Scotland ran in five second-half tries as they opened their World Cup campaign with victory over Japan at Kingsholm.

Greig Laidlaw's four successful penalties out of five gave the Scots a 12-7 advantage at half-time, Amanaki Mafi having crossed for Japan.
John Hardie and Mark Bennett touched down after the break and Tommy Seymour raced clear for the Scots' third try.
Bennett's second score secured a bonus point and Finn Russell celebrated his 23rd birthday by crossing late on.
Japan had caused a major upset when they beat South Africa 34-32 on Saturday but, despite a spirited first half, they were overwhelmed by Vern Cotter's side, who now top Pool B.
Mafi scored after a successful line-out and Ayumu Goromaru converted but that 7-6 advantage would be Japan's only lead in the match as Laidlaw largely kept his composure with the boot before the Scots fully took control.
Relive Scotland's win over Japan
Some of the attacking rugby Scotland produced was sumptuous. They did it against a team that was tiring but there was pace and wit in the backline and a reason to believe big things are to come.
Bennett and Matt Scott were outstanding, cutting through the Japanese defence and causing mayhem.
Scotland have often toiled miserably when it comes to breaking down defences, but not now.
In Bennett and Scott in the midfield, the electrifying Stuart Hogg at full-back, the predatory Seymour on the wing and such cleverness at half-back in Russell and Laidlaw, Scotland are not lacking in game-breakers anymore.
The game turned when Japan suffered the cruel loss of their totem Mafi to injury early in the second half.
The back row forward had been a colossus. As soon as he was carried off on a stretcher, Scotland ran amok.
When he departed it was still just a two-point game and Scotland were beginning to wobble.
His exit had the twin impact of demoralising Japan and galvanising Scotland. Eddie Jones's team quickly tired and they were picked off relentlessly and clinically.
Hardie and then Bennett found gaps on Japan's right for Scotland's opening two scores and the pace of Seymour and Bennett left opponents trailing in their wake as the bonus point was secured.
Russell added gloss to the scoreline under the posts, with Laidlaw converting four of the five tries.
Scotland: Hogg, Seymour, Bennett, Scott, Lamont, Russell, Laidlaw, Dickinson, Ford, Nel, Gilchrist, J. Gray, Wilson, Hardie, Denton.
Replacements: Maitland for Hogg (66), Horne for Bennett (80), Grant for Dickinson (65), Brown for Ford (73), Welsh for Nel (72), R. Gray for Gilchrist (51), Strauss for Wilson (59). Not used: Pyrgos.
Japan: Goromaru, Matsushima, Sau, Tamura, Fukuoka, Tatekawa, Tanaka, Inagaki, Horie, Yamashita, Thompson, Ives, Leitch, Broadhurst, Mafi.
Replacements: Hiwasa for Tamura (69), Hesketh for Tatekawa (76), Mikami for Inagaki (41), Kizu for Horie (73), Hatakeyama for Yamashita (53), Ito for Thompson (69), Makabe for Ives (61), Tui for Mafi (46). Sin bin: Matsushima (24).
Att: 14,354
Ref: John Lacey (Ireland).
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A thief who stole comedian Bill Bailey's tour bus from outside a gig in Liverpool has been jailed.

Francis Whittaker, 35, took the bus from outside the city's Philharmonic Hall, where Bailey performed in October as part of a tour.
Liverpool Crown Court heard the vehicle contained merchandise worth Â£2,400 and the comedian's personal belongings.
Whittaker was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to burglary and two charges of vehicle theft.
CCTV footage showed two men entering the theatre through a fire door, before Whittaker was seen leaving and driving off in the van, the court heard.
An Apple laptop was also taken from inside the building.
The Mercedes Sprinter bus was found three days after the theft in a Liverpool suburb with false number plates attached, the court heard.
Whittaker, of The Lynxway, West Derby, was arrested a week later.
He also admitted taking a Vauxhall van containing tools worth Â£12,000 from outside the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool during an earlier theft in August.
The court heard Whittaker had 42 previous convictions for 84 offences.
Charlotte Pringle, mitigating, said his offending was linked to drug and alcohol issues, which he had tried but failed to address.


Gareth Southgate said it was "important to step forward" and take charge of England following Sam Allardyce's departure as manager.

Former defender Southgate steps up from the Under-21 job and will lead the senior team for the next four games.
Allardyce left his post on Tuesday following a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
"The future is certainly bright for this England team," said Southgate.
His decision is a U-turn from June, when the 46-year-old had no interest in succeeding Roy Hodgson as boss of the senior team.
Southgate has managed the U21s since 2013 and was previously in charge of Middlesbrough from 2006 to 2009.
After stepping down, former Bolton, West Ham and Sunderland manager Allardyce said "entrapment had won" and his actions were a "silly thing to do".
Southgate added: "It's obviously been a difficult situation for the FA but it was important that there was some stability and continuity for everybody.
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"So, from my point of view, it was important to step forward and give us the best possible chance to win these games.
"I'm looking forward to the challenge and I'm confident that we can get good results. We have an excellent group of players."
Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger again committed his future to Arsenal after speculation linking him with the post.
Wenger, 66, said in July he would "never rule it out" but the Frenchman insisted he will remain at Emirates Stadium.
"I am focused 100% on Arsenal and my priority will always be to this club," Gunners boss Wenger told BT Sport. "I will have to assess how well I do until the end of the season."
Former England striker Michael Owen believes the full-time job is Southgate's to lose.
"If he wins all four games it will take a brave man to say 'let's change it now'," said Owen. "Possession is nine tenths of the law, isn't it?
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"I've played under lots of managers and don't get me wrong, they are a very important part of club football and international football, but when you've got so many good players it's more important the players click.
"Eddie Howe could be a good manager. Southgate's a good man; he could be fantastic. One day someone will click."
USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann ruled himself out of the running, saying on Twitter there was "no truth to the rumours regarding England", while Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez said there was "no chance" he would be leaving the Magpies.
Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 live the England job would break, rather than make, a manager.
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"If you are under 50, it could ruin your career," he said. "It is like being the Prime Minister - most walk out smiling because they are glad it is over. Expectation is currently low, but that changes quickly."
BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty
The Arsenal manager's credentials easily outstrip those of the other candidates being touted as Allardyce's replacement.
At 66, Wenger might even share Allardyce's view when he was appointed that his age and experience make him the perfect fit for international management.
Wenger is the perfect next England manager with the ideal credentials and track record if the FA can formulate a plan to somehow attract him to what many now call an impossible job.
Read more from Phil - Why the FA should wait for Wenger


Second-placed Linfield missed a chance to cut the gap on Premiership leaders Crusaders by losing to Portadown.

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With the Crues being held to a 1-1 draw by Glenavon, David Healy's Blues could have closed the gap to four points.
Two former Linfield players scored the Portadown goals with Mark McAllister netting a disputed penalty and Philip Lowry heading the second.
Portadown defender Ken Oman was sent-off and Matthew Clarke scored in the 84th minute for Linfield.
That ensured a frantic finish with Linfield, who had won six in a row in the league, desperate to get something from the game.
It was a surprise win for struggling Portadown who had lost their previous six Premiership fixtures.
The major talking point at Shamrock Park was the penalty decision midway through the first half.
Defender Mark Stafford, having allowed a long ball to bounce, was deemed to have tripped Marcio Soares in the area.
Linfield players, believing the Portadown player had dived, protested to referee Arnold Hunter and the assistant official, but the spot-kick was given and former Linfield forward McAllister beat Ross Glendinning.
Midfielder Lowry made it 2-0 in the 69th minute by meeting a ball from Chris Casement, another former Linfield man.
Oman was sent-off when a deliberate hand ball resulted in his second yellow card of the night and soon afterwards full-back Clarke halved the deficit.
The Blues will rue their failure to cut the six-point gap on leaders Crusaders.
The champions don't drop many points at Seaview, so it was a rare chance to gain ground which Linfield desperately needed to take.
Instead, the Belfast Blues find themselves now seven behind the Premiership pacesetters and still just two ahead of third-placed Cliftonville.
It was a first loss in nine league matches for David Healy's Linfield, their last defeat having also been at Portadown in November.


North Korea has fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, drawing condemnation from the US.

The KN-11 missile was launched off the coast of Sinpo and flew about 500km (300 miles) before falling into the Sea of Japan, a US official said.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the missile had fallen inside Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone.
North Korea, believed to be developing nuclear weapons, is banned by the UN from any use of ballistic missiles.
The reported test follows an attempted launch last month that South Korea said failed in its initial flight stage.
It took place as foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea were meeting in Tokyo.
The US State Department said it "strongly condemned" this and previous missile tests and would raise concerns at the UN.
Earlier, North Korea warned that current joint military exercises by South Korea and the US - which it sees as a rehearsal for invasion - were pushing the Korean peninsula towards the brink of a war.
Last month, the US and South Korea also agreed to deploy a missile defence system to counter threats from the North.
In January, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, claiming it to be its first using a hydrogen bomb.
Shortly after that Pyongyang launched a satellite, widely seen as a test of long-range missile technology.


Stirling Albion have have appointed Martyn Corrigan as caretaker manager as they search for a replacement for Stuart McLaren.

The Binos parted company with McLaren on Saturday after a 4-0 home defeat to Elgin City.
That loss left them second bottom of Scottish League Two.
"No one could have worked harder than Stuart and I wish him every success in the future," said chairman Stuart Brown on the official website.
Former Stirling player McLaren was appointed boss in November 2014 following a spell managing Australian side Brisbane Strikers.
However, he could not save them from relegation, and they finished seventh last season.


Theresa May had "objections" to a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point during the coalition, the then Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable has said.

Lib Dem Sir Vince said the prime minister had worried about a "gung-ho" approach to Chinese investment in it.
The government said nuclear energy was important but it would review plans and make a final decision in the autumn.
French firm EDF, which is financing most of the Â£18bn project, says it is "confident" the project would go ahead.
Sir Vince, who was business secretary from 2010-15 and a supporter of Hinkley, said Mrs May, who was home secretary during that period, had been "unhappy" about the government's approach to Chinese investment.
"Certainly when we were in government Theresa May was, I think, quite clear she was unhappy about the rather gung-ho approach to Chinese investment that we had - and that George Osborne in particular was promoting - and as I recall raised objections to Hinkley at that time," he told BBC's Today programme.
Responding to the claim, new Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: "The UK needs a reliable and secure energy supply and the government believes that nuclear energy is an important part of the mix.
"The government will now consider carefully all the component parts of this project and make its decision in the early autumn."
A Downing Street source said that while there were "all sorts of theories" for the pause, it was "simply that we have a new prime minister and this is a big deal", adding that it was reasonable to "look at the component parts".
EDF approved funding for Hinkley Point C in Somerset at a board meeting on Thursday and contracts were due to be signed by all the parties involved the following day.
But in a surprise announcement, Mr Clark issued a brief statement saying ministers would take until the early autumn to review the project.
In an open letter to staff, EDF boss Vincent de Rivaz said he regretted the uncertainty for employees, the local community and suppliers but understood why the new UK cabinet needed a "little time".
Sources said China General Nuclear Power Corporation, which is contributing a third of the money, was "bemused" and "frustrated" by the hold-up.
BBC's Newsnight programme said it was security concerns over Chinese ownership of British nuclear power stations that were the primary reason why Mrs May had postponed the final decision on the deal.


Scientists have come up with a questionnaire they say should help diagnose a condition called face blindness.

Prosopagnosia, as doctors call it, affects around two in every 100 people in the UK and is the inability to recognise people by their faces alone.
In its most extreme form, people cannot even recognise their family or friends.
Milder forms, while still distressing, can be tricky to diagnose, which is why tests are needed.
People with prosopagnosia often use non-facial cues to recognise others, such as their hairstyle, clothes, voice, or distinctive features.
Some may be unaware they have the condition, instead believing they have a "bad memory for faces". But prosopagnosia is entirely unrelated to intelligence or broader memory ability.
One [anonymous] person with prosopagnosia explains: "My biggest problem is seeing the difference between ordinary-looking people, especially faces with few specific traits.
"I work at a hospital with an awful lot of employees and I often introduce myself to colleagues with whom I have worked several times before. I also often have problems recognising my next-door neighbour, even though we have been neighbours for eight years now. She often changes clothes, hairstyle and hair colour. When I strive to recognise people, I try to use technical clues like clothing, hairstyle, scars, glasses, their dialect and so on."
Doctors can use computer-based tests to see if people can spot famous faces and memorise and recognise a set of unfamiliar faces.
And now Dr Pundit Shah and colleagues at University College London have come up with a 20-item questionnaire to help measure the severity of someone's face blindness.
Each question is scored out of five, giving a total score of up to 100, but the abridged version below, created with the help of Dr Shah, gives a score out of 50.
Try our version of the prosopagnosia test here
The test is a guide and cannot tell you definitively whether you have face blindness or not.
If you think you have face blindness and would like to be involved in Prof Shah's Medical Research Council-funded work, you can get in touch via the Trouble with Faces website.


Former Leyton Orient boss Kevin Nolan has been named as Notts County player-manager following Alan Hardy's takeover of the League Two club.

Notts, who had been managerless since sacking new Oldham boss John Sheridan on 2 January, have lost 10 straight league games and are 22nd in the table, just a point above the relegation zone.
Hardy said Nolan, 34, could revive Notts' fortunes on the pitch.
"Kevin is an outstanding leader and we need immediate success," Hardy added.
Hardy revealed that Notts are losing £1.6m a year but said he was at Meadow Lane "for the long haul".
"It is a dream come true but there is a realisation that there is a tough job ahead," Hardy added.
Nolan will take charge of the team for the Nottinghamshire derby against Mansfield Town on Saturday.
Nottingham businessman Hardy finalised his purchase of the Magpies from Ray Trew on Wednesday, a deal he said was "90% heart and 10% head" because of what he described as the club's "huge" debts.
Notts are still under a transfer embargo and the subject of a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue & Customs. But Hardy, who said he feared Notts would have gone out of business had he not intervened, has promised to settle any outstanding debts.
He hoped that would happen in time for Nolan to be active in the final seven days of the January transfer window.
Nolan was appointed Orient boss in January 2016 but was sacked after three months, despite winning seven of his 15 games while in charge.
Nolan, who took the job after talking to former Notts manager Sam Allardyce, said: "This squad is capable of staying in the league. With my input we can start to get away from the current situation.
"I do not see this as a risk. I see this as something I can build with Alan. Alan knows we have to turn this around slowly. I see this as a challenge.
"I hope I can make him a successful and give him back all the faith and confidence he has shown in me."
Former Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham midfielder Nolan cannot play while the embargo is in place but said he still feels like he has something to offer on the pitch as well as off it.
Hardy said: "Kevin Nolan is an outstanding leader and that is what is this football club needs.
"Kevin will provide the leadership on the playing side. Not only is he a very good footballer, but when he went to Orient he had immediate success and we need to start climbing the table.
"This is massive football club but it is not a successful on the pitch. These two need to be realigned."
Hardy, the chief executive of Paragon Interiors Group and owner of Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club, said there was a "one, three and five-year plan in place" and hoped the club's debts "will be cleared by three years".
He added: "The immediate priority is survival and we need to understand what the fans want.
"We want the product to be right on the pitch but we we also want fans to enjoy themselves while they are here. I understand that frustration and anger.
"The passion and determination in this club needs to go up a few notches."
BBC Radio Nottingham's Notts County correspondent Colin Slater
"There was an openness from both Alan Hardy and Kevin Nolan. As chairman Hardy faced the more difficult questions but, to his credit, he did not shirk any of them. Never once did he say "no comment".
"There were two disclosures which will particularly disturb Notts fans. One is that the club is losing £1.6m a year. The other is that there is a pile of debts to the Football League clubs and these will delay the lifting of the transfer embargo even when the £300,000 tax bill is paid.
"Arrangements will have to be put in place for all these other debts to be paid before the Football League will lift the embargo and Hardy suggested Notts will no more than about seven days to bring new players in before the window closes.
"Nolan looked and sounded glad to be back in football and I think his cheerfulness and positivity will extend to fans, even the most critical."


Construction output fell by 2.1% in May compared with a month earlier, official figures have shown.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output slumped in the run up to the European Union (EU) referendum.
The fall was almost a complete reversal of April's 2.8% rise in construction activity.
Construction output, which accounts 6% of economic growth, will have to expand by 1.9% in June to avoid dragging on the wider economy, the ONS said.
But the chances of that happening look slim given the the private sector data already released.
Housing construction output fell 3.2% in May after edging down 0.1% in April, the biggest drop since February 2014.
Housing output has now fallen in every month this year apart from February.
"The fall in May 2016, taken together with the strength of April's figures, continues a longer trend of broadly flat output growth since the start of 2015," the ONS said.
On an annual basis construction output fell 1.9% compared with May 2015.
The most recent figures from the ONS showed UK economic growth slowed to 0.4% in the three months to the end of March.
The first estimate of second quarter economic growth is due on 27 July.
Financial firm Markit, which has given an estimate of construction activity in June, said the weakness had continued into last month.
It said the industry suffered its worst contraction in seven years in June as concern grew about the EU referendum.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Markit said the figures showed the construction sector was "hit appreciably by increased caution among clients  as the run-up to the referendum on EU membership magnified UK and global economic uncertainties".
Mr Archer added: "This immediately raises serious concerns as to just how much the construction sector will be hampered by the Brexit vote."


Dim ond £3 fydd angen i geir, faniau a bysiau bychain ei dalu mewn tollau ar bontydd Hafren pan fydd y tollau'n trosglwyddo i berchnogaeth gyhoeddus tua 2018, yn ôl cynlluniau llywodraeth y DU.

Cafodd manylion am ymgynghoriad ar y tollau, sydd yn cael ei lansio ddydd Gwener, ei nodi mewn llythyr gan weinidog Swyddfa Cymru Alun Cairns a gweinidog trafnidiaeth y DU John Hayes i aelodau'r Cynulliad ag aelodau seneddol.
Mae'r gostyngiad arfaethedig yn fwy na'r hyn oedd wedi ei awgrymu'n flaenorol, ac mae'r gost yn llai na hanner y £6.70 sy'n cael ei godi ar geir ar hyn o bryd.
Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd Trafnidiaeth llywodraeth y DU, Chris Grayling: "Bydd prisiau'r tollau yn y dyfodol sy'n cael eu cyhoeddi heddiw nid yn unig yn sicrhau diogelwch a dyfodol y pontydd am genedlaethau i ddod ond hefyd yn hwb i'r economi tra'n cynnig y gwerth gorau am arian i yrywr a threthdalwyr."
O dan y cynllun, byddai:
Mae gweinidogion hefyd yn ymgynghori ar drefn newydd fyddai'n golygu na fyddai llif traffig yn cael ei effeithio wrth yrru trwy'r tollau.
Byddai'r drefn yn golygu cael gwared ar y bariau tollau wrth i gamerau gael eu gosod fyddai'n adnabod ceir sydd yn croesi'r pontydd.
Dywed y llythyr: "Rydym yn deall pwysigrwydd y pontydd i economi Cymru a Lloegr, a'u bod wedi bod o fantais i ddefnyddwyr ffyrdd o Gymru a Lloegr ers 50 o flynyddoedd.
"Rydym yn credu fod ein hawgrymiadau sydd wedi eu nodi yn ein hymgynghoriad yn cynnig ateb cynaliadwy, ac yn cynnig dêl dda i'r defnyddwyr ac i'r trethdalwyr yn y blynyddoedd sydd i ddod."
Galwodd Ysgrifennydd Trafnidiaeth Llywodraeth Cymru Ken Skates o'r newydd am ddiddymu'r tollau unwaith y byddant yn trosglwyddo i berchnogaeth gyhoeddus - gan adlewyrchu safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru ar y mater.
"Fe fyddwn yn parhau i lobïo llywodraeth y DU am hyn," meddai.
Ond dywedodd y Farwnes Randerson, llefarydd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ar drafnidiaeth a chyn aelod Cynulliad, nad oedd yr ymgynghoriad "yn mynd yn ddigon pell."
Dywedodd: "Pam ddylai pobl sy'n defnyddio'r bond dalu am ei chynnal a'i chadw pan maen nhw'n talu am drwsio ffyrdd drwy'r system drethu, fel mae defnyddwyr traffyrdd eraill yn ei wneud?"


A book on birds based on notes gathered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been published 78 years after the author's death.

Jack Gordon from Corsemalzie Estate near Port William was one of Scotland's leading ornithologists.
He spent a lifetime meticulously researching local bird life but died in 1938 before it could go to print.
His notes survived and RSPB regional manager Chris Rollie and co-editor Richard Mearns have now published them.
Mr Rollie said Birds of Wigtownshire remained relevant to this day.
"It always makes sense to consider information in the current context against what happened in the past," he said.
"It provides a fascinating insight, not only into the birds and their numbers but into the land use and the changes in land use that have happened in Wigtownshire over that period."
Mr Gordon left five ring-bound volumes and a huge range of other notes which have been pieced together to produce the book.
"He was very, very thorough in everything he did but in particular in getting information from any source he could," said Mr Rollie.
"That included shooters, gamekeepers, the aristocracy, lighthouse keepers, country people and well-known ornithologists of the day as well.
"He meticulously gathered all that information together and his life work became setting this down."
The co-editors said they hoped they had done justice to the author's work.
"I hope that he would have been very pleased that we have completed that work because this was clearly his magnum opus," said Mr Rollie.
"He did many things, published various articles in various journals but clearly this was his big project.
"I think it is great that it has been brought to fruition now for posterity."


A games development company is opening a base in south Wales creating 60 jobs over the next three years.

London-based OysterWorld is setting up its development, marketing and research centre on Melin Corrwg Business Park, Treforest near Pontypridd.
The inward investment is being backed by Â£1m business funding from the Welsh government.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said it was a significant boost for the county's digital media sector.
"Wales was in competition with Canada for this project so I am delighted to welcome OysterWorld to Wales," she said.
"The Welsh government is fully committed to accelerating the growth of digital media businesses in Wales and the development of the games industry is an integral part of this aim.
"We have a growing pool of talent in games development, with universities becoming increasingly aligned to the needs of the sector and spinning out a large number of micro businesses."
She said attracting OysterWorld sent out a strong message to the industry that Wales "has the skills and talent to support this niche sector."
The announcement of the investment coincides with the Wales Games Development Show taking place at the Wales Millennium Centre on Wednesday when more than 50 companies are exhibiting their latest games and interactive projects.
OysterWorld says it aims to grow into a major force in development, publishing and electronic distribution of interactive entertainment software and online content services.
Communications manager Tony Bailey said: "We look forward to creating a dynamic new operations hub in Wales and building a new team to expand the business.
"We are very impressed by the availability of talented and skilled people in Wales and will be looking to recruit experienced staff as well as taking on talented young graduates."
The company said it was already working with the University of South Wales and said support from the Welsh government was another deciding factor in choosing Wales for its first major expansion.


A four-year-old girl has died after being hit by a van in Cheshire.

Emergency services were called to Gladstone Road near to Stanney Fields Park, in Neston, at about 12:00 GMT following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a van.
The girl was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital but later died, Cheshire Police said.
The driver of the van, a 62-year-old man, was also taken to hospital to be checked over.
The road was closed while emergency services worked at the scene.
Any witnesses are asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers.


UK rock band Radiohead have condemned an attack on people listening to their new album at a record store in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Some 20 suspected Islamists beat up customers and staff for drinking alcohol and listening to music during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Unconfirmed reports said one person was injured in the incident late on Friday.
A protest on Saturday against the attack was dispersed by police using water cannon and tear gas.
Radiohead described the assault on the Velvet Indieground store as an act of "violent intolerance".
Local media reports said the male attackers used sticks and bottles against those present.
The store in the central Beyoglu district was livestreaming Radiohead's new album A Moon Shaped Pool.
A Radiohead statement said: "Our hearts go out to those attacked at Velvet IndieGround in Istanbul.
"We hope that someday we will be able to look back on such acts of violent intolerance as things of the ancient past.
"For now, we can only offer our fans in Istanbul our love and support."


Ipswich Town have signed midfielder Toumani Diagouraga on loan from Leeds United for the rest of the season.

The 29-year-old Frenchman joined Leeds from Brentford a year ago, but has only played once this season, in a 3-0 defeat by QPR in August.
Diagouraga has made more than 350 career league appearances in England, having also featured for Hereford and Peterborough among others.
He could make his Ipswich debut at Preston North End on Saturday.
Following last weekend's defeat by Huddersfield, Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy confirmed former Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor will train with Town as cover for injured Adam Webster.
"We have lost Adam Webster for the season, so we're short on numbers and Steven Taylor would add that experience," McCarthy said.
"It's good to bring in new faces. It can revitalise the place."


Cardiff's Ice Arena Wales will stage the Elite Ice Hockey League Challenge Cup final in 2017.

The final was held at the Sheffield Arena in 2015 and 2016, with the newly-opened Cardiff venue successfully bidding to stage the next one.
"At the last board meeting we put in a bid for it, and we got it," said Devils managing director Todd Kelman.
"But I'm sure we could see it in maybe Belfast or Braehead in the future."
The match will be played on Sunday, 5 March, with the face-off to be confirmed.


A man and woman made off on foot when the car they were in ploughed into the side of a shop in Oxford.

Police said a silver Peugeot 207 was driven into a furniture shop on Cowley Road shortly after 07:00 BST.
There have been no reports of any injuries. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said the impact had made the shop's structure unsafe.
A road closure was put in place on Cowley Road close to the junction with Chapel Street.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said crews used metal props to support the roof and prevent it from falling in on the shop while the vehicle was removed.
Station manager Simon Belcher said it showed the "varied nature" of crews' work.
Cowley Road has since reopened and a cordon remains around the shop.
Thames Valley Police are working to establish who was driving the vehicle.


Plans to offer pre-schoolers in England 30 free hours of childcare may be in jeopardy if not enough childminders and nurseries offer places, MPs warn.

Next year, the current entitlement of three and four-year-olds to 15 hours of free care a week will be doubled.
But there is a risk providers will opt not to offer the extra hours over fears they will be left out of pocket, the Commons Public Accounts Committee says.
The Department for Education (DfE) says it is committed to working families.
The cross-party group of MPs also says there are "unacceptable variations" in information available to parents about access to free childcare in England.
The MPs said some parents reported that nurseries and childminders were only offering the entitlement on the condition that parents pay for additional hours.
Overall, the DfE has made "significant progress" towards ensuring that young children benefit from 15 hours of free early education and childcare, the report says, with 94% of three-year-olds and 99% of four-year-olds taking up funded places in 2015.
Take-up among disadvantaged two-year-olds, though, is lower at 58%.
But the PAC report raises concerns that there will not be enough funded places available once the entitlement is rolled out to 30 hours per week.
It says: "Private and voluntary providers report that the amount they currently get paid for providing free childcare is not enough to cover their costs and they therefore rely on charging parents for additional hours or other sources of income to meet them.
"There is a risk that providers, who can choose whether or not to offer parents 'free' childcare, will choose not to offer the new entitlement of a further 15 hours because doing so would reduce their opportunity to charge parents for hours outside of the entitlement."
The committee says that the DfE should use pilots of the scheme, due to be carried out this year, to check whether nurseries and childminders are able to meet expected demand.
The report also raises concerns that the department has no method for checking how local councils are managing childcare in their areas.
Funding is given to councils for free childcare based on the number of eligible children locally. Local authorities then use their own methods to allocate funding to nurseries and childminders.
They can also keep some funds to pay for central services.
"The department does not know how local authorities use the centrally retained funding or what they do to manage their childcare markets to ensure there are enough places to meet demand," the report says.
It warns: "Parents are unsure what their rights to free childcare are or who to complain to when needed. When the department introduces the new entitlement with different eligibility criteria, this confusion is likely to increase."
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier said: "Parents need to be able to access a sufficient number of providers, of sufficient quality. The government must implement measures to assure this.
"We are particularly concerned that the economic realities of providing childcare will deter providers from offering the extended provision.
"Evidence suggests this would most affect families from disadvantaged areas, which is doubly concerning given the already disappointing take-up of funded places for disadvantaged two-year-olds."
She said the government must take responsibility for identifying the reasons for this and take remedial action.
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said the PAC was "absolutely right" to warn there may not be enough providers willing to deliver the 30-hours of free childcare.
"Independent research commissioned by the Alliance has shown that, even with the increased average rates promised by government, there is still likely to be a significant shortfall in funding when the scheme rolls out in 2017.
"Add to this the fact that many providers simply do not have the capacity to deliver extra childcare places, and it is clear that, without urgent action, many parents who have been promised 30 hours of free childcare may not actually be able to access them next September."
A DfE spokeswoman said: "We are committed to supporting hardworking families and nothing shows this better than our landmark 30 hour free childcare offer.
"We have seen huge demand from local areas to take part in delivering that offer a year early, so we know childcare providers and local authorities want to help hardworking families too - and take up of our existing offer for families of three and four year olds and disadvantaged families with two year olds has continued to increase.
"We will continue to work closely with providers as we get ready to provide this offer across the country in September 2017, backed up by our record investment into the childcare sector."


A man tried to abduct a boy outside a primary school in Milton Keynes, the school said.

The man grabbed hold of a child's bag outside Heronsgate School in Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, at about 08:20 GMT on Wednesday.
The man said, "you're coming with me" before the pupil broke free.
"The incident has been reported to police who are now investigating," the school said. The offender is said to be white and in his 30s.
He had blonde hair and a scratch on his left cheek. He was wearing blue jeans, a blue-green t-shirt and Converse trainers.


A militant group in Nigeria says it has bombed three pipelines in the south of the country in the latest attack on the country's crucial oil industry.

The claim by the Niger Delta Avengers has not been independently confirmed.
The NDA, the latest militant group to emerge in Nigeria, is demanding that a greater share of oil wealth be spent on ending poverty in local communities.
Attacks resumed earlier this year after funding for former militants was slashed.
Nigeria is one of Africa's biggest oil exporters and it is the country's main export earner.
Nigeria's government and the Dutch-British oil company Shell, which operates the pipelines, have not yet commented on the alleged attack.
The NDA said it had blown up three trunk lines carrying 300,000 barrels of oil a day to Shell's Bonny export terminal in southern Bayelsa state.
Destruction of oil installations by successive militant organisations have severely disrupted crude production.
But an amnesty programme for former militants led to a period of relative peace until earlier this year.
Talks to resolve the conflict have been taking place in recent months, resulting in a delicate ceasefire, but those talks stalled at the beginning of November.
Since then there has been a sharp increase in attacks.


Preston moved into the Championship's top 10 after Joe Garner's goal saw them beat 10-man Sheffield Wednesday.

Striker Garner powerfully headed Calum Woods' cross past Keiren Westwood for his fourth goal of the season - and his first since December.
Six minutes before that, Wednesday's top-scorer Fernando Forestieri was sent off for a second yellow card.
The Italian was booked for a dive early in the second half before being penalised for a deliberate handball.
The loss was Wednesday's first in the league since 28 December and they dropped to sixth in the table, six points adrift of the automatic promotion places.
Garner's aerial prowess caused Wednesday problems throughout the match and he forced Westwood into a fine save midway through the first half and had a decent appeal for a penalty turned down soon after the break when he appeared to be pushed in the back
Daniel Pudil missed a good chance to give Wednesday the lead after an hour when he shot over from close range, while Tom Clarke's last-ditch tackle denied Lucas Joao from close range as the Owls searched for a late equaliser.
Preston boss Simon Grayson:
"We're delighted, we knew it would be a tough test for us.
"We challenged the players to get a win to kick off this week with three games. Every single one of them carried out the plan we've worked on all week.
"When we had to defend we defended and we limited a top team to not having a shot on target."
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal:
"The first yellow card is unbelievable because it was a clear foul to us and he gives a yellow to Fernando. If he doesn't go down he will be in front of goal in the area with a very clear chance to score. For me he didn't dive in that moment because if he did it was not a good choice. He blocked him.
"I am happy with the attitude of our players, they tried to win the game, but we are unhappy with the score of course.
"The fans were amazing again, the game was balanced, we both created chances and in the second half we looked as though we would score but the red card changed the game. Even with 10 players we took risks and the players fought until the last second to try and win the game."
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A council in one of the areas worst-hit by recent flooding has halted plans to spend £125,000 on consultants' fees amid concerns the "extremely large amount of money" was not justified.

Carlisle City Council's executive approved the money for "specialist support" in retendering its leisure services contract.
The authority's scrutiny panel said it had "very little information" about the decision, which it will discuss later.
The council declined to comment.
Referring to recent floods in the county, one of three Conservative councillors who objected to the payment, James Bainbridge, said: "[If], while you were flooded out and you were having a hell of time, you learned that your council has spent £125,000 on a consultant, I think you'd be wanting a few answers."
Scrutiny panel Conservative member Gareth Ellis said he and colleagues had been given "no breakdown whatsoever" of how the figure had been arrived at.
"It's an organisation that's massively slimming down in what it does and then, to blow £125,000 on consultants' fees, we've got to look more carefully at how we manage the council," he said.
The Labour-run council is looking to make savings of £1.2m this year and more than £4m over the next four years, out of an annual budget of £13m.
Scrutiny panel members will decide whether to refer the decision to the full council or ask the executive to reconsider.
It could accept the payment if given "a good reason", Mr Ellis said.
The current leisure services contract is held by Carlisle Leisure - which has merged with Greenwich Leisure - and is due to expire in November 2017.


Mae cynghorwyr Llafur Cyngor Caerdydd wedi dewis Huw Thomas fel arweinydd newydd.

Mae Mr Thomas yn olynu Phil Bale sydd wedi bod yn arweinydd ar gyngor mwyaf Cymru ers 2014.
Dywedodd un ffynhonnell o'r blaid ddydd Gwener fod nifer yn anhapus â Phil Bale. Ef oedd arweinydd y cyngor cyn yr etholiadau lleol ac roedd rhai wedi ei ddisgrifio fel "gwleidydd di-glem".
Roedd Mr Thomas, sy'n gynghorydd yn ward Splott yn un o bump oedd wedi rhoi eu henwau ymlaen ar gyfer yr arweinyddiaeth.
Daw Mr Thomas sy'n 31 oed yn wreiddiol o Aberystwyth.
Mae'n debyg mai Lynda Thorne, Ed Stubbs, Graham Hinchey a Chris Weaver oedd yr ymgeiswyr eraill.
Mae'r Ceidwadwyr bellach yn cymryd lle'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol fel y brif wrthblaid ar y cyngor gyda 20 sedd.
Mae'r Ceidwadwyr hefyd wedi dewis arweinydd newydd wedi i David Walker ildio'r awennau.
Y cynghorydd Adrian Robson, cynghorydd Rhiwbina a Phantmawr sy'n olynu Mr Walker.


Super League leaders Leeds showed that there can be life without Kevin Sinfield as they beat Castleford to win the West Yorkshire derby at The Jungle.

Still missing their injured skipper, who announced this week he will switch codes next season, Leeds ran in five tries with Ryan Hall scoring twice.
Joel Moon, Stevie Ward and Adam Cuthbertson got on the scoresheet too, Liam Sutcliffe adding three goals.
Centre Michael Shenton scored twice for Cas, both converted by Luke Gale.
After the early loss of Hall to the sin-bin for holding down in the tackle, Leeds suffered another setback when stand-in outside-half Sutcliffe, deputising again for Sinfield, dropped the ball over the line.
But the Rhinos roared back to score three tries by the break.
Centre Moon went in at the left corner for his first try of the season before Hall, newly returned to the pitch, also went over in the left corner, this time converted by Sutcliffe.
Cas centre Shenton got on the end of a kick through to pull a try back, Gale adding the extras, but Ward crashed over two minutes before the break, Sutcliffe again converting to restore Leeds' 10-point cushion.
The first half of the second period was end-to-end stuff in which the next score was likely to be the crucial one - and it finally came when Hall scored with ease in the left corner on 63 minutes.
Five minutes later, prop Cuthbertson, denied a try earlier by a magnificent cover tackle by Gale over the line, scored his fourth of the season, to which Sutcliffe added his third successful kick of the day.
Shenton did get a second try with just over two minutes left, converted by Gale. But Cas were left to rue their missed chances as they suffered their fifth defeat in eight matches.
Particularly Super League's top try scorer Justin Carney, who had one try disallowed and another thrown away when he failed to spot Adam Milner at his shoulder,
Castleford head coach Daryl Powell:
"I don't think we ever got our game together. Leeds were the better side consistently.
"We're just not consistent enough, whether it's from ruck to ruck, or game to game.
"We've got some work to do to improve. We need to toughen up in the middle, have better creativity and be more consistent.
"We're good enough to be at the top end of the table, if we can piece it together on a more consistent basis."
Leeds head coach Brian McDermott:
"That was a great performance. It was a tough old game and a contest throughout. I don't think we were ever comfortable that we'd win.
"We saw a lesser version of Castleford offensively and you have to credit our defence for that. We didn't see the best of Justin Carney or a few of their players.
"Kevin Sinfield has not played with us before and we've been all right. There's lots and lots you need to say about Kevin and rightly so, but we're cracking on.
"Between Liam Sutcliffe and Danny McGuire it was their best 80-minute performance. McGuire has been good since the start of the year and Sutty kept it nice and tight."
Castleford: Dorn; Clare, Gibson, Shenton, Carney; Finn, Gale; Lynch, B Moore, Millington, O Holmes, Webster, Massey.
Replacements: Milner, Cook, Boyle, Wheeldon.
Leeds: Hardaker; Handley, Watkins, Moon, Hall; Sutcliffe, McGuire; Singleton, Aiton, Peacock, S Ward, Ablett, Cuthbertson.
Replacements: Burrow, Delaney, Achurch, Yates.
Sin Bin: Hall (5).
Attendance: 11,323.
Referee: Ben Thaler (RFL).


Motorists who drive too close to cyclists as they overtake are being targeted by police officers on bikes.

Officers in the West Midlands will radio details of "close-pass drivers" for patrol car colleagues to intercept.
Cyclists should be given at least the same space as vehicles, widely considered to be 1.5m (4.9ft), and offending drivers risk prosecution, the force said.
Drivers stopped will initially be offered warnings at the roadside.
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But repeat offenders, or anyone deemed to have driven "dangerously close," could expect to be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention, the force said.
The force is carrying out an operation on some of the region's busiest routes, including Hagley Road, Pershore Road and Bristol Road, in Birmingham.
Traffic officer PC Mark Hodson, said: "Cyclists may suddenly need to avoid uneven road surfaces or obstacles like drain covers so it's important to afford them plenty of room."
David Cox, chair of trustees at cycling charity Cycling UK, said the problem "may be due to ignorance of the Highway Code and carelessness but sometimes it is done deliberately and aggressively".
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) road safety manager Nick Lloyd said: "Ideally cyclists would not need to mingle with traffic on the roads, and a lot is being invested in road infrastructure to make this a reality."
But he said "until this happens we need to make sure we are educating".


Nathan Ake hopes a first goal for loan club Bournemouth will be the catalyst to kick-start his time with the club.

The Chelsea loanee, 21, scored the winner against Stoke on Saturday to secure a first Premier League away win of the season for Eddie Howe's side.
Chances have been limited for the Netherlands Under-21 international, who made his first league start at Stoke.
"It's been frustrating, but a lot of people have helped me get through it," he told BBC Radio Solent.
Ake, who moved to the south coast on a season-long loan in June, made 20 league starts for Watford last season while on loan at Vicarage Road.
He had hoped to establish himself as a defensive midfielder but now admits he is happy to take any available opportunity to play.
"I can't complain playing at centre back," Ake added. "If you play, you play."
"I'm delighted to be able to come in and score straight away. I just need to stay focused and be ready for the next game against Arsenal.
"Hopefully, I can keep improving in training and do the things the manager wants me to do."


A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and driving offences after a man was hit by a car.

Martin McCarthy, of Broughton Road, Leicester, was detained after the victim was injured in Pickering Close, Leicester at about midday on Sunday.
The injured man is due to have leg surgery later this week.
Mr McCarthy has also been accused of dangerous diving, driving while over the prescribed alcohol limit and driving without insurance.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court later.
Leicestershire Police would like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time to contact them.


Australia's science agency has warned that spring rains have created ideal conditions for a mouse plague in the country's breadbasket.

Victoria and South Australia are experiencing higher than expected numbers of mice, the CSIRO said.
The agency characterises a mouse plague as more than 1,000 mice per hectare (2,471 per acre).
If conditions bring enough food, the population could hit that number within months, researcher Steve Henry said.
"We had a terrific spring this year which lead to record crops," Mr Henry told the BBC.
"Those conditions that lead to great crops are also really favourable for mice."
The CSIRO could not give a current figure for mice per hectare, but said data from traps and anecdotal evidence pointed to a population spike. About five mice per hectare would be considered normal, Mr Henry said.
Mouse plagues regularly occur only in Australia's grain belts and a province in north-west China, the CSIRO said.
Victoria and South Australia occupy a large part of the Murray-Darling Basin, a fertile region accounting for almost 40% of Australia's agricultural income, according to the government.
Outbreaks of mice create a significant financial hit to farmers who are forced to buy costly bait and often re-sow crops.
Mr Henry said outbreaks also led to stress in rural communities.
"It's the fact that they are invading people's houses, they're in their vehicles, everywhere they turn around there's a mouse," he said.
"People in the cities are aghast when they have a mouse in the house. These people in the country, they're jamming up every crack in their house with steel wool to stop the mice from getting in."
Mice were introduced to Australia by European settlers. They have few natural predators and face little competition from native wildlife.


A surge in the number of executions recorded worldwide saw more people put to death last year than at any point since 1989, Amnesty International says.

At least 1,634 people were executed in 2015, a rise of more than 50% on the previous year, the group found in its review of the use of the death penalty.
Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were responsible for 89% of the executions.
The total does not include China, where Amnesty said thousands more were likely killed but records were kept secret.
On the other hand, the group also noted that for the first time ever a majority of the world's countries had fully abolished the death penalty.
Fiji, Madagascar, Congo-Brazzaville and Suriname changed their laws in 2015, while Mongolia also passed a new criminal code that will take effect later this year.
Amnesty said China remained the world's top executioner. It estimated that thousands of people had been put to death and thousands of others sentenced to death in 2015.
It added that there were signs that the number of executions in China had decreased in recent years but the secrecy around the death penalty made that impossible to confirm for certain.
Iran executed at least 977 people in 2015 - the vast majority for drug-related crimes - compared with 743 the year before, according to Amnesty.
Those put to death, the group found, included at least four people who were under 18 at the time of the crime for which they had been convicted. This, it said, violated international law.
Pakistan meanwhile continued what Amnesty described as a "state-sanctioned killing spree" that had started when a moratorium on civilian executions was lifted in December 2014.
At least 326 people were sent to the gallows last year, the highest annual total Amnesty has recorded for the country.
Executions in Saudi Arabia rose by 76% compared with 2014, with at least 158 people put to death, Amnesty said. Most were beheaded but the authorities also used firing squads and sometimes displayed bodies in public.
The US carried out the fifth highest number of executions last year but the total of 28 was the country's lowest since 1991.
Amnesty also reported notable jumps in the number of executions recorded in some countries, including Egypt and Somalia, while at least six who had not put anyone to death in 2014 did so last year, among them Chad.
"The rise in executions last year is profoundly disturbing," said Salil Shetty, Amnesty's secretary general.
"Not for the last 25 years have so many people been put to death by states around the world.
"In 2015 governments continued relentlessly to deprive people of their lives on the false premise that the death penalty would make us safer."
Mr Shetty called for an end to the "slaughter".


A Torfaen man had to leap out of the way as a car smashed into his living room.

Stephen Powell, 48, took evasive action while watching Ashes highlights as a Volvo ploughed through the bay window of his Porthmawr Road home in Cwmbran.
The driver, Paul Binks, 29, of Newcastle, is not believed to have been injured in the crash on Friday.
On Saturday, he admitted drink-driving at Newport Magistrates' Court and was banned from the road for 18 months.
Mr Powell's wife, Sarah Roberts, 42, said: "If he hadn't thrown himself out of the way he would have been killed."
The father-of-one was taken to hospital with back pains and is believed to have suffered torn muscles.
Binks had 65 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of his breath - the legal limit is 35 micrograms.
Alongside his disqualification from driving, Binks was also ordered by magistrates to pay Â£355 in fines and court costs.


A man who sexually attacked two women in front of their children has been jailed.

Trevor Lawlor, 32, raped one of his victims in view of her toddler son, a jury at Manchester Crown Court heard.
He was only prevented from raping another woman when her boyfriend unexpectedly returned to the house.
Lawlor, of Tetlow Street, Manchester, was also jailed for six years in Ireland in 2004 after raping a woman in "similar circumstances", a jury heard.
In the early hours of 10 July last year, Lawlor entered a property in Newton Heath and woke his victim while she was in bed lying next to her young son.
He threatened to slit the woman's throat if they made a noise and assaulted her before his victim's partner returned and chased him away.
Fleeing in his underwear and T-shirt, Lawlor knocked on the door of a woman living nearby. She let him in after he claimed he had been kidnapped and needed to escape his attackers.
He followed her upstairs, where her young son was standing in the hallway.
Lawler - who was under the influence of alcohol and drugs - tried to bear-hug the woman and pushed her against the wall before she managed to free herself and grab her son.
Lawler followed her into her bedroom and punched her in the face while she was carrying her child, causing them both to fall backwards on to the bed.
The victim placed her child to one side as Lawler continued to punch her, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
He threatened to kill her and swore and shouted at the toddler before raping the woman and then escaping.
The victim alerted a neighbour who retrieved the toddler, who was blood-soaked and appeared to be traumatised and "in a daze".
Lawlor, originally from Dublin, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
He was jailed for a minimum of 10 years.
Det Con Steve Darragh, from GMP, said: "Lawler is without doubt one of the most vile and reprehensible human beings I have ever investigated."
Hunter Gray, defending, said Lawlor expressed his remorse to the victims.


Chelsea striker Diego Costa will serve an additional one-match ban and has been fined £20,000 after admitting a charge of improper conduct.

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Costa, 27, has been punished for his reaction to his sending off against Everton in an FA Cup tie on 12 March.
The Spaniard clashed with Gareth Barry and motioned towards biting him, although the Everton midfielder later said no contact had been made.
Costa was originally handed a two-match ban, but will now miss three games.
The first of those was the 2-2 draw with West Ham on 19 March and he is suspended for Saturday's away game at bottom-placed Aston Villa.
Costa, who has also been warned as to his future conduct, will now be absent for his side's trip to Swansea on 9 April.
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Everton won the FA Cup quarter-final 2-0 at Goodison Park and Costa was sent off in the 84th minute for two bookable offences - the first on-pitch red card of his Chelsea career.
However, he originally received a two-game automatic ban as it was considered to be his second dismissal of the season after he was given a retrospective three-match ban for altercations with Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel in September.
Costa helped Chelsea win the Premier League title last season and has scored 11 goals in his last 16 games under manager Guus Hiddink.
On Friday, the Dutchman said he would use the final eight games of the Premier League season to "experiment", with the club 10th in the table.


Theresa May led holidaymakers in a rendition of the national anthem while staying in an Italian hotel.

The prime minister and her husband Philip stood up and took part in a singalong of God Save The Queen at the Villa Cortine Palace Hotel in Lombardy.
The story, first reported by the Sun, has been confirmed by Downing Street.
The newspaper reported that the PM was so pleased by pianist Davide Foroni's performance that she gave him a pair of No 10 cufflinks.
The prime minister and her husband, who are on a three-week walking holiday in Italy and Switzerland, are believed to be regular guests at the five-star hotel on Lake Garda.
The Sun reported that Mrs May was among several guests to stand up when the pianist played the national anthem in the hotel bar.
The newspaper quoted Mr Foroni as saying: "As soon as the first notes started, she was on her feet with her husband proudly singing along. Everyone stood. There was a mixture of nationalities. The British guests sang the words as well and at the end everyone clapped."
Mr Foroni said that afterwards he had discussed music with the PM, revealing that her tastes were "more classical than contemporary".
"She likes Whitney Houston, The Beatles and Elton John and classics like Mozart," he added.
The director of the hotel, located in the town of Sirmione, told the newspaper that Mr Foroni was a "firm favourite" of guests.


Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, 61, held a defiant press conference on Thursday night to reveal all about his eight-month detention in mainland China.

Mr Lam was one of five booksellers who went missing late last year. All were linked to a publishing house specialising in political books critical of China's leaders.
Their case gripped Hong Kong, with allegations that China was interfering with freedom of expression in Hong Kong. One of the men, Gui Minhai, is still in custody.
The BBC's Juliana Liu shares some of the revelations from Mr Lam.
Mr Lam, who owned the Causeway Bay Bookstore before it was purchased by Mr Gui, says he was abducted in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on 24 October on a routine trip to see his girlfriend.
After a night in Shenzhen he was taken, handcuffed and blindfolded, by train to the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, where he was interrogated irregularly and held until March.
He says he was kept, alone, under 24-hour surveillance and not allowed to leave a small room.
He was not physically abused, but suffered from psychological terror.
The furniture in the room was wrapped in plastic, he believes to prevent any suicide attempts.
"The toothbrush they gave was very small, and connected to a nylon thread," he recalls.
"When you brush your teeth, a guard would hold the other end of the string, and once you finish you have to return the toothbrush. This is because they were afraid I would try to kill myself by swallowing the toothbrush."
"Someone must have done it before."
1. Lui Bo, General Manager, went missing in Shenzhen, 15 October
2. Cheung Jiping, business manager, 32, went missing in Dongguan, 15 October
3. Gui Minhai, co-owner, 51, went missing in Thailand, 17 October
4. Lam Wing-kee, manager, 60, last seen before detention in Hong Kong, 23 October
5. Lee Po, shareholder, 65, went missing in Hong Kong, 30 December
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In March, when three of his colleagues were released and returned to Hong Kong, Mr Lam was transferred to a room in the city of Shaoguan in Guangdong province, where he enjoyed more freedom and served the rest of his detention.
In a twist, on Friday one of his colleagues, British citizen Lee Po, who had been released in March, used Facebook to dispute claims made by Mr Lam that Mr Lee had been kidnapped.
Who exactly was behind the operation to detain all five booksellers, one of whom disappeared from Thailand and another from Hong Kong?
For months, there has been debate on whether the campaign was ordered by the highest levels of the Chinese leadership, or, perhaps, by lower levels of officialdom keen to impress the government in Beijing.
Some believe the crackdown was prompted by the imminent publication of a book about the private life of President Xi Jinping.
Mr Lam says he doesn't know for sure.
But, he says, he was held by officials from the "special investigation team": an ad-hoc cross-agency law enforcement team that can be convened only by the senior leadership in Beijing.
This elite group has roots stretching all the way back to the Cultural Revolution, when its officers were responsible for investigating Communist Party luminaries such as Liu Shaoqi.
More recently, it was believed to be responsible for investigating former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and the former Communist Party chief in Chongqing, Bo Xilai.
Mr Lam says he was released this week on one condition: that he would go to Hong Kong to retrieve a mysterious hard disk filled with the names of people, mainly mainland Chinese, who had purchased books from the Mighty Current publisher.
The bookseller alleges that Mr Lee had provided similar information - with hundreds of names - to the Chinese authorities.
"I now know that they had interrogated me according to those records provided," he says.
"I did not dare tell them about the readers because I was worried they would be implicated, and then they would think that Hong Kong people, I, had betrayed them. But I did not do so."
Mr Lee in his response denied handing over a list of customers to mainland authorities.
Instead of returning to China this week as a snitch, Mr Lam says he decided to skip bail and call a press conference instead to tell his story.
"This isn't just about me. This isn't about a bookstore. This is about everyone. This is the bottom line of the Hong Kong people. This is our bottom line. We will not bow down before brute force," he says.


A 36-year-old has been stabbed by a man reportedly carrying a sword in a retail centre car park, police said.

Officers were called to "an altercation" in Hunts Cross Shopping Park in Liverpool at about 17:30 BST.
The injured man was stabbed in the chest and is in a serious condition in hospital.
A 38-year-old man from Wavertree has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Detectives are examining CCTV footage and the area has been cordoned off.
A sword has been seized, police said.
Det Insp Steve Christian said: "The shopping park around Asda and United Carpets would have been busy at this time of day as people shopped after work and I would urge anyone who has any information which could help us find those responsible to come forward as soon as possible."


Ross County climbed to the top of Scottish League Cup Group D with a comprehensive victory over Montrose.

Thomas Mikkelsen opened the scoring with his first goal for the Dingwall club and the Dane added his second after the break.
County were firmly in control by then, with Craig Curran having struck twice in the first-half, either side of a Sean Dillon own goal.
Alex Schalk rounded off the scoring two minutes after replacing Curran.
The victory saw County maintain their 100% record in the competition and overtake fellow Premiership side Hibernian in Group D, having played one game more.
In Group D's other fixture, an 89th-minute Frank McKeown equaliser earned Alloa a 1-1 draw with fellow League One side Arbroath, who had opened the scoring in the 16th minute through Blair Yule.
Arbroath secured the bonus point, winning the penalty shootout 6-5 after Thomas Grant and Kris Renton missed spot kicks for the home side.
In Group C, a late Jack Hendry goal secured victory for Premiership side Dundee over Raith Rovers of the Championship.
The game at Stark's Park was goalless until a frantic final seven minutes, with Sofien Moussa scoring a debut goal for Dundee only for Lewis Vaughan to equalise for the home side in the 90th minute.
Hendry's winning goal in time added on moved Dundee level with Cowdenbeath and Dundee United on three points, with all three sides having played one game so far.


Four senior police officers will not face misconduct hearings over claims they failed to declare evidence in relation to a suspected drug dealer's shooting.

Five men convicted in 2008 for the Staffordshire murder of Kevin Nunes were cleared on appeal in 2012.
But the IPCC said "no evidence of a cover up or of wilful omission" by any of the officers was found.
Police leaders said they were pleased with the outcome.
The body of Mr Nunes was found in September 2002 in a country lane in Pattingham, Staffordshire.
He had been shot in what was believed to be a gangland killing over drugs.
Levi Walker, from Birmingham, Adam Joof, from Willenhall in the West Midlands, Antonio Christie, from Great Bridge in the West Midlands and Michael Osbourne and Owen Crooks, both from Wolverhampton, were found guilty of murder after a trial at Leicester Crown Court in 2008.
They were given minimum tariffs of between 25 and 28 years.
However, the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions in 2012, with Lord Justice Hooper criticising a "very bad case of non-disclosure" regarding the credibility of a witness, leading to "what appears to us to be a serious perversion of the course of justice".
An investigation was launched into the conduct of current Staffordshire Chief Constable Jane Sawyers, Gloucestershire Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, West Midlands Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale and Adrian Lee, who retired as chief constable of Northamptonshire Police last year.
All four were officers at Staffordshire at the time of the murder investigation.
The Independent Police Complaints Committee (IPCC) said it looked at "disclosure issues" before the 2008 murder trial and "how a protected witness was dealt with by Staffordshire Police" but "no evidence of a cover up or of wilful omission by any of the four senior officers" was found.
IPCC deputy chair Sarah Green said: "This has been an extremely complex and lengthy investigation.
"There is broad agreement there were serious failings at Staffordshire Police following the murder of Kevin Nunes in 2002 and the conviction of five defendants for that murder in 2008.
"However, cases for gross misconduct or misconduct have been rejected by the appropriate authorities who are responsible for holding misconduct hearings.
"After careful consideration I have accepted the appropriate authorities' assessments and decided not to issue directions that misconduct hearings be held."
Mrs Sawyers said it was right her actions were "thoroughly investigated".
But she said the management of the investigation by the IPCC "resulted in a lengthy, costly and disproportionate investigation from which there are no winners".
In a statement released by Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl, Ms Davenport said she had always tried to carry out duties "diligently and professionally" and was "pleased and relieved" the IPCC matters were concluded.
Northamptonshire PCC Adam Simmonds said even though Mr Lee retired last year, this had been "a real burden upon him and his family". Mr Simmonds said he was "very pleased" all those concerned could "move on with their lives".
West Midlands Police declined to comment.
Two detective constables were found to have a case to answer for misconduct in respect of one matter, the IPCC said.
The watchdog said one detective constable was given management advice, while the other retired on health grounds.


Two men were seriously hurt during a disturbance at the Woodburn Miners Club in Dalkeith.

It happened at about 00:30 on Sunday and both men were taken to hospital for treatment.
Officers are now asking anyone who saw what happened or who has information to get in touch.
They want to talk to people who were in the club or in the immediate area on Saturday night or early Sunday morning and witnessed the disturbance.


Children who are facing adversity, such as illness or parents splitting up, are more likely to confide in their pet than brothers or sisters, according to research.

Matt Cassels at Cambridge University says far too little attention has been paid to the significant role of pets in young people's emotions.
"They may feel that their pets are not judging them," said Mr Cassels.
His research is based on a 10-year study of 100 families in the UK.
Mr Cassels, a postgraduate psychiatry researcher, says that the place of pets in the lives of young people has not been adequately recognised and the scale of its importance has been under estimated.
Family break-ups mean that in the United States children are more likely to live with a pet than their natural father, says the research.
According to US data, about two thirds of children live with their father, while about four in five of families with school-age children have a pet.
Mr Cassels examined data from a longitudinal study carried out by the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge University, which tracked children from the age of two.
The information on pet ownership was based on when children were aged 12.
"The data on pet relationships stood out, as it had never occurred to me to consider looking at pet relationships, although I had studied children's other relationships," says Mr Cassels.
He suggests that people have associated pets with children's play and have not approached it in terms of a relationship.
Mr Cassels says the research shows that children facing emotional difficulties, such as "bereavement, divorce, instability and illness" place a particular importance on their pets.
"These children not only turn to their pets for support when faced with adversity, they do so even more than they turn to their siblings.
"This is even though they know their pets don't actually understand what they are saying," he adds.
The research suggests that children were also likely to have a stronger relationship with their pets than their peers.
Such relationships, particularly when it was girls with pet dogs, encouraged more social behaviour, such as "helping, sharing, and co-operating".
There was a therapeutic side to this relationship, he suggested, with the pets playing the role of the listener and being more "empathetic" for children than writing problems into a diary.
The study, he said, showed that it was "valid to talk about child pet relationships in the same way we talk about sibling relationships".
Furthermore, it was not an example of anthropomorphism, where human characteristics are attributed to animals, says Mr Cassels, a Canadian studying at Cambridge on a scholarship funded by the Gates Foundation.
Despite pets being so common in families with children, Mr Cassels says there has been a lack of evaluation for "how important they are to us".


The immediate reaction from Russian media to the report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been muted thus far, with limited TV coverage and only one of the mainstream dailies carrying the story on its front page.

But the recommendation by Wada that Russian athletes be banned from competing in events organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has raised fears in the media of exclusion from the next Olympics.
There has been much indignant denial by Russian officials of the Wada findings, but the most media outlets appear to accept them.
State-owned Rossiya 24 TV, in an extensive report, quotes the All Russia Athletics Federation saying it was "already taking tough measures to wean Russian athletes off the habit of using prohibited substances".
The English-language news channel Russia Today notes the "damning report", while carrying an interview with Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko who dismisses the report's conclusions as "baseless".
But the government-owned daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta lashes out at IAAF President Sebastian Coe. "The hastiness with which the new president is acting is a bit surprising. If the suspects haven't been proven guilty, why rush to demand that those who are possibly guilty be punished by the IAAF Council?"
Business daily Vedomosti worries that Wada's "unprecedented accusations" aimed at Russian sport officials may "lead to isolation of Russian sports".
"What's happening now is a major row in the history of Russian sports," it says in a front-page editorial. Online news website Gazeta.ru agrees, calling it "a heavy blow for Russian sport".
But popular daily Moskovskiy Komsomolets comes out fighting. "Everyone's using doping but only Russia seems to get done for it", it complains. But the paper also adds that "it's hard to break with an old habit".
"We had hoped those days of doping were in the past, we thought a corner had been turned," the paper laments. "There is pain, there is shame, there is anger here today, but Russia needs to change, we have no choice", it concludes.
An article in Vedomosti raises the spectre of Russian exclusion from the 2016 Rio Olympics, saying the threat is "very real indeed". This concern is echoed in the Sport Express in an article headlined "Wada versus Russia: Black Monday".
"The main question of the day is this: is it realistic for Russian light athletes to go without the Olympics?... We have two options left: dismantle practically the entire system of sport management right down to the base and try to frantically build something new, or proudly deny everything and watch Rio on television."
Another sports paper, Sovetsky Sport, blames the government for the situation. "Who spent money on professional light athletes and their brazenly maligned federation? The state," it asks and answers.
"Who now has to protect its investment? The state... it was taking care of the country's image. Now that image is going straight to hell. Not even now, but long ago. Why is the state keeping silent?"
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David Cameron's campaign strategist has told backbench Tory MPs to step up their attacks on Labour.

Lynton Crosby told a meeting of the backbench 1922 committee Labour's lead in the opinion polls was weak and the party was vulnerable to attack.
Mr Crosby was drafted in earlier this year to sharpen up Tory campaigning ahead of the 2015 general election.
The Australian spin doctor ran the 2005 Tory election campaign and Boris Johnson's London mayoral campaign.
At the private meeting at Westminster on Tuesday evening, he gave a presentation on private polling which he said showed Labour was weak on welfare, deficit reduction and Europe.
Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne also attended the meeting. The prime minister told his MPs Labour's policies would mean more spending, more borrowing, and more debt, Tory sources told BBC political correspondent Carole Walker.
Mr Crosby said Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls were considered weak by some floating voters and Conservative MPs should attack them for what he said was their responsibility for the country's economic problems.
A senior party source said the Conservatives believe Labour have made a "huge mistake" in suggesting pensioners should lose their winter fuel allowance and be included in a cap on welfare spending.


Parents of children affected by meningitis B have told MPs a vaccine for the disease should be extended to all UK children up to the age of 11.

They say the cost of treating survivors left with life-long disabilities more than outweighs the Â£75 vaccine price.
Currently, the meningitis B jab is routinely given only to infants in the UK.
The government's advisory committee says offering it to more children would not be cost effective for the NHS.
But nearly 823,000 people have signed a petition calling for the NHS immunisation programme to be widened.
It was set up by Gateshead father-of-two Lee Booth after one of his daughters was refused the vaccine on age grounds. It is now the most signed in parliamentary history.
He told the Petitions Committee meeting: "What price do you put on a child's life at the end of the day? We have got a vaccine out there. We should be using it."
The petition saw a spike in support after one mother, Jenny Burdett, publicly shared a photo of her young daughter dying from the infection.
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Two-year-old Faye Burdett, from Kent, died in February, after an 11-day battle with meningitis B.
MPs on the Commons health and petitions committees will listen to evidence from interested parents, charities and government advisers, with a further session next Tuesday.
They include Faye's parents, Jenny and Neil, and former England rugby captain Matt Dawson, whose son survived meningitis.
Claire Timmins lost her son Mason to meningitis B.
She told the BBC: "Anybody can get meningitis B, not just babies. Mason was seven, adults can get it. It's important children are vaccinated against it. What price can you put on a child's life?
"We need to carry on the fight for all those children who have lost a life or suffered."
Meningitis B most often affects children aged under one and this is why experts say they chose this group to be routinely immunised - they wanted to protect those at highest risk.
The NHS programme started on 1 September, with the jab offered to infants at the age of two months, with a further dose at four months and a booster at 12 months. There was a one-off catch-up campaign for infants who narrowly missed out.
By May 2017, all UK children under the age of two years will have been offered it.
Â£75
Estimated cost of vaccination jab
3  Vaccination jabs required for protection
4 million Children in the at risk 0 to 4 age bracket
1 in 20,000 Incidence rate of meningitis B in children aged one to four
The vaccine is also available for a small number of older children and adults who are at increased risk of infection, such as those with no spleen.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises UK health departments, considered vaccinating older age groups (one to four-year-olds) but concluded it would not be cost-effective.
It also considered a programme for adolescents but said that further research was needed.
Dr Helen Bedford, senior lecturer in Children's Health at University College London, said the guideline on who should receive the jabs was not set in stone, but as the vaccine was rolled out across a generation of infants, experts would start to learn more about its overall effectiveness and its cost.
She said: "It's a hard decision, nobody wants to deny a child protection against this disease, which is devastating.
"We have got a limited pot of money in the NHS, you have to make decisions about where you are going to spend that money. Clearly, if you have a group that are so much more at risk than another group, that's where you are going to get the best value for that money."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We understand people's concerns and all vaccination programmes are kept under constant review but we have to be guided by the very best scientific advice and we will continue to protect the children who are most at risk."
Charity Meningitis Now says there is enough evidence to support immunising children under five.
There are 12 known groups of meningococcal bacteria, and group B (meningitis B) is responsible for about 90% of meningococcal infections in the UK.
About 26% of these cases occur in the first year of life and 59% in children under the age of five.
Meningitis B is fatal in about one in 10 cases - and about one in four of those who survive is left with long-term problems, such as amputation, deafness, epilepsy and learning difficulties.
Parents can pay privately for the vaccine, but there has been a shortage of supplies.


Medy Elito scored the only goal of a scrappy game as Cambridge United overcame Cheltenham Town, who were without manager Gary Johnson after he underwent heart surgery on Thursday.

Johnson, 61, absent on the touchline for the previous two games, was taken to hospital a week earlier and "may take some time" to return to work after the operation.
Despite the off-field drama, Cheltenham almost scored in the opening minute when Carl Winchester's cross was nodded back by Jack Barthram and Danny Wright nearly turned it in, but Scott Wharton made an important intervention.
Cambridge then took the lead with their first attack, with Luke Berry's perfect cross headed in by a diving Elito at the far post.
The former Cheltenham loan player was forced off in the 29th minute with an injury.
Winchester curled an effort just wide from 20 yards after a quickly-taken corner from Liam Davis.
Cambridge looked certain to make it 2-0 in the 39th minute when Piero Mingoia's cross found Paul Lewis, but Scott Brown made an outstanding one-handed save to keep it out.
Billy Waters headed a cross from Barthram wide from a good position as Cheltenham pressed for a leveller in the second half.
A mistake from Emmanuel Onariase gave Gerry McDonagh a chance to add a second in the 73rd minute, but Brown made another good block.
Wharton cleared a looping header from Wright off the line as Cambridge held on.
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Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Cambridge United 1.
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Cambridge United 1.
Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Harrison Dunk.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Aaron Downes replaces Jack Barthram.
Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Attempt saved. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town).
Barry Corr (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.
James Dayton (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Carroll (Cambridge United).
Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Scott Brown.
Attempt saved. Gerry McDonagh (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Scott Wharton.
Attempt saved. Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Gerry McDonagh (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. James Dayton replaces Billy Waters.
Attempt missed. Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town).
Leon Legge (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Barry Corr replaces Paul Lewis.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Kyle Wootton replaces Dan Holman because of an injury.
Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Scott Wharton.
Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Harrison Dunk replaces Ben Williamson.
Attempt saved. Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Luke Berry.
Attempt saved. Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Dan Holman (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.


Police searching for a missing Sheffield Hallam University student have found a woman's body in a river.

Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen by friends at the Corporation nightclub in Milton Street in the early hours of Sunday.
Officers found the body in a river in Summerfield Street at about 03:45 GMT.
South Yorkshire Police said she had not been formally identified, but "believe it to be Caroline Everest", and said her family had been informed.
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Police said they were trying to "to establish the circumstances surrounding her death". Officers have been seen searching undergrowth close to where the body was found.
The force appealed to anyone who may have seen Ms Everest after she left the nightclub to contact them.
Dapo Adaramewa, president of the students' union at Sheffield Hallam University, where Ms Everest was studying Biosciences and Chemistry, said he was "deeply saddened".
"Our thoughts are with her family at this time," he said.
Flowers have been laid at the police cordon on Ecclesall Road, with a note that read: "RIP Caroline. Another young life taken too early. Thoughts are with your family at this sad time."
The body was found in an area of modern office buildings and car dealerships between the city centre and the Eccleshall Road area, where many university students live.
The scene is about half a mile from the Corporation club and close to the city's inner ring road.


Scotland's first win over Wales in 10 years has seen them rise to their highest-ever position of fifth in the World Rugby rankings.

Vern Cotter's side came from 13-6 down to beat the Welsh 29-13 in their Six Nations encounter at Murrayfield.
Victory means they move above Wales, who drop to seventh, South Africa and France in the rankings, which were introduced in October 2003.
Scotland will target a first win at Twickenham since 1983 on 11 March.
Their home victories over Ireland and Wales allows them to aim for a first Triple Crown since 1990 when they face England, an indication of the progress made under head coach Vern Cotter.
"He has been great," Scotland's record cap holder and points-scorer Chris Paterson told BBC Scotland. "The players are playing for him and the team have a real identity in what they are trying to do.
"We have scored seven tries so far in the tournament and I think six of them have come from the outside channels, and other one was Tim Swinson's under the posts in Paris, which was created in the outside channels.
"So there is an identity in how they are trying to play which suits Scotland, and will suit the players moving ahead. Gregor Townsend [who replaces Cotter this summer] likes to play in a similar way.  We are so fortunate to have excellent coaches preparing the players at the moment and in the years ahead."
Scotland's rise to fifth, from eighth, in the rankings boosts their hopes of being among at least the second group of seeds when the draw is made later this year for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Finishing outside the top eight means a country will face two other leading nations in their World Cup pool.
Meanwhile, Scottish Rugby has announced their side's final home game against Italy on 18 March will be played in front of a full house of 67,144 for the first time in the Six Nations era. The previous best crowd for Italy's visit to Edinburgh was 62,188 in 2015.
"Reaching fifth in the world is excellent and selling out the stadium three times in a row shows there is a product on the field that people are proud to watch and be associated with," Paterson added.
"But there is a lot of hard work still to be done and there is a huge challenge ahead of the players in two weeks against England.  The fallow week comes at a good time and there is a good vibe at the moment, but as all players know, that can easily disappear without concentration and focus on your performance.
"The lads deserve a day or two off but they will be right back into it and plotting what they can come up with to beat England."


A delivery driver has been jailed for life for murdering a woman and dumping her body in a Buckinghamshire lay-by.

Navin Mohan, 35, of no fixed address, was convicted of the murder of Anita Kapoor, whose body was found off the A413 near Gerrards Cross.
She went missing in the early hours of 23 June during a night out with her boyfriend, Reading Crown Court heard.
Judge Johanna Cutts said Mohan must serve 22 years before parole would be considered.
Ms Kapoor had been out with her boyfriend in Southall, but they had become separated.
He later told police he received a call from her phone and heard her begging for freedom.
Anita was heard saying, "please let me go, I won't say anything" before the line went dead.
After calling back repeatedly he called police and reported her missing.
Ms Kapoor's body was found at 08:30 by a member of the public. She was missing some of her personal effects, including her coat, trainers and mobile phone.
A post-mortem examination confirmed she had been strangled.
Mohan was caught on the evening of Wednesday, 24 June by police using mobile phone data, CCTV images and automatic number plate recognition.
The delivery driver was located, stopped in his Nissan Micra and arrested on suspicion of murder.
DNA evidence confirmed Ms Kapoor had been in his vehicle and he was charged with murder.
Det Chief Insp Kevin Brown said: "This was a vicious attack on a vulnerable woman.
"From the moment he was arrested by police until his conviction Mohan has denied responsibility for Anita's brutal murder, despite a weight of evidence against him."
Ms Kapoor's family said: "We have had to listen to details of how Anita was murdered - no-one can understand the impact this has had on us."


The North Tower of historic Inverness Castle is to be opened as a tourist attraction by Easter, Highland Council has said.

The local authority owns the tower at the 19th Century criminal and civil courts complex.
A new viewing platform has been created on the tower.
The rest of the castle is to be turned into a visitor centre once new a courts building is constructed on another site in Inverness.
Highland Council, Inverness Common Good Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise have all contributed to the cost of the North Tower project, which includes new access, a shop and a stairway to the roof and viewing platform.
Inverness City Region Deal money has also been made available to improve the approaches to the 175-year-old North Tower and castle, which will include an upgrade of Castle Wynd.
Inverness Provost Helen Carmichael said: "The views are spectacular from the top and I am confident that visitors to Inverness will be delighted with the Castle Viewpoint.
"It adds significantly to the city's draw as a worldwide tourist destination."
Highland Council's leader, Margaret Davidson added: "I am delighted that the Castle Viewpoint will be open for Easter.
"The first week will be free to visitors and locals who wish to get a look at how the tower has been transformed."


Luis Fernandez has left his role as Guinea coach only one week before the team will play a vital Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to Swaziland.

He told French radio: "It is a termination of contract by mutual agreement after the changes at the head of the Guinea federation.
"There have been many changes since I arrived but I leave as a good friend."
Fifa last month appointed a committee to take over the running of the Guinea Football Federation (FGF).
It followed what world football's governing body described as "internal wrangles affecting the FGF that have halted all football competition in Guinea".
Guinea are three points behind leaders Zimbabwe in Group L of the qualifiers for the 2017 finals in Gabon with two rounds to be played.
An away win over Swaziland on 5 June would keep Guinea in the race to win the group as they finish the qualifiers with a home game against Zimbabwe in September.
Fernandez, a former France international, was appointed in April 2015 and tasked to help the team qualify for the 2017 African Nations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.


The Isle of Man has been chosen as next year's host for the ConIFA European Football Championship, it has been announced.

The week long tournament will take place between the 13 and 21 June at The Bowl in Douglas.
The inaugural tournament of the world cup for non-Fifa nations was held earlier this year in Ã–stersund, Sweden.
The Manx International Football Alliance said twelve international teams will be invited to compete.
A spokesman said it will be a "fantastic football tournament" and a "cultural and heritage experience".
This year's competition in Sweden was the first time Ellan Vannin had ever competed internationally.


Police should work with so-called paedophile hunters in the fight against online grooming, the sister of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has said.

Jazmin Jones said she understood why people wanted to help catch offenders.
But she said some methods could hinder police investigations and officers should give advice on how to help.
The Home Office and police have said it is inappropriate for the public to conduct undercover work.
Authorities have instead urged anyone with information to pass it to them.
Miss Jones' comments came after a BBC Week in Week Out programme which included calls from "paedophile hunter" groups to be given a greater role in the fight against online child sexual exploitation.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme on Thursday, Miss Jones said the police could do more to work with such groups.
"I understand that people want these paedophiles off the streets because they are protecting their own children and their family's children," she said.
"[But] there's so many things that could go wrong if the police do not step in and help out."
She added: "I think the police need to sit down with people from these groups... and actually talk about what's going on, say 'to get a conviction you need to do this, this and this and you can't do this'."
Five-year-old April went missing on 1 October 2012, in Machynlleth, Powys, but despite the biggest police search in British history, her body has never been found.
Mark Bridger, who was convicted of her murder in 2013, had hundreds of pictures of children being abused on his computer and had contacted young girls online.
Since her death, the family has campaigned on issues involving sex offenders.
The former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency, Jim Gamble, has previously said the number of officers working undercover to identify online groomers was limited and called for 1,500 volunteers to be recruited to help.
The National Police Chiefs' Council would not give exact figures on the number of officers carrying out such work, while the Home Office said it had given the National Crime Agency an extra Â£30m to tackle online child sexual exploitation.


Courts in China's Xinjiang region have jailed 32 people on charges of spreading extremist content online and organising terror groups, media report.

Three of them were jailed for life while the others received sentences varying from four to 15 years, according to Xinhua.
Chinese officials have blamed militant Uighur groups for a growing number of violent attacks across the country.
China has seen several recent high-profile attacks on civilian targets.
In October last year a car ploughed into pedestrians in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, killing five people, and there have also been attacks at railway stations in Urumqi and Kunming.
The Xinjiang courts convicted the defendants on charges of using their mobile phones and social media to store, download and spread religious extremist and terror-related content.
The 32 people were also found guilty of organising and leading terror groups, constructing explosive devices, and "fanning ethnic hatred and prejudice".
In May, China launched what it called a "year-long campaign against terrorism" after 39 people were killed when five suicide bombers attacked a street market in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.
Authorities have since carried out a string of arrests and jailed numerous people on terrorism charges. Nine people were sentenced to death in Xinjiang on similar charges last month.
Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs?
Critics of China's policies in Xinjiang point to economic inequality and cultural and religious repression as other possible reasons for the growing radicalism and resentment.
China says it is pouring money into the Xinjiang region, but some Uighurs say their traditions and freedoms are being crushed.