Newcastle earned a seventh consecutive league win as they beat Cardiff to strengthen their position at the top of the Championship.

Slack defending allowed Christian Atsu to give Newcastle an early lead, and Yoan Gouffran struck a second shortly before half-time.
Cardiff sparked hopes of a comeback when substitute Peter Whittingham scored with 13 minutes left.
But the hosts held on, meaning Cardiff remain 21st.
Second-placed Brighton cut Newcastle's lead at the summit from six points back down to three with a 2-0 win at Bristol City.
Whatever the outcome at Ashton Gate, Newcastle kept the pressure on their rivals with a rampant start against Cardiff.
They were ahead after less than three minutes as Aleksandar Mitrovic found space in the Cardiff penalty area before teeing up Atsu.
Rafael Benitez's men had chances to extend their advantage but Jonjo Shelvey's shot was blocked by Sol Bamba, while Cardiff goalkeeper Ben Amos denied Paul Dummett.
However, that was simply delaying the inevitable as, moments before half-time, Gouffran's low drive gave Newcastle the two-goal advantage their domination warranted.
Cardiff had chances to cut their deficit, with Craig Noone, Rickie Lambert and Bamba all failing to hit the target from promising positions.
Neil Warnock's side eventually struck courtesy of Whittingham's shot from the edge of the area, but their late efforts to rescue a point were in vain.
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez: "We started well, had chances and scored two, and started the second half well, but we didn't do it.
"I would rather play passing football, getting goals. In football if you play well you will have chances to win games. Sometimes you can't because the opposition is aggressive and the ref allows this contact.
"If you can it means you are strong as well. Sometimes you play passing football, sometimes you have to be strong and defend and stand up."
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock: "I am so gutted at the penalty. Mitrovic mauls him down; at this level the officials should be educated better and know about the pull.
"To add salt the linesman gives the free-kick to them. They will go home and see it with their coaches next week and say 'oh yeah, I made a mistake'.
"We have not got enough goals in the squad at the moment - we have to work on that.
"There were some pluses though: the lads at the back especially. At half time they might have got five or six. The second goal killed us."
Match ends, Newcastle United 2, Cardiff City 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Cardiff City 1.
Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marouane Chamakh (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Sean Morrison with a headed pass.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Mohamed Diamé replaces Christian Atsu.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Junior Hoilett.
Attempt saved. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Amos.
Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Joe Bennett (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sean Morrison (Cardiff City).
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Newcastle United 2, Cardiff City 1. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marouane Chamakh.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Craig Noone.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Peter Whittingham replaces Kieran Richardson.
Attempt missed. Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson with a cross.
Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Marouane Chamakh replaces Rickie Lambert.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Vurnon Anita replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Attempt missed. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Dummett.
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Attempt missed. Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Karl Darlow.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Craig Noone (Cardiff City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson.
Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Noone (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lee Peltier.


The first face-to-face talks between the bosses of Southern trains and the RMT union in a bid to avert further strike action have broken down.

The 72-hour walkout began on Tuesday despite the RMT advising members to sign new contracts.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said "a golden opportunity" to resolve the dispute "had been wrecked".
The union has held a series of walkouts since April over the role of conductors on Southern services.
Mr Cash said: "RMT entered talks with Charles Horton from Southern [on Wednesday morning] in good faith and with every intention of trying to reach an agreement.
"However, it became clear from the outset that Mr Horton is refusing to stick by the assurances he gave to the media yesterday that he can absolutely guarantee a second member of staff on all current Southern services with a conductor."
Mr Cash said the union was "angry and frustrated".
Mr Horton said he had made it "crystal clear" that Southern was going to implement its proposals guaranteeing every train which has a conductor now will have a conductor or onboard supervisor in the future.
He said: "They have absolutely nothing new to say - today, last week, last month - which helps us move forward.
"They raise everyone's hopes by stating they want to end the dispute, but then dash them by their continued head-in-the-sand position."
Mr Horton later told the BBC that it was still "pressing ahead with making the changes".
"We've made offers to people of the new roles, and people are returning their contracts.
"We're getting on with the job of changing the method of operation, and we hope that the RMT will now make the decision to cancel the strikes, to recognise that this has to end, and end now."
The Association of British Commuters, which is seeking a judicial review over the government's handling of the Southern franchise, has written to the Department for Transport raising concerns for passengers' safety.
A spokesman said: "Passengers are having to cope with absolute chaos now. On any day, trains are overcrowded or cancelled and the situation is dangerous."
Transport Focus spokesman Anthony Smith said passengers had "lost the plot as to what the original rights and wrongs of the dispute actually were".
"It has become so bitter and protracted," he said.
Southern said it would continue to run a revised timetable on Wednesday.
Passengers complained during the morning rush hour about trains having less carriages and over crowding.
SonicLady tweeted: "That's it @SouthernRailUK, shortform my train on strike day. Many passengers unable to board again. #SouthernStrike #southernfail."
Beefqueen posted: ".@SouthernRailUK Why is the 0838 from TBG to City Thameslink today shortformed? #SouthernStrike #southernfail."
Others said services were running better than on the first day of the strike.
Fed tweeted: "The train situation is still bad this morning, though slightly less so than yesterday. Good luck folks - keep your heads :) #SouthernStrike."


Mae'r heddlu'n apelio am wybodaeth wedi i ddynes yn ei 60au farw mewn gwrthdrawiad un car ger Llandudno, Conwy, ddydd Gwener.

Roedd y ddynes yn deithiwr mewn car wnaeth wyro mewn i gae oddi ar Lôn Gloddaeth ar bwys pentre' Glanwydden rhwng 17:30 a 21:30.
Bu farw yn y fan a'r lle.
Cafodd dynes arall - gyrrwr y Renault Clio du - ei chludo i'r ysbyty yn Stoke gydag anafiadau difrifol, ond does dim perygl i'w bywyd.
Mae'r heddlu yn galw ar yrrwr fan oedd wedi ei pharcio gerllaw i gysylltu â nhw.
"Rydyn ni'n deall bod fan fach neu gerbyd tebyg i SUV wedi cael ei weld wedi'i barcio ar y gwair ar Lôn Gloddaeth yn agos i leoliad y digwyddiad", meddai'r Sarjant Nikki Grimes-Williams o Uned Ffyrdd Heddlu'r Gogledd.
"Dwi'n apelio ar yrrwr y cerbyd hwn neu unrhyw deithwyr i gysylltu â ni."


Around 100,000 people turned out to watch a motoring festival in Coventry, organisers have said.

Stock cars, classic cars and motorbikes were on display at the three-day MotoFest event, which was held for the first time in 2014.
Demonstrations of motorsports took place on the city's ring road although plans to hold racing there had to be scrapped.
The event's organisers said they were "really happy" with how the event went.
Festival director James Noble, who is an elder at Jubilee Church in the city, said the event was "all about Coventry".
"You wouldn't try to do this in any other city," he said.
"It's a way of giving something back to Coventry."
The church, together with a number of partners including Coventry City Council and Coventry University, helped organise the festival.
As well as static displays of classic cars, American police vehicles and military vehicles, spectators could watch demonstrations of stock cars, race cars and motorcycles.
Mr Noble said the reaction from spectators and sponsors had been very positive and a 2016 event will "definitely" be held.
He hopes a legislation change may allow time trials to be held on the ring road in the future, he added.


Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone is seeking to remove the firm's chief executive Philippe Dauman and four other directors from the Viacom board.

The move is part of an acrimonious battle for control of the media empire that includes Paramount and MTV.
Independent director Frederic Salerno has contested the move, and Mr Dauman remains chief executive.
Mr Redstone's cinema chain, National Amusements, has filed with a Delaware court to approve the changes.
The health of the 93-year-old Mr Redstone and his daughter Shari's influence over him have been questioned.
Mr Salerno said he was filing a countersuit.
In May, Mr Dauman and board member George Abrams were removed as directors of National Amusements.
Mr Dauman then filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and Mr Abrams against Shari Redstone, claiming she had manipulated her father to gain more control of the board.
Ms Redstone said at the time that it was "absurd" to say she controlled her father.


The former girlfriend of South African rapper Nkululeko Habedi, known as Flabba, has been found guilty of his murder.

Prosecutors said Sindisiwe Manqele was jealous of seeing him talking to an ex-lover and stabbed him through the chest after a heated row.
He died at his home in a Johannesburg township on 9 March.
Mr Habedi was a member of Skwatta Kamp who are considered the pioneers of South African hip hop.
The BBC's Milton Nkosi reports that Manqele sobbed uncontrollably when the judge read out the verdict.
She was convicted of pre-meditated murder.
Judge Solly Sithole said Manqele admitted under cross-examination that she had intentionally killed her boyfriend, even though she had pleaded not guilty to murder.
She said she had killed him in self-defence.
Skwatta Kamp, founded in 1996, had hits such as uMoya and Clap Song.


A human-carrying drone has been given approval for test flights in Nevada, the first of its kind in the United States.

The autonomous drone - dubbed 184 -  can carry one passenger and was developed by Chinese company EHang.
A prototype was shown off at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with the company hoping to sell the drones later this year.
Experts were divided over whether such a system would have mass appeal.
Officials from the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems granted permission for the drone to be tested and offered to help EHang submit the results to the Federal Aviation Administration in a bid to win further approval.
It is not clear whether the drone will carry a passenger during tests.
"I personally look forward to the day when drone taxis are part of Nevada's transportation system," the institute's business development director, Mark Barker, told local the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The prototype drone is over 4ft (1.2m) tall, weighs 440lb (200kg) and has eight propellers.
It can carry a single passenger for 23 minutes at 60mph (96km/h).
Passengers enter their destination on a 12in (30cm) touchscreen in front of their seat, and the drone's on-board computer works out the best route.
There is no passenger over-ride function, meaning the user cannot take control in an emergency.
In the event of a malfunction, the drone would land in the nearest available area.
It is likely to sell for between Â£140,000 ($200,000) and Â£200,000.
Regulation of commercial drones has proved tricky in both the US and Europe, and some doubt passenger drones will ever get off the ground.
"It feels like it is a long way off," said Douglas McNeill, a senior analyst at consultancy Macquarie.
"Drones will first have to prove their worth in less people-facing roles such as deliveries of small cargo.
"The other question is whether people will be willing to fly in a pilotless aircraft, and that seems like a big leap.
"People are sensitive to reduced journey times, and if drones could do that it would be a big plus - but I'm not sure that they can.
"Consumers are led by what regulators say are safe. And if they say these drones are safe, people might be more willing."
Dr Mirko Kovac, director of the Aerial Robotics Lab at Imperial College London, said: "Passenger drones have huge potential.
"They can decrease congestion, offer flights in challenging environments and in developing countries where the road infrastructure is not as developed.
"We don't even think about large aircraft flying over large cities on autopilot.
"Yet people are afraid of drones, some of which may use similar robotic technology.
"I think society will overcome this once the technology is more proven."


A report into the sinking of a County Down trawler, after a collision with another fishing boat, has found that neither vessel kept a proper lookout.

The accident involving two fishing boats happened in July 2015.
The Silver Dee and the Good Intent collided in the Irish Sea. The Silver Dee sank eight minutes later.
Its five crew managed to transfer to the other vessel and there were no injuries.
Good Intent was damaged but was able to return to Ardglass, County Down, under its own power.
A report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch found that a proper watch had not been maintained on either fishing boat.
It also found that the wheelhouse of the Good Intent had been left unattended for long periods and the Silver Dee's skipper was not monitoring nearby boats.
It suggested that fatigue may have been a factor.
The report said that despite industry initiatives, the failure to keep a proper watch was a persistent problem on some fishing boats, with economic considerations taking preference over safety.
It added that if Silver Dee had been built today, the current construction standards applicable to wooden fishing vessels would have significantly increased the vessel's survivability.
Both skippers involved have been advised on how to improve watch practices.


Wales' Nathan Cleverly beat Juergen Braehmer in Germany to claim the WBA 'regular' light-heavyweight title.

Braehmer was pulled out by his corner at the start of the seventh round with a dislocated right elbow.
Cleverly, 29, is the first Welshman to lose and regain a world title at the same weight, although he only holds the WBA's secondary belt.
Russia's Sergey Kovalev, who took the WBO title from Cleverly in 2013, is the WBA's so-called 'super' champion.
Braehmer, 37, was stopped for the first time in a 51-fight career and defeated for only the third time, while Cleverly now has 30 wins from 33 professional fights.
The pair set a frantic pace in the first six rounds in Neubrandenburg, with Cleverly showing discipline and a solid chin as he absorbed some powerful shots from the champion.
However, Cleverly enjoyed some success with body shots and was throwing a far greater number of punches, culminating in a strong sixth round that left Braehmer unable to continue.
"If Braehmer wants a rematch he can have one, but I broke him up. The younger lion won," said Cleverly.
Cleverly had originally been scheduled to face Braehmer in 2011 but the German suffered an eye injury in training.


Stephen Robinson says former Motherwell boss Mark McGhee gave him his backing to become the permanent manager at Fir Park.

McGhee was sacked a fortnight ago, with Robinson taking temporary charge.
"I spoke to Mark in depth on Tuesday morning when he offered me his advice and best wishes hoping I got the job," Robinson explained.
"So it's with Mark's blessing we do this and I'll give it my best shot to turn the football club around again."
Robinson, 42, was sacked as Oldham manager in January and rejoined McGhee's coaching team in February, having previously been assistant to the former manager and his predecessor Ian Baraclough.
"I'm delighted and honoured to be working for this club," he said.
"It's got a great history and tradition and as I've said numerous times there are a lot of good people around the football club that we owe performances to."
Robinson, who has signed a contract until May 2018, says having been interim boss following McGhee's departure will work in his favour.
"It gives me a head start," he added. "I know the vast majority of the players really well and I now what's needed.
"Both previous managers let me take a lot of the training - I'm used to that I don't think loads will change from what I've done in the last two weeks. We tried to put at structure in place where we're hard to beat and stop conceding goals and we'll continue to do that to stay in this division.
"The be all and end all is to keep the club in the Premiership, we'll worry about things after that and we'll make plans for going forward after that because at this time we can't sign any other players, we have to deal with what we've got.
"We've got to deal with the injury situation which we have and rectify that and make sure we get through to the end of the season."
Robinson confirmed James McFadden will remain in position as assistant manager.
"James is contracted to the end of the season and we'll work together until then," he said. "I'm conscious there's an identity at the football club. There are a lot of boys that have been here a long time so we need to retain that as well."


Children's toy firm Vtech has reopened "key functions" of its Learning Lodge gateway for the first time since it was hacked in November 2015.

The online service is a portal for customers to download games, e-books and other content on to Vtech devices.
They can now register, manage their accounts and use the app store, but some products, including the Power Xtra Laptop and InnoTV, remain offline.
Almost 6.4 million children's details were exposed by the hacker.
Other products which remain offline include the Secret Safe Diary Selfie, Snuggle and Sleep Musical Sheep and MobiGo Touch Learning System.
"After the cyber-attack, we have focused on further strengthening security around user registration information and other services within Learning Lodge," said Vtech chairman and group chief executive Allan Wong in a statement.
"With the key services now resumed, we strongly suggest that our existing customers log into Learning Lodge as soon as they can and change their passwords.
"We apologise that there are still some Learning Lodge services that remain unavailable at this time. We continue to work very hard towards reopening them as soon as possible."
Vtech confirmed at the time that the data accessed by the hacker included children's names, dates of birth and gender as well as the "name, email address, encrypted password, secret question and answer for password retrieval, IP address, mailing address and download history" of the account holder.
The hacker claimed to have acted to highlight the firm's vulnerability.
Some parents expressed anger that the service had not been restored in time for Christmas.


Talks have opened between Isle of Man government officials and the Steam Packet Company to discuss ways to improve ferry services.

The Department of Infrastructure said the talks will focus on "increasing the resilience" of the service.
Thousands of people had their travel plans disrupted after the Manannan ferry suffered damage put at Â£100,000.
But Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne said it is not feasible for the company to keep a spare vessel "just in case".
He added: "While that would be ideal, very few shipping companies have the ability to provide contingency measures for these scenarios."
The firm said the ferry damage, which was caused by sea debris, was the "worst they have ever seen".
Repairs to the Manaan fast craft disrupted services from Douglas to Liverpool and Belfast between 3 and 10 April.
The company was also criticised by passengers for its communication of the problems.
"The department is currently considering the long-term provision of strategic sea services and part of that work will look at creating greater resilience on our ferry routes," continued Mr Gawne.
"We will also see what can be done at the Sea Terminal and Airport to assist operators by providing accurate and up-to-date information to passengers".
Since 2007, there have been 17 recorded major incidents where Steam Packet vessels have been damaged.
The ferry company said it did not know what caused the latest cancellations but it's not believed fishing gear was responsible.


Customers of South West Water (SWW) are to be given a yearly £50 discount from April, the company says.

SWW said the discount would automatically appear in people's bills every April until at least 2020.
The government-funded discount is to cover the extra cost of cleaning up South West England's bathing waters.
Bills for SWW customers - in Devon and Cornwall, plus parts of Dorset and Somerset - are about £150 higher than the national average, at about £540.
Last March, MPs agreed to legislation meaning a £400m government subsidy for SWW.
Since privatisation in 1989, SWW bills have risen steadily to help pay for Operation Clean Sweep - a £2bn investment programme to improve beach water quality and revamp the region's sewage system.


Hardware maker Seagate is facing a lawsuit mounted by some of its own employees whose personal information has been lost by the firm.

The data, including names, addresses and social security numbers, was sent out in response to a phishing email.
The fake message appeared to come from the firm's chief executive.
The lawsuit alleges that attackers have already started to make use of the confidential data for fraud but Seagate is contesting those claims.
The company has filed a motion in a California court to dismiss the class action.
It argued that it could not be held responsible for harm caused by the unforeseen actions of criminals, that the claims were based on "allegations" rather than facts and that there was no evidence of negligence by Seagate leading to financial loss by some employees.
Court documents published by tech news site The Register allege that thieves who got hold of the information have used it to file joint tax forms or to help with other forms of ID theft.
The lawsuit seeks to make Seagate pay damages to anyone who has suffered financial loss as a result of the data going astray.
Some people have already had to pay to clear up damage to their credit history and reputation caused by the data loss, alleges the legal document.
The lawsuit also seeks to make the storage giant pay the fees of those who are part of the legal action.
Seagate has not responded to a request for comment.
If Seagate fails in its bid to have the case thrown out the lawsuit will be debated at a trial in front of a jury later in 2016.


Arlene Foster has said a deal between her Democratic Unionist Party and the Conservatives could be a "tremendous opportunity" for Northern Ireland.

She was speaking after what she called "constructive" talks with Sinn Féin about restoring power-sharing.
Devolved government in Northern Ireland broke down in January and there has been political deadlock following a snap assembly election in March.
The deadline for an agreement to be reached has been extended to 29 June.
If no executive is formed, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has warned Northern Ireland may face direct rule.
Brushing aside calls from Sinn Fein and the SDLP for him to be replaced by an "independent broker", Mr Brokenshire said the British government was "very clear" on its responsibilities to "act fairly to the benefit to all communities".
Mrs Foster is due to meet the prime minster on Tuesday to discuss the formation of a DUP-supported Conservative government at Westminster.
A senior minister has said he is "optimistic" a deal would be reached to allow a proposed Tory minority government to get its legislative programme through the Commons.
Mr Brokenshire said those negotiations were "entirely separate from our intent and desire to see devolution restored here".
But Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said no deal between the Conservatives and the DUP would be good for Northern Ireland.
And Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said earlier it "would be kind to describe Mr Brokenshire as delusional".
"His government won't exist unless the DUP allow it to exist and the fact that they will be dependent on them conflicts him even more," he said.
But Mrs Foster rejected Sinn Fein's accusations the Good Friday Agreement would be compromised if her party entered into a deal to support a minority Conservative government.
She said her MPs had a right to participate in the government process at Westminster.
"I think this is a tremendous opportunity not just for this party but for Northern Ireland in terms of the nation, and we're looking forward to playing our part in that," she said.
But SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said Northern Ireland politics was "in a very, very bad place".
"Arlene Foster has got the British government over a barrel - we will not accept that, and the taoiseach should not accept that either."
The Alliance Party echoed the SDLP and Sinn Féin's concerns that such a partnership could make power-sharing at Stormont more difficult.
Mr Brokenshire and Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan both attended Monday's talks with Northern Ireland's five main parties.
Mr Flanagan said the Irish government had two key priorities in the talks:
Leo Varadkar, the new leader of Ireland's Fine Gael party, has said he will raise with Theresa May the importance of impartiality in the Stormont talks.
He said it was important that the two governments, as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement, should not be too close to either unionism, or nationalists and republicans.
Mr Varadkar is expected to become Irish prime minister later this week in a parliamentary vote on Enda Kenny's successor.
The Prime Minister will meet with Arlene Foster on Tuesday, well aware that a deal with the DUP is the only chance the Conservatives have of staying in power.
If an agreement is reached it is likely to be what is known as a confidence and supply arrangement where the DUP would support the Tories on key votes like the Queen's speech, the budget or a vote of no confidence.
Critics say the move endangers the peace process and the government will not be an honest broker in Northern Ireland.
If a deal is done it will propel Arlene Foster's party onto the national stage and give her MPs an influence they could not have anticipated during the election campaign.
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and nationalists, with the largest party putting forward a candidate for first minister.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister in January in protest against the DUP's handling of a botched green energy scheme.
The party said it would not share power with DUP leader Arlene Foster as first minister until the conclusion of a public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr McGuinness, who had been suffering from a rare heart condition, died earlier this year.


Parents have said they are appalled by an "insensitive" letter describing their children as "very overweight".

The four and five-year-old children from Devon were weighed and measured as part of the government's National Childhood Measurement Programme.
Parents of children at Tor Bridge Primary School contacted The Plymouth Herald about the letters.
Plymouth's director of public health Dr Ruth Harrell said support was in place for parents to discuss the results.
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School nurses working for Livewell South West sent out the letters as part of the Public Health England scheme.
Teri Sanders, mother of Archi Sanders who attends the school said: "According to the NHS guidelines, my son needed to be one stone lighter to be a perfect weight.
"I can understand why the NHS needs to warn parents or give a guideline, but I think it's disgusting that they can label my son very overweight."
Sarah Tall, whose four-year-old daughter Roxanne attends the school, put her child's details into an NHS healthy weight calculator, which confirmed the findings.
"She hasn't got an ounce of fat on her," Ms Tall said.
"My main worry is if a child is at an age where they can be very self conscious, it would affect them.
"If they're telling us our children are overweight, they should be a bit more sensitive."
The results are posted to parents and are not given to the children themselves or to the school.
Dr Ruth Harrell, Plymouth City Council's director of public health, said some parents might be "surprised" by their child's result.
"The measurement that we perform is our best estimate of the amount of excess weight that a child is carrying, but very occasionally might not be giving us the full picture."
Jake Franklin, aged five, was also classed as "very overweight", although his mother Kelly said it is "the least of his worries".
Jake underwent nine hours of brain surgery when he was a baby and has several learning difficulties.
Kelly said: "I didn't expect it to be written like that. I would like a formal apology for the way it was handled.
"I would also like to point out, it's nothing to do with the school, the school have a very healthy lifestyle policy".


An antique shotgun disguised as a walking stick has been handed in to police as part of a Greater Manchester gun amnesty.

The gun is one of 164 weapons handed in since the amnesty began on 12 July.
A police spokesman said the cane gun, thought to have been made in the 1800s, was a prohibited weapon which could not be licensed.
He said it was a "very peculiar discovery".
Cane guns were popular in the 19th and early 20th Century, when they were used by gentlemen to shoot wild game within their grounds, the spokesman said.
Greater Manchester Police's firearms amnesty runs until Saturday.
The force said a "varying range of shotguns, air rifles and hand held pistols" had been surrendered, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition.


Indonesia will not be executing death row prisoners in the near future, the country's top security minister said.

Luhut Binsar Panjaitan told a news conference the government's priority was to address the economic slowdown.
His comments came during bilateral meetings aimed at boosting trade with the Australian government.
Relations between the countries worsened after Indonesia executed a number of foreigners, including two Australian drug traffickers in April.
"We haven't thought about executing a death penalty with the economic conditions like this," Mr Panjaitan told reporters in Jakarta.
He did not elaborate on when executions would next take place - correspondents say none are scheduled - or explain their connection with the economy.
Indonesia's economic growth dropped below 5% for two consecutive quarters in 2015.
The country has some of the toughest drug laws in the world - meaning it has a strained relationship with many countries whose citizens have ended up in its prisons.
This year it has executed 14 people by firing squad, including citizens from Brazil, the Netherlands and Nigeria, as well as Australia.
Dozens more are on death row, including British woman Lindsay Sandiford. Indonesia observed a four-year moratorium on executions before resuming them in 2013.
Australia recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after its citizens were put to death, with then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott condemning the executions as "cruel and unnecessary".
But the countries are keen to mend fences, and last week new Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held talks in Indonesia in a visit designed to boost trade.


Israel is to accelerate the building of a huge barrier along its boundary with Gaza aimed at preventing militants from tunnelling under the border.

The 64km (40-mile) long construction will reach a depth of 40m (131ft) below and 6m above ground, at a cost of 3bn shekels ($833m).
An Israeli army commander said the barrier should be completed in 2019.
Israel has sought to neutralise the threat of cross-border tunnels since its war with militants in Gaza in 2014.
During 50 days of fighting, militants from Gaza's ruling Hamas faction used tunnels to infiltrate Israeli territory on four occasions, killing 12 soldiers.
Israeli troops destroyed more than 30 tunnels and have found two since the end of the war.
The conflict left at least 2,251 Palestinians dead - including more than 1,462 civilians, according to the UN - and 11,231 injured. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed, and up to 1,600 injured.
At a briefing on Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Maj Gen Eyal Zamir said the hi-tech barrier would be completed, even at the risk of renewed conflict with Hamas.
"If Hamas chooses to go to war over the barrier, it will be a worthy reason [for Israel] to go to war over. But the barrier will be built," Israeli media quoted him as saying.
Last year, Hamas's leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, said the group was still digging tunnels, without specifying whether these extended into Israel.
Part of the new barrier will protrude into the Mediterranean Sea, in an apparent effort to thwart attacks by frogmen.
Four such Hamas militants tried to swim out to attack an Israeli army base during the 2014 war, but were killed by the IDF.
According to local media reports, the machine used to dig the new the barrier will destroy any existing tunnels, while the barrier itself will be equipped with sophisticated technology to detect any new tunnels being built.


Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has described the president's attacks on the judiciary as "demoralising" and "disheartening".

Neil Gorsuch's comments were made to a Democratic senator and confirmed by his spokesman.
The president called a judge who halted his controversial travel ban a "so-called judge", and said any terror attacks on US soil would be his fault.
The ban on arrivals from seven mainly Muslim countries faces a legal test.
Judge James Robart made headlines last week when he issued a stay on the president's refugee and immigration ban.
Mr Trump's reaction was swift.
He tweeted: "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"
Later he said that a high school student could see that the president's ban was lawful.
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut revealed the conversation with Mr Gorsuch after meeting the Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday.
The federal judge, Mr Blumenthal said, found the president's criticism to be "demoralising and disheartening".
Donald Trump has offered Neil Gorsuch the keys to the kingdom - a lifetime appointment to the US Supreme Court, where the 47-year-old judge would have the opportunity to make a lasting mark on American jurisprudence.
The gift comes at a price, however. Mr Gorsuch, highly regarded for his judicial temperament and sharp legal mind, is now in the uncomfortable position of having to explain why the president who nominated him seems intent on eroding the authority of the judicial branch in which he serves.
While past presidents have questioned judicial decisions, Mr Trump - with his "so-called judge" tweet and warnings of assigning blame to courts for future terrorist attacks - has made his disagreements personal.
Now we have evidence that Mr Gorsuch may not hold his tongue and play the loyal soldier. In the end, he has a reputation to protect - one that will outlive the upcoming confirmation battle.
This is the Trump dilemma for conservatives in a nutshell. The president offers Republicans the opportunity to achieve goals long delayed after eight years of Democratic rule. They may not enjoy the political journey the president takes them on to get there, however.


Charity prizes including a giant teddy bear which were stolen from a Dorset garden centre have been returned in time for its Christmas Eve raffle.

Two men were captured on CCTV footage taking the items out of Goulds Garden Centre, Weymouth, on 10 December.
Police said they had since been recovered and a 26-year-old man from Wimborne had been arrested and bailed.
It is hoped the raffle will raise more than Â£1,000 for Cancer Research and child bereavement charity Mosaic.
It is being held in memory of former garden centre employee, Lyn Weaver, who died two months ago.
Penny Corp-Palmer, operations manager at the garden centre, said news of the recovery of the prizes was "an amazing end to the story".
Police said the 4ft (1.2m) teddy bear and other items, including scarves and hats, were returned in time for the draw at 12:00 GMT.


A 52-year-old Australian man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for drug offences in Indonesia.

Andrew Roger, a former Darwin resident, was convicted after police found a stash of drugs in his East Java home.
Lawyers for the man are said to be planning an appeal, arguing that he deserved sympathy and rehabilitation because he was a regular drug user.
Prosecutors, however, will appeal for a longer sentence, having reportedly sought a jail term of 16 years.
Indonesia has some of the toughest anti-drug laws in the world.
Indonesian police found marijuana, crystal meth and various pills in the man's home at Surabaya, according to the Australian Associated Press.
The court heard Roger found it "impossible to function as a human being" if he did not smoke at least six grams of marijuana a day.
He is also said to have suffered from anxiety, panic and insomnia without the drug. He has been in Indonesian custody for eight months.
According to media reports, Roger's lawyers argued that a jail sentence would victimise his family, which includes five children from two relationships.
The man told the court he was funding medical treatment for the youngest of the children, a 12-year-old boy suffering from kidney disease.
The case comes soon after Myuran Sukumaran, an Australian citizen sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia, lost an appeal for clemency.
Sukumaran was convicted in 2005 as part of the so-called "Bali Nine" drug gang, along with another Australian citizen, Andrew Chan, who is also on death row.


A man accused of murdering his landlord told his trial he "lost control" after a request for sexual favours.

David Craig Ellis, 41, has admitted killing Alec Warburton, 59, at a house in Sketty, Swansea, but denies murder.
Swansea Crown Court has heard that unemployed Mr Ellis could not afford his rent and Mr Warburton suggested "things of a sexual nature" instead.
Mr Ellis told the jury his experience of being sexually abused as a child had triggered the fatal attack.
Mr Ellis said his landlord had "barged" into his bedroom and reminded him his rent was in arrears.
Mr Ellis said he felt angry due to the suggestion he could give sexual favours in lieu of rent and he tried to punch Mr Warburton after he cupped his face.
"I was abused as a child. The height difference made me feel like a child again," said Mr Ellis.
He said he picked up a screwdriver and tried to stab Mr Warburton but the attempt was unsuccessful.
The jury was told Mr Ellis eventually managed to kick his landlord in the groin causing him to drop to one knee.
Christopher Clee QC, prosecuting, said: "At that stage he was of no threat to you at all, was he?"
Mr Ellis replied: "I don't know what I was thinking at the time."
The court then heard how Mr Ellis picked up a hammer and struck Mr Warburton on the back of the head.
Mr Clee asked Mr Ellis: "You hit him from behind with such force you made a hole in his skull, didn't you?"
He replied: "Yes."
Mr Clee added: "You caved that man's head skull in - what were you doing?"
Mr Ellis said: " I don't know, I lost control."
The trial continues.


Bristol City midfielder Jasmine Matthews has become the third player to commit her future to the Women's Super League One club this week.

The 24-year-old joins Chloe Arthur and Caitlin Leach in agreeing new contracts with the Vixens.
Matthews, an England youth international, has spent her entire professional career with City.
"I am delighted to be staying and once again testing myself against the best players in England," she said.


Derby County have signed experienced former Wolves and Celtic left-back Lee Naylor until the end of the season.

The 33-year-old has been training with the Rams after leaving League Two side Accrington Stanley in January.
Rams head coach Steve McClaren said: "Lee is an experienced player and we are pleased to have him."
Former England Under-21 international Naylor played over 300 games for Wolves and has made more than 500 career appearances in total.


A Fife man has been found guilty of raping a woman at a Dundee hospital's nurses' residence.

Andrew Ferguson, 35, attacked his victim in the complex at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital in 2000 before going on to rape another woman years later.
A jury convicted him of eight offences including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault and assault against three victims between 2000 and 2014.
Ferguson had denied the charges at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Two of the women were sleeping when he sexually assaulted them.
Ferguson, from Cairneyhill, carried out a sex attack and rape on the woman at the nurses' residence.
He then raped a second victim at houses in Inverkeithing and Cairneyhill.
Ferguson also assaulted a third woman at an address in Inverkeithing.
The trial judge, Lord McEwan, told Ferguson he needed a background report before sentencing him because he had not previously served a prison term.
Ferguson was put on the sex offenders' register and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing next month.


Northern Ireland midfielder Chris Brunt will now learn on Wednesday the extent of a knee injury amid fears it may rule him out of Euro 2016.

Brunt, 31, was carried off during West Brom's Premier League win over Crystal Palace on Saturday and there are concerns the damage could be serious.
The Northern Ireland man has been expected to see a specialist on Tuesday but this will now happen on Wednesday.
Brunt missed the 2-2 draw with Premier League leaders Leicester on Tuesday.
"Brunty is going to see a specialist so we will wait until he has done that," said Baggies boss Tony Pulis on Monday.
"So we will wait until he's done that, then announce what is wrong with him."
He added: "I have only seen it from a distance."
The midfielder's injury came days after he was struck in the face by a coin thrown by an Albion fan at the end of the FA Cup fifth-round defeat at Reading.
Northern Ireland have been drawn in Group C for Euro 2016 in France, alongside Ukraine, Poland and world champions Germany. Their first match is against Poland in Nice on Sunday, 12 June.


Accrington Stanley have signed Danish goalkeeper Simon Bloch Jorgensen.

The 24-year-old has been a free agent since leaving third tier club Bronshoj Boldklub in his native country in July.
Jorgensen has signed a short-term deal to provide competition to fellow goalkeeper Aaron Chapman and will be part of the squad for Stanley's season-opener at home to Colchester United.
His move is subject to international clearance but Jorgensen has already trained with the Accrington squad.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


MPs are to visit Yarl's Wood Immigration Centre after bosses admitted 10 staff were dismissed over allegations of improper sexual contact with female detainees.

Operators Serco told the Home Affairs Select Committee the dismissals related to eight out of 31 cases investigated.
Chief executive Dr Bob McGuiness said it set high standards and apologised for where it had "fallen short".
Committee chairman Keith Vaz said MPs would go there "very shortly".
"We are not just accepting people who come to the select committee and say that everything's alright in the garden and we say 'thank you very much'," Labour MP Mr Vaz said.
"We are a select committee of parliament and we have to pursue this."
The Bedfordshire centre houses up to 400 women under threat of deportation.
The MPs' investigation follows the centre's internal inquiry into the conduct of a male nurse allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a woman from Pakistan.
Bosses confirmed he was not one of those dismissed.
Senior staff at Serco, which runs the centre on behalf of the Home Office, told parliament on Tuesday that out of 30,000 detainees houses in the last seven years there had been 31 cases of alleged sexual abuse investigated.
Dr Bob McGuiness said: "We set very high standards for ourselves and our staff.
"On those instances where we have fallen short of the standards that we have set for ourselves, I absolutely am sorry and apologise for these cases."
Managing director James Thorburn, said the firm was not aware of any cases of inappropriate relationships currently taking place.
A report by HM Inspector of Prisons had found no evidence of a wider culture of "victimisation or systematic abuse", he added.
"If we knew of anyone who is having any inappropriate relationship with any detainee at the centre we would act immediately," he said.


Eilidh Doyle's 4x400m relay bronze means Scottish Olympians in Rio have equalled the country's best ever medal tally from any Games, matching the 13 from London four years ago.

The Perth hurdler helped the women's quartet to Great Britain's 66th medal in Rio, surpassing the 65 from their home Games in 2012.
Golds for rower Heather Stanning, in the women's pair, cyclists Callum Skinner - in the men's team sprint - and Katie Archibald - in the women's team pursuit  - and tennis star Andy Murray had already helped Scots surpass their previous best for an overseas Games of eight medals from the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
Two relay silver medals for swimmer Duncan Scott and a fifth Olympic medal for 40-year-old rower Katherine Grainger were also among the highlights as Scots surpassed the target of 10 set by Mike Whittingham, performance director for national agency Sportscotland.
Callum Skinner also picked up a second medal when he took silver behind GB team-mate Jason Kenny in the men's sprint final.
There were 50 Scots - the largest ever contingent in a Great Britain team for an overseas Olympics, surpassing the previous record of 31 in Beijing in 2008 - competing in 15 of the 42 sports in Rio.
Heather Stanning (Rowing, women's pair).
Gordonstoun-educated Stanning, who lives in Lossiemouth, and partner Helen Glover were unbeaten in the women's pair since 2011, and led the final from start to finish to successfully defend their Olympic title.
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Callum Skinner (Cycling, team sprint)
Glasgow-born Skinner, 23, who started cycling at Meadowbank velodrome when his family moved to Edinburgh, was under pressure to justify his place in the men's sprint team but claimed a superb gold alongside Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny.
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Katie Archibald (Cycling, team pursuit)
Archibald, 22, from Milngavie, near Glasgow, joined Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Elinor Barker to set a new world record as they beat the United States in the final.
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Andy Murray (Tennis, men's singles)
The two-time Wimbledon champion, 29, completed another memorable double when he became the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles with a thrilling four-set victory over Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.
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Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace, Robbie Renwick (Swimming, 4 x 200m freestyle relay)
Milne, 22, from the Perth City Swim Club, Edinburgh-born Wallace, 23, a member of the Warrender Baths Club, 19-year-old Scott and University of Stirling team-mate Renwick, 28 - who swam in the heat before James Guy took over for the final - finished strongly to claim silver behind the United States.
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David Florence (Canoeing - C2 double)
Aberdonian Florence, 34, and partner Richard Hounslow had to settle for silver for the second successive Games in the canoe double, a third for Florence after a C1 silver in Beijing in 2008.
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Mark Bennett & Mark Robertson (Rugby sevens)
Glasgow centre Bennett, 23, and Scotland sevens specialist Robertson, 31, both played key roles in a GB squad that squeezed past Japan and New Zealand in tense pool games before even tighter knock-out matches against Argentina and South Africa, only to be beaten 43-7 by favourites Fiji in the final.
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Katherine Grainger (Rowing, double sculls)
Glasgow-born Grainger, 40, became Britain's most decorated female Olympian by winning a fourth Olympics silver medal with Victoria Thornley in the double sculls, four years after striking gold in London.
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Polly Swann & Karen Bennett (Rowing, women's eight)
Edinburgh-born Bennett, 27, and 28-year-old Swann, raised and educated in the Scottish capital, helped Britain win a first Olympic medal in the women's eight, alongside Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown and Zoe Lee.
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Duncan Scott (Swimming, 4x100m medley relay)
The Glasgow-born 19-year-old won his second silver of the Games, joining Adam Peaty, James Guy and Chris Walker-Hebborn in helping Britain to a sixth medal in the pool.
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Callum Skinner (Cycling, men's sprint)
The 23-year-old, already dubbed 'the new Chris Hoy' in some quarters, cemented his burgeoning reputation by reaching the final of the individual sprint, having already won gold in the team event, but had to play second fiddle to more experienced GB team-mate Jason Kenny.
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Sally Conway (Judo, women's -70kg)
Conway, 29, who won bronze for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and trains at Judo Scotland's Edinburgh headquarters in Ratho, scored a single yuko to beat Austria's Bernadette Graf in the bronze medal match, after earlier beating world champion Gevrise Emane.
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Eilidh Doyle (Athletics, women's 4x400m relay)
The 29-year-old Scottish record holder from Perth came into the team for the final and ran the lead-off leg as she, Anyika Onuora, Emily Diamond and Christine Ohuruogu took bronze behind the United States and Jamaica.  Doyle's 11th major championship medal brought her level with Yvonne Murray as Scotland's most decorated track and field athlete.
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Pamela Anderson has talked of her "love" for Julian Assange, calling him "the most famous refugee of our time".

The former Baywatch star wrote about the Wikileaks founder on her blog.
She said that her relationship with Mr Assange, 45, was "no secret" and that he was "one of my favourite people".
The post comes five months after Ms Anderson, 49, was seen delivering lunch to him at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where Mr Assange has lived for almost five years.
He claimed asylum there in 2012, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden.
Mr Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden over a sex allegation, which he denies.
The actress said that he is being "persecuted" by the US for "exposing them" through his work and worries about whether Sweden would then extradite him across the Atlantic.
Alongside a picture of Mr Assange on her blog, she wrote: "He might be the most famous, most politicised refugee of our time.
"Famous for being persecuted is not a position of power but a position of vulnerability. I am concerned.
"Julian is a human being who is extremely empathetic and cares deeply about the world.
"And because of his work he has made some powerful enemies in a few countries, America especially, by exposing them."
Ms Anderson says she has "faith" that Sweden "will not cave to the US," saying: "This is a good opportunity to show Sweden's strength."
She added: "Julian is trying to free the world by educating it. It is a romantic struggle. I love him for this."
The actress previously referred to him as her "dear friend" and said she would not be surprised if people reduced their connection to "just a sexual relationship".
In February 2016, a UN panel ruled that Mr Assange should be allowed to go free as he had been "arbitrarily detained" and should get compensation.
But the then-Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called the decision "ridiculous".


German politicians want Europe to set up a database to keep track of leftist militants, following clashes that left nearly 500 police officers injured during the G20 summit in Hamburg.

There is a heated debate now about the police tactics, as some 6,000 Hamburg residents clean up after the riots.
Some in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat (CDU) party say Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz should quit.
Left-wing extremists of the so-called Black Bloc are under intense scrutiny.
Germany has had previous experience in tackling the violent protesters who try to disrupt international summits.
The Hamburg authorities deployed about 20,000 police to keep protesters away from the G20 venue.
Mr Scholz and his Social Democrat (SPD) allies argue that the police did their main job effectively - protecting the G20.
But a minority of anti-G20 protesters - more or less affiliated to the Black Bloc - engaged in running battles with police in the streets.
Violence was predictable after the leftist militants invited in sympathisers from across Europe with the slogan "Welcome to Hell".
The flashpoint was an authorised demonstration by about 12,000 people on Thursday evening. Violence erupted when police tried to isolate Black Bloc militants who refused to remove their masks, defying the law.
Police had earlier banned an overnight protest camp in the city - yet the right to peaceful assembly is enshrined in German law.
Cornered by police, the violent minority, numbering about 1,000 and clad in black, hurled bottles and chunks of paving stone. Some protesters scaled a wall and rained fireworks down on the police.
Officers in full riot gear retaliated with baton charges, tear gas and water cannon. An anti-terrorist unit was called in to help disperse the Black Bloc. There were 186 arrests.
The worst of the violence gripped the central Schanzen district. It is an area famous for its left-wing "alternative" scene, including squatters at the Rote Flora cultural centre.
Clashes continued throughout the G20 summit - until Sunday morning. Some shops were vandalised and looted - including a supermarket - and several cars set ablaze.
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The most eye-catching proposal is to launch a European database to monitor violent leftists and prevent them crossing borders when summits such as the G20 are getting under way.
A senior CDU politician, Thomas Strobl, called for a database to identify "marauding, travelling, violent left-wing extremists".  But he admitted that police could only arrest "those who we know are up to no good".
Green Party leader Simone Peter warned against a "populist, knee-jerk" reaction. She pointed to the EU's existing intelligence database - the Schengen Information System (SIS) - and said police forces ought to use it more efficiently.
Some of Mrs Merkel's conservative allies accuse the SPD, Greens and left-wing Die Linke of turning a blind eye to far-left extremists.
But Die Linke has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the G20 violence.
For a long time the authorities' focus has been on Islamist violence and neo-Nazi extremists. Intelligence on those extremists is shared via an EU database, but sometimes police co-operation is patchy.
Mrs Merkel's chief of staff, Peter Altmaier, has defended the Hamburg mayor, saying police tactics were agreed between the city and the federal government.
The government has offered compensation to businesses that were vandalised - a process that could take many weeks.
The police are struggling to identify instigators of the violence. They have asked the public to hand in video or photos taken on mobile phones that could help the investigation.
Masked protesters dressed from head to toe in black were almost impossible to identify. Some avoided arrest by changing quickly, as they wore everyday clothes underneath, German n-tv news reported.
Germany's second-biggest city is licking its wounds and the scale of the violence has triggered much soul-searching.
Mrs Merkel defended the choice of Hamburg for the G20, pointing to previous summits held in London and other major cities.
There is a powerful argument against removing such summits to isolated venues that are easier to protect. Doing so risks fuelling hostility towards a perceived global elite, widely accused of encouraging predatory capitalism and deepening poverty.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Germany would continue hosting summits in cities, despite the shock over Hamburg.
There is some frustration that the clashes overshadowed the important messages that peaceful demonstrators wanted the world to hear.
Some commentators say society as a whole has a responsibility to stand up for democracy and prevent a violent minority foisting their agenda on others.


Celtic striker John Guidetti has been awarded the Scottish Professional Football League Premiership player of the month award for October.

The Sweden international arrived at Celtic in the summer on loan from Manchester City and has scored six goals in four games during the month.
Guidetti's September goals helped Ronny Deila's side record four domestic wins.
He is ineligible to play in Celtic's Europa League group campaign due to a delay in processing his transfer.
However, if Celtic progress to the round of 32, he can be registered to participate in any matches which may take place in 2015.
Deila has previously said he wants Guidetti to become a Celtic player permanently "as quickly as possible".
The 22-year-old Sweden international is currently on a season-long loan, but his contract at the Etihad stadium expires in the summer and while he still sees himself as a City player, he is focused on his current role at Celtic.
"It's something I have to look at of course," said Guidetti.
"But I'm trying to stay focused on my football. I've just got to keep doing well. What happens next year, we take next year.
"I have a lot of things coming up and great things to look forward to. We have the Europa League and hopefully we'll go to the finishing stages of that.
"I'm still a Manchester City player at the end of the day, and I've been a Manchester City player since I was 16 years of age. That club has done so much for me.
"I don't want to look ahead too much, because sometimes if you look too much ahead you're missing on the good bits that are happening right now.
"If it's the right thing for me to do, then it's the right thing for me to do. I have good people working with me who will do all the talking.
"If Celtic and them are talking, it's very good. I trust them and they've said to stay focused on my football, there's nothing for me to worry about.
"If I keep doing well, that's all I need to worry about."
Guidetti was flattered to receive the monthly award, and insisted it was down to Deila and Celtic for giving him a new lease of life after a prolonged spell out injured with Manchester City.
"I have been given an opportunity, and I play with great players in front of amazing fans, who help me," said Guidetti.
"The manager believing in me, giving me an opportunity. It didn't go so well for two years, but the reason was because I was injured - not because I was playing badly.
"When the opportunity was given to me, I took it and I'm trying to do my best. I don't see the two years as me playing badly and not doing well, because injuries happen in football and there's nothing you can do.
"It made me stronger and built me as a person and made me a better footballer, so much more grateful for being in the position I'm in today and to be able to play football.
"It's fantastic here - I can't complain.
"I'm playing in one of the biggest clubs in the world and it's an absolute pleasure and honour to put on the Celtic jersey."


A 39-year-old man was attacked by three others as he walked along a road in Linlithgow.

The attack happened in the Preston Road area sometime between 23:00 and midnight on Thursday.
The victim was punched and kicked by the three men as he approached the railway bridge, resulting in a broken wrist.
The suspects were described as being white and in their 20s. They had a brown staffie-type dog with them.
Police have urged anyone with information to contact them.
Det Con Ally Urquhart, from Livingston CID, said: "The victim suffered a painful hand injury during this assault and we're in the process of trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident.
"Anyone who was in the Preston Road area late on Thursday evening and saw anything suspicious is asked to contact police immediately."


Can Donald Trump make America not just great again, but make it gleam and bring the shine of steel back to the rustbelt?

In the past I have driven through some of the areas so described and its no idle metaphor. There are mile upon mile of oxidised, red metal skeletons, dead factories entombing dead jobs, dead hopes.
But the Interstate 75 road outside Detroit is a reminder that manufacturing industry could just be America's future and not only its past.
Towers and gantries poke up into the skyline, plumes of steam billowing white against a grey sky from dozens of chimneys: little lights, appropriately red and white and blue, blink with brisk industrial efficiency. This is the home of Motown - Motor City - famous for its music and its cars.
Eight years after a heart-stopping crisis for the motor industry Detroit is working again. Some say that is thanks to Obama. Others look to Mr Trump to make it what it once was again.
I am talking to Brian Panbecker in his car opposite Detroit's Ford plant. He's a forklift truck driver and he is just about to go on shift.
"Life around Detroit is always cyclical, up and down. My dad warned me when I was first hired in by Chrysler back in 1978. He said 'Brian, the auto industry is up and down. It is like a rollercoaster. When times are good you have to work overtime, save some money, pay off all your debts. When times are bad you have to ride it out'."
He says Mr Trump speaks the language of the shop floor - sometimes crude and vulgar but straight to the point. And many of those Brian works with support him as a result.
President of the 3000 branch of the United Automobile Workers union, Steve Gonzalez, tells me there are plenty who agree with Brian.
"Some of our members are Donald Trump supporters. I can't get into their heads but a lot of our workers were for him. Not sure if it was the promise of change, or his appeal on TV, little quips, on Facebook, on Twitter. People run with that."
But didn't President Obama and the bailout of Chrysler and GM save this city?
I meet Thomas in a trendy brewery pub. Bit of a waste as he does not drink, and I am not doing so at the moment. Still the brewery logo, of a heroic worker raising a glass, says something about this unionised city.
"I lost a job and I wasn't capable of relocating and because Obama saved this industry I got a job," he explains. The bailout "stopped GM and Chrysler being sold off to companies who would have split it up and sold it for parts. And that is what saved the industry".
I ask if he is better off than in 2008 and he replies: "I'm not broke and would have been."
Brian could not disagree more.
"The bailouts did not save the auto industry, bankruptcy saved the auto industry. That allowed GM and Chrysler to survive in some form and return to profitability. I would not give credit to Barack Obama. As a matter of fact, I think his policies - continuing high taxes and allowing the unions to remain powerful - have caused more jobs to flee to Mexico."
I am in Motor City at a big time of year for the industry - the North America International Auto Show 2017 has just opened. It is a huge sparkly, bright white space where cars rotate on their stands, polished so hard the lights positioned just so that they seem to glow, rather than simply gleam.
Despite the symbols of success and prosperity at the show and despite the health of the industry, the American worker feels insecure.
The Ford stand at the show is particularly impressive but I am drawn to a prototype, a silver car. Not particularly special looking - apart from the round cameras on its windscreen and roof rack-like sensors running along its length. On its side it says "autonomous vehicle development"  and underneath "on the road by 2021".
Ford made an important announcement at the beginning of this year - they would invest $700m (Â£580m) in a plant just outside Detroit, a few miles from here, to make an electric SUV and driverless car.
And - this is where the politics comes in - they would cancel their plan to build a new engine plant in Mexico, something Mr Trump had called "an absolute disgrace", He thanked Ford and said it was only the beginning.
So, has Mr Trump's policy of imposing tariffs on goods made outside the USA - mocked as impractical by many - already paid off, before he is even in the White House?
Darrin thinks not. He is a newly-elected Democratic representative in Michigan's state house - and says without the bailout he would not be where he is now. His dad was an auto worker and Darrin argues that if the local economy had failed he would never have made it to college. But what about Mr Trump?
"I know he likes to take credit for a lot of different economic activities that have happened but the truth is that project had been in the works for a lot longer than the last couple of weeks, or even November.
"Part of this is some of these companies are trying to get out ahead of it, saying 'this isn't really Donald Trump doing this work, its really the unions and management getting together and looking for opportunities'. My read of it is that they want[ed] to put it in place before he was in office so he didn't take credit for it. But he did anyway."
The Detroit bureau chief of Automobile Magazine, Todd Lassa, agrees.
"That decision had a lot to do with the fact that Americans are not buying small cars, they're buying pick-ups and SUVs.
"I think a lot of the Mexico investment had to do with small cars that have thin profit margins and you have a little bit of a better profit margin if you are using Mexican labour. It's very much a commercial decision."
Union leader Steve says this will be the way of President Trump.
"When the news came out [that] we had the autonomous car coming here, we had it coming up on Facebook and Twitter: 'Thank you Donald Trump!'" he laughs.
"Trump did it already! He's not even in office so, that was a kind of misleading. But he puts it out there and, all of a sudden, any positive news he's going take credit for."
This will be the test of Mr Trump and the media. It is easy to mock the bombast. But the first evidence suggests crude and forceful plans may have played at least a part in changing the mind of a multinational.
More to the point, we have witnessed what may be a trademark of this presidency. He may have been pushing against an open door, but Mr Trump has very loudly portrayed himself as the author of a positive story.
Sophisticated observers may question if he deserves the plaudits but if America applauds he will reap the rewards.
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Germany's Deputy Finance Minister, Steffen Kampeter, is one of the key ministers supporting austerity measures in the European Union.

16 April 2013 Last updated at 13:13 BST
Discussing the economic crisis Mr Kampeter told HARDtalk: "It is not the case for Germany to lecture anybody."
He said that eurozone politics were agreed by 17 finance ministers and they had a common voice.
"This is not German, or French or Spanish politics, it is eurozone politics [which] they agree unanimously," he added.
You can watch the full interview on BBC World News on Tuesday 16 April at 20:30 GMT and on the BBC News Channel on Wednesday 17 April at 00:30 BST.
Watch more clips at HARDtalk's website.


Enable heads the list of entries for this year's Champions Day, Britain's richest race day, at Ascot.

The John Gosden-trained filly took the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot last month, to add to wins in the English and Irish Oaks.
She is one of 49 horses entered for the Champion Stakes, with last year's winner Almanzor among potential rivals.
A total of £4.3m prize money will be awarded in the five championship events on Champions Day on 21 October.
Europe's top 10 horses are all set to compete, with 242 entries overall.
Enable is also entered in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes and Gosden says "all possibilities are open".
The filly is due to make her next appearance in September's Yorkshire Oaks while the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe has been pencilled in as Enable's primary autumn target.
Almanzor has not yet run this year, but is set to make a return before a final decision on his fitness will be made by trainer Jean-Claude Rouget.
Other Champion Stakes contenders include French-trained colt Zarak and Coral-Eclipse one-two Ulysses and Barney Roy.
Aidan O'Brien is the trainer with the most entries on Champions Day with contenders in the 10-furlong showpiece including Winter, Churchill and Highland Reel.
Champions Day provides the climax to the Qipco British Champions Series which features 35 Flat races staged at 10 of the UK's leading racecourses.


The nuclear deal with Iran is not meant to "reform Iran's regime, or end its support for terrorism", US Secretary of State John Kerry has told US Congress.

Mr Kerry said the accord - agreed this month after two years of talks between Iran and world powers - was designed to address the "nuclear issue alone".
Defending the deal before sceptical senators, he said the US would still challenge Iran on other fronts.
Congress has until 17 September to approve or reject the deal.
Under the deal, Iran must curb its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Tehran has always insisted its nuclear ambitions are peaceful and energy-related.
The agreement follows two years of intense negotiations with the P5+1 group of world powers - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany.
In sparkling sunshine, the convoy of sleek Mercedes, flanked by motorcycle outriders, ferried Europe's top diplomat Federica Mogherini and her closest aides down wide, sweeping boulevards and through crowded streets towards the elegant mansion housing the foreign ministry for her first meeting of the day.
Her maiden drive through the capital takes her on a tour of the symbols that define Iran: the face of Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini painted on soaring walls; the iconic white monument built during the Shah's reign, now renamed "Azadi" or freedom; and the national flags that seem to flutter everywhere.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet visits Iran with the EU foreign policy chief
The Republicans - who control both chambers of the US Congress - are fiercely critical of the agreement, believing that it rewards Iran by easing sanctions without extracting enough guarantees in return.
US government officials have gone on the offensive to convince Congress that the deal is the best they could get.
In his second appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a week, Mr Kerry emphasised that alternatives to the deal - suggested by Republicans - were "some kind of unicorn fantasy that contemplates Iran's complete capitulation".
He warned that rejecting the deal would effectively give Iran the go-ahead to build a nuclear bomb.
He added that the deal would make it easier to challenge Iran on other issues.
"It's a lot easier to push back against an Iran that doesn't have a nuclear weapon than an Iran that does," he said.
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About 1,200 inmates have escaped from a jail in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi.

A security official told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges.
Another report said a riot had taken place inside the al-Kwafiya prison.
The jailbreak comes a day after the assassination of a prominent political activist triggered protests in the city, although it is not clear whether the two are connected.
Benghazi is one of the most unstable parts of post-revolution Libya. Last year the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed there.
On Saturday protesters attacked offices linked to the Muslim Brotherhood following the assassination of the prominent political activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari. Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral.
A security spokesman in Benghazi told the BBC that some of those who escaped from the prison had been captured but he did not specify how many.
In a news conference, the Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said residents in the southern area of the city had stormed the prison in protest at its existence in their district.
The inmates include a small number of people thought to be supporters of Col Muammar Gaddafi, the BBC's Rana Jawad reports. The former leader was toppled and killed in an uprising in 2011.
The Gaddafi supporters had been charged with attacking security bases after the conflict, our correspondent says.
AFP news agency quoted a security official saying that there had been unrest inside the prison before the breakout.
"There was a riot inside al-Kwafiya prison, as well as an attack from outside," he said.
"Special forces called in as reinforcements were given orders not to fire at the prisoners."


About 3,000 competitors - many of them clad in tweed - took part in the Mighty Deerstalker race at Traquair House near Innerleithen at the weekend.

The event, billed as "the toughest off-road race in the UK", is now in its 10th year.
Participants tackled mud-filled trenches, water crossings and forest trails in the Scottish Borders until late on Saturday night.
They were able to choose between a five kilometre and 10 kilometre challenge.
Jim Mee, creator of the Mighty Deerstalker, said: "In a world where obstacle-heavy events dominate, The Mighty Deerstalker goes back to the basics and uses Mother Nature to deliver the challenge.
"Competitors not only have to deal with a gruelling course in the wilds of the Scottish winter, but they also must do so in complete darkness."
He added: "This year was The Mighty Deerstalker's 10th anniversary, making it one of our most established and popular events.
"As always, there was a fantastic atmosphere on the night, with lots of participants dressed up in tartan and tweed, keeping with the event's historic theme."


Luke Rowe says seeing team-mate Chris Froome claim his fourth Tour de France on Sunday would make every painful moment of this year's race worthwhile.

The Team Sky road captain suffered injuries including a broken rib in a crash on the opening stage, but rode on to support team leader Froome.
"It's been brutal," said the Welshman.
"It's been the hardest Tour. I crashed on stage one and it just whacked me, broke a rib, hit my head and really shook me up."
Froome secured the yellow jersey in Saturday's penultimate stage, a 22.5km time trial in Marseille, extending his overall lead from 23 to 54 seconds with Rigoberto Uran second and Romain Bardet dropping to third.
Tradition dictates that no general classification rivals attack the yellow jersey on the final stage in Paris on Sunday, meaning Froome should win the race in Paris.
Geraint Thomas, Rowe's fellow rider from Cardiff - who became the first Welshman to wear the yellow jersey - was forced out with a broken collarbone after a crash on stage nine when second in the overall standings.
Rowe admits that if his own crash had not been in the Tour de France, then he might also have withdrawn because of his injuries.
"You never like to go home [early] from a race, but there's times I was in a bit of a mess, times were pretty tough," Rowe admitted.
"But when you've got the yellow jersey in the team and what I believe to be the best rider in the world, you're in that position where you've got to defend yellow.
"The only way you go home is if you physically can't ride your bike or missed the time limit... but if it had been another race then yeah, it could have been an early taxi.
"I knew I had a job to do and I battled through and did it.
"The first 10-12 days I was really struggling, the toughest Grand Tour I've ever done.
"It's been quite nice on a personal achievement to be here [at the end], to have made it to Paris. It's been a tough three weeks."
Rowe is in line to claim the lanterne rouge, an unofficial award for the cyclist who completes the Tour in last place, as he finished in 167th in Marseille.
Unlike in other sports where last is seen as failure, the lanterne rouge carries respect as it honours the role of the domestiques - the team riders who sacrifice their own ambitions to help their team leader's bid for yellow.
Rowe has spent much of the 2017 Tour chasing down breakaways at the front, then bringing up the rear of the peloton having spent all his energy in Froome's cause.
The 27-year-old again typified that role in Saturday's time trial, as his earlier efforts were used to help his fellow Team Sky riders.
"For me it was more a case of absorbing as much information as possible that I could feed back to the lads, that was the most important thing," Rowe added.
"There was quite a bit of wind out there, a cobbled section, so where's best to ride, check out a few of the bends and... feed it back.
"It's a time trial with some big, long and straight boulevards so there's plenty of places to put the power down, then stay calm on the technical sections."
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I know it is not nice to be a Newcastle player when things are going the way they are at the moment at St James' Park.

I genuinely feared for them before their last two home defeats by Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, because I thought those would be the games where the fans turn against the team if they lose, which is exactly what has happened.
The Magpies' previous results this season were acceptable for different reasons but no positives can be taken from being beaten at home by a newly promoted team, or being knocked out of the League Cup by a Championship club's reserve side.
Now the pressure is really on, Newcastle boss Steve McClaren is going to need some seriously strong characters in his squad to deal with it.
McClaren's problem is that I look at his summer signings and think character is exactly what they are lacking, along with Premier League experience and knowing how to deal with this situation.
In more than three years playing for Newcastle between 2002 and 2005, I don't remember any of our performances at St James' Park being seriously booed.
Even when we lost 6-2 at home to Manchester United in 2003, the fans were fine because we had given everything.
Any time the opposition were just too good, the fans were fine because they can appreciate good football, but the thing they didn't stand for was a lack of work-rate.
In my time there, we knew that and we knew had to put the effort in. We did the same thing for every home game, where we would be stood in the tunnel outside the changing rooms and we would look at each other and go '15 minutes'.
What that meant was 15 minutes of absolute graft at the start of the game where, right through the team, we would be closing people down, tackling non-stop and chasing everything.
That was all about getting the crowd onside. Sometimes we would nick a goal too but, even if we didn't, from that point on the game was just so much easier because we had got the fans going and they were right behind us.
You needed to show the fans that you were ready to fight for the club and bring some pride to the North East. If you did that, they were with you.
For me, knowing about that and the reasons for doing it were part of understanding what playing for Newcastle was about.
When I joined Newcastle, I had people like Alan Shearer, Gary Speed, Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer and Shay Given to explain it to me.
It was made clear there were standards that we had to meet. We had players who were quite blunt and quite straight-talking, even when we were on a night out.
You could be chilling in a bar having a drink when one of them might go "you had a nightmare at the weekend, stop doing that - start doing this instead".
It was not pressure and it was not personal because we were a very tight-knit squad, but it made me raise my game because I thought 'I am not going to be be the guy who gets attacked next time'.
That's how I got the message about what the expectations were, but I don't know whether anyone is telling the new signings something similar about putting the same effort in now.
Newcastle's next two games are against Chelsea and Manchester City. Nobody is really expecting them to win those games but they have to show the fans something they have not done yet.
One of the big things Newcastle have lacked over the last few years is an identity. By that I mean players on the pitch that the fans can relate to.
Their turnover of players is just ridiculous, and I don't know how they can hope to get any type of continuity in their team.
Their player recruitment strategy is all wrong too. They clearly needed to sign some established Premier League players over the summer, rather than taking a chance on some young talent from Belgium or France.
I know they cannot compete at the top end of the transfer market but this is Newcastle United we are talking about - a huge club that players want to play for. You cannot tell me they would not have been able to attract the players they needed.
When I joined Newcastle from Nottingham Forest in 2002, I initially did not want to go. I thought it was too far away and Leeds wanted to buy me, so I told my agent I wanted to move there because it was only down the road and I was friends with a couple of players there - Robbie Keane and Rio Ferdinand.
My agent said "go and speak to Sir Bobby Robson and see what you think then". After I came off the phone to him I was 50% of the way there, then I went to St James' Park and saw it full and that was it, my mind was made up. It is a very special place.
Most of Newcastle's summer signings are struggling but it is hard for new and young players to come into a team that is struggling already, and impossible for them to be expected to transform it - football just does not work like that.
When I signed for Newcastle I was 18 but there was experience everywhere I looked in the dressing room and it was so easy for me to play my football because I did not feel under any pressure to perform straight away.
Compare that to the players who have joined over the summer. Many of them must be feeling like it is down to them to turn the club around.
They will be feeling the pressure off the pitch too, because playing for Newcastle is different to most clubs.
For years, comments I had supposedly made about leaving Newcastle because it was "like living in a goldfish bowl" were thrown at me, even though I never actually said that and I would never have seen it as a negative anyway.
I actually loved the kind of town feel that Newcastle has. It is one of those cities that, when the team is doing well, there is no better place in England because you get looked after.
It was just silly things where I would jump in a taxi and the driver would tell me I was not paying for it. You don't get that too often in London.
I was 18 when I went there and 22 when I left, so I was in my peak years to be enjoying my football and my life, and Newcastle was probably the best place to do it.
At the moment, though, what those players will be experiencing is the total opposite of that because when things are bad up there, they are really bad.
We were chasing a Champions League spot in 2003-04 and if we lost a couple of games and were down in fifth or sixth, you could feel the public turning against you.
There are two newspapers up there that have a big influence and if the public are critical outside the ground, the atmosphere turns very quickly at the stadium too.
With such poor results so far, criticism from the fans and people calling for the manager to be sacked, you might think it is all doom and gloom at Newcastle at the moment.
With Steve McClaren in charge, that will not be the case.
I played under him for England and also at QPR when he was a coach there in 2013-14.
Some managers I played for would come in for training on Monday after a bad result on Saturday and still be angry and upset.
Steve is the opposite to that. He is 100% positive all of the time, and no matter what the last result was, he would come into training almost running, and saying 'let's get out there'.
The training ground is what he loves the most. You could tell by how much he would be smiling and laughing when he was out there. His attitude was that this was work time, and that we could work our way out of our situation by working hard for the next couple of hours.
He was never afraid to dish out a rollicking when it was needed but I know for a fact that he will still be addressing the Newcastle players with that same enthusiasm.
That is a strong characteristic to have as a manager, especially at a club like Newcastle in the situation they are in.
His players will need that positivity, especially the younger ones, but now is the time for them to show that they have got some character after all.
They need to stand up and be counted because that is the only way they are going to get out of this situation.
Jermaine Jenas was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.


US President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week.

He told reporters it was "possible" he could name someone by Friday, before he leaves for his first foreign trip.
Defence lawyer Alice Fisher was the first candidate interviewed at the justice department, US media report.
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and a few others are also expected to meet Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein on Saturday.
But about 11 people in all are reportedly being considered for the position, which requires confirmation in the Senate.
President Trump has faced a backlash for sacking Mr Comey, who had been investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
He told reporters travelling with him on Air Force One that he wanted to move quickly to find a new FBI director.
"I think the process is going to move quickly because almost all of them are very well-known, they've been vetted over their lifetime essentially," he said.
Fox News quoted a government source as saying they were moving "quickly and expeditiously" to find a replacement, adding: "We're doing our due diligence - we are not going to cut any corners."
One of those being interviewed is Republican Senator John Cornyn, the second highest-ranking member of the Senate and a former Texas Attorney General.
Mr McCabe was the FBI's deputy director until he stepped up after the abrupt departure of his boss. He appeared to contradict the White House this week when he described the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election as "a highly significant investigation".
He also cast doubt on White House claims that Mr Comey had lost the confidence of FBI staff.
Ms Fisher was an assistant attorney general for the justice department's criminal division. She currently works at a law firm.
The other candidate widely named in the US press is New York Appeals Court Judge Michael Garcia, a former New York prosecutor.
Although reports initially said just those four candidates were on Saturday's interview list, the Associated Press now says that Adam Lee, the head of the FBI's office in Richmond, Virginia, turned up at the justice department as a candidate.
Meanwhile, President Trump is facing growing questions about whether he secretly recorded his conversations with Mr Comey after he appeared to tweet a thinly veiled threat to the former FBI director.
He said Mr Comey "better hope there are no tapes" of their conversations at a private White House dinner in January during which the president claims Mr Comey assured him he was not being investigated over alleged links to Russia.
In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump said that he did not want to discuss the matter and that all he wanted was for Mr Comey to be honest.
He previously told NBC News that Mr Comey had requested the one-on-one dinner, but the former FBI director reportedly maintains it was the president who invited him.
Mr Comey had said he was "uneasy" before the dinner, according to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
On Friday, the White House denied reports that President Trump had also asked Mr Comey to pledge loyalty to him, and that he responded he would offer the president honesty, but not loyalty.
Mr Trump travelled on Saturday to Virginia to speak at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian institution founded by the late conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell.
The US president enjoys an approval rating from white evangelical protestants that is nearly double his approval rating with the general public, according to the Pew Research Center.
He did not mention the controversy around Mr Comey in his speech to graduates, though he did exhort students to challenge the establishment and "relish the opportunity to be an outsider".
Mr Trump's behaviour in recent days regarding Mr Comey has provoked fresh comparisons between his administration and that of disgraced President Richard Nixon, who famously recorded conversations, speeding his downfall during the Watergate scandal.
Senior Democrats on the House judiciary and oversight committees wrote to the White House on Friday demanding copies of any recordings.
John Conyers and Elijah Cummings' letter noted "it is a crime to intimidate or threaten any potential witness with the intent to influence, delay or prevent their official testimony".


Parents are asking family and friends to look after their children to reduce childcare costs while they apply for a mortgage, a survey has suggested.

Childcare is among the costs considered by mortgage providers when deciding whether an applicant should be given a home loan.
Some families are temporarily cutting this cost, while others find they are offered a smaller loan, Uswitch claims.
The price comparison site said one in six had been rejected or given less.
It asked 1,000 parents with children aged 12 and under who had applied for a mortgage in the last 10 years in a survey.
Of those asked, 17% said that they had been turned down for a mortgage or offered a smaller loan than they expected owing to the cost of childcare.
Tashema Jackson, from Uswitch, said: "It is worrying that many feel under pressure to conceal these costs during the mortgage application process, as this may have a severe impact on their ability to meet repayments in future."
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which represents banks, building societies and other lenders, said: "Lenders must take into account all the key financial commitments of borrowers. That could mean that those who have to pay for childcare may not be able to borrow as much as others with a similar income who do not have these commitments.
"The aim is to try to ensure that every mortgage is affordable, taking into account the circumstances of the borrower."
Latest figures from the CML show that the appetite among mortgage applicants is undimmed and stronger than a year ago.
First-time buyers borrowed Â£5.1bn in August, up 13% on July and a 24% increase on August last year. This equated to 31,800 loans.
The average first-time buyer was aged 30, they typically borrowed Â£136,300 and, on average, gave a deposit of 15%.
Home movers were advanced 34,200 loans, borrowing Â£7.1bn, which was up 15% on July and a 3% increase compared to a year ago.
A cut in interest rates by the Bank of England to a new historic low of 0.25% will keep demand high, according to Paul Smee, director general of the CML.
"Mortgage rates remain at or close to historic lows, and the re-pricing of mortgages following August's base rate cut should help to underpin a continuing, strong appetite for home-ownership over the coming months," he said.
However, figures from financial information service Moneyfacts suggest that not all lenders have been reflecting the entire cut in the base rate in their mortgage costs.
The average drop in standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages was only 0.17%, Moneyfacts said. The base rate was cut from 0.5% to 0.25%.
Charlotte Nelson, from Moneyfacts, said: "Many borrowers on their SVR hoping to benefit from the Bank of England reduction could be sorely disappointed as two months on, a quarter of lenders have still yet to cut their rates to reflect the new circumstances."


British managers need to prove they are good enough for the Premier League, Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says.

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England manager Sam Allardyce has said it could soon have no English bosses.
Howe, one of the league's seven British bosses, says he is "in favour of the best person" regardless of nationality.
"I have no problem with the fact that the Premier League doesn't have as many English, or British, managers as it should," the 38-year-old told BBC TV's The Premier League Show.
"I think we [Britons] have to prove we're good enough for those jobs."
Howe led Bournemouth to two promotions in three seasons after returning for a second spell in 2012, taking them into the Premier League for the first time in 2015.
Having been linked with the England vacancy before Allardyce's appointment, Howe was asked by interviewer Gary Lineker if the national coach's role appealed to him in the future.
"The England job, I think, is the ultimate. I would never say no, but it's not something I want to consider," Howe said in the show, which airs on BBC Two at 22:00 BST on Thursday.
"That's not something in my immediate thoughts. My immediate thoughts is this club and this job," he added.
Howe said his ambitious nature could mean he might leave the Cherries "down the line", but added: "If I want to be the best manager I can be, I need to get 'now' right.
"That's why I'd say I'm fiercely ambitious for this club - if the club does well, the team does well, everyone will benefit."
The Premier League show will be available on iPlayer from 00:00 BST on Saturday.
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Mae Heddlu Gogledd Cymru wedi dweud nad ydy swyddogion yn chwilio am unrhyw un arall wrth iddynt barhau a'u hymchwiliad i farwolaeth dyn 18 oed yn Llanbedrog.

Cafodd y gwasanaethau brys eu galw i faes parcio tafarn y Llong yn y pentref ychydig wedi hanner nos fore Sul.
Daeth swyddogion o hyd i Peter Robert Colwell, dyn 18 oed o Gapel Uchaf, Clynnog Fawr yn farw ar ôl iddo ddioddef anafiadau saethu.
Mae ei deulu yn cael cymorth gan swyddogion arbenigol.
Daeth swyddogion o hyd i ddryll yn y lleoliad ac fe gafodd pedwar dyn eu harestio mewn cysylltiad â'r digwyddiad.
Maen nhw wedi cael eu rhyddhau ar fechnïaeth yr heddlu tra bod ymholiadau'n parhau. Roedd y pedwar dyn a'r dyn a fu farw yn ffrindiau.
Dywedodd Ditectif Uwcharolygydd Iestyn Davies: "Er bod hwn yn ddigwyddiad trasig sy'n cael ei drin fel ymchwiliad llofruddiaeth, rydym yn cadw meddwl agored o ran amgylchiadau'r digwyddiad.
"Mae ein harbenigwyr yn ceisio sefydlu yn union beth a ddigwyddodd a sut cafodd y gwn haels ei saethu, ond mi hoffwn sicrhau'r gymuned leol mai digwyddiad anarferol iawn oedd hwn yn ymwneud â phobl leol a 'does yna ddim bygythiad ehangach i'r cyhoedd.
"Nid ydym yn chwilio am unrhyw un arall mewn cysylltiad â'r digwyddiad ac mae'r gwn wedi cael ei ddarganfod. Byddwn yn ymgynghori â Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron ymhen amser ynghylch unrhyw gyhuddiadau.
"Rydym yn cydymdeimlo'n arw â theulu a ffrindiau Peter Colwell ar yr amser anodd hwn."
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Dywedodd gynghorydd Llanbedrog, Angela Russell wrth raglen Post Cyntaf BBC Radio Cymru ddydd Llun ei bod wedi bod yn benwythnos anodd i'r gymuned yn dilyn y digwyddiad.
"Maen nhw wedi cael braw," meddai.
"Maen nhw wedi dychryn - lle prydferth, tawel, a pheth fel hyn wedi digwydd yng nghanol y pentref. Dydyn nhw methu coelio'r peth."