Three teenagers who died when their car crashed and burst into flames were killed by multiple injuries, an inquest has heard.

Farmhand Kyle Warren, 17, student Billy Hines, 16, and Dominic O'Neill, 18, who was unemployed, died on 5 April.
Their black Ford Ka ploughed into trees on Tivetshall Road, near Pulham Market in Norfolk at about 23:50 BST.
The inquest was opened at Norfolk Coroner's Court and adjourned until 25 July for a pre-inquest review hearing.
The trio were travelling towards Pulham Market when the crash took place and they died at the scene.
Norfolk's senior coroner Jacqueline Lake did not give details on who was driving the vehicle.
Mr O'Neill lived in Pulham Market, Kyle lived in Harleston in Suffolk and Billy lived at Magpie Green, near Wortham in Suffolk.
Their families have been paying tribute to them.
Mr O'Neill's mother Davina said she had been overwhelmed with the support and love of his friends for her "beautiful, much loved... greatly missed" son.
Kyle's family remembered a "very cheeky chappy, who always had a wonderful smile on his face", with a passion for banger racing and who was "outgoing and loved in return by all".
Billy's family said he was "a funny, loving, caring, hard-working boy" who brought "so much joy to everyone he met" and enjoyed shooting, motorbikes and cars.
They added: "It is testimony to Billy, Kyle and Dom to all the support we have had as a family."


A father-of-two was on his way home for Christmas when he was hit and killed in a crash, his family has said.

Ross Cowling, from Luton, was hit by a Land Rover Defender as he walked through Flitwick, Bedfordshire, on Christmas Eve.
The 37-year-old, who had two daughters, aged 10 and eight, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bedfordshire Police has appealed for witnesses to the crash in Maulden Road at 17:35 GMT.
In a statement, Mr Cowling's family said: "Ross was a loving father, brother, uncle and son and we are all absolutely devastated.
"He had been on his way home to spend Christmas with his family.
"We are all heartbroken."


Newly elected MSP Ruth Davidson has been announced as the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

The 32-year-old beat off competition from the party's deputy leader, Murdo Fraser, who was seen as the front runner in the contest.
Mr Fraser had wanted to abolish the Scottish Conservatives in favour of a new centre-right party.
Ms Davidson was elected in a ballot of 8,000 Scottish party members, which has taken place during the past few weeks.
Two other Tory MSPs, Jackson Carlaw and Margaret Mitchell, also stood for the leadership.
Ms Davidson, a former BBC journalist who was first elected as a Glasgow MSP in the May Holyrood election, will now lead the entire party in Scotland, not just the Conservative MSP group.
She replaces Annabel Goldie, who has led the party since 2005, but decided to step aside in the wake of the SNP's landslide election win and the last UK election, during which the Conservatives returned only one Scottish MP.
In her victory address, Ms Davidson said Scottish Conservatism was "alive and kicking".
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As a 32-year-old, newly elected, openly gay Tory MSP, Ruth Davidson was often described as the fresh-faced, new generation of the Scottish Conservative Party.
But, compared with Murdo Fraser's radical plans for the party, Ms Davidson almost seemed more of a status quo candidate.
Not only does the former BBC journalist oppose further new powers for Holyrood, describing those to be delivered through the Scotland Bill as "a line in the sand", but she has also mounted a vigorous campaign against the notion of a new party to replace the Scots Tories.
It was the Ruth Davidson campaign which facilitated a statement by major party donor Sir Jack Harvie, of the Focus on Scotland group, in which he refused to bankroll a breakaway party.
Ms Davidson, who only became a Glasgow list MSP in May, said the leadership campaign became distracted by the debate over disbanding and rebranding the Scottish Conservatives, arguing that real change only comes from asking people what matters to them.
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She said: "Annabel has been a fantastic leader of the MSP group and we all owe her a great debt for her service and for her hard work over a number of years.
"But this is the first time that our members have been asked to elect a leader for the whole party in Scotland and I've met our members from Selkirk to Shetland and all points in between.
"They've been engaged, they've been enthusiastic, they've been welcoming and they're excited about our bright future too."
Ms Davidson added: "A political party is not a leader, a political party is its membership and I want to bring our members at all levels much closer together in our party going forward and to take our party forward in unity."
Ms Davidson pledged to overhaul the party machinery in Scotland and bring new, modern and relevant policies to the people of Scotland.
Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his party's new leader in Scotland.
He said: "I am delighted to congratulate Ruth on winning this leadership election and look forward to working with her to strengthen the Union and build a better future for Scotland."
Ms Goldie said the election marked a key point in the history of the party and a crucial point in Scottish politics.
Congratulating Ms Davidson, she said: "We have a big obligation to our own party but we have an even bigger one to the Scottish public. I wish Ruth every success in taking the Scottish Conservatives forward.
"The future is exciting, I promise her that I shall not be a back seat driver and I am confident that she is more than equal to taking on Alex Salmond."
Following the result, Mr Fraser said: "Clearly I'm disappointed that I was not able to persuade more of our members that my vision for the future is the correct one.
"But I congratulate Ruth Davidson on her victory, and she will have my full support, as she tries to take the party forward."
Mr Fraser secured 2,096 first preference votes against Ms Davidson's 2,278. With second preference votes counted, Ms Davidson won by 2,983 votes to 2,417.
There were 5,676 votes cast in a turnout of 63.4%.
First minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond said: "Congratulations to Ruth Davidson on her success, and I wish her well. My own view is that Annabel Goldie was a highly successful leader for the Conservatives in Scotland, and maximised the Tory vote here.
"That merely underlines the scale of the task for Ruth Davidson in motivating her party - as does the number of Scottish Tory members who actually voted in this contest, and the fact that her main opponent proposed winding up the party."
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray said that following in Ms Goldie's footsteps would be a big task for Ms Davidson.
"While I disagree with her fundamentally on politics I look forward to the contribution she will make to the Scottish Parliament," he added.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: "I am really pleased to congratulate Ruth on her new appointment as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. I look forward to working with her, in her new role, as we strive to hold the SNP government to account."
Ms Davidson campaigned with a pledge to fight further new powers for Scotland.
She said the Scotland Bill to increase Holyrood's financial responsibility, currently going through Westminster, was "a line in the sand" and strongly opposed Mr Fraser's vision for a new party.


A body found in a river in Devon has been formally identified as missing teenager Nathan Wood.

Nathan, aged 16, from Paignton, was reported missing to police on Friday and divers discovered his body on Sunday near the River Dart in Totnes.
Devon and Cornwall Police said it was possible he had fallen into the river after taking a "new pyschoactive substance" (NPS).
The teenager's family described him as "full of life and loving".
Nathan's mother Mandi Retter said his death had "screwed up our lives forever".
His brother Daniel said: "He did love people so much. He couldn't express it enough. Everyone that knew him thought he was funny."
His grandmother, Margaret Retter, added: "The last time I saw him it was just wonderful. I was coming up the path last weekend and he just leaned out the bedroom window shouting 'Hi Grandma'.
"He was just full of life and loving, it was a lovely memory."
A memorial afternoon will be held at St John's Church in Totnes on Tuesday 16 August.


Historical re-enactment enthusiasts are gathering in Oxford to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of their founder, Brigadier Peter Young.

Brig Young founded The Sealed Knot Society which held its first meeting at The Mitre pub on High Street in the city in 1968.
The society is recreating Civil War scenes at Trinity College on Broad Street on Saturday and Sunday.
Mike Molcher said the society had "gone from strength to strength".
Brig Young was decorated in World War Two and went on to become an expert on the English Civil War.
He formed the Sealed Knot with a group of friends following a garden party in cavalier costume to publicise the launch of a book he had written on the Battle of Edgehill.
Mr Molcher said: "The public are so fascinated by what we do - the enthusiasm and passion for this period really come through."
The society now has thousands of members worldwide who stage massed battles in period costumes and provide personnel for television and film productions.
The event in Trinity College, Oxford, recreates the period when the city was King Charles I's base during the First English Civil War.


A new chief constable for Dyfed-Powys Police is to be recommended by the force's Police and Crime Commissioner.

Dafydd Llywelyn will put forward Mark Collins, who is to meet the Police and Crime Panel on Friday before his potential appointment is confirmed.
Mr Collins is the current deputy chief constable of Bedfordshire Police.
The force said he was selected as the preferred candidate after a "rigorous" two-day assessment at the force's Carmarthen headquarters.
If confirmed, he will take over from Simon Prince, who announced his retirement after three years in the post.
The appointment panel was made up of Prof Alan Clarke, professor of criminology at Aberystwyth University, Rhian Jardine head of sustainable communities at Natural Resources Wales, Pembrokeshire council's chief executive Ian Westley and independent member Carolyn Dhanraj.


Europe faces a "populist uprising" if it is unable to show people it can control the migrant crisis, former MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove has said.

He was speaking on the BBC's World on the Move day on migration issues.
Sir Richard also warned against offering visa-free travel to Turkish nationals, describing the move as like storing gasoline near a fire.
Earlier, UN special envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt warned the humanitarian system for refugees was breaking down.
She spoke of a "fear of migration" and a "race to the bottom" as countries competed to be the toughest to protect themselves.
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Sir Richard said the numbers of immigrants coming into Europe over the next five years could run into millions.
The crisis could reshape the continent's geopolitical landscape, he said.
"If Europe cannot act together to persuade a significant majority of its citizens that it can gain control of its migratory crisis then the EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring," he added.
He described the UK referendum on leaving the EU as "the first roll of the dice in a bigger geopolitical game".
Sir Richard warned against a deal with Turkey to allow visa-free travel to the EU to its citizens in exchange for controlling migration to the EU.
He said it was "perverse, like storing gasoline next to the fire we're trying to extinguish".
Talks between the Turkey and the EU over the deal have currently stalled over the former's refusal to amend its anti-terror laws.
The former head of MI6, which gathers intelligence abroad for the UK government, said â‚¬1.8bn (Â£1.4bn) allocated by the EU to address the root causes of migration in Africa made "much more sense" than a deal with Turkey but was not nearly enough.
The only answer was a "massive response" of this kind combined with a "much more aggressive operation along the North African coast", he added.
But Sir Richard cautioned against shutting the door on migration altogether.
"In the real world there are no miraculous James Bond-style solutions," he said. "...Human tides are irresistible unless the gravitational pull that causes them is removed."
Speaking earlier in the day, Ms Jolie Pitt said that more than 60 million people - one in 122 - were displaced globally -  more than at any time in the past 70 years.
"This tells us something deeply worrying about the peace and security of the world," she said, adding: "The average time a person will be displaced is now nearly 20 years."
Ms Jolie Pitt said the "number of conflicts and scale of displacement had grown so large" the system to protect and return refugees was not working.
Save the Children is calling for greater international commitment to ensure child refugees remain in school.
The charity's new report, A New Deal for Refugees, says only one in four refugee children is now enrolled in secondary school.
It is calling on governments and aid agencies to adopt a new policy framework that will ensure no refugee child remains out of school for more than a month.
It is an ambitious target but there is growing concern that this migration crisis is producing a lost generation of children which means conditions for even greater insecurity and poverty.
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The family of a missing Bristol DJ have said they have received abusive messages after starting legal proceedings to have him declared dead.

Derek Serpell-Morris, known as DJ Derek, has been missing since July.
The Bristol Post reported that an application will be made under the Presumption of Death Act.
His niece Jennifer Griffiths said that since then they had been targeted by people alleging the family was trying to access his assets.
The case is still being pursued as an "active inquiry", Avon and Somerset Police say.
"[But] the police don't think he is alive, we don't think he is alive - there has to be an end to this," she said.
DJ Derek was last seen on CCTV in Bristol city centre on 11 July 2015.
His bus pass was used later that day but there has been no trace of him since.
The family have started gathering the evidence they need to be granted a certificate of presumed death.
According to the charity Missing People, the process of obtaining a certificate can take between four and six months.
Relatives need to collect evidence such as bank information, newspaper clippings about the missing person and police statements.
Ms Griffiths has hit out at speculation the family were trying to profit from the proceedings.
She said the death certificate will "give us some closure and enable us to tie-up loose ends".
"He doesn't have life insurance or a will," said Ms Griffiths.
"His flat is privately owned and the landlord wants the flat back and this is the only way we can do that.
"People have said we want the money in his bank but it's his pension and we have to pay it back once we get his death certificate."
The family are planning a memorial for DJ Derek and Ms Griffiths said she will continue looking for her uncle.
"I'm not giving up on him. I'll continue to keep looking for him until we have exhausted all avenues."
Avon and Somerset Police said they were "still very keen to hear from anyone who has information on this case and we are actively seeking new leads in the inquiry".


Harry Panayiotou revealed that Leicester City's Premier League triumph was an inspiration for Raith Rovers' Premiership play-off quarter-final victory over Hibs.

The striker, on loan at the Kirkcaldy club from the Foxes, scored the only goal in the first-leg at Starks Park.
"I said to the boys, it's the year of the underdogs and we're the underdogs going into this," said Panayiotou.
"Leicester had nothing to lose and we had nothing to lose."
The 21-year-old came off the bench after 65 minutes and powered in a header from a corner 10 minutes later.
"I've been texting and congratulating everybody [at Leicester], but I can't get carried away with that," he added.
"I need to do my job now, we need to get promoted and if we do that, I'll be the happiest man alive."
Panayiotou's mood was in stark contrast to Alan Stubbs' demeanour after the match. His Hibs side dominated the game for long spells and created a number of chances, but were left to rue poor finishing and a momentary lapse of concentration at the back.
The visiting manager was also frustrated with the match officials throughout, but particularly for a claim for handball inside the Raith penalty area only moments before the goal.
Referee Kevin Clancy did not award the spot kick, much to Stubbs' annoyance.
"At this stage in the season, in this format, you want the best officials," Stubbs said. "I'm afraid the officials got it horribly wrong.
"Our frustration comes from conceding from a set piece, we've lost concentration and we should have dealt with it. The other frustration is not taking some of the opportunities we've had.
"The pitch is a leveller, it's a very difficult surface to play on. But the pitch is not the reason we've not won the game. The reason is we missed some chances and we switched off at one set piece.
"It's half-time [in the tie], but we've made it more difficult than it should have been. We know what we've got to do, we were going to be on the front foot anyway and look to really take the game to Raith.
"We've got an opportunity at home to come through the tie and it just makes for a rip-roaring occasion. I just hope the officials get it right."
Raith manager Ray McKinnon felt the result was a reward for the character of his side, and praised his players for their attitude and approach.
"The game was exactly how we thought it would pan out, and the longer we stayed in the game we thought we would get our chance," he said. "Fair play to the lads dug in and ground out another result.
"I've got very good characters in that dressing room, they don't want to lose, they're determined to win.
"It's going to be an extremely tough game [at Easter Road], they're going to throw everything at us. We need to do what we do, work hard. There's nobody getting carried away here."
McKinnon also reiterated that speculation about an impending approach for his services by Dundee United will not disrupt his preparations.
"My focus is solely on Raith Rovers and I'm determined to give it everything," he said of the speculation. "It doesn't 't affect me."


English top-flight clubs are "angry" that settlements were made with some of their Premiership rivals over last season's salary cap, says Northampton chief executive Allan Robson.

Last week, Premiership Rugby said "confidential agreements" were reached following "certain issues" with some clubs over last season's £4.76m limit.
Northampton are among nine clubs who have since denied their involvement.
Robson said Saints paid "up to the maximum of the cap but not beyond".
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"I think some of the clubs, count me in, have had an anger about the whole episode," Robson told BBC Radio Northampton.
"Clearly there have been two clubs that have had settlements because of disagreements as opposed to proven breaches.
"One of the main objectives of the salary cap was an equal playing field so that 12 clubs could go out on the pitch fairly, much similar in the quality of their playing departments and that would make life very competitive out on the pitch.
"When you believe that some clubs have not complied with the salary cap regulations and you're one that has, it can make you angry to think 'have we just lost a game and was it on an even footing?'."
On Thursday, Saints, Gloucester, London Irish and Exeter joined Wasps, Harlequins, Newcastle, Sale and Worcester in confirming that they were not among the clubs that Premiership Rugby reached agreements with over last season's cap.
The salary cap for this season is £5.5m, rising to £6.5m in 2016-17 and £7m the season afterwards.
"We're not a team that's breached the salary cap," Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.
"I know some clubs have made comment on whether they've backed a cover-up or whatever, as far as I'm concerned we know what our budget is here as a club.
"We've worked very hard and from the first day I was head coach, I've known what my budget is, the directors here and the people here have worked very hard to get us the best budget we can."
In a statement, Gloucester said the club was "fully supportive of the salary cap".
"As a club, we always try to operate with the highest integrity and we are fully committed to making the salary cap work," the statement said.
"As such, in light of current questioning, would like to communicate that Gloucester Rugby is not one of the clubs to which Premiership Rugby referred within its statement as being involved in conversations relating to access to information and to commercial contracts where there were differences of opinion as to the inclusion or not in a salary cap."
London Irish said in a statement: "London Irish can confirm it was not subjected to recent PRL salary cap investigations. The club fully supports and has adhered to the salary cap regulations since its inception and will continue to do so."


An attack took place in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Thursday 17 August.

A van drove into crowds of people in the centre of the city, in a tourist area called Las Ramblas.
Thirteen people have died and dozens were injured.
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Witnesses say the van was deliberately driven into people in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas area.
The emergency services got to the location very quickly and tried to help as many people as they could.
They are now looking for the missing driver.
Spanish police said they have stopped another van attack in a small town called Cambrils near Barcelona.
The police managed to stop the attackers before they reached a crowded area.
One woman died and the five suspected attackers were killed by police.
Police think this attack was linked to the one that happened earlier in Barcelona.
Four people have been arrested.
The police are still looking for the missing driver who ran away from the van.
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has described it as a terrorist attack.
The extremist group that calls itself Islamic State says it is responsible.
The city's famous football club, FC Barcelona, has said it was "deeply saddened" by the attack.
Lionel Messi added: "There are many more of us who want to live in a world in peace, without hate."
Several famous building all over the world have lit up to show their support for the people of Spain.
New York City's One World Trade centre was lit up in the colours of Spain's flag, red and yellow.
The Eiffel Tower turned off its lights in support of Barcelona.


When Theresa May faced the BBC Question Time audience on Friday, one of the trickiest questions came from a nurse.

The prime minister was asked how she could expect their support given the 1% cap on pay rises, leaving Theresa May battling to explain why such restraint was necessary.
After all, in its manifesto, the Conservatives said that NHS spending was to increase.
By the end of the Parliament, the Tories have promised that funding in England will be £8bn higher a year once inflation is taken into account.
It does not set out how this will be paid for, although the party insists economic growth is key to spending more.
However, as with all manifestos, you need to look at what is not being said as well as what is.
The £8bn refers to only one part of the overall budget - the money allocated to front-line services. This accounts for just over three-quarters of the entire health budget.
There was a lack of detail about much of the rest of the pot, which goes on things like staff training and public health programmes such as stopping smoking, apart from the promise of extra investment in buildings.
During the last Parliament these pots were cut to help pump more money into the front-line services. The same could happen again - albeit with some protection this time for the buildings budget.
What is also not obvious is that the £8bn is much less than the health service has been used to. Before 2010, the NHS had been getting an extra 4% a year over its history.
This reflects the fact that the health service faces rising costs from factors such as the ageing population, the cost of new drugs and lifestyle issues like obesity.
But those rises dried up between 2010 and 2017. Since then the NHS has been getting about 1% a year.
What difference will the £8bn for the next Parliament make to that trend? Very little.
Forecasts suggest the spending plans amount to just over 1%.
But the Tories are not alone on this. The Nuffield Trust think tank has been looking at the spending plans set out by all three main parties - and concluded there is very little between them. And all three fall well short of the 4% average.
It explains why, despite the promises of extra money, the Tories have felt it necessary to continue with the pay cap.
It's not in the manifesto - instead that talks about "benefits" such as flexible working and new support for staff with mental health problems - but it remains very much a part of their wider NHS policy.
Following the last election, the then chancellor George Osborne announced public sector pay was to be capped at 1% until 2019.
That, as the nurse pointed out on live television, continues to remain in place.
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Countries and charities from around the world are helping Nepal deal with the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck there on Saturday.

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Rescue teams will be trying to help people who are trapped and injured, and provide shelter and protection to those who have lost their homes.
Many countries, including America, Pakistan, China and India, have promised aid like food supplies, tents, doctors and search and rescue helicopters.
Newsround spoke to one UK charity which is sending shelter material to help people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed by the earthquake.
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Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones says the refereeing of Pro12 matches need to be reviewed.

Jones believes recent controversial decisions have put the competition's officiating in the spotlight.
"There are big decisions to be made by all unions on how we can give some credibility to this league," Jones said.
"We all want the best and fairest outcome and for players to decide matches."
Ospreys felt they had a "clear" try disallowed in their defeat at Connacht on 27 February.
Irish official George Clancy conferred with video ref Jude Quinn before making the ruling in that game in Galway.
"I've been out to the Sportsground many times and we've had perfectly good tries taken away from us," said former Wales flanker Jones.
"Incidents have been happening which have gone undetected. We've been banging the drum for years about this, so it doesn't surprise me."
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomon's was unhappy with an offside decision which he believes cost his side victory at Scarlets on February 12.
The match officials in that game were Irish referee Andrew Brace and Welsh assistants Craig Evans and Greg Morgan with another Welshman, Jon Mason, as television match official.
"You can refer back to the last-second penalty for the Scarlets against Edinburgh two weeks ago. It goes on and on - it's a catalogue," Jones added.
"It's a challenge for this league and always has been from day one."
Referees in the Pro12 are drawn from the four unions whose teams compete in the tournament - Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
But referees and assistant referees - formerly classified as touch judges - are able to take charge of matches involving teams from the country of their birth.
"It would be nice to have neutral officials for all matches," said Jones.
"I still feel that the best team does win. However, upsets can occur and it just needs really sound officiating for that [the best team winning] to happen."
Dragons are at Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday, where they have won just once, but Jones is undaunted.
"We can win there. We need to be positive and take our attacking game and intent to Munster and put them under pressure.
"Get the referee on our side and get those 50-50 calls coming our way, which we all see in the league sometimes influences outcomes."


Former Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly has been cast as a teacher in Doctor Who spin-off, Class.

She will be joined by four newcomers who will play sixth-formers at Coal Hill School - Greg Austin, Sophie Hopkins Fady Elsayed and Vivian Oparah.
Award-winning Class creator Patrick Ness said:  "How lucky we are to get Katherine Kelly!
"She's been stunning in Happy Valley, The Night Manager and Mr Selfridge, just wait until you see her here."
Class marks the TV screenwriting debut of young adult author Ness, best known for his book A Monster Calls.
It is not the first time Coal Hill School has featured in Doctor Who - it was the setting for the very first episode in 1963.
Steven Moffat, Class and Doctor Who executive producer, added:  "There's nothing more exciting than meeting stars that nobody's heard of yet. We had the read-through of the first few episodes last week, and there was a whole row of them.
"Coal Hill School has been part of Doctor Who since the very first shoot in 1963, but this new show is anything but history. Class is dark and sexy and right now. I've always wondered if there could be a British Buffy - it's taken the brilliant Patrick Ness to figure out how to make it happen."
Class is the latest of several Doctor Who spin-off shows aimed at younger audiences, including Totally Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The eight-part series will be shown on BBC Three later this year.
As the title suggests, each 45-minute episode will be set in a school in contemporary London, although most of the series will be be filmed near Cardiff.


An independent inquiry has identified a host of failings in a council's handling of a project to develop a residential child care unit.

The findings reveal that an offer was made for the property in Cairnryan before Dumfries and Galloway councillors were told of the plans.
The public consultation process was also found to be flawed.
Seven recommendations for improvement will be considered at a full council meeting later this week.
The inquiry - carried out by Solace Enterprises - focused on the council's decision to buy Cairnryan House and convert it into a children's home.
The former bed and breakfast replaced Milton House in Stranraer which had been deemed unsuitable by care inspectors.
The social work department considered some 26 sites and buildings before opting for the village property.
The inquiry agreed that, given the criteria, it was the best option.
However, the process of purchasing the building was found to be deeply flawed.
Contact was made with the seller's agent and a conditional offer of ??390,000 submitted in December 2010.
Councillors were not consulted on the plans until a month later, and the decision to buy was taken before a full structural survey was carried out.
The inquiry also found that the consultation process had failed to follow national guidelines.
Many residents had questioned the suitability of the village to house a residential unit and the two public meetings staged by the authority were said to have offered locals no opportunity to influence the proposals or have their concerns addressed.


Jo Pavey is aiming to regain her 10,000m title at the European Championships in Germany in 2018 - a month before her 45th birthday.

Pavey became the oldest woman to claim European gold when she won the 10,000m in Zurich in 2014, aged 40.
The British five-time Olympian missed the World Championships with a heel injury, but has no plans to retire.
"Next year I'll be mostly focusing on trying to qualify for the Europeans - that's the goal," Pavey said.
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The 43-year-old has ruled out competing at the Commonwealth Games in Australia in March, but is keen to continue for at least one more season on the track.
"With the Commonwealths being in March, and having a family and all the different phases of my life I'm at now, I just think it's the Europeans that I'm most interested in," Pavey told BBC Radio Devon.
"It was frustrating getting injured early in the season because I was quite pleased with the way the track sessions were starting to unfold.
"I actually felt younger this year than I did maybe in the last year or two, so I was looking forward to trying to put some good track performances in.
"I suppose I have to retire one day, but I'll never completely retire - I'll always keep running."
The Devon mother of two received her 2007 World Championship bronze medal at the London Stadium during this year's event, after Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse was retrospectively disqualified for an in-competition doping offence.


Tandragee-based crisp maker Tayto has bought a Leeds-based vending machine business in a multi-million pound deal.

Freedom Refreshments is a UK-wide group that employs 160 people. It turned over £16m in 2016.
It is Tayto's third acquisition in England this year after it bought a snack company and a majority stake in a popcorn business.
The company said the deal allowed Tayto to "increase our presence significantly within this sector".
"While we have a strong share of the vending market in Northern Ireland, we only had limited reach into GB," said Paul Allen, the group's chief executive.
Tayto has established a new company, Montagu Group, to hold the vending machine business.
Meanwhile the Tayto Group's annual results for 2016 showed a pre-tax profit of £2.9m on turnover of £163m.
The group employed 1,400 people during the year paying salaries worth £29m.
The best-paid director received renumeration of just under £900,000.
The Tayto Group has been owned by the Hutchinson family since 1956 and is the third-largest snack manufacturer in the UK.


Nick Blackwell has woken from his induced coma, following his fight with Chris Eubank Jr last week.

The 25-year-old was taken to hospital after the British middleweight title contest was stopped in round 10.
Blackwell woke from the induced coma on Saturday and by Sunday was talking to family and friends at his bedside, said promoter Hennessy Sports.
Blackwell had suffered a bleed on the skull and not the brain as initially reported, the statement added.
Hennessy Sports said the boxer had won his "toughest fight yet", adding: "Nick Blackwell won the hearts of over three million television viewers on 26 March with an astonishing display of all-action bravery and determination.
"In the past week, however, he has humbled millions more. He's a fighter. He's a warrior. He's a true champion and gentleman.
"On behalf of Nick, his family, and very close friends, we'd like to thank everyone for their continued support and well-wishes. It has been overwhelming at times and has certainly not gone unnoticed."
Referee Victor Loughlin stopped the fight on the advice of the ringside doctor, who said Blackwell was unable to continue because of swelling over his left eye.
It meant Eubank Jr, 26, took the British middleweight title.
After the fight, Blackwell received medical attention in the ring before being taken away while receiving oxygen.
The British Boxing Board of Control said it was satisfied with the way the fight was handled.
Respected trainer Adam Booth told BBC Radio 5 live Loughlin had "acted immaculately", while former world champion Barry McGuigan, now a promoter, said it was an "isolated incident" and "nobody was to blame".
Eubank Jr posted a video to social media speaking of his "relief" after hearing the news of Blackwell's recovery. "The last thing you want is a fighter go through any serious damage," he said.
McGuigan added: "So delighted that Nick Blackwell has come out of his induced coma and is speaking to his family."
Those sentiments were echoed by fellow boxers Enzo Maccarinelli, Paul Smith Jr and Anthony Fowler.
Peter Fury, uncle and trainer of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and a friend of Blackwell's promoter, Mick Hennessy, said: "Great news Nick Blackwell has made a full recovery. Mick said he's smiling and talking, even telling jokes. In God we trust."
BBC boxing correspondent Mike Costello:
"Blackwell's progress will be the cause not so much of celebration but of relief across boxing.
"Long before he was placed in an induced coma, the 25-year-old was described as one of the most likeable characters in a sport which thrives on enmity.
"In the nine days since he collapsed in the ring at Wembley Arena, there's been a deluge of support from world champions and journeymen alike.
"His condition was a reminder of the risks they all take and the dangers they all face."
Former super-bantamweight boxer Spencer Oliver suffered life-threatening head injuries in a European title fight in 1998, aged 22.
He was given oxygen by paramedics in the ring and, after 15 minutes of treatment, was taken to hospital apparently unconscious and wearing a neck brace.
The British fighter later had a blood clot removed from his brain and went on to make a full recovery, but retired from boxing.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, Oliver said Blackwell's "biggest fight" now will be "coming to terms with not boxing again".
"A boxer's life is training, morning, afternoon and evening," said Oliver. "It's non-stop. He will have a massive hole in his life. I'd suggest putting something back into boxing, maybe getting into training."


A model who was asked to slim "down to the bone" has handed a petition to the government calling for better healthcare in the modelling industry.

Rosie Nelson was 21 years old and a size eight when she was told by a top agency to slim down further.
She said she was "really excited" that her 113,000-signature campaign had attracted so much support.
Ms Nelson will give evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into modelling and health issues, which begins later.
MP Caroline Nokes, chair of an all party parliamentary group on body image, launched the inquiry after supporting Ms Nelson's campaign.
She said they would discuss whether government legislation could be necessary to ensure models were not forced to become "unhealthily thin", and will hear evidence from industry professionals.
Other countries including France and Italy have already legislated in this area, with France creating rules about a minimum body mass index for models and Italy demanding health certificates.
Ms Nelson, from Sandhurst, Berkshire, said she lost almost a stone in weight after being told by an agency to slim.
She said: "When I returned to the same agency they told me to lose more weight, they wanted me 'down to the bone'".
She said she wants to see tighter checks on a model's health: "If a model is being asked to lose weight, she can go to a doctor and say 'I need to get down to 35 inch hips' and the doctor can then say you can lose weight this way'.
"Some girls are doing really drastic things to lose weight, they're eating cotton [wool], they're eating only popcorn."
Ms Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North, said: "Firstly we want the girls working in the fashion industry to be healthy.
"Secondly we want them to be good role models and we want images that young people see in advertising and on the catwalk to be of healthy positive young women."
The Association of Model Agencies (AMA) said its members train staff to recognise symptoms of eating disorders.
Its code of practice states "AMA members have worked with a number of professional bodies to help agents identify models who may be in need of specific advice and support on particular health issues."
The inquiry is open to the public and a report will be published early in the new year.


MEPs have called for the adoption of comprehensive rules for how humans will interact with artificial intelligence and robots.

The report makes it clear that it believes the world is on the cusp of a "new industrial" robot revolution.
It looks at whether to give robots legal status as "electronic persons".
Designers should make sure any robots have a kill switch, which would allow functions to be shut down if necessary, the report recommends.
Meanwhile users should be able to use robots "without risk or fear of physical or psychological harm", it states.
Lorna Brazell, a partner at law firm Osborne Clarke, was surprised by how far-reaching the rules were.
But questioned the need to give future robots legal status.
"Blue whales and gorillas don't have personhood but I would suggest that they have as many aspects of humanity as robots, so I don't see why we should jump into giving robots this status."
The report suggests that robots, bots, androids and other manifestations of artificial intelligence are poised to "unleash a new industrial revolution, which is likely to leave no stratum of society untouched".
The new age of robots has the potential for "virtually unbounded prosperity" but also raises questions about the future of work and whether member states need to introduce a basic income in the light of robots taking jobs.
Robot/human relationships raise issues around privacy, human dignity (particularly in relation to care robots) and the physical safety of humans if systems fail or are hacked.
The report acknowledges that there is a possibility that within the space of a few decades AI could surpass human intellectual capacity.
This could, if not properly prepared for, "pose a challenge to humanity's capacity to control its own creation and, consequently, perhaps also to its capacity to be in charge of its own destiny and to ensure the survival of the species".
It turns to science fiction, drawing on rules dreamed up by writer Isaac Asimov, for how robots should act if and when they become self-aware. The laws will be directed at the designers, producers and operators of robots as they cannot be converted into machine code.
These rules state:
Meanwhile robotic research should respect fundamental rights and be conducted in the interests of the wellbeing of humans, the report recommends.
Designers may be required to register their robots as well as providing access to the source code to investigate accidents and damage caused by bots. Designers may also be required to obtain the go-ahead for new robotic designs from a research ethics committee.
The report calls for the creation of a European agency for robotics and artificial intelligence that can provide technical, ethical and regulatory expertise.
It also suggests that in the light of numerous reports on how many jobs could be taken by AI or robots, member countries consider introducing a universal basic income for citizens provided by the state.
The report also considers the legal liabilities of robots and suggests that liability should be proportionate to the actual level of instructions given to the robot and its autonomy.
"The greater a robot's learning capability or autonomy is, the lower other parties' responsibilities should be and the longer a robot's 'education' has lasted, the greater the responsibility of its 'teacher' should be," it says.
Producers or owners may, in future, be required to take out insurance cover for the damage potentially caused by their robot.
If MEPs vote in favour of the legislation, it will then go to individual governments for further debate and amendments before it becomes EU law.


A man shot dead by police as they foiled an attempt to free a prisoner was speaking to two accomplices minutes before his death, a jury has heard.

Jermaine Baker, 28, from Tottenham was sitting in a car when he was killed by a single shot on 11 December 2015.
He was allegedly part of a gang trying to spring Izzet Eren from a custody van as he was being driven to an appearance at Wood Green Crown Court.
Ozcan Eren, 31, and Eren Hayser, 25, deny trying to help free Mr Eren.
Two other men, Nathan Mason and Gokay Sogucakli, have admitted being part of the escape plot.
The jury at Woolwich Crown Court was told a police surveillance bug placed in a stolen car, in which Mr Baker was waiting with Mason and Sogucakli, had picked up conversations between the men.
The court heard the recording of Mason taking a phone call at 09:00 GMT, which appeared to tell him where in the prison vehicle they should expect to find Izzet Eren.
The man is heard telling the others: "See, as you go in, yeah, it's the first door on your right."
Jermaine Baker is then heard saying: "So the door's here, boom boom."
Sogucakli can then be heard asking what they mean, to which Mason replies: "In the van, the first door on the right, that's where he is."
Just after 09:03 the audio picked up shouts of "armed police".
The jury was not played any audio beyond this point, however a single shot was fired by an armed officer, hitting Jermaine Baker, who died shortly afterwards.
Izzet Eren, who had been convicted of a firearms offence, had secreted a mobile phone in the van and was using it to organise his escape.
He has admitted arranging for the men in the car to free him by holding up the van using an imitation Uzi machine gun.
Ozcan Eren, of Wood Green, and Eren Hasyer, of Enfield, both deny conspiring in the escape plot and conspiracy to carry an imitation firearm with criminal intent.
Izzet Eren, Nathan Mason and Gokay Sogucakli, all of Tottenham, previously pleaded guilty to the same offences.
The case continues.


A lorry driver has been found guilty of killing a cyclist who was dragged under the wheels of his truck at a junction.

Louise Wright, 29, was cycling to work when she was dragged under Adam Haywood's beer delivery truck in July 2014.
Prosecutors said Haywood, 31, from Whitwell in Derbyshire, failed to check his mirrors before turning left at traffic lights in Nottingham.
He was found guilty of causing death by careless driving by a majority verdict.
He was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and has been banned from driving for two years.
A judge also ordered him to do 150 hours of unpaid work and pay Â£1,500 in costs.
Speaking after the verdict, Ms Wright's mother Sharon Brown said: "Nobody is a winner in this. It is just tragic what has happened. I do feel the right verdict has been reached and the sentence was fair.
"I don't get to spend any more time with her, I don't get to spend a future with her, I don't get to witness her being a wife, a mother, I don't get to be a grandmother.
"Just one short moment in time, one lapse of concentration. You think to yourself, 'what if?'. If she'd just chosen a different route... we might not be here.
"Just one short moment and it's changed everything."
Judge Jonathan Bennett said he had to "balance justice and mercy".
"There are no winners in this particular case," he said.
The trial at Derby Crown Court heard how Haywood had stopped at the lights when Miss Wright cycled down the left side of his lorry and waited near the front of his vehicle.
Jurors were told it is not illegal for a cyclist to come up the inside of a lorry, but the Highway Code recommends not to do so.
The prosecution claimed Miss Wright would not have realised Haywood intended to turn left as he did not have his indicators on.
Mr Haywood told the jury he could not remember if he had put on his indicators, but that was his normal practice.
Jurors were told there is nothing in law to say that a driver must indicate, but the Highway Code says they should.
In his evidence he claimed he checked his mirrors before turning left but did not see Miss Wright, and he believed she must have been in his blind spot.
Miss Wright was killed instantly in the accident, which happened at the junction of Lower Parliament Street and Pennyfoot Street in Nottingham city centre on 3 July 2014.


At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the Syrian city of Latakia, a key stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, state media report.

Twenty-five others were injured when a van filled with explosives blew up in front of a school on the outskirts of the city, the Sana news agency said.
State television aired footage of charred cars with blown-out windows.
Latakia has largely escaped the conflict that has devastated most of Syria and left 250,000 people dead.
But a rebel alliance that includes al-Qaeda's local affiliate, al-Nusra Front, has been advancing on the city and within its surrounding province after driving government forces out of much of neighbouring Idlib province earlier this year.
Sana reported that the bomb was detonated at 12:00 (09:00) on Wednesday, outside Imad Ali school in Hamam square, on the northern edges of Latakia.
It also said that on Tuesday evening security forces had intercepted two cars loaded with explosives which "terrorists were trying to sneak into Latakia".
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the UK-based monitoring group, said Wednesday's blast was "the biggest car bomb attack in Latakia since the war began" in 2011.
"This is rare for Latakia city, which is usually hit by rockets," its director, Rami Abdul Rahman, told the AFP news agency.
Last month, six people were killed in the city by shellfire and rebels forces reached the edge of the coastal mountains to the east where Mr Assad's ancestral village of Qardaha is located.
The rebel advance in the north-eastern heartland of his Alawite sect is the latest in a series of setbacks for the president.
In July, he acknowledged the army faced a manpower shortage and had withdrawn from some areas in order to defend those he considered most significant.


Mark Lawrenson says it was "sheer madness" for Mario Balotelli to swap shirts at half-time in Liverpool's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.

The striker made the swap with Pepe as his side trailed Real by three goals, and he was substituted at the break.
BBC football analyst Lawrenson believes Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers should fine the player and drop him.
"It is all about Mario Balotelli. He lives in his own little world, but there is no 'I' in team," he said.
Liverpool lost 3-0 and lie third in their Champions League group.
Former Liverpool defender Lawrenson added: "Balotelli is 24 years old and a dad. Everybody thought it was time for him to settle down, but, if anything, he is getting worse.
"At Queens Park Rangers on Sunday he gave a non-performance, and then last night, it was sheer madness.
"He (Rodgers) will fine him, probably a couple of weeks wages, and pick Rickie Lambert instead at the weekend."
Lawrenson, who won five league championships and a European Cup during seven seasons at Anfield, also criticised the Italian's poor work-rate.
He added: "Everyone can forgive you if you miss chances, but you have to give everything to the team. Does he do that? I don't think so. I'm one of millions of Liverpool fans thinking, 'What is he doing?'
"At least Rickie Lambert will give everything."
Balotelli, who was replaced by Adam Lallana at half-time, was reprimanded for swapping shirts by Rodgers in his post-match press conference.
"It is not something I stand for. If you want to do that, do it at the end of the game. It is something I will deal with on Thursday," said Rodgers.


A collection of about 1,800 gnomes - amassed by one man over half a century - is to be auctioned for charity.

Ron Broomfield, from Lincolnshire, died in April aged 80, and was cremated in the gnome outfit he regularly wore.
Over the years, the retired window cleaner raised thousands of pounds for charities including the NSPCC.
He appeared on various TV programmes, including the Alan Titchmarsh Show, and lived in Gnome Cottage, Alford, which became a well-known local landmark.
His niece, Patricia Hammond, said Mr Broomfield was "remarkable", "well-loved" and "brought happiness into the lives of many people".
She said his greatest ambition was for his collection to feature in the Guinness Book of World Records.
However, he was beaten by Ann Atkin of The Gnome Reserve and Wild Flower Garden in North Devon, she said.
The Gnome Reserve is home to about 2,000 gnomes.
"Ron the Gnome", as he was also known, was originally from Finchley in north London, and began collecting the figures after the breakdown of his marriage.
Ms Hammond said: "He bought the gnomes, took them home and they kept smiling at him. After that, every time he saw a gnome he bought it and he would ask for gnomes as presents for Christmas and birthdays and was very disappointed if you didn't buy him one.
"When the children of Finchley walked past his house and saw his beard, they said he was starting to look like a gnome and suggested he dress like one too, so he did."
Mr Broomfield later moved to Alford, where his home became a shrine to the ornaments.
After his death, he was cremated dressed in his gnome outfit, complete with pointed hat and waistcoat.
His favourite gnome, Sandy, which he took everywhere, was adopted by his niece.
All proceeds from the gnome sale - on 15 July at the Lincoln Auction Rooms of Golding Young & Mawer - will be donated to charity.


An advert featuring a man strutting down a street in hotpants and high heels received the most complaints in 2015, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has revealed.

The Moneysupermarket.com ad attracted 1,513 complaints, with viewers citing its "overtly sexual" content.
The ASA did not uphold the complaints.
Chief executive Guy Parker said matters of offence can "grab the headlines" but most of their work is focused on "tackling misleading advertising".
The body acknowledged some viewers might have considered the TV and web advert, featuring a man called Dave dancing to Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls, to be "distasteful".
But the price comparison site commercial was not judged to be offensive or in breach of the advertising code.
A company spokesman said the public feedback to the ad was "overwhelmingly positive".
Three adverts for hotel website Booking.com, where the word "booking" was seen to be used in the place of a swear word, were the second, fourth and seventh most-complained about ads of the year - with 683, 407 and 201 complaints respectively.
The complaints were not upheld, with the ASA saying "it was a light-hearted play on words that couldn't be mistaken for an actual swear word".
The third most-complained about ad was a campaign for online payment site Paypal, which showed two children concerned their parents had not been shopping for Christmas presents.
It received 464 complaints from people who "expressed concern that the ad revealed the truth about Father Christmas". They were not upheld but Paypal independently changed the scheduling of the ad.
In fifth place was a poster campaign advertising a Protein World weight-loss product with the slogan: "Are you beach body ready?".
The poster, showing a woman in a bikini attracted 380 complaints, and the ASA told the company that due to "concerns about a range of health and weight loss claims" it could not appear in the same format again.
The ASA concluded the ad, which was defaced in Tube stations and sparked a petition calling for it to be banned, was not likely to cause serious or widespread offence, however.
Mr Parker said: "Our top 10 for 2015 will no doubt get people talking about whether the ads are or aren't offensive, but there are important issues at stake here.
"Advertisers must take care not to cause serious or widespread offence, but we don't play a numbers game.
"And while matters of offence can grab the headlines, the bulk of our work is the less glamorous task of tackling misleading advertising. That's why we're taking a more proactive approach to address the issues which affect consumers the most before complaints need to be made."


A new black cab designed specifically for use in London has been unveiled.

Car manufacturer Nissan says the 1.6 litre petrol-engine taxi will be cleaner than the current diesel cabs which are used in the capital.
The taxi was first unveiled in August 2012 but following feedback from the Mayor of London's office the vehicle was modified.
Round headlamps and a re-modelled grille are key features of the new taxi, which goes on sale in December.
The car has been developed by the company's European design centre in Paddington, west London.
Nissan says the latest version adheres to Transport for London (TfL) regulations on black cabs which include a requirement for a 25ft (7.6m) turning circle.
TfL licenses black cabs in London, which are traditionally known as Hackney Carriages.
The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) welcomed the new vehicle and said it would bring more competition to the market.
"There are three vehicles and all are different, the traditional TX4  which has been around for forever and then there's the Mercedes which is much larger and often used by people going to airports," said Steve McNamara,  general secretary of the LTDA.
"Nissan is marketing itself as the alternative, and drivers will have to make a choice."
Nissan says that the car will emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide compared to traditional diesel models.
Following consultations with TfL, LED lighting was added to improve visibility of the traditional taxi sign and the vehicle was given new front bumper panels, Nissan said.
The grille was also remodelled to mirror the traditional front of a black cab.
Nissan will also launch an electric version of the taxi in 2015.


Southern Rail faced some unexpected delays - when a lorry transporting one of its carriages got stuck while trying to turn a corner at a crossroads.

Eyewitness Luke Alexander said the 20m (66ft) electric unit became "wedged" against a traffic light in Crystal Palace, south London.
Mr Alexander, who works near the junction, said he had been alerted by a "commotion" outside at about 20:20 GMT.
The lorry was freed after 30 minutes to applause from onlookers, he said.
Traffic on the junction between Gipsy Hill, Westow Hill, Westow Street and Central Hill had been blocked while the rail carriage was stuck.
Mr Alexander described the junction as "a pretty tight squeeze".
But he said onlookers took the delay in "good spirit" and broke into "huge applause" when the lorry finally managed to turn the corner.
"Everyone was finding it the most hilarious thing - including the truck drivers themselves who were trying to negotiate it through the crossroads," he said.
The 25-year-old said it was impossible not to see the "complete irony" of the situation - referring to continuing industrial action on the rail firm's routes.
Commuters have faced delays during a number of strikes as part of an ongoing dispute between unions and parent company Govia Thameslink Railway.


South African scrum-half Nic Groom will join Northampton Saints from Super Rugby side Stormers in time for the start of next season.

The 26-year-old has won the Currie Cup with Western Province twice and made more than 50 appearances for Stormers.
"Leaving Cape Town and the Stormers is going to be tough and a big change," Groom told the club website.
"But I'm looking forward to embracing new experiences both on and off the field."
Northampton are currently fifth in the Premiership, unable to finish in the top four going into Saturday's final match of the season against Gloucester.


A minister has been heckled by MPs for suggesting women over 60 facing poverty could start an apprenticeship.

The government has been accused of failing to do more to help 2.6 million women born in the 1950s who have lost out because of changes to pension law.
The SNP's Mhairi Black said it was "laughable" the problem could not be fixed when the government had found £1bn to fund its deal with the DUP.
Minister Guy Opperman said he would look at cases of financial hardship.
But he faced shouts of "shame on you" when he said the government was "actually doing a significant amount" to address the individual difficulties of older workers trying to enter the labour market - including by offering them apprenticeships.
Mr Opperman, setting out the government's work on "lifelong learning" said: "The reality is over 200,000 people over 60 have entered further education since 2014/15.
"We have also extended apprenticeship opportunities as one of the best routes to skilled employment for people of all ages and gender.
"Such apprenticeships in England, for example, in 2014/15... 12% of the starting apprenticeships were for those aged 45."
Mr Opperman was heckled by MPs as he outlined the details.
Labour's Graham Jones, raising a point of order, said: "I'm struggling to hear the debate, did the minister just say that women aged 64 could go on an apprenticeship course?"
The debate centred on the plight of the so-called Waspi women - Women Against State Pension Inequality - whose aim is to achieve fair transitional arrangements for women born in the 1950s, for whom the state pension age is being raised from 60 to 66 by 2020.
Ms Black said she had been contacted by a woman who said her friend had committed suicide after the general election result "because she could not face what was going to happen to her".
"Citizens committing suicide over an issue that could be solved like that - an issue the government could do a U-turn on at any given moment," she said.
Ms Black said it was "an absolute disgrace" that a debate on the issue was having to be held again.
Turning to Mr Opperman, a pensions minister, she said it was "laughable" that the government "can find a billion pounds for a deal to cling on to power, but we cannot find the money to give women the pensions that they are due".
"The only other two things they are guilty of is being born in the 50s and the fact they are women."
Labour's Carolyn Harris said the government "has betrayed these women - they've stolen their security and they've shattered their dreams without time to prepare and make the necessary alternative arrangements".


Gloucestershire firefighters are to answer emergency calls from isolated and vulnerable people via special sensors installed in their homes.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue will be alerted by the council's 24-hour Telecare service in a pilot scheme to support residents in the Cotswolds.
John Beard, from the fire service, said it was "great" to help "plug a gap in social care" in rural areas.
Gloucestershire County Council said it would help to "deliver savings".
The pilot scheme, involving retained firefighters, is aimed at elderly and vulnerable people who do not have support from local friends or family.
Sensors which can detect fire, flooding, carbon monoxide and gas leaks have been placed around the person's home. A "falls detector" can also be worn around the neck or on the wrist and generates an emergency call if the wearer has fallen.
All of the equipment is linked to a 24-hour monitoring centre, which operates all year round.
John Beard said: "It's really great for the fire service to plug a gap in the social care of the people who need it most, particularly in our rural community.
"It's wonderful to be able to offer our existing infrastructure and well-trained professional firefighters to be able to deliver a service that otherwise we'd struggle to be able to do."
Commissioning manager Donna Miles, who works across Gloucestershire Commissioning Group and the county council, said: "It's about having the longer term ambition to keep people at home as long as we possibly can, which in itself will help prevent hospital admissions.
"It will deliver savings in delaying when somebody goes into a care home, from a county council perspective."
The pilot scheme will run initially in the in the Northleach, Chipping Campden and Fairford areas.


The Brexit vote will have implications for the York Street Interchange project in Belfast, according to Northern Ireland's infrastructure minister.

The £165m scheme was designed to ease congestion at the junctions of the M1, M2 and M3 but has been put on hold.
Chris Hazzard said uncertainty over EU funding has put the project at risk
However, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) said projects signed until the point the UK leaves the EU, would be fully funded by the Treasury.
The part of York Street concerned is considered Northern Ireland's busiest road junction, with more than 100,000 vehicles passing through it daily.
The underpass and bridge project is aimed at easing congestion where the three roads intersect.
Mr Hazzard told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme: "Brexit spells bad news, not just for this project, but for my department as a whole.
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"I'm dealing with, maybe, half a century of an infrastructure deficit west of the Bann - the A5 and the A6 are absolutely crucial projects.
"Are people suggesting I take money away from the A6 and we allow the build up around Dungiven every morning, just to free up the building of the interchange?
"I have to do what's best for the transport system as a whole. York Street is a priority for me, but I have assessed the funding that is now available to me in the context of what happened earlier this summer."
Seamus Leheny from the Freight Transport Association said the delay represents "bad news for transport operators and the economy".
"This connects all the major parts of the transport network for Northern Ireland," he said.
"It connects our ports, our major motorways and obviously Belfast city. Everyone, no matter if they're based in Belfast or Omagh, they consistently say the M1, M2, M3 is the choke point - that is where they suffer the most congestion. "
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has described the project as "indispensable".
A DUP spokesperson said: "The York Street Interchange is one of the key transport priorities for Northern Ireland. We are committed to seeing it brought forward as soon as possible."
UUP MLA, Jenny Palmer, said the project was "vital" to the economic welfare of Northern Ireland.
Stormont's Department of Infrastructure had been hoping to bid for funding for the York Street upgrade under a programme known as Connecting Europe Facility.
The NIO said the chancellor's commitment applied to "projects signed until the point the UK leaves the EU".
It said that also included "payments of any awards won by UK organisations who bid directly to the EU for competitive funding, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK's departure from the EU".
In a statement, the Department for Infrastructure said it had "a range of capital priorities" including four executive flagship projects.
"Progress on these will be determined by the scale of resources available (to the minister) from the forthcoming budget process," it added.
"In the case of York Street, while it is a project that could have attracted up to 40% EU funding, there would still be a 60% gap to make up."
The department said the next call for major projects was anticipated for early 2018.
In December 2015, Mr Hazzard's predecessor, the DUP's Michelle McIlveen, said the department was fully committed to the interchange going ahead.


Water firms have called for an end to moistened wipes being labelled as flushable.

Scottish Water said it spent about £6m a year unblocking pipes, with disposable wipes and cotton buds some of the biggest culprits.
Industry body Water UK has urged trading standards authorities to end the use of labels that suggest wipes can be flushed down toilets.
It wants manufacturers to add prominent "do not flush" warnings to products.
Scottish Water has joined nearly 250 companies in 18 countries in signing a joint statement on the flushability of moistened wipes, calling for consumers to be given clear and unambiguous information about appropriate disposal methods.
Water UK has written a letter to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) urging it to investigate the issue of labelling.
Peter Farrer, Scottish Water's chief operating officer, said: "The reality is that wet wipes can cause flooding misery for householders and real damage to Scotland's environment.
"On average, Scottish Water responds to 80 blockages each day which are a direct result of inappropriate items like wet wipes being flushed down toilets.
"Together with items such as cotton buds, nappies and oil or grease from cooking products, these combine to create a blockage of material that doesn't break down easily.
"This can lead to flooding of homes, gardens and businesses, as well as pollution of beaches or rivers. And it's also costly for a business which aims to keep customer charges as low as possible - we spend around £6m a year tackling this problem."
EDANA, an industry group that represents the wet wipe manufacturers, said it accepted that 90% of such wipes should be disposed of in bins but argued that "do no flush" advice would penalise some products that were flushable.
In a statement it said: "Denying people a flushable product altogether will only make the problem worse, as flushable products will be replaced with those not designed to be flushed.
"Rather, EDANA believes that education is essential to helping the consumer know how and where to best dispose of their wipes
"Flushable wipes have to pass a rigorous set of tests developed by experts who have the extensive research and development knowledge, resources, and technical expertise to address the issue, so we're confident that when we call a wipe flushable, that it is indeed flushable."
Things that should not go down the loo - advice from Scottish Water


A campaign set up by author Patrick Ness to raise funds for Syrian refugees has raised more than $1m in one week.

Ness, who wrote A Monster Calls and the Chaos Walking trilogy, tweeted on Thursday that $1,018,000, or £659,755 had been raised for Save The Children.
He started the campaign on 3 September, saying he was "tired of just tweeting despair" about the refugee crisis.
Since then, numerous other authors and publishers have come on board to match donations from members of the public.
Ness himself matched the first £10,000 of donations, and on Thursday said he had also "donated the last amount to get us over a million bucks".
Authors including Philip Pullman, Suzanne Collins, Paula Hawkins, Cressida Cowell, Anthony Horowitz, Jojo Moyes, Francesca Simon, David Nicholls and Jessie Burton have each pledged £10,000 to match public donations.
Publisher Egmont Press has put in £10,000, Penguin Random House has chipped in with £15,000 and Hachette UK has pledged £10,000 now and another £10,000 if and when the total reaches £1m.
Soon after he began the campaign, Ness told The Bookseller: "I am astonished at how people have responded. I think, by pure accident, I happened to express my frustration at the right moment."


The High Court is to rule on whether the government can begin the formal process of leaving the European Union without consulting Parliament.

Senior judges heard a challenge last month from campaigners who argue Prime Minister Theresa May does not have the power to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without MPs' approval.
The PM has promised to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
Its author, Lord Kerr, has told the BBC he believed it was "not irrevocable".
Judges are set to give their verdict at 10:00 GMT.
Some of the leading figures in the legal world are involved in the historic case, which is expected to be appealed against to the Supreme Court whatever the verdict.
The announcement will be made by Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, Master of the Rolls Sir Terence Etherton and Lord Justice Sales.
The government insists it does not need to consult Parliament before triggering Article 50, which begins two years of formal Brexit negotiations.
It argues there is an established constitutional convention for the executive to use ancient powers of royal prerogative to withdraw from international treaties - and that the referendum result has given ministers the green light to begin Brexit.
But the claimants - led by investment manager Gina Miller - argue that rights granted by the 1972 European Communities Act cannot be taken away without the explicit approval of Parliament.
A number of MPs have also been calling for Parliament to be given a vote before Article 50 is triggered, saying the government has no mandate to decide the terms of Brexit.
But Mrs May has said their demands are akin to trying to "subvert democracy".
The government has said it is likely MPs will get to vote on the final Brexit deal reached after the negotiations - but campaigners say this is too late.
The prime minister has refused to give details of her key demands for the talks.
Among those calling for Parliament to be given a vote is the Scottish peer who wrote Article 50.
In a BBC interview, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard said he believed Article 50 was "not irrevocable", adding that the UK could choose to stay in the EU even after exit negotiations had begun.
Meanwhile the head of the civil service, Sir Jeremy Heywood, said it might be decades before the full impact of the referendum result on the UK was known.
Setting out the challenge facing Whitehall in his blog, he said Brexit had "few, if any, parallels in its complexity".
He also defended the civil service's role during the referendum campaign, when Brexit-supporting ministers were barred from seeing some documents under special rules allowing members of the government to campaign for either side.
"During the official referendum campaign, we were scrupulous in making sure that all documents issued were factually correct and objective," he said.
Exiting the EU will involve almost every government department and thousands of civil servants, he said.
Separately, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been greeted by laughter after claiming Brexit would be a "titanic success".
Speaking at the Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards, he appeared to compare leaving the EU to the cruise ship that sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage.
He said: "In the words of our great Prime Minister, Brexit means Brexit, and we are going to make a titanic, a titanic success of it."
After loud laughter from the audience, Mr Johnson corrected himself, adding: "We are going to make a colossal, a colossal success of Brexit."


Police have been criticised by an MP for allowing rival demonstrations to take place in Dover after they erupted into violence.

Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal, said allowing the protests to go ahead on Saturday was "irresponsible, reckless and wrong".
Three men were arrested as groups demonstrating against immigration clashed with anti-racism protesters.
Kent Police said the law obliged it to facilitate peaceful protest.
Fights with bricks and bottles broke out as the two demonstrations met head-on, despite police attempts to keep them separate.
Right-wing marchers carried banners including the North West National Front, neo-Nazi organisation Combat 18 and the Scottish Defence League.
Counter-demonstrators included Kent Anti-Racism Network, anti-fascist group Antifa and people with Socialist Worker placards.
Six men were also arrested at a service station on the M20, where several coaches were damaged.
Eight of the men arrested have been bailed and one has been released without charge.
Police seized weapons including a knife, a knuckle duster, poles adapted to cause harm, pieces of wood, glass, hammers and bricks at the two locations.
Mr Elphicke said Kent Chief Constable Alan Pughsley had serious questions to answer about why the Dover demonstrations were allowed to go ahead.
"The police should have banned these demonstrations," he said.
Kent Police said its role was to facilitate peaceful protest and minimise disruption to the local community.
"Acts that stepped outside of this were dealt with in a proportionate manner in line with the law," it said.
"Kent Police spent a significant amount of time planning and preparing for the demonstrations, and had sufficient resources on duty to keep the public safe and to respond swiftly and effectively to spontaneous disorder."
Meanwhile, South East MEP Janice Atkinson, an independent, criticised Diane Abbott, shadow secretary of state for international development, who addressed anti-racism demonstrators before the marches began.
"Get back to Hackney Ms Abbott and take your nasty friends with you," she said. "And Nazis, you have no place in our culture, go home."
Ms Abbott's office has not yet responded.


Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s.

North Yorkshire Police confirmed that a 73-year-old man was arrested in Kingston upon Thames on 26 April.
The entertainer and quiz show host - who has an OBE for services to showbusiness and charity - was released on bail pending further enquiries.
A police statement said he was questioned about an alleged assault on a young boy in the late 1970s.
Mr Tarbuck's arrest came after information was passed on by Metropolitan Police officers working on Operation Yewtree, North Yorkshire Police said.
The force stressed that this arrest "is not part of Yewtree, but a separate investigation" by North Yorkshire Police.
Operation Yewtree was set up following the death of Jimmy Savile in 2011, when hundreds of sex abuse allegations came to light about the former DJ.
A spokesman for the police force said: "North Yorkshire Police can confirm that a 73-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a historic child sex abuse investigation in Harrogate.
"The man was arrested in Kingston upon Thames on Friday 26 April 2013.
"Following questioning, he was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
"The complaint relates to an incident that occurred in the late 1970s when the victim was a young boy."
Liverpool-born Mr Tarbuck has spent more than 50 years in the entertainment industry, beginning his television career in 1964 with the show It's Tarbuck 65!
He went on to be a regular feature of prime time television in the 1970s and 1980s, hosting a number of quiz shows, including Winner Takes All and Full Swing.
Last November he performed in The Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London to celebrate the show's 100th anniversary.
On Tuesday, Mr Tarbuck cancelled a solo appearance at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, East Sussex, scheduled for 18 June, citing ill health.
Mr Tarbuck's daughter is the actress and television and radio presenter Liza Tarbuck.


Manager Robbie Neilson is urging new goalkeeper Viktor Noring to compete with Jack Hamilton for a starting place at Hearts.

The 25-year-old Swede signed a two-year deal at Tynecastle on Friday.
"Jack is the number one just now but Viktor will come in and challenge and try to get that off him," Neilson told BBC Scotland.
"He's a good size and a good age. It's important that goalkeepers are kept on their toes."
Hamilton, 22, played in both legs of Hearts' opening Europa League qualifier against Infonet, with Noring likely to be on the bench for Thursday's second round first leg against Birkirkara of Malta.
Noring, formerly with Malmo and Heerenveen, arrived in Edinburgh for a trial period after a season at Danish side Lyngby BK.
He spent time on loan at Celtic in 2013 but did not feature.
"His career started really well and has fallen away a bit, so this is an opportunity for him to prove himself and move on again," added Neilson.
Noring started Saturday's friendly with Dunfermline, while 20-year-old defender Liam Donnelly, who has been at Fulham since 2014, featured as a trialist.
"I'm happy with what I've got but I'd like to bring in a few more," said Neilson.
"There are two or three positions that I think we need strengthened.
"It's important we get quality and not just quantity. Because of our budget, the ones that come in need to be of a good level."
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Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, and Gisela Stuart have been saying that if the UK votes to leave the European Union, EU citizens wanting to move to the UK would be subject to an Australian-style, points-based immigration system.

The Claim: Vote Leave campaigners say if the UK left the European Union a points-based immigration system could be introduced.
Reality Check verdict: The UK already has a points-based system for non-EU migrants and it is not clear why inventing a different system - with less flexibility - would be a good idea.
The UK already has a points-based system for most migrants coming from countries outside the EU. But instead of just starting to treat EU citizens - who currently enjoy freedom of movement - in the same way, campaigners say all migrants should be subject to a new, simpler system.
While details are sparse, the proposal is that by 2020 migrants would only be let into the UK "on the basis of their skills", and that those moving for work reasons would "have to be suitable for the job in question". For some, that will mean being able to speak good English.
In Australia, applicants for skilled visas must score enough points for youth, qualifications, and superior English-speaking ability, among other things. Unless they're being sponsored by an employer, they must also have a job from a list set out by the Australian government. There are caps for each job - this year there are plenty of spaces left for nurses, plumbers and secondary teachers, but auditors are out of luck.
In theory, if the UK left the EU and stayed out of the European Economic Area (which, like the EU, requires freedom of movement between member states), it could introduce a similar system, but would it?
Vote Leave hasn't said that it aims to cut migration through this proposal. Instead it talks about "control" and allowing "politicians to keep their promises on migration", which is a reference to David Cameron's 2010 and 2015 manifesto pledges to cut net migration to the tens of thousands, which have not been met.
It's not clear what the effect has been in Australia itself. Migration figures have fluctuated since the points system was introduced, and the permanent skills visa - with its complicated points system - accounts for only a small proportion of arrivals.
Migration Watch - a think tank calling for reduced levels of migration to the UK - has dismissed the idea of introducing a points system in the UK, saying it's designed for a country like Australia that wants to boost immigration, and criticising it for its inflexibility.
Oxford University's Migration Observatory, on the other hand, says campaigners refer to an Australian-style points system more as a byword for toughness on immigration than because they want to copy their rules exactly.
So the UK could design its own points-based system, which could look very different to the one they have in Australia.
While Vote Leave says an overhauled system would "end discrimination" against immigrants from outside the EU, it's unclear whether it would be worth the cost and effort of essentially replacing one points-based system with another.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate


New Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri wants the Championship club to gain promotion to the Premier League within the next two years.

The Thai businessman officially took over the club from Milan Mandaric on Monday after a deal worth £37.5m.
The Owls, currently 10th in the table, celebrate their 150th anniversary in 2017 and Chansiri is hopeful they can be in the top division by then.
He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We want to be back for our anniversary."
Chansiri added: "We will do whatever is appropriate to invest in the club to get them to the Premier League."
Wednesday have not played in the top flight since suffering relegation in 1999-2000 and they are 14 points off the play-off places with 12 games left to play this season.
Chansiri, whose family owns Thai Union Frozen Group, said he had purchased the club with his own personal money and that the club was now debt-free.
He added that he is not looking to replace manager Stuart Gray and said he was persuaded to buy the club by his son.
"My son was one of the big factors in making this decision," he said. "During the period when I was deciding whether or not to go through with it, he was very insistent that I do so."


Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.

They analysed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found "job strain" was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease.
The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, the Lancet medical journal report said.
The British Heart Foundation said how people reacted to work stress was key.
Job strain is a type of stress. The research team at University College London said working in any profession could lead to strain, but it was more common in lower skilled workers.
Doctors who have a lot of decision-making in their jobs would be less likely to have job strain than someone working on a busy factory production line.
There has previously been conflicting evidence on the effect of job strain on the heart.
In this paper, the researchers analysed combined data from 13 studies.
At the beginning of each of the studies, people were asked whether they had excessive workloads or insufficient time to do their job as well as questions around how much freedom they had to make decisions.
They were then sorted into people with job strain or not and followed for an average of seven and a half years.
One of the researchers, Prof Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said: "Our findings indicate that job strain is associated with a small but consistent increased risk of experiencing a first coronary heart disease event, such as a heart attack."
The researchers said eliminating job strain would prevent 3.4% of those cases, whereas there would be a 36% reduction if everyone stopped smoking.
Prof Kivimaki said the evidence of a direct effect of job strain on the heart was mixed.
He told the BBC job strain was linked to other lifestyle choices that were bad for the heart: "We know smokers with job strain are more likely to smoke a bit more, active people with job strain are more likely to become inactive and there is a link with obesity.
"If one has high stress at work you can still reduce risk by keeping a healthy lifestyle."
Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We know that being under stress at work, and being unable to change the situation, could increase your risk of developing heart disease.
"This large study confirms this, but also shows that the negative effect of workplace strain is much smaller than, for example, the damage caused by smoking or lack of exercise.
"Though stresses at work may be unavoidable, how you deal with these pressures is important, and lighting up a cigarette is bad news for your heart.  Eating a balanced diet, taking regular exercise and quitting smoking will more than offset any risk associated with your job."
Dr Bo Netterstrom, from Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark, said other stresses at work such as job insecurity "are likely to be of major importance".
He said job strain was "a measure of only part of a psychosocially damaging work environment".


Salman Abedi has been named by police as the suspected suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured 59 at Manchester Arena on Monday night.

The 22-year-old was born in Manchester to parents of Libyan descent, the BBC understands.
Three of his victims have been named - Saffie Rose Roussos, eight, Georgina Callander and John Atkinson, 28.
Greater Manchester Police said the priority was to establish whether Abedi had worked alone or not.
The former Salford University student is thought to have blown himself up in the arena's foyer shortly after 22:30 BST on Monday, as fans were beginning to leave a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
A vigil for the dead and injured was held in front of the town hall in Manchester's Albert Square on Tuesday evening.
Earlier, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins passed on "heartfelt sympathies to all the innocent people caught up in last night's despicable act", adding that specially trained officers were supporting families.
Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos was a pupil at Tarleton Primary School, in Lancashire.
Her head teacher, Chris Upton, said she had been "simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word" and was "loved by everyone".
John Atkinson was from Bury, Greater Manchester.
Student Georgina Callander, believed to have been 18, had been studying health and social care at Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire.
The wounded, who include 12 children aged under 16, are being treated at eight hospitals across Manchester.
Several people are still missing, including Eilidh MacLeod, 14, from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, Chloe Rutherford, 17, and Liam Curry, 19.
Eilidh's friend, Laura MacIntyre, 15 - who was also reported as missing - was later identified as one of the seriously injured in a Manchester hospital.
Thousands of people turned out for the vigil in Manchester and to hold a minute's silence to remember those who died.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Commons Speaker John Bercow stood on stage alongside Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins.
Vigils have been held elsewhere, including in Birmingham, where the event was interrupted after a man apparently armed with a large knife and a baseball bat was detained nearby.
In other developments:
In a statement in Downing Street on Tuesday, the prime minister said the bombing had been a "callous terrorist attack" that targeted "defenceless young people".
Number 10 later said Mrs May, who visited a children's hospital in Manchester, had been updated throughout Monday night and had phoned Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at 04:00 BST to brief him.
The arena bombing is the worst terrorist attack in the UK since the 7 July bombings in 2005, in which 52 people were killed by four suicide bombers.
So-called Islamic State has said - via IS channels on the messaging app Telegram - it was behind the Manchester attack, but this has not been verified.
The director general of the security service MI5, Andrew Parker, condemned the terrorist attack as "disgusting" and said the security service remained "relentlessly focused, in numerous current operations, on doing all we can to combat the scourge of terrorism and keep the country safe".
Witnesses at the arena described seeing metal nuts and bolts among the debris of Monday's bomb, and spoke about the fear and confusion that gripped concert-goers.
Andy Holey, who had gone to pick up his wife and daughter, said: "An explosion went off and it threw me about 30ft from one set of doors to the other set of doors."
Emma Johnson, who was waiting for her children, aged 15 and 17, said: "The whole building shook. There was a blast and then a flash of fire afterwards. There were bodies everywhere."
Teenager Abigail Walker told the BBC: "I had to make sure I had my sister. I grabbed hold of her and pulled hard. Everyone was running and crying.
"It was absolutely terrifying."
The explosion happened shortly after US singer Ariana Grande had left the stage and the 23-year-old tweeted: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words".
Abedi, who had at least three siblings, had lived at several addresses in Manchester, including a property at Elsmore Road, Fallowfield, which was raided by police on Tuesday.
Armed police have also arrested a 23-year-old man in Chorlton, south Manchester, in connection with the attack.
Mr Hopkins said searches at two addresses had been carried out, including the one in Fallowfield, where a controlled explosion had been used to gain "safe" access.
He said Abedi had not been formally identified and so would not comment further.


A 101-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years for committing 30 child sex offences.

Ralph Clarke, of Erdington, Birmingham, is thought to be the oldest person convicted in British legal history.
Judge Richard Bond QC said Clarke had been guilty of "systematic abuse" between 1974 and 1983.
He was found guilty of 21 counts of abusing two girls and admitted nine charges relating to a boy during his trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
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The court heard the retired haulier abused the girls at his home in Holly Lane, Erdington, his garden shed, and in the cab of his truck.
The former RAF serviceman, who was born in March 1915, was given details of the sentencing by an intermediary.
Judge Bond said the passage of time did not mean abusers would escape justice.
He told Clarke: "You present as a fragile old man; however, what was plain to see was that, despite your guilty pleas, you have no remorse whatsoever."
The judge added: "Those who were sexually abused even in the distant past can rest assured that any complaint will be treated with sympathy and compassion."
The court heard Clarke is the "oldest person tried in English criminal court".
He had been able to follow proceedings because special arrangements had been made.
Passing sentence, Judge Bond said the effect of a jail term on him would be "enormous" and he would sentence in a "measured and reflective manner" due to his age and infirmity.
However, he said the case was so serious "only a lengthy sentence" was justified.
Looking pale, Ralph Clarke walked into court using his walking stick, wearing a zip-up cardigan. As Judge Bond outlined the reasons behind his sentencing, Clarke shook his head.
His victims sat with their heads bowed and were crying as the judge spoke. Many of their family members were also in tears as details were given of the "systematic abuse" they had suffered.
The court heard Clarke had been aged between 59 and 68 when he committed the offences.
Judge Bond revealed details about how the victims had been affected, which included how one said she had never felt loved or cared for and still suffered nightmares.
Another victim said it had an impact on everything she had done and contributed to the breakdown of her marriage.
Clarke's victims reported the offences to West Midlands Police in August last year after seeing Facebook posts celebrating his 100th birthday.
Clarke admitted two counts of attempting to commit a serious sexual offence, two of indecency with a child and five indecent assaults on a boy.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Clarke's age and wellbeing were considered but the serious nature of his offences, breach of trust and vulnerability of his victims meant a "prosecution was in the public interest".
"Ralph Clarke used fear and intimidation to control the victims and sexually abuse them," a spokesman said.
The police and CPS also praised the victims' courage and bravery in bringing Clarke to justice.
The NSPCC said: "Clarke not only inflicted appalling abuse on his victims, he put them through the harrowing ordeal of a crown court trial - and did not show a shred of remorse throughout.
"This case sends out a clear message that it is never too late for survivors of abuse to speak out."