The journalism drama Spotlight took home the main prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards, but the success of minority actors drew most attention.

The film, about the Boston Globe's investigation of paedophile Catholic priests, won for best film cast.
But many of the main awards in Los Angeles were won by actors of diverse backgrounds, with industry magazine Variety noting that "diversity reigns".
It comes amid controversy over a lack of diversity among Oscar nominees.
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British actor Idris Elba won for his roles in the detective drama Luther, and for his supporting role as an African warlord in Beasts of No Nation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV," he said as he presented an award.
The female prison series Orange is the New Black won the ensemble award for a comedy series, and its star Uzo Aduba for best comedy actress in a television series.
The series has earned praise for its diverse cast and willingness to address race issues. Accepting the cast award, actress Laura Prepon referred to her cast mates, saying: "This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity."
The three main acting awards were given to films with mainly white casts, Spotlight, The Revenant and Room, all of which are among the Oscar favourites.
The absence of any non-whites in the four Oscar acting categories for the second year running has prompted discussion on diversity in Hollywood.
Since then, the organisation behind the awards has promised to double the number of female and minority members, a move welcomed by leading actors.
However, director Spike Lee, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith announced they would not be attending next month's awards.
The other main winners of the SAG awards include:
The full list of winners can be found here.


Phil Dollman and Samson Lee have been forced to withdraw from Wales' tour to play Tonga and Samoa due to injury.

Uncapped full-back Dollman, 32, suffered a knee injury in Exeter's Premiership final win over Wasps, while prop Lee, 24, also has a knee problem.
Scarlets fly-half or full-back Rhys Patchell and Ospreys prop Rhodri Jones have been added to caretaker coach Robin McBryde's squad.
Wales fly out on 7 June to play Tonga on 17 June and Samoa on 24 June.
"Samson Lee unfortunately his knee flared up against Munster [in the Pro12 final] and it hasn't settled down enough for us to take him to the next level of training," McBryde said.
"With Phil Dollman, the last I heard he was awaiting a consultation following a significant injury to his knee... he's out of the tour."
Dollman had seemed set to earn a long-awaited first cap after a fine season for English champions Exeter.
"The time it [the injury] occurred and the manner in which it happened, it was a bitter-sweet day for Phil having spoken to him.
"The heights of winning, being successful and scoring a try, and then the injury obviously it's tough."
Wales played a one-off warm-up game against Welsh Premiership side RGC 1404 last Friday, winning 88-14 at Parc Eirias.
Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts captained an experimental Wales team in Colwyn Bay.


Europe's mission control here at Darmstadt in Germany cannot match the sheer exuberance of Nasa when it comes to celebrating triumphs.

Confirmation that Esa's Rosetta spacecraft had achieved its historic rendezvous with a comet was greeted with applause, wide grins and shouts of "yes, yes!", but none of the wild cheering we saw when Curiosity touched down on Mars two years ago.
But although Europe's style may be more muted, what's been achieved in the dark reaches of space far beyond Mars is remarkable by any standards.
You could almost feel the sense of relief in the corridors that, after managing a 10-year trek through space with extraordinary accuracy, and after investing more than one billion euros, all has gone so well.
The signal took nearly 23 minutes to reach us and, when it came, it was a dip in a line on a graph.
But this showed that the final burn to reach the comet had finished and this key moment was the trigger for a wave of pride rather than jubilation.
Getting a spacecraft to match the speed of a comet and effectively ride alongside it is a landmark in space exploration.
But the hard work starts now.
Just trying to comprehend the weird structure and shape of the comet is difficult enough, according to many here.
As one scientist put it, it's like driving along the motorway for hours and then turning off into a busy town where everything is confusing.
The next batches of pictures, taken from just 100km away, should provide some answers.
Another challenge is coping with the slight but irregular pulls of the comet's gravity - Rosetta is now just close enough to feel them.
The plan is to fly around the comet in a series of loops, and managing that task will take real care.
One of many puzzles is why the first readings of the surface temperature are not colder, an indicator that there might not be as much ice as expected.
On the other hand, one instrument has picked up traces of water flowing from the comet so we know there must be ice there.
The destination has been reached but the journey of understanding is only just starting.


Police investigating the disappearance of a 16-year-old boy in south London more than 30 years ago say they now believe he was murdered.

Kevin Hicks went out to buy some eggs for a school project in Croydon in March 1986 and was never seen again.
The Met are offering a Â£20,000 reward for information that may help them discover what happened to him.
It follows a review of the case earlier this year.
Det Insp John McQuade, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "Kevin simply disappeared that night and was never seen nor heard of again.
"We can only imagine what the intervening years must have been like for his family; years of worry and distress at not knowing what happened.
"Sadly, both his parents died without ever discovering the truth.
"Many enquiries have been carried out over the years, but Kevin's body has never been found. But there is no evidence he is still alive.
"We believe Kevin must have met someone that night, been assaulted and his body disposed of."
Described as a happy teenager with no problems at school, Kevin had spent a normal day with his family on 2 March 1986 in Addiscombe, Croydon.
At about 20:30 he told his mother he needed to buy some eggs for his O-level home economics exam the following day.
He headed off to Sperrings community shop, a couple of minutes' walk away, in Lower Addiscombe Road.
He was last seen at 22:00 in Shirley Road, walking in the general direction of home.
On 25 October 1996 someone anonymously called the Croydon Advertiser and said they knew where Kevin's body was.
Mr McQuade urged that person to come forward and contact the police.


Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces are facing possible expulsion from the military after crashing an indigenous event on Canada Day.

General Jonathan Vance, Canada's top soldier, has opened an investigation into the weekend incident and has called it "deplorable".
Video from the day shows a tense exchange between the servicemen and people attending the ceremony.
One claims they are members of an alt-right group called "Proud Boys".
That group describes itself on Facebook as "a fraternal organisation of Western Chauvinists who will no longer apologise for creating the modern world".
Among the values they cite are minimal government, anti-political correctness, closed borders, anti-racial guilt, anti-racism, glorifying the entrepreneur and venerating the housewife.
In video from Saturday's confrontation, the servicemen are seen carrying Canada's former "Red Ensign" flag, which includes the Union flag and went out of official use in 1965 after being replaced by the maple leaf design.
One woman is heard asking: "What caused you to feel the need to bring a British flag?"
One man responds: "Because it's a British colony."
"You're recognising your heritage and so are we," another says.
After about 10 minutes, the group leaves the park.
Gen Vance, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff, said in a statement that he "detests any action by a Canadian Armed Forces member that is intended to show disrespect towards the very people and cultures we value in Canada".
He adds: that any military member "who is not prepared to be the defender we need them to be will face severe consequences, including release from the forces".
Gen Vance said the servicemen involved have been removed from active duty and that their future in the military is in doubt.
A sixth armed forces member was also involved but is not under review, according to a National defence spokesperson.
The First Nations ceremony held by a small group of protesters in Halifax on Canada Day was meant to mark the country's troubled history with indigenous peoples. It was held next to the statue of the city's founder, British military officer Edward Cornwallis.
Halifax is in the midst of a long debate over how the city commemorates Cornwallis, who in 1749 placed a bounty on the scalps of Mi'kmaq people after they rebelled against the British.


The path to next year's assembly elections continues to be a bumpy one for Conservatives in one corner of Wales.

In October, two sitting AMs failed to win automatic re-selection. William Graham and Mohammad Asghar were told they had to fight it out in an open contest with nine other hopefuls.
I don't normally cover internal party politics in Wales, as I'm based in Westminster, but I hear that process has not run completely smoothly. An employee of Mr Graham, Alan Mazey, emailed 44 party members in Newport West (part of the South Wales East region) to ask them to turn out to support his boss at a local hustings on November 2.
Mr Mazey, in his role as deputy chairman (finance) of Newport West Conservative association, wrote: "Please do your best to attend and support someone who has supported us for 16 years!"
Apparently, this broke party rules, which led to the director of the Welsh Conservatives, Richard Minshull, emailing every party member on November 6 with details of each of the 11 candidates (supplied by them).
Mr Graham wrote in his entry: "All the candidates for the South Wales East regional ballot are required to write to you following an email, issued without my knowledge or consent, from a Newport West Officer inviting 44 of their members to attend the hustings meeting to support me and the other candidates from that association.
He added: "In the forthcoming election we face a severe challenge from UKIP, this requires a strong knowledgeable candidate with a proven track record of winning."
The ballot papers have now been sent to party members, with instructions that those who fail to rank all the candidates from one to 11 will result in their vote being declared invalid.
"Voting for all candidates or being disqualified is a bit of a nightmare," complained one party member, his pen poised over the ballot paper.
A spokesman for Mr Graham told me: "William included the line [about the email] even though he did not need to nor was it ever revealed that it was William's staff who sent the email, yet William felt the need to explain."
He added: "[I] Have not heard that anyone is unhappy at all. Indeed, we have had a groundswell of support from members."
The other candidates include former AM Laura Anne Jones, councillor Geoffrey Burrows, Monmouthshire council leader Peter Fox, councillor Gavin Chambers, Chris Butler, Jane Pratt, Elizabeth Simon, Nicolas Webb and former assembly candidate David Williams.
A Welsh Conservative spokesman declined to comment on what she said was "an internal party matter". The winning candidates are due to be revealed around the middle of November.


Former British number one Laura Robson will not play again this year as she continues her recovery from injury.

The world number 547 returned to competition at Eastbourne in June after 17 months out with a wrist injury.
She has played just 10 matches, winning three, since then and last featured at an ITF event in Monterrey a month ago.
"Laura's team decided it was most effective for her to spend her time training for the rest of the year," the 21-year-old's management company said.
Robson received a wildcard entry to Wimbledon after her return but lost 6-4 6-4 to Evgeniya Rodina in the first round.
Her first win in almost two years came at a Challenger event - a level below the WTA tour - in Canada the following month.
She went on to suffer a first-round exit at the US Open last month, losing 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Russian Elena Vesnina.
Robson will be able to use her protected ranking of 58 to enter January's Australian Open.
Protected rankings are given to players suffering long-term injuries - 58 was Robson's position after the 2014 Australian Open.


A special court has charged senior leaders from India's ruling party with criminal conspiracy in relation to the destruction of a 16th Century mosque.

Former BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani, veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi and federal minister Uma Bharti were among those charged in the court on Tuesday.
They deny making inflammatory speeches that encouraged Hindu mobs to tear down the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in 1992.
The riots that followed killed nearly 2,000 people.
Hindus claim the mosque is the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram, and that it was built after the destruction of a Hindu temple by a Muslim invader in the 16th Century.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has always said the destruction of the mosque was a planned event.
The special court was constituted after a Supreme Court order in April that said the three must face trial for their alleged role in the destruction of the mosque.
The court added that the trial must be completed within two years, that it would be held on "a day-to-day basis" and that "on no grounds, will it be adjourned".
All three leaders appeared in court on Tuesday and were told that exemptions from personal appearance would not be allowed under "any circumstances".
However, they were all granted bail.
The Supreme Court has been hearing the case since 2011 after setting aside a high court judgement which allocated two-thirds of the disputed site to Hindu groups, and the remainder to Muslims.
The Allahabad High Court ruling in 2010 addressed three major issues. It said the disputed spot was Lord Ram's birthplace, that the mosque had been built after the demolition of a temple and that it was not built in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
For the first time in a judicial ruling, it also said that the disputed site was the birthplace of the Hindu god.
Hindus want a temple built at the site, while Muslims want a new mosque.
Earlier this year, Chief Justice JS Khehar urged the two communities to settle the bitter dispute through negotiations and even offered to act as a mediator between the parties.
The case has already languished in India's famously sluggish legal system for so long that most of the original petitioners have died.


Linkin Park have cancelled their North American tour following the death of singer Chester Bennington.

Promoters Live Nation said refunds would be made available to all ticket-holders for the tour, which was due to begin next Thursday.
A spokesman for the company added: "We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Chester Bennington."
The Los Angeles County Coroner said the singer, 41, and a father of six, hanged himself on Thursday.
His body was found at a private home in the county at 09:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
He had previously struggled with addiction and had spoken to BBC Newsbeat about depression and suicide.
Formed in 1996, Linkin Park have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
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Mae ffordd yr A55 wedi ail agor ar ôl i'r ffordd ym Modelwyddan, Sir Ddinbych fod ar gau am oriau tra bod yr Heddlu yn ymateb i 'ddigwyddiad.'

Roedd cau'r ffordd wedi achosi milltiroedd o dagfeydd oedd yn cyrraedd cyffordd 22, Hen Golwyn ac ar y ffordd tua'r gorllewin at gyffordd 28, Rhuallt.
Roedd gyrwyr hefyd yn cael eu cynghori i osgoi'r ardal, tra bod traffic yn cael ei ddargyfeirio.
Daeth cadarnhad gan yr Heddlu bod y digwyddiad wedi'i i ddatrys  yn saff.
Dywedodd yr Uwch Arolygydd, Alex Goss o Heddlu'r Gogledd: "rydym yn deall bod nifer o bobl wedi cael eu dal yn y tagfeydd, hoffwn ddiolch i bobl am eu hamynedd wrth i ni ddatrys y sefyllfa."


A TV actress whose 32-year-old husband died from a brain tumour has raised more than £11,000 for the Warwickshire hospice where he spent his final days.

Holly Matthews, who appeared in Waterloo Road and Byker Grove, raised funds for The Myton Hospices by launching an online appeal.
Ms Matthews, whose husband Ross Blair died on 29 July, said the care he received was "so impressive".
The hospice thanked her and said she was "unbelievably brave".
Mr Blair, the son of ex-Aston Villa and Coventry City player Andy Blair, was diagnosed with grade-4 brain cancer in 2014.
Following his death, Ms Matthews paid tribute to her "incredible husband".
"The thing that gives me massive strength is that Ross himself was ok with everything," she told BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire.
She said the most difficult part of his illness was telling their two daughters Brooke, six, and four-year-old Texas.
"I didn't know how to do it - it was a very hard conversation," she said.
"With brain cancer, the deterioration is very, very rapid at the end," she said.
"When we told the girls, Ross was still alert and aware."
Ms Matthews said she had been inundated with gifts and donations which she had decided to direct to the hospice.
After setting up an online fundraising page, she raised £2,000 in 48 hours.
Ruth Freeman, Myton's chief executive, said: "Holly has been unbelievably brave.
"Her continuing efforts to raise funds have been inspirational."


A Canadian province has scrapped the dress code which requires female employees to wear high heels.

The government of British Columbia (BC) says the requirement is discriminatory as well as being a health and safety issue because they are dangerous.
It says that high heel wearers face a risk of physical injury from slipping or falling as well as possible damage to the feet, legs and back.
Footwear should be designed to allow workers to operate safely, it says.
The announcement of the ban comes after a provincial Green party politician in March introduced a bill in the BC legislature aimed at preventing employers from setting gender-based footwear requirements.
BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver filed a private member's bill "designed to prevent employers from setting varying footwear and other requirements based on gender, gender expression or gender identity".
His bill covered all workplaces, including retail and corporate offices.  But instead of implementing it, the provincial government opted instead to amend footwear rules under the Workers' Compensation Act.
BC Premier Christy Clark said that in some provincial workplaces, women were unfairly required to wear high heels.
"Like most British Columbians, our government thinks this is wrong. That is why we're changing this regulation to stop this unsafe and discriminatory practice," she said.
The new regulation states that workplace footwear must be of "a design, construction and material that allows the worker to safely perform their work and ensures that employers cannot require footwear contrary to this standard".
The new guidelines, drafted by WorkSafeBC, are expected to be available by the end of April.
High heels - and whether women should be required to wear them in the workplace, or at the Cannes film festival - has become a fashion flashpoint in recent years.
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In Canada, much of the debate around dress codes for female employees has centred around the restaurant industry, where critics have said gender-specific dress codes are too common and based on stereotypes or sexist ideas of how a woman should dress.


Christian Stead is about to blast away the sweat and toil of another working day in the surf at Manly Beach, in Sydney.

The cleaning company director has an eye on his next much-needed holiday, and is one of a growing number of stay-at-home tourists who are shunning foreign travel in favour of destinations across Australia.
Since mid-2014, the Australian dollar has fallen by around 25% against its US cousin, and has been out-muscled by the British pound.
While many of Christian's friends unwind in Thailand and the Indonesian island of Bali, he now prefers his own backyard.
"The dollar is down so we are getting more bang for our buck," he told the BBC. "Noosa (on Queensland's Sunshine Coast) is one of our favourite spots. I'm off to Batemans's Bay (280km south of Sydney) in a couple of weeks.
"Melbourne, Tasmania - you name it. We're laughing. We're blessed in Australia. It's not rocket science. Everyone is trying to get to Australia. It is the best country in the world," he says.
Not everyone will agree, but what is not in dispute is the growing popularity of Australian vacations among both foreign travellers and the locals.
Official figures show that almost 620,000 international tourists came in August, a rise of about 2%, while the number of Aussies heading overseas dipped by 0.7%.
"We are continually seeing very high numbers of short-term overseas arrivals and fewer Australians are deciding to go offshore because the currency has fallen by so much, and domestic trips become cheaper for them," explains Diana Mousina, an economist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
The Australian dollar is being weighed down by various factors, including falling commodity prices that have hit the nation's terms of trade, which measures the value of exports compared to imports.
The re-energised US dollar and Australia's relatively high interest rates play a part, too.
A long resources boom that helped to ward off the worst effects of the global recession is fading, and Australia's economy is in transition as it seeks new ways to prosperity.
"Tourism is extremely important. I think that people actually forget it is our third largest export," Ms Mousina says.
The domestic travel industry employs around 530,000 Australians, many in areas far beyond the major cities where jobs can be scarce.
The sector packs a mightier financial punch than agriculture, and generates about A$43bn ($31.2bn; Â£20.6bn) each year.
Australia's Reserve Bank believes a weaker currency will help make the nation's shift towards a non-mining future far smoother. Not everyone wins, of course, but central bankers take the view that cheaper exports are broadly beneficial.
The Aussie dollar sits around at around $72 cents, and economists forecast it could tumble even further against the US currency. This would inject more vigour into the tourism trade.
But Dr Ranald Taylor, from Murdoch University, believes that it is foreigners, not the locals, who will make a significant difference.
"There is little doubt that the domestic tourism industry in Australia will expand, but not driven by locals but by overseas visitors, particularly the people from China, Singapore and Malaysia," he says.
He doesn't think that a depreciating currency will stop Australians travelling overseas because of affordable air travel and the high cost of holidaying at home.
"Australia is expensive," he says. "No matter how you look at it, the hotels, food and accommodation are still much cheaper overseas than Australia.
"If I am an Australian, I would go to Bali for my annual holiday. It is a lot cheaper. For very little money you can stay in a high-end hotel. Over here you would be lucky to get a caravan for that kind of money."
Many foreigners, though, are happy to pay. Last year, Chinese visitors pumped US$4bn into the Australian economy. That figure could more than double by the end of the decade, according to some estimates.
Stephen Arnerich, the owner of Sydney-based Runaway Tours, which offers foreign-language excursions, believes that the tourism industry is rebounding.
"The American market has been fairly slow because the Australian dollar has been quite high, and also the American economy hasn't be so great, either.
"But in the last six months, or so, we are seeing more Americans coming through. We're getting lots of clients coming through from the Chinese market. It is getting much more popular," he says.
Many Australians are also rediscovering the beauty and diversity of their own country.
"Where we can, we do like to stay local because there is lots to see and do at home," says Jennifer, a mother-of-two from Manly, in Sydney.
She has recently returned from a trip to the Queensland city of Cairns, but will head off to Fiji, in the South Pacific, on the next family getaway.
But despite the dollar's weakening buying power overseas, she believes that Australians will always be curious to explore what lies beyond the horizon.
"I think we are just born travellers and no matter what the dollar is doing we are not going to stop travelling."


The European Court of Justice is to hear evidence from the Scottish government on its case for introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol.

The hearing in Luxembourg will enable the court to produce its preliminary ruling on the policy.
Legislation to bring in a minimum unit price of 50p was passed by the Scottish Parliament in May 2012.
But a legal challenge was brought by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), which argued it breached European law.
Holyrood ministers have said minimum pricing was vital to address Scotland's "unhealthy relationship with drink".
The legal bid by the SWA, backed by other European wine and spirits producers, was initially rejected by judge Lord Doherty at the Court of Session in Edinburgh in 2013.
However, following an appeal hearing, the case was referred to the European court for its opinion last year.
Judges are due to hear oral evidence from the Scottish government.
EU member states will also have the opportunity to make representations to the court, with Ireland, Norway, the UK and Sweden expected to argue in support of the policy.
Speaking before the hearing, Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "In Scotland we drink far more than we did a generation ago and alcohol consumption is almost a fifth higher than the rest of the UK.
"Heavy drinking places a heavy burden on society, not just by damaging health and causing premature death, but also by contributing to crime and disorder.
"Introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol is the best, most targeted way to tackle the affordability of cheap, strong alcohol consumed by heavy drinkers without penalising moderate drinkers."
She added: "I'm confident that we have a strong case and I'm proud that Scotland is leading the way in Europe on this important issue."
A preliminary ruling by the court in Luxembourg will be issued later this year and the case will then be referred back to the Court of Session for a final decision.


The government needs to take the lead on dealing with disruption caused by Operation Stack, a Kent MP has said.

Operation Stack is when lorries park on the M20 during cross-Channel disruption, and has been used in recent weeks because of French strike action.
Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, said the problem was too big for Kent authorities to deal with.
Kent MPs met Home Secretary Theresa May on Tuesday. The government has not commented to the BBC.
Mr Collins said there would be further talks with Kent County Council on Friday.
He said: "We can create solutions in Kent to provide resilience to provide extra lorry parking.
"That will cope with the minor incidents of Operation Stack and we can deal with that.
"But major delays of several days or a week or more - that requires the government to step in."
He said Theresa May absolutely understood the seriousness of the problem.
Faversham and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately said proposals discussed with the Home Secretary included lorry parks, making more use of service stations, opening up ferry routes to Dunkirk, and alerting hauliers about disruption before they reached Kent.
She said there was a risk of further major disruption this summer and MPs needed to keep working on the problem while parliament was in recess.
Stack was brought in again on Wednesday because of a heavy volume of traffic heading towards Dover port and Eurotunnel at Folkestone.
Eurotunnel has called on the French and British governments to help pay the cost of additional security as migrants try to smuggle themselves to the UK.
It has asked for ??6.8m, saying it had spent ??9.1m on security measures in the first six months of this year.
The UK has already agreed to pay Eurotunnel ??3.3m.


Voting has now closed for the BBC's Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2015.

The award recognises the overseas athlete who has made the most substantial contribution to sport this year and, for the first time in its history, is decided by a public vote.
And if you missed out on this vote, you can still register for a BBC iD now which will let you cast your vote for the main Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, 20 December.
The Overseas winner will be announced ahead of the main awards show in Belfast.
How to get a BBC iD sign-in
BBC Sports Personality of the Year terms and conditions
So who are the contenders for the BBC's Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2015? In alphabetical order, they are:
Age: 29
Country: Jamaica
Achievements in 2015: Usain Bolt enjoyed another stellar year in the big competitions, winning three gold medals at the World Championships in Beijing to ensure he successfully defended the trio of titles he won in Moscow in 2013.
He beat doping offender and clear favourite Justin Gatlin in both the 100m and 200m - ending the American's 28-race unbeaten run in the former in a time of 9.79 seconds.
Did you know? Bolt has won the Overseas award three times - a record he holds with tennis star Roger Federer and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
What they said: "Usain Bolt was challenged in Beijing more than he has been at any time during his career. Put on top of that the burden of 'saving the sport' which was placed on his shoulders, it means that the pressure was there. I have to give him so much credit for his performance." Eight-time world champion Michael Johnson.
Age: 33
Country: New Zealand
Achievements in 2015: The All Blacks became the first side to win consecutive Rugby World Cups when they beat Australia in a thrilling final at Twickenham in October.
Carter scored 19 points in the final and was named man of the match, completing a superb individual tournament in which he kicked 23 conversions, 10 penalties and two drop-goals.
Did you know? Carter is rugby's all-time leading points scorer, with 1,598 from his 112 Tests.
What they said: "Dan Carter will be number one in the pantheon. Clearly number one." Australia's World Cup-winning outside-half Stephen Larkham, when asked who is the greatest ever fly-half.
Age: 28
Country: Serbia
Achievements in 2015: It has been the most successful year to date for the world number one in tennis, with victories at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also reached the final of the French Open.
In total, he has won 11 titles in 2015 - a career best - and his record of winning three Grand Slams and reaching the final in the other has not been matched since Roger Federer managed it in 2006 and 2007.
Did you know? Djokovic was spotted as a six-year-old by former Yugoslav tennis player Jelena Gencic at Mount Kopaonik, where Djokovic's parents ran a fast-food restaurant.
What they said: "As a single season, I think Djokovic's is the best since Rod Laver in 1969." Former French Open men's doubles winner Patrick McEnroe compares Djokovic's achievements with those of Laver, who won the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1969.
Age: 18
Country: USA
Achievements in 2015: Ledecky has had an incredible year, the highlight being five gold medals and two world records at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
The Olympic gold medallist won gold in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyles and the 4x200m relay. Only Ledecky's compatriot Missy Franklin has won more world titles.
Did you know? Ledecky became the first swimmer to win L'Equipe newspaper's Champion of Champions award in 2014. Previous winners include Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt and Lionel Messi.
What they said: "Every time Katie gets in the water [it's like] 'hey, we'll just give the world record a shot tonight'. Why not? It doesn't even look like she's breathing hard. It's just unbelievable." American swimmer Michael Phelps, who is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Age: 22
Country: USA
Achievements in 2015: In the space of just 71 days, Spieth went from a promising young golfer to one who had written himself into history by winning both the Masters and the US Open - a feat achieved by only five other golfers.
He was tied for fourth at The Open and runner-up to Jason Day at the USPGA, but ended the year by winning the £7.5m Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Did you know? Spieth became the youngest winner of the US Open since Bobby Jones in 1923.
What they said: "He's a grizzled veteran at 21 years old. Jordan is so beyond his years. I like everything about the young man. He's polite. He's humble. He handles himself so well, on and off the golf course. And he's obviously a wonderful player." Jack Nicklaus, who holds the record for the most major victories (18).
Age: 34
Country: USA
Achievements in 2015: Serena Williams is now her country's most decorated female tennis player after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon during 2015 - she reached the semi-final in the other Grand Slam, the US Open.
She has now won 21 career Slams, overtaking compatriots Helen Wills Moody (19), Chris Evert (18) and Billie Jean King (18), and sits just one victory behind Steffi Graf's modern-day record of 22 wins.
Did you know? Serena Williams has been ranked as the world number one for 268 weeks - only Graf (377) and Martina Navratilova (332) have spent longer at the top of the rankings.
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All Blacks great Sir Colin Meads, who was named New Zealand's best rugby player of the 20th Century, has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 81.

The former second row played 55 Tests within 133 games for the All Blacks between 1957 and 1971.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and his wife Verna had told local media on Saturday that he was seriously ill.
"This is a sad day for New Zealand rugby and for New Zealand," said the country's Prime Minister Bill English.
"I have had the privilege of getting to know Sir Colin. He was not only a great All Black but also a genuinely good New Zealand bloke.
"He represented what it means to be a New Zealander. He was no-nonsense, reliable, hardworking, warm and very generous with his time."
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Meads, nicknamed Pinetree, was knighted in 2009 as recognition of his achievements as a rugby player with the All Blacks and for his charitable work. He was given a statue in his home town, Te Kuiti, in June 2017.
"I remember when I was younger hearing stories about how he used to shear sheep all day and go running at night," English added.
"I thought I'd give it a go. I quickly learned the Meads legend was built on physical and mental toughness.
"My thoughts are with Sir Colin's wife Lady Verna, and his family and friends at this time."


Calls have been made for South Yorkshire Police's chief constable to be fired after it emerged he was not facing dismissal for misconduct.

David Crompton was suspended after the Hillsborough Inquests due to "eroding trust and confidence" in the force.
Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Dr Alan Billings said Mr Crompton would be required to either retire or resign.
But Liberal Democrat peer Lord Scriven said he should be sacked and accused the PCC of lacking "backbone".
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He said: "I was saying 18 months ago that David Crompton was not part of the solution he was part of the problem and he should have been sacked.
"I'm still of the view that the door should not be opened for him to walk through and get his pension.
"I believe he should be sacked for poor management, for not dealing with the problems of South Yorkshire Police and for bringing it in to disrepute.
"It's clear that [Dr] Billings does not have the backbone to take the strong action that's needed."
Mr Crompton, who is due to retire in November, was suspended in April, the day after of a jury concluded 96 football fans were unlawfully killed in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and there were police failings.
Following his suspension, a legal process began to decide on whether Mr Crompton will be made to retire or resign.
Asked on Wednesday why Mr Crompton cannot be sacked, Dr Billings told BBC Radio Sheffield: "Because that's not what we're doing. We are in a suspension process and that is a legal construct and we have to follow through what the law lays down. There is no way around that.
"This is not a misconduct issue this is about public trust and confidence draining away in my view."
He said he did not know the possible financial implications of allowing Mr Crompton to retire or resign as opposed to being sacked.
In response to Lord Scriven's comments, he said: "We are now engaged in a legal process, which requires me to seek and have regard to the views of others, and then to decide if I wish to continue with my proposal.
"Whilst this process is ongoing I am unable to comment further."


Being friendly is in dogs' nature and could be key to how they came to share our lives, say US scientists.

Dogs evolved from wolves tens of thousands of years ago.
During this time, certain genes that make dogs particularly gregarious have been selected for, according to research.
This may give dogs their distinctive personalities, including a craving for human company.
"Our finding of genetic variation in both dogs and wolves provides a possible insight into animal personality, and may even suggest similar genes may have roles in other domestic species (maybe cats even)," said Dr Bridgett vonHoldt of Princeton University.
The researchers studied the behaviour of domestic dogs, and grey wolves living in captivity. They carried out a number of tests of the animals' skills at problem-solving and sociability.
These showed that wolves were as good as dogs at solving problems, such as retrieving pieces of sausage from a plastic lunchbox.
Dogs, however, were much more friendly. They spent more time greeting human strangers and gazing at them, while wolves were somewhat aloof.
DNA tests found a link between certain genetic changes and behaviours such as attentiveness to strangers or picking up on social cues.
Similar changes in humans are associated with a rare genetic syndrome, where people are highly sociable.
Dr Elaine Ostrander of the National Institutes of Health, who was not connected with the study, said the information would be useful in studying human disease.
"This exciting observation highlights the utility of the dog as a genetic system informative for studies of human disease, as it shows how minor variants in critical genes in dogs result in major syndromic effects in humans," she said.
Dogs were domesticated from wolves between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.
This process began when wolves that were tolerant of humans sneaked into hunter gatherer camps to feed on food scraps.
Over the course of history, wolves were eventually tamed and became the dogs we know today, which come in all shapes and sizes.
The finding of genetic changes linked to sociability in dogs shows how their friendly behaviour might have evolved.
"This could easily play into the story then of how these wolves leave descendants that are also 'friendlier' than others, setting the path for domestication," said Dr vonHoldt.
The research is published in the journal, Science Advances.
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Police are investigating a death threat sent to Rhondda MP Chris Bryant, following a remark he made in the House of Commons.

He received the email after he wished Speaker John Bercow a "happy 'Kiss a Ginger' day" last week.
Mr Bryant said later he wanted to "put an end" to the "tough time" many red-haired children experience in school.
The email, seen by BBC Wales, contains threatening, racist and homophobic language.
The Labour politician has previously called for more protection for MPs, following threats over the 2015 vote for air strikes in Syria, and the murder of MP Jo Cox in 2016.
"I think of myself as ginger and proud to be so," Mr Bryant said.
"I want to stop the bullying that goes on in many schools.
"I think the best way to do that is that we are 'out and proud' as gingers."
The MP said he "wanted to celebrate the fact it was international 'Kiss a Ginger' day" which he said was "not a derogatory term at all".
"Some of the responses I've had have been brilliant but I've had one very, very nasty death threat which the police are dealing with," he said.
A South Wales Police spokeswoman confirmed the force had received a complaint and investigations were ongoing.


A UN team is due to visit the site of alleged mass killings in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The move comes after the UN mission in the country (Monusco) told the BBC its reconnaissance flight had discovered three villages burnt to the ground.
It says it believed more than 70 people had been summarily executed in late January and early February.
Monusco did not say which of the more than 40 armed groups in the region it thought was responsible.
The largest rebel group, the M23, was defeated with the help of a strong UN brigade last year.
"We were able to carry out a reconnaissance flight in the afternoon, and we were able to observe from the air that three villages had been burnt," Monusco's Ray Torres told the BBC on Thursday.
"We were not able to send yet any of our staff to the locations to verify, but we will be doing that tomorrow. "
The UN mission said the killings were mainly committed in North Kivu province to spread terror.  Most of the victims were killed with machetes, it added.
Eastern DR Congo has suffered from two decades of violence linked to ethnic rivalries and competition for the control of the area's mineral resources, leaving an estimated five million people dead.
The unrest began when some of the ethnic Hutu militants accused of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda fled into DR Congo.
Rwanda has consistently denied repeated accusations from the UN that it backed the M23 rebels, whose uprising in North Kivu forced about 800,000 people from their homes.


The Queen and Prince Philip have cancelled plans to travel to Sandringham on Wednesday because of heavy colds, says Buckingham Palace.

They were expected to take the train to King's Lynn en route to the Norfolk estate to join other royals.
The royal couple are currently at Buckingham Palace.
A palace spokesman said: "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have heavy colds, and so have decided not to travel to Sandringham today."
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Queen and Prince Philip normally took the train around 11:00 GMT from London, but the delay was "no cause for concern".
He added: "I would imagine they will wish to travel as soon as they feel able to.
"They certainly won't want to miss the family Christmas at Sandringham, so I am sure they will return to their plan for Christmas in a day or so."
On Tuesday, the Queen, 90, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 95, hosted a festive lunch for the Royal family - a tradition they carry out before travelling to their private estate each year.
Prince William was seen arriving with the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and three-year-old Prince George.
The palace announced on Tuesday that the Queen would be stepping down as the patron of 25 national organisations.
Her patronages will be passed on to other royals, although she will still be patron of hundreds of other organisations.


Prince George and Princess Charlotte have played with children of the Canadian military at a rare joint appearance at an official event.

Charlotte, 16 months, was heard speaking in public for the first time - saying "pop" at the balloons that filled Government House in Victoria.
The residence was transformed into a children's paradise, which included a petting zoo and miniature ponies.
The play day was on day six of the Cambridges' eight-day tour of Canada.
It is the first official trip all four of the family have been on together.
By Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent
Those who chronicle the lives of the Cambridges now know that balloons are the way to a 16-month-old princess's heart and Charlotte's first public utterance was to use the word "pop".
And for toddler George there was much fun to be had squirting bubbles at his father - even if he is a future king of Canada and the UK.
Considerable column inches are generated from such offerings. The power of the images is considerable.
The children personify the future of the Canadian monarchy in a country that may, one day, chose a different path.
There's no sign, at the moment, of that being the desire of the majority of Canadians.
George and Charlotte, on display, will not become an everyday occurrence.
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Prince William could be heard saying "are we going to go pop?" to his daughter and then asked her: "Would you like a balloon, Charlotte?"
Charlotte is said to have made everyone in the grounds of Government House - the home of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia -  laugh when she tried to lift up a huge balloon archway that led to the petting zoo.
George appeared excited by the attractions and could not resist squirting Charlotte with bubbles.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were said to be happy that the event had been staged for them and pleased their son and daughter had the opportunity to play with others.
24 Sept Victoria,  British Columbia: The duke and duchess, accompanied by their children, arrived in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.
25 Sept Vancouver, British Columbia:  The duke and duchess visited Sheway, the Immigration Services Society of British Columbia - for an event to celebrate young leaders in Canadian arts, music, sport, charity, business, and film, and then visited the Kitsilano coastguard station.
26 Sept Bella Bella and the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia: The duke and duchess travelled to the Great Bear Rainforest, visiting the Heiltsuk First Nations community and attending a reception hosted by the province of British Columbia at Government House.
27 Sept Kelowna, British Columbia and Whitehorse, Yukon: The royals will tour the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia and take part in the BC government's "Taste of British Columbia" festival at Mission Hill Winery before flying to Whitehorse, where they will be greeted by members of the Canadian Rangers.
28 Sept Whitehorse and Carcross, Yukon: William and Catherine will visit the MacBride Museum and meet members of Whitehorse's cultural community before travelling to Carcross, where they will be welcomed by the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.
29 Sept Victoria, British Columbia: The royal couple and their children attend a children's party in the grounds of Government House, which will be attended by military families.
30 Sept Haida Gwaii, British Columbia:  The duke and duchess visit Haida Gwaii, the archipelago on the northern coast of British Columbia, home to the Haida Nation. They will attend the opening of the new Haida Gwaii hospital and care centre. They will join local youths for a fishing expedition on the waters of Hecate Strait.
30 Sept Victoria, British Columbia: The royal couple will visit the Cridge Centre for the Family, which provides services and support for women who have experienced domestic violence. They will then meet families who have received support from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre and later youth working with the Sail and Life Training Society. They end their tour with a public official departure ceremony at Victoria Harbour Airport.


Mobile phone companies should allow customers to roam between networks in areas of the UK where they struggle to get reception, a group of MPs has said.

The British Infrastructure Group said foreign visitors get better coverage, as they are not tied to any provider, so can use the strongest signal.
The report said 17 million customers had poor reception at home and it named 525 areas with non-existent coverage.
Phone companies insist they are working hard to make their coverage better.
Roaming allows customers' phones to connect to another operator's network if their own service provider is not available in a particular area.
The cross-party group of about 90 backbench MPs called on ministers to make sweeping changes, including changing the law to allow domestic roaming in the UK, making it cheaper for customers to switch provider and identifying the worst phone networks.
The report said mobile phone coverage in the UK had not improved significantly since 2014 when the government agreed a Â£5bn investment deal with the network operators.
The agreement is expected to fall short of its target of providing coverage to 90% of the UK's geographical area by the end of 2017.
Group chairman Grant Shapps said: "It is unacceptable that areas in Britain continue to have such poor mobile connectivity, and that overseas visitors can expect better mobile coverage than Britons stuck with a single provider.
"The time for excuses from the mobile sector is over. The government must make a better call for Britain and bring national mobile coverage policy into the 21st Century."
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Gary MacRae, who runs the Hazel Bank Country House Hotel in Borrowdale, Cumbria, said he had to rely on a landline because there was no mobile reception at the premises.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "The only way our guests are able to get signal is either go to the top of one of the small mountains just along from us that you can see from our window or drive down the road five or six miles."
Mr MacRae said in previous years the lack of mobile signal would have been a selling point but now people want it to stay connected to their loved ones.
He also said a mobile phone signal was needed in the area "just in case of emergencies" for those who may get into trouble while out walking in the countryside.
MP Grant Shapps told the BBC he used a foreign SIM during election campaigning, which allowed him to connect to whichever network had the strongest signal.
Money Saving Expert's Martin Lewis said in most cases using a foreign SIM, or a global roaming SIM, in an unlocked handset would allow customers to receive better overall network coverage.
He suggested the most effective way would be to have a dual SIM phone which would mainly use a UK SIM but could switch to a foreign SIM when there was no signal.
But he said the cost would be likely to be higher as customers would be paying increased roaming charges for making and receiving calls.
Mr Lewis, who previously wrote a blog on the issue, said: "It would be a very expensive way to make calls in the UK.
"But you could do it if it was absolutely integral to you. If you are the type of person who would use a satellite phone then doing this would not be a bad solution.
"It's going to cost a fortune compared to using a normal phone. On that basis it's not a practical solution for most people."
Mobile UK, the trade association for mobile phone companies, said allowing customers to roam between networks would not provide the "right incentives" for operators to make future investments.
Spokesman Hamish MacLeod said: "This was looked at by the government a couple of years ago and it was decided that the cost of doing it would not be justified, it's technically difficult to do in a localised way, and that it wouldn't always offer the best customer experience.
"But the most important thing was that it would not have the right incentives in place for network investments to be made."
Mr MacLeod told the BBC the industry was working hard to hit its target of providing 90% coverage and investment was being put in place to limit reception blackspots.
However, he said domestic roaming would not provide an incentive for companies to build "the right infrastructure", such as expensive towers in remote areas, if the service then had to be shared with other operators.
The report also stated that customers were at risk of being hit with large exit fees if they decide to terminate their contract, even if it was due to poor quality service.
The government said a bill going through Parliament would give regulator Ofcom the power to fine firms that do not deliver improvements.


British triathlete Alistair Brownlee will have surgery on a persistent ankle injury on Wednesday.

It puts the Olympic champion's bid to qualify for the Rio 2016 Games on hold.
The 27-year-old world and European champion could still clinch his Olympic place at an assessment race in 2016.
"My left ankle has been giving me bother since 2013, with a range of different niggles," he said. "Getting it sorted gives me the best chance of being 100% for next season."
The injury has troubled Brownlee from the start of the season.
It forced him to miss World Triathlon Series (WTS) races in Abu Dhabi, Auckland and Gold Coast.
It flared up again at the Rio test event this month, causing him to pull out of competition in Stockholm at the weekend.
British Triathlon criteria for Olympic qualification is to finish in the top three in the Rio test race and also on the podium in September's WTS Grand Final in Chicago.
Brownlee's younger brother Jonny, 25, is out until next month with a stress fracture to his left leg.
The Yorkshire-based Brownlees came first and third in the London Olympic triathlon in 2012.


Sue Asquith looks after 11 children during the course of a week.

For the three 10 hour days she works, with her husband helping out part of the time, she grosses £500 a week in fees.
But not all of this cash goes directly into the Yorkshire-based childminder's pocket.
She has to cover her tax, her expenses such as food, heating, petrol, toys and art materials out of these fees. Costs which she says are significant.
Not to mention all those trips to playgroups and playgrounds that make the day fly by and give the children a really good experience.
With three under-fives spending three long days in her home, it is hard but enjoyable work. There's also all the dashing to and from school to drop off and collect the other eight children in her charge.
Sue and her husband are subject to all the same cost of living pressures as every other household and her margin of profit is getting smaller and smaller as her costs go up.
"This year I expect my expenses to be quite a bit higher. This will mean I make less money," she says.
But rather than put up her fees and push parents into reducing the number of hours they send their children to her - something she has seen all too often since the downturn began - she is holding a steady course.
In fact, Sue has not raised her fees for three years: "I try to be sensitive because I know my parents haven't had a great deal with pay rises."
"But my overheads are going up on a daily basis because the cost of heating, the cost of petrol and the cost of food is all going up," she adds.
Like many people, Sue saw childminding as a way of earning a living and caring for her own children.
But not everyone is able to square that circle, especially as for many, childcare costs - already a big factor in their monthly out-goings -  are on the rise.
A report by specialist UK website Findababysitter.com found that childcare costs rose by an average of 19% in the year to December 2013. The cost of nannies showed the biggest increase - up by 25% on 2012's figure.
And since 2003, a place in a nursery for a child aged two or under has risen 77%, according to the Family and Childcare Trust.
It claims that nurseries in some areas, such as London and south-east England, are charging as much as £21,000 a year for a part-time place, despite the fact that many of them pay staff a very low wage.
And yet very few childcare providers are raking it in, says trust chief executive Anand Shukla.
"Most nurseries are barely turning a profit, barely staying afloat. The cost of providing childcare is quite significant," she says.
There are strict ratios between staff and children for each age-group, so despite low wages staff salaries are a big proportion of the overheads.
"I always say if you want to make a lot of money - don't open a nursery," says Mr Shukla.
His views are reflected by Liz Bayram, chief executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, which represents thousands of childminders.
"We have many instances of child care workers who could probably earn more at Tesco. But from a childminder's point of view the reward is helping children to develop and grow," she says.
So what is happening to all the money parents pay in fees, whether it be for nurseries or childminders?
Mr Shukla explains: "It's the way that our sector is structured. It's largely dominated by small private, voluntary and independent providers. All of which have separate overheads. There are very few economies of scale so the costs are high."
He says the government is trying to do something about this by encouraging childcare settings to open up on school premises, thereby cutting down on the number of buildings that have to be heated, lit, maintained, insured and so on.
But the other big factor in England's childcare costs is the degree to which it is subsidised, says Mr Shukla.
"More of the cost of providing childcare is passed  to the parents in England than in other European countries.
"Generally, here we ask the parents to pay two-thirds of the cost of provision. In other European countries parents are asked to pay more like a third," he says.
Ms Bayram agrees that there a mismatch between what the government offers in support and the costs of childcare.
"The funding mechanism that private nurseries and childminders get does not cover the cost of delivering that child care. It's a very expensive business to be in.
"Children deserve to have a quality experience, but quality costs," she says.
A Department for Education spokesman said the government was doing its best to make childcare affordable, introducing tax-free childcare which will see all eligible families receive up to £1,200 towards each child's childcare costs.
"At the same time, we are meeting up to 70% of childcare costs for low and middle-income families through tax credits."
For Sue, though the work may be hard, it's the quality of life she has that keeps her going.
"It is the rewards of seeing the babies and children develop and grow. It is nice to work from home and be your own boss.
"Additionally I have had the pleasure of being here for my boys in their younger years and not having to pay my own childcare costs," she says.


Ross Hannah's 16th goal of the season helped Chester earn a hard-fought draw against Bromley at Bumpers Lane.

The Chester top scorer was fed by Danny O'Brien, passing defender Rob Swaine before slamming the ball past Bromley goalkeeper Alan Julian.
Striker Moses Emmanuel atoned for a first-half miss to bring the visitors level just after half-time, bundling in Jordan Chapell's corner.
Steve Burr's Chester remain 17th, five points above the relegation places.
Mid-table Bromley stand eight points better off in 13th.
Chester manager Steve Burr told BBC Radio Merseyside:
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"Looking a stats from crosses into the box in the first half we should have added to the one we scored, we knocked it about quite well.
"When we concede you can see the confidence draining from the players. When you're not winning you get criticised and you've got to deal with that.
"It's something some of these young lads aren't used to. I'm not saying they don't want the ball but they're frightened to make a mistake, and I think after Bromley got the equaliser you can see a bit of anxiety come back to us."


(Close): The London market ended the day down slightly, with a sharp drop in the share price of broadcaster ITV.

Despite a 6% rise in annual pre-tax profits, ITV shares closed down 3.5% at 240.9p.
The FTSE 100 index shed 5.8 points, or 0.1%, at 6,147.06 points.
Miners led the way, with major gainers being Anglo American and Antofagasta boosted by new economic stimulus measures in China.
Anglo was the biggest riser, adding 6.7%, while Standard Chartered rose 5.9% to 454.8p.
The biggest faller was Intertek Group, which shed 4.6% to Â£28.65, while BT Group ended 2.9% lower ar 481.8p.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.7% against the dollar to $1.4047, and was 1% higher against the euro at â‚¬1.2961.


A dog was rescued after falling "up to 60ft (18m)" down a cliff in Devon.

Rolo, a  chocolate Labrador, was saved after two coastguard rescue teams and an RNLI lifeboat were called in, near Brixham.
She was hauled up in a "dog rescue bag" on a line and reunited, uninjured, with her "very happy owners," the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.
The agency has urged owners to keeps their dogs on leads when they are walking near cliffs.
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Britain's Chris Froome kept hold of the leader's yellow jersey, as Marcel Kittel won a sprint finish on the 216km sixth stage of the Tour de France.

It was the German's second stage win of this year's race, having also triumphed on stage two.
Quick-Step rider Kittel had a clear run through the middle in the final 200 metres to edge ahead of Arnaud Demare, with Andre Greipel third in Troyes.
Froome finished in the bunch and leads by 12 seconds from Geraint Thomas.
Fellow Briton Simon Yates retained sixth to keep the white jersey as the quickest rider under the age of 26.
It was a largely uneventful day for the riders chasing the overall win and they were all credited with the same time.
"These stages don't come along very often," said defending champion Froome, who is chasing a third successive win and fourth in five years.
"This was definitely one of the most relaxed days I've ever done on the Tour de France. I've always dealt with the heat I'd say better than most people. It's the cold I normally have a problem with."
After the exertions of Wednesday, when Froome claimed third on a mountain-top finish to take the race leader's yellow jersey, the general classification riders were content to see a three-man breakaway go clear in the opening kilometre.
The trio of Vegard Stake Leangen (UAE Emirates), Perrig Quemeneur (Direct Energie) and Frederick Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) quickly established a lead of more than three minutes but with temperatures reaching 37C they toiled on the road to Troyes.
The peloton timed the catch to perfection, inside the final 3km, as the sprinters' teams brought their riders to the fore.
Edvald Boasson Hagen, who would normally have been helping out Dimension Data team-mate Mark Cavendish, was given the freedom to sprint in the absence of the injured Manxman.
And the Norwegian chanced his arm from 700 metres out. However, he was easily caught.
French champion Demare tried squeezing down the right-hand side of the road, forcing his way through a gap and causing a Katusha-Alpecin rider to hesitate and then wave his arms in frustration.
His route to the line was not as straightforward as Kittel's, who came off Demare's wheel and rode unchallenged down the middle of the road.
"I am very proud of my team - they did a great job," said the German after his 11th Tour stage win.
"We brought ourselves at the front on the key moment and kept me there. I started from a great position, a bit from behind, to see where I can go."
When asked whether he had designs on winning the green points jersey, he replied: "For sure it is in my focus."
The points classification has been won for the past five years by Peter Sagan but the Slovak's disqualification for causing Cavendish's race-ending crash on stage four has left the competition wide open.
Kittel picked up 56 points on the stage, 50 for winning and six for being 10th at the intermediate sprint, to move to 143.
He is still 27 behind FDJ rider Demare, who collected 30 for finishing second and a further 13 at the intermediate sprint.
Britain's Daniel McLay of Fortuneo, who had three-top 10 stage finishes on his debut last year, was eighth in Troyes.
Friday's stage seven is a 213.5km race from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges, which is again expected to end in a bunch sprint.
Stage six result:
1. Marcel Kittel (Ger/Quick-Step) 5hrs 05mins 34secs
2. Arnaud Demare (Fra/FDJ) ST
3. Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto)
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha)
5. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Cofidis)
6. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned/LottoNL)
7. Michael Matthews (Aus/Sunweb)
8. Daniel McLay (GB/Fortuneo)
9. Ruediger Selig (Ger/BORA)
10. John Degenkolb (Ger/Trek)
General classification after stage six:
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 23hrs 44mins 32secs
2. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) +12secs
3. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +14secs
4. Daniel Martin (Ire/Quick-Step) +25secs
5. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +39secs
6. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +43secs
7. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +47secs
8. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek) +52secs
9. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +54secs
10. Rafal Majka (Pol/Bora) +1min 01secs


A £5m fund to celebrate next year's centenary of the first British women to get the vote, has been unveiled by Chancellor Philip Hammond in the Budget.

The announcement coincides with International Women's Day.
The fund will support projects to mark the passing of the 1918 Representation of the People Act and "remind us all just how important it was."
But Labour said women are still having to fight for "economic equality".
The Act of 1918 gave some women the vote for the first time and paved the way for the introduction of universal suffrage 10 years later, which saw women win equal voting rights to men.
Mr Hammond said: "It was the decisive step in the political emancipation of women in this country and this money will go to projects to mark its significance and remind us all just how important it was."
He said the money would help educate younger people about the significance of the suffrage movement.
Meanwhile, thousands of women are expected to gather in London to campaign about their pensions. They want the government to implement fairer arrangements for women - born in the 1950s - who they say have had up to six years added to their pension age with little or no notice.
The government maintains the decision was made more than 20 years ago for equality.
Shadow equalities secretary Sarah Champion said: "It's right that we mark and celebrate the achievements of so many women who risked their homes, families and freedom to fight for democracy and economic equality."
"However, 99 years later, women are still having to fight for economic equality under this Tory government," she added.
"From cuts to universal credit and 54,000 women losing their jobs through maternity discrimination, to the treatment of thousands of women born in the 1950s who have been left with a crisis in their retirement planning, this government is systematically turning back the clock on gender economic equality."
And writing on Twitter, leader of the Women's Equality Party, Sophie Walker, said: "£5m for women's festivals? I'd rather equal pay, job opportunities, political representation and no [violence against women and girls] ".
The Women's Budget group - an independent, not-for-profit organisation monitoring the impact of government policies on men and women - suggested the £5m could be used "to analyse (the) impact of (the) budget on women".
But Sam Smethers, chief executive of women's rights charity the Fawcett Society, welcomed the funding.
She said: "We need to ensure young women and men know their suffrage history and the relevance of that struggle to tackling discrimination, harassment, and inequality that women and girls experience today."
Women had argued for - and won - new rights in the 19th Century. But without the vote, campaigners believed there was little incentive for politicians to improve the lot of women further.
Organised campaigns for women's suffrage began to appear in 1866 and from 1888 women could vote in many local council elections.
When parliamentary reform was being debated in 1867, John Stuart Mill proposed an amendment that would have given the vote to women on the same terms as men but it was rejected by 194 votes to 73. After this, the campaign gained momentum.
The movement to gain votes for women had two arms: the suffragists and the suffragettes.
In 1897, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was formed under the leadership of Millicent Fawcett. The NUWSS wanted the vote for middle class property-owning women.
They used peaceful tactics to campaign - non-violent demonstrations, petitions and the lobbying of MPs.
Born out of the suffragist movement, came the suffragettes led by Emmeline Pankhurst.
Their name was courtesy of the Daily Mail newspaper, which coined the term "suffragette" as a derogatory label for the more radical and militant members of the women's suffrage movement.
In 1903 Mrs Pankhurst decided to break with the NUWSS and set up a separate society, to include younger and working class women. This became known as the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).
Their motto was "deeds not words" and violence, hunger strikes and law-breaking became part of their campaign tactics.
In 1918 the Representation of the People Act extended the vote to all men over 21, and to some groups of women over 30.
Yet more than half of women still did not have a say in electing their government.
Campaigning would continue until 1928 when women were finally granted the vote on equal terms to men.


A Cumbria Police officer has been found guilty of causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving.

Scott Gibson, 23, died in a collision with a police van on the A590 between Melton and Lindal on 4 April 2014.
PC Patsy Blakeborough was performing a U-turn when her vehicle collided with Mr Gibson's Honda motorbike, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
The 41-year-old, of Tamar Gardens, Walney, was sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and a 12-month driving ban.
The jury heard Mr Gibson, of Barrow, suffered multiple injuries in the crash, which happened at about 10:30 BST. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Blakeborough, who denied the charge, wept in the dock after the unanimous verdict was announced.
Her defence barrister, Mark Aldred, told the court the married mother-of-two's job was "now in jeopardy".
"Her husband is a soldier who was injured on duty. She is the sole bread-winner in her family," he said.
"She has shown considerable remorse and is still emotionally affected by what has happened."
Judge Paul Batty QC called the case "truly a human tragedy" for the parties involved.
He told Blakeborough: "You made, on the night, a bad decision to do a U-turn."
During the trial, the jury was told Mr Gibson was probably speeding at the time of the crash.


Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins has left the door open to a return to the English Premier League.

Martins has scored 43 goals in 84 appearances for Seattle Sounders since joining the MLS side in March 2013.
His form in the US earned him a recall to the Super Eagles squad after more than two years' absence.
He has also attracted admirers in England, with Aston Villa making an approach for the player, according to Martins.
The striker says he rejected the approach from the Premier League's bottom side.
Bournemouth, former club Newcastle, and Sunderland are all also reportedly interested in him.
"I love the English Premier League and you never know what can happen in football," Martins told BBC Sport.
"I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow but I will never say never when it comes to going back to England.
"When I left Newcastle, I never forgot all about England and when the chance to return with Birmingham City on loan came, I took it."
Martins burst into the international limelight at Italian side Inter Milan before switching to Newcastle in August 2006. He scored 35 goals in his three seasons with the Magpies.
The striker, who has also had spells in Germany, Russia and Spain, will be remembered for scoring Birmingham City's winner in their 2-1 Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal in 2011. - the club's first silverware since 1963.
"People still talk about it everywhere I go," he said.
"Birmingham City fans truly appreciate my contribution there.
"I've won trophies elsewhere but that one was special to the club. You get the same feeling at every football club but in England. Football is very powerful.
"I enjoyed some amazing times in England and I will never close the door on a possible return."
Seattle Sounders' pre-season begins on 22 January. The English Premier League's January transfer window, meanwhile, closes on 1 February.
Martins has scored 18 goals in 41 international appearances for three-time African Champions Nigeria and was voted Africa's most promising talent in 2003 and 2004.


Security officials in Burundi say 11 policemen have been injured in overnight grenade attacks in the capital Bujumbura.

Blasts and gunfire were heard across the city during the simultaneous attacks on police posts and vehicles.
The attacks took place in districts that have seen protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's intention to seek re-election.
Since his announcement in April Burundi has also seen a failed military coup.
Police have blamed the attacks on opposition activists. A senior police official told AFP one of the officers was seriously injured.
It is possible that violence will escalate ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections next month, says the BBC's Africa Editor Mary Harper.
Burundi's main opposition leader has said he will participate in next month's presidential election if certain conditions are met.
Rights groups say at least 70 people have been killed and 500 wounded since the protests began in April, with more than 100,000 fleeing the country.
The opposition and civil societies say Mr Nkurunziza's attempt to run for office again contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms.
However, the Constitutional Court has ruled that he was first elected in 2005 by parliament, not in a popular vote, and so he is eligible to stand again.


Adam Peaty will become the first British man to win Olympic swimming gold for 28 years, says six-time world champion Mark Foster.

The five-time Olympian also predicts Team GB will collect at least five medals at Rio 2016 after a successful World Championships in Russia.
"Peaty will win the 100m breaststroke. I'll be surprised if he's beaten," said Foster.
GB had nine podiums at the Worlds to finish fourth in the medals table.
After a disappointing home Olympics in 2012 yielded just three medals and no golds, British swimming saw its flagbearer Rebecca Adlington retire and a major review of what went wrong.
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From just one medal at the World Championships in Barcelona two years ago to nine in 2015, the mood is different now.
"There was usually someone who was guaranteed to get medals which took pressure off the rest of the team. When we went to Barcelona in 2013, it was so disappointing. We didn't really have any leaders," said Foster.
"In 2012, Peaty and people like James Guy and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor were only 16 or 17. You need a couple of years for those people to grow in strength and confidence."
Foster believes swimmers benefit from spending time in the company of winners, and points to the achievements of two-time 2008 Olympic champion and mentor Adlington
"Becky helped an awful lot. People thought if Becky, the girl next door, can achieve what she has then why can't I do that?" he said.
"The biggest shift I had when I was younger was being around Adrian Moorhouse and other top swimmers.
"Any athlete or swimmer when they first start out might have the belief you want to be the best, but when you hang around the best, you realise they are just like you and it's all about applying yourself.
"They get a coffee, they eat, just like you."
Belief is the byword of the current British set-up, revamped after the 2012 review with Adlington's former head coach Bill Furniss and performance director Chris Spice instilling a "tough love" discipline.
Foster said the current squad is not prepared to rest on their laurels, unlike some in previous generations.
"I remember when I was one of the older ones and looking at some of the younger ones coming through who thought that by being on the British team they were Olympic champions," he said.
"They just had this swagger as if to say 'I've made it.' Well, no you haven't. Now they seem to have a different mindset, a different belief, and hunger.
"They see every training session and race as an opportunity. You need to think about how you gain that extra hundredth of a second. That's what's changed an awful lot."
Peaty, who led the way with 50m and 100m breaststroke world titles plus a relay gold, is a prime example of that belief. Without being arrogant, the 20-year-old from Staffordshire believes he will be Olympic champion.
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"If you turn up with the right frame of mind, then that reflects in your results," said Foster, who specialised in the 50m butterfly and freestyle events.
"If he maintains what he's doing in the 100m, they won't beat him, no chance."
Peaty's mindset and world record time should help give him a start on opponents.
"There is a slight mental edge when you think he has been half a second faster than anyone else in the world," said Foster.
"I was always looking to the other end and thinking all I've got to do is get there first. I can't affect matey in lane one. The only person you can slow down is yourself."
Coach Mel Marshall should help keep him grounded, and keep Peaty away from thinking 'Olympics, Olympics, Olympics' all the time, according to Foster.
"In your head it is a big jump because the Olympics is what everyone aspires to win," said Foster.
"But the two biggest threats I think - Cameron van der Bergh and Kevin Cordes - he has smashed before.
"The key is not to get too carried away. Mel will manage that, give him enough space and also rein him in.
"Peaty doesn't shy away from competition. He will get up and race. He's got everything, he's got the body for it, but the body and talent aren't enough. You've got to have the mindset."
One man missing in Russia was American Michael Phelps - the most decorated Olympian of all-time with 22 medals, including 18 golds.
After a six-month ban following a drink-driving conviction, he returned in April and set three new world bests at the US national championships at the weekend.
"He's the man again," said Foster. "He probably kept his hand in and when you've done that many lengths and that many miles, you don't lose it overnight.
"I think he probably had lost the hunger and then maybe thought 'What do I do next?' He's set the bar so high in swimming, how can you compare to that?
"He came out of the swimming bubble, dabbled in a few things, and wanted to come back. You miss the routine, the training element, standing on the block.
"Chad le Clos beating him at the Olympics would have hurt. He probably needed a new motivation. Now he has something to prove."
"America will be much stronger again next year. Chuck in Michael Phelps, and he will make a huge difference," said Foster.
"With Adam Peaty and James Guy, and others, I think realistically without getting too over-excited, I could see five or six medals for Britain, with one or two golds. And there could be more from the likes of Jazz Carlin, Fran Halsall and Hannah Miley.
"I'm not saying we have a hundred Michael Phelps out there - he is a one-off, a huge star, phenomenal, but we have some talented swimmers.
"It's the best British team I've ever seen, without a shadow of a doubt."


French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered a horrific leg break while performing in the vault at the Rio Olympics.

The 26-year-old's left leg folded beneath him as he landed badly during the men's qualification event.
Said, who won gold on the rings at the 2013 European Championships, was taken off on a stretcher and acknowledged the crowd as he departed.
I heard other gymnasts say 'don't look, don't look'
French team leader Corrine Moustard-Callon said: "We don't know what happened, except it was his tibia."
She added: "He is in the hospital with a doctor now. We will do more exams to see if it is just the bone.
"It is very difficult for the team. He was one of the friendliest on the team which is very difficult. He came to win a medal and gave everything."
United States gymnast Danell Leyva, the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medallist, said other gymnasts had told him not to look at Said's broken leg.
"Even though we're on different teams, we know each other and I've known Samir since I was 14," said Leyva. "It really sucks, but we have a job to do."
Highlights footage and photos of the injury are too graphic to be shown on the BBC Sport website.


Poultry in Wales will be allowed outside in a change to avian flu restrictions to allow keepers to maintain the free range status of their flocks.

The Welsh Government had ordered poultry stay indoors to protect them from a highly infectious strain of the illness.
But from Tuesday flocks will be allowed outside as long as keepers take risk-reducing measures.
Farming unions welcomed the move.
An avian flu prevention zone covering the whole of Wales was introduced last December after cases of the H5N8 strain were found in countries across Europe, including France, Germany and the Netherlands.
There have been 10 incidents across England and Wales since the restrictions came into force, with cases found in domestic birds in Pontyberem and wild birds in Llanelli and Conwy.
The original rules had prompted worries from NFU Cymru that the restrictions on poultry would damage the free-range egg and meat status of flocks.
The Welsh Government has now extended the length of the zone, which was due to expire Tuesday, to 30 April, but birds will be allowed outdoors under the condition that keepers employ a range of measures to reduce the risk of avian flu.
This includes regularly cleaning and disinfecting walkways and the fencing off and netting of ponds, and the use of dedicated footwear and clothing.
Keepers can also choose to either keep their birds indoors or keep them separate from wild birds, but all must fill in a self-assessment form to detail what they are doing to prevent their birds from getting the illness.
Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales, Dr Christianne Glossop, told BBC Wales the risk of avian flu had not gone away and there had been new cases since the restrictions were introduced.
"We are not in a position to completely lift the requirements, yet we are very mindful of the fact that we have been under these restrictions for 12 weeks now... We've learned a lot of things in that time," she said.
"We believe we understand the risks better."
One of the reasons for the change in regulations was because some poultry were not being kept indoors in "ideal circumstances", Dr Glossop said.
She said "simply keeping birds indoors will not completely protect them".
She added the Welsh Government was "trying to give our free range producers a way of continuing to protect their birds whilst maintaining their free range status".
England, unlike Wales, does not have a country-wide protection zone and restrictions only apply in high risk areas.
NFU Cymru and the Farmers' Union of Wales welcomed the measures.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after an operation involving armed police in Swansea.

South Wales Police said officers were called to the marina at about 16:45 GMT, along with the National Police Air Service helicopter and paramedics.
They later arrested the man and the force said there was no risk to the public.
Neighbourhood officers remained in the area on Monday evening to provide reassurance.


Police have started a search for a 31-year-old woman who has absconded from Cornton Vale Prison in Stirlingshire.

Amy Stewart failed to confirm her location on Saturday following a weeklong licence.
She did not return to the prison when she was due to the next day. Stewart is not thought to be a risk to members of the public.
Officers say they are currently carrying out inquiries in Glasgow, West Lothian and Stirlingshire.
Supt Kenneth Macleod said:  "We are currently looking to trace Amy Stewart, who is missing from HMP / YOI Cornton Vale, and are currently working with our colleagues at the Scottish Prison Service to locate her.
"We would like to emphasise that Stewart is not considered to be a risk to the public at this time.  Nevertheless we are keen to see her returned to Cornton Vale as soon as possible."


A half-day strike by teachers planned for Thursday has been deferred following Martin McGuinness' death.

The action by members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) was set to include a demonstration at Parliament Buildings at Stormont.
The strike was called over an ongoing pay dispute.
It has been delayed as "a mark of respect and recognition of Mr McGuinness's contribution to education", said INTO.
"Martin McGuiness was the first education minister of the devolved era and he made a hugely positive impact on the entire education sector," said the union's Northern Secretary Gerry Murphy.
"I want to extend the sympathies of the INTO to the McGuinness family, to his wife Bernie, his children and grandchildren and the wider family circle.
"His service as Education Minister was characterised by an intelligence and warmth that was accompanied by real investments in both the schools estate and the educational workforce.
"Martin attended a number of INTO Congresses and Northern Conferences. His contributions to these gatherings were insightful and at times challenging and was always warmly received," he added.


Getting your hands on a Tirupati laddoo is not easy.

To eat the famous holy sweet, given as an offering at one of India's holiest Hindu shrines, Tirumala Tirupati, you don't need to shell out a lot of money.
The temple in southern Andhra Pradesh state provides two laddoos at a subsidised cost of 10 rupees ($0.5; Â£0.1) each, and customers are allowed to buy another two at 25 rupees each.
But "allowed" is the key word here.
Actually getting your hands on the coveted sweet involves braving long queues, and procuring a high tech coupon complete with its own security code and biometric details like face recognition.
Volunteers from various banks man counters where they check the validity of each ticket and money changes hands only after potential customers pass the facial recognition tests.
The laddoo itself is a roughly fist-sized ball, made of chickpea flour, clarified butter, sugar, cashew nuts, raisins and cardamom.
The recipe is a closely guarded 300-year-old secret, and only a few cooks are given the honour and responsibility of actually making it.
They do so in a secret temple kitchen called "potu", where they make around 300,000 laddoos every day.
These high security measures are in place to check bootlegging of the holy sweets.
This is the 14th article in a BBC series India on a plate, on the diversity and vibrancy of Indian food. Other stories in the series:
The dark history behind India and the UK's favourite drink
The Indian state that is obsessed with beef fry
Why this Indian state screams for ice cream
The street food that silences even the most heated debate
How home chefs are helping uncover India's food secrets
Amma canteen: Where a meal costs only seven cents
Production is standardised.
Each of the laddoos looks the same and even the weight of each sweet is precise - the small laddoo, as soon as it is taken out of the vats and shaped into a ball, should weigh precisely 178 grams (6.2 ounces). As it cools down, this weight will reduce to 174 grams.
In 2009, the Tirupati laddoo got its own Geographical Indicator (GI) tag.
Like other GI items Champagne and Darjeeling Tea, having the tag helps in preventing others from copying the sweet or exploiting the name.
But the laddoo is not the only thing you get to eat in Tirumala. The temple also has one of the world's largest kitchens that feeds nearly 120,000 pilgrims every day.
All day, more than 1,100 staff work in the solar-powered kitchen to make piping hot breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Everything in the kitchen is massive - the pans alone are capable of frying hundreds of kilos of vegetables each. The huge steel containers fitted on trolleys can hold 1,000 litres of curry each.
With a donation corpus of over $100m, the temple kitchen trust has been running for over three decades.
The devotees who wait in endless queues for a glimpse of the god say eating here completes their pilgrimage.


A Met police officer is still running a Sussex gym with a convicted man after his employers told him to stop.

PC Glen Oliver set up a gym in Crawley with Daniel Bell, from Horley, who was convicted of GBH with three Surrey men at a retrial in Crete in September.
Robert Hughes was left brain-damaged after he was attacked in Malia in 2008.
The Metropolitan Police has told the PC his business is not compatible with his role. PC Oliver, who is appealing, said he believed he could still run the gym.
Mr Hughes, 35, a former Oxford United player, was attacked outside a nightclub, stabbed with a broken bottle, stamped on, and left in a coma.
Mr Hughes' mother, Maggie, said: "How many more times do we have to explain the courts have made a decision and the Metropolitan Police should be now looking at it seriously that this business interest should not be going on?"
The BBC has seen an email from the Metropolitan Police which states the officer is not able to continue involvement with the gym while the appeal is ongoing.
But PC Oliver told the BBC he understood he could run the gym while the appeal was pending.
He said he met Bell a long time after the assault, he had every sympathy for Robert Hughes and had asked to meet his family face-to-face.
The four attackers were originally convicted in 2012.
In 2013, PC Oliver sought permission to set up the gym.
After Mrs Hughes complained, the Metropolitan Police found no evidence of misconduct but the IPCC upheld her appeal.
Det Con Leanne Henery, who was also involved in the opening of the gym, has ended her association with the facility.
Six weeks ago, the four attackers were convicted at a retrial and each given a three-year suspended jail term.
A police spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has informed the officer that this business interest is not compatible with the role of a serving Metropolitan Police officer.
"The officer is appealing this decision; the outcome of this appeal awaits."


One of Northern Ireland's richest men who died in a helicopter crash that killed three others had been warned about fog beforehand, an inquest heard.

Tory peer Lord Ballyedmond, 70, died in March 2014 when the helicopter came down near the estate he owned in Gillingham, Norfolk.
Pilot Capt Carl Dickerson, 36, co-pilot Capt Lee Hoyle, 45, and foreman Declan Small, 42, also died.
A jury inquest into their deaths has opened in Norwich.
The Agusta Westland AW139 crashed in thick fog shortly after take off from Gillingham Hall, near the Suffolk town of Beccles.
The hearing was told Mr Dickerson, of Thornton, Lancashire, had warned the helicopter needed to take off "no later than 7pm" because of the bad weather.
However, it did not take off until 19:22 GMT because Lord Ballyedmond, also known as Dr Edward Haughey, had been overseeing the hanging of pictures as part of his renovation of Gillingham Hall.
Ciara Cunningham, Dr Haughey's diary secretary, confirmed to the hearing he had received the message and would have had no problem following Mr Dickerson's advice.
"He very much valued the opinion of experts in their field," she added.
His personal assistant Madeleine Irwin, also said in a statement: "Lord Ballyedmond would never insist on flying when a pilot said they could not fly."
The peer lived at Ballyedmond Castle in Co Down, Northern Ireland.
He was chairman and founder of Norbrook Laboratories, the largest privately-owned pharmaceutical company in the world, and had a range of other business interests.
His son Edward told the inquest he last spoke to him as the helicopter was about to take off.
He added: "He was joking and said 'I better do what I'm told or I'll get in trouble with the boys'."
The timing of the flight had been arranged around Mr Small, of Mayobridge, Co Down, who was a valued employee and had a concert to attend the following day, he said.
Mr Dickerson's widow Paula said in a statement: "The accident shook my world and took the love of my life from me."
Mr Hoyle's widow Georgina, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, said the former soldier was a conscientious man who would not take chances with safety.
"He was my best friend and losing him left our family devastated," she added.
An Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report has already found the crash may have been triggered by an error in perception along with a lack of training and procedures to handle the flight.
The hearing continues.


Antiques Roadshow experts say a Faberge ornament they recently valued could be one of the most significant finds in the show's history.

Jewellery expert Geoffrey Munn valued the intricate Faberge object at about £1m, The Express and Star reports.
The show was filmed at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, on Wednesday and will be aired later this year on BBC One.
The Antiques Roadshow team is currently filming its 40th anniversary series.
The show's executive producer Simon Shaw said the ornament, which is shaped like a stem of flowers, was likely to be one of the show's most expensive valuations.
Builder Dan Bansal, 50, from Hagley, observed the valuation and told the Express & Star Mr Munn was stunned by the quality of the ornament.
"The expert said it's probably the second time he's ever done that type of valuation," he said.
"I think he was reluctant to say £1 million and nervous to say it was worth that much."
Mr Shaw said: "We've had one of the most significant jewellery finds in 40 years of Antiques Roadshow history - but we don't want to spoil the surprise."
The series will be aired in the autumn.


The Turkish parliament has agreed to give the police sweeping new powers - but only after weeks of long debate, punch-ups between MPs and sit-in protests.

The controversial new security bill is expected to be approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The police will have the right to conduct stop-and-search, detain people for up to 48 hours without court orders and use firearms against demonstrators carrying petrol bombs or other "injurious weapons". Critics say that could mean a firecracker or a simple slingshot.
Demonstrators who are masked, for example with a scarf, could face up to five years in prison. Governors - who are appointed by the government - would be given the right to order police investigations.
The government argues the measures are needed for security and protection from violent protests and are in line with European standards. The opposition says the bill, if approved, is bound to turn Turkey into a police state.
It comes at a sensitive time for Turkish domestic politics. A general election will be held on 7 June and peace talks to end three decades of Kurdish insurgency have faltered recently, as splits emerged between the governing AK Party and Mr Erdogan over how to proceed.
The Kurds are particularly wary of the new bill, saying it could be used specifically to target them. It was introduced after pro-Kurdish protests in October, in which almost 50 people died.
Mehmet Ersoy, an MP in the ruling, Islamist-rooted AKP, says those protests convinced the government to adopt extra police measures in order to "stop provocations".
The bill would have a positive impact on the peace process, he told the BBC.
"Let's see who really wants peace. Let's take the masked vandals with Molotov cocktails off the scene," he said. "We just want to stop the violence."
However, Ertugrul Kurkcu, an MP from the pro-Kurdish party HDP, does not share that optimism.
"If the gendarmerie, who will now be under the interior ministry, or the police rely on the powers granted to them and try to intimidate, pressurise or use violence against people, that will damage the peace atmosphere. There will no longer be a suitable climate for peace talks - neither politically, nor psychologically," he said.
The main opposition CHP party plans to launch a constitutional court challenge to the bill soon.
Akif Hamzacebi, a CHP member of parliament, argues that the bill's main aim is to crush public dissent and prevent a "second wave of unrest similar to the Gezi events" - the anti-government protests that took place in June 2013.
"The government is extending police powers in order to control dissent. However, such bills fuel more dissent," he said.
Amnesty International has condemned the bill, and the US State Department has expressed concern.
State department spokesman Jeff Rathke said: "We believe curbs on freedom of assembly weaken rather than strengthen democratic societies."
Last week the Turkish parliament also passed a bill that would allow the government to ban access to websites "threatening lives, public order or people's freedom" even before seeking a court order.
Mr Erdogan tolerates little dissent and more than 70 people have faced legal action for insulting him since he became the country's president last August.
Those who have been prosecuted include a 13-year-old for a Facebook post, several students, satirical cartoonists, a Miss Turkey beauty queen and an actress.