabians about art has been eclipsed by events.
"Now art plays a part in every project - from Jeddah's new international airport to building tourist programmes around the unique collection of international modern sculpture on Jeddah's corniche," he said.
A recently-announced plan for a Red Sea bridge linking the Kingdom with Egypt could also help boost visitor numbers.
With a market of 90 million Egyptians, the new pilgrimage route would help bring more tourists to Saudi than ever before.


Younger people with neurological conditions are being cared for in old people's homes, according to the charity Sue Ryder.

It said there is nowhere else for them to go because of a lack of specialist facilities.
The Scottish government said it wants people to be treated in their own homes or as close to home as possible.
Minister Jamie Hepburn said it plans to invest £250m a year to "protect and grow" social care services.
Romana was placed in a care home for the elderly at the age of just 23, after suffering a severe brain haemorrhage when she was four months pregnant with her second child.
She couldn't see her children apart from short visits.
"It felt very strange because everyone around me was so much older; I was a very young girl at the time, and I felt I had lost my family," she said.
After two years, the Sue Ryder charity heard of her case and offered her a place at their neurological centre in Aberdeen.
With specialised rehabilitation, Romana learned to walk and live independently.
She is now looking forward to having her own flat, and sleeping under the same roof as her children for the first time in seven years.
Sue Ryder asked every local authority and health board in Scotland how many people with neurological conditions are being cared for in old people's care homes.
Neurological conditions include Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease and brain injuries.
Only a third of local authorities provided figures. They said 63 people under the age of 65 were being cared for in such an environment.
If those figures were replicated across the remaining health boards it would mean about 250 people are in an inappropriate environment.
They said a further 182 people aged over 65 with neurological conditions were in a care home for older people.
The charity said this meant a total of nearly 1,000 people could be missing out on specialist treatment, support and rehabilitation.
Sue Ryder's assistant director Scotland, Pamela Mackenzie, said: "Romana was quite a different lady when she first came.  She was withdrawn and depressed and she really had been written off.
"Older people's care homes do a great job for people in their 80s and 90s, but people like Romana need a different environment. Their conditions are quite different.
"It is clear from our research that the needs of people with neurological conditions have largely been overlooked in recent years.
"We urge the Scottish government to take immediate action to address these inequalities so people with neurological conditions get the chance of a better quality of life."
The minister for health improvement, Jamie Hepburn, said: "Our 2016/17 budget sets out plans to invest a further £250m per year through health and social care partnerships, to protect and grow social care services, and invest £11.6m to implement self-directed support.
"We also recognise the vital role specialist nurses play in patient care. This is why we committed £2.5m of recurring funding for specialist nursing and care, including up to £700,000 to specifically target MND care.
"The health boards involved are currently recruiting additional nurses, or increasing the hours of existing nurses in order to fulfil our pledge to double the number of MND nurses in Scotland.
"Some posts have already been filled and the remaining posts are expected to be filled by spring 2016."


Championship side Leeds United have signed former England goalkeeper Rob Green on a one-year deal.

The 36-year-old was a free agent after being released by QPR at the end of last season.
Green, who won 12 caps for England, has also played for Norwich and West Ham.
"This is one of those opportunities where the first call asking if you want to come and play for Leeds is very quick. It was a 'yes' straightaway," he told the club website.
"I'm thrilled to be here. I've spoken to the manager and I know what he's got in store and what he's planning.
"What he said really resonated with me and re-affirmed my feelings towards this opportunity."
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The star and producer of Fast and Furious 7, Vin Diesel, has claimed the latest film in the franchise will win an Oscar.

The movie, out next month, features Paul Walker who died in a car crash in 2013 in the middle of production.
"Universal is going to have the biggest movie in history with this movie," Diesel told Variety.
"It will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant ever.
"This will win best picture. There is nothing that will ever come close to the power of this thing."
Earlier this week, the actor and his wife, model Paloma Jimenez, named their third child after Diesel's late Fast and Furious co-star.
Paul Walker died when his Porsche crashed into a tree at at high speed aged 40.
It happened in LA while he was on a break from shooting the seventh instalment of the franchise.
To finish the movie, the ending was re-written with Paul Walker's brothers standing in to help finish his scenes.
"We were successful in one-upping the action sequences, and adding an interesting dynamic to the world," said Diesel.
"But what the world won't anticipate is how emotionally powerful the movie is."
Furious 7 is the latest chapter in Universal Pictures' most successful film franchise making $2.4 billion (Â£1.6bn) so far.
It had its debut at SXSW last week, where it received good reviews.
But Furious 7 would be an unusual Oscars winner, as the Academy has yet to recognise a franchise like The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight or the previous six Fast and Furious films with a best picture nomination.
This year the best picture prize went to Birdman, a smaller independent film.
Furious 7 opens on 3 April.
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The director of the remake of western The Magnificent Seven says he wasn't trying to make a statement with the film's diverse casting.

The film, starring Denzel Washington, opened the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night.
Speaking before the film's world premiere, director Antoine Fuqua said: "I just wanted to see Denzel Washington on a horse.
"Everyone else fell in place around that idea."
Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke also star in Fuqua's retelling of John Sturges' 1960 western classic.
Vincent D'Onofrio, South Korean star Byung-Hun Lee, Mexico's Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Native American actor Martin Sensmeier make up the rest of the septet.
Asked about the film's casting in the light of the current debate in Hollywood about diversity, Fuqua said: "It wasn't to make a statement. We don't talk about it because you guys [the media] talk about it.
"My idea was: Denzel Washington walks into a room and the room stops, Clint Eastwood walks into a room and the room stops. Is it because of the gunslinger or because of the colour of his skin? So we let the audience decide."
Washington, who worked with Fuqua in Training Day and The Equalizer, said he had never seen the Sturges movie, which starred Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen.
"I didn't keep away from it. I just didn't know how it would help me.
"[Not seeing it] allowed me to do whatever I wanted to do. Instead of trying not to do what someone else did."
The 1960 western was itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese-language film Seven Samurai.
In Fuqua's action-packed version, seven gunslingers protect the town of Rose Creek from the deadly grip of industrialist "robber baron" Bartholomew Bogue, played by Peter Sarsgaard.
"The most important thing was to stay true to the DNA of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai," Fuqua said.
"You can't do the same thing every era. Westerns change all the time. If we were sticking to just one way of doing something then all westerns would be all white guys looking like John Wayne.
"Westerns change with the time we're in, so we made our film based on the world we are living in."
In its review, The Hollywood Reporter described The Magnificent Seven as "efficient but uninspired".
"It would seem that ethnic variety was the guiding principle more than anything else, the obvious irony being that it's now a rainbow coalition of misfits defending an all-white town against all-white villains way out west in 1879," wrote Todd McCarthy.
Variety's chief film critic Owen Gleiberman said the film "hits all the right buttons but misses the fun of the original".
The Guardian's three-star review described The Magnificent Seven as "strenuously-topical".
"Denzel Washington's classic western hero is commandingly cool and supported by a rakish Chris Pratt," wrote Jordan Hoffman.
But, he added, "there's a great deal of waiting around for something to happen".
The Magnificent Seven is out in the UK and US on 23 September.


A couple married for 45 years but forced to live an ocean apart have won their visa battle to live together in the UK - for the next 10 years.

David and Maria Summers had been living in Canada but moved back to his family home in Herefordshire to look after his 95-year-old mother.
Mrs Summers was denied a visa and sent back to Canada just as her husband was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
After a year-long visa row she has been granted right of abode for a decade.
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The mother of one said she was first refused a UK visa because they could not prove an "affectionate relationship" - a decision overturned by a tribunal.
Her next application was refused on the grounds that their joint income was insufficient, which the couple disputed.
David Cameron said he would look into the couple's case when it was raised at Prime Minister's Questions on 18 November.
Jesse Norman, MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, said Mr and Mrs Summers had experienced "a long and frustrating struggle".
"But this decision now means Maria has the right to enter the country again and remain in the UK for at least 10 years," said Mr Norman.
"It's not yet a permanent solution, but it is a huge step forward."
Mrs Summers was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Canada with her parents when she was 10 years old.
Mr Summers, 70, a Herefordshire councillor for Dinedor Hill, travelled to Canada when he was 18.
The pair met at a dance in 1966 and married four years later.
Mr Summers, who has two chemotherapy sessions left of his treatment, said: "I'm ecstatic. it will ne nice not to go home to an empty house every day."
"It's been a nightmare and I hope it's over," said Mrs Summers.


A post-Brexit vote surge in Irish passport applications has hit the case of a Swansea woman claiming to be held in Saudi Arabia against her will.

Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, had complained her father locked her up in a Jeddah flat, which he has disputed.
But the High Court was told on Friday that a face-to-face meeting with Ms Al-Jeffery's solicitor had not happened due to passport delays.
The case has now been adjourned until February.
In August, Mr Justice Holman said her father had to "permit and facilitate" his daughter's return to England or Wales by 11 September, but she has not returned.
A further hearing was told that restrictions on Miss Al-Jeffery had been eased.
But the judge said he wanted to hear the outcome of a meeting with the woman's solicitor Anne-Marie Hutchinson to resolve the issue "once and for all".
However, the High Court was told that meeting has still not taken place as Irish national Ms Hutchinson required a new passport to accommodate travel visas.
The court was told there was a backlog in passport applications following June's vote to leave the EU.
"There you have it. The reach of Brexit has even impacted on progress in this case. Who would have foreseen it?" said the judge.


Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has revealed that he and his wife possess $1.8m (£1.5m) in cash.

He was appointed in April to lead the country's government. He also has $100,000 (£82,000) in several different bank accounts, 15 properties and a collection of 12 luxury watches.
Mr Groysman published a list of his assets in line with Ukraine's new anti-corruption rules, which compel all senior public officials to declare their wealth in a new electronic database.
He has been a public official in Ukraine for the past 14 years.
The reforms are seen as necessary for Kiev to continue enjoying the support of its Western partners.
Around 50,000 top public officials, including judges, politicians and civil servants, are expected to publish their declarations by Sunday.
In a statement published on his Facebook page, Mr Groysman said his "considerable savings" were down to "property and my corporate rights…along with income from my wife's business."
He is not the only Ukrainian politician to possess an eye-watering amount of cash.
Another member of parliament, Viktor Romanyuk, has declared that he has $753,000 (£618,000).
And the controversial mayor of Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv, Gennadiy Kernes, has declared that he has more than $1.6m (£1.3m) in hard currency.
He supported the pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine in 2014, but later switched to backing the Ukrainian government.
The revelations will do little for public trust in politicians in a country where the minimum monthly wage is a meagre $56.69 (£46.61).
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The habit of some senior politicians to hoard cash is hardly a vote of confidence in the country's banks, which themselves have been undergoing extensive reforms.
"A person who has cash doesn't trust the financial system," said Alexander Valchyshen, from Kiev-based asset management group ICU.
"True accounting", he said, was needed to create a stable economy and to stop "financial cheating" and increase confidence in the banks.
However, overall Ukraine's e-declaration scheme is seen as a crucial step in tackling corruption, which is a key concern for foreign investors.
Oleksandra Ustinova from Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Action Centre described the new scheme as "revolutionary".
She hopes the system, which will automatically flag up suspect declarations for the new anti-corruption bureau to investigate, will lead to prosecutions.
Ms Ustinova said 500 judges had already resigned, instead of completing their declarations.
And she believes a new anti-corruption court is key if Ukraine is to capitalise on the new reforms and start prosecuting corrupt officials.
Draft legislation for the creation of such a court is expected to come before Ukraine's parliament in the coming weeks.
There is no evidence that any of the politicians mentioned in this article have broken the law.
And the online declarations are likely to please Ukraine's backers in Washington and Western Europe.
The UK Ambassador to Kiev, Judith Gough, tweeted that the prime minister's declaration was an "important step".
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, one of the richest men in the country, is still to complete his declaration.
A spokesman said it would be finished before Sunday's deadline.
Before becoming president Mr Poroshenko amassed considerable wealth running a chocolate business.


Investigations are continuing into the cause of an explosion and fire at a flat in West Dunbartonshire.

Two people were taken to hospital after the blast in Burn Street Lane in Bonhill on Friday.
Police Scotland said it received calls describing an explosion while images posted on social media showed the wall and roof of the first-floor flat largely destroyed.
One man is being treated for burns and another suffered smoke inhalation.
Police and the fire service are investigating the cause of the fire and some nearby properties have been evacuated while gas mains in the area are checked.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Emergency services remain at the scene and a joint investigation with police and the fire service is to be carried out.
"West Dunbartonshire Council has set up a rest centre for those evacuated from their homes."


England fly-half Katy Mclean will miss the rest the Women's Six Nations after being sent off against Italy.

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Mclean, 31, has been given a three-week ban as a result of a dangerous tackle in the 29-15 win on Saturday.
The ban was cut from six weeks as Mclean pleaded guilty to the offence and a disciplinary committee deemed there were no "aggravating factors".
The 2014 World Cup winner will miss matches against Scotland on 11 March and Ireland six days later.
"Taking into consideration that the player has no scheduled matches on the weekend of March 4/5, the player is suspended until midnight on Sunday, March 26," read a Six Nations statement.
Mclean captained England to victory over Canada in the 2014 World Cup final.
England and Ireland sit first and second respectively in the Six Nations as the only sides with maximum points with two matches left to play.


Bromley recorded a much needed win over Southport to secure their first National League victory in three matches.

Adam Cunningham's first goal of the season got Bromley off to the perfect start when he converted Joe Anderson's left-wing cross.
The visitors doubled their advantage when Jordan Higgs got on the end of a corner at the far post and headed home to earn a deserved 2-0 lead at the break.
Jordan Lussey pulled a goal back for Southport with a wonderful strike into the top corner but the Ravens held off a late fightback from the hosts to grab all three points and move up to 18th in the table.
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Match ends, Southport 1, Bromley 2.
Second Half ends, Southport 1, Bromley 2.
Substitution, Southport. Bobby James Moseley replaces Liam Nolan.
Alan Julian (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Blair Turgott (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Dave Martin.
Dave Martin (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Jordan Lussey (Southport) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Daniel Ajakaiye replaces Adam Cunnington.
Substitution, Southport. John Cofie replaces James Caton.
Substitution, Bromley. Lee Minshull replaces Tobi Sho-Silva.
Goal!  Southport 1, Bromley 2. Jordan Lussey (Southport).
Liam Nolan (Southport) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Southport. Gary Jones replaces James Gray.
Second Half begins Southport 0, Bromley 2.
First Half ends, Southport 0, Bromley 2.
Goal!  Southport 0, Bromley 2. Jordan Higgs (Bromley).
Goal!  Southport 0, Bromley 1. Adam Cunnington (Bromley).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


The killing of six people in a gun and knife attack in California has provoked a strong reaction on social media.

Elliot Rodger, 22, stabbed three male room-mates and shot three people in a rampage that ended with his own death.
Shortly before the attacks, he posted a video on YouTube railing against women. He is also reported to have posted similar sentiments on online forums.
In response, Twitter users began using the #YesAllWomen hashtag - originally a response to traditional male rights activists' complaints - to debate the issue.
The hashtag was used by more than 250,000 people in less than 24 hours. By 26 May it had been tweeted 1.2m times and had and 1.2bn impressions, according to hashtag.org.
Some social media users sparked anger by appearing to sympathise with Rodger's bitterness at being rejected.
In response, other users started commenting on the treatment and experiences of women.
Many highlighted everyday scenarios that they said showed discrimination and abuse.
Some users took to Twitter to express support.
But many complained that they had been targeted by internet "trolls" for expressing their views.
Meanwhile, several other hashtags have appeared offering differing opinions in reaction to the comments, including #notallmen and #yesallmen.


There has been a further decline in the expectations of companies in Scotland as measured by the latest business confidence monitor.

The research reported lower sales and turnover, with poorer profit growth.
Those taking part in the study expected turnover to increase by only 1% in the next 12 months.
The business monitor is conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Grant Thornton UK.
It found year-on-year profit growth has fallen from 6% in the second quarter of 2014, to 3.3% in the latest figures.
There has been a similar trend in sales volumes and turnover, with export growth being especially hard hit.
ICAEW Scotland President Andrew Hewett said: "It is disappointing to once again see a drop in confidence amongst Scottish businesses, particularly when it takes us into negative territory.
"This is part of an ongoing decline in confidence in Scotland, which can perhaps be attributed to ongoing uncertainty.
"The aftermath of the referendum, the run up to the general election, the forthcoming Holyrood elections and the possibility of an EU referendum combine to mean that there is, potentially, an even deeper degree of uncertainty in Scotland than there is elsewhere in the UK, a feeling which is reflected in Scottish confidence levels."
The research found companies were scaling back on recruitment plans.
The number of employees was reported to have increased by 0.7% over the past 12 months. The UK figure for the same period was 2.2%.
Companies in Scotland expected their workforce headcount to increase by just 0.3% over the next year.
The monitor pointed out that, with Scotland's greater dependence on the public sector, UK government plans to cut spending will combine with a slowing of private sector job creation to "impact dramatically" on the Scottish labour market.
Grant Thornton UK managing partner in Scotland Kevin Engel said: "This significant drop in confidence north of the border is naturally concerning, particularly given Scotland is the only part of the UK showing such a marked negative trend.
"The quarter examined covers the pre-election period, which could go some way to explain the downward shift in confidence.
"However the Scottish business community is historically resilient. Now is the time for that tenacity in the face of challenging conditions to come to the fore to resist the potential dip in economic performance that may follow."


Thousands of people have attended the biggest anti-government rally in the Russian capital Moscow since the fall of the Soviet Union.

As many as 50,000 people gathered on an island near the Kremlin to condemn alleged ballot-rigging in parliamentary elections and demand a re-run.
Other, smaller rallies took place in St Petersburg and other cities.
Communists, nationalists and Western-leaning liberals turned out together despite divisions between them.
The protesters allege there was widespread fraud in Sunday's polls though the ruling United Russia party did see its share of the vote fall sharply.
Demonstrations in the immediate aftermath of the election saw more than 1,000 arrests, mostly in Moscow, and several key protest leaders such as the anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny were jailed.
A message from Mr Navalny was released through his blog, saying: "The time has come to throw off the chains. We are not cattle or slaves. We have a voice and we have the strength to defend it."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has never experienced popular protests like these before, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
During his decade in power, first as president then prime minister, he has grown used to being seen as Russia's most popular and powerful politician.
But as one of the protesters put it to our correspondent, Russia is changing.
Police put the number gathering on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square for the "Fair Elections" rally at 25,000 while organisers talked of 100,000.
By Daniel SandfordBBC News, Moscow
Nobody believes the elections were free and fair. Many are also asking that the head of the election commission stands down, and some are going even further and demanding that Vladimir Putin himself resigns.
There's a real sense of anger - and although the numbers are not that big in global terms, in Moscow terms this is a very, very significant demonstration.
This number simply haven't come out onto the streets of Moscow since 1990s.
It should not be underestimated what a significant moment this is.
It may not deal a fatal blow to Mr Putin's government, but it is certainly the most severe wake-up call he has received during 12 years in power.
Rattling the political establishment
The BBC's Daniel Sandford reports from the scene that the number seems to be closer to 50,000, and people continued to rally on the square after hearing the speakers.
A resolution was passed calling for the cancellation of Sunday's election results, new elections, the resignation of electoral commission chief Vladimir Churov, an investigation into the alleged ballot-rigging and the immediate release of arrested protesters.
Konstantin Kosachyov, a United Russia MP authorised to speak on behalf of the Kremlin, ruled out holding negotiations on the organisers' demands.
"With all respect for the people who came out to protest, they are not a political party," he was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
Authorities had permitted the protest on condition the rally was relocated from central Revolution Square to Bolotnaya Square, an island in the Moscow River just south of the Kremlin where access points could be easily controlled.
Marchers to the rally streamed across a bridge under the walls of the Kremlin walls, past a long line of police.
Prominent figures at the rally included younger opposition activists like Yevgenia Chirikova, as well as former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister under the late Boris Yeltsin.
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At least 50,000 police and riot troops were deployed in Moscow ahead of Saturday's protests and the city began to resemble a police state rather than a democracy, Daniel Sandford says.
There were no immediate reports of protest-related arrests in Moscow but the interior ministry reported 130 arrests at rallies across the country, most of them in Khabarovsk in the far east.
In other developments
In St Petersburg, Russia's second city, thousands packed into Pionerskaya Square to hear speeches calling for the election to be re-run and for Mr Putin to resign, the BBC's Richard Galpin reports.
The protest was peaceful and well organised though some protesters were dragged away by police elsewhere in the city.
Daniil Klubov, a student leader at the rally in St Petersburg, told the BBC students had been under pressure not to attend the protests.
"I do not belong to any political movement - I am just a student who is tired of all these lies," he said.
He and others, he said, had received anonymous threats on vKontakte, a Russian networking website similar to Facebook, that they faced prison terms, expulsion from university or military conscription.
"Some people are really scared but a lot of people understand that the more people who turn out, the better our chances," he added.
Police put the turnout in St Petersburg at 10,000.
According to the official results of the elections to Russia's Duma, United Russia saw its share of the vote fall from 64% to 49%, though it remains easily the biggest party.
But there is a widespread view, fuelled by mobile phone videos and accounts on internet social networking sites, that there was wholesale election fraud and that Mr Putin's party cheated its way to victory.
On Friday, the presidential Council for Human Rights advising Mr Medvedev said the reports of vote-rigging were of deep concern, and that the elections should be rerun if they were confirmed.
However the council has no power to order a fresh ballot, correspondents say.
Mr Putin, who was president between 2000 and 2008, remains widely predicted to win a presidential election in March.
On Thursday, he blamed the US for stoking the recent unrest, after Secretary of State Hilary Clinton expressed reservations over the poll.


Ex-football coach Barry Bennell will stand trial over alleged child sex offences in January next year.

The 63-year-old is charged with 42 counts of indecent assault, 11 counts of serious sexual assault and two attempted serious sexual assaults.
The charges relate to 12 complainants - who were all aged 8-15 - and allegedly happened between 1979 and 1991.
Mr Bennell denies the charges he faces and the trial is set to last eight weeks, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Clement Goldstone said a pre-trial hearing would be held in October.
A former Crewe Alexandra coach, Mr Bennell also had a close association with Stoke City and Manchester City during his career.


A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.

Fears that coal exports and oil and gas exploration would jeopardise the reef prompted the Unesco delegation's visit.
Environmentalists have urged the government to suspend mining development until a government review is completed.
The reef is home to 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish.
The Great Barrier Reef, which holds Unesco World Heritage status, lies off the coast of the state of Queensland, which is the largest producer of coal in the country.
The Unesco team is scheduled to visit the reef for a week before making recommendations to the World Heritage committee. They will also meet members of the government.
Environmentalists are concerned that an increase in coal production and the shipping traffic that would follow could affect the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status.
They want the government to suspend all new developments while a state and federal review of the health of the reef is carried out.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific's senior climate and energy campaigner John Hepburn said the mining industry was threatening the reef's future.
"The Great Barrier Reef is in danger from the coal industry and the fossil fuel boom that is happening, but it is a reckless expansion that will have direct impacts both in terms of the dredging as well as the increased shipping, as well as the impact of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef," he said.
The BBC's Phil Mercer says the exploitation of oil and gas is driving industrial expansion along much of Australia's most famous wilderness area, including plans for the world's biggest coal port near the town of Bowen.
The Australian government has imposed strict guidelines to ensure water quality and protect marine life during development.
But the reef presents a familiar conundrum for resource-rich Australia - the demands of a powerful and lucrative mining industry against the needs of the environment, our correspondent adds.


There is little danger of being late for lunch in Montserrat.

At 12:00 sharp every day, the mournful wail of the tiny island's volcano sirens cut through the air like a knife.
The ominous soundtrack to life in this British overseas territory can be heard across inhabited parts of its 100 sq km (39 sq miles).
Residents know if the sirens blare at any moment but noon, it's time to run - fast.
Taunting in its perpetuity is the steam and bluish haze of sulphur dioxide emitted from the slumbering monster in the south, whose constant threat pervades the atmosphere like a viscous liquid.
This is the reality for those living in the shadow of Soufriere Hills.
Last month, Montserratians marked 20 years since the start of the volcanic crisis which has rendered two-thirds of the island an exclusion zone, turned the capital city into an apocalyptic movie scene deep in ash and changed life here forever.
Few imagined when a vent in the volcano - dormant for several hundred years - began smoking on 18 July 1995 that it would awaken with such a vengeance.
Or that its incessant activity, rather than the sudden brief explosions favoured by Hollywood, would continue to this day.
Back in the early 90s, Montserrat's future looked bright.
A mammoth cleanup after devastating Hurricane Hugo in 1989 had seen the construction of much modern infrastructure and the territory was experiencing unprecedented prosperity.
There was even talk of independence from Britain.
When the hills first started to emit their brilliant white steam, islanders say it was mesmerising and exciting. People would gather in the evenings to watch the fiery incandescence in awe.
It was 14 months before the first eruption took place in September 1996, sweeping away the villages of St Patrick's and Morris in less than 20 minutes.
That year, the capital Plymouth was evacuated for the final time - abandoned to become slowly buried under repeated mudflows - and a state of emergency declared.
Today, Soufriere remains one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
The population has plummeted from 11,500 to 5,000 with the south of the island divided into five zones.
Permission to access them is dependent on the current hazard level.
Over the years, businesses have rebuilt in the north, municipal offices have relocated to Brades and the government has created new housing at Lookout, Davy Hill, Shinlands, Drummonds and Sweeneys.
Despite the gases and ash falls - which occasionally reach as far as Antigua - Montserrat's stoic inhabitants largely go about their business unperturbed, refusing to be defined as living on the precipice of peril.
Tourists are politely told that "Montserrat is not a volcano; it has a volcano" and assured that the north remains entirely safe, with Soufriere under round-the-clock monitoring by a purpose-built observatory.
As is often the way in the aftermath of disaster, the close-knit community has forged stronger bonds than ever.
Crime is a rarity, front doors are unlocked, songs of hope and healing, solidarity and unity, are ubiquitous.
These days, the "emerald isle" is carving a niche for itself in adventure tourism with holidaymakers attracted to its "black sand" beaches and the allure of experiencing a modern-day Pompeii.
In the ruined Montserrat Springs hotel - once one of the island's finest - visitors can scrabble through the ash into the reception where paperwork still sits on the desk and into bedrooms where curtains hang against wrecked walls.
From the side of the ravaged swimming pool, Plymouth is visible just east of a huge fissure which appears in the desolate landscape like a jaw wide open in astonishment.
Veronica Hickson's house is one of the few in Plymouth that's not completely buried.
She recalls the evacuation order that came on 3 April 1996. "I've been back since to see my house," she says. "It's sad but we have to continue our lives."
In addition to tourism, hope for the future lies in geothermal energy exploration and the exportation of volcanic sand for construction.
Islanders are keen to reduce reliance on Britain for financial help - Â£420m ($655m) since 1995.
Former Governor Frank Savage, who presided over affairs from 1993 to 1997, recently paid tribute to the "stoicism" of Montserratians and their "indomitable spirit" which he said would lead to ever greater recovery.
New Governor Elizabeth Carriere, who takes up position this month, agrees. "Montserrat's future lies in the hands of its most valuable resource: its people," she said.
"I will work with the island's government to realise a safe, sustainable and prosperous Montserrat."
Ms Carriere added: "Better sea links, tapping opportunity for geothermal energy and improving technological links to the wider world all have a part to play."


Almost every patient in England can now book GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions or access their medical records online, data reveals.

Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show some 97% of patients - about 55 million in total - now have the option to do it online.
It is a big increase on the 3% able to do so a year ago and is part of the government's drive to improve services.
Patients can still contact their GP by phone or in person.
But since March 2015, GPs have been contractually required to offer these online services.


Russia has replaced the head of its space programme, Vladimir Popovkin.

The move follows a series of setbacks including an unmanned rocket that crashed and exploded seconds after lift-off.
Oleg Ostapenko, who was previously a deputy defence minister, was appointed the new space chief by prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Prior to his ministerial role, Ostapenko served as commander of the military's space forces.
Speaking to Mr Ostapenko, Mr Medvedev said: "You've been engaged in the space industry all your life including at the military posts.
"Now you are set to be involved with space in a slightly different dimension. No doubt that this topic is complex and requires greater attention from the state."
The outgoing Vladimir Popovkin had been in the role for two-and-a-half years. He was appointed in April 2011 during a time of difficulty with the country's space programme. Russia had lost three satellites when a rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Mr Popovkin had pledged to improve manufacturing standards and quality checks, but he struggled to deliver.
His time as head was marked by embarrassments including the explosion of an unmanned Russian Proton-M rocket, crashed after its launch from the Russian Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan.
The accident was captured live by Russian television in July and the crash spread hundreds of tonnes of toxic rocket fuel.
Other countries still depend on Russia to launch manned rockets to the International Space Station.


Tributes have been paid to the six students, five of them from the Republic of Ireland, who died after a balcony collapsed during a birthday party in Berkeley, California.

They were: Olivia Burke, 21; Eoghan Culligan, 21; Niccolai Schuster, 21; Lorcan Miller, 21 and Eimear Walsh, 21, all with addresses in the Republic of Ireland, and Ashley Donohoe, 22,  from Rohnert Park, California.
Olivia Burke has been remembered as a very well-liked student at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).
The Foxrock woman was due back at the south Dublin college in September to start her final year of a degree in entrepreneurship and management.
Dr Annie Doona, IADT president, said counsellors were on hand for friends and family turning up at the college to remember her.
"It's a very sad day here for her fellow students and for the staff," she said.
"Olivia was very well respected, very well liked and had been doing really well on the course."
Olivia was one of up to 30 students from IADT who go to the US every year on a J1 summer working holiday visa.
"She was working in a restaurant in Ireland before she went out and our understanding is that she had a job in a sushi restaurant in California," said Dr Doona.
Olivia had completed a five month placement at East Coast Radio in Ireland recently, where colleagues praised as a "bright, bubbly, young kid".
Dr Doona added: "She was doing very well, and enjoying herself and making great friends. It's terribly sad."
Eoghan Culligan was studying at the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he had finished his third year in logistics and supply chain management.
College president Prof Brian Norton said: "The sadness felt at this tragedy reaches far beyond those who knew the students personally.
"We know that this is a very difficult time for many students, both at home and those who are travelling for the summer holidays."
Eoghan was also a highly regarded Gaelic football player and turned out for Ballyboden St Enda's in a county final in 2011.
A statement on the club's website expressed "great regret and sadness" at his death.
"Eoghan was very popular with his team-mates and this tragic news is keenly felt by all members of our club, but especially by those players and mentors who knew him well," the statement said.
"We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his parents, Gerry and Marie, and to his brothers, Stephen and Andrew, and to all the extended Culligan family.
"May we take this opportunity of extending our sympathies to all the families of Eoghan's friends who also lost their lives in this terrible tragedy and to wish those who are injured eventual recovery to full health."
Niccolai Schuster was 21 years old and from Terenure in south Dublin.
He and Eoghan Culligan were former students of St Mary's College in Rathmines.
The college said in a statement: "The thoughts and prayers of everybody in the St Mary's community are with the families of Niccolai and Eoghan, and the other Irish youngsters who died or were injured in the heartbreaking accident in the United States."
Niccolai was the grand-nephew of the late Irish playwright John B Keane.
Lorcan Miller was a former pupil at St Andrew's College in Booterstown, south Dublin, where his mother had taught Irish, and he had gone on to study medicine in UCD.
Headmaster Peter Fraser recalled him as an exceptional person.
"The one thing speaking to colleagues this morning was the fact that he was a positive, engaging, decent boy who was incredibly talented, but normal, modest and balanced about it all," he said.
"He was hugely popular."
Lorcan was deputy head boy in his final school year before leaving for college in 2012.
"He would have been very well known by almost everyone in the college, and in such a big school that's quite an achievement. He had a rounded talent. He was very keen on issues of social awareness and social conscience," Mr Fraser said.
Lorcan played on the school hockey team, had roles in the choir and musicals and also took key positions in the school's Model United Nations.
Eimear Walsh, was a medical student at UCD, and was a former classmate at Loreto College in Foxrock, south Dublin, of Olivia Burke.
In a statement, the school said it was "deeply saddened and shocked" by the Berkeley tragedy.
"We offer our deepest sympathies to the families of Olivia and Eimear, and to the families of the other students who died," a spokeswoman said.
"Please keep in your thoughts and prayers all those who have been injured and affected by this terrible tragedy."
The Church of Our Lady of Foxrock held a vigil in the aftermath of the tragedy as Ms Walsh and Ms Burke, were from the area.
Parish priest Frank Herron, who knows Ms Walsh's family, said the community was deeply shocked and saddened by what had happened.
He said: "The tragedy is that they were heading out full of life and full of the joys of summer.
"I was talking to one of the families whom I know well and they of course are distraught."
Ashley Donohoe was an Irish-American from the Californian city of Rohnert Park. about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
The 22-year-old was a student at Sonoma State University.
She graduated in 2011 from Rancho Cotate High School, and assistant principal Josh Wilson described her as "outgoing and well-respected".
"She was a great student, not to mention a phenomenal soccer player. I knew she had a bright future ahead of her, which just compounds the tragedy that just occurred," he told the Press Democrat.


The Polish President, Andrzej Duda, has signed controversial laws enabling the new conservative government to appoint the heads of public TV and radio, as well as civil service directors.

The treasury minister will have the right to hire and fire the broadcasting chiefs - a role currently in the hands of a media supervisory committee.
European media watchdogs have protested at the move. The EU Commission suspects Poland may be jeopardising EU values.
Poles are hotly debating media freedom.
A Polish presidential spokeswoman, Malgorzata Sadurska, said Mr Duda had signed the laws because he wanted the state media to be "impartial, objective and reliable".
The Law and Justice Party (PiS), which won a clear majority in October elections, argues that journalists on public service channels are biased against it in their coverage.
Most Poles tune in to the public TVP channels, as well as public radio - which includes many regional stations.
The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says incoming governments in Poland tend to put their own people in to run large state companies, institutions, and the public media - but the PiS is going faster and further this time.
The PiS is Eurosceptic, committed to social welfare and keen to promote traditional Catholic values.
The European Commission - the EU's top regulator, enforcing EU treaties and standards - will debate the rule of law in Poland on 13 January.
Under the EU's new rule of law mechanism, the Commission can put pressure on a member state and, in the last resort, remove its voting rights in the European Council, where ministers decide EU policy.
The mechanism, in Article Seven of the Lisbon Treaty, has not been invoked before.
But Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stressed that such a step was not yet being considered.
"We are not there, I don't think we will get to that point," he said. "Let's not overdramatise... We have to have friendly and good relations with Poland so our approach is very constructive. We are not bashing Poland."
The PiS has also controversially changed the rules for Poland's constitutional court. Critics say the changes undermine the court's responsibility for holding the government to account.


An all-night illegal rave attended by hundreds of people in Somerset has been shut down by police.

Officers were called to Vallis Vale on the outskirts of Frome, where the unlicensed music event was under way.
Avon and Somerset Police said it had started to receive complaints at about 01:30 BST but decided to let the event continue.
It took a further eight hours before officers "managed to turn the music off" and got people to disperse.
Ch Supt Ian Smith defended the force's decision of just "containing those that were already there in the area" rather than shutting the event down.
"If we are aware in advance about a potential event, the law allows us to take action to close it down," he said.
"However, if it has already started... an assessment has to be made.
"There were a large number of people in attendance and we needed to have the right number of resources in place to make sure they could leave without putting themselves or others at risk."
He apologised to local residents for the disruption but added a full investigation would be carried out to "establish the full circumstances and to ensure all criminal offences are pursued".
Residents wrote on the force's Facebook page appealing for the event to be stopped.
Teresa Bray posted: "PLEASE can someone do something about the all night rave going on in nr frome?
"I called it in at 2am and it's louder than ever atm. We've had NO SLEEP!!! Tried calling 101 but can't get through."
James P Parsons added: "Where are the local police to stop these illegal activities which are not only annoying and frustrating, but, causing loss of sleep could be life threatening!!"
Kate Charlton wrote: "I live in great elm and am staggered this is still going on. We've been awake since 1.30.  I understand the lack of staff but as it's Sunday morning now there should be plenty of staff in now to shut this down."
Meanwhile Michelle Hinks, posted that she was not far from event and "heard nothing".
"I hear more from Glastonbury festival and that's miles away," she said.  "As long as they are being well behaved I can't see a massive problem."
Lauren Davies wrote: "They only happen now and again, not every week. Let the youth live! We live in a sad depressing world, everyone deserves to let their hair Down now n again."


Energy services provider Wood Group has signalled that profits will be lower this year in the face of "challenging" market conditions.

The group said it expected earnings this year before interest and tax (EBITA) to be about 20% down on 2015.
It blamed continuing pressures on margins as a result of "expected lower activity" by oil and gas firms.
The Aberdeen-based firm said its profit expectations for the year were "in line with current analyst consensus expectations" of about $377m (Â£261m).
In a statement, Wood said: "Year to date financial performance, although down on 2015, continues to benefit from the breadth of our offering, our focus on management of utilisation in response to demand, and structural overhead cost savings."
It added: "Our continued focus on reducing costs, improving efficiency and broadening our service offering through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions, positions us as a strong and balanced business in both the current environment and for when market conditions recover.
"A trading update for the first half of the year will be provided on 30 June 2016."
Wood recently announced a series of major contract wins, including two new contracts in Iraq worth a combined $140m, and a $500m deal to provide services for BP-operated offshore projects in Azerbaijan.
The group operates in more than 50 countries. Its three businesses - Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang - provide a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil and gas and power generation industries.


It will surprise no-one familiar with the relentless whir of a treadmill to learn they were once used to a punish inmates in 19th century British workhouses.

Now, of course, no self-respecting gym is without one. They are comfortably the best-selling piece of gym equipment in the US.
They appeal to everyone from amateurs to Olympians, if nothing else, because it may seem a far more comfortable option than pounding the streets in the depth of winter.
But how safe are they?
The question has been raised by the sudden death of Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dave Goldberg, who was found lying next to a machine at a Mexican resort.
The SurveyMonkey chief executive had slipped, banged his head and later died of his injuries.
About 24,000 people were admitted to US hospitals last year with treadmill-related injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates, with slips and strains the most common causes.
But deaths are rare, with 30 reported deaths over a 12-year period to 2012, according to the CPSC, and not all of these are caused by hazards specific to treadmills. Some people suffer heart attacks from the exercise, for example.
Indeed, you are more likely to be killed by lightning than by exercising on a treadmill. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 261 people died in the US after being struck by lightning between 2006 and 2013.
Children, however, are at particular risk.
The daughter of US boxer Mike Tyson died after becoming entangled in the cable of a treadmill, and there are numerous cases of children suffering severe friction burns after trapping fingers and hands in the revolving belt.
Australia has even launched a public campaign on the dangers of treadmills to young children.
Few gym companies in the UK approached for information responded, but LA fitness said that the number of people injured on treadmills was "low - just 2% of all our accidents".
The company recommends being properly inducted on machines, knowing the safety features, having water at hand and not looking at your feet when you are running as among the best ways to stay safe.
And any inherent risks in with exercise need to be contrasted with the risks of inactivity.
Advice on exercising can appear confusing - one recent report suggested that intensive training may be as bad as not jogging at all.
But World Health Organization advice remains that adults should do at least 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week.


Key Afghan, Pakistani, Chinese and US officials have met for talks aimed at establishing a roadmap for peace between Afghanistan and the Taliban.

The Afghan government has been locked in a bloody conflict with Taliban militants for more than a decade.
Delegates hope the talks, hosted by Pakistan, will help pave the way for negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
However, the Taliban, who are divided by factional infighting, did not attend Monday's talks.
A statement issued at the end of the meeting said that "all four countries underscored the importance of bringing an end to the conflict in Afghanistan".
"The participants emphasised the immediate need for direct talks between the government of Afghanistan and representatives of Taliban groups in a peace process that aims to preserve Afghanistan's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity," it added.
Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban last year collapsed, after news emerged that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had in fact died in 2013.
His deputy Mullah Mansour was declared leader in July - but a number of senior Taliban commanders refused to pledge allegiance to him and a faction opposed to him was set up under Mullah Mohammad Rasool.
Analysis: M Ilyas Khan, BBC News, Islamabad
Perhaps the most significant aspect of these talks is the participation of the US and China, which can to an extent dilute Kabul's scepticism about Pakistani motives.
But the complexity of links between Pakistan and the Taliban are likely to make the reconciliation process trickier, and protracted.
The question of whether the Taliban could end up being happy with what Kabul can offer may be closely linked to the extent to which Pakistan is satisfied with the direction of the talks. This is because Pakistan is widely understood to be housing the Taliban leadership on its soil and has influence over them, though it denies this.
Pakistan would like the participants to reduce the impact of anti-Pakistan elements in Kabul, and persuade the Afghan government to be less enthusiastic about its relations with India, Pakistan's rival.
The rift within the Taliban may also figure as a hurdle in successful reconciliation - but many say this could be just a political ploy because the breakaway Taliban faction is too weak and without a safe sanctuary and resources.
The Taliban has launched several high-profile attacks in recent months.
In December, the militant group launched an attack on the strategic district of Sangin. It later seized and blew up the police headquarters and governor's compound.
And in September, the Taliban briefly overran the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, in one of their biggest victories since 2001.


Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a heart attack while on board a cruise ship.

Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including The Frost Report.
Internationally, he will be remembered for his revealing interviews with former US President Richard Nixon.
BBC News website readers are sending their memories.
I was at Wellingborough Grammar School when David Frost joined it and although he was two years ahead of me our paths crossed in the school plays.
He was Banquo and I was - it was an all-boys school - Lady Macbeth. He brought tinned haggis for the banquet scene.
We also starred in an Agatha Christie play together called Alibi. There was a rule in the school that if a student was going for Oxford entry that year they were not allowed to be in the school play too. David was the first to break this rule.
He also clambered through the window of the make-up room because he was late to one rehearsal. He was unforgettable.
And I won the school's Public Reading Prize every year except the two I was up against him!
Although he was two years older than me he sat in the corner of our Latin class because he was behind with Latin.
It was all very friendly between us, not too competitive.
I have known Sir David for the past six years.
He helped me with a cancer charity I set up and introduced me to the Prince of Wales to support us - nothing was too much trouble.
We were working on charity projects that would have raised millions.
We were going to compile a book commemorating 250 of his greatest interviews, and he was going to tell the stories behind each of them.
There were also plans for an official portrait of him with some of his favourite interviewees.
He was a true gentleman, and this news has struck me like a thunderbolt.
He was my inspiration in so many ways.
He changed the way people could be interviewed and created an entirely new way of broadcasting.
He challenged politicians and kept them honest.  What he did was phenomenal.
He was the loveliest and generous person you could wish to meet, and he made you feel special.
Sir David changed my life the day I met him. It will never be the same again.
I met David Frost in Richmond. I told him he was marvellous on his shows.
David shook my hand and thanked me, I said he was better looking in real life.
Even though we had never met before he said: "So do you sir!" It made us laugh so much.
I felt I knew him for years and have never forgotten that moment.
David Frost will be greatly missed.
The overriding memory is simply what a genuinely nice man he was. He made no 'starry' demands.
I worked as a production manager on Through The Keyhole and not only was Sir David a true professional, he was always polite and courteous to everyone.
He was never difficult or temperamental as so many presenters are.
I'll never forget that in the bar after filming he made a point of acknowledging and thanking every single member of the crew.
It didn't matter what their role was, or how 'important' they were, he treated everyone with equal amounts of respect.
A very sad loss, not only to his family and friends, but also to the television industry.


A man has been sexually assaulted and robbed in south Belfast.

It happened at Dudley Street, off University Street, early on Friday.
A detective said:  "It is though that a sum of cash was stolen from a man by two other men. Immediately after the robbery, he was sexually assaulted."
The officer added: "The man is clearly distressed and we would ask for public support in our efforts to identify the two involved."


A blogger who launched a "campaign of harassment" against a council chief executive has had the criminal case against her dropped.

Jacqui Thompson was arrested in 2011 for filming a Carmarthenshire council meeting and sued Mark James for libel.
He counter-sued for posts made on her blog and received £25,000 in damages.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mrs Thompson had been charged with an harassment offence but a decision was taken to discontinue her case.
Mrs Thompson, of Llanwrda, said she was "relieved" at the news and had been worried about her impending court case, which was due to take place on Thursday.
A CPS spokesman said: "Following a review, prosecutors were no longer satisfied there was a realistic prospect of conviction due to insufficient evidence and therefore made the decision to discontinue the case."
Mrs Thompson became embroiled in the legal row after she was arrested in June 2011 for refusing to stop filming a council meeting for her blog, in which she was critical of the authority.
She sued Mr James the following November and he successfully counter-sued in a private lawsuit.
In 2016, the High Court found Mrs Thompson had run a campaign of "harassment, defamation and intimidation" against Mr James.
She was told to pay back £250 a month to him over the next 10 years to cover the damages.
Carmarthenshire council covered Mr James' legal costs, a decision the Wales Audit Office later found to be unlawful.
But the authority is pursuing Mrs Thompson for £190,393 in legal costs.
The council would not comment on the latest development in the case, which it said was a private matter for Mr James.
Mr James has been asked to comment.


A teenager accused of plotting a terror attack in the UK is to go on trial.

Haider Ahmed, who turned 18 last week, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Feltham prison.
The defendant, from Redhill, Surrey, is accused over an alleged plot to carry out an attack between 1 September 2016 and 11 July 2017.
He is charged with preparing terrorist acts and three further charges of disseminating a terrorist publication, between March and August 2016.
Mr Ahmed spoke only to confirm his identity as Mr Justice Holroyde set a timetable for the case.
A plea hearing was ordered on 8 December before trial judge Peter Lodder QC and Kingston Crown Court.
A provisional two-week trial at Kingston Crown Court was also fixed for 22 January.
Mr Ahmed, who was studying at Reigate College, was remanded in custody.


Derry's Peace Bridge has been included in the latest collection of first class stamps from the Royal Mail.

The new stamps celebrate advances in engineering that have seen UK bridges evolve from humble stone crossings to dramatic and symbolic landmarks.
Completed in 2011, the Peace Bridge features a pair of tall masts, whose system of cables overlap mid-river to form a symbolic structural 'handshake' across the River Foyle.
The new stamps go on sale on Thursday.
Andrew Hammond, Head of Stamps and Collectibles at Royal Mail said: "The story of Britain's engineering genius can be found in its bridges. These new stamps celebrate ten beautiful and ground-breaking landmarks that span centuries of our history."
In a joint statement the First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness described Derry's newest bridge as a beacon of hope.
"We welcome the announcement the Peace Bridge will feature on the latest collection of Royal Mail first class stamps. This stamp will celebrate and raise awareness of this iconic bridge which has not just physically connected two parts of the city but united our people.
"When the bridge was opened in 2011 we hoped it would be a catalyst for change. Now in 2015 the bridge symbolises a new chapter in our history and is viewed not just as a foot bridge but as a beacon of hope.
"The Peace Bridge belongs to everyone and through this initiative we can share it with the world."
The other bridges featured on the stamps are: Tarr Steps (Exmoor); Row Bridge (Lake District); Pulteney Bridge (Bath); Thomas Telford's Craigellachie Bridge (Moray); Pont Grog y Borth / Menai Suspension Bridge; Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge (Newcastle/Gateshead); Royal Border Bridge (Berwick-upon-Tweed); Tees Transporter Bridge (Middlesbrough); and the Humber Bridge.


Germany's train drivers have agreed to call off their strike and enter mediation with Deutsche Bahn.

"We are very relieved", said Deutsche Bahn board member Ulrich Weber.
The strike, which began on Tuesday and spread to passenger services on Wednesday, will end at 7pm local time on Thursday.
The GDL train drivers' union has staged a series of strikes to call for a 5% pay rise for 20,000 drivers and a shorter working week.
It is also pushing for the right to negotiate on behalf of other train staff, including conductors and restaurant staff.
Deutsche Bahn, which employs 200,000 people, has offered the drivers a 4.7% pay rise plus a one-off €1,000 (£715; $1,110) payment, but refused to allow GDL to negotiate for other workers.
The latest strike is the ninth walkout in just 11 months and follows a five-day train strike earlier in May, which was the longest in Deutsche Bahn's 21-year history.
An estimated 5.5 million people travel daily by train in Germany.
Economists estimate that the strike earlier this month cost the German economy about €750m (£541m) in lost activity.
"After a dispute that has lasted nearly a year, it was the pressure from the ninth strike that finally broke through the Gordian knot," said GDL leader Claus Weselsky.


Captain Greig Laidlaw says he always felt Scotland were good enough to win matches in this season's Six Nations.

And the Gloucester scrum-half, 30, insists they are now "proving it to themselves and to others".
After defeats in the opening two matches, Scotland now sit third in the championship table after victories away to Italy and at home to France.
"We felt we were that close right from the start," Laidlaw told BBC Scotland.
"We were bitterly disappointed with the way we played in that England game but the Welsh game I thought we played fantastically well.
"We're delighted to win the last couple of games and prove it to ourselves and to other people as well."
Laidlaw is able to pinpoint the differences that have turned defeats into victories.
"Defensively we have really fronted up as a team," the former Edinburgh player explained.
"We're not conceding as many tries, which goes a long way to solving problems.
"The set piece has been outstanding, you need that to launch into the game, and I think we're just causing teams a lot of problems by holding on to the ball."
Scotland complete their tournament away to Ireland in Dublin on Saturday, when Craig Joubert will be running the line.
The South African refereed Scotland's World Cup quarter-final against Australia last year and awarded a controversial penalty that allowed the Wallabies to earn a narrow victory.
When asked if Scotland would be motivated to play well and show Joubert their displeasure at his handling of that agonising loss to Australia, Laidlaw replied: "I don't know, it's an unanswerable question isn't it?
"Craig Joubert won't affect us as a team come the weekend. You can't worry about referees or touch judges. If we start doing that we take our eye off the ball and on our role."
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The A&E department at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth has missed the four-hour waiting time target for the last nine months, a report has said.

Chief Executive Anne James said there had been a "sustained increase" in the numbers attending the department, creating "significant pressure".
In the report to the hospital board, she said warned of a "further detrimental impact" on patients.
The hospital is on "black alert" meaning it is overwhelmed by demand.
The alert has been in place since January. Ms James said 745 operations were cancelled in February.
The last time the hospital reached the government target of treating 95% of emergency department patients within four hours was last May.
"These pressures continue to affect our ability to meet the accident and emergency four hour standard and the cancellation of a large number of elective operations and planned investigations," Ms James said.
"In spite of these challenges, we continue to provide our patients with a safe and compassionate environment in which to receive their care.
"The current operational pressures cannot, however, be sustained without having a further detrimental impact on our patients and staff," she said.
The board of Plymouth Hospitals Trust will discuss the report later.


A total of 18 demonstrations are being held as part of the Twelfth of July commemorations on Tuesday.

The Orange Order says flagship parades in Portadown and Kilkeel will provide "an enhanced cultural experience" for spectators.
The parades mark the 326th anniversary of King William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Here are all the details of the 12 July celebrations, including parade locations and routes.
Portadown - Flagship Twelfth
The Orange Order expects 5,000 members to take part in the parade, along with 80 bands.
The main parade will commence at 10:15 BST, and proceed through the town centre via Bridge Street, High Street, Market Street and Church Street to the demonstration field on the Armagh Road.
Kilkeel - Flagship Twelfth
One thousand Orangemen are expected to take part, with 14 of the 15 lodges  accompanied by their own band.
Kilkeel lodges will leave Kilkeel Orange hall at 09:30 BST and walk several miles to the Council Road on the outskirts of the town. Here they will be joined by other district lodges.
The parade will then proceed via Newcastle Road, Newcastle Street and Greencastle Road, to the demonstration field at Manse Road.
Belfast
This year's Belfast parade will leave Belfast Orange Hall, at Carlisle Circus, at 10:00 BST, making its way along Clifton Street, Donegall Street, Royal Avenue, Castle Junction, and Donegall Place to Belfast City Hall.
A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Cenotaph in the grounds of the City Hall. This year the service marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and those who served with the 36th Ulster Division.
At 10:40 BST, the parade will then proceed via Donegall Square West, Bedford Street, Dublin Road, Shaftesbury Square, Bradbury Place, Lisburn Road, Balmoral Avenue and Malone Road to the demonstration field at Barnett Demesne.
Around 60 bands will walk the six-mile route, traditionally the longest of all the Twelfth demonstrations.
The parade is due to leave the field for the return leg at 16:15 BST.
Maguiresbridge
Orangemen from Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan will join 90 lodges and 70 bands from Northern Ireland.
This year, to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme the parade will be headed by soldiers dressed in First World War period costume.
Lodges and bands will move off at 12.30 BST from the assembly point at Killyshambley on the Tempo Road before proceeding through the village to the demonstration field on the Lisnaskea Road.
Limavady
The Limavady demonstration will be the largest Orange parade in County Londonderry.
Approximately 3,000 Orangemen, representing 60 lodges, will be accompanied by over 50 bands.
The main procession will commence at 12:00 BST from Church Street.
It will move through the town centre via Ballyclose Street, Main Street, Linenhall Street, Catherine Street, Roemill Road, William Street, Protestant Street, Catherine Street, Irish Green Street and Roemill Gardens to the Limavady Orange field.
Castledawson
Up to 50 bands will accompany around 60 Orange lodges as the village hosts the Twelfth for the first time since 2001.
The main parade will set off at 12:00 BST from the Hill Road. It will then proceed across the River Moyola and through the village to the demonstration field on the Magherafelt Road.
Coagh
One of Tyrone's smallest villages will play host to the county's largest Twelfth parade.
Upwards of 70 lodges will be accompanied by over 50 bands.
The main procession will set off at 12:30 BST from the assembly field on the Ruskey Road, before proceeding down Tamlaght Hill, Coagh Bridge and through the village to the demonstration field on the Drumconvis Road.
Newtownstewart
Over 5,000 people are expected to take part in the Twelfth demonstration in Newtownstewart, which is hosting the annual parade for the first time since 2010.
The main parade will move off at 12:30 BST from the assembly field on the Strabane Road and proceed along Millbrook Lane, Mourne Park, Oldcastle Road, Dublin Street, Main Street, Castle Brae, Douglas Road via The Old Bridge, Castle Brae via Abercorn Bridge to the demonstration field at Miller's Holm.
Aughnacloy
Twenty five lodges from two districts, Annahoe and Fivemiletown, will be on parade.
They will be accompanied by a number of lodges from County Monaghan.
The parade will assemble on the Caledon Road, moving off at 12:30 BST.
It will proceed along Moore Street to the fingerpost at Augher Road, before returning via Moore Street to the demonstration field at Aughnacloy College.
Donaghadee
More than 50 lodges will be on parade and a large number of Orangemen from England and Scotland are also expected.
The main parade will move off at 12:00 BST and proceed via Warren Road, Shore Street, the Parade, Manor Street and Millisle Road, to the demonstration field at the Commons.
To mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the parade will be led by re-enactors dressed in period World War One uniforms.
Comber
Almost 70 lodges and 40 bands will take part in the Twelfth in Comber.
The main parade will commence at 12:30 BST from Park Way playing fields and will proceed through the town via Park Way, Killinchy Street, the Square, High Street, Braeside, Ballygowan Road, Railway Street, Orange Hall Lane, Brownlow Street, Glen Road, Mill Street, Castle Street, Bridge Street Link, Bridge Street, the Square, Killinchy Street and Park Way.
The parade will then return to the playing fields for a religious service.
Dromore
The Orange Order expects as many as 20,000 spectators at the biggest demonstration County Down.
The main parade will leave Ballymacormick Road at 12:00 BST and parade through the town centre to the demonstration field, located on the Lurgan Road.
Randalstown
On the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, participants in the Randalstown parade will symbolically proceed to the town's Dunmore Park, which was used as a military training camp during the First World War.
The main parade will leave Shane Street at 11:00 BST and proceed through the town on its way to Dunmore Park.
The return parade is due to commence at 16:00 BST.
Lisburn
More than 70 Orange lodges will take part in the Lisburn parade, accompanied by approximately 50 bands.
The parade is scheduled to get underway at 11:30 BST, commencing from the assembly point at Wallace Park.
It will then proceed through the city via Magheralave Road, Railway Street, Market Square, Market Street, Smithfield Street, Market Place, Governors Road, Thiepval Road, Prince William Road and Knockmore Road to the demonstration field at Ballymacross playing fields.
Ballymena
Upwards of 30 lodges and accompanying bands will take part in the annual Twelfth in Ballymena.
The town is the only one in Northern Ireland which has a Twelfth parade every year.
Orangemen and 15 bands will assemble at Wakehurst Road at 12:30 BST and proceed through the town via Queen Street, Harryville Bridge, Waveney Road, Galgorm Road, Pentagon, Lower Mill Street, Ballymoney Street and Thomas Street to the People's Park on the Doury Road.
Glenarm
Eleven lodges, comprising over 400 Orangemen, will be accompanied by eight bands and a number of Lambeg drums.
The main parade, commencing at 12:00 BST, will proceed through the village from the assembly point on the Coast Road via Mark Street, the Vennel, Coast Road and Ballymena Road to the field at Straitkeilly Road.
Ahoghill
A total of 16 lodges accompanied by nine bands will take part in this parade, along with numerous Lambeg drummers.
The main parade will commence from the Galgorm Road/Killane Road junction at 12:30 BST, and then proceed towards the village centre via the Portglenone line, Glebe Road, Church Street, through the Diamond area to the village playing fields on the Cullybackey Road.
Ballycastle
Over 40 lodges from five districts will take part in the Ballycastle parade, accompanied by around 30 bands and a number of Lambeg drums.
The outward route will proceed via Ramoan Road, Church Road, Coleraine Road, Castle Street, the Diamond, Ann Street, Rathlin Road, Strandview Road, North Street, Quay Road to Quay Road playing fields for the religious service.


Scottish Labour has repeated its calls for breastfeeding support to be added to the country's new baby boxes.

Every baby born on or after 15 August will receive a cardboard box filled with essentials such as nappies, clothes and books.
The boxes will also contain a mattress and blanket, and can be used as a bed for the newborn baby.
But Labour wants additional items such as a breast pump, nipple shields and cream to be included.
The Scottish government said the box contents were based on the advice of health experts, but that more items could be included in future.
Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon said the baby boxes offered a "unique opportunity" to improve breastfeeding support, particularly among younger mothers from more deprived areas.
Evidence suggests that breastfeeding has important health benefits for both mothers and babies, including a reduced risk of infection in infants and a lower risk of breast cancer, epithelial ovarian cancer and hip fracture later in their mother's lives.
But the UK is said to have the lowest breastfeeding rate in the world.
Scottish government figures published last year showed that only about half of babies in Scotland were still being breastfed after 10 days - and only 39% at their six to eight week review.
Mothers are recommended to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of their child's life, before continuing beyond that alongside the introduction of solid foods up to the child's second birthday.
The figures also suggested a clear link between breastfeeding and deprivation, with Scotland's wealthiest mothers three times more likely to breastfeed than those from the most deprived backgrounds.
Ms Lennon, who has made similar calls in the past, said: "Breastfeeding may be natural, but it is not always easy.
"The baby box presents a unique opportunity to improve breastfeeding support as part of the aim to provide every child in Scotland with the best possible start in life."
She has written to the Scottish government to suggest a pilot scheme which would see direct aids to support breastfeeding included in the baby box.
She added: "This would be a very practical resource, in addition to existing advisory services, and I hope the SNP will take the proposal on board."
A Scottish government spokesman said there had been careful consideration over the materials that should be included in Scotland's Baby Box.
He said: "We've consulted health care experts and, importantly, listened to the views of parents, particularly those who took part in the pilot initiative.
"We will keep the contents under review and adapt these to meet the needs of babies and parents. This will certainly include considering what additional items could be provided to complement existing measures and support we provide to promote breastfeeding.
"The baby box is one of a range of measures we provide to give more children the best possible start in life. This includes providing free vitamins and healthy start vouchers for free milk, fruit and vegetables to pregnant women and families on low incomes with young children."
The baby boxes, which were largely inspired by a scheme in Finland, have been broadly welcomed by health professionals and charities.
The design for the box was unveiled in March, and features a forest fairytale design including Highland cows, squirrels and the Loch Ness Monster.
The Scottish government, which is rolling out the boxes across Scotland after successful pilots in Clackmannanshire and Orkney, believes they will help tackle deprivation, improve health and support parents.
But last week, cot death charity The Lullaby Trust said there was no evidence baby boxes reduced the rate of sudden infant death syndrome and said its leaflets would no longer be put in such boxes.


Mobile phone users will be able to switch operators by sending a text to the provider they want to leave, under plans drawn up by the regulator.

Ofcom said customers could avoid an awkward and long call to their operator and instead send a text. In turn, they will be sent switching codes.
The proposal means Ofcom's previously preferred option - a more simple one-stage process - is being dropped.
That system was more expensive and could have raised bills, it said.
The change of preferred plan marks a victory for mobile operators who would have faced higher costs under the alternative system. Ofcom said its research suggested customers would also prefer the new planned system.
At present, anyone who wishes to switch to a different mobile provider must contact their current supplier to tell them they are leaving.
Ofcom research suggests that, of those who have switched, some 38% have been hit by one major problem during the process. One in five of them temporarily lost their service, while one in 10 had difficulties contacting their current supplier or keeping their phone number.
Under previous plans, Ofcom wanted responsibility for the switch being placed entirely in the hands of the new provider. That would mean one call to a new provider by the customer.
The regulator has now concluded that such a system would be twice as expensive as its newly-preferred option of texting to switch.
They would text, then receive a text back, which includes a unique code to pass on to their new provider who could arrange the switch within one working day. Customers would be able to follow this process whether they were taking their mobile number with them or not.
Under the proposed rules, mobile providers would be banned from charging for notice periods running after the switch date. That would mean customers would no longer have to pay for their old and new service at the same time after they have switched.
A final decision will be made in the autumn.
Latest figures published last year showed that there were an estimated 47 million mobile phone contracts in the UK, and approximately 5.9 million people had never switched provider at all, nor considered switching in the previous year.


A number of high-profile Liberal Democrat figures, including Business Secretary Vince Cable, have lost their seats in a "cruel and punishing" night for the party.

Mr Cable lost to Conservative rival Tania Mathias by more than 2,000 votes.
The party's deputy leader Simon Hughes was also among those who lost out, along with Energy Secretary Ed Davey.
Nick Clegg retained his Sheffield Hallam seat but acknowledged the damaging losses to his party.
"It's painfully clear this has been a cruel and punishing night for the Liberal Democrats," the party leader said.
Mr Cable, 71, had been the MP for Twickenham since 1997 and was made Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2010.
"Unfortunately, this has been a terrible night for our party all over," he said following his defeat.
Mr Hughes, who lost to Labour's Neil Coyle in Bermondsey and Old Southwark, had been an MP since 1983 and was described as a "legend" by the party's leader.
Elsewhere, former party leader Charles Kennedy was beaten by the Scottish National Party, and Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone lost to Labour.
Another long-serving Liberal Democrat who has lost his seat is Sir Bob Russell, who had been the MP for Colchester, Essex, since 1997.
The Conservative Party's press office tweeted a message of congratulations to Colchester's Conservative candidate Will Quince earlier in the night.
Sir Bob told BBC Essex he was philosophical about the result.
"Nobody ever expected I'd end up as MP for Colchester. For the last 18 years I've felt like a park footballer who's found himself playing in the Premier League.
"There's a lot of emotion. A hell of a lot of work was put in by a lot people. But people are entitled to vote the way they do," he said.