Disability campaigners in Wales have called for bus companies to be forced to provide at least two wheelchair spaces.

Current rules require only one space for firms to comply with the Equality Act.
Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People chairman Simon Green said transport companies will always do the legal minimum.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been asked to comment.
Bus companies said an additional wheelchair space was possible, but would result in reduced capacity, requiring increased tax-payer subsidies on some routes.
In January, the Supreme Court ruled bus companies had to consider further steps when disabled spaces are occupied by pushchairs.
However, even when pushchairs are not in the disabled space of a bus, there can sometimes be a capacity issue.
Mr Green said an increase in wheelchair users meant the rules should change.
He said: "Accessibility on buses has vastly improved. When I first started using a wheelchair I was lucky if I could get on any bus.
"The vast majority of buses, with my very-lightweight wheelchair, I can get onboard it without a problem.
"The problem is that, if I'm onboard, very often someone else in a wheelchair can't get onboard."
He said some buses have two spaces but often a bar does not leave room for a wheelchair and a push chair or two wheelchairs, which is a "huge issue".
Mr Green called for "bigger, wider" spaces with fold-down seats toward the front of the bus, to allow for flexibility.
"I think the law and the regulations should be changed. I think each bus should be able to carry at least two people in wheelchairs," he added.
The plea came after two women in Monmouthshire told BBC Wales they no longer use public transport, after being stranded when the single wheelchair space was already occupied on the last bus home.
Bethan Watkins, from Raglan, tries to regularly catch a bus to and from Abergavenny, which runs every two hours.
She said on one occasion when the wheelchair space was already taken on the last bus home she was left stranded.
"I was left at the bus stop with very little charge on my phone and I didn't think I was going to be able to get home.
"It really did knock my confidence and after the first time I got stranded I barricaded myself in the house and I didn't want to come out."
Phil Anslow, whose company runs the Monmouth-to-Abergavenny route Ms Watkins uses, said he understood the difficulties faced by disabled people, as his father was also a wheelchair user.
He told BBC Wales putting an extra wheelchair space on the bus was not a problem, but it would impact on capacity for other users because of DfT regulations.
"At the end of the day we are a bus service company - we carry people from A to B.
"The more people we carry the better for everybody, but we can only do what the law allows us to do," he said.
Sarah Griffiths, from Abergavenny, said she tried to board a bus from Abergavenny to Cwmbran last month but was refused because another wheelchair user was already onboard.
"It really put me off - I've got to have a taxi everywhere.
"There are quite a few people who have the same problem and it's happening time and time again. They apologise, but it just keeps happening," she said.
A spokesman for Stagecoach, which runs the route, said the company would investigate the incident.
"We recognise that different passengers have different requirements and we work with bus manufacturers to make sure our vehicles are accessible to as many customer groups as possible.
"We have been commended on our approach by disability groups and we work closely with them on improving our services.
"Over the past decade, we have also invested more than Â£1bn in new accessible buses, which benefit wheelchair users, customers with restricted mobility and families with young children."
The Department for Transport is yet to comment.
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in January, it said "public transport should be accessible to all" and it would consider the ruling.
"We are working with operators, disability groups and local authorities to ensure that disabled people can easily get onto buses," the DfT added at the time.


Police have released new images of a man they want to talk to in connection with an acid attack in east London.

Two people were left with "life-changing" injuries when a corrosive substance was thrown on to them through their car windows.
Cousins Resham Khan and Jameel Muhktar had been celebrating Ms Khan's 21st birthday before the attack.
John Tomlin, 24, is described as white, 6ft tall, of stocky build and with short fair hair.
The new images show Mr Tomlin, who has distinctive hand and face tattoos, entering a shop in Romford on 3 July.
Mr Tomlin is also known to frequent the Canning Town area.
Ms Khan, a student at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Mr Muhktar suffered severe burns to the face and body in the attack on 21 June.
"Within seconds, my cousin started screaming. Her eyes were blistered, her face started melting. My face started melting", Mr Muhktar said.
According to police, they had stopped at traffic lights when the man approached them and threw the toxic substance at Ms Khan through the window.
The attacker then circled around the car and threw more of the acid at Mr Muhktar, before eventually fleeing the scene.
Mr Muhktar, 37, had to be temporarily placed in an induced coma to treat his injuries.
"I'm in a really bad way. I'm going to be scarred for life. I can't walk properly, I can't hear properly, I can't sleep", he said.
Police said the incident is being treated as a hate crime.


A stately home that launched an appeal for peahens to mate with its "frustrated" peacocks has said it hopes to welcome some chicks this summer.

The male birds at Kirby Hall in Corby, Northamptonshire, had fanned out their tail feathers at squirrels, park benches and bins last year, said staff.
Two peahens have since been donated and have settled among the flock.
Site manager Beryl Spearman said: "I am really pleased. It's so kind of people to think of us."
The home lost some of its peahens to a fox two years ago but now it has seven peacocks and nine peahens, which is the "right balance".
One donated peahen had been found roaming in a built-up area of the county, while the other was handed over as her mate had died and her owner, who lived near Milton Keynes, said she was lonely.
"It's good they have settled as they might have left, so they are quite happy," said Mrs Spearman.
"It's now mating season and the boys are displaying their feathers, so who knows what might happen.
"Any time now the hens might start to lay and the eggs will hatch in early June so we might have some chicks."
Peacocks have lived in the hall's grounds since it was built in the 17th Century.


Fossils from the biggest ocean-living crocodile ever found have been discovered by scientists in the Tunisian desert.

Italian scientists found a skull as well as some smaller bones.
It's believed the creature was almost ten metres long, weighing three tons, making it the biggest ever crocodile to live in the ocean.
They have named the new discovery Machimosaurus rex.
With its massive skull scientists say it would have had a strong bite, hunting large turtles and fish, and even catching land animals that came too close to the water.


Government borrowing fell in the first six months of the financial year, official figures have shown.

Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was £46.3bn between April and September, down £7.5bn, or 13.9%, from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported.
In September, borrowing was £9.4bn, down £1.6bn from a year earlier.
In July, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast the figure for the whole year would be £69.5bn.
That would be down 22.9% from the estimate of £89.2bn from 2014-15.
There was good news for the chancellor, as August's borrowing figure was revised down by £500m and July's was lowered by £2.5bn, although the figures for April and May both increased by £800m.
Analysis: Andy Verity, economics correspondent
September's public sector finances look encouraging at first sight. The government's still spending far more than its income of course. To make up the difference, it's had to borrow £46.3bn in the first six months of the financial year (April to September). But that is £7.5bn less than last year and better than most analysts expected.
This must be because of spending cuts, right?
Wrong. Spending has gone up. Departments spent 0.8% more on goods and services than last year. And spending on social benefits increased, largely because of spending on state pensions (where the triple lock promises a rise of at least 2.5% in the basic state pension).
No, it was higher tax receipts that improved the position. Income tax, national insurance and VAT receipts grew faster than the economy - by at least 4%. And, notably, corporation tax receipts rose by 7.9%.
But while there has been a cut in the amount the government has to borrow to cover its spending, it's not deep enough to hit the target. The chancellor is aiming to get borrowing down to £69.5bn for the whole year, a 23% cut. So far this year, in spite of the improved tax receipts, it's only down by 14%.
The ONS warns it is hard to use the figures for the year so far to estimate whether the government is on track to meet the OBR forecast.  There are still six months of data to come, and much depends on the spike in tax receipts that is usually seen in January.
Vicky Redwood at Capital Economics said: "If the current trend continues, borrowing in 2015-16 as a whole will come in at about £78bn, much lower than 2014-15's total.
"Admittedly, this would be above the OBR's forecast... but there is still plenty of the fiscal year to go. So there's no need for the chancellor to panic yet."
However, Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics said: "The fiscal consolidation is still not going to plan and we think the chancellor will have to announce more austerity in time if he is to achieve his goal of a budget surplus by 2019-20."


Georgia Williams was not Jamie Reynolds' first intended victim but she was the one to pay the ultimate price when he turned his morbid sexual fantasies into a reality.

He murdered the trusting Telford 17-year-old to fulfil his long-standing desire to hang a girl and sexually assault her body, the judge jailing him for a whole-life term said.
It was that same desire he focused on Jadine Dunning, who says she feels lucky to be alive after Reynolds doctored school photographs of her to look like she had been hanged.
"I won't get those images out of my head now," said Jadine, who is best friends with Georgia's elder sister Scarlett.
"He had put a red noose around the neck, bulging eyes, bright lipstick on the lips.
"I was stunned. I could not believe it. I was disgusted. I didn't know how I felt. I froze really.
"I just keep thinking what if it was me, what if he had killed me."
She said: "I knew him for five years. He was in my class. He was always a little bit odd but you would never have imagined anything like this.
"He was quite quiet, quite reserved. He kept himself to himself.
"I think what he's done stemmed from a very early age. I know he was torturing neighbours' pets."
Reynolds, 23, from Wellington in Telford, Shropshire, harboured a fascination for hanging, strangulation and necrophilia from at least the age of 15, a court heard.
By the time he was 22, having amassed 16,800 images and 72 videos of sexual violence, he had progressed to murder.
He had written 40 stories about fatal attacks on girls he knew and he had drawn nooses onto copies of their Facebook photos.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Katina Anagnostakis, who assessed Reynolds after his murder arrest, described him as experiencing recurrent intense sexual fantasies involving violent sadism.
She said he had a propensity to access such material through the internet, by writing stories and by seeking to enact them.
Reynolds had previously told therapists he found images of strangulation arousing and had experimented with asphyxiation using a plastic bag, a report said.
Had Georgia's parents had any inkling of Reynolds' dangerous desires they would never have let their daughter go to his house. But they were completely in the dark.
Her mother Lynnette Williams, said: "It didn't worry me it was Jamie Reynolds because Jamie had been down here before.
"We knew him, we had known him for quite a few years.
"He was in a social circle of friends so it wasn't anything we were alarmed about.
"We knew he lived just up the road in a house similar to ours, so it was all okay as far as we were awareâ€¦. She left here at 19:55 BST. We know at 20:20 BST she was dead."
Reynolds had tricked Georgia into going to his house for an artistic photoshoot involving a simulation hanging, by writing to her on social media, the court heard.
He said: "You would be standing on a box. I would edit that out on the computer so it would look like you were floating."
But he had written a story entitled: "Georgia Williams in Surprise" which detailed exactly what he intended to do.
Photographs found on Reynolds' hard drive show the last pictures of Georgia alive, smiling and posing with a red rope around her neck.
The next series of photographs show her dead.
Reynolds became one of the youngest in British criminal history to be sentenced to a whole life term in prison.
But Georgia's family say they have been given a life sentence of heartbreak, pain and torment without her.


L'Wren Scott, a designer and the girlfriend of Sir Mick Jagger, has been found dead in her New York City flat.

Scott, 49, was found at 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) by her assistant.
Police are treating it as a suicide, although the medical examiner has yet to determine an official cause of death.
A spokesman for Sir Mick said the Rolling Stones singer was "completely shocked and devastated" by Scott's death.
The band is currently on tour in Australia.
Scott, born Luann Bambrough, was raised by adoptive parents in the US state of Utah.
She began her career as a model in Paris, then moved to Los Angeles to become a fashion stylist, according to a biography on her company's website.
She and Sir Mick began dating in 2001. She founded her own fashion label in 2006.
Scott's death comes a month after she cancelled a show at London Fashion Week, saying production delays had left key pieces unready for the show.
As news of her death spread, tributes rolled in from around the fashion world.
Fashion website Style.com praised her as "skilled in costume design" and said she was responsible for Sir Mick's performance outfits on the Rolling Stones' current tour.
"Rest in peace, L'Wren Scott. You'll forever be missed," wrote designer Marc Jacobs on Twitter.
Steven Colb, chief executive officer of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, wrote, "So very sad today. L'Wren Scott was such a great talent and beautiful person. My thoughts are with her loved ones."


Welsh heavyweight boxer Kody Davies has signed with manager Gary Lockett as he begins his professional career.

The 23-year-old from Blackwood is a three-time amateur Welsh champion and 2015 British champion, and represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Davies left GB Boxing's World Class Performance Programme in March and is now being trained by former WBA super-lightweight champion Gavin Rees.
"Kody is a very promising young fighter," Lockett said.
"He's actually being trained by Gavin Rees so he's in great hands.
"I understand he had offers off loads of people to turn pro, but Gavin has brought him to me to manage him.
"That's flattering at the very least, so I'm really excited about Kody's future."
Former WBU middleweight holder Lockett trained Rees towards the end of his career, which saw Rees win British and European titles as well as facing Adrien Broner for the WBC lightweight belt.
'The Rocket' is looking forward to working again with Rees, who now coaches out of Pantside ABC, and his new charge Davies who he met by chance.
"Kody was boxing at the Welsh Championships and a meeting between him and Gavin happened accidentally really, because Kody didn't have anyone to work his corner in one fight so Gavin stepped in," Lockett said.
"They hit it off straight away and they've been together ever since. It's a good relationship.
"Gavin was with me for a number of fights, so we're working together again and I'm thoroughly looking forward to it."
Lockett revealed that Davies will switch weight class in the professional ranks after advice from Rees.
"He was looking at being cruiserweight but Gavin told him in no uncertain terms that he's not big enough for that, so he's stripping down to light-heavy," Lockett added.
"I think he's going to be British champion at the very least and anything else is a bonus.
"I think if you turn pro and win a British title you've done really well... but Gavin rates him really highly and he can go all the way."
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RGC 1404 battled to a 15-11 victory over Pontypridd in the National Cup final to lift the trophy for the first time at the Principality Stadium.

Tiaan Loots and Ross Davies scored the North Walians' tries, with Jacob Botica kicking five points.
Lewis Williams crossed for Pontypridd while teenager Ben Jones landed two penalties in a tense final.
Earlier Penallta won the Plate final on a try-count and Shane Williams' Amman United took the Bowl.
The two sets of Cup final supporters created a noisy atmosphere with Pontypridd fans enjoying their 12th final while the North Wales newcomers were tasting the experience for the first time.
South African centre Loots' try from Botica's inside pass helped put RGC ten points up in the second quarter.
But Ponty pulled back to 10-8 at the interval as wing Lewis Williams made the most of an opportunist quick throw-in, with opposite number Rhys Williams in the sin-bin.
Jones nudged them ahead with his second penalty on 45 minutes, after veteran player-coach Phil John was harshly yellow-carded for a  ruck offence.
But fellow prop Davies was awarded RGC's second try by the TMO eight minutes later, in a pile of bodies on the line.
That proved enough for the team coached by former Wales wing Mark Jones to hold on through a tense scoreless final quarter, and take their first top-flight club honours.
Botica, son of former All-Black Frano, was named man of the match.
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The second-tier Plate trophy went to Penallta on a 2-1 try-count after a 16-16 draw with battling Ystalyfera, who had flanker Jesse Patton sent off after 20 minutes.
Maxfield George's 79th-minute corner try for the Pitmen was decisive after Joe Scrivens' two early penalties and a Corey Tucker try.
Steffan Castle kicked 11 points for their Swansea Valley opponents, who were also awarded a penalty try.
Former Wales wing Shane Williams scored the opening try and had a hand in three others as Amman United beat Caerphilly 43-31 in the third-tier Bowl, with scrum-half Joel Foster kicking 23 points.


Ofcom has announced it will not investigate complaints from viewers about this year's Comic Relief.

The broadcasting regulator received 338 complaints in total about the telethon.
Of those, 117 were for "sexual material" in a sketch which saw Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer interview Susanna Reid.
But Ofcom said the comedy sketches "were inexplicit and consistent with the live, unpredictable format of this established charity programme".
The regulator told the BBC it had "carefully considered" the complaints, adding: "We recognise that some of the comedy sketches were not to everyone's taste."
The Reeves and Mortimer sketch saw the comedy duo interview Reid, with Reeves apparently brandishing a prosthetic penis from under a kilt.
Reid, who co-presents ITV's Good Morning Britain, later tweeted: "Well. That was an experience" - complete with a red-faced emoji.
She added that she "wasn't looking" when Reeves sat with his legs open while asking innuendo-laden questions about whether or not she had seen new film Kong.
There were also 49 complaints about a video showing a child dying of malaria.
Ofcom said: "We found that images of a child suffering from malaria, while potentially distressing, were suitably limited and likely to have been within most viewers' expectations of a fundraising programme."
The segment 'innuendo bingo' drew 22 complaints, while there were also 10 complaints about swearing in a sketch featuring sitcom star Mrs Brown.
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A blue plaque honouring a cricketer whose name inspired author PG Wodehouse's butler Jeeves has been unveiled.

Percy Jeeves played for the Goole Cricket Club and professionally for Warwickshire and Hawes before his death in World War One in July 1916.
PG Wodehouse used his name for the immaculate valet after seeing him play at Cheltenham in 1913.
The plaque is on the corner of Manuel Street, Goole, where Jeeves lived.
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It was organised by the Goole Civic Society and unveiled by his great nephew Keith Mellard.
Mr Mellard, 79, said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be unveiling the plaque.
"His brother, Alec Jeeves, was my grandfather. He used to talk about him a lot and I grew up feeling I knew him.
"To be honoured in this way is very exciting."
Margaret Hicks-Clarke, chair of the society, said: "We could think of no finer person to honour with our first blue plaque, being unveiled in the anniversary year of Percy Jeeves's death.
"He was a great cricketer and a brave soldier who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country."
Jeeves, who was born in 1888 near Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, grew up in Goole before playing county cricket for Warwickshire.
Mrs Hicks-Clarke said: "His father had moved to Goole to work on the railways at the start of the 1900s and Percy lived in a little terraced house with his family."
Comic novelist PG Wodehouse brought the Jeeves character to life in a series of short stories and books in which the knowledgeable and perceptive butler helped his master Bertie Wooster cope with life's vagaries.
The plaque, which is placed on the Oddfellows building at the corner of Manuel Street and Boothferry Road, has been funded by the Goole and District Lottery, Goole Town Cricket Club and the PG Wodehouse Society.


Party buses, limousines and rickshaws should be governed by the same rules as London black cabs, councils have said.

The Local Government Association (LGA) said current legislation was "confusing" and "utterly outdated".
It has called for the drivers of speciality and novelty vehicles to be vetted for criminal records and for their vehicles to be safety compliant.
It said a single licensing scheme would also allow councils to ban rip-off operators too.
Last month, a rickshaw driver was filmed trying to charge tourists Â£206 for a mile-long ride from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch.
London mayor Boris Johnson said pedicab drivers should not be allowed "to take advantage of" passengers in this way and renewed his call for greater regulation.
"Party limousines, party buses and rickshaws are growing in popularity and it is imperative drivers and vehicles come under the same rigorous scrutiny as licensed taxis," said Councillor Tony Page, the licensing spokesman for LGA.
He said there ought to be a consistent and fair approach towards vehicle licensing. "While there are many reputable firms, it is vital a few rogue operators do not drag down the sector."
Vehicle licensing regulations, source: Local Government Association
The LGA said any future legislation should be based on the Law Commission's draft bill published last year, to make the licensing regime "fit for the 21st Century."
Rickshaws operate legally but without regulation in London.
Mr Johnson is lobbying government to give Transport for London extra powers to introduce regulation in this area, his spokesman said.
There is a voluntary code that rickshaw drivers can sign up to via the The London Pedicap Operators Association (LPOA) that works with Transport for London, the mayor's office and the Metropolitan Police.
A spokesman for the LPOA said rickshaws had been operating in London since 1998 and added vibrancy and colour to London's streets, as well as emission-free transport.


A winner of The Apprentice television programme is to stand for Parliament in the upcoming general election.

Michelle Dewberry is running as an independent in the Hull West and Hessle constituency.
The Hull-born business consultant was chosen as the winner of the 2006 series by Sir Alan Sugar.
Labour's Alan Johnson announced he was stepping down as an MP at the election after holding the seat for almost 20 years.
Ms Dewberry said she was providing an alternative to voters who supported the UK leaving Europe, but did not support other Conservative policies.
"As a Brexiteer, I will give these voters an option of supporting the Tory Brexit, without the compromise of the other policies and to truly stand for Hull and Hessle's needs," she said.
Other declared candidates in Hull West and Hessle include Emma Hardy for Labour, Claire Thomas for the Liberal Democrats and Gary Shores for UKIP.


The role by women in building Waterloo Bridge during World War Two has been officially recognised for the first time as part of its listed status.

Waterloo Bridge, built between 1937 and 1945, has Grade II listed status.
Historian Christine Wall uncovered new evidence of the largely forgotten contribution by women.
Information about how women worked on the design and build is now included on the bridge's listing on the National Heritage List for England.
A campaign by heritage minster Tracey Crouch, to recognise the role of women in building historic places, led to the recognition as part of her #builtbywomen push.
The move could lead to further recognition of the role of women on the 400,000-strong list of England's protected buildings and sites.
Ms Crouch said: "This is a wonderful opportunity to ensure our great female engineers are properly recognised.
"This project will show the remarkable achievements of the women who broke conventions to help build Britain and inspire the next generation of female engineers, architects and builders."
Emily Gee at Historic England said women had "always" been involved in engineering, through patronage, design, labour, craftsmanship, alteration and decoration.
She said: "These roles have historically been overlooked, but as important research, understanding and awareness reveals their hands, it can illuminate many fascinating and inspiring stories."
The move marks National Women in Engineering Day.


Work is under way on Flintshire Bridge which links Connah's Quay and Shotton to a major industrial estate, Wirral and Chester.

Maintenance on the cable-stayed bridge on the A548 over the River Dee will see it closed to traffic for several weekends in the coming two months.
The bridge crossing will also be reduced to one lane during weekdays.
Restrictions will be lifted during the Wales Rally GB in the second week of November.
Highways network manager Barry Wilkinson said: "We appreciate these works may cause some inconvenience but ask for the patience of the travelling public whilst this essential maintenance is carried out."


Photographs of Peking, now known as Beijing, made by Thomas Child in the 1870s and 1880s are to go on show in London's Chinatown as part of Asian Art in London season.

More than 30 original photographs from the Stephan Loewentheil Historical Photography of China Collection, the largest holding of historical photographs of China in private hands, are included in the show. During two decades as a resident, Child documented life in the city with his camera.
Here we present a selection of the work in the exhibition at China Exchange.
This photograph by Thomas Child,  titled Mongolian Lama, is one of the earliest photographic portraits of a religious figure in Peking. In the 19th century, the term lama referred to any Tibetan Buddhist monk or teacher. The lama and his pupil both hold prayer beads and bundles of sutras in their laps. Displayed neatly on the table are bronze sculptures and sacred Tibetan ritual objects including a skull cup.
This is an early photograph of Jade Belt Bridge, or Moon Bridge, located on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing on the western shore of Kunming Lake.  The elegant high arch bridge is a traditional Chinese design. The arch was constructed high enough to allow passage of the Emperor's dragon boat. On special occasions the Emperor and Empress travelled on Kunming Lake passing under this bridge.
Child took this photograph of the Marble Boat, or the Boat of Purity and Ease, in the 1870s, after it suffered damage from the Second Opium War. Child noted: "At one time there was a summer house on it, but it has entirely disappeared." The base of the boat is made of solid stone. It originally supported a traditional Chinese wooden pavilion that was burned down during the conflict in 1860. The pavilion was rebuilt in 1893, decades after this photograph was taken.
This photograph depicts late Qing dynasty commerce in the Chinese city of Peking. In his description of the scene, Child points out some of what is shown in the photograph.  He explains that there is a "kettle in the fire for making tea, next to that is a shop that deals in cotton wool with its sign of wool balls hanging out and the fine-looking shop with the man standing at the door is a pastry cook's."
As a photographer, Child also mentions that: "The only chance of taking these scenes is when the roads are deep in mud and the people cannot crowd round the camera." Photography was a new technology in 1870 and the camera was intriguing and drew streams of onlookers.
Child took a series of three photographs relating to late Qing dynasty marriage customs. This one depicts the granddaughter of Zeng Goufan, a high-ranking Han Chinese official, seated next to her groom. Child describes this photograph: "Weddings are one of the stock ceremonies of the world, and every country has its own customs. In China the bridal colour is scarlet. This bride wore a scarlet satin coat embroidered with gold thread, with a skirt to match, her head dress was a mass of scarlet, gold and pearls."
It is interesting to note that on the reverse of this print is a German inscription that describes the bride as the "daughter of the dead Marquis Tsching".
The Azure Cloud Temple, constructed during the Yuan dynasty, is located on the eastern slope of Fragrant Hill in west Beijing. The photograph shows a 19th century view of the archway at the entrance to the white marble pagoda, the largest pagoda of its kind in China.
Though Child spoke Chinese, local guides were essential to his photographic endeavours.
While in China, Child was employed by the Imperial Maritime Customs Service as an engineer. He is quick to note early Chinese ingenuity and craftsmanship.
In his description of this photograph of an early astronomical instrument, Child states that the instrument is one of the finest pieces of bronze in China, saying: "Being made in the 13th century enhances its merit and adds further proof of the skill of the ancient Chinese."
This is one of the earliest photographs depicting 19th-century travellers of the Silk Road in China. Child explains that the camels "carry coal and lime into the City from the Western Hills, and merchandise between Peking and Mongolia".
This is an early photograph of an expansive portion of the Great Wall of China that leads to Mongolia. In modern times, the Chinese government has made a great effort to reforest many areas of the countryside. This section of the Great Wall is now surrounded by trees on both sides.
This is a 19th century view of the front gate of the Imperial City. Child explains in his description of the photographs: "The gate only opened on special state occasions for the Emperor to pass through. On the occasion of the marriage of the Emperor, the whole of the procession passed through this gate. The whole of the great traffic in and out of the Ch'ien men, has to pass round this enclosure."
Qing Dynasty Peking: Thomas Child's Photographs runs from 10-15 November at China Exchange, 32a Gerrard Street, London.


Four men have been arrested in London as part of an investigation into Islamist-related terrorism, Scotland Yard has said.

Whitehall officials told the BBC the arrests "may have foiled the early stages" of a plan to attack the UK.
The four men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism.
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said it was a "quite serious case".
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said Whitehall officials were unable to comment on the nature of the potential plot they say may have been foiled.
Officials said the investigation was in its early stages and interviews and searches were ongoing, our correspondent added.
Those arrested were taken to police stations in central London and remain in custody. Officials said one individual had spent time in Syria.
A number of residential addresses and vehicles are continuing to be searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation.
Firearms officers assisted in one of the arrests but no shots were fired.
A 21-year-old who was Tasered by officers was not injured and did not require medical treatment, police said.
Speaking to BBC London, Mr Hogan-Howe said police were having to be more proactive around terrorism, which he said was being linked to conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
"It is difficult to talk in a great deal of detail about it, but it is a quite serious case and it's one of a series of arrests that we've had over the last few weeks, which taken together for me confirm that the drumbeat around terrorism has changed.
"It's a more intense drumbeat. We're having to be more interventionist and a lot of it is linked back to Syria and Iraq," he said.


Munster will be investigated over their management of Conor Murray's head injury in the European Champions Cup victory over Glasgow on Saturday.

Scrum-half Murray took a heavy blow to the head in a tackle but was allowed to return to the field after belatedly being sent for an assessment.
However, Munster say Murray showed no signs of concussion.
Recently, Northampton were found to have breached rules by allowing George North to play on after a head injury.
Sale are currently being investigated for an incident involving TJ Ioane.
European Cup organisers confirmed to BBC Sport that an Untoward Incident Review Group will convene early this week to decide whether Munster had broken concussion management protocols.
Munster insist Murray was assessed at the time of the incident and did not appear to be concussed.
The club said upon further review of the footage by Munster medics, he was removed for a head-injury assessment as a precaution. He passed that and returned to the field of play and subsequently passed a second head-injury assessment after the match.
The 14-12 victory over Glasgow means Munster are now guaranteed to top Pool One, sealing a quarter-final place in Europe's elite tournament for the 16th time in 22 seasons.


A defaced mural by the graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in an exhibition at an art gallery in Nottingham.

The Jamaican artist who created the installation claims to have been the first person to reveal Banksy's identity, by photographing him in 2004.
Peter Dean Rickards bought the wall which featured the mural from a bar in Kingston and intentionally smashed it.
The exhibition, at the New Art Exchange, celebrates 50 years of Jamaican independence.
Curator of the exhibition Rachael Barrett said: "Most Jamaican people didn't really understand why it [the mural] would be a valuable work of art.
"The artist, Peter Dean [Rickards], is questioning this fake sense of value and obsession with celebrity we've got."
The mural was a version of Banksy's Balloon Girl. Mr Rickards paid about Â£1,500 for the wall "in cash and rum", Ms Barrett said.
Banksy is thought to have painted it in Jamaica's capital in 2004.
Mr Rickards claims to have photographed Banksy at work while he was in Kingston.
In 2008 the Mail on Sunday claimed to have worked out Banksy's identity from one of the photos, and named him as former public school pupil Robin Gunningham.
Also in 2008, it was reported that Mr Rickards had allowed a dog to defecate on the artwork after he bought the wall.
A video of him removing the mural plays on loop alongside the installation in Nottingham.
The smashed wall is displayed in the corner of a room, which has been made to look like the garage in which it was stored for several years after being cut down.
Mr Rickards is quoted in the exhibition notes as saying: "That was done by a guy in the UK named Banksy.
"The white people love him there and he sells stuff like that for thousands of pounds. Lets cut it down!"
The exhibition, called I Is AnOther, is on until 8 December.


Ever wondered what the top footballers do on holiday?

10 July 2017 Last updated at 09:48 BST
Well, two Brazil stars got together to host a five-a-side football tournament in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.
Barcelona's Neymar and Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus wowed the crowd with their tricks and skills.
Looks like they could beat most teams by themselves - watch this!
Pictures from Smaragd medi/SNTV


Net migration to Britain down 81,000 to 246,000 in year to March 2017, lowest for three years - official estimates

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Suspected cannabis and a phone SIM card intended to be smuggled into a prison have been found in the playground of a neighbouring primary school.

It is thought someone tried to throw the items over the wall of HMP Bristol but they rebounded and fell into the playground at Bishop Road Primary.
Parents were warned that "illicit items" had been found in a letter from the deputy head.
Bishop Road Primary School told the BBC it did not want to comment.
One mother told the BBC: "It really concerns me that things like this are being found in the playground."
"I don't want my child touching these sorts of things. We're waiting to hear what the school and prison are going to do about it."
Bishop Road Primary backs onto HMP Bristol in Horfield, a category B men's prison, with some young offenders.
The school's deputy head Joe Emissah wrote to parents on Wednesday, praising the prison for its work with the school.
But he added: "Recently there have been a number of incidents in which items intended to be illicitly passed over the prison wall to inmates, have found their way into the Silverthorne playground.
"I am proud to say that children at Bishop Road always impress staff, parents and visitors alike with their great maturity, awareness and responsibility in raising any concerns of this nature."
Avon and Somerset Police said they were using dogs and officers to search people coming into the prison, which has security cameras on its perimeter.
Inspector Mark Runacres said: "We believe someone has tried to get these items into the prison by attempting to throw them over the prison wall.
"We always work closely with our partners at HMP Bristol. We are already aware of this issue and we are actively working to tackle it."
A prison source said they were working with police to catch those responsible.


Northern Ireland's farmers and agri-food industry need a post-Brexit strategy to stop them "falling off the edge of a cliff" once the UK leaves the EU, the assembly has been told.

The call was made during a debate on the future funding of farming.
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has established a consultative committee, to inform the executive's negotiating position.
The EU contributes about Â£250m a year to farmers
The assembly heard claims that funding agriculture was not a priority for the UK government.
Northern Ireland currently gets 10% of the UK's European subsidy payments.
Speakers, including the SDLP's Patsy McGlone, claimed that it would not do as well under a domestic agricultural policy.
If the Barnett funding formula, which is used to calculate Northern Ireland's share of UK budgets, was applied the equivalent share would be 3%, he said.
But the DUP's Edwin Poots claimed farmers had voted "overwhelmingly" for Brexit and it offered them opportunities.
These included displacing agricultural produce currently imported to the UK.
He said farmers did not want "handouts" but a fair return for their work.
Ulster Unionist Harold McKee said it was disappointing that the "most basic preparations weren't put in place" prior to the referendum vote.
Sinn FÃ©in's Caoimhe Archibald claimed the signals from Westminster were "not encouraging" and the minister had "her work cut out for her".
David Ford of the Alliance Party said the chancellor's commitment to underpin direct payments for farmers until 2020 was "not much of a guarantee" given that it would be 2019 at the earliest before the UK would be in a position to leave the European Union.


The parents of twin brothers who drowned in a fish pond at the family home in Fife have spoken about the loss of their "miracle babies".

Rhys and Shaun Scott, who were two years old, were found in the pond on Saturday morning.
They were taken by ambulance from the house in Dalgety Bay to Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Police have said inquiries to establish the full circumstances are continuing.
Their parents Mervyn Scott and Sarah Aitken are being supported by specialist police officers.
Both boys were long-awaited little soldiers who were full of love, happiness, fun and cheek."
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, they said: "We would like to thank everyone for their support at this unfortunate and difficult time.
"We have special thanks to all the medical staff, family, friends, neighbours and the police for their efforts, hard work and time spent helping and trying to revive our miracle babies.
"Both boys were long awaited little soldiers who were full of love, happiness, fun and cheek."
The statement added: "Individually and together they have touched the lives of everyone they met.
"We along with our family and friends are still in shock and devastated at such a tragic loss from such a 'freak' accident.
"They have been taken from us far too early and will be forever missed and loved.
"We wish to be left alone and be given the privacy needed to grieve."
It is understood that the family rented the home from a man who formerly ran a business from there, selling ornamental koi carp.


Faye Dunaway has revealed she was left feeling "very guilty" over the Oscars night fiasco that saw the best picture award going to the wrong film.

She told NBC's Nightly News she was  also "completely stunned" after naming La La Land instead of Moonlight.
She was presenting with Warren Beatty but they were mistakenly given the envelope naming La La Land's Emma Stone best actress.
"You were completely stunned, you don't know what has happened," she said.
Dunaway was speaking for the first time since the Academy Awards blunder two months ago.
It has been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of Academy Awards history.
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She told the Nightly News host Lester Holt on Monday how the mistake played out for her and Beatty, her former Bonnie and Clyde co-star.
"He took the card out and he didn't say anything. He paused, he looked over me, offstage, he looked around and I finally said, 'You're impossible!," she said.
"I thought he was joking, I thought he was stalling. Warren's like that, he kind of holds the power - a dramatic pause."
She added that she felt "very guilty" and that there should have been something she could have done to put things right.
"Why didn't I see Emma Stone's name on top of the card?," Dunaway said.
Stone had won the best actress Oscar for her role in La La Land just before the best picture announcement.
Beatty has already said the night felt like "chaos" when he was a guest on the Graham Norton Show earlier this month.
An investigation into the mistake later found the holders of the top secret envelopes, two accountants from the LA auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), were responsible.
Martha Ruiz and Brian Cullinan were standing at either side of the stage, out of view, where they handed out the winners' envelopes to the presenters of each award as they went out on stage.
Duplicates of each award envelope are made, which led to the second copies of the previous award being handed out instead.
The firm apologised for the blunder and accepted full responsibility and the Academy said they will continue using PwC despite the mix-up.
Academy president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, wrote in a letter to members that new rules will also mean electronic devices are banned backstage.
Cullinan was posting Twitter photos just before the mix-up. He and Ruiz will not be working on Oscars night again, PwC has also said.
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A swimming pool is among changes proposed to what was once one of Scotland's most spectacular youth hostels.

Carbisdale Castle, which overlooks the Kyle of Sutherland in the Highlands, was shut down about three years ago.
The Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA) had to close it because of rising repair costs.
Last year, it was sold for an undisclosed sum and is to be turned into a private residence.
The swimming pool has been proposed as part of a new terraced area at the castle. A gym, jacuzzi and new bedrooms are also planned.
The proposals have been submitted with Highland Council for consideration.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland had Carbisdale Castle built between 1907 and 1917 following the death of her husband, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Third Duke of Sutherland.
Lady Mary was the duke's second wife and after he died she became embroiled in a legal dispute over his will with her stepson, the fourth Duke of Sutherland.
Following the family feud, it was dubbed the Castle of Spite and, according to local legend, is haunted by a female ghost called Betty.
The castle was bought by a Scots-Norwegian family in 1933 and was used as a refuge for the Norwegian royal family during World War Two.


The costs of the deadly storm in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico have continued to mount, with Texas authorities estimating it at $125bn (Â£97bn).

Hurricane Harvey has killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
While the rain has shifted away from Houston, the US's fourth largest city, much remains underwater. The state of Texas is one of the US's main economic engines.
Many firms in the region, a major transport hub that is a home to the oil and gas industry, don't know when they will resume normal operations.
The storm struck at the heart of America's oil and gas industry, knocking a third of all US production offline, closing refineries around the Gulf Coast, and causing major pipelines that move fuel to other markets to shut.
Petrol prices, which increased in anticipation of the storm, are expected to continue to rise, despite additional shipments from overseas. In Texas, shortages at stations in some areas have been reported.
Mansfield Oil Company, a wholesale gas supplier, is trying to bolster its supplies by bringing in fuel by lorry and rail - even ships, depending on the market.
Companies are trying to figure out when they can restart operations.
Colonial Pipeline said it expected to re-open its Houston line by Sunday, but other firms said they didn't know when normal operations would resume.
"Given the unprecedented flooding in the city of Port Arthur, it remains uncertain how quickly the flood waters will recede, so we cannot provide a timeline for restart at this time," said Motiva, which runs one of the biggest refineries. "Our priority remains the safety of our employees and community."
Moody's expects costs to businesses to total $10bn-$15bn, with additional infrastructure costs rising as high as $10bn.
Some damage was already evident.
Fires from organic peroxides were reported at the Crosby plant of chemical company Arkema and more were expected, after flooding overwhelmed the firm's back-up generators and refrigerators designed to keep the materials cool.
The plant was six feet underwater, the company said.
Shutdowns of other facilities have led to releases of pollutants, while water has overwhelmed Houston's sewers. The structural integrity of reservoirs is also being monitored, the White House said.
Partial service has resumed at Houston airports and the port is expected to open for limited business on Friday, but parts of the Houston Ship Channel, which provides access to refineries, remain off-limits.
Other transit networks may take longer to recover as roads and other land remains submerged.
Railroad BNSF, for example, has suspended trains that would have travelled through the region and warned they would not resume for "an extended period".
"I don't even want to speculate," BNSF spokesman Joe Faust said.
The majority of the damage has been felt by families, who are likely to be grappling with the financial hit without insurance.
More than 350,000 people have registered for assistance from the federal government, said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
More than 37,000 people had also filed claims with the National Flood Insurance Program by mid-Thursday.
Analysts say they expect that number to rise to about 500,000.
But many of the losses will not be covered, which is likely to make it harder for families - and the economy - to bounce back, analysts said.
"A lack of flood insurance for homeowners will prevent the type of full-scale reconstruction effort that might otherwise be expected," Moody' s wrote. "This could have significant long-term ramifications."
The Houston region is responsible for more than $500bn in economic activity annually.
AccuWeather expects the storm to shave a full percentage point off US GDP over 12 months and lead the Federal Reserve to hold off on raising interest rates.
Macroeconomic Advisers is forecasting that lower production as a result of the storm could reduce third quarter GDP by 0.3%-1.2%, depending on how long the recovery takes.
But senior economist Ben Herzon says money spent on reconstruction should help boost the figures in later months.
He's hopeful that the impact will be at the smaller end of the scale.
"I think the economy tends to be very robust and maybe even more robust than is sometimes expected," he said.


Open University staff have suspended strike action planned for Tuesday.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) were due to walk out in protest at the university's plans to close seven regional centres.
The UCU said it had suspended the action "as a gesture of good faith" while negotiations continued.
The union fears the loss of 502 jobs under the plans but said it hoped the talks would "address members' concerns".
The university wants to axe centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Gateshead, Leeds, London and Oxford in an attempt to streamline student support.
It has said these centres are not used predominantly as teaching centres and affected staff would need to relocate, take voluntary redundancy or early retirement.
But the union says the loss of the seven centres would harm the OU's ability to provide local support to students.
Some 72% of staff who voted in the strike ballot backed the action.
Staff staged a one-day strike across the university on 25 November 25, and a two-week rolling programme of regional walkouts followed in December.
The UCU's Open University branch president, Pauline Collins, said she felt "significant progress had been made" in continuing talks with university management.
"As an act of good faith, we have cancelled tomorrow's strike action to build on what has been achieved so far," she said.
'We hope we can continue to work with the university to address members' concerns about job security and working conditions.
"Any final deal will be put to members for their consideration."


Leaders from Central Europe and the Balkans are due to hold an emergency summit to discuss the migrant crisis.

A draft statement leaked ahead of the meeting calls on countries to stop waving through migrants without the agreement of their neighbours.
Bottlenecks have formed, leaving thousands out in the cold at night.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who called the meeting, told German newspaper Bild: "Every day counts."
If no agreement is reached, he added, "we will soon see families in cold rivers in the Balkans perish miserably".
Leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, are taking part in the summit.
The draft statement calls for the "gradual and controlled" movement of people through the migration route.
It also proposes to bolster EU patrols at Greece's borders and to send 400 extra guards to Slovenia.
Hungary announced it was closing its borders with Serbia and Croatia last weekend.
As a result, Slovenia saw 58,000 arrivals in the week leading up to Saturday, and many people are waiting in wet and cold conditions.
The Slovenian government has accused Croatia of deliberately dumping thousands of migrants on the border.
Croatia says it has no choice because Slovenia is allowing far less into the country than it should be.
Fears of Germany and Austria closing their own borders have led Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia to threaten to do so.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said the three countries would not "become buffer zones".
Slovenia's President Borut Pahor said on his Facebook page, Mr Pahor said the success of Sunday's summit would be measured partly on whether stricter controls are implemented to stop migrants travelling from Turkey to Greece.
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said such controls were the only solution. "Everything else is a waste of time," he said.
The International Organization for Migration said that more than 9,000 migrants arrived in Greece every day last week - the highest rate so far this year.
Most of the migrants - including many refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - want to reach Germany to claim asylum.
Germany says it expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year.


The French operations of the US cosmetics giant Avon Products are to be closed by the end of the month.

Avon's Parisian office says only current orders will be guaranteed and it is unsure if its self-employed representatives will be able to get supplies after the end of October.
Avon has been in France for almost 50 years.
It employs about 120 staff in Paris, supporting 11,000 representatives who visit customers in their own homes.
Angry workers in France have accused Avon of keeping them in the dark for months and not acting in line with Avon's publically stated values of being a socially responsible company that upholds values of trust, respect and integrity and a culture of "open and candid communication".
Estelle Croissant, an Avon employee responsible for supporting the direct selling representatives, told the BBC that a workers' council representing Avon staff in France was challenging the company for not following the correct redundancy process.
"They have not respected all the processes according to their own rules and values," she said.
"We now know an administrator has been in place since May this year, but no scheme to assist the workers is yet in place. We just feel abandoned.
"We knew that the business was not good, but we have all been very committed and worked relentlessly over many months to help the company to try and become profitable."
Further meetings are taking place between workers' representatives and the management.
Avon is one of the world's largest beauty companies and sells most of its products through direct selling by self-employed representatives who visit customers in their homes.
The US parent company has been through a string of reorganisations and management changes.
Two years ago, it turned down a takeover offer from rival cosmetic company Coty.
Asked by the BBC about events at its French subsidiary, a spokesman for the parent company refused to make any comment or even confirm the closure was taking place.


The case of TV presenter Claudia Winkleman's daughter, whose Halloween costume brushed by a candle and  burst into flames, has put the issue of fire safety firmly in the headlines.

Matilda Winkleman has undergone several operations for severe burns since it happened last year and is now recovering.
But what should parents consider when they're buying a fancy dress outfit?
Firstly Halloween costumes are classed as toys which means that, by law, they don't have to be as fire retardant as normal children's clothing.
Some stores have voluntarily agreed to make theirs as resistant as children's nightwear.
BBC News NI tested four costumes bought randomly from a variety of stores.
The good news is all four performed well, all self-extinguished and didn't accelerate into a fireball.
One costume said on the label it had been subjected to additional fire safety testing and it performed the best.
Kevin O'Neill from the Fire and Rescue Service said: "These are toys. Toys have a lower fire safety requirement. They have a lower fire safety standard. Just be aware of that and take measures.
"One of those measures is to ensure children are wearing clothes under the costume.
"They should be wearing woollen tights for example or a woollen jumper or jeans. That way it gives some protection that if they were to catch fire you've still got a barrier between the garment and your skin".
If the worst does happen, Mr O'Neill said children should know the 'stop, drop and roll' drill.
"Stop what you're doing,  get on the ground and roll. Allow the ground to be the means of suffocating a fire and not a person's hands".


Relatives of the 52 people killed in the 7 July London terror attacks in 2005 have met to mark the 10-year anniversary of the bombings.

A lecture was held at the British Medical Association in Tavistock Square.
Thirteen people died in the square after a number 30 bus was targeted by the bombers.
Dame Tessa Jowell, who gave the lecture, said many had swapped memories "as if they were [from] yesterday".
Esther Hyman, whose 32-year-old sister Miriam died in the bombing, said: "It used to be very difficult for me to pass through here but I've got used to it. I've developed coping strategies."
The Tavistock Square Memorial Trust is also campaigning for a permanent memorial to be placed in the square.
Dame Tessa, a former Labour minister who is seeking the party's election to become a London mayoral candidate, said: "Everybody was changed by this... hundreds of people whose lives were changed forever.
"There are lessons, obviously, to be learned and applied to the terrible situation now of those families in Tunisia."
Earlier it was announced that a minute's silence would be held 11:30 BST on 7 July during a service at St Paul's Cathedral.
It will also be observed across the capital's public transport network.
As well as those killed on the bus, 26 died in a bombing at Russell Square on the Piccadilly line; six died in an explosion at Edgware Road on the Circle Line; and seven died at Aldgate on the Circle Line.


Blue Apron, a US company that delivers packages of ingredients for easy-to-cook meals, aims to raise at least $450m (Â£353.4m) as it starts to sell stock on the open market.

The firm disclosed the pricing in paperwork filed on Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Based in New York, Blue Apron was founded in 2012.
It is among the most successful meal-delivery companies that have sprung up in the US in recent years.
The industry, which includes firms such as HelloFresh in Europe, is competitive. Amazon's plan to double down on the grocery market with an acquisition of Whole Foods, is expected to increase the pressure.
Blue Apron's service is pitched at buyers who want a home-cooked meal, but don't want to spend time buying groceries or menu-planning.
A two-person plan, with ingredients and recipes for three meals, costs about about $60 (Â£47). Options include soy-marinated chicken thighs and sesame soba noodles.
Blue Apron recently filed a prospectus, signalling an intent to become a public company.
The firm brought in almost $800m in revenue in 2016, though it ended the year with a loss of more than $54m, according to the filing.
The firm, which has more than 5,100 employees, plans to sell 30 million shares for between $15 and $17 each, according to the filing.
More shares could be issued if demand warrants, meaning an initial public offering could raise as much as $586.5m.


Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course has been forced to apply for retrospective planning permission for two large flag poles.

It comes after the 24m (80ft) poles appeared close to the MacLeod House hotel and near the clubhouse at Mr Trump's Menie site.
There have been concerns the poles are too large and bids for planning permission have now been submitted.
The US presidential candidate's resort has been a focus for local protest.
Mr Trump has called the links course one of the finest in the world.
A legal challenge by the tycoon over plans for an offshore wind farm on the Aberdeenshire coast was rejected by the UK's Supreme Court.


An amateur rugby union player who tried to traffic human growth hormone has had his ban doubled to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

Luke Willmott, who was captain of Derby RFC, was caught when 180 vials of Jintropin addressed to him were seized by border controls in 2013.
The Rugby Football Union gave him a five-year ban in 2015, later reduced to two on appeal.
The World Anti-Doping Agency and World Rugby appealed that decision to Cas.
The ban is backdated to August 2013, meaning Willmott is banned from all competitive sport until 15 August this year.
"Trafficking is a very serious offence under the world anti-doping code," the RFU said in a statement.
"As a union, we advocated for a ban of at least four years and support the increase from the decision of the RFU anti-doping appeal panel.
"Players should be aware that all doping offences will be treated seriously, irrespective of what level you play at."


The Iraqi government has said it is investigating a video seemingly showing troops killing suspected Islamic State militants detained in the Mosul area.

In the footage, men wearing uniform throw an unarmed man over a cliff. They then shoot his motionless body.
An interior ministry spokesman said that if the video was authentic those responsible must be brought to justice.
Human rights groups say they have received numerous witness reports of torture and executions in Mosul.
Iraq's prime minister declared victory over IS in the city on Monday, after a nine-month battle that left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others.
Troops are still clearing parts of the Old City, where as many as a couple of hundred militants may be hiding, according to commanders of the US-led coalition that supported the operation.
The BBC was unable to verify the authenticity of the video appearing to show the extrajudicial killing of a detainee, or say when or where it was filmed.
But Human Rights Watch said it had verified the location with satellite imagery.
The US-based group added that the video was one of four featuring alleged abuses that were posted online on Tuesday and Wednesday by an Iraqi man who regularly published information regarding security and military activities in and around Mosul.
Belkis Wille, senior Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch, told the BBC: "In the final weeks of the battle for west Mosul, the pervasive attitude that I have observed among armed forces has been of momentum, the desire to get the battle wrapped up as quickly as possible, and a collapse of adherences to the laws of war."
Numerous witnesses had reported not only a significant increase in the torture and extrajudicial killing of IS suspects by armed forces, but also a feeling among personnel that they no longer needed to conceal such actions, she said.
"These reports have been met with congratulations from Baghdad on the victory, only further fostering the feeling of impunity among armed forces in Mosul."
At the end of June, Human Rights Watch published a report detailing allegations from four witnesses, who said they had seen Iraqi forces beat unarmed men and boys fleeing the fighting in Mosul and also obtained information about Iraqi forces killing unarmed men.
One witness said that he had seen two Counter-Terrorism Service personnel take down the corpse of a suspected IS militant that had been strung up to an electrical pole, and stone the body before taking a few photos of each other posing with it. Later, he added, a CTS fighter showed him a video of a detainee being shot dead.
The Swedish newspaper Expressen also cited an Iraqi federal police officer as saying that he had decapitated at least 50 men with knives and beaten others. The article said the officer had backed up the claims with photos and videos.
Human Rights Watch has also said that Iraqi forces are detaining and holding thousands of men and boys in inhumane conditions without charge, under the guise of screening them for IS-affiliation.
On Thursday, the group reported that at least 170 families of alleged IS members had been sent to a closed camp in Bartella, east of Mosul, for "psychological and ideological rehabilitation".
Local authorities in Anbar, Babil, Diyala, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces were also demanding the eviction of families thought to have ties to IS, it said.


Actress and women's rights supporter Gillian Anderson has visited a drop-in centre in for vulnerable women in London.

11 March 2015 Last updated at 10:07 GMT
The Women at the Well centre in King's Cross is supported by donations from Comic Relief.
Ms Anderson visited the centre and met some of the people who use it, ahead of Red Nose Day on 13 March.
The actress also spoke to the centre's project manager Vicky Jones.


Belfast boxer Michael Conlan made an impressive professional debut as he stopped Tim Ibarra inside three rounds at Madison Square Garden.

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The super-bantamweight forced referee Benjy Esteves Jr to step in when a powerful right hand had his American opponent on the ropes.
Conlan had been joined on his walk to the ring by UFC fighter Conor McGregor.
More than 5,000 Irish fans were at the famous New York venue to cheer on the highly-rated 25-year-old.
Conlan, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, was moving on from the disappointment of failing to win a medal at last year's Rio Games where he insisted he had been cheated by some poor scoring.
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After his dream debut in the paid ranks, Conlan was clearly delighted with the show he put on.
"There was pressure and the thing I was most worried about was my performance," said the former world amateur champion.
"At times it showed because I was a bit reckless and was not timing my shots. I was just looking for the knockout.
"I am grateful to all the fans who travelled here. I have never experienced anything like that atmosphere in my life.
"To have that on my debut - I do not think it will ever be beaten."


Plans for a global taskforce of 10,000 medics and scientists to tackle major disease outbreaks will be presented at the G7 summit, the BBC understands.

It is a direct response to the biggest ever Ebola outbreak which has infected more than 27,000 people in West Africa.
There are also plans to improve disease surveillance and invest more money in drug development.
Experts said such measures would have prevented the Ebola outbreak reaching an unprecedented scale.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds the presidency of the G7 group of leading nations. Leaders will meet at a summit in Germany on Sunday.
In a newspaper column this week, she said: "We will be discussing how we can be better prepared for such epidemics, how we can prevent them, or at least respond better and faster if they do break out.
"The establishment of a worldwide taskforce with a sensible overall concept and adequate funding is undoubtedly a goal for the medium term, but we should be looking at it even now."
She has taken advice from Bill Gates, pharmaceutical companies and global health experts.
Documents seen by BBC News include proposals for a global taskforce of 10,000 medics and scientists termed "White Coats" .
It would work like an army reserve with people doing their normal jobs, but being ready to be deployed at short notice.
It also calls for an autonomous group within the World Health Organization to take responsibility for all outbreaks.
11,315
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,809 Liberia
3,955 Sierra Leone
2,536 Guinea
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There are also proposals to dramatically increase disease surveillance in poor and middle-income countries to prevent outbreaks going unnoticed.
Three disease testing centres would be set up in each target country, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, with an annual cost of up to Â£9.7m ($15m).
There are further plans to invest up to Â£65m ($100m) each year to research drugs, tests and vaccines for other threats.
This is expected to focus on up to 10 diseases including, Mers-coronavirus, Lassa fever and new strains of flu.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, the director of the Wellcome Trust and one of Ms Merkel's advisors, told the BBC: "We shouldn't underestimate the costs of these events.
"Ebola will be somewhere between five and ten billion dollars, Sars ten years ago will have cost similar amounts.
"These are significant costs, the amount of money we would have to spend in order to do the research, to have the surveillance systems in place, and the capacity to respond, would be a fraction of that."
Jonathan Ball, prof of virology at the University of Nottingham, commented: "Where the current Ebola epidemic is concerned the global response was inexcusably tardy and the delayed response undoubtedly fuelled the explosive increases in cases towards the end of last year.
"Disease surveillance and diagnosis are crucial in identifying outbreaks as soon as they start, and can have a massive impact on controlling infection outbreaks.
"These would have prevented the unprecedented spread of Ebola witnessed in West Africa.
"It is difficult to predict where the next virus outbreak will come from, nor what it will be, but preparedness will enable the global community to respond in a timely way and hopefully stamp anything out before it takes a hold - so these are sensible measures."


Eleven trainee judges in India have been dismissed after being accused of sexism and brawling.

The trainees went to a restaurant in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on the final day of their induction.
They allegedly drank too much, made lewd remarks about one of their female colleagues and started to brawl, causing damage to property.
Security camera footage helped identify those involved and a committee of inquiry recommended their dismissal.
The trainees were part of a group of 74 interns who were in the Uttar Pradesh capital to participate in an induction programme from 9 June to 8 September at the Institute of Judicial Training and Research, BBC Hindi reports.
On the night of 7 September, a group of them had gone to a restaurant outside the institute.
According to reports, they got drunk, turned abusive and began fighting among themselves. The restaurant is also reported to have been damaged during the clashes.
A female judge from the institute, who was at the restaurant with her family at the time of the incident, informed the institute's director who then reported the matter to the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, reports said.
State Governor Ram Naik ordered their dismissal on the recommendation of the Allahabad High Court judges.
The registrar-general at the high court, Pratyush Kumar, refused to comment on the incident. "I will neither confirm, nor deny it," he said.


Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has criticised funding cuts to the police in light of the Manchester attack.

Appearing on BBC Wales' Ask the Leader programme, she said the "police needed to be given sufficient resources to do that job properly".
Military patrols should not become the "norm", she said, although the current security situation was "extreme".
Ms Wood said she wanted responsibility for policing devolved to Wales, with cross-border co-operation on terrorism.
"At a time like this it's important I think to recognise the tremendous work our public servants do in the emergency services and the health service as well," she told an audience of voters in Maesteg, Bridgend county.
"It's pretty bad that those public workers have had to face so many deep and drastic cuts in recent years.
"That's particularly the case with the police and I understand that Manchester police are going to be cut drastically over the next few years.
"So I think if anything we have to invest in those public services in the future to show how much we value them.
"It's difficult to imagine doing a job where you have to run in to a situation of danger when everyone else is running away.
"I know that from the police officers which I've spoken to in recent times that there's a lot of anger there at those cuts and people feel undervalued."
But Ms Wood said Plaid was opposed to "mass surveillance" of the public.
Policing was affected by austerity cuts in 2010, but since 2015 UK government funding has been protected, rising in line with inflation.
However, not every force in England and Wales will have seen their budgets rise in the same way because money is targeted at specialist areas.
Ms Wood added that she was "not convinced" the UK government's prevent anti-extremism strategy was working, claiming it could "encourage divisions" within communities.
Plaid Cymru's slogan for the forthcoming election on 8 June is "defending Wales". To some this may well conjure up images of Llywelyn the Last and Owain Glyndwr. The party's rhetoric has focused on protecting Wales from Conservative attacks and their immediate threat. This is a message that is likely to play well in the seats the party currently holds, but can the party venture beyond west and north west Wales?
The problem facing Plaid Cymru is that it has tended to do much better in elections to Cardiff Bay than it has at Westminster. To illustrate this point, the party holds six constituencies in the assembly, but only three in Parliament. If the latest Welsh Political Barometer poll is anything to go by, this snap election shouldn't deviate from this trend for the party.
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Mae Carwyn Jones wedi dweud fod "brwdfrydedd pobl ifanc" wedi chwarae rhan fawr ym mherfformiad y blaid Lafur yn yr etholiad cyffredinol eleni.

Roedd hi'n noson dda i Lafur yng Nghymru, wrth iddyn nhw gipio tair sedd oddi ar y Ceidwadwyr a rhagor yn Lloegr.
Wnaeth y Ceidwadwyr ddim llwyddo i gipio unrhyw seddi ychwanegol yng Nghymru, ac mae'r darlun ar draws Prydain yn golygu mai senedd grog fydd y senedd nesaf am fod yr un blaid wleidyddol wedi cael mwyafrif.
Dywedodd y prif weinidog Theresa May fod hi'n bwysig cael "sefydlogrwydd" yn y wlad tra bod Jeremy Corbyn, yr arweinydd Llafur wedi dweud ei fod yn "barod i wasanaethu".
Yn ôl Carwyn Jones fe lwyddodd Mr Corbyn i ennyn "brwdfrydedd pobl ifanc".
"Roedd pobl yn dweud wrthai eu bod nhw'n gwybod am bobl ifanc oedd yn gofyn sut oedden nhw'n gallu mynd ati i bleidleisio. Fe wnaeth Jeremy ymgyrchu yn ddiflino o gwmpas Prydain gan wrando ar bobl," meddai.
"Mae hefyd wedi dweud bod yr hyn sydd wedi digwydd nos Iau yn golygu diwedd ar y syniad o gael Brexit, caled a bod angen Brexit sydd yn synhwyrol i Gymru.
"Yn amlwg fe fydd angen gweithio yn agosach gyda'r llywodraeth er mwyn datrys yr heriau yn y gwledydd datganoledig yn sgil Brexit."
Ychwanegodd AS Pontypridd, Owen Smith - wnaeth herio Mr Corbyn am arweinyddiaeth y blaid llynedd - fod Llafur wedi "perfformio'n wych" er na wnaethon nhw ennill yr etholiad.
"Roeddwn i'n amlwg yn anghywir yn teimlo na fyddai Jeremy'n gallu gwneud hyn yn dda, a dwi'n meddwl ei fod wedi fy mhrofi i a llawer o bobl eraill yn anghywir," meddai.
Mae arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr yng Nghymru, Andrew RT Davies, wedi cydnabod bod yna ddiffygion wedi bod yn ymgyrch ei blaid, ond mae'n gwadu nad oedd o wedi ymrwymo i'r ymgyrch.
Cafodd ei feirniadu am beidio cymryd rhan mewn dadl deledu am ei fod i ffwrdd ar ei wyliau.
"Roeddwn ni yn teithio Cymru gyfan yn cefnogi'r ymgeiswyr. Roedd yna wendidau yn yr ymgyrch ac fe fydd y blaid yn edrych ar hynny," meddai.
Mynnodd yr AS Ceidwadol, Stephen Crabb fod y cymhelliad i gynnal etholiad cynnar cyn trafodaeth Brexit yn gywir.
"Yn amlwg mae rhywbeth wedi mynd o'i le achos mae'r wlad wedi bod eisiau trafod materion eraill yn yr etholiad. Roedden nhw eisiau codi pryderon eraill," meddai.
Ond mae ymgeisydd y Ceidwadwyr yn Ynys Môn, Tomos Dafydd, wedi beirniadu penderfyniad May i alw etholiad a hefyd wedi beirniadu'r blaid yng Nghymru.
Dywedodd ar rhaglen Taro'r Post: "Mae 'na yn bendant gwestiynau i ofyn ynglŷn ag arweinyddiaeth y Ceidwadwyr yng Nghymru a'r blaid yn ganolog yng Nghymru.
"Roedd hi'n ymgyrch gwbl ddifflach, roedd yna ormod o bwyslais ar y cyd-destun Prydeinig - roedd yna ddiffyg cefnogaeth i'r ymgyrch ar lawr gwlad, ces i nesa' peth i ddim o gefnogaeth y blaid yn ganolog.
"Ac yn sicr mae yna gwestiynau mawr i'r blaid yng Nghymru eu hateb, yn bersonol mi fyddwn i wedi gweld mwy o bwyslais yng Nghymru ar yr agwedd Gymreig."
Un sedd ychwanegol mae Plaid Cymru wedi cipio, sef Ceredigion, yn dilyn brwydr agos rhyngddyn nhw a'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol.
Ond dim ond o drwch blewyn y llwyddodd y blaid i ddal eu gafael ar Arfon, ac fe wnaethon nhw golli tir yn Ynys Môn a'r Rhondda, dwy o'u prif seddi targed.
Mae arweinydd y blaid, Leanne Wood wedi cydnabod y byddan nhw yn adlewyrchu ar y seddi lle'r oedd y canlyniadau yn siomedig.
"Roedd yna duedd tuag at y Ceidwadwyr mewn rhai llefydd a Llafur mewn llefydd eraill.
"Roedd hi'n noson ryfedd, cafodd y rheolau i gyd eu torri. Dw i ddim yn meddwl fod unrhyw un wedi darogan canlyniad neithiwr."
Ond mae cyn AS ac arweinydd Plaid Cymru yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin wedi dweud eu bod nhw wedi defnyddio "tactegau diflas" ac wedi targedu'r llefydd anghywir.
"Dwi ddim yn mynd i wneud sylw ar a ddylai Leanne Wood aros fel arweinydd, roedd hi'n etholiad od mewn sawl ffordd," meddai Elfyn Llwyd.
Ychwanegodd fodd bynnag fod "y gamp yng Ngheredigion yn un rhagorol", gan ddweud fod gan yr ymgeisydd buddugol yno, Ben Lake, "ddyfodol disglair".
Does gan y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ddim un Aelod Seneddol yng Nghymru bellach, yn sgil canlyniad Ceredigion.
Dywedodd Carole O'Toole, cynrychiolydd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymreig ar y Pwyllgor Cenedlaethol Gweithredol fod hyn yn "ddiwrnod trist i ryddfrydiaeth yng Nghymru".
"Mae Cymru wedi colli llais rhyddfrydol yn San Steffan, llais oedd yn ymladd ar gyfer gwlad fwy agored a goddefgar.
"Mae Mark Williams wedi gweithio yn ddiflino ar gyfer cymunedau Ceredigion a Chymru ers 2005."
Ychwanegodd ei fod yn ganlyniad anodd a bod angen i'r blaid gael amser i ystyried sut i "symud ymlaen".
Dywedodd arweinydd UKIP yn y Cynulliad y bydd rôl y blaid "yn fwy allweddol yn y blynyddoedd i ddod achos bod rhaid sicrhau bod Brexit yn digwydd".
"Mae Theresa May wedi gwneud llanast llwyr sy'n bygwth Brexit, rhywbeth sy'n gywilyddus," meddai Neil Hamilton AC.
Gwadodd nad oedd gan y blaid ddylanwad bellach, gan ddweud bod eu dylanwad wedi achosi Brexit, er mai ond un AS oedd ganddyn nhw ar y pryd.
Ychwanegodd ei fod am weld Nigel Farage yn arwain y blaid eto yn dilyn ymddiswyddiad Paul Nuttall fore Gwener.


The Russian city of Sochi will not host the 2017 bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) said it would not be "prudent" to hold the championships in Russia, a country accused of state-sponsored doping.
A report on 9 December claimed more than 1,000 Russians benefited from a doping cover-up between 2011 and 2015.
A new host city will be named for the February event in the forthcoming days.
According to Russia's RIA news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the decision to strip Sochi of the championships was "politicised and without grounds".
The executive committee of the IBSF said it had made the decision because it wanted to focus on sport rather than accusations.
It is understood a number of German venues have offered to host the event, along with the Swiss town of St Moritz.
On Monday, Latvia became the first nation to say they would boycott the World Championships, citing that "the Olympic spirit was stolen in 2014".
High-profile American bobsledder Lolo Jones had also urged the IBSF to move its flagship event, saying she wanted to compete in a competition that was "drug free and safe", adding Sochi was "not an option".
In November, British Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold had said she may boycott the championships because of concerns over doping.
Following Tuesday's decision, Yarnold tweeted: "So glad our voices are being heard and our sport is joining the fight against doping in sport #CleanSport."
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In July, an investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said Russia's sports ministry "directed, controlled and oversaw" manipulation of urine samples provided by its athletes.
A second Wada report from Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Dr Richard McLaren said the London 2012 Olympics was "corrupted on an unprecedented scale".
According to McLaren's report, salt and coffee were used to manipulate Russian samples and the system was refined over the course of the London 2012 Olympics, 2013 Worlds in Moscow and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi to protect likely Russian medal winners.
Russia won 72 medals at the London Games, 21 of which were gold, and 33 medals at Sochi, 13 of which were gold.
One senior figure inside the sport told the BBC that teams had worried about the safety of officials and athletes, and about the impact of competing in a country that was not compliant with Wada regulations.
"On a practical level, many teams were worried about the evidence that Russian laboratories had been opening tamper-proof bottles," said the figure, who did not want to be named.
"If they have opened these bottles to help their athletes, what is to stop them also opening them to tamper with samples from any athlete in the competition?"
The BBC has been told that a number of members of the British team had already said they were unwilling to take part in the Sochi Games, while team sponsors were also reluctant to have their name associated with the event.
The IBSF executive committee felt that during this difficult time it is prudent not to organise such an event in Russia. This decision was made for two primary reasons:
"Having stated that, the IBSF asks all members and athletes for fair play and respect, which also includes the assumption of innocence for any athlete, regardless of national affiliation, until proven guilty."
Vitaly Smirnov, head of Russia's anti-doping commission, told the R-Sport news agency that other sports could now choose to move competitions away from the country.
"It's probably a consequence of the McLaren report.  In principle there could be decisions on a whole range of sports," Smirnov reportedly said.
Russia is scheduled to host the Fifa World Cup in 2018.
In response to McLaren's second report, Russia's sports ministry had said it would examine the findings but insisted on "the absence of a state programme of support for doping sport".
"We believe the decision is in the best interests of clean sport and we are pleased that the IBSF have acted quickly following the publication of the second McLaren report on Friday," its statement read.
Britain's bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told BBC Sport it was a "great relief" for winter sport athletes around the world, adding: "The IBSF were under huge pressure, but we're pleased they acted swiftly."
Latvia's four-time skeleton world champion Martins Dukurs, who was beaten by Russian athlete Aleksandr Tretyakov at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, believes Calgary in Canada and Park City, Utah are prepared to take the championships.
"There is an interesting idea where we have the last World Cup [round] in Korea, all the television and all the people are there. Why not have the last World Cup event and then the World Championships all in the same place?" said the 32-year-old, whose nation was set to boycott the World Championships in Sochi.
South Korea's bobsleigh and skeleton federation had been considering boycotting the event too, while Germany's federation, which had called for a switch of venue, says it would be in a position to host the event.
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On 8 June voters in Wales will head to the polls to decide who will represent them in the 40 constituencies.

Like any election, there will be some seats that will prove more crucial than others - some that are safer for sitting candidates than parts of Wales where there is a genuine contest.
These are five seats which could reflect major shifts in the electorate and tell the story of this year's snap poll.
This is Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones's back yard.
And in April, Theresa May came here and parked her metaphorical tank on it.
It was a statement of how ambitious the Conservative campaign is - this seat has not been blue since the 1980s.
Labour is defending a majority of 1,927.
If UKIP's vote vanished - it was 5,911 in 2015 - and switched to the Conservatives, the Tory candidate could be well placed to snatch it.
It is one of several Labour-held marginal seats that could be vulnerable in South Wales. The margins are different, but Newport West, Cardiff West and Cardiff South and Penarth are similar battlegrounds.
BBC Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick said the main battlegrounds this year are areas that have been mainly Labour since the late 1980s but which the Conservatives won in 1983, such as Bridgend.
"You've also got ones that the Tories just failed to win in 1983 which are also on the table," he said. "Those are your Cardiff Souths and your Wrexhams," he said.
"There are the normally safe Labour seats that would be regarded as two-way marginals."
"The battleground has moved deeper and deeper into Labour territory over the years," he said.
"Back a couple of elections, the battleground included both Pembrokeshire seats, Monmouth, and Clwyd West.
But he says "there are a host of other battleground seats that really seem to be off the table now".
This is the most marginal seat in the UK.
On paper this is one seat that Labour could get back.
A seat it held for more than 100 years, but lost in 2015 by a whisker to the Conservatives with just 27 votes in it.
The swing away from Labour in the opinion polls could make that a tougher proposition, even if the party addresses complaints that it took the constituency for granted two years ago.
But if Labour is successful both here and in the tight Tory/Labour marginal of Vale of Clwyd could Labour activists be breathing a major sigh of relief that this election was not as bad for their party as the pundits predicted?
In 2015 the Liberal Democrats had a terrible election. They saw major losses across the UK while their share of Welsh MPs fell from three seats to one.
The pro-EU party is now pinning its hopes on capitalising on the concerns of Remain voters following the referendum.
In Wales, its best bet for that strategy is Cardiff Central. It is, on paper, a marginal that Labour took from the Lib Dems in 2015 with a majority of 4,981.
But could this seat frustrate Lib Dem hopes, with more Tory-inclined voters peeling away from the party and backing a Conservative candidate?
If it does, this could become an example of a three-way marginal seats in Wales, and that could benefit of Labour.
Vaughan Roderick said, on the basis of the local elections, Cardiff Central is "going to be difficult".
"You've got a whole pile of Tory voters who, in normal times ,vote tactically for the Lib Dems," he said.
"If your message is, we're the party of Remain, why should your blue-rinse Tory in Cyncoed vote Lib Dem to keep Labour out?"
The Conservatives have been strongly tipped to make further inroads into north Wales since gaining Vale of Clwyd at the 2015 general election.
There are a cluster of Labour/Tory marginals here - Alyn and Deeside, Wrexham and Delyn as well as Clwyd South - but Tory hopes of snatching these seats in the assembly election last year were dashed.
Politics has since changed - we have a new prime minister and we have Brexit.
So could the new landscape change the political colours of north east Wales?
At the start of the general election campaign it was Rhondda where it was thought a senior Plaid Cymru party figure might make a run for Westminster.
After not exactly stopping the speculation for several days, party leader Leanne Wood decided she would not go for the seat.
Instead, the big headline selection for the party was on the Isle of Anglesey, where former leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has put his hat in the ring for the constituency of Ynys Mon.
In 2015 Plaid fell just short of gaining the seat from Labour by 229 votes.
In an election dominated by accusations between the two main UK parties, can Plaid prevent a squeeze on smaller parties and make gains?
The constituency, Vaughan Roderick says, is probably Plaid's best hope.
"You've got a funny little set of seats which involve parties other than Labour and the Tories, which were two-way marginals last time, which could become three-way marginals this time," he said.
"There are three of those - Ynys Mon, Ceredigion and Cardiff Central," he said.
"An upsurge in the Tory vote there could have odd impacts on who ends up winning. They are seats where you might win on 30% of the vote."
We should keep one eye on Rhondda, too.
Even though Leanne Wood is not running, can Plaid replicate its major success story of the assembly election last year?


Three former directors at insurance brokers Swinton have been fined a total of £928,000 and banned from top roles after the firm mis-sold extra policies.

Last year, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined the business £7.4m for such actions.
The latest penalties, also levied by the FCA, allot personal blame to the men for allowing an aggressive sales culture to prevail at the company.
Swinton's directors stood to gain a bonus of £90m if profits reached £110m.
Between April 2010 and April 2012, staff attempted to sell so-called "add-ons", in the form of personal accident, home emergency and motor breakdown policies, extras that generated £90m.
Customers were not told that the policies were optional.
Swinton has since paid 650,000 customers an average of £55 for mis-selling.
The three directors would have benefited significantly if the practice had not come to light.
The three include Peter Halpin, Swinton's former chief executive, who has been banned from acting as chief executive of an FCA authorised firm. He was also fined £412,700.
In a statement Mr Halpin said: "I acted in good faith at all times and it is of some significant comfort that the regulator did not impugn my integrity, nor find that my conduct was improperly motivated by incentive arrangements."
Nicholas Bowyer, the former marketing director who was key in developing and launching the monthly add-ons, has been banned from "performing any significant influence function" at an FCA authorised firm. He was fined £306,700.
Anthony Clare, the former finance director, was fined £208,600 and has been banned from holding a position of "significant influence" at an FCA authorised firm.
The FCA found that the sales-focused culture in Swinton was encouraged by Mr Clare and Mr Bowyer to boost profits in 2011.
It said the three former directors did not recognise the risk of this culture developing or take reasonable steps to prevent it.
Tracey McDermott, director of enforcement and financial crime at the FCA, said: "A culture was allowed to develop within Swinton that pushed for high sales and increased profit without regard to the impact on the firm's customers.
"Those with significant influence within firms are responsible for setting the tone and the culture; they set the example that others will follow. Today's enforcement action should serve as a timely reminder to those at the very top of firms that the FCA is determined to hold individuals to account where they fall short of the standard we require."


When Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who worked with the poor in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), is declared a saint on Sunday, her critics will be insisting that faith has triumphed over reason and science.

The Nobel laureate nun, who died in 1997, aged 87, founded in 1950 the Missionaries of Charity, a sisterhood which has more than 3,000 nuns worldwide. She set up hospices, soup kitchens, schools, leper colonies and homes for abandoned children and was called the Saint of the Gutters, for her work in the city's heaving slums.
She has also her fair share of critics.
Maverick British-born author Christopher Hitchens described her as a "religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermoniser, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers".
In the much-talked about pamphlet The Missionary Position, Hitchens criticised the nun's "cult of suffering" and said she had painted her adopted city as a "hell hole" and hobnobbed with dictators. Hitchens also presented Hell's Angel, a sceptical documentary on the nun.
Much later, in 2003, London-based physician Aroup Chatterjee published a blistering critique of the nun, after conducting some 100 interviews with people associated with the nun's sisterhood. He flayed what he called the appalling lack of hygiene - reuse of hypodermic needles, for example - and shambolic care facilities at their homes, among other things.
There are others like Miami-based Hemley Gonzalez, who worked as a volunteer in one of Teresa's homes for the poor in Kolkata for two months in 2008, and was "shocked to discover the horrifically negligent manner in which this charity operates and the direct contradiction of the public's general understanding of their work".
"Standing firm against planned parenthood, modernisation of equipment, and a myriad of other solution-based initiatives, Mother Teresa was not a friend of the poor but rather a promoter of poverty," Mr Gonzalez told me. Today, he runs a Facebook page criticising the nun and to educate "unsuspecting donors" to the sisterhood.
In recent years, Indian rationalists like Sanal Edamaruku have questioned the miracles that have led to the nun's sainthood.
To become a saint in the eyes of the Vatican, a miracle needs to be attributed to prayers made to the individual after their death. Incidents need to be "verified" by evidence before they are accepted as miracles. Often they are cures and recoveries from illnesses which have no logical medical explanation.
Five years after the nun's death, Pope John Paul II  accepted a first miracle - the curing of Bengali tribal woman Monica Besra from an abdominal tumour - and judged it was the result of her supernatural intervention. This cleared the way for her beatification in 2003. Pope Francis recognised a second miracle in 2015, which involved the healing of a Brazilian man with brain tumours in 2008.
Mr Edamaruku has debunked the first finding, wondering how a woman could be cured by a photo of the nun placed on her stomach, when there was evidence to suggest that medicines treated her. Today, he says, "most people don't want to challenge the nun any more because of her image as somebody who worked for the poor".
"If you question Mother Teresa you are seen as anti-poor. I have nothing against her, but miracle-mongering is not scientific."
And an evidently exasperated Chatterjee told me that the "so-called miracles are too tawdry and puerile to challenge even".
The latest challenge has come from a group of academicians and social workers who have petitioned Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to reconsider her decision to visit the Vatican to attend Sunday's sainthood ceremony.
"It boggles the mind that the foreign minister of a country whose constitution exhorts its citizens to have scientific temper would approve of a canonisation based on 'miracles'," the petition said.
But, in the end, as sociologist Shiv Visvanathan says, proof and faith are different things. "Lots of questions are still open. Many of us have a poor sense of the history and philosophy of science. Christianity also has a long history of battles with science. Rationalists also can sometimes end up overdoing things by demanding evidence all the time," he says. Clearly, the jury is still out on the Saint of the Gutters.


Hundreds of unclaimed items found on trains are being sold off in a three-day "jumble sale".

More than 400 forgotten items are collected by First Great Western (FGW) on its trains each week.
The company's hoard of found objects is being sold from a stall on Bristol's Harbourside.
Bryony Morgan, from eco-initiative Bristol 2015, said the items on display were a small selection of those discovered on board services.
Travellers have 12 weeks to reclaim their lost items, after which time the objects are bagged up and stored in a basement at Bristol Temple Meads station.
Ms Morgan said lost property tended to be newly-purchased items left on board trains by their new owners.
"So the meat and veg of the items on sale are clothes - coats and scarves- shoes and suitcases, she said."
A photo of a couple cutting their wedding cake was also among the items on offer, Ms Morgan added.
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to charity.