A search for the most-hated word in the English language has been halted after an online survey was bombarded with offensive language.

Oxford Dictionaries launched a service on its website so people could vote for their least favourite words, but it was shut down after "severe misuse".
Oxford University Press said a mixture of swear words and "religiously offensive vocabulary" were to blame.
On Thursday, "moist" became the early front-runner for most-hated word.
Oxford University Press said in a statement the OneWorldMap initiative "was intended as a way to encourage a positive engagement with language".
It added: "Unfortunately, and despite our attempts to prevent negative behaviour on this site, we have had to take down the site.
"Whilst this is disappointing, we strongly believe in the importance of engaging with the wider community to enhance our understanding of the English language, and will continue to investigate ways of doing so."
More than 10,000 people had responded to the survey.
Before the service was removed, Dan Braddock, from Oxford University Press, said they were "not entirely sure what to expect" from the experiment.


A lorry driver is likely to have suffered a blackout in a crash which killed a Borders Railway construction worker, a sheriff has concluded.

Huw Jenkins, 54, died after an HGV driven by John Boyes, 75, hit his tractor on the A7 near Galashiels.
His death was the subject of a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) at Selkirk Sheriff Court earlier this year.
Sheriff Michael Wood ruled that no reasonable precautions could have prevented the accident.
The FAI heard that Mr Boyes, who has since died, appeared confused and had no idea what had happened when spoken to by police officers.
But he had driven the lorry for about a mile afterwards negotiating bends and parked vehicles before bringing his lorry to a halt.
This led the sheriff to believe Mr Boyes could have suffered a temporary loss of consciousness but made a full recovery.
In his determination, he said medical evidence was unable to provide an explanation although the inquiry heard Mr Boyes suffered another loss of consciousness two months after the accident.
Sheriff Wood stated: "Faced with such medical uncertainty it is difficult to reach any conclusion other than that such evidence was adduced of Mr Boyes' appearance and condition immediately after the accident is consistent with his having suffered transient loss of consciousness while driving.
"The extent of the loss could not be established and it is possible that, as was reported by his wife on 19 July he was "on and off" which might explain the lorry being driven for the post accident mile."
The accident happened on May 1 2014, while Mr Jenkins, from Tonmawr, near Neath, in South Wales, was working on the Borders Railway construction.
Mr Boyes, of Newton-on-Mill, near Hawick, died in August 2014.


Leaving the EU would be an act of "unilateral political disarmament", former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned.

In a rare foray into UK politics, Mr Miliband - who quit as an MP in 2013 - said a vote to leave would be disastrous for the UK and the world.
Pro-exit Conservative employment minister Priti Patel said Mr Miliband had always been "wrong" on the EU.
The IMF, meanwhile, has said an UK exit could cause "severe" economic damage.
In its latest assessment of the outlook for the global economy, the International Monetary Fund said an Out vote in the referendum on 23 June on EU membership would disrupt established trading relationships and cause "major challenges" for both the UK and the rest of Europe.
Leave campaigners said the IMF had been "consistently wrong" in its past forecasts for the UK economy.
Mr Miliband quit frontline politics to head the International Rescue Committee aid organisation after narrowly losing out on the Labour leadership in 2010 to his younger brother Ed.
Speaking in a personal capacity at a meeting organised by the Britain Stronger In Europe campaign group, Mr Miliband said: "My message is simple: Now is not the time for unilateral political disarmament.
"No nation in human peacetime history, never mind Britain, has voluntarily given up as much political power as we are being invited to throw away on 23 June."
He added: "For what? A cold, hard lesson in the demon of hubris, born of delusion that the world owes us a break.
"A tragic miscalculation which weakens ourselves, our friends and the international order on which we depend."
He argued that being in the EU boosts British power, security and values and that walking away would diminish its influence and strengthen "our enemies".
"It is said that the world is increasingly divided between firefighters and arsonists. For centuries, Britain has been a firefighter.
"We have always sought to balance great powers and check the abuse of power. There is no shortage of fires that need to be put out around the world at the moment," Mr Miliband said.
"This is no time for Britain to join the ranks of arsonists, and there should be no doubt that Brexit would be an act of arson on the international order."
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today before his speech, Mr Miliband said it was "utterly spurious" of Leave campaigners to claim that Britain would regain control of its borders by exiting the EU.
"I think I am right in saying 4,000 EU nationals were turned back at British borders last year. We retain the decision-making power over who comes into Britain...We have got control today over who comes in Britain."
But his comments were criticised by those wanting to leave the EU.
Ms Patel, part of the Vote Leave campaign, said Mr Miliband had been part of a Labour government that "relentlessly surrendered national powers to the EU, gave away billions from the British rebate, campaigned to scrap the pound and failed to retain control over our borders".
"As foreign secretary he signed us up to the Lisbon Treaty that sacrificed important EU vetoes and misled the public about the power of the Charter of Fundamental Rights," she said.
"Voters will be in no mood for lectures from someone who was wrong then on the EU and is wrong now."
Among other EU referendum events on Tuesday, MPs Liam Fox, Alex Salmond and Gisela Stuart, and former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind will be giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the costs and benefits of EU membership for the UK's role in the world.
Meanwhile, Europe Minister David Lidington will be giving evidence to the EU select committee.


The International Olympic Committee has unveiled its first team of refugees to compete at Rio 2016 under the Olympic banner.

The Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes has 10 members - five from South Sudan, two from Syria, two from DR Congo and one from Ethiopia.
The six men and four women will compete in swimming, judo and athletics.
"These refugee athletes have no home, no team, no flag, no national anthem," said IOC president Thomas Bach.
"The invention of this refugee team is to give them a home in the Olympic village together with all the athletes around the world."
The team includes swimmer Yusra Mardini from Syria, who trains in Germany, South Sudanese middle-distance runner Rose Nathike Lokonyen, who is living in a refugee camp in Kenya, and DR Congo judoka Yolande Bukasa Mabika, who trains in Brazil.
They will enter the opening ceremony as the penultimate team, before hosts Brazil.
Bach added: "It can send a symbol of hope for all refugees in the world and can send a signal to the international community that refugees are our fellow human beings and are an enrichment to society."
The Olympics run from 5-21 August.


A family in Carmarthenshire must raise £65,000 to fly their injured father back from Barbados.

Clive Rees, from Tumble, was celebrating his 65th birthday on the Caribbean island with his wife Sonia when he was hit by a car.
He is being treated in an intensive care unit after developing pneumonia and breathing difficulties.
Mr Rees is unable to return home on a commercial flight and the family is raising money for an air ambulance.
They have made a heartfelt plea to the public to help them reach their target following the incident on 13 May.
"You always think something like this will never happen to you," said daughter Tracy Rees.
"We just want him home."
Miss Rees said the response has been "overwhelming", with support from family, friends and local businesses.
"We've raised about £2,000 so far," she said.
"I just can't believe how generous everyone is. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
The £65,000 air ambulance fee encompasses a return trip from the UK, refuelling and a team of medical staff to look after Mr Rees.


Team GB chiefs hope the introduction of retrospective drugs testing will help discourage athletes from cheating at this summer's Rio Olympics.

Samples from 23 London 2012 athletes and 31 from Beijing 2008 were found to contain banned substances during recent retests by the IOC.
Twenty-two of the 54 failed tests were for Russian competitors.
"Making sure sport is protected for clean athletes is critical," said Team GB chief executive Bill Sweeney.
"Retrospective testing is a great thing and it sends out a great message to any athletes considering cheating."
The IOC has been retesting samples from the last two Olympic Games at the World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland. The tests are focusing on samples from athletes hoping to compete at the upcoming Games.
Team GB chef de mission Mark England added: "We applaud the steps that the international federations such as the IAAF and the IOC are taking to ensure all athletes across the world are competing on a level playing field.
"I think a very strong message is coming out that there is no where to hide."
Thursday marks 50 days to go until the start of Rio 2016 and England is confident the British squad can achieve best-ever results at an overseas Games.
The current record is 47 medals at Beijing 2008 - although with retrospective re-testing that figure could yet increase.
"I think it's the most talented team that we've ever taken away," said England. "If you look right across the board there isn't a sport which hasn't won a medal at European or world level and I would be very confident that we could surpass that medal target."


Australian police had to lock down part of Melbourne airport after an injured kangaroo managed to hop its way into the terminal.

The eastern grey kangaroo caught shoppers at a pharmacy by surprise before it was captured by wildlife volunteers, reports say.
The kangaroo, named Cyrus after one of the helpers on the scene, was tranquilised and caught safely.
The airport is located in an area frequented by kangaroos.
The kangaroo hopped into the terminal after it was hit by a car, reports say.
"He has got injuries to his feet at the moment. His claws are quite worn, that's from hopping down the tarmac and things like that," wildlife volunteer Ella Rountree told the Associated Press (AP).
Johnson Law, who works at the pharmacy, said he initially did not believe his co-worker when she told him there was a kangaroo at the shop.
"I just kept on doing what I was doing, yeah, I thought it was a bit of a joke," he told AP.
The kangaroo would be taken to a veterinarian to be examined, Wildlife Victoria said in a statement.
The marsupials are known to occasionally make their way into the airport, though the tarmac is guarded to prevent them posing a hazard to planes.


(Close): A supreme court ruling that upheld a key part of President Obama's healthcare plan lifted shares in US health companies.

The ruling means that tax subsidies that make health insurance affordable for low-income individuals can continue.
United Health Group was the best performer on the Dow Jones, up 2.7%, while Tenet Healthcare rose 12%.
Overall though, the main US share indexes closed lower.
The Dow Jones closed down 74 points, or 0.4%, at 17,891.90. The S&P 500 fell 6 points, or 0.3% to 2,102.31 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 10 points, or 0.2% to 5,112.19.
The failure to find an agreement between Greece and its creditors continued to hang over shares.
In economic news, the latest numbers on US consumer spending showed a monthly increase of 0.9%, the biggest gain in six years and accelerating from April's 0.1% rise.
Personal income increased 0.5%, the same as the previous month.
There was a small increase in the number of people claiming jobless benefits, but the underlying trend still shows a tightening labour market.
Oil and gas producer Magnum Hunter Resources shares rose 6% after it said it expected to raise $600-$700m by selling its 45.5% stake in its natural gas gathering subsidiary, Eureka Hunter Holdings. Its shares had fallen some 44% this year on concerns over its liquidity.
Shares in Nasdaq listed Netflix fell 2% on the news that billionaire investor Carl Icahn had sold his remaining stake in the TV and movie subscription service, in part because he is worried that financial markets are "extremely overheated".


One of the world's most endangered frogs has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time.

27 April 2015 Last updated at 08:38 BST
The Lake Oku frogs are native to Cameroon in Africa and have no tongue.
They are being bred at ZSL London Zoo to give the species a chance of surviving in the future.


The end of the Right to Buy scheme in Scotland after 30 years has been welcomed by housing bodies.

Nearly 500,000 council and housing association homes were sold under the policy, which was introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government in 1980.
It allowed tenants in social housing to buy their homes at discounted rates.
MSPs voted to scrap the measure in 2014 following concerns that it had contributed to an acute shortage of social housing.
Right to Buy schemes are still operating in the rest of the UK.
They allow sitting tenants to buy public-sector housing, often with a discount on the market value.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) said the end of the policy in Scotland "hasn't come a moment too soon".
SFHA chief executive Mary Taylor said: "Right to Buy has had its day and has no place in modern Scotland.
"SFHA and its members long campaigned for an end to RTB, and warmly welcomes the end of a policy which has led to a considerable reduction in the availability of truly affordable social rented homes and contributed to the growing intergenerational inequality in terms of access to affordable quality housing.
"Going forward, we have a chance in Scotland to adopt a housing policy that is focused on the supply of well-designed, energy efficient social rented homes that are truly affordable to people on low incomes."
Right to buy facts:
* Right to Buy in Scotland was established by the Tenantsâ€™ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980
* A total of 494,580 council and housing association homes were sold under the legislation
* The Scottish Parliament's Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 provided for Right to Buy to end on 31 July 2016.
The Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) also welcomed the end of the policy.
Policy manager Tony Cain said: "Ending the right to buy will allow social landlords to plan longer term, manage assets and income more effectively and most importantly to invest to increase the number of social rented homes for the first time since 1981.
"That means more long term jobs and apprenticeships to maintain our homes and more households taken out of housing need and living in warm, dry and genuinely affordable housing".
The Scottish Conservative housing spokesman Alex Johnstone called the decision to scrap the scheme is "political dogma".
He said: "Right to Buy has been the most effective single measure to enable a whole generation on modest incomes to take pride in owning their own property.
"It has also delivered the kind of mixed tenure communities that modern planners now seek to replicate.
"Nicola Surgeon would do well to remember that her own parents benefited from the scheme and she wouldn't be where she is today without that hand-up."
The Scottish government said the move would protect the housing stock that was available for social renting.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said: "It is absolutely vital that people can access social housing when they need it most.
"By ending the right to buy we are protecting up to 15,500 social homes from sale over the next 10 years and safeguarding this stock for future generations."
He added: "The Scottish government is doing everything possible to maximise our investment in housing and to deliver on our ambitious target of 50,000, affordable homes over the lifetime of this parliament, including 35,000 social homes.
"But with thousands of people on waiting lists for council and housing association houses, it was only right for us to scrap this scheme as we could no longer afford to see the social sector lose out on badly needed homes."


Belfast Giants maintained their strong Elite League title challenge as they beat Coventry 6-3 on Saturday night.

Kris Beech and Mike Radja both scored twice with Craig Peacock and Chris Higgins also on target as Belfast earned a sixth win in seven games.
Goals from Beech and Peacock put Belfast 2-0 up and while Cale Tanaka replied, Radja and Higgins then netted to leave the Giants 4-1 ahead.
Coventry twice cut the lead to two goals but could get no closer.
James Jorgensen's goal late in the second period reduced Belfast's lead to 4-2 only for Beech to leave the Giants with a three-goal cushion early in the last period.
Russell Cowley cut Belfast's lead to 5-3 with less than five minutes remaining but Radja scored his second goal of the night with just over two minutes left.
The sides will meet again, but in Coventry, on Sunday evening when the game will start at 17:15 GMT.
With leaders Cardiff losing 3-2 against Dundee after a penalty shootout, the Giants are now five points off the pace in the Elite League although Belfast have three games in hand on the pacesetters.
Sheffield remain second in the table - level on points with the Giants - although Belfast also have played a game less than the Steelers.


"Significant new information" has led to police reopening a 2008 murder inquiry in which a teenager was killed in a drive-by shooting.

Stephon Davidson, 19, was a back seat passenger in a car which was being chased and shot at in Ladywood, Birmingham.
He died in hospital a month later on 2 September.
Police said information had been given to officers and urged anyone who was scared to talk before to now do so.
Det Supt Mark Payne, head of homicide at West Midlands Police, said Mr Davidson was in a Citroen Saxo on 5 August 2008 which was being shot at on Monument Road by at least two men in a silver Toyota Avensi.
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"A number" of shots were fired from the car and the teenager was hit in the neck.
"Eight years have passed since Stephon's death but we remain resolutely committed to establishing who fired the shots which ended such a young life," he said.
Offering a "full range of support" to witnesses, he said: "Investigations into his death have continued over the years; but as a result of some significant new information being given to officers, we are now re-opening the case and appealing for anyone who may have been scared or reluctant to talk to police to do so and finally bring some closure to Stephon's family."
Police have released new CCTV images of the car chase before the shooting. The Toyota has never been recovered.
Maxine Sharp, Mr Davidson's mother, appealed to people to come forward so her son's killers can be brought to justice.
"Stephon was full of life, a warm-hearted, loving and caring individual.
"As a family we had to watch his slow but peaceful passing. What we would like to see is for those individuals involved in his death to be brought to justice.
"It is like an open wound and we need closure."


Some of BBC Radio Cymru's first presenters will return to the station on Tuesday for its 40th anniversary.

Gwyn Llywelyn will return to read the news bulletins - as he did on the station's first morning in 1977.
Hywel Gwynfryn, Dei Thomas and Richard Rees will join Aled Hughes for the morning to share anecdotes, and there will be clips from the first programme Helo Bobol.
Celebrations continue all day with Bore Cothi, Tommo and Geraint Lloyd.
It will also mark the end of Radio Cymru's pop-up station Mwy, which was launched in the run-up to the 40th birthday.


An 18-year-old driver has died in an accident on the road to Mallaig in the west Highlands.

The A830 near Arisaig was closed after the crash at about 03:30. It was still closed eight hours later and police warned it would remain closed for some time.
Diversions were put in place using the B8008 old coastal road at Traigh.
No one else was involved in the crash. Police officers have been trying to contact the dead man's family.


England off-spinner Graeme Swann looks set to be fit for the Ashes after escaping a serious injury in the warm-up match against Essex.

Swann, 34, was struck on the right arm while batting on day two at Chelmsford and was subsequently sent for an X-ray.
But an England and Wales Cricket Board tweet said: "X-ray showed no fracture. He is receiving treatment and will return to the field later in the game."
The first Test against Australia begins at Trent Bridge on 10 July.
Swann was hit on the right forearm by the left-arm pace of Tymal Mills, but continued batting after receiving treatment.
Mills, who on day one was regularly bowling at speeds above 90mph, said: "I didn't think that I had put him out of the Ashes.
"I've spoken to him since and there's no hard feelings.
"We laughed and joked. It's just bruising so if it had been different I'm sure I would have got another response."
Swann eventually fell for 94 in England's total of 413-9 declared, in which Tim Bresnan made an unbeaten 105.
"I wasn't concerned," said Bresnan, who was batting with Swann at the time and was hit on the helmet by Mills later in the same over.
"I could see that he could grip the bat and move his wrist, meaning it wasn't broken. It will just be quite sore.
"Injuries are part of the game but you don't want them in these sorts of matches when we're preparing for a big series."
Swann did not take the field when England came to bowl, leaving the national side's seam trio of Bresnan, Steven Finn and Graham Onions to be supported by the part-time spin of Joe Root and Kevin Pietersen as Essex closed 182 behind on 231-9.
The Nottinghamshire man appeared on the England balcony during the afternoon session with a bandage on the injured arm.
Swann, who made his Test debut in 2008, has taken 222 wickets in 53 matches, more than any other England off-spinner.
He played in the Ashes-winning sides of 2009 and 2010-11, taking 29 wickets in 10 Tests against Australia.
The former Northants man missed the Test series in New Zealand earlier this year after having elbow surgery.


Fifa president Sepp Blatter will not resign despite major sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa, Budweiser and McDonald's calling for him to go immediately.

The four each issued statements saying Blatter should quit after Swiss criminal proceedings were opened against him last week.
Coca-Cola took the first step, saying: "Every day that passes Fifa's image and reputation continues to tarnish."
McDonald's said Blatter going would be "in the best interest of the game".
The 79-year-old is accused by Swiss prosecutors of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini, but denies any wrongdoing.
In a statement released through his lawyers on Friday, Blatter said resigning now "would not be in the best interest of Fifa, nor would it advance the process of reform".
Budweiser's parent company, AB InBev, said it considered Blatter "to be an obstacle in the reform process", while Visa said it would be in "the best interests of Fifa and the sport" for the Swiss to resign immediately.
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke described Friday's developments as a "game-changer".
He added: "It doesn't matter what Mr Blatter says now. If the people who pay for Fifa want a change they will get a change. For those of us who want fundamental change, this is good news."
Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term as president of world football's governing body in May, but the election was overshadowed when seven Fifa officials were arrested in dawn raids at a five-star Zurich hotel at the request of the United States.
The US later indicted 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption following a major inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Blatter then announced he would be stepping down as president, but not until February 2016.
On Monday, Blatter said through lawyers he would not resign before then, despite criminal proceedings being opened against him.
He has said the 2011 £1.5m payment made to Platini, the head of European football's governing body, was "valid compensation and nothing more".
Platini, 60, has said he received the payment for work as Blatter's technical advisor between 1999 and 2002 and has written a letter to Uefa members denying any wrongdoing.
The contract described by Swiss prosecutors as "unfavourable to Fifa" is thought to refer to a 2005 TV rights deal between Fifa and Jack Warner, the former president of Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
According to an investigation by Swiss broadcaster SRF in September, the deal allegedly resulted in a multi-million pound profit for Warner's company.
Meanwhile, a separate Swiss investigation is looking into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.


At Prime Minister's Questions, Shipley MP Philip Davies supported David Cameron's comments about Nigeria and Afghanistan being corrupt and asked: "Can he tell us where he has the European Union in his league table of corruption given they haven't had their accounts signed off for 20 years."

Claim: The European Union is so corrupt that the European Court of Auditors has not signed off its accounts for 20 years.
Reality Check verdict: The Court of Auditors has signed the EU accounts every year since 2007, while pointing out that EU countries, once they receive the EU funds, misuse about 4.4% of the total budget.
The EU's accounts are scrutinised by the Court of Auditors, which checks whether they correctly reflect the spending of the EU budget.
The latest report, published in 2015 for accounts in 2014, explicitly said that the auditors were "signing off the accounts" as they have done every year since 2007.
The Court did point out that some of the funds - 4.4% of the total in 2014 - were not used in accordance with the EU rules. But it stressed that this "is not a measure of fraud, inefficiency or waste", but money that: "should not have been paid out because it was not used in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations".
The auditors said typical cases involved roads or airports that attracted insufficient traffic.
It is important to stress that around 80% of the EU budget is managed by member states themselves, and not by EU institutions. The EU transfers funds to the national treasuries and then the countries themselves decide which projects to spend the money on. The auditors have called on EU countries to take more care in their spending.
In 2014, the court found that €666m (£524m) from the EU fund that is given to countries to finance projects in underdeveloped areas, was "poor value for money".  Poland, for example, built three airports, in Lodz, Rzeszow and Lublin, which have received more than €100m of EU funding, but which have not attracted enough customers to keep them in business.
In 2012, a mountain lift was constructed in the Sicilian village of Sutera, to improve access to a mountain monastery to attract tourism. The project reportedly received around €2m of EU regional development money. However, due to high operating costs, the lift has never been in use.
There are UK-based examples too. In 2008, the Canolfan Cywain rural heritage centre opened in Gwynedd, Wales, after it received £900,000 from the EU structural development fund. It ran into financial difficulties in September 2011 and closed a year later.
On 28 April 2016, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee called on the UK government to improve how it spends EU funds.
The committee found that UK departments contribute "additional complexity" to the implementation of EU programmes, especially agricultural and rural development ones, which also drives up errors. The errors have cost the UK government "at least £650m" in penalties, to the European Commission, over the past decade.
If the auditors do suspect corruption, they pass the cases to OLAF, the EU's anti-fraud office. According to the latest figures provided by the Commission, fraud affects 0.2% of the EU's annual spending. The estimated cost of fraudulent irregularities was €248m in 2013.
For comparison, the UK National Audit Office says fraud across UK government was equivalent to only 0.02% of total expenditure: it ranged from £27.5m to £72.9m, depending on the source, from a total expenditure of £306bn.
OLAF says it completed 3,500 investigations, which led to the recovery of more than €1.1bn for the EU budget and a total of 900 years of prison sentences since 1999.
A separate NAO report estimated that the Department for Work and Pensions' fraud and error rate was 1.9% and HMRC's was 4.4% on its spending on benefits and tax credits in 2013-14. The report does not say how much was due to fraud and how much was due to error.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate


The Welsh government has defended a series of "Carwyn Connect" events, in which people are invited to put their views directly to the first minister.

Carwyn Jones will begin his tour in Merthyr Tydfil on 16 July and Rhyl on 22 July with other locations to follow.
The Conservatives said it was a "cynical abuse of taxpayers' money" that the public was "being asked to fund Labour's re-election campaign".
Ministers said an estimated Â£1,000 cost for each event was "good value".
Mr Jones said he wanted people to share their ideas on how to "build a more prosperous Wales".
But a Tory spokesman called the events a "sham".
"It doesn't take a cynical disposition to question Carwyn's decision to wait until the last year of this term to 'connect' with voters," the spokesman added.
Responding to the criticism, the Welsh government said the estimated cost of each event would be around Â£1,000 "which we believe represents good value for money".
"All good governments listen to the people they serve," a spokesman said.
"These events, which will take place across Wales, give people the chance to meet the first minister, face to face, to talk through the matters which affect their daily lives - that should be welcomed, not derided."
Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas told BBC Wales it was "blatant electioneering" by the Labour party, which he said was copying the public meetings held across Wales by Plaid leader Leanne Wood.
A Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesman also noted the timing, saying: "It's rather telling of Labour's attitude towards the people of Wales that they only think of starting to listen to them a year before the assembly elections."
While in opposition, David Cameron held a series of "Cameron Direct" public events, followed by "PM Direct" events after he came to power at the 2010 general election.


We are only four months in, but it's already been a dark, dark 2016.

It now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported - from David Bowie in the second week of January, to actor Alan Rickman a week later, to comedian Victoria Wood and Prince this week.
"Enough, 2016" and a more vulgar alternative are phrases people are uttering more and more regularly.  So is this wave of celebrity deaths the new normal?
The answer is yes, according to the BBC's obituary editor Nick Serpell, who ought to know about such things.
He said that the number of significant deaths this year has been "phenomenal".
Looking at the basic statistics, there's a very clear upward trend. Nick prepares obituaries for BBC television, radio and online, that run once a notable person's death is confirmed.
The number of his obituaries used across BBC outlets in recent years has leaped considerably.
It's a jump from only five between January and late March 2012 to a staggering 24 in the same period this year - an almost five-fold increase, according to research by the BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme.
And that's before counting some of the notable deaths in April, including American singer Merle Haggard, the former drug smuggler Howard Marks and this week's two notable departures.
But might it just be that the BBC has increased its store of obituaries to such an extent it means plenty more are being used?
There are indeed more obituaries in the BBC's files - some 1,500 in total - than when Nick started 10 years ago, he says. He adds a few more every week.
But look elsewhere and the picture bears out.
Here in the UK, the Daily Telegraph maintains a gallery of famous people who have died, and updates it throughout the year. Up to this time in 2014, the number of those in the gallery was 38. By this time last year, the number of people in the gallery was 30. This year, the number is already 75.
At the beginning of every year, the (rather morbid) website deathlist.net lists 50 celebrities it believes may pass away that year. In six of the last 10 years, two or fewer of its predictions had come true by this time - this year, five names have died so far.
This all invites the question: why?
There are a few reasons, Nick Serpell says.
"People who started becoming famous in the 1960s are now entering their 70s and are starting to die," he says.
"There are also more famous people than there used to be," he says. "In my father or grandfather's generation, the only famous people really were from cinema - there was no television.
"Then, if anybody wasn't on TV, they weren't famous."
Many of those now dying belonged to the so-called baby-boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964, that saw a huge growth in population. In the US for example, the census bureau said that 76m people in 2014 belonged to the baby boomer generation - some 23% of the population.
Here in the UK, people aged 65 or older make up almost 18% of the population - a 47% increase on forty years ago.
With more babies born into the baby-boom generation, it meant more went on to eventually become famous.
Now, those famous former babies, aged between 70 and 52, are dying.
The age-bracket 65 to 69 is the one, in England and Wales for example, where death rates really start to increase - some 14.2 per 1,000 men in that age bracket died in 2014, compared with 9.4 per 1,000 in the 60 to 64 age bracket.
Among the major deaths this year, many - including Prince (57), Alan Rickman (69), David Bowie (69) and Victoria Wood (62) - were baby-boomers.
Obituary: David Bowie
Another factor that may play into the impression that more celebrities are dying is that we have heard of more celebrities than before.
"Over the past 10 years, social media has played a big part," Nick Serpell says.
Hours before Prince's death was announced, tributes were paid to the American former wrestler and porn star Chyna, who died aged 45.
But the news of her death was not confined to the US - close to 400,000 tweets using the word Chyna were sent worldwide on Thursday, and interest peaked in cities such as Lagos in Nigeria and Lima in Peru.
These days, it is far easier to hear news of whether anyone has died than at any time in the past.
The bad news? Yes, probably. "Over the next 10 years, these people will get into their 80s and it is going to continue at this level," Nick Serpell says.
"And that doesn't count the surprise deaths, when people die that shouldn't."
For the time being, the normally half-hour compilation of obituaries Nick produces for BBC News at the end of every year will be extended: this year, he says he has already been given permission to make it an hour long.


Police walked off with a number of elaborate cakes after a clash between "travellers and staff" at a party.

The "large scale public order incident" occurred at Stapleford Abbotts Golf Club, Essex, on Tuesday night.
Police were called to a "disagreement" at the party, attended by about 100 people, and "dispersed" those involved.
Afterwards, officers posted photos of themselves removing the cakes, which they said were "donated", and took them to homeless shelters.
Essex Police and a police helicopter were called after trouble broke out at the event at the golf club, near Epping, at about 22:00 GMT.
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Rory O'Keeffe, assistant manager at the club, said "about 100 Irish Gypsies" turned up to the party, which he understood was to celebrate a confirmation.
Insp Rob Brettell, from Essex Police, tweeted to say "lots of damage" had been caused at the club, and some thefts had also been reported.
He later wrote on Twitter to say "a number of cakes were donated to our team tonight".
He included photographs of a fairytale castle cake and a number of smaller cakes decorated to look like Disney-style princesses.
These, he said, were being taken to homeless shelters and mother and baby units.
Mr O'Keeffe said "no real damage" was caused to the club, but staff were still "cleaning up the mess and dirt" on Wednesday morning.
"And I think a few partygoers are still sleeping off their hangovers in a trailer in the car park," he added.
Essex Police said no-one had been arrested in connection with the incident, but they were "continuing to monitor the situation".
The golf club said it was open for business as usual.


When Ibrahim landed in Brazil he spent three days sleeping on the floor and wandering around aimlessly at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos airport.

"I couldn't speak the language and I didn't know where I could find help. I was alone," says Ibrahim, who asks me not to use his family name because of fears for the safety of his relatives still in Syria.
But the 20 year old has no regrets and is glad that rather than facing a perilous journey by sea, as many Syrian refugees are forced to undertake, he chose the safer option of flying to Brazil.
It was also probably a lot cheaper.
"When I found out that the Brazilian Embassy in Beirut was offering 'laissez-passer' (right of passage) to refugees of the war in Syria, it was the best option for me. Why pay $3,000 or $4,000 (Â£1,955-Â£2,607) to get smuggled across the sea and risk drowning, when for half of that price I can fly to Brazil?"
Ibrahim fled to Brazil to avoid being drafted into the Syrian army, a country where conscription is compulsory.
His older brother, Mohammad, was less fortunate. Indeed, it's a miracle that he is still alive and was able to escape to Brazil to be with his brother.
Showing me at least 20 shrapnel scars and bullet wounds on his arms and legs, Mohammad doesn't care much for who is on which "side" in the war - just that it is tearing the country apart.
That's not to say that life for Ibrahim, Mohammad - and more than 7,000 other Syrian refugees now in Brazil - is easy when they get here - far from it.
Brazil has a long tradition of accepting refugees and economic migrants from the Middle East, Africa and other countries.
Those seeking asylum can request it on arrival in the country and, as Brazil's economy grew over the last decade, work permits were readily available for those wanting a job.
Last week Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff wrote a newspaper editorial saying that while European nations prevaricated and argued over how many refugees to take in, Brazil was proud to play its part in alleviating what has become a global crisis.
"More than 10 million of us (Brazilians) are descendants of Syrians and Lebanese immigrants, so we are obliged to act in this way," wrote the president.
She concluded: "Brazil has its arms open to take in these refugeesâ€¦ who want to come to live and work here. And we want to offer them this hope".
Ibrahim and Mohammed now run a popular and busy little stall in Rio de Janeiro, selling home-made humus, kibbe and other Middle Eastern pastries. The money they earn helps to look after their elderly parents and their two younger siblings.
The boys agree with Ms Rousseff's assertion that Brazilians have been overwhelmingly kind and receptive to the new incomers but, they say, there's almost a vacuum of official assistance once they enter Brazil.
The Hafir family, too, have few home comforts but they try to make visitors feel welcome. Amina, 23, makes coffee on a small stove as I take my shoes off and enter the small, single room they now live in together.
Jamal Hafir has been a refugee for his entire life, as a Palestinian whose parents fled to Syria in 1948.
Forced out of his Damascus home two years ago, as the neighbourhood was destroyed by the civil war, Jamal has now brought his own family half way around the world to Brazil.
"There's more help for refugees in Europe," Jamal tells me. "But we knew it would be dangerous to go by sea. So when we heard Brazil's embassy in Lebanon was offering visas, we thought it's better to come to a country that accepts you."
Syria's war has robbed the family of their home and the children of their education.
While the two boys are out looking for work, the family's four girls, who haven't been to school for three years, sit in the corner of the room on mattresses that double up as sofas and study some basic Portuguese.
They've escaped the war but life in Brazil is still tough.
A local pro-Palestinian charity, not the Brazilian government, is housing the Hafir family at an abandoned office block in Sao Paulo.
The charity pays for electricity and water, but this is still essentially a squat, and like most informal housing, the family don't know how long they'll be able to remain.
But it's not just the Brazilian federal government and individual states who are being urged to do more.
Established communities should also, arguably, play their part. In the last century thousands of Syrians were among the many immigrants who helped to build modern Brazil and other South American countries like Argentina.
Their descendants have been criticised in some sections of the media for not organising and coming forward with practical help for those now fleeing the Middle East.
Back in the Sao Paulo squat, Abdul Salam Sayed plays a lament for his distant, broken homeland on his oud.
Another refugee, forced to leave his Damascus home, Abdul Salam is grateful for the shelter Brazil has afforded him.
But surviving and perhaps even settling here will be a huge challenge for people who have already gone through so much.


A teenager made about Â£360,000 by creating computer hacking software which cost universities, gaming websites and other businesses millions of pounds, a court has heard.

Adam Mudd, 20, of Hertfordshire, has already admitted offences under the Computer Misuse Act.
The Old Bailey heard he lives with his parents and the crimes were about "status".
He is expected to be sentenced next week.
The court heard Mudd created the Titanium Stresser "malware" in 2013, when he was 16 years old, and sold it to cyber criminals across the world.
The programme had 112,000 registered users who were responsible for about  1.7 million "distributed denial of service" attacks on websites, including gaming sites such as RuneScape, Minecraft and Xbox Live.
The court heard there were about 25,000 attacks on RuneScape and the company which owns it spent Â£6m trying to defend itself.
Prosecutors said Mudd carried out 594 attacks himself, including one on West Herts College where he was studying computer science.
He also attacked 70 other schools and colleges, including the University of Cambridge, University of Essex and University of East Anglia, as well as local councils.
Mudd had been in his bedroom when he was arrested at his home in Toms Lane, Kings Langley, in March 2015 and he refused to unlock his computer until his father intervened.
Jonathan Polney, prosecuting counsel, said the malware caused "incalculable" damage to organisations.
"This is a young man who lived at home. This is not a lavish lifestyle case," he said.
"The motivation around this we tend to agree is about status. The money-making is by the by."
Mudd also admitted one count of concealing criminal property.
Judge Michael Topolski QC said the case was of "importance and seriousness" and he would not be rushed in determining sentencing.


Australia will play New Zealand in the World Cup final after they held off an inspired Argentina fightback to win another thriller of a semi-final.

A three-try first-half blitz, including two from Adam Ashley-Cooper, helped the Wallabies into a 13-point lead.
Argentina refused to yield and Nicolas Sanchez's flawless boot - he kicked five penalties in all - saw them trail by seven points with 26 minutes to go.
But Ashley-Cooper completed a hat-trick of tries late on to secure victory.
Roared on by a passionate support that included football World Cup winner Diego Maradona, Argentina had chances in the second half as they took control up front and utilised their explosive runners.
But they lacked the composure to exploit several possible overlaps and Australia will now face neighbours New Zealand in the final.
The two great Antipodean rivals have never met before in a World Cup final, and a tournament that has been blessed with so many epic contests may yet have one more.
Argentina may feel they did not get the rub of Wayne Barnes' refereeing, particularly in losing Tomas Lavanini to a questionable yellow card and seeing both Will Genia and Tevita Kuridrani escape censure for more obvious offences.
Yet they will also rue their own lack of ruthlessness compared to their opponents, too often losing possession deep in enemy territory when the momentum and crowd were with them.
Number eight David Pocock was once again outstanding for Australia as his side won countless turnovers, fly-half Bernard Foley's nine points from the tee also critical in deflating the Puma charge.
Barely a minute had gone before the Wallabies struck, lock Rob Simmons picking off Sanchez's obvious inside-pass to race under the posts.
Sanchez landed a simple penalty but when scrum-half Martin Landajo knocked on taking a quick tap deep in his own 22 Australia cashed in again, Israel Folau's dummy run creating space for Foley's long mis-pass the other way to send Ashley-Cooper sprinting into the right-hand corner.
Foley's second conversion made it 14-3, and with Pocock a relentless burglar at the breakdown, Argentina were in trouble despite Sanchez's second penalty.
Worse was to come when young second row Lavanini was controversially yellow-carded for tackling Folau without using his arms.
This time it was Matt Giteau's perfectly timed mis-pass which set Ashley-Cooper way into the left-hand corner after a series of barrelling drives and quick ball from the forwards sucked in the defence.
The Pumas would not be cowed. Sanchez's third penalty narrowed the deficit to 10 points and just before half-time only a bungled off-load from Juan Martin Hernandez after Santiago Cordero's fizzing break denied supporting full-back Joaquin Tuculet a certain try.
Sanchez landed two penalties and Foley one in a frantic period after the break as Argentina - three key men down after injuries to captain Agustin Creevy, winger Juan Imhoff and Hernandez - twice closed to within a converted try.
The Pumas began to win the scrum battles and with it the territory but three times they had clear overlaps out wide and, unlike the Wallabies, could not convert.
Australia centre Kuridrani was lucky to stay out of the sin-bin after deliberately kicking the ball away, with scrum-half Genia equally fortunate after tackling his man off a penalty without having dropped back 10 metres.
And Ashley-Cooper made the Pumas pay when Drew Mitchell produced a scything run in and out of the blue-and-white shirted rearguard before throwing out a pass that the winger gathered off the turf to complete his hat-trick.
Pocock has arguably been the player of the tournament for his phenomenal breakdown work, but in becoming only the second man after Jonah Lomu to score three tries in a World Cup semi-final, Ashley-Cooper will be the toast of his bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived homeland.
Argentina: Tuculet; Cordero, Bosch, J Hernandez, Imhoff; Sanchez, Landajo; Ayerza, Creevy, Herrera; Petti Pagadizabal, Lavanini; Matera, Fernandez Lobbe, Senatore.
Replacements: Amorosino for Imhoff (19) De la Fuente for J Hernandez (44), Cubelli for Landajo (56), Figallo for Herrera (61), Alemanno for Petti Pagadizabal (58), Noguera for Matera (64), Isa for Senatore (49).
Not Used: Montoya.
Sin Bin: Lavanini (26).
Australia: Folau; Ashley-Cooper, Kuridrani, Giteau, Mitchell; Foley, Genia; Slipper, Moore, Kepu; Douglas, Simmons; Fardy, Hooper, Pocock.
Replacements: Toomua for Folau (64), Beale for Giteau (47), Phipps for Genia (67), Smith for Slipper (53), Polota-Nau for Moore (60), Holmes for Kepu (53), Mumm for Simmons (67), McCalman for Fardy (56).
Att: 80,025
Ref: Wayne Barnes (RFU).


A sizeable proportion of 100 million Volkswagen Group cars sold since 1995 can be unlocked remotely by hackers, a team of researchers has said.

The problem affects a range of vehicles manufactured between 1995 and 2016 - including VWs and models from the company's Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.
A homemade radio costing about Â£30 is the only hardware an attacker requires.
Volkswagen said it was working with the researchers and added that several new vehicles were unaffected by the issue.
Two separate attacks affecting different models are described in a paper by researchers from the University of Birmingham and German security firm Kasper & Oswald.
With the second method, an older cryptographic scheme in some other brands was found to have a similar, albeit more complex vulnerability.
The team showed it was possible for a malicious hacker to spy on key fob signals to target cars via a cheap, homemade radio.
By cloning the digital keys, the researchers found they could then unlock a variety of VW Group vehicles.
This was possible because they were able to reverse-engineer the keyless entry system in the affected models - a process which yielded some master cryptographic keys.
Prior to publishing their research, the team behind the paper agreed with Volkswagen that some key pieces of information - including the value of the master cryptographic keys - would not be made public.
"We were kind of shocked," Timo Kasper at Kasper & Oswald told the BBC. "Millions of keys using the same secrets - from a cryptography point of view, that's a catastrophe."
Mr Kasper said that after the researchers alerted Volkswagen to the problem in November 2015, they set up some meetings to help the car maker understand the vulnerability.
"We had very fruitful discussions - there was a very good atmosphere," he said.
However, there are "at least ten more, very widespread" hacking schemes affecting various other car brands that Kasper & Oswald is still waiting to publish, following appropriate disclosure to the companies involved, Mr Kasper added.
A spokesman for Volkswagen said several current-generation vehicles, including the Golf, Tiguan, Touran and Passat were not affected by the problem.
"The responsible department at Volkswagen Group is in contact with the academics mentioned and a constructive exchange is taking place," he told the BBC.
The spokesman added that starting the car's engine with this attack was "not possible".
Security expert Ken Munro at Pen Test Partners said critical components of the attack had been omitted from the published paper.
"You'd need some academic-level knowledge of cryptography to be able to do this," he added.
However, he also said the research was the latest in a string of similar findings that showed how many on-board systems in modern cars were vulnerable to hacking.
"Manufacturers are doing the right thing now, but you've got this huge problem with the installed base, those cars will last maybe 10 years - the fix is not simple," he told the BBC.
"You're potentially replacing all the control units in all the vehicles out there."
Mr Munro added that it might be possible to prevent the reverse-engineering approach taken by the researchers in order to prevent the discovery of the crucial cryptographic keys.
The paper will be presented later today at the Usenix cybersecurity conference in Austin, Texas.


Police in Iran have clashed with people protesting against what they say is the state broadcaster's offensive portrayal of the country's Azeri ethnic minority.

Officers fired tear gas to disperse crowds in several north-western cities and towns, and there were many arrests.
The protests were sparked by a children's television programme aired on Friday that ridiculed the accents of Azeris and included offensive jokes.
The state broadcaster has apologised for the "unforgivable mistake".
"The managers and individuals involved in this regrettable issue which offended our Azeri-speaking compatriots will be seriously confronted and this incident will be fully investigated," the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Mohammad Sarafraz, was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.
"We will increase our efforts to strengthen ethnic  unity and national cohesion."
There are approximately 13 million ethnic Azeris in Iran, or 16% of the population.
The US state department says Azeris are well integrated into government and society, but that they have accused the government of discriminating against them by prohibiting the Azeri language in schools, harassing Azeri activists or organisers, and changing Azeri geographic names.
Azeri groups also say a number of Azeri political prisoners have been jailed for advocating cultural and language rights for Azeris. The government has charged several of them with "revolting against the Islamic state".


The Tories have made gains in local council elections in England, held on the same day as the general election.

They have won an extra 535 seats so far and wrested control of 29 councils across the south and the Midlands.
Labour and the Lib Dems suffered losses but UKIP won control of its first council in Thanet, Kent, where Nigel Farage failed in his bid to become MP.
The Green Party also fared well, winning seven seats in Bristol and overtaking the Liberal Democrats there.
About 9,200 seats were up for grabs in 279 metropolitan, district and unitary authorities across England, excluding London. The last time they were contested was in 2011.
Counting began on Friday, after general election results were declared, and continued on Saturday.
By late evening, the state of play was:
A handful of councils still have to declare.
The Conservatives have consolidated their position in the south of England and the Midlands, making gains in areas where they did well in Thursday's general election.
They took control of Amber Valley, North Warwickshire and Gravesham from Labour and Hinckley and Bosworth from the Liberal Democrats.
They now have a majority of seats in councils such as Staffordshire Moorlands, Wyre Forest and Newark and Sherwood where no party previously exercised control.
The Conservatives won seven seats in Telford and Wrekin, in the wake of their surprise victory in the Telford parliamentary seat on Friday. They have also assumed control of Scarborough and Waveney councils.
Labour, on the other hand, suffered reverses in the Midlands, losing seven seats in Stoke-on-Trent - which moved from a Labour majority to no overall control - and four in Dudley. However, they are now in the majority in Stockton-on-Tees and West Lancashire, having previously been the largest party.
They also gained Cheshire West from the Conservatives.
The Lib Dems lost more than 300 seats, losing control of South Somerset, Three Rivers and Watford to no overall control - mirroring setbacks in those areas in the general election.
The party also lost six seats on Bristol Council and were leapfrogged by the Green Party into third place.
UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans said she was "beyond delighted" with the party's first win in Thanet District Council.
Nigel Farage resigned as party leader after Conservative Craig Mackinlay beat him to the parliamentary seat of Thanet South.
Elsewhere, UKIP made headway in the north of England. In Rotherham, where the party has campaigned heavily in recent months, it picked up three seats.
It also won seven seats in Thurrock in Essex, where it failed narrowly to win the parliamentary seat.
A series of mayoral contests have also been decided, with former Labour MP Sir Peter Soulsby retaining Leicester, Lib Dem Dave Hodgson winning in Bedford and Labour's David Budd winning in Middlesbrough.
Conservative Gordon Oliver won in Torbay while independents Kate Allsop and Mike Starkie prevailed in Mansfield and Copeland respectively.


A cash-strapped amateur football club near Bristol is refusing to hand over the keys to its ground.

Almondsbury Parish Council plans to close Hallen FC's Moorhouse Lane ground on 31 May and said it can no longer afford to support it.
But it denied the Southern League side is being evicted from the premises.
The club said it will continue to pay rent but wants the council to "shares its intentions" for the site and "discuss the situation sensibly".
Committee members said the club had delivered a letter to the council's solicitors outlining its intention to remain at the site until further notice.
A spokesman said Hallen FC wants to find "a mutually beneficial solution to our current quandary".
In a statement, Almondsbury Parish Council said it had provided additional financial support to HFC for the past year.
It stated it had also sought a number of ways to make the centre economically viable, but these had been rejected by the club, which had also refused to sign a new tenancy agreement.
The authority said "there was no alternative but for the football club to leave the centre" as a result.
Hallen FC has urged members of the public to attend a parish council meeting in Almondsbury on 2 June where the matter will be discussed further.


At 10-years-old, Adriano Moke was living the dream after signing for Manchester United.

He fell by the wayside at Old Trafford, but his desire to become a professional footballer remained and he moved on to the youth ranks at both Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.
Ultimately, they too proved unsuccessful and Moke began to struggle with being "himself".
As an adult, there were further setbacks after playing for clubs including York and Halifax, and it was not until later that he was told by the Professional Footballers' Association that he was suffering from depression.
"Not being offered a scholarship at Leeds United was tough," he told BBC Sport. "At that time I thought I would never be a footballer.
"Then after all those years it hit me harder because I always worked towards it. When you are at a club and you see another player that doesn't work hard, but gets a contract, you think 'what's the point?'.
"Things like that were getting into my head and I thought 'what more do I need to do to get a contract somewhere?'.
"People were telling me to stick at it and if I kept working hard I would get where I wanted but that is when it really started. I wasn't interested in anything. I wasn't myself.
"I couldn't be bothered going to football or doing anything. At one point I was in bed all day. I woke up at 5pm and my head was all over the place."
Moke signed for York City in the summer of 2011 and made 28 appearances in the following season as they completed an FA Trophy and promotion double.
He moved on to Cambridge United for an undisclosed fee, but had limited opportunities and went to Tamworth on loan before dropping into the Conference North with Halifax.
The 2012-13 season brought another medal when the Shaymen beat Brackley Town in the play-off final to return to the Conference Premier after a five-year absence.
But after what he describes as the "highlight" of his career, Moke, whose father played for Sporting Lisbon, reached rock bottom when Halifax decided not to offer him a new deal.
His depression remained a secret from all but a few people close to him. He felt embarrassed by it and his team-mates were none the wiser - even his brother only found out earlier this year.
Moke was desperate to avoid a move further down the leagues, but signed non-contract terms with Stockport County.
The story of Jamie Vardy's big move from Fleetwood Town to Leicester City, inspired Moke, who once played against the striker during his time with York.
He hoped game-time with Stockport would attract the attention of a full-time club, and he joined Macclesfield Town last summer.
At the start of the 2014-15 campaign, John Askey's side were among the favourites to be relegated from the Conference.
Following a summer of uncertainty and little investment, they had been all but written off with the odds of promotion back to the Football League stacked against them at 66/1.
But the Silkmen proved to be a surprise package and were an unexpected success story, managing 21 consecutive weeks in the play-off positions - until the crunch came.
Their season petered out at the wrong time and as a result of winning just two of their final 10 matches, they finished sixth and missed out on the play-offs by just one point.
In the midst of such disappointment, however, Moke found a silver lining as playing 39 times during the season helped him to control his depression.
"It has been difficult but as team we know we have messed up," he told BBC Sport. "When I signed for Macclesfield my friends told me we were going to get relegated. Everyone was saying it.
"We tried our best and it's been a great achievement. This year I haven't suffered at all. It's the people around me that have helped me. People like my agent and the manager- he has helped a lot."
The 25-year-old says he will forever cherish the chance he was given by Askey, a man he described as '"like a dad" to him after discovering his history with depression.
"We have a really good bunch of lads. I've played for clubs where there is team spirit but the Macclesfield team are more like my brothers. They're like family to me," he said.
"I have a manager who really believes in me and has given me this chance. The fans never get on my back and anything anyone says is positive. That's a first for me and it has really helped."
Moke agrees that talking about his mental health issues has helped, and encourages others to follow suit.
"Depression is a massive thing. I never thought it was but people shouldn't be embarrassed or scared to talk about it. I used to be but anyone can beat it if you really work hard and focus," he added.
"Don't be scared. Come out and say how you feel and what's inside. There is always someone that will come out and help and anyone can beat it.
"Keep focusing on wearing that shirt because it is the best feeling in the world."


Ruan Pienaar makes his first appearance of 2017 for Ulster in Saturday's Pro12 home game against Glasgow Warriors.

The scrum-half has recovered from a knee injury and starts alongside returning Ireland internationals Craig Gilroy, Luke Marshall and Tommy Bowe.
Free-scoring Gilroy scored a 14-minute hat-trick for Ireland in last week's Six Nations win over Italy in Rome.
Glasgow back Peter Horne returns from injury while new signing Brandon Thomson makes his debut.
Mark Bennett and Simone Favaro return for the Warriors from international duty with Scotland and Italy respectively.
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Stuart Olding and Charles Piutau are ruled out for Ulster while Pete Browne and Franco van der Merwe form a new second-row.
Sean Reidy replaces Robbie Diack in the back row, one of eight changes from last week's 24-18 victory over Edinburgh.
Callum Black replaces Andrew Warwick at loose-head with Kieran Treadwell dropping out of the second-row to provide cover on the bench.
Pienaar has not played since sustaining a knee injury in the New Year's Eve Pro12 fixture away to Leinster and his return is a massive boost as Ulster attempt to go ahead of Glasgow in fifth place.
Meanwhile, Thomson makes his Warriors debut after signing on loan from the Stormers this month. The 21-year-old is primarily a fly-half, but starts for Gregor Townsend's side at full-back in one of seven personnel changes from last Friday's home defeat by Scarlets.
Veteran Sean Lamont replaces Rory Hughes on the left wing, while Bennett comes in for the injured Sam Johnson in midfield.
Horne has recovered from the ankle injury he sustained in December and will take the place of Rory Clegg at fly-half, a day after signing a new three-year contract at the club.
In the pack, with Pat MacArthur injured, James Malcolm starts at hooker, and is joined in the front-row by Tonga tight-head Sila Puafisi.
The second-row duo of Scott Cummings and Brian Alainu'uese is unchanged, while Favaro replaces Chris Fusaro on the open-side flank.
"I've got the thank the medical team around me," Horne said of his return to action. "I've been pretty strict with my recovery and I always try to be. It's paid off and it's great to be back.
"I don't feel like I've rushed back, I probably could have played last weekend but we decided to be cautious. It's been a great week this week.
"I'm so excited to be back playing, I feel like my season has just never really got going. I'm really excited to get a clean bill of health.
"We pride ourselves on this time of year, when we do lose a lot of our internationals and teams maybe underestimate us a bit, but we always come out firing and as a group we get even closer, the boys that are here. We're desperate to make a big statement this weekend.
"I think we need to win six of our last eight games to even give us a chance of playing in the play-offs so this weekend is a massive fixture."
Ulster: L Ludik; T Bowe, L Marshall, D Cave, C Gilroy; P Nelson, R Pienaar; C Black, J Andrew, R Lutton; P Browne, F van der Merwe; S Reidy, C Henry (capt), M Coetzee.
Replacements: R Herring, A Warwick, W Herbst, K Treadwell, R Diack, P Marshall, J Stockdale, J Owens.
Glasgow: B Thomson; L Jones, M Bennett, N Grigg, S Lamont; P Horne, H Pyrgos; A Allan, J Malcolm, S Puafisi; B Alainu'uese, S Cummings; R Harley, S Favaro, A Ashe.
Replacements: C Flynn, J Bhatti, D Rae, T Uanivi, L Wynne, G Hart, R Vernon, R Hughes.


Over the past three years, 270 Austrians have gone to fight with so-called Islamic State (IS) and other rebel groups.

Austria is second only to Belgium in the number of foreign jihadists per capita who have left a European Union country to fight in Syria and Iraq.
More than half of them were of Chechen origin. But, in recent months, efforts by the government and by the community mean that fewer are setting off for the Middle East.
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On a Vienna housing estate, a martial arts class is underway.
The boys, who come from Austria's marginalised Chechen community, are learning Latar Do, a new form of martial arts.
Their parents hope that sport will keep them off the streets - and out of the hands of radical Islamists. Around 150 Austrian Chechens have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq in the last three years - and families here are nervous.
"The boys have a lot of energy, a lot of power," their trainer Adam Bisaev told me. "If we don't channel that, they could do drugs or go and fight. This is the opposite. It is good for their future."
Thirty thousand Chechens live in Austria, making it one of the largest Chechen communities in Europe.
Life is not always easy for Chechens here. Adam Bisaev, who came to Vienna as a refugee in 2003, says they often face prejudice.
He founded the club, which also provides language classes, to help people integrate. Two years ago, in response to the increasing numbers of radicalised youth, he helped set up a Chechen council to focus on the good example set by many young Chechens in work or studying.
"As a community we weren't well organised," he said.
"For parents it's not simple to bring up their children in this society. They lose control, the community loses it and then the young people receive proposals: You can go to Syria and be a hero.
"Since we've had the Chechen council, the first question has been our youth."
It is not just Chechens in Austria who have gone off to be foreign fighters.
The phenomenon has affected other minority communities here - notably those of Bosnian, Balkan and Arab origin, as well as a number of Austrian converts to Islam.
In 2014, two Viennese Bosnian teenage girls, Samra and Sabina, went to Syria, where they reportedly married fighters from so-called Islamic State.
A Muslim preacher, Mirsad Omerovic, known as Ebu Tejma, is currently on trial, accused of recruiting young Austrians to join IS.
But over the past year, the number of Austrians setting off to become foreign fighters has decreased. Karl Heinz Grundboeck, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, says that IS propaganda "is not so effective now."
"We have more information and co-operation with the communities and it is not so easy for Daesh [IS] to convince people to join this fight.
"Secondly we have had a number of successful investigations resulting in arrests."
Mr Grundboeck says Austria is focusing on a double track of prevention and law enforcement, working with teachers, youth workers and official Muslim community organisations.
A telephone hotline has been set up for people concerned about extremism.
Another NGO, Women without Borders, aims to help mothers from vulnerable communities recognise and deal with signs of radicalisation in their children, as well as build bridges with the authorities.
One of their trainers, Chechen journalist Maynat Kurbanova, said it had been a great shock for the community when young Chechen men in Austria went to fight in Syria.
"I believe that at the beginning of the war, at least, they saw the fight against [Syrian President] Assad as a fight against Putin and against Russia," she said. "They couldn't go to fight in Chechnya, but it was simpler to go to Syria. And then there were the radical preachers and the internet which encouraged more of them to go."
For Chechens in Austria it was a wake-up call. "It made them realise they needed help. The community is much more open now."
While fewer Austrians are going to Syria, 80 foreign fighters have since returned to Austria. Many are in prison, and are being closely watched by the authorities.


The withdrawal of a doctor's contract was "contrary to law, unjust, oppressive", a government complaints panel has found.

Eye consultant Amar Alwitry was due to start at Jersey's General Hospital in December 2012 but was told a week before by the States Employment Board (SEB) his contract had been terminated.
Mr Alwitry said he had queried the safety of certain practices.
SEB said it was considering future legal action over the findings.
The board said it had noted the report's observations and expressed "significant disappointment" regarding a number of conclusions which it said it would not comment on.
Mr Alwitry, who was born in Jersey, said he was "absolutely gutted" when his contract was withdrawn "completely out of the blue".
He said: "I didn't eat for a week.
"My plan was always to come home to serve the people and so I've tailored my entire career to that aim."
The glaucoma specialist said he was told by senior staff at the hospital to "put up or shut up" when he suggested it would be unsafe for him to operate on a Friday unless senior colleagues could provide emergency care over the weekend.
The States Complaints Panel found managers had terminated Mr Alwitry's contract based on their subjective beliefs he was a "trouble maker" and the decision making process was not sufficiently transparent.
It said this reflected "19th Century" practices and it criticised the HR directorate and the then Solicitor General Howard Sharp QC for failing to recognise those problems.
"On a personal level the decision to terminate Dr. Alwitry's contract of employment has destroyed his professional life", the panel said.
Mr Alwitry said he had not found a permanent NHS position since he had resigned as a substantive consultant in Derby to move to Jersey and is considering legal action.


Good news, Stranger Things fans: twin creators Matt and Ross Duffer have confirmed there will be a third series.

Now here's the not-so-good news. The Duffer brothers don't have any plans to extend it beyond a series four.
"We're thinking it will be a four-season thing and then out," said Ross Duffer in an interview with Vulture.
The second series of Netflix's '80s-set supernatural smash, about kids probing strange goings-on in their Indiana home town, launches on 27 October.
It follows a hit first season that revolved around the disappearance of one child and the arrival of another - a girl named Eleven - with special abilities.
The show won an outstanding ensemble performance prize at this year's Screen Actor Awards and is up for 18 more awards at this year's Emmys.
It has also revived the career of Winona Ryder, whose role as single mom Joyce Byers and meme-worthy antics at the SAGs have seen her Hollywood profile soar.
Speaking to Vulture, the Duffer brothers said Season 2 will be "a little bit bigger" than its predecessor. "We wanted to push things a bit," Ross is quoted as saying.
"I told Matt, 'I don't want to call it season two, I just want it to feel like a movie sequel.'"
All you need to know about Stranger Things S2
Streaming giant Netflix has faced criticism recently for allegedly padding out its shows to inordinate lengths - a tendency that helped to coin the phrase "Netflix bloat".
Stranger Things, though, would seem to be bucking that trend, with Matt Duffer admitting: "I don't know if we can justify something bad happening to [the kids] once a year."
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China's Jade Rabbit robot rover has driven off its landing module and on to the Moon's surface.

The robotic vehicle rolled down a ramp lowered by the lander and on to the volcanic plain known as Sinus Iridum.
Earlier on Saturday, the landing module containing the rover fired its thrusters to perform the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976.
The touchdown in the Moon's northern hemisphere marks the latest step in China's ambitious space programme.
The lander will operate there for a year, while the rover is expected to work for some three months.
The Chang'e-3 mission landed some 12 days after being launched atop a Chinese-developed Long March 3B rocket from Xichang in the country's south.
The official Xinhua news service reported that the craft began its descent just after 1300 GMT (2100 Beijing time), touching down in Sinus Iridum (the Bay of Rainbows) 11 minutes later.
"I was lucky enough to see a prototype rover in Shanghai a few years ago - it's a wonderful technological achievement to have landed," Prof Andrew Coates, from UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory, told BBC News.
Chang'e-3 is the third unmanned rover mission to touch down on the lunar surface, and the first to go there in more than 40 years. The last was an 840kg (1,900lb) Soviet vehicle known as Lunokhod-2, which was kept warm by polonium-210.
But the six-wheeled Chinese vehicle carries a more sophisticated payload, including ground-penetrating radar which will gather measurements of the lunar soil and crust.
On the lander:
On the rover:
True value of Jade Rabbit
The 120kg (260lb) Jade Rabbit rover can reportedly climb slopes of up to 30 degrees and travel at 200m (660ft) per hour.
Its name - chosen in an online poll of 3.4 million voters - derives from an ancient Chinese myth about a rabbit living on the moon as the pet of the lunar goddess Chang'e.
The rover and lander are powered by solar panels but some sources suggest they also carry radioisotope heating units (RHUs), containing plutonium-238 to keep them warm during the cold lunar night.
Reports suggest the lander and rover will photograph each other at some point on Sunday.
According to Chinese space scientists, the mission is designed to test new technologies, gather scientific data and build intellectual expertise. It will also scout valuable mineral resources that could one day be mined.
"China's lunar programme is an important component of mankind's activities to explore [the] peaceful use of space," Sun Huixian, a space engineer with the Chinese lunar programme, told Xinhua.
After this, a mission to bring samples of lunar soil back to Earth is planned for 2017. And this may set the stage for further robotic missions, and - perhaps - a crewed lunar mission in the 2020s.
Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank in Washington DC, said China's space programme was a good fit with China's concept of "comprehensive national power". This might be described as a measure of a state's all-round capabilities.
But he said that China did not see itself as being in a "space race" with anyone else. "I'm comparing it specifically to how the US and the Soviets were behaving in the late 1950s and 1960s when you had space launches almost every month.
"Look at how often the Chinese do manned missions - it's almost every other year."
Instead, the country is methodically and patiently building up the key elements needed for an advanced space programme - from launchers to manned missions in Earth orbit to unmanned planetary craft - and it is investing heavily.
Mr Cheng added: "China is saying: 'We are doing something that only two other countries have done before - the US and the Soviet Union."
The landing site of Sinus Iridum (Latin for Bay of Rainbows) is a flat volcanic plain, part of a larger feature known as Mare Imbrium that forms the right eye of the "Man in the Moon".
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Forget a selfie stick, how about a selfie string?

9 February 2016 Last updated at 13:51 GMT
A Swiss skier has captured a breathtaking video using just his phone and a piece of string.
Nicolas Vuignier found a cool way to film himself without needing a professional film crew.
He tied his phone to a piece of string, and swung it round and round above his head as he sped down the slopes.
It means he could film himself from lots of angles to give some amazing video of himself skiing.
The tricky trick is pretty impressive but don't try this one yourself.
Footage courtesy of Nicolas Vuignier.


Argentina saw off a thrilling comeback from defending champions Great Britain to win their semi-final 3-2 and clinch a place in the Davis Cup final.

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Britain had trailed 2-0 after the first day in Glasgow, but doubles victory on Saturday was followed by a singles win for Andy Murray on Sunday.
Dan Evans won the first set of the deciding match but Leonardo Mayer fought back to win 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
Argentina will travel to Croatia for the final in November.
It is the fifth time Argentina have reached the final as they attempt to win the title for the first time.
Britain, who won the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years 10 months ago, must wait for Wednesday's draw to see which nation they will face in the 2017 first round in February.
"It never feels good losing, of course it doesn't, but no regrets," GB captain Leon Smith told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We just asked the guys to go out and fight their hardest - the Argentines over the course of the weekend just played that little bit better and got the wins that were needed."
There was intrigue well before the first ball was struck on Sunday, with rumours circulating that Juan Martin del Potro would not play in a potential deciding fifth match as he nurses his body back from serious injury.
After Murray beat Guido Pella 6-3 6-2 6-3 to level the tie at 2-2, it was confirmed that Argentina's star man would sit out the final rubber and be replaced by world number 114 Mayer.
"We had to keep it to ourselves until the last moment so Great Britain were thinking a little bit, but we knew from last night that Mayer would play," said Argentina captain Daniel Orsanic.
Evans, the world number 56, had been expected to come in for Kyle Edmund, who was named in the original line-up on Friday, and fresh from a superb run at the US Open he had every reason to be optimistic.
That feeling only grew among the 8,000 home fans as Evans won the first set impressively, but Mayer then simply took over with some magnificent serving.
His lowly ranking was misleading, a shoulder injury having caused him to plummet from inside the top 40 six months ago, but his form had clearly returned as he made 20 of 24 first serves to level at one set all.
The 29-year-old then backed it up with some huge returning to win the third set, by which point it was the 400 travelling Argentine fans making most of the noise in the Emirates Arena.
Evans held on in a 12-minute opening service game to the fourth set, but Mayer broke for a 3-2 lead and coolly served out to love for his ninth consecutive Davis Cup singles victory.
"I am very emotional," said Mayer. "I haven't been able to play because of injury so I am delighted to be back on form.
"I do not know what it is about the Davis Cup it brings out the best in me."
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Murray, 29, suffered an injury scare in the third set of his win over Pella and was off court for eight minutes as he received treatment on his thigh, but the Scot returned to clinch victory.
He did not face a break point over the course of two hours and 11 minutes but was stretched more than the straightforward score might suggest, with Pella testing the Wimbledon champion's energy levels.
It appeared that the tactic might bear fruit after Murray missed an early break point in the third set, and then pulled up with obvious pain in his leg.
Trainer Shane Annun took his man off court and, while walking gingerly between points, Murray was more focused than ever on the resumption, winning five of the last six games.
"I have a lot of sharp pain in my right quad," he said. "I have to go and see what's up and get some treatment. I need a break. I have played so much tennis, my body needs some rest."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent: "Britain's hopes of winning back-to-back titles for the first time since the 1930s were ended by the better team. Three different players won singles points for Argentina, with only the Murray brothers contributing for Britain, and that ultimately was the difference.
"Del Potro's fatigue meant Mayer was the strongest option for the final rubber, and captain Orsanic deployed his resources very shrewdly throughout the weekend."


Bradford made it two away wins in four days as strikes from Josh Cullen and Billy Clarke saw them beat MK Dons 2-1.

The hosts made a fast start but City went ahead after just 12 minutes as Mark Marshall's initial shot was pushed by David Martin onto the post and after a scramble in the six-yard box, Cullen popped up to strike from close range.
With the Dons shell-shocked, Bradford doubled their lead five minutes later as Clarke's strike from 20 yards out found the bottom right-hand corner past the out-stretched Martin.
Chasing the game, the Dons upped the pace in the second half and created plenty of chances as City crowded the middle of the park.
Ed Upson came close as his long-range effort hit the post while George Williams tested out Colin Doyle.
But despite their endeavour, the hosts could not make a breakthrough until the fourth minute of injury time as Upson reacted quickest to a rebound after Paul Downing's header hit the crossbar.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, MK Dons 1, Bradford City 2.
Second Half ends, MK Dons 1, Bradford City 2.
Ed Upson (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Dean Lewington (MK Dons).
Nicky Law (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal!  MK Dons 1, Bradford City 2. Ed Upson (MK Dons) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Ed Upson (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tony McMahon (Bradford City).
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Daniel Devine (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  MK Dons. Conceded by Tony McMahon.
Joe Walsh (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Walsh (MK Dons).
Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Bradford City. Timothee Dieng replaces Mark Marshall.
Corner,  Bradford City. Conceded by Ed Upson.
Attempt saved. Dean Lewington (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ed Upson (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Law (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bradford City. Paul Anderson replaces Billy Clarke.
Foul by George Baldock (MK Dons).
Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kieran Agard (MK Dons).
Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dean Bowditch (MK Dons).
Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Dean Lewington (MK Dons) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Dean Bowditch (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by James Meredith (Bradford City).
Substitution, MK Dons. Dean Bowditch replaces George C Williams.
Corner,  MK Dons. Conceded by Billy Clarke.
Attempt blocked. Ed Upson (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
George C Williams (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City).
Foul by Daniel Powell (MK Dons).
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. George Baldock (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.


Hull FC earned their fifth consecutive Super League win with victory against struggling Huddersfield Giants.

Josh Bowden put the hosts ahead before Joe Wardle and Aaron Murphy went over to give the Giants the lead.
Liam Watts and Jamie Shaul put Hull in front but Danny Brough cut the hosts' half-time lead to two points.
Shaul scored his second try in between Danny Houghton and Curtis Naughton scores as Hull rounded off the win before Jermaine McGillvary's late try.
Hull rise to fourth in the table, two points behind leaders Warrington, while Huddersfield's ninth defeat of the season left them bottom with only two points.
Gene Ormsby, who joined Huddersfield on a one-month loan from Warrington this week, would have extended the Giants' early lead if his try had not been disallowed for a forward pass.
Despite limiting Hull's lead at the break, Huddersfield's task was made harder when Brough was sin-binned for dissent soon after Houghton went over.
Marc Sneyd kicked six out of six attempts at goal before his drop-goal just before full-time rounded off a comfortable night for Hull.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford: "The way we are playing, we have shown we can put points on the table.
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"It's a cliche, but you've not seen the best of us. There's a lot of improvement there and we're just happy to be picking up points.
"I'm over the moon with tonight. We had to work for it. It was never going to be spectacular and I'm really pleased."
Huddersfield Giants head coach Paul Anderson: "I thought we threw some decent stuff at them for 40 minutes.
"We gifted them 18 points in that first half. After that, there are some big human beings in that Hull team, we were down to 12 and that never helped.
"It's tough at the moment. It's not about big plans or systems. It's about effort and we need to stick together and keep doing that.
"We have to realise we have some very good rugby players in this team and it's my job to get the best out of them."
Hull FC: Shaul, Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Naughton, Hadley, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Manu, Pritchard, Bowden.
Replacements: Paleaaesina, Green, Thompson, Talanoa.
Huddersfield Giants: Brierley, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Murphy, Ormsby, Brough, Connor, Rapira, Hinchcliffe, Huby, Wardle, Ta'ai, Lawrence.
Replacements: Crabtree, Patrick, Leeming, Roberts.
Referee: Robert Hicks
Attendance: 10,557


Police are attempting to trace a man who robbed a William Hill bookmakers in North Lanarkshire after threatening a member of staff with a weapon.

The man escaped with a three-figure sum of cash after raiding the shop in East Muiryhall Street, Coatbridge, at about 21:20 on Tuesday.
The staff member, whose daughter was in the shop at the time, was uninjured but both were left "extremely distressed".
Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.
The suspect is described as white, about 5ft 7in tall, with a medium build.
At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a dark hooded jacket and dark trousers. He was also wearing a balaclava to disguise his face and he had a local accent.
Officers will be carrying out door-to-door inquiries and gathering CCTV images from the local area.
Det Con Emma McLaughlin, of Police Scotland, said: "There are other stores, such as a takeaway and a local shop nearby and it's possible someone may have seen the man before the incident, perhaps he was loitering outside, maybe you saw him acting a little suspiciously.
"If you have any information or knowledge of the incident or the suspect, then please do contact us."


A doctor who likened the risks of vaping to the Thalidomide scandal has been accused of "alarmist nonsense".

Dr Phil Banfield, chairman of the British Medical Association's (BMA) Welsh council, said he wants to see proof of the safety of e-cigarettes.
He wants their use reviewed - pointing to the Thalidomide morning sickness drug that caused birth deformities.
An e-cigarettes scientific officer said he was unjustifiably using the topic to get an emotional response.
Their use has divided opinion in Wales and a move to ban e-cigarettes from some public places was rejected in the assembly in March.
Thalidomide was a drug launched by a German pharmaceutical company in 1957 to help pregnant women combat morning sickness.
But it was withdrawn from the UK in 1961, with 468 people classified as having been damaged by it and an estimated 20,000 babies worldwide born with deformities.
Dr Banfield said expectant mothers in the US did not use it as there were safety concerns and with 2.8 million people using e-cigarettes in the UK, he feels the same caution should now be exercised.
Dr Banfield told BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales programme: "I'm a bit loath to make a direct comparison but the most obvious one, because I'm in my fifties, is with Thalidomide.
"The reason why America did not get an issue with Thalidomide was because the person in charge of reviewing the drug there had safety concerns."
He said there were lots of drugs and treatments, such as morphine, that are used to combat issues in a supervised environment that we "don't take on to the streets".
"Using e-cigarettes to help you quit is very different to swapping them to use them as a social habit in the long-term," he added.
But Tom Pruen, of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association, dismissed the comments as "alarmist nonsense".
He said: "I think it's an entirely fallacious argument.
"Thalidomide was a drug that was intended for use in pregnancy that had never been investigated for its effects on developing foetuses which is a little different from saying 'here is a product that while not risk free, is definitely safer than continuing to smoke'."
He said he believes Dr Banfield chose Thalidomide to "elicit an emotional response that's quite simply not justified by the evidence".
While some organisations such as the Royal College of Physicians and Public Health England have endorsed the benefits of using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, others including the World Health Organisation and the BMA have taken a more cautious approach.
BMA Wales said Dr Banfield's comments "were not intended to make a direct comparison to e-cigarettes", stressing it was his "personal view".
A spokesman said: "The BMA's position is clear; we recognise the potential for e-cigarettes to reduce the harm associated with tobacco use, but while evidence on the long-term effects of e-cigarettes is still emerging we continue to advocate a cautionary approach to normalising e-cigarette use in front of children and young adults."


Wales' Six Nations title hopes are over after Scotland ended their 10-year losing streak against them at Murrayfield, says coach Rob Howley.

Wales led 13-9 at the break, but the hosts scored 20 unanswered points in the second period.
Howley was "hugely disappointed" by his side's second-half display.
"We lacked possession and when we got it, Scotland were hugely effective in the contact area, slowing up our ball or getting turnovers," he said.
"Our changing room was positive at half-time, but that didn't manifest second half.
"Losing today, our championship is over but it's about pride in the next two games.
"Scotland were better than us and deserved the win."
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Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones echoed Howley's thoughts, saying: "We were efficient with our possession in the first half but there was a definite momentum shift.
"We didn't keep possession in the second half and they capitalised on their possession."
Wales host Ireland in Cardiff on Friday, 10 March in their penultimate game before finishing their campaign against France in Paris eight days later.


The threat to the lives of police officers from dissident republicans in the north west of Northern Ireland remains severe, a senior officer has said.

Supt Mark McEwan outlined a number of incidents in recent months that demonstrated the threat.
He said that from September 2014 there had been 15 bomb incidents in the Derry City & Strabane District council area.
They included seven attacks on the police.
In early August, a mortar bomb was found at Strabane cemetery and detectives believe it was an attempt to lure police officers to their death.
Supt McEwan, the police district commander for the area, said there had also been 15 shootings since September 2014, six of which were paramilitary-style attacks in which he said the victims suffered "life-changing injuries".
He also revealed that after forensic analysis it had been established that a suspected assault rifle found in the Ballycolman estate following the cemetery mortar bomb find was actually a replica firearm.
Supt McEwan said the officers under his command came from all parts of the community and were dedicated to keeping people safe.
"Because they have chosen that for a career, there is an element within this community who feel that it's OK to try to mount attacks to kill or seriously injure these people," he said.
"In doing so they have no regard for the safety of other members of the community  and in fact totally disregard that safety, whether it's about lives or, indeed in terms of disrupting community life or causing fear and intimidation."
He appealed for people in the community to come forward with information about the dissidents.
"Is this the type of activity that people within our community want to tolerate?" he said.
"I don't believe it is."