England women boss Mark Sampson says he is "looking to improve" his "general communication style" after being cleared of racial abuse.

Sampson was absolved of wrongdoing after striker Eniola Aluko made a complaint to the Football Association (FA) about "bullying and harassment".
She claimed Sampson said an unnamed player would have been arrested several times because she was of mixed race.
But the FA said an independent report found no evidence to support that.
On Thursday, the governing body published a summary of the report's findings - in the form of a letter to Chelsea player Aluko - written by the barrister who conducted the review.
Katharine Newton wrote that she was "sure", having seen video evidence of the team meeting at which Aluko claimed the alleged racial abuse took place, that "at no point on that video is the alleged comment made".
Newton's letter to Aluko also states that:
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Allegations made by Aluko include her being described as "lazy", Sampson belittling her in front of the squad, and what she said are "false claims" by the coach of "bad behaviour".
In a statement released by the FA on Thursday, 34-year-old Sampson said he "fully understood and welcomed the need for an internal review".
He added: "It's incredibly important that matters like this are taken extremely seriously and investigated in the right way - with the right level of sensitivity and support for all involved.
"The barrister's final report said there was no case to answer and noted that my approach to all players is the same regardless of their background.
"I also appreciated that the report highlighted areas where I could improve my general communication style, and that is something I have taken on board and looked to improve."
Aluko, who has scored 33 goals in 102 England appearances, received about £80,000 in a settlement with the FA.
The governing body described it as "a mutual resolution" to avoid disrupting the England squad's preparations for Women's Euro 2017, which ended in a semi-final defeat by the Netherlands.
Since making the complaint, Aluko has not been picked for England and last played for her country in April 2016, despite being the Women's Super League One top scorer the same year.
However, she still remains a centrally contracted player on a deal worth about £30,000 a year.
A qualified lawyer, Aluko was part of the England team who won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup and became the first female pundit to appear on Match of the Day.
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In early 2016, the FA's director of elite development Dan Ashworth asked Aluko to be part of a cultural review of all England teams. It's little wonder her opinion was sought - she was a senior member of the women's squad, with more than 100 caps to her name.
Her experiences were to be written up as part of confidential feedback about the culture under Mark Sampson and Aluko chose to speak her mind, presumably believing it would be helpful to the development of the team. After all, in May 2016, Sampson described the Chelsea forward as a "world-class talent who's played a big part in the team's development and success in the two years I've been in charge".
But since her feedback included allegations of a culture of bullying and harassment - including references to an alleged racist incident in a team meeting - she has not played for England. She's since spoken of how she believes Sampson has his favourites.
Two further England players have told BBC Sport of their experiences while playing for their country under Sampson.
Defender Anita Asante, 32, said she felt singled out in the way she was dropped from the squad.
And midfielder Lianne Sanderson, 29, said she felt as if she had "fallen out of favour" and was unappreciated, particularly when there was a lack of recognition for winning her 50th cap.
She blamed the culture in the team and said it seemed opinions from players were not welcome.
"I think it's a matter of everyone must conform," Sanderson said. "It's not a matter of being a rebel but I think there's a lot of bias there and sub-conscious manipulation.
"I think I've become controversial because I'm not a robot and I'm not going to be told that I can and cannot say in interviews.
"It's an environment where you're not allowed to have an opinion and any kind of opinion is the wrong one."


Former Wales back row Jonathan Thomas says players need to take more responsibility if they suffer head injuries.

Worcester's Thomas, 32, has retired after he was diagnosed with epilepsy, which is thought to have been triggered by multiple head traumas while playing.
Thomas said players are purposely playing down the seriousness of their injury to prolong their careers.
"It's probably the players that need the biggest wake up call," Thomas said.
"It's one thing the Unions driving things and the medical departments being really professional, but it's another thing getting it through to players who have a gladiatorial mind-set and want to get on the field and play.
"There are definitely players out there who try to tone down their symptoms in order to keep playing."
Thomas, capped 67 times by Wales and a Grand Slam winner in 2005 and 2008, is the latest player forced to quit on medical grounds.
Cardiff Blues flanker Rory Watts-Jones was advised to retire in February after a concussion-related injury that prompted behavioural changes.
England internationals Shontayne Hape and Andy Hazell have also been forced to end their careers prematurely because of concussion.
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has warned "one or two more serious knocks" could end wing George North's career.
North suffered four blows to the head in a five-month period last season, which Thomas says highlighted the issue to a wider audience.
"It's a very good thing it's highlighted more," Thomas told BBC Wales Sport.
"I think it will take a generation of players to really educate them on the dangers of playing with trauma and bangs to the head.
"I've learnt a lot myself over the last few months and a lot more educated about it and in the future I'd like to educate players and teams."
Thomas played 44 games for Worcester after joining from Ospreys in May 2013 and was part of the side that gained promotion back to the Premiership at the end of last season.
He was diagnosed with epilepsy last year but decided to continue playing after being told the condition could be managed. However, Thomas now feels he has to stop.
"I think you always think you're indestructible," Thomas told BBC Wales Sport.
"When I found out I thought I'm just going to roll my sleeves up and take it on as just another challenge.
"When I found out it was potentially manageable with medication that was all I needed to give me that incentive to carry on.
"I went on to play 19 games last season but living with the side effects, training and playing it was mentally tough.
"After games I would be a lot more fatigued than I used to be and I was getting little things like memory loss.
"Speaking to the consultant and him advising me to finish was the final nail in the coffin."


Plans for a major £13m redevelopment of the Aberdeen International Airport terminal building have been unveiled.

The three-year venture would see a new security area with more lines, new baggage reclaim areas, and more shops and restaurants.
The overhaul is aimed at coping with increasing passenger numbers.
Airport managing director Carol Benzie said: "This terminal was opened in 1977 and what we are about to embark upon is the biggest change since that time."
The work is scheduled to be completed by 2017.


Part-time work is growing fast in London, but much of it is poorly paid, according to the London Assembly.

Mothers in the capital face particular difficulty in finding jobs that enable them to combine work with childcare.
Only 60% of women with dependent children are in work compared with 69% in the rest of the UK.
And nearly half of all 18-24 year-olds and part-time staff are paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW) of Â£9.40 per hour.
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Unlike older workers, under-25s cannot top up their pay with means-tested benefits.
More than two-thirds of hotel workers now earn less than the LLW, as do more than half of retail staff, and the proportions have grown since the financial crisis of 2008.
The Assembly's report calls on the next Mayor to consider making the LLW compulsory for all London businesses by 2020.
It says the current Mayor, Boris Johnson, has "fallen short of the mark" in his aim to create "fulfilling" jobs for Londoners, prioritising the quantity of jobs over their quality.
"Many Londoners are unable to work to their potential, using neither their full talent nor flair," it says.
"London's economy, while successful, is not as productive as pre-recession trends implied; and many of the available jobs, particularly in the low pay sectors, are far from fulfilling."
A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: "The Mayor has worked tirelessly to ensure all Londoners have access to fulfilling and sustainable jobs.
"The number of companies paying the London Living Wage increased from 27 in 2008 to more than 700 today."
Fiona Twycross, the chair of the London Assembly Economy Committee, said women would struggle to return to work after having children if they were not paid enough to cover the cost of childcare.
"Partly it's the attitude that it's difficult to have people working flexibly.... It's still unusual for people to be jobsharing.
"It's a shame for the individuals concerned, and it's not good for the economy if we're not using women returning to work at their full capacity."
Emma Stewart, the joint CEO of the Timewise Foundation, said people who wanted a "quality" job advertised as part-time were fishing in a market that constituted 3% of advertised vacancies.
"Women downgrade. The answer is to encourage employers to think about how open they could be to part-time or flexible working at the point of hire."


A 12-year-old boy has been charged with arson following a fire which caused Â£20,000 of damage at a park four days after it had opened.

People were evacuated from Prior Deram Park in Canley, Coventry, during the blaze on 17 July.
The boy, who is local to the area but cannot be named because of his age, is also charged with assault and two counts of burglary.
He is due before Coventry Youth Court on the 13 August.


It seems quaint to recall that bands used to be accused of "selling out" if a TV programme or commercial used their music.

Nowadays, rock and pop artists of all kinds have become reconciled to that particular way of doing what the Clash used to call "turning rebellion into money".
So when did it all change? Well, one of the big turning points came when Sting not only allowed a carmaker to use one of his songs in an advert, but even appeared in it too.
In the year 2000, Sting was having trouble selling his Brand New Day album, while radio stations were shunning its second single Desert Rose, a duet with Algerian rai music artist Cheb Mami.
Then, in a landmark for what is now known as "sync licensing", the singer and his manager, Miles Copeland, had a brainwave.
The video for the song showed Sting travelling in a brand new Jaguar S-Type car. So why not approach Jaguar's advertising agency and offer them the chance to make a commercial based on the video?
"He was actually in the commercial," says Matt Bristow, who is business affairs manager at independent UK record label Cherry Red. "If you had gone back to Sting in the 80s and said, 'Would you fancy being in a car commercial?', he would have said no."
After that, the single reached the top 20 in 10 countries, including the UK and the US. And since then, sync deals placing music tracks in TV commercials, TV series, films and even video games have become steadily more important as a revenue earner for the music industry.
With record companies unable to sell physical copies of their releases in the same quantities that they used to, they have sought other sources of revenue, and sync licensing is now one of the key ones.
As a result, previously obscure job categories have come to the fore as the industry rebalances to reflect this. The 21st Century has seen the rise of music supervisors, people who oversee the process of finding the right song for a scene and making sure the right people get paid for it.
These are the gatekeepers who decide which tunes you will be hearing in that latest hit TV show, the essential liaison between the creative types who make the programme and the business people who control ownership of the music.
Cherry Red, like other record companies, fosters relationships with music supervisors and does whatever it can to make them aware of the music it has to offer.
"If you go back a decade or more, I think certainly the bigger artists were not very receptive to these kinds of licences," says Mr Bristow. "When a thriving physical market was still with us, there was a view that you were selling out if you did that.
"But that's changed. There's more awareness of the importance of maximising your income.
"The door has definitely been opened. Artists at all levels are more receptive to doing these kinds of deals than in the past."
Cherry Red's biggest success in sync licensing to date has been placing a song on the soundtrack on the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, which successfully applied to use the track Green Desert by German electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream.
"The approach came from Nora Felder, who is well known in the music sync world as a passionate music supervisor," says Mr Bristow.
"We didn't haggle over the fee," he adds. "Obviously I can't tell you what it was, but it was comfortably in the ballpark of what that sort of deal would be."
In this case, approval was required from the recording artists. Since Tangerine Dream's frontman Edgar Froese died in 2015, his widow Bianca was the one who gave it the green light.
But the deal was not sealed until the final cut of the scene using the music had been signed off by the show's creators, at which point Cherry Red was able to invoice them for the money.
"That's really great for us, it's like having a calling card when we go and see other music supervisors," says Mr Bristow. "When we say we've got a track on Stranger Things, they immediately know what we're talking about."
When music supervisors are seeking to obtain permission to use a track, they need to clear two different sets of rights: the rights to use the actual recorded piece of music, known as the "master rights", and the rights to use the written composition, or the "publishing rights".
"It's very attractive in the sync world when you control both rights and they can just clear with you," says Mr Bristow. "It's a one-stop shop when you control both rights."
When Cherry Red signs a new artist these days, the label is seeking to acquire both master and publishing rights.
However, music publishers and record companies have different priorities and it can be hard for one firm to give equal weight to both.
As a result, musicians have traditionally been reluctant to put all their eggs in one basket, so that's another way in which the industry is having to change.
"It's an old adage that you don't put your masters and publishing in the same place. It's historically the unwritten rule in the artists' community," says Mr Bristow.
At present, Cherry Red controls the master rights of about 50,000 tracks and the publishing rights of about 16,000. The major labels - Universal, Sony and Warner - own far more tracks, especially the well-known big hits that are sought after by advertising agencies.
But as an indie label, Mr Bristow says, Cherry Red can be "flexible on price" and sometimes benefits when the song that the ad agency wanted to use turns out to be too expensive.
"When the music supervisor has been given a big-name track and they just can't clear it for the budget, they're looking for something that sounds similar," he says.
Mr Bristow says the amount of money coming in from sync licensing is set to grow. "It's still pretty small overall, but it's increasing, the opportunities are increasing.
"The more depth and breadth in catalogue you have, the more opportunities there are in the sync world."


US President Barack Obama and Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte had a brief face-to-face encounter, days after a very public spat.

On Tuesday Mr Obama cancelled planned talks after the firebrand Mr Duterte called him the "son of a whore".
Wednesday's informal meeting took place before an Asean summit gala dinner.
While a Philippine spokesman said he was "very happy" it happened, the US side said they had a "brief discussion" in a pre-meal "hold space" for leaders.
Mr Obama and Mr Duterte are said to have entered the dinner venue separately at the summit in Laos and did not interact with each other during the event, which lasted one hour and 20 minutes.
"They were the last people to leave the holding room. I can't say how long they met," Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, travelling with Mr Duterte, told reporters shortly afterwards.
"I'm very happy that it happened."
A White House official said the pair exchanged "pleasantries" in a "brief discussion" before dinner.
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Mr Duterte's outburst came after at a press conference where he told reporters he would not accept Mr Obama raising any concerns about the war on drugs in the Philippines.
"You must be respectful. Do not just throw away questions and statements. Son of a whore, I will curse you in that forum," Mr Duterte said, apparently in reference to the US president.
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The  Filipino leader later expressed regret over the remarks, but not before Mr Obama had cancelled a planned meeting.
Mr Duterte won the presidency with his hard-line policy to eradicate drugs and some 2,400 people have died in anti-drug operations since he took office in June.
He had previously urged citizens to shoot to kill drug dealers who resisted arrest, and threatened to "separate" from the UN after it called his war on drugs a crime under international law.
President Duterte, known for his controversial remarks, had previously called US Secretary of State John Kerry "crazy" and referred to Pope Francis as the "son of a whore".
But the president also has staunch support at home for his hardline position on drugs.


A specialist search dog is to be used in the search for the body of Joe Lynskey who was abducted and murdered by the IRA 42 years ago.

The 'cadaver dog' is trained to detect signs of human remains.
It will work alongside geophysicists using ground-penetrating radar to identify anomalies under the surface that may indicate a grave site.
Mr Lynskey, a former Cistercian monk who later joined the IRA, was abducted in west Belfast in August 1972.
The dog will be on the site in Coghalstown County Meath where the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) has begun to survey land in the search for Mr Lynskey, one of the Disappeared.
The Disappeared, as they became known, were the 16 people abducted and secretly buried by republicans in the 1970s and 1980s. So far, the remains of ten people have been recovered.
Geoff Knupfer, the lead forensic scientist and investigator with the ICLVR, said the cadaver dog is one of the resources available to them.
"We will use every means at our disposal to try to narrow the search area until, hopefully, we get to a point where we can bring in the forensic archaeologists to go beneath the surface," he said.
"As with of all of the Disappeared, we are facing a huge task in this case going back over 40 years and dealing with a search area of around six hectares (15 acres) in the first instance.
"We have to remember that it took four searches over nearly 15 years before we found Brendan Megraw. We are just at the beginning of the process for Joe Lynskey."
Mr Knupfer said that, as the recovery of Mr Megraw's remains showed, when accurate information was made available, the remains of the Disappeared could be found.
"We cannot overemphasise the importance of information coming to the ICLVR and once again, I can give the assurance of a cast-iron guarantee of complete anonymity to those who bring information to the commission," he said.


Forty-seven police officers have been sentenced to life in prison by a special court in India for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 and then lying in an attempt to justify the shootings.

Another 10 police officers also charged in the case have already died.
The policemen were found guilty of staging a pre-arranged extrajudicial killing known as a fake encounter.
Encounters are partly a response to India's slow and dysfunctional criminal justice system, correspondents say.
Police often see cases evaporate as trials are delayed and witnesses turn hostile.
The latest high-profile case to come to court dates back 25 years ago to when a group of Sikh families, including children, was travelling by bus through the state Uttar Pradesh in northern India after visiting holy sites.
Police officers stopped the bus in Pilibhit and forced some of the men to get out.
Later, joined by more policemen, they divided the Sikh men into groups, led them into the jungle and shot them dead.
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Afterwards, police lied about what happened. They claimed that the men were militants and armed - at the time, there had been a spate of attacks in the region by Sikh groups fighting for a separate homeland.
The Central Bureau for Investigation (CBI) said that the motive for the killings was to earn awards and recognition for killing "terrorists", NDTV reported.
The court in sentencing the men said that police officers who were holding important posts must be behind the killings , but the CBI had kept them away from the investigation, The Indian Express reported,
The court said that the CBI officer investigating the case was not fully free to take decisions relating to it without constantly referring to his senior officers and that several people who should have been accused were instead set free or not charged.
Relatives of those killed protested outside the courtroom against the sentences, which they argued were too lenient.
"We are not satisfied with the judgment. The accused should be given death sentences. We will file an appeal," Balvinder Jeet Kaur, whose husband Baljeet Singh died in the encounter, told the Indian Express.


A man has shot dead at least five people and wounded four others in Iran in an apparent act of revenge.

The 26 year old opened fire at two houses in the central city of Arak.
The Isna news agency cited a local prosecutor as saying the man was a murder suspect on bail and that he first targeted the family of a police officer who had arrested him last year.
The man then went to the home of the person he was accused of murdering and shot his parents, the prosecutor added.
The shooter is still believed to be on the run. But his brother, who allegedly accompanied him on the rampage, has reportedly been arrested.
Earlier, state television also reported that two families had been attacked but that the shooter was a prisoner convicted on drugs charges who was on leave. It was not immediately possible to clarify the contradiction.
Gun violence of this kind is rare in Iran, where civilians are only allowed to own hunting rifles.


UKIP will "live to fight another day" despite poor local election results, the party's leader in the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, has insisted.

UKIP failed to win any seats in Wales, whilst in England it lost 145 councillors and only got one elected.
Neil Hamilton said UKIP voters who had returned to the Tories would come back because of immigration concerns.
He told BBC Wales his party "started to slide down a cliff" when the prime minister called the general election.
Speaking on Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme, Mr Hamilton said: "It's certainly a very disappointing result but I've been in politics a very long time, I've seen landslides come and go and come back again and UKIP will live to fight another day.
"It's quite clear looking at the opinion polls over the last few weeks that as soon as Theresa May called a general election we started to slide down a cliff, because this has become a bit of a referendum in itself on the Brexit process I think."
UKIP won no council seats in Wales, despite fielding 80 candidates.
In England all 145 of the party's councillors defending seats lost, but UKIP did take a seat from Labour in Lancashire.
Mr Hamilton said he was sure UKIP would "revive to its former eminence" but "we may have to wait a while".
"A lot of people who had previously been Conservatives and voted for UKIP in order to get the referendum have now gone back to the Conservatives," he said.
"But I believe that will be only temporary because a lot of people voted for the referendum for control of our borders and I don't think Theresa May will want to introduce the kind of immigration controls that these people wanted to see."


Great Britain have named an experienced rowing squad for the Rio Paralympics.

The nine members of the team, who will compete across the four events, all won medals at last year's World Championships while two have already won Paralympic gold in the sport.
Tom Aggar won single sculls gold in Beijing while Pam Relph was part of the victorious mixed coxed four in London.
Rachel Morris will compete in her second sport after winning handcycling gold in Beijing and bronze in London.
The 37-year-old double amputee transferred to rowing in 2013 and won silver at the 2015 World Championships in France.
Relph, 26, is the only remaining rower from her 2012 boat and teams up with debutants Grace Clough, James Fox, Daniel Brown and cox Oliver James.
The boat is unbeaten since the 2011 Worlds and the current crew are two-time World champions.
"The team that has been selected is far stronger than any I have been a part of in my six years of rowing for GB," Relph said.
There is also a new look in the double with Laurence Whiteley and Lauren Rowles hoping to make an impact in their first Games.
Whiteley, 24, spent two years waiting for a suitable partner to come along but his patience was rewarded when wheelchair racer Rowles, 18, who has just finished her A Levels, tried out early last year.
The partnership yielded a silver medal at the 2015 Worlds in their first major competition together.
Squad: Tom Aggar, Rachel Morris, Laurence Whiteley, Lauren Rowles, Pam Relph, Grace Clough, James Fox, Daniel Brown, Oliver James.


On 9 September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning monarch in British history, breaking the record held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.

As the Queen marks this milestone we asked you to share your "moments" with her from the past 63 years.
Here is a snapshot of 63 of your memories, one for each year of her reign.
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2. I met the Queen in 2000. I handed her a bunch of sweet peas that I picked from my garden. She said thank you and Prince Phillip gave me a wink! James Townson, Preston, England
3. I met the Queen in 1999 in Portsmouth for an Easter parade. I gave her the biggest egg and she asked me if there were any jewels inside. I just shook my head not really knowing what to say! Natasha Standley, Portsmouth, England
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5. I was four, I still remember having to practise curtsying before giving her some flowers. Jessica Mullett, Plymouth, England
6. I was two feet away from Her Majesty and I just pointed and shouted "Oh my [expletive] god, it's the Queen!" Mark Malik, London, England
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8. I was 10 when the Queen came to Paris in 1957.  I remember she wore a blue dress with a hat that looked like a bathing cap. Alain Roger-Ravily, Paris, France
9. I met the Queen when I was at school at RAF Marham. My mum and dad had lunch with her. Apparently she eats slowly because when she finishes, they clear away everyone's plates! Barney Durrant, East Grinstead, England
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11. I was three or four. I ran up and gave her some flowers. My mum told me off because I didn't curtsy, but I pointed out I was wearing dungarees so couldn't. Heather Emerton, Bournemouth, England
12. I was in Pennsylvania to see the Liberty Bell. A man in a suit with an ear phone walked up to me and requested I leave as the Queen was going to view the bell. I was shocked and preceded down to the corner of the road. At this point a limousine stopped where I was standing as the Queen was right next to me. Robert Eldridge, Florida, US
13. I had been told not to look at the Queen when she speaks to you, but I just couldn't help it because she spoke to me! Henry Tavoa, Port Villa, Vanuatu
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15. Jo-Ann Mandat from Ontario, Canada was dancing at a show in Toronto in the 1980s when she met the Queen. After the show she said Prince Philip offered to take her back to England in his suitcase!
16. I was invited to an afternoon tea at Margam Abbey with Her Majesty and some 400 guests. She came in looking rather tired, looked straight at me and broke into a wide grin. Megan, Cheshire, England
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18. I met Her Majesty during a private audience. It was an amazing experience to sit and chat with her in Buckingham Palace. She clearly had a genuine interest in and concern for my regiment - The Calgary Highlanders. Russ Meades, Victoria, Canada
19. We played "Isn't she lovely" by Stevie Wonder as she arrived at Burton Train Station in 1977. She stopped and told us our playing was lovely. Ed, originally from Barton under Needwood, England
20. We travelled out to the highway from our house on Lake Muskoka to see the Queen and Prince Philip during their 1959 tour of Canada. I remember them waving at us as they drove by. Elvina Campbell, Toronto, Canada
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22. Anna Powell from Manchester, England says she was almost run over by the Queen as a five-year-old, while walking with her parents in Windsor Great Park in 1985.
23. Rosie Atkins met the Queen at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2000, when a borrowed mobile phone rang in her pocket. The Queen said: "You had better answer that, it might be someone important!"
24. I met her as a Girl Guide. She asked "How many badges have you got?" I was completely flustered and answered "Lots! I have lots more at home too!" It was the worst answer in history. Erin Jackson, Dumfries, Scotland
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26. On returning to the US after a trip to England, the passport officer asked if I had met the Queen. When I said yes, he was astonished. He told me he asked everyone who went through his line after a trip to the UK and I was the first to say yes.  Carol Williamson, Pennsylvania, US
27. I met the Queen when I was teaching at Llanelli Boys Grammar School. I stood very close to her and was surprised that she was about my height, so not very tall! Pamela Evans, Swansea, Wales
28. We were told if Her Majesty stops to speak to you, reply "Mam" or "Your Majesty". As the Queen approached sure enough I hear: "How long have you been in the army?" Proudly I say: "Three years sir!" Kenny Owen via Facebook
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30. I met the Queen on a state visit to Brunei Darussalam. Upon leaving I heard her say to the sultan: "Well toodle-pip! If you are in London, do drop in." Richard Harbord, Norfolk, England
31. Jack Irwin from Dublin met the Queen when she visited Ireland in 2011. "She wished me the best of luck with my studies, while the Duke was his cheeky self getting laughs galore with his commentary."
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33. In the autumn of 2005 she visited the hospital where I was working and wanted to meet staff caring for patients after 7/7. She was softly spoken, very chatty and quite knowledgeable. Michaela Davies, Bromley, England
34. The smile she gave me was that of a grandma who hadn't seen her grandchild for 20 years. It lit up the room says Dr Julia Malkin from Leicester on receiving her MBE in 2011.
35. I met the Queen when I was an acting student. After the performance she asked me how long the play was going to run, I spluttered out "Two years... I mean months... weeks!" She looked at me as if I were completely deranged, smiled and passed graciously on. Hayward Morse, England and Canada
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37. Her Majesty visited Delhi and inaugurated a 14ft high ceramic mural I designed. I spoke to her at length. My encounter was recorded in a video, which, at the time, I could not afford to buy.  Sumita Sinha, London, England
38. We all got a big smile from the Queen when she visited Maltby Comprehensive School in 1977 during the Silver Jubilee tour. Barry Porteus, Doncaster, England
39. Can you lie to a Queen? Paul Harman from St Albans faced that dilemma: "The Queen asked me if the rose I had given her came from my garden. It hadn't - someone in the crowd had given it to me to pass to her. Can I lie to the Queen and say yes? Because otherwise I'd have to admit I hadn't brought anything to give her!"
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41. Elisa Boccara comments on Facebook that she saw the Queen driving around in the grounds in Windsor, she added "I did not meet her as such but still it was cool".
42. I had the honour of seeing the Queen up close during the parade when she visited Bromley High Street in Kent. It was a surreal moment seeing her in reality rather than on a TV screen. Rebecca East, Bromley, England
43. Jessica Ferris's dad wrote about their meeting with the Queen. Jessica and her sister started wailing in stereo just as the Queen walked past on a visit to Portsmouth. The Queen gave a look and a sympathetic smile that only a mother can give.
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45. I was in the Cubs in Shetland when she came to visit. I really wanted to speak to her so we had a conversation about my friend's dad's hang-gliding accident. She was incredibly polite and listened to the story. Neil Ruddiforth, Balmedie, Scotland
46. I had no idea where England was, or who Elizabeth was. But I figured that the beautiful lady I saw for a few fleeting moments in a cavalcade in Kolkata must be the one who everybody was waiting to see. Basistha Basu, Kolkata, India
47. Roger Davey met the Queen in Adelaide, Australia said "After meeting her I wanted to explore beyond the very remote sheep ranch that had been my life up to that point."
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49. I welcomed the Queen to a state banquet in 1995 hosted by President Nelson Mandela at The Cape Sun Intercontinental Hotel in Cape Town where I was managing director. Harry Murray, Bath, England
50. Annette Holden said on Facebook that she had met the Royal Family on many occasions: "In the mid to late 1970s my parents ran the King's Head in Great Bircham, near Sandringham. There was a Lodge on our grounds they used for shooting parties."
51. We were out on my great aunt's front yard when the Queen and Prince Philip drove past. She waved, we waved, it was all very exciting. Sheree Adams, Austin, Texas, US
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53. On the anniversary of the Falklands War Her Majesty visited Pangbourne College where I was a student as it holds the memorial chapel. She came up and asked about our military uniforms. Calum Steele, Oxford, England
54. While we were waiting to meet the Queen, a plain-clothed policewoman, presumably trying to entertain me while we were waiting, showed me her gun in her bag. I was terrified. But I do remember my brother gave her some flowers and she said "thank you young man". Emma Heron, Bristol, England
55. The Queen came to our school's quarter centenary in 1984. At the time I was the editor of the "Alternative" which was the school's magazine. She asked: "Is it scandalous?" Simon Clark, near Cambridge, England
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57.  I met the Queen during her state visit Hull in 2008. I was part of the "Royal Guard" presented by Hull Trinity House School, as a member of the school. Sam Piercy, Hull, England
58. When the Queen was introduced to me she responded "Oh we have a Commonwealth Association of Architects too?" Tony Godwin former executive director for the Commonwealth Association of Architects.
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60.  I was chosen to be the staff representative in the Letters to the Future project, where 800 people wrote letters to be opened on the 900th anniversary, it was part of the Queen's visit to the University of Cambridge's 800th year celebrations. Rebecca Holmes, Cambridge, England
61. I remember how exciting it was to see her close up. I have had a countdown to her becoming the longest-reigning British monarch on my phone. Suzie Rishworth, Hampshire, England
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63. And finally...  Carol Boyd hasn't met the Queen yet but she's hopeful: "I'm hoping to see her open the Borders Railway on 9th September (when she becomes the longest reigning British monarch)." Watch this space!
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Gillingham have signed defender Gabriel Zakuani after he turned down a new deal with League One rivals Northampton.

Zakuani, 31, was offered a contract by the Cobblers "subject to an agreement being reached on his international commitments", but left the club in May.
The DR Congo international, who made 25 appearances for Northampton, has agreed a one-year contract with Gillingham.
He is their third signing since the end of last season, after deals for defenders Luke O'Neil and Alex Lacey.
"We needed a talker and we needed a leader, and Gabriel's been identified as that," director of football Peter Taylor told BBC Radio Kent.
"He's still captain of his country, he still enjoys that, so there will be a couple of times we won't have him, but not many.
"We've made a good agreement with him that he's only going to be available for his country on certain games, and I think he's making that agreement with Congo."
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Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay says he is in dreamland after heading into the final two days of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in contention.

Ramsay carded a level-par 70, leaving him on two under par and just four strokes behind leader Jordan Spieth.
"I am not going to lie - It's pretty cool isn't it?" he said. "You grow up and you have the 10 footer on the putting green to win the Open.
"Fortunately, I'm in a position to compete for it."
Ramsay is one of only two Scots to make the cut in Lancashire, the other being David Drysdale, who is on five over par.
"It's something I probably haven't done over the last few years," said the Aberdonian. "It's something I needed to do to tick a box. To compete with the best in the world in a major.
"I feel like I have done that the first two days. Whether I do that over the next two days, I really don't know, but I will give 100% and try and pick off my shots."
Ramsay has played in five previous Open Championships, with his best finish coming at Muirfield in 2013, when he tied for 58th place.
The 34-year-old was delighted just to make par in his second round.
"It was some of the best golf I have played this year - and maybe in the last few years," he said. "The ball striking mainly, especially the irons. They were just exceptional today.
"I actually missed a few putts coming down the stretch. I just loved being out there, it was brilliant."
Eyemouth's David Drysdale left the course early in the afternoon thinking he had missed the cut.
However, the strong winds and sporadic heavy rain meant the scoring remained high and Drysdale just made it for the final two days.
Martin Laird had gone into the second round with high hopes of a good week after an opening round of 68, but a nine-over-par 79 put paid to his challenge.
"With this wind, non pre-failing wind, this golf course is a beast," he said. "The par fours are supposed to be playing down wind and are playing straight into the wind.
"I'm hitting a driver, two iron in there and yesterday was hitting a lob wedge in. The way this wind was, it was just hard for me."
Russell Knox, the other US-based Scot in the field, also headed away from Birkdale with a lack of confidence in his game leading to a finish on seven over for his two rounds.
Paul Lawrie, the 1999 champion, had a disappointing second round of 79 to also miss out.
Fife amateur Connor Syme will depart from his first Open Championship with fond memories and, despite finishing on nine over, says the experience of playing in his first major will help his game progress.
"Its been brilliant ,really special to be here," he said. "I could definitely get used to playing in events like this.
"I head to America on Tuesday to play in the Western Amateur the following week then the US Amateur, so a couple of big events coming up in the States."


Coneygree will miss the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.

The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, who returned from a year off the track last month to finish second to Cue Card in the Betfair Chase at Haydock, is said to be "fragile" and "not himself".
The Mark Bradstock-trained gelding underperformed in a gallop on Saturday.
Bradstock's wife and assistant Sara said: "I know every breath he takes, every step he takes, I know exactly how he is and he's just not feeling good."
Bradstock said on Twitter that next year's Gold Cup remains the priority for Coneygree.


Plans to transform Sheffield's former Ski Village into an outdoor adventure centre have been revealed.

The city council wants a developer to turn the 30-acre site into a "nationally significant attraction", including the possibility of building a snow sports centre.
The ski village has lain derelict since it was destroyed by a fire in 2012.
Councillor Leigh Bramall said he hoped it could become "the jewel in the crown of The Outdoor City".
The Parkwood Springs site is a "viable commercial opportunity" which, if developed, could help attract "thousands more visitors into the city", the council said.
A mountain biking trail centre, urban bike park or national snow sports centre "could be on the cards", it added.
The authority will seek expressions of interest over the coming months.
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Opened in 1988, the Ski Village helped nurture the talents of future Team GB Olympians James Woods, James Machon and Katie and Molly Summerhayes.
Woods, who finished fifth in the men's Ski Slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, has credited it with kick-starting his career.
"For a fact I definitely wouldn't have been a skier," Woods told the BBC in 2014.
"My life wouldn't have had anywhere near the amazing heap of opportunities and experiences I've had."
In a video sent to the BBC, he said he was "more than happy to invest my time and energy" into any project to return the ski village to "what it once was".
Former world champion mountain biker Steve Peat said he was "really excited" about plans to rejuvenate the site.
The site was previously owned by businessman Kevin Pullan but is now owned by the council.
Since closing it has suffered several fires, some of which were arson, and Sheffield Council previously condemned it as "a hot spot for vandalism and fly-tipping".
Plans to redevelop the site come three years after the council approved the demolition of Don Valley Stadium.
Neill Schofield, chair of the Friends of Parkwood Springs, said: "Lots of people from Sheffield and beyond really enjoyed the old Sheffield Ski Village.
"What we'd like to see now is the site being used again for people to enjoy, as part of our country park in the city."


Hundreds of posters have gone up in Cardiff to help find a missing father-of-two.

Wayne Stirrups from Canterbury in Kent told his family he was going to Cardiff to visit his sons, but has not been seen since 17 November.
Family and friends of the 30-year-old travelled to Cardiff on Sunday to raise awareness of his disappearance.
Mr Stirrups' brother Jason said: "We're all lost without him, we know he's in a bad place right now."
He said they have put up more than 1,200 posters in Cardiff, Bristol and London over the weekend.
Mr Stirrups said: "He's not only my brother, he's my best friend.
"He's there for not only me but pretty much anyone who needed him at a drop of a hat.
"He's a complete joker and is always making people laugh and smile."
He added: "I can't begin to explain what a great dad he is to his boys, to the extent he gave up his life in Kent to go be a stay at home dad in Bristol.
Mr Stirrups said their family needed him to contact them "to let us know he's safe".
Mike Beavis is a close friend of Wayne Stirrups.
He said a group of about 25 people travelled to Cardiff after there had been reported sightings of Mr Stirrups in the city centre.
They went to a pub to watch CCTV footage and to the police station.
As well as hanging posters, leaflets were handed out to the public encouraging them to use social media to help find their friend using hashtags #letsfindwayne and #whereswayne.
"He is a happy, bubbly guy who makes friends wherever he goes," said Mr Beavis.
"What's going on now is extremely out of character."


Lewis Hamilton said he was "proud" and "grateful" after recovering from the back row of the grid to finish third in the Belgian Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver's result ensured he lost only 10 championship points to team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg and still leads him by nine points.
Hamilton said: "I honestly didn't know what was going to happen in this race.
"Congratulations to the guy next to me (Rosberg), this is great for Mercedes and still great for the championship."
Hamilton always knew he would have a tough race in Spa because he faced grid penalties for using too many engine parts after reliability problems early in the season.
Three changes of engine through the weekend, to ensure he was in the best position possible for the remaining races of the season, left him 21st on the grid, ahead only of McLaren's Fernando Alonso, who also had multiple engine changes.
Hamilton was up to fifth by the time the race was red-flagged after nine laps following a huge accident to Renault's Kevin Magnussen. After the restart, he fought past Alonso and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg to take the final place on the podium behind Rosberg and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
"To come away with the points we have today, I'm extremely proud of everyone.
"I was trying to keep my head down all weekend and focus on the long-run paces. It seemed to work and pay off.
"I'd have had an even better summer if I went into it knowing I'd come out nine points ahead still after three engines. So I'm very grateful. This is the best result I could have hoped for."
The next race is the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday 4 September.


Mayo will face Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-finals after thrashing Roscommon in their quarter-final replay.

The two Connacht rivals cancelled each other out in a gripping first encounter but Roscommon were unable to contain Mayo's goal-scoring threat during their second meeting at Croke Park.
Three Mayo goals in the space of just six minutes effectively ended the contest before the half-time break.
Cillian O'Connor's goal in the 46th minute helped to seal a 22-point win.
After Roscommon's Donie Smith scored a late equalising point in the drawn match, Mayo appeared determined to avoid another sluggish start.
Despite the surprise absence of Footballer of the Year Lee Keegan from their starting team, Mayo raced into a six point lead as they held Roscommon scoreless for the opening 20 minutes.
Roscommon's Enda Smith and Niall McInerney both scored to briefly reduce the gap to just four points.
But the Connacht champions were left reeling when Kevin McLaughlin and Andy Moran both netted for Mayo within the space of 60 seconds and Keith Higgins added a third in the 28th minute.
Mayo led by 3-08 to 0-04 at half-time and any prospect of a Roscommon revival were ended when O'Connor netted with a low shot.
In a further blow for Roscommon substitute Fintan Cregg was sent off for a second bookable offence after punching Diarmuid O'Connor while he was on the ground.
Having laboured to victories over Derry, Clare and Cork in the qualifier series, Mayo advance to their seventh successive All-Ireland semi-final and will now face Kerry in Croke Park on 20 August.
Mayo: D Clarke; B Harrison, D Vaughan (0-01), K Higgins (1-00); C Boyle, C Barrett (0-01), P Durcan; T Parsons (0-01), S O'Shea; K McLoughlin (1-00), A O'Shea (0-02), D O'Connor (0-01); J Doherty (0-02), C O'Connor (1-06, 0-06f), A Moran (1-01).
Subs: C Loftus for Doherty 46, D Drake (0-01) for McLoughlin 56, A Dillon for Moran 61, S Coen (0-01) for Vaughan 61, D Kirby for A O'Shea 62, S Nally (0-02) for Barrett 65.
Roscommon: C Lavin; S McDermott, N McInerney, D Murray; J McManus, S Mullooly (0-01), B Stack; T O'Rourke, E Smith (0-01); C Fitzmaurice, N Kilroy (0-01), C Devaney (0-01); Cathal Compton, D Murtagh (0-04, 0-02f), C Connolly.
Subs: C Murtagh for Compton h/t, G Patterson for McDermott h/t, F Cregg for Connolly h/t, D Smith (0-01) for B Stack 46, I Kilbride for Devaney 60, Colin Compton for E Smith 62.


A Parkrun near Bristol has been permanently halted after councillors voted to charge for the site's upkeep.

Little Stoke Parkrun said it made the "difficult decision" after failing to convince Stoke Gifford Parish Council of the 5k run's "true value".
The final scheduled run on 28 May was cancelled "on safety grounds".
In April, councillors voted to charge Parkrun saying it was "unfair" to expect residents to pay for the park's upkeep.
The decision was met with widespread criticism with Parkrun saying it would search for a new venue.
It said its ethos remained to offer weekly 5k (3.1m) runs at no financial cost to entrants.
Organisers said "ongoing discussions" were taking place to find another venue in the local area.
Parkrun spokesman Tom Williams said he felt "a great sense of sadness" in deciding to close the run, but Stoke Gifford Parish Council's request for a charge of Â£1 per runner "went completely against our most fundamental principles".
Parkrun added that the council's revised request for Parkrun to contribute financially to the maintenance of the park was also not possible.
It said the "founding principle" of Parkrun was that the events were free, and if one paid and the other 900 around the world did not, then it set an "unsustainable precedent".
However, the council said that the three-year-old event had led to "increased wear on the park" and Parkrun had refused a request to contribute "a small monetary amount towards the upkeep".


A last-minute try and conversion from Isa Nacewa gave Leinster a vital losing bonus point against Montpellier and put them top of Pool 4.

Home side Montpellier dominated and led 14-3 at the interval after tries from Vincent Martin and Nemani Nadolo.
Nadolo scored an opportunistic third while Rob Kearney was in the sin-bin.
Leinster trailed 22-9 with seconds left before captain Nacewa squeezed over and ran in under the posts to make the conversion a formality.
Montpellier's huge pack caused problems for Leinster in the first half and dominated the physical exchanges.
Leinster's forwards were under pressure and Cian Healy fumbled possession from a pick-and-go with Montpellier, lethal on the turnover, capitalising with the opening try through Martin after 29 minutes.
The centre spotted a mismatch in midfield and ripped through Leinster forwards Mike Ross and Jamie Heaslip.
Nadolo crashed over in the corner for Montpellier's second try in the 35th minute.
Kearney was sin-binned after 57 minutes for a late hit and with the visitors down to 14 men, Heaslip made an uncharacteristic blunder from the base of a maul.
His blindside pass to Zane Kirchner was brilliantly intercepted by Nadolo, who clinched the match-winning third try.
Fly-half Johnny Sexton was deemed fit to start after missing last weekend's 33-15 home win over Castres after feeling a tightness in his hamstring, with rookie replacement Joey Carberry impressing in his absence.
The Ireland number 10 didn't take any chances in the heavy conditions allowing Nacewa to kick at goal but fitness is clearly still an issue and he was replaced at half-time by Carberry.
With an autumn international series and Tests against New Zealand (twice), Canada and Australia looming in a few weeks' time, worries over Sexton's hamstring injury will be a concern for Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt.
Back-row Sean O'Brien was playing his first senior game since last season's Six Nations following a hamstring injury and also limped off.
Montpellier wing Nemani Nadolo: "We were a bit disappointed last week to lose at the final whistle.
"We had one of the best teams in the world here at home and we had to front up.
"We did well, we ran it a bit and I just did what I had to do."
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen: "We're happy to take a point and move on.
"We were just being ultra-cautious [with Sexton and O'Brien] at this time of year. Both will come through fine."
Montpellier: J Michel; M O'Connor, V Martin, A Dumoulin, N Nadolo; Frans Steyn, N White; Y Watremez, S Mamukashvili, J Du Plessis, J Du Plessis, P Willemse; F Ouedraogo, A Qera, P Spies.
Replacements: R Ruffenach, M Nariashvili, D Kubriashvili, N van Rensburg, W Liebenberg, T O'Leary, B Botica, J Mogg.
Leinster: R Kearney; Z Kirchner, G Ringrose, R Henshaw, I Nacewa (capt); J Sexton, L McGrath; C Healy, J Tracy, M Ross, D Toner, M Kearney, S O'Brien, J van der Flier, J Heaslip.
Replacements: S Cronin, J McGrath, M Bent, I Nagle, J Murphy, D Leavy, J Gibson-Park, J Carberry.


Huddersfield Giants winger Jermaine McGillvary has said the club's failure to win a major trophy is "getting boring".

Last season, the Giants lost to Leeds in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup and were beaten by Wigan Warriors in the play-offs.
"It is getting frustrating for the players and fans, but it is up to us to fix," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"I think it needs addressing because it is not good enough."
He added: "It's not any individual, it's down to us as a team because we crumble at vital stages. You can't keep going on like that.
"You look back in history and you're just known as chokers which is not a good tag."
Huddersfield won the League Leaders' Shield in 2013 but have never won a Grand Final and last won a Challenge Cup final in 1953.
McGillvary was the top try-scorer in Super League in 2015 with 27 and helped England to a series win over New Zealand in November.
He says he is not setting himself any personal targets for the forthcoming season.
"I don't know how I achieved what I did last season because I didn't set any goals. I think it will be more of the same this year, I won't put any more pressure on myself," he said.
"It's hard not to feel confident and well within myself but I think that's a good thing."


Publication of a report into the Shoreham air disaster in which 11 men were killed has been delayed, the BBC has learned.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had hoped to publish its findings later this year.
But the BBC was told the report has been put back following a request for more time to respond by one of the parties involved.
A vintage jet crashed on to the A27 at the Shoreham air show in August 2015.
The pilot, Andrew Hill, 51, survived the crash and is being investigated for manslaughter.
Plans were put in place for an inquest to begin in March, but neither Sussex Police's investigation nor the full AAIB report have yet been published.
The police report is not expected until the new year at the earliest.
West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield said this month she was anxious to ensure the inquests are dealt with in a timely manner, but it was anticipated little progress could be made without the police and AAIB reports.


The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.

The Islamist-rooted ruling AK party says the law will protect the population, particularly young people, from the harmful effects of alcohol.
Critics say it is a new move to impose an Islamic agenda on a secular, though predominantly Muslim, country.
The law bans the sale of alcohol in shops between 22:00 and 06:00 and bans producers from sponsoring events.
To take effect, the law must be signed by President Abdullah Gul. Mr Gul, a former member of the ruling AKP, is expected to do so soon.
Diageo Plc, the world's largest distiller of alcoholic beverages, has expressed concern about the legislation.
In 2011, Diageo bought Mey Icki, a producer of the traditional Turkish spirit raki, for $2.1bn (Â£1.7bn).
It said this week it had bought the company in the belief it was investing in a country "that encouraged foreign investment".
In other points of the new law
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who does not drink or smoke, said recently that ayran, a non-alcoholic yoghurt drink, was the "national drink" of the Turks.
AKP politician Lutfu Elva, head of the planning and budget commission, defended the law, saying similar restrictions were in place in Scandinavian countries.
But Musa Cam, an MP from the main opposition party, the CHP, said: "No one can be forced to drink or not to drink. This is a religious and ideological imposition."
Quoted in an article in Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, he said: "This is not a struggle against the ills of alcohol but an attempt to redesign the society according to their [AK party] beliefs and lifestyle."
Hasip Kaplan, a Kurdish MP, warned the law would hurt tourism, which "can't recover easily once collapsed", the state-run Anatolia news agency reports.
Correction 28 May, 2013: We have made clear that the ban only applies to sales from shops, not bars and restaurants.


A US grand jury has decided not to charge a police officer over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

State prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury had exhaustively examined the evidence but Mr Brown's family said they were "profoundly disappointed".
News of the ruling sparked the worst night of rioting yet in Ferguson.
Shots were fired and cars and buildings set alight as police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters.
Police officer Darren Wilson shot dead Michael Brown, 18, in the St Louis suburb on 9 August. There followed nights of rioting in Ferguson and protests across America.
President Barack Obama joined the teenager's family on Monday in appealing for calm, urging Americans to accept the decision was "the grand jury's to make''.
The case has stoked racial tensions in the US, where many in the African American community called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports seeing more vandalism and looting after the ruling than on any night in August.
The jury's decision was announced on Monday. Hundreds of protesters milled around the police department in Ferguson, following the news on radios and mobile phones.
Explaining the decision, Mr McCulloch said the jury's job had been to separate fact from fiction, and that some witness statements had been contradicted by physical evidence.
"These grand jurors poured their hearts and soul into this process," he said.
Protesters have been chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot" - a reference to statements by some witnesses who said Mr Brown had had his hands up in apparent surrender to the officer when he was shot.
Police say there was a struggle between the teenager and the officer before the shooting.
In his own testimony, Mr Wilson says that before the shooting Mr Brown pushed him back into his car, hit him and briefly grabbed his drawn gun.
The jury was made up of 12 randomly picked citizens - nine white and three black.
At least nine votes were needed in order to issue an indictment.
Mr McCulloch said the biggest challenge for his office was the "24-hour news cycle and an insatiable appetite for something - for anything - to talk about".
After the announcement, Mr Brown's family issued a statement saying they were "profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions".
Outside the police department, Mr Brown's mother burst into tears.
Some in the crowd began throwing objects at a police line.
Shortly afterwards shots were fired, and protesters were seen vandalising police cars, at least one of which was set on fire. Police responded with smoke and tear gas.
Firefighters tackled a large blaze and heavy black smoke at a retail building, with reports of a pharmacy and a pizza shop also on fire.
Several other buildings were broken into and looted.
The Federal Aviation Authority said it was restricting the path of some flights into St Louis amid the unrest.
Thousands of people also protested in other US cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York. Protesters in Oakland, California, blocked traffic on a major motorway.


A revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has cast doubt on the UK's double-dip recession last year.

Revised growth estimates now suggest the construction industry shrank in the first quarter of 2012, but by less than previously thought.
Analysts say the revision may be enough to mean the overall economy narrowly avoided falling into recession for a second time.
The ONS is due to give official confirmation of this in June.
The revised figures show the construction sector shrank by 5% in the first three months of 2012, less than the 5.4% contraction initially reported.
The ONS gives its final estimates for growth in June, and if other parts of the economy remain unchanged, the economy as a whole would register zero growth, rather than a contraction of 0.1%.
The economy needs to register two consecutive quarters of negative growth to be in recession.
By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor
However, the ONS may also revise the growth of other parts of the economy when it publishes its final estimates in June, such as the much larger services sector, which may offset the gains in construction.
Construction accounts for less than 7% of the UK economy, whereas the services sector makes up about three quarters of output.
Despite this, the construction sector's weakness has been blamed for dragging down economic growth.
The ONS figures showed that construction output fell again in the first three months of this year, reaching its lowest level in 15 years.
It was down 2.4% compared the last quarter of 2012. Output has fallen by nearly a fifth since the height of the construction boom in 2008.
The ONS will publish the Quarterly National Accounts on 27 June.


The body of a woman in her 30s has been discovered on a cycle path along the Mawddach estuary in Gwynedd.

North Wales Police said the alarm was raised at about 10:20 GMT on Tuesday on the trail between Penmaenpool, near Dolgellau, and Barmouth.
Officers said they are trying to establish the woman's identity but the death is not being treated as suspicious at the moment.
The coroner for north west Wales has been informed.


The annual rise in UK house prices slowed in October, official figures show, but prices still went up much faster than the general cost of living.

UK property prices increased by 10.4% annually in October, down from 12.1% the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The average home in the UK was valued at Â£271,000, the ONS said.
This comes on the day that the ONS reported the rate of inflation stood at just 1% in November.
This was the lowest level for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation for 12 years.
Annual house price rises were fastest in England at 10.8%, followed by 5.7% in Wales, 4.9% in Scotland and 4.9% in Northern Ireland.
Regionally, increases were driven by London, which saw prices rise year-on-year by 17.2%. They increased by 11.9% in the South East of England and by 9.6% in the East of England.
"There is still momentum in the market although it is definitely slowing," said Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients.
This has been echoed by figures in various other surveys. Mortgage lenders Nationwide and Halifax have both reported a slowdown in the UK housing market in recent months.
The ONS said that the slowest annual increase was a 3.9% rise in the North East of England.
It also said that first-time buyers were seeing sharper house price rises compared with owners moving home.
Prices paid by first-time buyers were 12% higher on average in October compared with a year earlier. Existing owners saw prices increase by 9.7%, on average, over the same period.
"This is yet another blow to the millions of young people and families desperate to build a stable future in a home of their own," said Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter.
"With the average house in England now costing more than ten times the average wage, millions of people are finding themselves stuck in the rent trap with little hope of ever saving for a deposit."
He called for a greater number of affordable homes to be built.


Tom Hanks' latest movie Sully has taken the lead in the North American box chart over the weekend.

The action-adventure film made $35.5m (£27m) between Friday and Sunday, according to studio estimates.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Sully recreates the real-life 2009 'miracle on the Hudson' emergency landing.
It exceeded expectations of its first week's takings, which were around $25m (£19m), to knock the last fortnight's leader Don't Breathe into third place.
The thriller about three teenagers who burgle a house but find that its blind owner is not as helpless as he appears made $8.2m (£6m).
In second place came new opener When the Bough Breaks, which made $15m (£11m).
The erotic thriller stars Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall as a couple who hire a surrogate in a desperate bid to have a baby. However the surrogate soon shows signs of becoming a threat as she develops a psychotic fixation on the husband.
Sully sees Hanks star as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot hailed as a hero after saving the lives of 155 passengers and crew when his plane's engines failed over the Hudson river.
The film was adapted by Eastwood from Highest Duty, Sullenberger's autobiography.
Sully also stars Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney.
Paul Dergarabedian, of box office trackers ComScore, said research showed the majority of the audience was over 35 and female, adding that Hanks was the main reason for going to see the movie.
Eastwood was also said to have been a draw for many others.
"Sully brings one of the world's most beloved stars and one of its great directors together in a true life drama that delivers the kind of gravitas and depth that defines the so-called 'Oscar season' that usually takes some time to ramp up, but this year gets right to work," Dergarabedian told Reuters.
The top five also included Suicide Squad, starring Will Smith, in fourth place, having made $5.65m (£4m) in its sixth week.
Meanwhile, The Wild Life, which tells the Robinson Crusoe story from the point of view of the island animals, opened at number five, with takings of $3.4m (£2.6m).
Further down the list came Kubo and the Two Strings in sixth with $3.2m (£2.4m), followed by Pete's Dragon with $2.9m (£2m).
The top 10 was completed by comedy animation Sausage Party, which made $2.3m (£1.7m).
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Alex Baptiste's header late in the second half saw Preston upset high-flying Norwich at Carrow Road.

He headed in Daniel Johnson's free-kick as Preston inflicted a first home defeat of the season on the Canaries.
Norwich's Cameron Jerome hit the post with a volley moments after the goal and forced Chris Maxwell into a fine reflex save with the follow-up.
Bailey Wright then cleared Alex Pritchard's header off the line as Norwich tried in vain for an equaliser.
The win extended Preston's unbeaten run to seven games as they rose to ninth place in the Championship, while Norwich slipped from second place to fourth as they lost for just the third time this season.
Maxwell  made a smart save from Jerome after just 14 seconds and Michael McGovern thwarted Jordan Hugill four minutes later.
But neither side had another great chance until well into the second half as Pritchard's curling free-kick was deflected by a Preston defender and edged just past the angle of post and crossbar.
Baptiste's powerful header proved to be the difference as he met a free-kick after Martin Olsson had unnecessarily fouled Callum Robinson by the corner flag.
Norwich City boss Alex Neil:
"It was really, really sloppy. We have defended set-pieces well all game and then we allow Baptiste to have a free run from a central area and head the ball in.
"It was a very frustrating game for us because although we had a lot of the ball we didn't do enough with it. That is what can happen when five or six of your players aren't at their best.
"We had a lot of possession, but that means nothing if you don't make full use of it. We needed to do more with the ball today. It was really disappointing."
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"We defended really well and we also posed a threat to them as well and had plenty of chances over the course of the game.
"It wasn't that long ago that we had lost six of the first seven and the some of the natives were getting a little restless. But since we lost 5-0 at Brentford the lads have knuckled down and put a good run together.
"The confidence of the players is obviously high at the moment after the good results they have had but no-one is getting carried away."
Match ends, Norwich City 0, Preston North End 1.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 0, Preston North End 1.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
Offside, Norwich City. Martin Olsson tries a through ball, but Wes Hoolahan is caught offside.
Substitution, Preston North End. Paul Huntington replaces Callum Robinson.
Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Alex Baptiste (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bailey Wright (Preston North End).
Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Johnson.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Timm Klose (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Timm Klose (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
Attempt missed. Timm Klose (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Daniel Johnson.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Alan Browne.
Attempt saved. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Goal!  Norwich City 0, Preston North End 1. Alex Baptiste (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Johnson with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Martin Olsson (Norwich City).
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Preston North End. Alan Browne replaces Paul Gallagher.
Substitution, Preston North End. Thomas Spurr replaces Ben Pringle.
Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Baptiste (Preston North End).
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Chris Maxwell.
Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Greg Cunningham (Preston North End).
Attempt saved. Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Hugill.
Corner,  Preston North End. Conceded by Ryan Bennett.


Smaller bins could be introduced in an attempt to boost recycling, Manchester City Council has announced.

The local authority hopes to save Â£2.4m per year as a result of bringing in "slim bins" which hold 40% less waste.
The plans will be considered at a committee meeting next month.
Manchester's recycling rate of 32.8% is the lowest of Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority's nine boroughs. Neighbouring Trafford recycles about double that proportion of its waste.
Under the proposals, the capacity of general waste bins in Manchester would change from 240 to 140 litres.
Three other councils in Greater Manchester have already made the switch - Trafford, Stockport and Tameside have all seen recycling rates improve since introducing the smaller bins.
Bolton will begin delivering them to residents on Monday.
The new bins in Manchester would be tagged with a digital serial number so they can be traced if lost or stolen.
Fortnightly collections will be maintained and additional or larger recycling bins will be available at no cost on request.
To reduce costs, Rochdale, Salford and Bury have all moved to collecting bins once every three weeks instead of once every two.
Manchester City Councillor Nigel Murphy said the bins would help "to protect the vital council services that residents care about... while also helping the environment."
The council spent Â£36m on waste disposal in 2015-6 and said that if "every single item of recyclable waste was recycled in Manchester, around Â£16.5m a year could be saved".
The proposed change will be discussed next week at a meeting of the Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee and must then be approved by the executive on 29 June.
Source: Manchester City Council


The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC.

Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of "all faiths and creeds" to stand together against the "heinous crimes".
At dawn on Saturday, al-Shabab gunmen attacked the bus in northern Kenya, shooting dead non-Muslim passengers.
The Somalia-based Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks across Kenya since 2011.
The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the border with Somalia.
Gunmen separated out non-Muslims by asking passengers to read from the Koran, officials and witnesses said. Those who failed were then shot in the head.
Kenya's Red Cross confirmed that 28 of the 60 passengers on the bus were killed, 19 men and nine women.
One survivor, Douglas Ochwodho, told how he was singled out to be killed but was not shot and then pretended to be dead among the bodies.
"The aim is to create conflict between the Muslims and the non-Muslims in this country," Mr Mohammed told the BBC. "The aim is to create a religious war, religious strife, in Kenya."
"We have had a lot of the Muslim leaders come out today [Saturday] and strongly condemn this and call on Kenyans of all faiths and creeds to stand together against these heinous crimes and criminals."
Al-Shabab said the attack was in retaliation for recent killings of Muslims by the Kenyan security forces in the coastal town of Mombasa.
The Kenyan authorities said they had begun to identify the killers and would bring them to justice.
The interior ministry said a camp belonging to the attackers had been destroyed by Kenyan military helicopters and jets, with "many killed".
Analysis: Anne Soy, BBC News, Nairobi
Mandera shares a long and porous border with Somalia. The area - in fact the region - has been prone to insecurity since Kenya's independence in 1963.
It's a vast arid and semi-arid area that is sparsely populated and characterised by poor infrastructure and very few schools and hospitals. Communities in the north have felt marginalised by the national government for decades.
Guns are readily available due to its proximity to Somalia and the south of Ethiopia where the Oromo Liberation Front is active. Al-Shabab has a base on the Somali side of the border - Gadondhawe - which was recently bombarded by Kenyan warplanes.
It's a confluence of factors that makes it a fertile ground for recruitment by the militant group.
One of the passengers on the bus told the BBC that the bus driver tried to accelerate away from the militants but the vehicle became stuck in mud, about 30km (19 miles) from Mandera town.
He said about 10 heavily-armed men speaking Somali ordered the passengers off the bus.
"When we got down, passengers were separated according to Somali and non-Somalis," the passenger said.
Some Somalis were shot after pleading with the gunmen to spare non-Somali passengers, he said.
A local official quoted by Kenyan media said the government had failed to answer their pleas for extra security in an area "prone to attacks".
"This is not the first time the government has totally ignored us, and you can now see the how many innocent precious lives have been lost," county official Abdullahi Abdirahman said.
"Today we are experiencing avoidable massacre," he added.
Britain and the United States condemned the attack, pledging to help Kenya in its fight against terrorism.
Last week, Kenyan police shut down four mosques in the port city of Mombasa, a largely Muslim city, saying they were being used to store weapons. The raids triggered apparent revenge attacks by Muslim youths.
Kenya has experienced a series of al-Shabab attacks since it sent troops to Somalia three years ago to help fight the militant group.


None of the workers at a fire-hit Peterhead fish factory are to lose their jobs.

Northbay Pelagic's main processing and packing lines were lost, along with an office and administration block, earlier this month.
Alternative employment is to be found for about 120 full-time and 100 temporary staff until the factory is rebuilt.
Some will be redeployed to other processors in the town.
Northbay Pelagic director Chris Anderson said: "We knew our staff were concerned about their jobs and we have worked extremely hard in the last week to find a solution that means everyone retains their employment."


Wales lock Bradley Davies is a target for Welsh regions, according to his director of rugby at Wasps, Dai Young.

Former Cardiff Blues player Davies has been linked with a return to the Arms Park, but his former Blues boss Young says they have not made an approach.
Ex-Wales prop Young did, however, say Davies could return to the country of his birth on a national dual contract.
"We've certainly had interest from regions within Wales, who are really keen on taking Brad back," said Young.
"And I think the [Welsh Rugby] Union will be keen on a dual contract situation as well.
"He's away with the Six Nations now. When he comes back we will sit down and decide between us what is the right path.
"He's certainly got an avenue to go back and we've just got to make sure between us it's the right thing for the club and the right thing for Brad."
Davies has a year left on his current contract at Wasps, who he joined from the Blues in 2014.
If one of the Welsh regions were to sign him this summer, they would have to negotiate a transfer fee with the English Premiership side for his early release.
"Some of the regions in Wales have shown an interest in Brad with the view of him going back home," Young added.
"I've read articles that the Blues are interested but we certainly have had nothing from the Blues. But other regions have shown an interest.
"It's still early days in these discussions - he's still under contract with us here at Wasps.
"We would still like to keep him. Obviously there are other factors in this regard - family and so on and the best for Brad's rugby career."


Unemployment levels are falling in London, most dramatically among the under 25 age group.

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Ahead of the General Election, BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan looks at the state of employment in the capital and discovers who has benefitted and what that means for self-employed earners and people living on the minimum wage.


The information watchdog is scrutinising the use of the public's private data for political purpose following concerns over an analytics firm linked to the Leave.EU campaign.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it is assessing how data analytics impacts on data protection.
It has raised concerns about reports linking Cambridge Analytica (CA) to Leave.EU, backed by Nigel Farage.
A CA spokesman said it is compliant with UK and EU data law.
The company uses artificial intelligence to identify key voters.
On Friday, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, who supported the Remain camp, called on the Electoral Commission to investigate allegations that Leave.EU had not declared the role of CA in its campaign.
An ICO spokeswoman said: "We have concerns about Cambridge Analytica's reported use of personal data and we are in contact with the organisation.
"We are also conducting a wider assessment of the data protection risks arising from the use of data analytics, including for political purposes, and will be contacting a range of organisations.
"We intend to publicise our findings later this year."
A CA spokesman told The Observer that it is "in touch with the ICO, and are happy to demonstrate that we are completely compliant with UK and EU data law".
Leave.EU has denied any wrongdoing and told The Guardian that CA did no work for the campaign formally.
A spokesman added: "If they had it would have been way before you had to report expenditure.".


Accrington Stanley have signed Southport midfielder Liam Nolan for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old has become Stanley's first summer signing, agreeing a one-year contract with a one-year option.
"The aim has always been to get back into the Football League and I am made up to do it," former Crewe player Nolan told the League Two club's website.
As part of the deal, Stanley will face relegated National League side Southport in a friendly on 29 July.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Dan Jarvis - one of the MPs being tipped as a possible challenger to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - has the dream CV for a politician, in an era when real-world experience is so prized by voters.

A former company commander in the Parachute Regiment, he served in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sierra Leone, including a tour of duty in Helmand province and a stint as right-hand man to Gen Sir Mike Jackson.
The 43-year-old is a father of three, who recently remarried after losing his first wife to cancer. Born in Nottingham, he attended a local comprehensive school, later gaining a degree in international politics and strategic studies at Aberystwyth University. A mild-mannered character when you meet him in person, his action-man credentials were nevertheless burnished further when a story emerged about him facing down a would-be mugger who threatened to smash a bottle over his head.
This sort of stuff makes him stand out in a Parliamentary Labour Party packed with former university lecturers, journalists and other varieties of pen-pusher.
But the question hanging over him since he arrived in Parliament in 2011, after winning the Barnsley Central by-election, is whether there is more to him than an impressive back story?
He was cautiously on-message in his early media appearances.
This may, in part, be a legacy of his 20 years in the armed forces, when he was prevented by Queen's Regulations from publicly expressing political views, even though he had been a member of the Labour Party since his teens.
He confessed in one of his first interviews, that he went out of his way to avoid the media spotlight until he was selected to fight Barnsley Central, a contest caused by the jailing of MP Eric Illsley for expenses fraud.
He has been more outspoken recently, particularly on the subject of Britain's nuclear weapons, even hinting that he might have to leave the party if it ditches its commitment to renewing Trident.
And on Thursday, he made a wide-ranging speech setting out his vision for getting Labour back into power, arguing for a break with the New Labour era and a more "radical" economic policy to tackle ingrained inequality.
Mr Jarvis had been urged to stand in last year's Labour leadership contest, amid much excited chatter about him being the candidate the Conservatives would fear most.
He was pursued by "Dan fans" and dogged by reporters and film crews for a couple of days until he ruled himself out, saying he had to put his young family first.
He now says he regrets not giving more thought to a leadership bid - and is once again being touted as the standard-bearer of the "moderate", or anti-Corbyn, wing of the party, if as some expect, there is a challenge to the Labour leader in the summer.
His speech on Thursday was pored over for signs of attacks on Jeremy Corbyn - there were none - and the outlines of a distinctive policy agenda - there was talk of an end to short-termist economics and getting the unions more involved in training.
The key soundbite, in a conscious echo of Tony Blair's famous crime mantra, was: "Tough on inequality, tough on the causes of inequality."
It got mixed reviews from Labour figures on social media but it did enough to earn him a blast from Ken Livingstone, Mr Corbyn's defender-in-chief, who laid into his decision to accept donations from a hedge-fund manager.
"Hedge-fund managers have been the most rapacious and damaging form of capitalists that we've had. It's absolutely bizarre. It's a bit like Jimmy Savile funding a children's group," said Mr Livingstone.
According to the Register of Members' Interests, Mr Jarvis received Â£16,800 from hedge-fund manager Martin Taylor in February to support his work as an MP.
Mr Livingstone went on to say that there was an "embittered group of old Blairites who are looking for someone to challenge Jeremy" and they think Dan Jarvis is "someone credible to run".
It provoked a furious reaction from Labour MPs opposed to Mr Corbyn, with one calling the Savile reference "disgusting".
Mr Jarvis has opted not to respond, although the episode will have offered him a small taste of what he can expect if he does decide to challenge Mr Corbyn for the leadership.


This year's Halloween is the warmest on record in the UK, BBC weather has confirmed.

BBC News website readers have been sending us their pictures from around the UK.
The day started with clear skies in many parts of the UK. Simon Baker Cooke posted this early morning photo on Twitter as the sun rose over Glastonbury Tor.
Terry Musgove is spending a long weekend in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He sent us the panoramic view he woke up to this morning.
In Somerset, the autumnal colours were captured by Graham George as he looked out into his garden in Enmore.
Mike Hilton took this picture of his dog Betty enjoying the sunrise on Sandbanks beach, in Dorset.
Jeremy Gahagan, in London, usually wears flip-flops throughout the summer, and was surprised to be walking around in them on Halloween.
In preparation for a day of trick or treats, Damien Davies dressed up his one-week-old son, Harrison Stanley, for his very first Halloween.
Amanda Park took her grand-daughter, Olivia, to a very sunny Alder Carr Farm in Suffolk to pick out pumpkins.
Liam Rushton sent this picture taken outside his house in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, which he titled "one hot Halloween".
Tony Berndes spent the day making the most of the sun on the beach in Bude in Cornwall.
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A fugitive who made headlines for using an "affluenza" defence after a fatal drink-driving crash has delayed his extradition from Mexico to the US.

A judge will now consider the deportation of Ethan Couch, 18.
He and his mother were arrested in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta after a phone call for pizza tipped off police.
Couch left Texas for Mexico after he allegedly broke probation. His lawyer had argued a privileged upbringing left him with no sense of responsibility.
An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for Couch after he failed to report to his probation officer.
His disappearance came shortly after he had apparently been filmed at a party where people were consuming alcohol, police said.
He could go to prison for up to 10 years if found to have violated his probation by drinking.
His mother Tonya Crouch faces charges of hindering an apprehension.
She and her son planned their disappearance and even held a going-away party, said police.
It is not yet clear if she has also sought to delay her extradition.
They were being held at immigration offices in Guadalajara and had been due to fly to Houston on Wednesday evening.
Couch was on juvenile probation after killing four people in a 2013 drink-driving crash in 2013.
He pleaded guilty and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years' probation and a stint in rehab.
A psychologist at his trial successfully argued that his privileged upbringing - an unrecognised condition known as "affluenza" - meant his parents had not taught him a sense of responsibility.


A UK hacker reportedly fooled top White House officials into engaging in fake email exchanges.

The self-proclaimed "email prankster" convinced a senior cyber security adviser he was the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, CNN says.
He also goaded the then media chief, Anthony Scaramucci, in the guise of ex-chief of staff Reince Priebus.
Concerns about cyber security are running high amid claims hackers interfered in the US election.
The White House told CNN it was investigating the latest incident and took the issue very seriously.
The prankster posted some of the email exchanges on Twitter, where he describes himself as a "lazy anarchist", and said he was doing it for fun. On Tuesday he promised not to target the White House again, but said "you need to tighten up IT policy".
Here are three of the most memorable parts of the hoax:
Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert was apparently tricked into believing Mr Kushner had invited him to a party and gave out his personal email address unsolicited.
"Tom, we are arranging a bit of a soirÃ©e towards the end of August," the fake Mr Kushner wrote in emails shared with CNN. "It would be great if you could make it, I promise food of at least comparible [sic] quality to that which we ate in Iraq. Should be a great evening."
Mr Bossert replied: "Thanks, Jared. With a promise like that, I can't refuse. Also, if you ever need it, my personal email is [redacted]."
The cyber security adviser has not commented publicly on the reports.
A day after Mr Priebus was removed as White House chief of staff, the hacker emailed then-White House media chief Mr Scaramucci pretending to be his adversary.
The fake Mr Priebus accused Mr Scaramucci of being "breathtakingly hypocritical" and acting in a way not "even remotely classy".
Mr Scaramucci, appointed communications director a week earlier, had accused Mr Priebus - a Republican Party stalwart - of leaking to the press. He also phoned a reporter to unleash a profanity-filled rant against Mr Priebus, whom he called a "paranoid schizophrenic".
Tricked by the fake emails on Saturday, the real Mr Scaramucci said: "You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we were prepared. A Man would apologize."
When the pretend Mr Priebus wrote back defending his work, Mr Scaramucci responded: "Read Shakespeare. Particularly Othello."
End of Twitter post  by @SINON_REBORN
Mr Scaramucci was sacked as President Trump's media chief on Monday.
Eric Trump, too, was briefly hoodwinked by the prankster emailing as his older brother, Donald Trump Jr, about a long-range hunting rifle.
But Donald Jr soon realised it was a scam and replied: "I have sent this to law enforcement who will handle from here."
Experts told CNN the incidents showed how even the most powerful people in America remained vulnerable to phishing attacks, where hackers send fake emails to induce individuals to reveal personal information.
Concern about politicians being targeted is particularly high after the attack on the Democratic National Committee during the US presidential election.
US authorities attributed that incident to Russia and said that a significant component of the attack involved phishing.
More recently, the electoral campaign of President Emmanuel Macron in France was targeted by a similar campaign.
Analysis: 'All they do is spoof the email'
Chris Baraniuk, BBC News technology reporter
If you think your email address is proof of who you are, think again. It's long been a feature of the technology that someone can set up a mail server to send emails that look as though they have come from another person. Say "reince.priebus@whitehouse.gov".
But in such cases, any reply to that message will go to the real "reince.priebus@whitehouse.gov". The email prankster was able to receive the replies, of course, because he or she published them. How?
While we don't know the details, it's possible that an email address was set up at a domain name that was very similar to "whitehouse.gov".
It's a well-known problem, says cyber security expert Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey. He points out that scammers in the UK have been known to email house buyers with an apparent message from their solicitor. It asks them to transfer payment to the scammer's account.
"All they do is they spoof the email by changing one character," says Prof Woodward. The recipient's eye hastily skims over the altered or missing letter, and the message is simply taken as legitimate.


Hidden behind a large sports centre in a nondescript suburb of Cherbourg, lies a makeshift migrant camp which is home to a group of Afghans who had believed the port here was the answer.

Their question was this: where would they stand the best chance of completing the journey they had begun many months ago from their hometowns in Afghanistan?
Having tried and failed to get through the enhanced security around the port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel, they had decided to travel almost 500km (310 miles) west to Normandy in the belief that the security at Cherbourg would be more easily breached.
And that would mean finally reaching Britain hidden inside a lorry, on a ferry making its way across the Channel.
But it was not to be.
"Someone told me it would be easy, but here it is more difficult," says Amir forlornly.
"There is security and there are CCTV cameras everywhere, so it is very difficult to have any chance to get into a car or truck and then into a ship and go to England."
While Amir says he has never been approached by smugglers offering places on small boats to reach the English coast and would not do it anyway because he thinks it is too dangerous, it seems some migrants and refugees are being tempted by this risky option.
At the port of Carteret on the Cherbourg peninsula, fishermen told me of an incident earlier this year in which a group of migrants had tried to board a motorboat with the apparent intention of reaching the Channel Island of Jersey.
But they were caught by the police.
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And over the past two weeks there have been three incidents involving Albanians and Iranians running into difficulty on board flimsy boats off the south coast of England.
Inside a large official migrant camp near Dunkirk, one leading member of the Iraqi Kurdish community told me he knew people there who were now desperate enough to take small boats across the Channel.
But it is far from clear how many would really do this given the risks involved and the amounts of money allegedly being charged by the smugglers.
The local French authorities admit there have been a few cases of their coastguard rescuing migrants in small boats, but are convinced the numbers remain small.
Franck Dhersin, mayor of Teteghem near Dunkirk, stresses the difficulties of navigating the Channel with its strong currents, winds and sandbanks.
He argues any smugglers trying to buy motorboats in France would be quickly spotted.
The test of whether this is accurate or wishful thinking will be over the coming months of summer.