Four lions have been transported to a West Lothian zoo from an animal sanctuary in Belgium, where they have been cared for since being confiscated from a French circus.

Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder raised Â£150,000 in an appeal to build a new two-acre enclosure for the male lions.
They were seized by Belgian officials in May 2014 because the country forbids the use of wild animals in circuses.
They have been living at a rescue sanctuary since then.
The owners of Five Sisters Zoo travelled to Belgium to begin the process of transporting the animals.
They arrived in West Calder in the early hours of Monday.
The exact history of the lions is not known but they have no manes as a result of being castrated. It is thought they were born in captivity and sold to the circus at a young age.
The circus was performing in the city of Liege, in French-speaking Belgium, when government officials seized a trailer and took the lions to a rescue centre.
Five Sisters Zoo, which was hit by a fire in 2013, has already successfully re-homed three former circus bears after launching an appeal in August 2011.
It has now constructed a large outdoor area for the lions with rocks, a waterfall, pool and platform areas and a large, heated indoor den.
Zoo owners Brian and Shirley Curran, said they were extremely grateful to people who donated to its appeal.
They said: "This has been an amazing and challenging journey, but we are extremely proud to have accomplished everything we set out to do and are forever grateful for the huge support from both near and far of the thousands of supporters who have helped make this possible."


A flashing light therapy might help ward off Alzheimer's, say US scientists after promising trials in mice.

The Massachusetts team found shining a strobe light into rodents' eyes encouraged protective cells to gobble up the harmful proteins that accumulate in the brain in this type of dementia.
The perfect rate of flashes was 40 per second - a barely perceptible flicker, four times as fast as a disco strobe.
The researchers say the approach should be tested in humans.
They are already seeking permission from the US regulator, the Food and Drugs Administration, and have set up a commercial company to develop the technology.
Build-up of beta amyloid protein is one of the earliest changes seen in the brain in Alzheimer's disease.
It clumps together to form sticky plaques and is thought to cause nerve cell death and memory loss.
Researchers have been looking for ways to prevent plaque formation using drugs, but the results have been disappointing.
But Dr Li-Huei Tsai and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology think they have found another way, using light.
The mice that they studied were genetically engineered to have Alzheimer's-type damage in their brain, Nature journal reports.
When the mice were put in front of the flashing light for an hour, it led to a noticeable reduction in beta amyloid over the next 12 to 24 hours in the parts of the brain that handle vision.
Doing this every day for a week led to even greater reductions.
Likewise, light stimulation direct to the part of the brain that deals with memory - the hippocampus - led to reductions of beta amyloid there.
The researchers say the light works by recruiting the help of resident immune cells called microglia.
Microglia are scavengers. They eat and clear harmful or threatening pathogens - in this instance, beta amyloid.
It is hoped that clearing beta amyloid and stopping more plaques from forming could halt Alzheimer's and its symptoms.
Dr Tsai said: "We are optimistic."
The scientists say, in the future, people could wear special goggles or sit in front of a light-emitting device to get a therapeutic dose of the strobe light.
For the patient, it should be entirely painless and non-invasive.
"We can use a very low intensity, very ambient soft light.
"You can hardly see the flicker itself.
"The set-up is not offensive at all," they said, stressing it should be safe and would not trigger epilepsy in people who were susceptible.
Dr David Reynolds, of Alzheimer's Research, UK said: "Studies like this are valuable in revealing new processes implicated in Alzheimer's disease and opening new avenues for further research.
"While mice used in this study showed some key features of Alzheimer's, it is always important to follow up these findings in people."
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All political parties are being urged to join forces to review the UK's childcare system as another report highlights rising childcare costs.

The Family and Childcare Trust's annual survey says the average cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two has risen 33% since 2010.
It now costs more than £6,000 a year - a rise of 5% in a single year.
The government said it had increased the amount of free childcare for three and four-year-olds.
The trust's 14th annual childcare costs survey reveals yet another rise in the cost of childcare for preschool children.
The report, based on 196 UK local authority responses about the cost of 25 hours and 50 hours of childcare in local nurseries or childminders, says: "In the course of this Parliament, nursery costs for under-twos have increased by 32.8%, at a time when real wages have remained largely static."
It follows a string of surveys highlighting increasingly costly childcare.
Last year, the trust revealed many parents were spending more on childcare than their mortgage.
And many previous surveys have suggested costs can be too high for working to be economically viable for many parents, despite significant efforts by successive governments.
It says: "Over the last five years, while there have been deep cuts to other public services, the coalition government has increased spending on childcare.
"But despite this welcome investment, this year's survey, the 14th in the series, finds childcare prices have continued to increase and the gaps in provision remain unfilled. The reality is that for too many families it simply does not pay to work."
It also warns there is a risk that, as fees continue to rise, the new help in the form of tax relief could be wiped out.
The report adds: "Successive governments have recognised the pressure that high childcare costs place on families. In 2013, the government announced increased help with childcare costs through universal credit and the new tax-free childcare scheme.
"But above-inflation increases in childcare prices have the potential to erode the value of this extra assistance, particularly in London and the South East where parents' childcare costs may easily reach the £8,000 annual maximum level for help.
"In London, a part-time nursery for a child under two now costs £7,907 per year."
Stephen Dunmore, the trust's chief executive, said: "In the run-up to the general election this May we want to see all political parties commit to an independent review of childcare. Britain needs a simple system that promotes quality, supports parents and delivers for children."
The report is published as the Liberal Democrats set out their plans for childcare.
Nick Clegg will restate his party's pledge of 15 hours a week of free childcare for all children of working parents aged between nine months and two years. He will also promise to extend the existing entitlement of 15 hours a week free childcare to all two-year-olds.
And he will restate the long-term ambition of the party to increase free childcare provision to 20 hours a week for all two, three and four-year-olds and for children aged between nine months and two years of working parents.
The findings come after the government scrapped its plan to reduce staff-to-child ratios, which was almost universally rejected as not desirable and unlikely to reduce costs.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We are pleased the report acknowledges the significant steps we have already taken to increase funding in the early years, and in particular that over the course of this Parliament we have increased funding from £2bn to £3bn a year.
"Providing more financial help for childcare is a central part of our plan for education, and the steps we have taken mean more children than ever before are accessing childcare and early education that will give them a great start in life."
The National Day Nurseries Association says the biggest reason that nursery fees are rising is that some parents are subsidising the cost of the government's free nursery places.
It said that the money which childcare providers receive to deliver these free placements falls short by an average of £800 per child per year for each  three to four-year-old place and £700 for each two-year-old place.
Alison McGovern, Labour shadow minister for childcare and children, said the figures laid bare the government's failure.
"Since 2010 the failing Tory plan has seen the costs of childcare soar. On top of this, there are over 40,000 fewer childcare places and wages are down £1,600 a year on average."


Members of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party say they have been attacked by followers of President Robert Mugabe.

The allegations come a day after official results from Wednesday's poll gave Mr Mugabe a seventh term in office and his Zanu-PF party three-quarters of the seats in parliament.
Eleven people in Harare and 20 from Mashonaland Central province say they were attacked by known Zanu-PF supporters after the results were announced,
The MDC has called the poll fraudulent.
Its leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, 61, has vowed to take legal action to contest the results.
He has also said his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would no longer work with Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and would boycott government institutions.
By Andrew HardingAfrica correspondent
The two parties have been in a coalition since 2009, after the last election sparked widespread violence.
The 11 people who claimed they were attacked in a township in the capital Harare sought refuge at the MDC party headquarters on Sunday, the BBC's Brian Hungwe reports from Harare.
Both they and those from Mashonaland Central province, north of the capital, allege that they were attacked by Zanu-PF supporters who went door-to-door ordering MDC supporters and their families to pack their bags and leave.
An MDC spokesman, Douglas Mwonzora, said the attacks were well planned. But a spokesman for Zanu PF, Psychology Maziwisa, denied his party was attacking opponents.
The MDC warns that it may not be able to control its angry supporters if the reports of attacks continue, our correspondent reports.
The party has appealed to the Southern African grouping, Sadc, to intervene to prevent the situation getting out of control, he adds.
Some in the MDC have called for a campaign of civil disobedience to isolate Zanu-PF.
Zimbabwe's perplexing election
Mr Mugabe, 89, won 61% of the vote in the presidential poll, against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's 34%.
Results from the parliamentary election also handed the MDC a defeat. It won just 49 seats compared with Zanu-PF's 158.
The US and UK have expressed concern at the poll results amid the opposition's claims of electoral fraud.
But the Jacob Zuma, president of regional power South Africa, extended his "profound congratulations" to Mr Mugabe and urged all sides to accept the outcome.
On Sunday, MDC party treasurer Roy Bennett told the BBC's Newshour programme that there was a "seething anger simmering across the length and breadth of Zimbabwe... for the fact that they have had their rights stolen."
He condemned Zanu-PF as "a bunch of kleptocratic geriatrics who should have retired long ago".
Asked about possible mistakes that the MDC had made, and about the quality of Mr Tsvangirai's leadership, Mr Bennett hinted that "nobody's indispensable" and that current events "will deal with those who have been exposed as not having the people's interest at heart".
Monitoring groups disagreed over the conduct of the election.
The most critical account came from the largest group of monitors, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), which had 7,000 workers observing the vote.
The organisation said problems with voter registration had left up to one million people unable to cast their ballots, mostly in urban areas regarded as MDC strongholds.
On Saturday, one of the nine members of the election commission resigned over the way the election was conducted.
Commissioner Mkhululi Nyathi said in his resignation letter: "While throughout the whole process I retained some measure of hope that the integrity of the whole process could be salvaged along the way, this was not to be."
However, the African Union, which had 70 observers, said its initial report suggested the election was "free and credible".
The AU's mission chief Olusegun Obasanjo said there had been "incidents that could have been avoided" and asked Zimbabwe's election authorities to investigate claims that voters had been turned away from polling stations.
The southern African regional bloc, Sadc, with 560 observers, broadly endorsed the election as "free and peaceful", but said it would reserve judgement on the fairness of the process.
Mr Mugabe has had a troubled relationship with the West since launching his programme to seize white-owned land in 2000 - a move widely seen as destroying Zimbabwe's economy.
In contrast, many African leaders still respect him for leading the fight against white minority rule in the 1970s.
Mr Tsvangirai has seven days from the declaration of the results to lodge a legal challenge to the Constitutional Court.
The court then has 14 days to deliver a judgement. If the court upholds the results, Mr Mugabe must be sworn in within 48 hours of the ruling.
If it orders fresh elections, these must be held within 60 days.
Mr Mugabe has governed Zimbabwe since independence from the UK in 1980.


Online booking firm Appointedd has formed a strategic partnership with a global payment transaction provider.

The deal with AEVI will see the Edinburgh-based firm's scheduling and booking software being made available to more than 500,000 firms worldwide.
The software will feature on AEVI's cloud-based suite of business-to-business apps and services.
From February, users will be able to schedule appointments on AEVI-enabled point-of-sale devices.
Appointedd's software is designed to help small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) make appointments with colleagues and customers wherever they are in the world.
Appointedd was founded by Leah Hutcheon in 2011 and has attracted support from several high-profile investors, including Skyscanner founder Gareth Williams and Macklin Enterprise Partnerships founder Marie Macklin.
Ms Hutcheon, said: "At Appointedd, we're passionate about supporting businesses to grow and flourish and this new partnership with AEVI exposes Appointedd to a wide range of businesses across the globe, enabling us to help them to scale their businesses.
"We know that SMEs are short on time and Appointedd can help them streamline processes, grow their businesses and gain a competitive advantage."


Detectives investigating the murder of a 17-year-old woman whose body was pulled from the sea off Kent have made a fresh appeal for witnesses.

Becky Morgan's remains were recovered from the water at Broadstairs on Sunday.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw a young couple between 02:00 and 02:45 BST on Sunday on the East Pier in Ramsgate.
Detectives said they were also keen to recover Ms Morgan's mobile phone.
It is a white Samsung Galaxy S with a sticker on the back, which said "you are beautiful".
A police spokeswoman said: "Those who were fishing in the area, working on the boats in the harbour, or perhaps in the area on holiday are all being urged to get in touch if they saw a man and a woman on the pier at that time."
A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail until 24 June.


Fate played a part in placing Rachelle Chung For Yuen on the same Piccadilly Line train as the bomber on 7 July 2005, as it did with many others killed in the blasts.

The 27-year-old accountant from Mauritius left her Mill Hill home in north London and found that signal failures were sending all Northern Line trains along the Bank branch, through King's Cross.
Mrs Chung For Yuen was heading to work in Piccadilly Circus and so disembarked at King's Cross to change lines.
Her husband Billy, 29, also from Mauritius, never saw her again after she left their house that day.
He and friends of Mrs Chung For Yuen handed out leaflets across the West End and at stations and hospitals in London in a desperate attempt to find her.
Originally from Curepipe in Mauritius where her father ran a corner shop, the eldest of three children studied at the Our Lady High School.
She decided against university, and instead carved out a career in accountancy.
She financed her studies herself and in 2000 moved to London to complete her ACCA qualification. A year later, she was qualified and went on to join Mees Pierson Intertrust, a subsidiary of the Fortis Group.
It was around this time that she met the man who was to become her husband.
In 2003, the couple moved into a terraced house in Wood Green and married the following year at Haringey register office. By 2004 they were living in a flat in Mill Hill.
Her sister's wedding in Mauritius in June 2005 was the last time she saw all her family and she told friends and relatives that things were going well.
At the inquest into her death, her husband said in a statement: "Rachelle was taught from a young age that family values were extremely important, and she always cherished her family above anything else.
"When she was in London, she would never fail to call home to check if everything was fine. She would buy presents for everybody, particularly at Christmas time, and would never forget a birthday.
"Her younger sisters always held her in the highest regard, as Rachelle would take care of them and do everything to help them."
Her funeral service in 2005 in her homeland was attended by the country's most senior statesmen.
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and opposition leader Paul Berenger were among the congregation.


Freddie Hunt, son of motor racing legend James, got behind the wheel of his father's Formula 1 World Championship winning car at Silverstone this week.

He was at the motor racing circuit for the media preview of the Silverstone Classic festival which takes place in July this year, where he will mark the 40th anniversary of his father winning the F1 championship in 1976.
Freddie Hunt was greeted in the pit lane by former motor sport commentator Murray Walker (left) and Alastair Caldwell, who was team manager at McLaren when Hunt won the championship.
Freddie Hunt drove his father's title-winning McLaren-Ford M23.  James Hunt died in 1993 at the age of just 45.
"I know the crowds at Silverstone back in the seventies really took my dad's heroics to their hearts, so it's going to be very special for all of us in the family to be marking the 40th anniversary of his World Championship at this summer's Silverstone Classic," said Freddie Hunt.
Classic vehicles of all ages and types had gathered for the preview of the summer event.
The world's biggest historic motor racing festival expects to attract more than 100,000 visitors.
The preview day saw a wide range of vehicles take to the track.
From open-wheel cars like this Lotus 20/22...
To the Austin Mini Cooper S of Graham Churchill and Peter Baldwin.
Supercars were also on show, such as this Lamborghini Diablo.
Silverstone Classic takes place from 29-31 July.
All photographs Phil Coomes/BBC.


(Close): US stocks finished mostly lower following a turbulent trading day and an announcement of new stimulus from the European Central Bank.

The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 5.23 points to 16,995.13.
The S&P 500 gained 0.31 points to 1,989.57, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index fell 12.22 points to 4,662.16.
US markets mirrored those in Europe after ECB head Mario Draghi said the bank would expand stimulus measures, but did not expect further rate cuts.
Shares in mobile payment company Square fell 6.1%. The company reported on Wednesday that it had seen growth in payment volume over the fourth quarter, but also increasing operating expenses.
Dollar General shares rose 10.7% after the company reported profits of $376m. Its discount competitor Dollar Tree saw its share price rise 4%.


A doctor had an "unnecessary" operation to remove a breast after being told she had cancer that could turn aggressive at any time, a court heard.

GP Rosemary Platt said her surgeon, Ian Paterson, said he would recommend his own wife to have the same procedure if in the same position.
Mr Paterson has denied 20 counts of wounding with intent on nine women and one man.
His trial has heard he carried out the operations for "obscure" reasons.
Mr Paterson, 59, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, was formerly employed by Heart of England NHS Trust and also practised at Spire Healthcare in the West Midlands.
The procedures are alleged to have been carried out between 1997 and 2011.
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Dr Platt, now retired, told Nottingham Crown Court she trusted Mr Paterson's advice to have the operation in 2001 after growths in her breast were found.
She said her husband had asked Mr Paterson if his own wife had the same symptoms and results would this be the course of action he would take, and he said yes.
Dr Platt first went to Mr Paterson in 1997, when she was 47, after finding a lump in her right breast.
She later underwent an excision of the lump and had another procedure on her armpit a month later.
More lumps were found and four years later it was suggested she would have a mastectomy and reconstruction.
She said that despite her profession, she "left her GP hat at the door" and trusted the advice given to her by the consultant.
"I felt he was a trusted professional, he was a doctor who cared about his patients and he would give me the best advice in this situation," she told the court.
As she recovered from the operation Mr Paterson suggested to her that in the long term she would need a procedure on the left side. But she said she felt so ill she asked to leave it under review.
Cross examined by Mr Paterson's defence lawyer, Nicholas Johnson QC, it was suggested Dr Platt's memory might be affected by the passage of time.
But she said she thought pain, such as having stitches removed from a breast cut, helps you remember things.
The trial continues.


The UK is set to reopen its embassy in Tehran in the coming days, almost four years after it was closed following the storming of the compound by protesters.

Relations with Iran have been shaky since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The British embassy in Tehran is expected to be reopened within days, during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and a delegation of business leaders.
The move follows a deal agreed by Iran with six world powers on curbing its nuclear programme.
The reopening of the embassy was first publicly proposed by the UK government last year, but had been held up by problems including Iran's reluctance to relax import laws which slowed the replacement of equipment taken out when the post was abandoned.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the circumstances are right to reopen Britain's embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran.
It follows an improvement in relations in recent months following the election of a more moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, in June 2013 and an agreement on how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme.
It also comes as Iraqi forces are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni Islamist militants across the country, amid reports that Iran is providing military assistance to its historic rival.
Britain demands the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London, saying also that all Iranian diplomats must leave the country within 48 hours. Foreign Secretary William Hague also reveals that all UK diplomatic employees have already left Iran.
Iranian protesters storm the UK embassy in Tehran, throwing stones, petrol bombs, and burning documents. They attempt to occupy it before being dispersed by riot police. The UK Foreign Office says it is "outraged" by the incident.
The Iranian parliament votes to expel the British ambassador in Tehran, Dominick Chilcott. Economic and trade links with the UK are weakened.
British Chancellor George Osborne announces financial sanctions against Iran as a result of a report by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), into its nuclear programme. Britain ceases all ties with Iranian banks.
Four people said by Iran to be terrorists with links to Britain are arrested according to the country's English language television station Press TV.
The Foreign Office denied the men had ties to Britain and said this was "another in a long line of slurs against the United Kingdom from the government of Iran".
Iran admits it is building a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, but insists it is for peaceful purposes. British intelligence services played a key role in the unveiling of the site.
Mass protests are held after the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The opposition says the election was fraud.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says "arrogant powers" in the US and European countries tried to encourage protests. He adds that the "most evil of those powers was Britain". The British media was also criticised.
The British Council, which has been operating intermittently in Iran since 1961, says it has suspended operations in Tehran, claiming Iranian officials "pressurised" their staff.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers Channel 4's alternative Christmas message to Britain.
In a speech to the Israeli parliament, Gordon Brown says: "Iran has a clear choice to make: suspend its nuclear programme and accept our offer of negotiations or face growing isolation and the collective response not of one nation but of many nations."
Iran detains 15 British navy personnel who were patrolling the Shatt al-Arab waterway separating Iran and Iraq. Tehran says that the boat entered Iranian waters. A diplomatic row ensues and they are released on 4 April.
The UK, Germany and France draft a resolution for the IAEA criticising Iran's lack of co-operation with inspections of its nuclear programme. Later in the month, eight British sailors are held for three days in Iran after their ship reportedly strays into Iranian waters near the border with Iraq.
Demonstrations take place outside the UK embassy in Tehran, as people criticise the UK and US military for fighting near the Shia holy cities of Iraq.
The IAEA reports for the first time on Iran's 18-year nuclear programme. Iran insists it is for civilian purposes only but some parts of the international community, particularly the US and UK, believe that Iran is intent on building a nuclear weapon.
In November 2003, Tehran agrees to more extensive inspection of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA.
Iran rejects David Reddaway as the UK's ambassador to Tehran, calling him a spy.
Jack Straw becomes the first UK foreign secretary to travel to Iran since the Islamic revolution. It is part of a wider effort to forge a coalition against the Afghan Taliban.
Cabinet minister Mo Mowlam visits Iran and pledges UK assistance in Iran's fight against narco-trafficking from Afghanistan, which supplies 90% of the heroin sold in the UK.
UK and Iran exchange ambassadors for the first time since the revolution in 1979.
Relations with Britain are restored to ambassador level after Tehran officially distances itself from the Salman Rushdie affair whereby it called the British author's book the Satanic Verses blasphemous against Islam and said Muslims had a duty to kill Mr Rushdie.
It now says it would not carry out the fatwa nor encourage anyone else to do so.
An Iranian diplomat is expelled in retaliation for Tehran's expulsion of a UK diplomat. Later, three Iranians are expelled from London (two embassy officials and a student) after an alleged plot to kill Mr Rushdie.
Diplomatic relations with the UK improve with the release of Terry Waite, who was held hostage by an Iranian-backed militant group in Lebanon for almost five years. Iran is perceived to have been instrumental in securing Mr Waite's release.
Iran declares a fatwa on Mr Rushdie. Bilateral diplomatic ties are broken, and Mr Rushdie goes into hiding.
British embassy in Tehran reopens.
Six anti-Khomeini Iranian gunmen take over the Iranian embassy in London and take 22 people hostage. The siege ends when British special forces soldiers storm the building, killing five of the gunmen. Nineteen hostages are set free but one dies and two are injured after the gunmen open fire on them during the assault.
Britain closes its embassy in Tehran, following the Islamic revolution.
CENTO, the Central Treaty Organisation, is formed under the Baghdad Pact by the UK, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey to offset Soviet influence in the region. Like Nato, it pledges mutual co-operation and non-interference in each others' internal affairs. The US joins the pact in 1958. CENTO is a largely symbolic body and disbands in 1979.
Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh is ousted in a coup sponsored by US and British intelligence agencies. He serves a three year jail sentence for treason and spends the remainder of his life under house arrest until his death in 1967.
Mossadegh is appointed prime minister after Ali Razamara is assassinated. In 1951 he tries to nationalise the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, but Britain imposes an embargo and appeals to the US for help.
Iran says it will remain neutral in World War II but Reza Shah, the first Pahlavi king, had also expanded trade and links with Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Fearful of the outcome, especially after German incursion into the Soviet Union in 1941, the UK and Russia jointly occupy Iran and force Reza Shah to abdicate. He later dies in exile.
UK and Russian troops leave Iran in 1946 after US officials cite clauses in the 1942 Atlantic Charter prohibiting colonial expansion on the back of wartime efforts.


More than 90 jobs have been saved at a Welsh coffee and ice cream chain.

Cadwaladers, established in 1927 in Criccieth, Gwynedd, has been bought out of administration in a deal that will see the business continue at nine of its 14 shops.
The company has coffee shops across north and south Wales, including Cardiff, Barry and Tenby.
Managing director Diane Brierley said the deal placed the company in a "strong position".
She added: "It has been a difficult few months, but... we believe Cadwaladers has the potential to come back stronger".


Aled Davies threw a new championship record in the F42 shot put to win Britain's first gold on day one of the IPC Athletics World Championships.

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The Welsh 24-year-old, who had hernia surgery 10 weeks ago, defended his title with a best of 14.95m in Doha.
Iran's Sajad Mohammadian was in front after throwing 14.54 but Davies's 14.88 in the penultimate round put him ahead.
"If you had told me 10 weeks ago that I would be here and be world champion, I'd have taken that," he said.
"I have to thank the British Athletics medical team for getting me here. The rehab was long and I only picked up the shot three or four weeks ago so to come here and deliver a half-decent throw and win, I'm happy with that."
Davies was the first Briton in action on the first day of the 10-day competition and will also take part in the discus next Wednesday.
"It was a tough competition for me and I wasn't at my best," he told BBC Sport.
"I started panicking early because I wasn't executing the way I would have wanted, so after the third round I just went out and tried to throw as hard as I could.
"It meant I had to sacrifice a few technical things but it all paid off and hopefully I can do the same in the discus and come away with another gold."


British number one and top seed Johanna Konta reached the second round of the Nottingham Open as Heather Watson was knocked out.

Konta, 26, was leading 6-2 3-0 when British number four Tara Moore retired with a foot injury.
World number eight Konta, who has now won 300 singles matches in her career, will play Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in round two.
Watson, 25, lost 6-2 6-3 against fourth seed Alison Riske of the USA.
The British number three's defeat came after she finished runner-up in the Surbiton Trophy on Sunday.
Konta told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I didn't realise I was approaching that number. It was a really nice surprise at the end.
"It was good to spend some time out on court, although it wasn't the best circumstances to come through that match.
"In terms of the things I had under my control, I feel I competed well and I definitely enjoyed getting my first grass-court match under my belt."
On Monday, British wildcard Laura Robson lost in the first round to American Julia Boserup, while top men's seed Dan Evans pulled out with a calf injury.


Sony is set to sell the PlayStation 4 for a cheaper price than Microsoft's rival Xbox One.

The Japanese firm announced at the E3 trade show that its machine would be sold for £349 in the UK, $399 in the US and 399 euros across Europe.
It added that it would not impose restrictions on second-hand games.
Sony also unveiled what its box would look like, having previously kept the design under wraps at its February PS4 press conference.
For many in the audience at the Los Angeles event, the scale of the price difference came as the biggest shock.
Earlier in the day Microsoft had revealed its new console would cost £429 in the UK, $499 in the US and 499 euros.
"Clearly the big headline is that the PlayStation is going to be $100 less than the Xbox One when they come out in the US," Stephen Totilo, editor-in-chief of the gaming news site Kotaku, told the BBC.
"Microsoft is going to need to look again at its price or explain why it offers better value, such as the inclusion of its Kinect sensor.
By Dave LeeLos Angeles
If console battles were decided by the frequency and volume of whoops and cheers from excitable gaming fanatics, then Sony has won it hands down.
The biggest of all was about price. The PS4 will cost $399 or £349, a price point which drew gasps and then cheers from the audience in Los Angeles.
Cost aside, it was Sony's stance on DRM - digital rights management - which also drew huge applause.
"PS4 will not impose any new restrictions on your use of PS4 game discs," said Jack Tretton, boss of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
It was a cheer for what his audience saw as basic right.
Unlike Microsoft, however, Sony has still to provide a launch date, indicating only that the PS4 would be released in time for the "holidays" - a reference to Christmas.
"Of course, in the short-term it may not matter too much because when new consoles launch, supply is typically limited and hardcore gamers will pay anything to snatch them up. But six months or a year later on it will make a difference and Microsoft may feel at that point that it needs to match price with Sony."
Sony also sought to distinguish its games machine by announcing it would not introduce any new restrictions on pre-owned disc-based games bought from friends or retailers, nor would it require users to regularly authenticate their machines via the internet to allow games to continue being played.
By contrast, Microsoft has introduced limitations on who consumers can buy second-hand titles from and has introduced a requirement to connect to the net once every 24-hours to play games on the Xbox One.
"With Sony continually pushing their gaming credentials and the development of the PlayStation brand for gamers throughout their presentation - it has very publicly slapped Microsoft across the face," said Alex Simmons, UK Editor-in-Chief of news site IGN.com.
"Talk of restrictions on the sale of pre-owned games and a requirement for an internet connection have been two of the largest consumer concerns surrounding the next-generation consoles."
Sony's gaming division accounted for $7.5bn (£4.8bn) worth of sales in its last financial year, representing just under 10% of its total revenues.
The PS4's predecessor, the PlayStation 3, beat the Xbox 360 in terms of global shipments but was in turn outsold by Nintendo's Wii, according to market research firm IDC.
However, the Wii U - which launched in November - has failed to meet its sales projections, something Nintendo has blamed on delays to games releases.
"It's a big opening, the Wii U hasn't performed up to Nintendo's expectations or that of the broader industry" IDC's gaming analyst Lewis Ward told the BBC.
"You only get about once a decade to reset expectations around what a platform will be, and therefore the launch of the PS4 has the potential to move Sony back into the pole position it was at with the PS2."
Sony said that 140 PS4 games were in development, 100 of which should be released within its first year.
Among the titles that will be exclusive to the PS4 which had not previously been revealed was The Order: 1886, a steampunk-styled shooter set in the 19th century.
In addition, Square Enix announced that it was bringing Kingdom Hearts 3 - a role-playing game involving locations and characters from Disney cartoons - to the platform.
Sony said it also wished to make the PS4 the most "open and inclusive" platform to independent developers and highlighted a range of titles from the sector including a remake of 1997's Oddworld.
One expert suggested this was a deliberate effort to take advantage of the fact several small studios had complained ofexperiencing problems when trying to release titles onto the Xbox.
"While Microsoft has found itself incurring the wrath of many indie developers, Sony has taken the opportunity to reach out to the sector earning it access to great games and also a great deal of goodwill," said Christopher Grant, editor-in-chief of games news site Polygon.
"But while Sony says that it allows 'self publishing', it's not the kind of open market we might think of when we hear the term in association with smartphone platforms like iOS or Android."
In addition to the PS4 news, Sony also talked up the PS Vita.
It has previously acknowledged that sales of the handheld console had fallen behind expectations.
But at E3 it stressed the machine was "just beginning its life cycle".
It said that 85 titles were coming to the platform this year including Batman Arkham Origins, Killzone Mercenary and a new episode in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead series.
It also described the Vita as "the ultimate companion device" to the PS4 since the handheld can stream the bigger machine's titles.
Despite the PS4's price advantage, one observer at E3 said it was too soon to assume it would outsell the Xbox One.
"You don't get the Kinect with the PS4 - Sony's Eye camera isn't as powerful and may be sold separately - so Microsoft can push the fact its sensor is worth the extra £80," said Stuart Miles, founder of the Pocket-lint gadget review site.
"The other thing is that the Xbox One games line-up seems to be stronger at launch.
"A lot of the games announced at Sony's event have been given a 2014 date and its Gaikai cloud streaming service won't start offering PS3 titles to the new console until next year as well."
Read more of the BBC's E3 coverage.


Challenges facing the health board in north Wales "are still evident", a report from the auditor general and healthcare inspectorate has said.

The Wales Audit Office and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales looked at progress at Betsi Cadwaladr since 2013 and said it should "continue to show energetic, brave and visible leadership".
But it said it lacked a "clear plan" for shaping clinical services and more work was needed on quality improvement.
Betsi said it welcomed the review.
"We recognise there is still much that needs to be done and are committed to delivering the necessary improvements, building on the progress made to date," the board said.
It is under Welsh Government supervision over serious concerns about patient care.


A company's plans to build a Â£14m factory to meet growing demand will lead to an extra 120 jobs, according to a Denbighshire council planning report.

Councillors are being asked to approve Wholebake's plan for a second unit in Corwen, near to Ty'n Llidiart estate.
The company, which has a storage unit in Wrexham, makes natural food bakery products and already employs 120.
The planning committee report highlights concerns from Corwen residents about the site's suitability.
A planning meeting will decide whether to give the factory the go-ahead on Wednesday.


Deposed champions Ireland completed their 2016 Women's Six Nations campaign by beating Scotland at Donnybrook.

Winger Alison Miller scored three tries and full-back Niamh Briggs got two while Liz Burke, Ciara Griffen and Sophie Spence also touched down.
The Irish women are likely to finish in third place, having lost to the winners France and runners-up England.
Jenny Maxwell got Scotland's first try just before half-time with Rhona Lloyd scoring the second right at the end.
Sunday's result made it a sixth successive Six Nations campaign without a win for the Scots.
Last year Ireland won 73-3 away in Scotland.
Ireland now turn their thoughts to preparing for the Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage tournament in Dublin on 25 and 26 June.
The hosts will compete against 15 other nations for the one final place at the Olympics in August.
The winners of the tournament will join New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Colombia, USA, France, Fiji, Japan and hosts Brazil in Rio.


Three men have been arrested after a stabbing at a McDonald's drive-through and further violence.

A man was stabbed in the back at the restaurant in Bridge Retail Park, Torquay, in the early hours of Monday.
Police later Tasered a man who confronted them with a meat cleaver. They then went to an address where a man had been struck with a hammer.
Those arrested are aged 19, 20 and 22. The stabbed man was released from hospital after treatment.
For more on the Torquay attacks, and other news
Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to the McDonald's soon after 01:30 BST.
A car used by a number of men was traced to Newton Abbot, where police arrested a 20-year-old for failing to stop for police, and for drug possession.
Police then went to another address on the same street, where officers were met at the door by a 22-year-old brandishing a meat cleaver.
He was Tasered and arrested at 05:40.
At 16:50, police went to Condor Drive, Torquay, the scene of the reported hammer attack.
A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of that assault and in connection with the earlier stabbing at McDonalds.
A McDonald's spokesman said: "We can confirm an incident occurred at our Torquay restaurant in the early hours of yesterday morning.
"The restaurant was closed from around 01:00 allowing the police to carry out necessary inquiries and has since reopened."


Uganda goalkeeper Denis Onyango has signed a four-year contract extension with South Africa's Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

The 29-year-old played in the Cranes' first two matches at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon but missed their last group game because of injury.
In January, Onyango was voted Africa-based Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football.
He is the only goalkeeper, and the first Ugandan, to achieve that feat.


Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony has unexpectedly said its annual loss may be more than four times bigger than initially forecast.

The firm now expects a full-year loss of 230bn yen ($2.15bn; £1.3bn) compared with a previous estimate of 50bn yen.
This was attributed to its struggling mobile business, which has been losing money due to competition from global rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
Sony also said it would not pay a year-end dividend for the first time.
In a statement, Sony said its latest plan had been "modified to address the significant change in the market and competitive environment of the mobile business."
This is the sixth profit warning from the company, which made the announcement after Japanese stock markets had closed.
Analysts say that while the company faces a hard time returning its smartphone division to profit, it is not impossible.
"They are not the only smartphone vendors to be under a lot pressure," Rachel Lashford from consultancy Canalys said.
"With the right restructuring and focus on products, at the right prices, it is absolutely possible for vendors to move forward."
Ms Lashford said both South Korea's LG and Taiwan's HTC have seen their smartphone divisions return to profit after several straight quarterly losses.
Sony has been struggling for several years, and now it has decided for the first time since it was listed on the Tokyo stock exchange not to pay a dividend to shareholders.
The company blames the latest deterioration on its mobile phone business. It has struggled to compete with the dominant players in the smartphone market, Apple and Samsung as well newer Chinese suppliers.
Sony plans to cut staff in the mobile phone unit by 15% to reduce costs. Sony's television business is also struggling, though other operations, notably the PlayStation games console, are more successful.
Major restructuring
Sony has been losing money for the past few years and has undertaken a major restructuring to try and stem the losses.
Once an investor darling, Sony has also seen its credit rating reduced to junk due to its poor financial performance.
Under chief executive Kazuo Hirai - who took charge in 2012 - Sony sold off parts of the business deemed not central to the company's operations, including its personal computer business.
It also sold its US office building in New York for more than $1bn, and the "Sony City Osaki" premises in Tokyo, which had been its headquarters for six decades.
In addition, Sony culled 5,000 jobs from its computer and hard-hit television unit, which Mr Hirai has so far refused to sell because it is considered a core business.
Sony's high-end Xperia smartphones have seen poor sales in China and the US because of local competition and limited distribution.
In its search for new revenues, the company recently unveiled a new range of smartwatches and launched a smartphone that will allow gamers to integrate the device with its PS4 PlayStation console.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man in his 70s was found dead at a house.

The dead man, who is due to be formally identified later, was discovered at a property in Tudor Road, Nuneaton at about 22:20 GMT on Friday.
A 28-year-old man from Nuneaton arrested on suspicion of assault was further arrested for manslaughter, police said.
He has been bailed until 24 April.


Applications for Irish passports from Northern Ireland and Britain have risen by 68% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year.

Figures from the Republic's Department of Foreign Affairs showed that applications had risen by 26% overall.
The department had received a record number of overall applications in 2016.
There has been an increase in applications from Britain and Northern Ireland since the UK voted to leave the EU.
An Irish passport would allow its holder to continue to move and work freely within other EU member states once the UK withdraws.
In 2016, applications from Northern Ireland increased by 27% from the previous year while applications from Britain went up by 42%.
The latest figures show that this trend has continued in the opening months of 2017.
Between January and March this year, 27,898 applications were received from Northern Ireland and 23,181 were received from Britain.
In the corresponding period of 2016, 16,581 applications were received from Northern Ireland and there were 13,722 from Britain.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the the overall increase in applications was "attributable to a variety of causes including an expanding population and a significant increase in outbound travel in recent years".
"The decision by the UK to leave the EU may also have had some impact, although the department does not ask people why they are applying for a passport, only whether they are eligible."
The Republic's Passport Service had already seen a surge in demand prior to Brexit, due to an increase in outbound travel, the Euro 2016 football championships and new US travel requirements for biometric passports.
People with a parent or grandparent born in Ireland are among those who can apply for an Irish passport.


Mexican authorities have released CCTV footage showing the moments before the country's most-wanted drug lord escaped from his prison cell.

Images show Joaquin Guzman pacing his cell at Altiplano jail several times on Saturday evening before heading into the shower area and disappearing.
A small hole leading to a tunnel has since been found and a massive manhunt is under way.
It is the second time Guzman, known as El Chapo or "Shorty", has escaped jail.
He broke out from a Mexican high-security prison in 2001 and was not recaptured until 2014.
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said officials at Altiplano jail prison must have helped him in his latest escape.
Three senior prison officials, including the director of the jail, have been dismissed.
The escape tunnel was more than 1.5km (1 mile) long.
It measured 1.70m in height and led to a building outside the prison perimeter.
Security officials said it could have taken a year to build.
It has emerged that Chapo Guzman fled despite wearing a monitoring bracelet and being subject to 24-hour surveillance.
A reward of 60 million pesos ($3.8m; Â£2.4m) for his capture has been offered.
Guzman's rise to head of the Sinaloa cartel made him one of the world's most wanted drug trafficker.
The cartel controls much of the flow of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine to the US.
Before his recapture in 2014, the US state department had offered a reward of up to $5m (Â£3.2m) for information leading to his arrest.
His wealth is estimated at $1bn (Â£630m).


The Conservative's health minister, Jeremy Hunt has held on to his Surrey South West seat with 34,199 votes.

Anne Milton won Guildford for the Tories with a 57.1% share of the vote, and in Woking Jonathan Lord kept the seat blue, with a majority of more than 20,000.
Labour has more than doubled its vote in the two  constituencies.
In Guildford, Labour polled 6,534 votes compared to 3,700 in 2010, while the Lib Dems dropped from 13,000 to 8,354.
In Woking, Labour doubled its vote while the Liberal Democrats' support more than halved.
Follow all the latest from the counts on the BBC's election live service or see the latest from your constituency on the BBC News website.


The bodies of two men have been found in a Cornwall flat, sparking a police investigation.

Devon and Cornwall Police described the deaths as "unexplained".
Officers discovered the bodies of a 31-year-old-man from St Austell and a 22-year-old man, previously from Plymouth, at about 16:30 GMT on Wednesday.
The property, off Tregonissey Road, St Austell, is cordoned off and a police guard remains in place.
More on this story, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
The 31-year-old has been identified and his next of kin have been informed. The second man is yet to be formally identified. A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Friday.
Det Insp Marie Ward said: "This investigation is at a very early stage and inquiries continue to establish the circumstances around the deaths."
Police also said a 22-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of burglary. He was later released on police bail until 5 January.


A building technology firm based in County Antrim is creating 60 new jobs over the next four years.

Clear AV design and install technologically complex projects but all of its clients are based in London.
It employs 17 workers at its headquarters in Lisburn and also recently added a London base.
Its high-end projects range in value from Â£10m to 100m.
This includes working for luxury brands like Claridge's and Louis Vuitton.
It is a long way from what the company started off doing when it was set up about 25 years ago - installing TV aerials.
Managing Director Philip Dowds said: "Our business has evolved in line with our sector and we are currently finalising an exciting re-brand to help act as a platform for further strategic growth in Britain within the super high-end commercial and residential sectors.
"In order to meet our business goals within our strategic plan we will need the right people who buy into our vision and who want to build a successful long-term career working with some of the most prestigious schemes in the UK."


David Walliams has had fan letters that had been stolen returned to him by the police.

The comedian and author tweeted that the Met Police force in London had "kindly returned a number of children's letters to me that had been stolen in December."
He added that he has now "now replied to them all".
Last week he had apologised to fans if they had not received replies from him as he had just found out a large box of letters had been stolen.
The Metropolitan Police said a member of the public had found the mail.
Walliams told fans that he tried to reply to every letter and suggested those without a response should "please write again".
The Britain's Got Talent judge is a best-selling author.
He has written eight books, including Gangsta Granny and Mr Stink, that have also been turned into TV shows.
However, Walliams might not enjoy every letter he receives. Earlier this year he got one angry letter from a fan, criticising the TV version of his book 'Billionaire Boy'.


India's parliament has passed the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill.

The tax reform has been labelled a landmark and India's biggest tax reform since independence.
The changes aim to streamline India's fragmented tax system with a single levy.
Indian businesses have been lobbying for the single tax rate as it would reduce costs, particularly for shipping goods across state borders.
What promises to one of the world's most complex tax reforms is expected to be serviced by state-of-the-art technology.
Indian software giant Infosys is building a gigantic electronic infrastructure - a GST portal - where taxpayers can register, make payments and file returns.
Some 7.5 million businesses will be covered by the tax. Clearly, a successful GST in India will be a minor miracle.
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The goal is to create one single market. Currently, everything sold in India is subject to a multitude of taxes varying from state to state.
This is a bureaucratic burden, with a lot of money lost in a fragmented market. With every state deciding its own taxes it also encourages local protectionism.
The new efficiency aims to boost growth, with optimistic estimates suggesting more than 2% of added economic growth. India already has overtaken China as the world's fastest growing economy.
The Goods and Services Tax will replace that confusing jumble of existing taxes - ranging from lottery and entertainment tax to VAT, sales tax or luxury tax - with one single tax.
There also will be no more taxes at the different state borders within the country.
Currently, goods brought for example from the northern city of Haryana to Chennai are taxed in six different states.
The individual states fear they will lose money. They will now be compensated for their lost revenue over the next five years. Another compromise is that the lucrative businesses of fuel and alcohol have been entirely left out of the new tax for now.
The bill has been a key goal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and easily passed the lower house, but was long held up in the upper house where Mr Modi's BJP party does not have a majority.
Although the vote in the upper house is labelled a breakthrough, the actual tax is still quite some time off. First, at least half of the country's 29 states will have to approve the bill before it can become law. Then, the actual tax will need to be decided. A government panel has suggested a rate of 17-18%.
The government target for the tax coming into effect is April 2017 but many doubt it will be in place by then. It's to be an electronic tax with no more manual filing - the massive IT infrastructure will be an added challenge on the way to India's tax miracle.


Asian stock markets were mostly higher as worries surrounding the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey eased.

In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.5% at 19,944.41.
Shares in car making giant Toyota rose 1.1% despite the firm saying on Wednesday it was recalling another 1.6 million vehicles equipped with faulty air bags.
The Japanese car maker has recalled nearly 15 million vehicles fitted with the bags since 2013.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index ended flat at 22,488.94, while China's Shanghai Composite index fell 0.3% to 3,635.55.
Trading in the mainland market has become choppier ahead of a series of initial public offerings that will begin next week, analysts said.
South Korea's Kospi index closed up 1.06% at 2,030.68.
Sydney's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up more than 1% in morning trade, helped by banking shares, but eventually closed 0.3% higher at 5,210.70.
Analysts said that while other markets were trading sideways, money was rotating back into the country's banks as investors looked for income.
"The big four banks are flying today," IG market strategist Chris Weston told the BBC.
Shares in Commonwealth Bank of Australia - the country's biggest lender - closed up 1.5%.
Westpac finished the trading day up 1.2%, while National Australia Bank and ANZ closed up about 0.4%.
"When there's sideways trading in many global markets - traders want to be paid to be in a position and so we tend to see moves into the banks for yield," Mr Weston said.
"There are some risks because of the housing market, which is starting to show some vulnerability, but at the moment, bank shares are the best way to pick up yield."
The so-called big four lenders make up some 30% of Australia's stock market and are regarded as highly profitable. They came through the financial crisis relatively unscathed.


Peta Credlin, chief of staff to the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was described as a "horsewoman of the apocalypse" by a senior party member, a leaked text message revealed.

The text, from Party Treasurer Philip Higginson to another senior party figure, said it would be a "huge win" to "negotiate the removal of Credlin".
The leak to ABC follows criticism last month of Ms Credlin by Mr Higginson.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has backed Ms Credlin and called for unity.
In the message published by ABC, Mr Higginson said Ms Credlin had harmed the party through her "non understanding of team harmony".
Mr Higginson said he anticipated a "hatchet job" against him for criticising Ms Credlin, adding that he thought he was "watching the party committing suicide".
Ms Credlin is Mr Abbott's closest and most senior adviser and is seen as a huge influence on the prime minister.
Dubbed "the boss" by some Liberal MPs, she has been accused by some of heavy-handed and centralised party control.
A leadership challenge and poor polling have led Liberal Party backbenchers unsympathetic to the prime minister to call for her resignation.
Ms Bishop called the leaked text "deeply unfortunate".
"It's very colourful language," she told Sky News. "It's deeply unfortunate it has been said and been made public. The less the internal workings of the Liberal Party are made public, the better off for everybody."
The message is a further embarrassment for the Liberal Party following a leaked letter from Mr Higginson to the party's federal executive in February, in which he criticised the party over the positions held by Ms Credlin and her husband, party director Brian Loughnane.
He wrote: "How this party ever let a husband-and-wife team into those two key roles, where collegiate competitive tension is mandatory and private consultations between colleagues to see that each side is served well, is a complete mystery," the letter said.


Australia's tour opener against Kent offered the first opportunity to assess the form of the men preparing to take on England in the Ashes this summer.

Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh have made their mark with centuries in Australia's first innings, while Mitchell Johnson sent a cold shiver down English batsmen's spines with a menacing three-wicket burst on Friday.
With analysis from Test Match Special commentator Jim Maxwell, BBC Sport weighs up the early talking points of Australia's campaign to retain the urn.
It may amaze English readers to learn that Johnson's place in the Australia pace attack is the subject of some debate.
The left-arm paceman, who terrorised England's batsmen in the 5-0 series win over England in 2013-14 with 37 victims, was out-bowled by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in Australia's recent tour of West Indies.
And with Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle also in the squad, the pace attack for the first Test in Cardiff is by no means set in stone.
As if to prove a point, however, Johnson waited only six balls before taking his first wicket of the tour as he trapped Daniel Bell-Drummond lbw at the end of an over delivered at searing pace.
Two further scalps in Johnson's third spell left Kent batsman Rob Key joking that he doesn't get paid enough to face a bowler of the Australian's calibre and speed.
Maxwell's verdict: "Given how much Johnson got into the heads of England in Australia, I'm sure he'll be playing. If they are at their best, I think Harris and Johnson are still at the top of the pecking order, then Starc and Hazlewood.
"But Hazlewood's recent form suggests he's going to be hard to leave out. So I suppose it depends a bit on how well Harris comes out of this game, whether he's right to get through a fair bit of work and do his best in Cardiff or will they just hold back, as they did last time, and save him for Lord's."
With David Warner far more likely to punch a quick hundred than a fresh-faced England cricketer these days, his place at the top of the Australian batting order is secure.
That leaves two men - Chris Rogers  and Shaun Marsh - fighting it out to walk out to bat with him in Cardiff.
Rogers is the strong favourite, given his impressive record in the English county game and the fact he has scored fifties in each of this last six Test innings.
Marsh did not entirely convince as a stand-in when Rogers missed the Windies Tests with concussion, scoring just one fifty in four innings.
However, his flawless hundred against Kent, delivered while Rogers was compiling a much less convincing 84, showed him to be a more than capable alternative.
Maxwell's verdict: "I think there will be debate. Rogers may keep his spot in the short-term but Marsh seems to be favoured by some of the men making decisions and could grab the spot. Marsh has an extraordinary capacity for making Test hundreds, but also an extraordinary capacity for missing out completely - that's why he doesn't have a great average.
"If you go back over the past 12 months, the Rogers-Warner axis is going very well but the time is coming when Marsh will supplant Rogers in the team."
Smith's transformation from an ungainly number six to the top of the Test batting rankings is one of modern cricket's most remarkable tales.
He remains a fidgety, somewhat ungainly, presence at the crease but he possesses a sharpness of eye and quickness of hand that were in full evidence during his seemingly effortless hundred against Kent.
Smith scored 13 fours and a ruthless pull for six in his 111 before he took pity on the bowlers and retired himself out.
Smith's record in England, where he averages 34 compared with 66 in Australia, hints at a vulnerability against the moving ball and Graeme Swann has suggested the hosts could get the better of him if conditions play to their strengths this summer.
Maxwell's verdict: "I think every player is vulnerable against the swinging ball. It doesn't matter how good you are, anyone can nick off in the first part of your innings. But I'd be surprised if Smith doesn't score more than 500 runs this series. Plenty of people have struggled in recent times to get him out. He has such extraordinary hand-eye coordination, great technique and so much more confidence that he had a few years ago."
Australia's selectors also have a decision to make over the all-rounder slot with Shane Watson facing competition for this place from Shaun Marsh's younger brother Mitchell.
Watson has two Ashes hundreds on his CV, but has not reached three figures in 16 Test innings, while Marsh has shown promise with bat and ball in the one-day set-up.
At Canterbury, Watson groped around for 21 before he was spectacularly caught by Joe Denly. Marsh looked the more fluent, cracking six boundaries in a 26-ball 30.
Maxwell's verdict: "I think we're moving towards the point where Marsh will replace Watson, whose batting was pretty scratchy here as it has often been recently. But Watson is so good at first slip and can still bowl quite handily. I think they'll start with Watson but Marsh is very much in the reckoning somewhere along the line."
The sharpest barb of the pre-Ashes war of words has been fired by former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie.
He labelled the team a "Dad's Army" in reference to the fact that 10 of their 17-man squad are aged over 30. Chris Rogers and Brad Haddin are both 37, and Ryan Harris and Adam Voges are 35.
In contrast, Ian Bell is one of only two players over 30 in England's likely starting line-up for the first Test.
Could it be one tour too many for some of Australia's golden oldies, or will their greater experience tell against England's young pretenders?
Maxwell's verdict: "There is no retirement age for cricketers in my opinion. I saw Clive Lloyd play at pushing 40 and he was still a great player. I think the age is irrelevant if the players are performing and in Adam Voges's case he had a stunning first-class season and he's followed that up with a century on debut.
"Unless there's an obvious sign that a player is losing that millisecond of judgement, it's not really an argument as long as they are keen and motivated."


The new surgeon appointed in the Isle of Man after a controversy over the the future of breast care services has been revealed.

Millie Bello will start at Noble's Hospital in February.
Her appointment comes after concerns about replacing a specialised breast surgeon with a general surgeon.
A government spokesperson said Ms Bello had more than 10 years' experience as consultant general surgeon with a special interest in breast surgery.
Ms Bello said she was looking forward to working with colleagues to ensure patients received "the highest standard of care possible".
Chief Executive of Manx Cancer Help, Andrea Chambers said: "Ms Bello is a highly-regarded breast surgeon and her appointment is a coup for the Isle of Man."


A shortage of prison officers has left jails in England and Wales facing "bloodbaths", a union has warned.

Steve Gillan, of the Prison Officers Association, said proper staff levels were needed if officers - not inmates - were to be in charge of jails.
Earlier, he held talks with Justice Secretary Liz Truss over the rise in violence and suicides in prisons.
Ms Truss is set to unveil what she is calling the biggest overhaul of prisons in a generation on Thursday.
Mr Gillan said he wanted her reform plans to include prisoner searches as well as greater investment, saying Â£900m had been taken out of the service since 2010.
"We are not accepting any crumbs from the table," he said.
He added that Ms Truss appeared to accept the prison service was in crisis, underfunded and short-staffed, and warned the POA and government would be "on a collision course" if these problems were not addressed.
"The last thing that we want to see is more carnage and bloodbaths, and a prison officer loses his life," he said, after the meeting.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the POA, which is banned from taking industrial action, had been set to take part in an unofficial walkout.
The union has set a deadline of 11 November for government to take action over prison violence, otherwise it is threatening to resume its plan of public meetings and taking control of prisons from managers.
Latest figures show a new high of 65 assaults in jails every day.
In the year to June, assaults on staff jumped by 43% to 5,954, with 697 of these recorded as serious.
For months there has been huge concern about conditions in prisons, escalating levels of violence, self-harm and suicide.
The fatal stabbing of a prisoner at Pentonville Prison, north London, propelled the issue into the headlines.
Prison officers are concerned they cannot safely operate in jails with the current levels of staff.
The POA wanted to hold a series of union meetings outside prison gates - visible to the public and the media - before imposing their own working practices, including letting inmates out of their cells only in small numbers.
That would be a highly-restricted kind of regime.
The government agreed, as part of a deal for that action to be suspended, to hold urgent talks.
On Thursday, when Ms Truss is due to announce prison reforms, she is likely to continue steps taken by former Justice Secretary Michael Gove - giving governors more control and changing the way education is provided in prison.
But she also has to say something about recruitment and retention of prison officers. She has already announced 400 extra staff, but the problem is in some areas it doesn't pay to be a prison officer.
That's something the government's got to seriously look at, whether it involves extra pay incentives early on in someone's career or quicker pay progression.
One prisoner at London's Pentonville Prison told the BBC, via a note, how he had witnessed the "gory" killing of 21-year-old Jamal Mahmoud last month.
Since the incident, he said, prisoners had been "on lockdown".
"What really worries me is the availability of weapons and the frequency and severity of the violence I have witnessed here," he said.
He described how razors melted into toothbrushes were fashioned into weapons and flex and plugs from in-cell kettles were used as a "garrotte" or "flailing" weapons.
He also said knives were flown into Pentonville by drones.
Meanwhile, a former offender told BBC's World at One about stabbings, assaults and gang violence happening almost daily at his prison.
Lord Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons and prison reform campaigner, said the problems were "not surprising" after the government had cut staff by a third.
The fact that both officers and governors were calling for urgent action should be taken "very seriously" by the government, he told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"The basis of all prisons is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Unless things are right for staff, nothing will be right for prisoners," he said.
He called on the government to make people publicly responsible and accountable for prisons, as they were for business, schools and hospitals; to address overcrowding; and to make sure governors led their staff.


Middlesbrough manager Garry Monk says there is still work to be done to prepare his new-look squad for the start of the Championship campaign.

Monk has signed five players, including £15m striker Britt Assombalonga, while Jordan Rhodes and Viktor Fischer are among those to have left the club.
Boro start the new season away to Wolves on 5 August.
"There are a lot of elements to be put right and that's not an easy task," 38-year-old Monk told BBC Tees.
"It's a new group with work to be done, there's a new manager with new ideas, off back of the season [relegated from the Premier League] that we've just had.
"It's important to get a good competitive squad that can do well in this league because it's a such a long season.
"We're not thinking of anything else other than being ready for that first game against Wolves."
Monk was appointed by Boro last month after parting company with former club Leeds United.


A cyclist has died in a crash on Anglesey, which closed a road for more than six hours.

The B5109 at Trefor, near Holyhead, was shut from 07:40 BST to 14:00 on Tuesday after the accident involving a Ford Transit van and bicycle.
Police said the cyclist, a man from the area, died at the scene.
His family are being supported by officers.


This is the moment a traffic officer chased a "stubborn" swan down a motorway.

The obstinate bird caused a bottleneck on the M27 in Hampshire when it swanned onto the eastbound carriageway, blocking two lanes.
After a failed attempt to fly away, the swan was rescued and "safely taken away", Highways England said.
Swan Lifeline said the birds can often mistake roads for rivers in wet weather.
Highways England tweeted a picture of the bird holding up traffic at junction 11, near Fareham, at about 08:00 GMT.
The agency tweeted: "Two lanes are closed on the #M27 eastbound within J11 due to a stubborn swan on the carriageway!"
Swan Lifeline is working with the RSPCA and Hampshire Police, which sent officers to the scene.
It has advised the force to take the swan to a rescue centre near Portsmouth.
Manager Richard Stokes said: "Swans think the motorway is a river when it has been raining and the tarmac is wet, which is why it was running up and down the carriageway."
Recently, the rescue of a swan from a motorway in Gloucestershire by two police officers was likened to something out of spoof film Hot Fuzz, after they posted a selfie with the bird in their vehicle.
Other animals have also caused chaos by wandering into unexpected places, including last month when a cow blocked a rail line between Southampton and Brockenhurst.


Harry Styles, Ellie Goulding and Kendall Jenner helped boost the celebrity count at Monday night's British Fashion Awards in London.

Emma Watson got another trophy for her collection, the British Style Award.
Model of the year went to Cara Delevingne, who was playing up for the cameras backstage with her sister Poppy and some of her model mates.
Victoria Beckham picked up the prize for Brand of the year for her fashion range.
Other celebrities who enjoyed the night out with the fashion crowd included Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora, Lana del Rey and even Jack Whitehall.
Kate Moss was at the awards as well, and enjoying a night off was Lewis Hamilton with girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.
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Workplace bans on the wearing of "any political, philosophical or religious sign" such as headscarves need not constitute direct discrimination, Europe's top court has ruled.

But the ban must be based on internal company rules requiring all employees to "dress neutrally", said the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
It cannot be based on the wishes of a customer, it added.
This is the court's first ruling on the wearing of headscarves at work.
The ECJ's ruling was prompted by the case of a receptionist fired for wearing a headscarf to work at the security company G4S in Belgium.
The issues of Muslim dress and the integration of immigrant communities has featured prominently in debates in several European countries in recent years.
Austria and the German state of Bavaria have recently announced bans on full-face veils in public spaces.
Rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday's ECJ rulings were "disappointing" and "opened a backdoor to... prejudice".
The ECJ ruled on the case of Samira Achbita, fired in June 2006 when, after three years of employment, she began wearing a headscarf to work.
She claimed she was being directly discriminated against on the grounds of her religion and Belgium's court of cassation referred the case to the EU's top court for clarification.
At the time of Ms Achbita's hiring an "unwritten rule" had been in operation banning overt religious symbols, and the company subsequently went on to include this explicitly in its workplace regulations, the court explained in a press release about the ruling.
That covered "any manifestation of such beliefs without distinction", and was therefore not discriminatory, it said.
It said "an employer's desire to project an image of neutrality towards both its public and private sector customers is legitimate" - but national courts had to make sure this policy of neutrality had been applied equally to all employees.
In practice, such a policy must therefore also ban other religious insignia such as crucifixes, skullcaps and turbans, the court confirmed to the BBC.
To avoid claims of indirect discrimination, national courts must ascertain that people adhering to a particular religion or belief have not been put at a particular disadvantage, unless "objectively justified by a legitimate aim" achieved by means that are "appropriate and necessary".
For instance, the Belgian court ruling on Ms Achbita's case would need to ascertain whether it could have been possible to offer her another post not involving visual contact with customers.
The ECJ also considered the case of design engineer Asma Bougnaoui, who lost her job at French firm Micropole, after a customer complained that she wore an Islamic headscarf. The court ruled that any ban on headscarf could not be based on "subjective considerations".
"The willingness of an employer to take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have the services of that employer provided by a worker wearing an Islamic headscarf cannot be considered a genuine and determining occupational requirement," it said.
A French court would have to determine whether the company in this case had dismissed Ms Bougnaoui solely to satisfy a customer or in accordance with a wider internal prohibition on religious symbols, the court ruled.
For years, courts across Europe have faced complex decisions on religious symbols in the workplace.
Jonathan Chamberlain, a partner at UK firm Gowling WLG, told the BBC that Tuesday's ruling reflected "what has been the UK's approach for some years".
Germany's constitutional court ruled in 2015 a ban on teachers wearing the headscarf across the country's 16 states was unconstitutional. Such as measure was only justified if religious symbols represented a "concrete danger, or the disturbance of school peace".
But John Dalhuisen, director of Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia programme, said the ECJ's decision gave "greater leeway to employers to discriminate against women - and men - on the grounds of religious belief".
"The court did say that employers are not at liberty to pander to the prejudices of their clients. But by ruling that company policies can prohibit religious symbols on the grounds of neutrality, they have opened a backdoor to precisely such prejudice."
The British Humanist Association, meanwhile, found more nuance in the ruling, saying that while direct discrimination had been ruled out, whether the company policies constituted indirect discrimination or not "has been remitted back to the Belgian and French courts to determine".


A Chinese therapist who has come up with a "self-healing" philosophy involving slapping is at the centre of controversy in Australia.

Xiao Hongchi promotes the paida lajin method, which sees patients being slapped or slapping themselves repeatedly.
He has been questioned by police investigating the unexplained death of a seven-year-old Sydney boy who had earlier been taken to one of his workshops.
Paida involves patting ("pai" in Chinese) and slapping ("da") one's skin while lajin involves assuming various postures to stretch one's muscles.
Participants vigorously slap various parts of their body, particularly joint areas and the head, until their skin turns red or starts looking bruised, as this video of a 2012 workshop in Malaysia led by Mr Xiao shows.
Some can go on to do stretches while lying down on tables or on the floor, against walls, or against doorframes.
Paida and lajin are linked to a concept in traditional Chinese medicine known as "sha", the belief that blood can be "poisoned" by toxins and needs to be expelled.
Practitioners believe paida and lajin improve blood circulation and draw out "sha".
Mr Xiao claims that when "sha" appears, it is an indication of "latent diseases".
Critics say this only results in broken blood vessels and bruising of the skin.
The BBC's Pamela Koh once underwent a beating therapy to treat a knee injury
I sat on a short stool facing the healer, a middle-aged Chinese man brandishing a bundle of hard rattan and bamboo.
He felt around my knee for where he thought the "little clots" were and without warning, forcefully whacked my knee. He aimed for exactly the same spot each time. It was excruciating. I yelled in surprise. The bruises turned purple quickly and minutes later, I had to halt the blows.
The beating needed to continue for at least 20 minutes to be effective, I was told. I gritted my teeth between the sharp, swift blows but I had to tell him to stop. He resumed until it became unbearable again and I tried to sit through the full 20 minutes of pain.
The bruises took weeks to heal. I am unsure if the knee healed from being "beaten" with a bamboo stick or if the body naturally heals itself over time. It certainly, however, is not for the faint-hearted and even though the knee got better, I would not go back in a hurry.
The concept of "sha" is a widely-held belief in Chinese culture, and paida lajin has attracted a significant following in Chinese communities around Asia.
It is not uncommon for Mr Xiao's clinics to be sold out and attended by hundreds. A ticket can cost hundreds of pounds.
He first shot to fame when he published a book in 2009 entitled The World of Medicine: The Paida Lajin Self-Healing Method.
He has gone on Taiwanese talkshows to promote paida lajin, and has conducted workshops in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
In recent years he has gone further afield to India, the US, Germany and Australia to hold clinics.
Mr Xiao's method have been heavily criticised as having no scientific or medical basis, and many have taken him to task for his claims that paida lajin can cure or ease the symptoms of a wide range of illnesses.
These include colds, body pains, Alzheimer's, strokes, paralysis, kidney failure and even cancer and autism.
For example, Mr Xiao recommends getting autistic children to engage in "group slapping games" and hit one another on their limbs, head, hands and feet.
"Do not panic seeing colourful patches of sha, lumps and swelling at the slapped areas. These are good healing reactions," his site states.
His site also carries testimonials from parents claiming they had slapped their children - including infants - and healed them of fevers, bronchitis and stomach flu.
In April 2011, Taiwanese authorities fined him NT$50,000 (Â£1,060, $1,600) for "promoting folk remedies as medically effective", after he claimed that diabetic patients did not need medication and could be cured with paida lajin.
Aidan Fenton, the boy who died in Sydney, had type 1 diabetes and police believe he may have stopped taking insulin.
Several print and television outlets in China and Taiwan have run pieces questioning and debunking Ms Xiao's method, and have argued that his method is not part of traditional Chinese medicine.
But his followers swear paida lajin works, and have continued to practise it. Mr Xiao has even inspired copycats, with other authors writing books with titles like Patting and Slapping to Good Health.


Coach Warren Gatland has revealed that Wales wing Alex Cuthbert has rejected the offer of a national dual contract.

Gatland said 24-year-old Cuthbert's decision "offers the opportunity up to somebody else".
Wales captain and Cuthbert's Blues team-mate Sam Warburton was the first of seven players to sign a dual deal.
"He [Cuthbert] has another year left on his Cardiff Blues deal. We offered him a contract and he turned it down for his own reasons," said Gatland.
"There is no pressure on players to take dual contracts."
Gatland says the decision of 2013 British and Irish Lion Cuthbert will not directly affect his Wales selection chances.
Scarlets prop Samson Lee was the seventh player to sign to the new contract, in which the Welsh Rugby Union funds 60% of the salary and the region the rest.
Lee joined Warburton, Dan Lydiate, Jake Ball, Tyler Morgan, Hallam Amos and Rhodri Jones on dual deals.
The creation of dual contracts was part of a £60m deal between the WRU and regions over funding and governance of the game in Wales.
Another Scarlet, centre Scott Williams, said he has been offered such a contract.
Dual-contracted players are limited to 16 regular-season games for their regions plus any knockout games.
At a news conference to explain his 2015 Six Nation squad selection, Gatland says that workload limit gives dual-contracted players an advantage.
"It won't affect selection, but there is an obvious advantage to players in terms of the number of games that they play for their regions."
Forwards: Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Paul James (Bath), Rob Evans (Scarlets), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Richard Hibbard (Gloucester), Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Luke Charteris (Racing Metro), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), James King (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Backs: Mike Phillips (Racing Metro), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues), Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro), Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons), Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), George North (Northampton Saints), Liam Williams (Scarlets), Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon).


Three people have been arrested following the death of a woman in Leicester.

The woman, who has not been named but is believed to be in her 50s, was found at a property in the city's Holmfield Avenue at 09:30 GMT.
Detectives are conducting house-to-house inquiries and approach roads have been closed while forensics teams examine the scene.
Those arrested are being held on suspicion of murder.


Seven more people have been detained for questioning in connection with an explosion and fire at a Hindu temple in Kerala that killed more than 100 people.

The seven men are officials of the temple in Paravur and were among several wanted by police.
Earlier police had detained five others and a judicial inquiry ordered into the incident.
A court in Kerala is due to hear a plea to ban fireworks displays at temples.
Nearly 400 people near the temple were injured when a faulty rocket fell onto a large stockpile of fireworks on Sunday.
A building at the temple then collapsed, causing many of the deaths.
Kerala temple tragedy: 'All over in a few minutes'
The death toll rose to 111 on Tuesday after two of the injured died in hospital.
Seven temple officials, including the president, have surrendered to the police since Monday night, and are now being questioned over their role in the incident.
Officials say the temple had been denied permission on safety grounds, but it had gone ahead under pressure from a large crowd.
Thousands had gathered to watch the display as part of a local new year festival.
Police are also questioning five temple workers involved in staging the fireworks display.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said 351 people were still undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the blast, and 24 of them were in a critical condition.
Puttingal: India's 'temple of fireworks'
Fireworks and firecrackers are commonly used at temple festivals in Kerala.
Every year temples in the state organise fireworks displays, often competing to stage the most spectacular ones.
Sunday's incident is not the first of its kind in Kerala.
The famous Sabarimala temple banned fireworks in 1952 after 68 people died in a firecracker explosion.


Downing Street has said David Cameron stands by his criticism of Donald Trump but will work with whoever is elected US president.

The UK PM has called the Republican hopeful "stupid, divisive and wrong" over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.
Mr Trump replied by warning he may not have a "very good relationship" with Mr Cameron if he enters the White House.
He is also involved in a spat with new London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The US presidential contender said he would not forgive Mr Khan for calling him "ignorant" - and challenged the Mayor to take part in an IQ test, an offer mocked by Mr Khan's team.
Last year, Mr Trump, who has beaten his rivals to become the presumptive Republican candidate, called for a temporary halt to all Muslims entering the US in the wake of the deadly terror attack in San Bernardino, California.
He said many Muslims nursed a "hatred" towards America and a ban should be in force "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on".
Responding to Mr Trump's comments at the time, Mr Cameron said: "I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country I think it'd unite us all against him."
Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier on Monday, Mr Trump said: "It looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship, who knows.
"I hope to have a good relationship with him, but it sounds like he's not willing to address the problem either."
Mr Trump said he was not anti-Muslim but "anti-terror", saying "we have a real problem and we have to discuss it", as he called on Muslims to work with the people and "turn people in" that they suspected of extremism.
"I have many Muslim friends," he said. "I was with one the other day, one of the most successful men, he's Muslim and he said, 'Donald you have done us such a favour, you have brought out a problem that nobody wants to talk about'."
David Cameron's official spokesman was asked about Mr Trump's suggestion that they might not have a good relationship following the Republican candidate's latest comments.
"The prime minister has made his views on Donald Trump's comments very clear. He disagrees with them and I haven't got anything further to add," said the spokesman.
"He continues to believe that preventing Muslims from entering the US is divisive, stupid and wrong."
The Number 10 spokesman said that Mr Cameron was "committed to maintaining the special relationship" whoever wins the presidential election.
"He has been clear that he will work with whoever is president of the United States," said the spokesman.
No proposal had been made for a phone call between the prime minister and Mr Trump, but the spokesman said Downing Street would be willing to consider it.
Mr Trump also criticised what he called the "very rude statements" made about him by Sadiq Khan, after Mr Trump suggested he would make an "exception" to the ban for the London mayor.
Mr Khan, the first directly-elected Muslim mayor of a major Western capital city, dismissed Mr Trump's offer and accused the US presidential hopeful of holding "ignorant" views of Islam which "could make both our countries less safe" by playing into the hands of extremists.
Responding, Mr Trump told ITV: "I am offended, he doesn't know me.
"I think they were very rude statements and, frankly, tell him I will remember those statements," he added.
Mr Trump also challenged Mr Khan to an IQ test.
But as the public spat between the two men continued, a spokesman for Mr Khan said US voters would reject Mr Trump's "ignorant, divisive and dangerous" views.
He said there were "no plans" to seek direct talks with Mr Trump and mocked his IQ challenge, saying: "Ignorance is not the same thing as lack of intelligence."
Mr Khan, who was elected Labour mayor of London last week, told BBC News his message for Mr Trump and his advisors was" your views on Islam are ignorant".
"We've shown in London that there's nothing incompatible with being a mainstream Muslim and Western liberal values, and we showed that comprehensively on 5 May," he added.
Mr Trump, who is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party after pushing out more than a dozen rival presidential candidates during the US primary season, reiterated that he backed the UK leaving the European Union.
In contrast to US President Barack Obama, who has warned that an EU exit would leave the UK at the "back of the queue" in trade talks, Mr Trump said he did not think it would harm the UK's trade position.
"It wouldn't make any difference to me whether they were in the EU or not," he said. "They certainly wouldn't be back of the queue, that I can tell you."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson told ITV's Good Morning Britain that it "can't be good" if Mr Trump were to be elected as US president in November.
"I'd agree with that. I have huge and infinite faith in the American people that he won't be," she said.


Plans for a multimillion pound bypass in Gwynedd are going on show at a series of public exhibitions.

Work on the A487 Caernarfon to Bontnewydd Bypass project could get under way next year.
The 10km (6 mile) route is earmarked to run between the Goat roundabout (A499/A487 junction) and Plas Menai roundabout.
Plans for the bypass have long been mooted with proposals proving controversial.
The first exhibition takes place at Caernarfon's Celtic Royal Hotel on Tuesday until 20:00 GMT.
Others will be held at The Old School, Bontnewydd, on Wednesday, 10:00-20:00 GMT, and the Chapel Centre, Caeathro, on Thursday, 10:00-17:00 GMT.


A former police chaplain has been charged with making and possessing indecent images of children.

Stephen Talbot, 62, of Main Street, Little Downham, was arrested in October on the same day he resigned from his role at the Cambridgeshire force's headquarters in Huntingdon.
He has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Mr Talbot is due to appear in front of magistrates in Cambridge city centre later.