Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a major force in French politics despite never being elected to office.

The independent centrist's campaign has been boosted by the setbacks of centre-right rival Francois Fillon, who faces formal investigation over fake job allegations involving his wife.
Mr Macron seems likely to face the far-right National Front's Marine le Pen in a second round of voting, and he is seen as a key defender of liberal European values from populist forces on the continent.
Amid accusations that he was all image and short on substance, he launched his election campaign on 2 March.
Mr Macron has maintained that the left and right in politics are irrelevant and out of fashion.
He was economy minister in President Francois Hollande's centre-left Socialist administration until last year, but has played down his links to Mr Hollande.
His current movement was a new project and definitely not a continuation of Mr Hollande's, he said at the campaign launch.
Instead he has urged France to rediscover its "spirit of conquest", and called for a "transformation" rather than just reform, in which every French citizen would play a part.
As Mr Fillon faces questions over his wife's employment, his rival has proposed eradicating "nepotism" and "conflicts of interest".
"All elected representatives must respect the law and public morality," he said at the launch.
The measures he is proposing include banning MPs from doing any consulting work and banning all officials from employing family or friends.
He is also seeking to cut the size of both chambers of parliament - the National Assembly and the Senate - by a third.
Mr Macron has not said whether he would lift France's state of emergency, launched following the Paris attacks in November 2015, but he has promised to "evaluate" it.
He said no new measures would be taken on terrorism, and ruled out what he described as symbolic policies such as removing French nationality from dual citizens, which would only divide the country.
He would not accept stigmatising people for their religion, or religious-based bigotry, he added.
The key was to make existing security measures work more effectively, he said.
He has, however, promised 10,000 more police officers - similar to a pledge made by Marine Le Pen - and the rebuilding of regional intelligence networks.
Mr Macron has also emphasised a revival in community policing, and in particular rebuilding relations between police and young people.
While Ms Le Pen seeks to take France out of the eurozone and hold a referendum on France's relationship with the European Union, Mr Macron is an ardent supporter of the EU.
He has called for efforts to reinvigorate the eurozone and a new impulse for the single market, which he said should be vigorously defended in Brexit talks with the UK.
Mr Macron caused some consternation among conservative circles a few weeks ago by describing France's colonialism as a "crime against humanity". He has since apologised for "hurting some people's feelings" but has not withdrawn the statement.
On defence, he has proposed increasing spending to 2% of GDP - a key demand of the US and other Nato allies.
He is also calling for an "international roadmap" to combat militant Islamism, and described Africa as a region that had "all the risks and all the opportunities" for France.
Mr Macron has urged French workers to embrace a transformation of the workplace.
"Work is going to change and we will be part of that change. We will go with it and we will transform the balance of forces," he said.
He has proposed aligning the public sector pension scheme with the private sector. Such measures have been tried in the past and have provoked huge opposition from the left, but he describes the move as an end to inequality between schemes.
He has also pledged no change to the retirement age for five years, and to retain the 35-hour working week, both moves seen as directed at left-wing voters.
In a budget programme unveiled days before his campaign launch, Mr Macron proposed savings of â‚¬60bn ($63bn; Â£51bn) over five years, including cuts to the civil service.
He also pledged to keep the deficit to below 3% of economic output.
Mr Macron has made education one of his main priorities.
He has pledged to put the three "Rs" at the heart of education policy and reduce class sizes.
He describes the education system as being "too uniform" and says more control over policy should be given to local authorities.


Tottenham Hotspur hope to be able to move into their new 58,000-capacity stadium in 2017.

The new stadium would be next to their current White Hart Lane ground, which holds 36,000 fans.
Tottenham anticipate putting out a tender for construction later this year and say opening the stadium in mid-2017 is "feasible".
The news comes on the day Tottenham announced a profit of £1.5m in their latest financial results.
The north London club, who are currently sixth in the Premier League, believe moving to a bigger stadium will help them increase their revenues and enable them to compete better against Europe's top clubs.
"We have fantastic, strong support," chairman Daniel Levy told his club's website. "Our current 36,000-seater stadium sells out and the waiting list for season ticket holders is currently in excess of 47,000.
"We have the smallest capacity stadium of any club in the top 20 clubs in Europe, let alone the current top four Premier League clubs.
"We cannot stress strongly enough how critical the new stadium is over the long term to these raised expectations."
Levy described the new venue - which would be built as part of a development that would also include the land their current home stands on - as a "landmark project" which will be a "key regenerative component of the local economy".
Tottenham, who lost out to West Ham United in a bid to move to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, have purchased 18 acres of land adjacent to their White Hart Lane ground over the past decade and relocated 72 businesses.
They are still waiting for a Secretary of State decision regarding a compulsory purchase order of further property before building can begin.
But they anticipate putting out a tender for construction before the end of this year and hope the new stadium will be open for the 2017-18 season.


The Democratic Unionist Party has been narrowly returned as the biggest party but Sinn Féin was the biggest winner in the NI Assembly election.

The party has come within a seat of drawing level with the DUP, which came into the election with 10 more seats.
There were a number of electoral surprises  - the most dramatic was the announcement by Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt that he was to resign.
Sinn Féin and the DUP have three weeks to establish a government.
A total of 64.8% of the electorate voted - up 10 points on last year's assembly election.
Former First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster, Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Colum Eastwood are among those elected.
Mike Nesbitt won his seat at the Strangford count but shortly afterwards, he announced that he was to stand down as Ulster Unionist leader following his party's poor performance.
Indicating that he will remain in position until his successor is found, he said his real regret was that Northern Ireland's society appeared to have emerged from the election more polarised.
"Some day Northern Ireland will vote as a normal democracy," he said. "We will vote in a post-sectarian election, but it's now clear it will not happen during the duration of my political career."
While Mr Nesbitt held his Assembly seat, other high-profile MLAs were not so lucky.
The SDLP's Alex Attwood, the UUP's Danny Kennedy, and the DUP's Nelson McCausland and Lord Morrow were four former executive ministers who failed to secure a return to a Stormont legislature that is being cut from 108 to 90 members.
Other casualties include the UUP's Jo-Anne Dobson, former DUP minister Jonathan Bell, who stood as an independent, and People Before Profit's Eamon McCann who was elected as an MLA last May but lost his seat in Foyle.
The turnout for the election was the highest since the vote which followed the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
The election - the second in 10 months - was called after the collapse of a coalition led by Arlene Foster's DUP and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.
Mr McGuinness resigned over Mrs Foster's refusal to step aside as first minister pending an inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, which could cost the Northern Ireland tax payer £490m.
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the government must be run by Irish nationalists and unionists together.
The largest unionist and nationalist parties after the election will have three weeks to form a power-sharing government to avoid devolved power returning to the British parliament at Westminster for the first time in a decade.
A total of 1,254,709 people were eligible to vote for 228 candidates competing for 90 seats in 18 constituencies.
The BBC News NI website will carry all the latest on the election throughout the weekend.
There will also be special election programmes running on BBC Radio Ulster from 09:00 GMT .


Passengers have told how they got out of trains stuck for hours on South West Trains services outside London and walked down the tracks.

Services were halted near Woking, Surrey, on Thursday night following a signalling problem caused by a possible attempted theft of cable.
A group of passengers, including a heavily pregnant woman, said they were challenged by police at the exit.
South West Trains has apologised for a string of disruptions this week.
Network Rail said 60 trains out of London Waterloo were affected by the signalling fault.
It said further delays were caused when passengers went on the track, meaning power to the rails had to be turned off.
Emma Firth, from Farnham, who is eight months pregnant, was among the passengers who got off their train.
"Me and another man talked to each other and said: 'This is our only chance,'" she said.
"In my condition I wasn't going to sleep overnight on a train, I had no food or drink.
"So the man gave me a piggy back off the train and helped me walk down the track.
"One guard, with a torch, helped us walk across the track safely and was very polite but the police at the gates were very angry, saying we had trespassed.
"I got home around 2300 BST. I will not be using the train tomorrow, it will be a nightmare after this. I shall be working from home."
Another passenger, who asked only to be named as Keith, said he took the 18.33 South West Trains service from Clapham, which ground to a halt near Woking.
He said the passengers, who also included a diabetic man who need insulin, decided to get off the train after about two hours.
"There were constant announcements every five minutes from the train driver saying he did not know when we would be moving.
"There was about five of us and we decided to get off. We prised the door open and jumped.
"When we got to the gates the police tried to get our names, saying we were trespassing and that South West Trains take this behaviour very seriously.
"They didn't manage to get any of our names in the end. I got home at around 23.30."
A passenger on another train, James Bilderbeck, 39, from Basingstoke, told BBC News that the service he was on was stuck for more than four hours.
"It's a really miserable environment, stuck going nowhere. It's a distressing situation for all."
The company director described it as the worst delay he had ever known as a commuter.
Speaking at about 2330 BST, he said his train had finally got moving again and that he hoped to reach Basingstoke soon.
But he said that some passengers whose final destination was Weymouth could expect for their journeys to take up to seven hours.
MP for Mole Valley, Sir Paul Beresford, said: "It seems to me as though there was lack of communication between Network Rail and South West Trains, particularly as evacuation has to be done really carefully.
"Someone should have been telling the drivers and the drivers should have been telling people.
"OK, it doesn't make them move any faster but at least it gives them an understanding of what is going wrong."
A South West Trains spokesman apologised for the disruption, which was the latest in a series to hit passengers this week.
"A major signalling problem in the Weybridge area on Monday resulted in severe disruption," he said.
"A fatality at Mortlake, a line closure due to a damaged bridge and an ill passenger on a train at Earlsfield on Thursday morning resulted in many delays, cancellations and diversions.
"On Thursday evening, further signalling problems in the Waterloo and Woking areas resulted in a significant amount of delays.
"Working with Network Rail, we have endeavoured to minimise the impact of these problems, although this is of little consolation if you have been affected by one or more of these events."
Services were running to schedule on Friday morning, but with a reduced number of carriages.


A small town in rural southern Manitoba says it is hopeful help is coming to assist with an influx of refugee claimants.

The municipality of Emerson-Franklin is preparing for more people crossing illegally at the Canada-US border.
They had 22 border jumpers cross last weekend.
The town of some 700 people, near a major interstate highway, has been struggling with growing numbers of asylum seekers over the past two years.
While the new US President, Donald Trump, has made a hardline stance on immigration a key policy, north of the border is very different.
Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau made global headlines for accepting nearly 40,000 refugees, and has said his country will welcome those fleeing persecution and war.
The two leaders will meet in Washington for the first time on Monday.
On Thursday, the town of Emerson held an emergency meeting with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), border services and provincial and federal representatives.
The RCMP says they have increased resources along that section of the 500km (310 miles) Manitoba-US border.
The Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, which has been assisting with those who made refugee claims, brought in "care packages" of pillows, blankets and other basic toiletries to the Emerson community complex in preparation for more asylum seekers, coming mostly from Somalia, Ghana, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.
Early Saturday morning, as it struggled to handle 19 people who had crossed overnight, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) asked the municipality to open its community hall as a temporary shelter, where the town provided tea, food and blankets.
"We did this out of the goodness of our hearts," said Emerson official Greg Janzen, but added that the town cannot handle the influx on its own resources.
He noted there are concerns for both for the safety of local residents and for those making the dangerous trek on foot in freezing temperatures.
But Mr Janzen said "most people in town are more concerned than scared" about the strangers wandering into town.
The town's fire services, which responds to calls about people who have crossed illegally, says many are found tired, hungry and very, very cold.
On Christmas Eve, two Ghanaian refugee claimants were badly frostbitten after making the crossing and getting lost.
A truck driver eventually picked them up after finding them wandering on the highway after crossing from North Dakota into Manitoba.
Once people are intercepted, they are processed by the CBSA - identified, searched and screened.
The phenomenon of asylum seekers crossing the border in Manitoba is not new, but the spike in high numbers is.
Between April 2013 and March 2014, 68 claimants illegally crossed the international border, according to CBSA numbers.
The next year it was 136. The year after 340.
Between April 2016 and 31 December 2016, 430 asylum claimants had been intercepted after crossing into Canada near the Emerson border.
It is not immediately clear what is driving the spike of mostly African refugee claimants, many travelling from Minneapolis up the I-29 Interstate before walking through fields into Canada.
Still, Rita Chahal, executive director with the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, said "people are coming, people are saying they are scared" when asked about the political climate in the US under President Donald Trump.
Manitoba MP Ted Falk said on Thursday that more needs to be done to secure the border.
"Once they're on our soil they are our responsibility," he said.
He said he has heard from constituents asking him to push the federal government to do more to enforce the border's integrity.
"I know the folks in my riding, someone shows up at their door cold and hungry they're going to to get looked after," he told the BBC.
"But we certainly don't want there to be a negative incident that occurs as a result of that."
The federal government is also under pressure to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, under which refugee claimants are required to request protection in the first safe country they arrive in.
It is a policy meant to better manage refugee claims and to avoid so-called "asylum shopping" between countries.
But it is also among the reasons the asylum seekers are avoiding trying to come to Canada at official ports of entry.
So far, the federal government is standing behind the agreement, which came into effect in 2004.


Horse racing in Scotland is preparing for a boost in popularity after a first Scottish-trained Grand National winner for nearly 40 years.

Musselburgh Racecourse chief executive Bill Farnsworth expects new people to attend meetings after witnessing One For Arthur's win on Saturday.
"We do expect some people who haven't been racing before and watched One for Arthur win the Grand National on Saturday might think they want to go along and enjoy a day at the races," he told BBC Scotland.
The 170th edition of the Grand National at Aintree witnessed only a second Scottish-trained winner of the National, with Lucinda Russell the fourth woman to train the victor.
"In terms of going racing, it's very easy to go to your local racecourse," Farnsworth told BBC Scotland. "We have five great courses in Scotland.
"Attendances in Scotland have been very, very good over the last 10 years and continue to go up.
"It's the second most popular spectator sport in Scotland, so it's doing very, very well."
The Grand National was again subject to campaigns from animal rights groups complaining about the dangers of the fences to horses.
Animal Aid's Race Horse Death Watch claims that 51 horses have died at British racecourses since the turn of the year.
However, there were no serious injuries to horses from 317 runners in 21 races at the three-day Grand National meeting.
Farnsworth insisted that racing is being seen in a new light after receiving negative headlines in recent years because of such deaths during or after races, as well as serious injuries to jockeys.
"Horse welfare is taken very, very seriously," he said. "It is a risk sport like most sports are.
"There will be injuries and, occasionally, unfortunately there are fatalities, but the care and attention bestowed on these horses is absolutely second to none and in Britain we do it better than anywhere else."


England started the defence of their EuroHockey Championship title with a 4-1 win against Ireland in Amsterdam.

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Laura Unsworth's deflected cross gave England the lead at half-time, then Ellie Watton scored from a penalty corner to double the score before Elena Tice pulled a goal back for Ireland.
Sophie Bray's close-range finish restored the two-goal advantage, before Alex Danson chipped in a fourth.
In the other game in pool B, Germany beat Scotland 4-1.
England women face world number seven side Germany on Sunday at 16:45 BST, while Scotland face Ireland at 12:15 BST.
The win comes a year to the day that Great Britain, featuring several members of the England team, won Olympic gold in Rio.


A Syrian man who worked as a clown to bring comfort to children in a rebel-held part of Aleppo is reported to have been killed in an air strike.

Anas al-Basha, 24, was a centre director for the civil society group, Space of Hope.
Government forces have been pounding rebel-held eastern districts of Aleppo as they continue an all-out assault to regain full control the city.
About 250,000 people are living under siege, among them 100,000 children.
There are no functioning hospitals left, and official food stocks are exhausted.
Mr Basha died in an air strike on Tuesday in the Mashhad neighbourhood, the Associated Press news agency reports.
"He lived to make children laugh and happy in the darkest most dangerous place," Mahmoud al-Basha, who identified himself as Anas' brother, wrote on Facebook.
"Anas who refused to leave Aleppo and decided to stay there to continue his work as a volunteer, to help the civilians and give gifts for the children in the streets to bring hope for them."
Mr Basha's parents left the city before the government began its siege of eastern Aleppo in July, according to AP. He married just two months ago, and his wife remains trapped in the rebel enclave.
The government offensive has brought unprecedented shelling and bombardment in recent weeks, reportedly leaving hundreds of civilians dead and prompting more than 25,000 to flee their homes.
On Wednesday, a top UN official warned that the city risked becoming "one giant graveyard".
Mr Basha's supervisor, Samar Hijazi, told AP she would remember him as a friend who loved to work with children.
"He would act out skits for the children to break the walls between them."
"All of us in this field are exhausted, and we have to find strength to provide psychological support and continue with our work," Ms Hijazi added.


After fines totalling many billions of pounds from UK and US regulators, a new threat is about to hit the major banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market.

US lawyers are preparing multi-million-pound legal action - to be lodged in the autumn - against up to 12 banks.
The targets include HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and US banks JP Morgan and Citigroup.
The action will be led by the US law firm Scott and Scott.
It will be of particular concern for the banks and their investors.
Why? Because many of the banks named have already paid out hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation payments following similar legal moves by Scott and Scott in the US.
Managing partner David Scott told the BBC he is confident of a similar outcome here.
He is in London before travelling to Paris and Berlin to meet complainants that are likely to include multi-national businesses, pension funds and even, he says, central banks.
"It is very safe to say that the damages suffered by the clients are in the tens of billions of dollars," he told me.
"We've been over [here] meeting with central banks, pension schemes, large multinationals who have asked us to determine if they have been harmed as a result of the conspiracy.
"We have met with central banks and they have expressed an interest - they are interested in the institutional knowledge that we have gained litigating the forex case in the United States.
"We have developed a model that allows us to give a pretty good idea of what their damages are if they traded foreign currency."
I asked him directly if he had spoken to the Bank of England, a question he sidestepped, saying that he wasn't able to give details of specific clients.
The legal cases are just the latest chapter in the sorry story of foreign exchange manipulation.
Last November, six banks were fined £2.6bn by UK regulators after after traders were found to be manipulating the foreign exchange market.
Groups of traders from different banks with exotic names such as "the Three Musketeers" and "the A team" deliberately massaged rates at which they bought and sold currencies to major businesses so that the banks would make higher profits, and the traders higher bonuses.
This UK fines were followed by action by US regulators, which fined banks £3.6bn in May.
The European Commission is now investigating whether competition laws were also breached by the banks' behaviour.
"The manipulation caused people who traded foreign currency to pay more than they would have in a free market," Mr Scott said.
"The people who are ultimately the victims of the conspiracy do not know it, because you cannot have a good conspiracy unless it is well concealed.
"And because the [foreign exchange] market is so large, the banks and traders did not need to bludgeon somebody over their head to steal their money.
"They just needed to make small paper cuts and bleed people very slowly - because each of those cuts in a market this large ultimately leads to a very large pot of money. The customers had no idea they were being defrauded."
Mr Scott denies that he is in the UK "ambulance chasing" - signing up clients in the hunt for lucrative fees.
"This is not an ambulance-chasing venture," he said.
"The clients that we are representing are large sophisticated multinational corporations, pension schemes and central banks who have been victimised.
"I don't think they would consider us ambulance chasers, they are more likely to see us as white knights."


Keaton Jennings scored 171 not out as Durham set Nottinghamshire a target of 317 to win at Chester-le-Street.

The opener's 162-run fourth-wicket partnership with nightwatchman Graham Onions helped the hosts recover from 78-3 to 240-4, when the latter fell lbw to Ravi Patel for a career-best 65.
Jennings' century came off 203 balls and included 12 boundaries.
Durham declared on 385-8, as Notts closed on 17-1, needing 300 more runs on the final day to secure victory.
Onions reached his maiden half-century just as Jennings passed three figures for the sixth time in the Championship this season - a Durham record he now shares with Michael Di Venuto and Paul Collingwood.
After Patel removed Onions, Luke Fletcher dismissed Collingwood and Michael Richardson cheaply before Imran Tahir bowled Stuart Poynter.
However, Jennings remained untroubled passing 150 off 284 balls and was ably assisted by Barry McCarthy (28 not out), which allowed Durham to declare when bad light briefly interrupted play shortly before the close.
Relegation-threatened Notts lost Jake Libby in the final over of the day, bowled by Onions.
The visitors began the match bottom of Division One and 35 points adrift of seventh-placed Durham, who have played one game fewer.


A court decision not to fine a father who took his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday is set to be challenged.

The High Court ruled in May that Jon Platt did not have to pay a Â£120 fine to Isle of Wight Council after he took his daughter to Florida in term-time.
It ruled that Mr Platt had no case to answer as, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly.
But councillors have confirmed they will challenge the High Court decision.
Critics had argued the High Court's decision meant there would be confusion around the rules on taking children out of English schools during term-time.
Isle of Wight Council, which is having its legal fees paid for by the Department for Education, said it had submitted papers applying for permission to appeal against the decision.
The council said it was acting after a formal request from schools minister Nick Gibb.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon made clear they would not have gone ahead with the appeal had government not underwritten it.
He said: "Our initial response was not to expend further Isle of Wight Council money on pursuing an appeal.
"However, as a result of the formal request from the minister, the local and national importance of this issue and the DfE's commitment to cover all the costs of the appeal and contribute to the council's previous costs, we have decided to lodge an appeal in order to resolve the issue for all."
The government had said it would look to change the law following the High Court ruling in May.
Term-time holiday: What are the rules?
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins
Councillors tell me it's chaos.
The rules say parents in England can only take their children out of school in exceptional circumstances.
But the High Court backed a father who refused to pay a fine for doing just that.
It means many councils don't know whether they can enforce the rule or not.
Ministers said they would look to change the law, but are fighting this in the courts.
That will take months.
Clarity could be a long way off.
Since 2013, tougher government regulations have meant head teachers can only grant leave of absence to pupils in schools in England during term time in "exceptional circumstances".
Isle of Wight Council had asked the High Court to clarify whether a seven-day absence amounted to a child failing to attend regularly after magistrates ruled Platt did not have to pay the council fine.
But Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Mrs Justice Thirlwall dismissed the council's challenge, ruling the magistrates were entitled to take into account the "wider picture" of the child's attendance record outside of the dates she was absent during the holiday.
According to local authority data, almost 64,000 fines were imposed for unauthorised absences between September 2013 and August 2014.
Many parents complain that the cost of going away in the school holidays can be four times as much as during term time - but the government says there is clear evidence "that every extra day of school missed can affect a pupil's chance of gaining good GCSEs, which has a lasting effect on their life chances".


Highland Council's ruling administration has accepted an alternative package of savings proposed by the SNP opposition.

It means £1.3m of planned cuts will be avoided but other savings will be made.
These include £500,000 by changing the council's policy on sickness absence and a further £500,000 in schools energy incentives.
A Liberal Democrats proposal to save money by cutting the pay of senior councillors was defeated.
SNP councillors had said they would oppose any cuts in funding to services supporting vulnerable people.
The ruling group, made up of independent councillors had proposed cuts in funding for deprived areas, street cleansing, homeless support, women's aid groups and the Blas Music Festival.
They said the savings had been forced on the authority, in part because of the council tax freeze.
Earlier this month, all 32 local authorities in Scotland accepted the Scottish government's funding deal worth £10.3bn.
Many did so reluctantly, claiming the continued council tax freeze would lead to severe pressure on budgets.
Highland Council's leader Margaret Davidson said not being able to raise funds from a tax increase would result in job cuts and some services being axed.
Bill Fernie, the council's budget leader, said the local authority had to deal with "unprecedented challenges" in setting a balanced budget.


The team behind Swansea's bid to become the UK's City of Culture for 2021 has said they have learnt lessons from losing out to Hull four years ago.

The city has been shortlisted alongside Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland, but a bid by St Davids in Pembrokeshire failed to make the cut.
The City of Culture for 2021 will be announced in December.
Film director Kevin Allen, who wrote Swansea-based Twin Town in 1997, said he was "thrilled".
"I'd be very surprised if we hadn't [made the shortlist] to be honest if you looked at what we were up against and what we've got to offer," said Mr Allen, who is part of the bid team.
"We got close to the last one with Hull. I think we only didn't get it last time because it was such a last-minute bid. This is going to be very thorough and the work starts now.
"We've got a lot of work to do. Regardless of whether we get it or not, in the end it will be worthwhile because it's kick-starting lots of great initiatives."
It is the second time Swansea has been shortlisted for the title, the city lost out to Hull in the competition for the 2017 award.
The team behind the 2021 bid had previously said it wanted to host a programme of events which play on the "'lovely, ugly' Swansea that Dylan Thomas describes."
It now has until the end of September to submit a final bid before the winner of the third City of Culture is awarded by the UK government.
If successful the city, which is set for a £500m regeneration, would host a series of cultural events, including festivals, art and theatre performances, following in the footsteps of Derry/Londonderry and 2017 title-holder Hull.
It would also have access to a £3m Heritage Lottery Grant.
"The role that people play is really up to them," Mr Allen added. "It's up to us to encourage and develop channels of communication - break down the barriers of perception and conception.
"The perception of culture to some people is scary and it's all about literature and the arts council and stuff like that but it's not. I say that openly.
"I farmed for eight years of my life. I learned about the culture of the field. I have respect for people who see art in everything.
"It's not about being snotty, it's not about being a snob, it's not about being highly intellectual.
"It's about being considerate with each other and communicating and developing ways of enriching our lives and making our communities better. It's all culture."
Meanwhile, the team behind the failed St Davids bid said they were "disappointed" not to have made the shortlist.


A court in Brussels has approved the extradition to France of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in November's Paris attacks.

Abdeslam, who was arrested earlier this month in central Brussels, had agreed to be transferred.
The 26-year-old was detained after apparently hiding in the Belgian capital for more than four months.
His arrest, in a dramatic police operation, came four days before bomb attacks in Brussels killed 32 people.
Belgian and French authorities will now consider how to go ahead with the extradition, the federal prosecutor's office says.
However, the transfer may take several weeks as Abdeslam - a French national, born in Belgium - is also wanted for questioning in connection with the Brussels bombings.
Police believe the same militant network was behind attacks in both cities.
After his arrest, Abdeslam was initially questioned over his alleged role in the Paris attacks.
But after last week's suicide bombings in the Belgian capital, he then exercised his right to silence.
"As Salah Abdeslam had declared to agree to be transferred to France, a federal magistrate took his formal declaration today," the prosecutor's office said. "The transfer is possible."
Earlier, a lawyer for Abdeslam, Cedric Moisse, said his client had dropped his initial objection to being extradited. "He wishes to co-operate with the French authorities," he added.
Prosecutors have said that Abdeslam admitted planning to blow himself up in the Paris attacks but changed his mind.
Abdeslam has links to at least two of the Brussels bombers.
His fingerprints were found in a flat rented by Khalid el-Bakraoui, who blew himself up on the metro on 22 March.
Investigators say Najim Laachraoui, named as one of the two Brussels airport bombers, was stopped by police in a car with Abdeslam on the Hungarian border with Austria in September.
French officials have meanwhile said that a French national arrested in Paris last week was planning an imminent attack of "extreme violence".
Reda Kriket, 34, has been linked to the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
Both the Paris and Brussels attacks have been claimed by so-called Islamic State.


Swansea City have signed midfielder Jack Cork from Southampton for an undisclosed fee.

The ex-Chelsea trainee, 25, has signed a three-and-a-half year deal.
Cork will not face Saints on Sunday as the deal was completed after Friday's 12:00 GMT registration deadline.
"We pushed in the summer to bring him in and when the opportunity came up again we were very happy to bring him to the club," said Swansea manager Garry Monk.
Cork, who is the son of former Cardiff boss Alan Cork, would have been a free agent in the summer when his Saints deal was due to expire.
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said earlier this month that the club had offered Cork a new contract.
Cork told Swansea's website: "It had come to the point where myself and the [Southampton] club had gone as far as we could go.
"The opportunity of a new challenge at Swansea is something I'm looking forward to.
"Swansea are a good footballing team who have been very successful over the last few years.
"It's a team I've always looked at and admired, so for me to play in this team is a privilege."
Swansea visit St Mary's on Sunday, but Koeman said ahead of his departure there was "no chance" of Cork playing against the Saints in that match.


The memory card in the flight recorder of a Russian fighter plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border last month is damaged, Russian investigators say.

The "black box" of the Su-24 jet was officially opened in Moscow on Friday in front of journalists and diplomats.
Nikolai Primak, head of the Russian investigation, said flight information appeared to be missing.
Data from the box could help resolve the dispute over the jet's location when it was hit.
An analysis is expected to be released next week.
The downing of the jet plunged relations between Russia and Turkey into crisis, with Moscow imposing sanctions in response.
Turkey insists that the jet, from the Russian air contingent deployed in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad, ignored warnings to leave its airspace.
Russia says it was shot down within Syrian airspace and President Vladimir Putin vented his anger at Turkey's government again on Thursday, accusing it of subservience to the US and of "creeping Islamisation".
What we know about how the Su-24 was downed
How Russia's sanctions could hit Turkey
The war of words as it erupted
The two countries are heavily involved in Syria but take radically different positions despite both being ostensibly opposed to the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
The Su-24 was shot down by F-16 fighters on 24 November.
Both crew members ejected but the pilot was killed, apparently by militants on the ground while the navigator was rescued.
A Russian marine sent to rescue the crew was also killed and a helicopter destroyed on the ground.
Russia has demanded an apology from Turkey and in the meantime has imposed sanctions including a ban on package holidays, which could cost Turkey billions of dollars.


Talks aimed at averting further strikes by Southern rail conductors are to be held next week.

Officials from the company will meet with the RMT union next Wednesday and Thursday.
Parent firm Govia Thameslink (GTR) had asked conciliation service Acas to facilitate talks ahead of a five-day strike planned in August.
The union is embroiled in a long-running dispute about the role of guards on trains.
It said earlier that officials had "cleared diaries and were available for serious and genuine" talks at Acas.
General secretary Mick Cash said the strike would be suspended if "the company agree to suspend the planned changes to the safety critical role of the guard".
The role of conductors is due to be changed from 21 August.
GTR wants to use new trains where the driver operates the doors using CCTV, but the union fears job losses and has raised safety fears about the move.
This month, GTR brought in a reduced timetable to cope with ongoing disruption on Southern trains, axing 341 trains per day from the 2,242 weekday services it had provided.
Southern services have been delayed or cancelled for weeks because of the dispute and staff shortages, blamed by the company on high levels of staff sickness.
The RMT denied claims staff sickness amounted to unofficial industrial action.


Ulster hope to have international pair Iain Henderson and Stuart McCloskey available for Saturday's Pro12 game against Cardiff Blues.

Versatile forward Henderson, who scored a try in Ireland's 27-24 win over Australia in Dublin, is expected to overcome a slight shoulder problem.
McCloskey is set to return after suffering a fractured bone in his foot against Glasgow earlier in the season.
Andrew Trimble and Jared Payne will miss the game through injury.
Both Irish internationals are major doubts for a crucial forthcoming series of fixtures, including the European Champions Cup double-header with Clermont Auvergne in December.
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Trimble and Payne sustained injuries in the hard-fought victory over the Wallabies at the Aviva Stadium and are still waiting to find out the full extent of their problems.
Trimble is suffering from an ankle injury, while Payne has a rib injury which means he is likely to have played his last game of 2016.
Centre Stuart Olding damaged a hamstring while training with the Ireland squad at Carton House, but his injury is regarded as the least serious of the three.
Rory Best and Paddy Jackson will miss the trip to Cardiff under the IRFU's player management programme, but prop Rodney Ah You is available after not featuring since the Champions Cup triumph over Exeter in October.
Flanker Chris Henry is in line for his first appearance of the season after being named in the line-up for the home game against Zebre, which was called off on Friday night because of a frozen pitch.
Ulster have dropped to sixth in the Pro12 table after suffering four consecutive defeats, but have a game in hand over their rivals above them in the standings following the postponement of their game with the Italians.


The reality check of an opening day draw at home to Hamilton, as the curtain went up on the SPFL season, will surely have Rangers stepping up their search for defensive improvements.

There are problems to be addressed elsewhere in the team. Harry Forrester's arrival from the bench, and the cut and thrust which carved out the Ibrox equaliser, exposed some of the ponderous play earlier in the game which saw Rangers often bogged down in midfield prior to the substitute's introduction.
There's clearly work to be done to get the best out of Joey Barton, Nico Kranjcar and Andy Halliday who all have a desire to orchestrate from the centre circle.
More worrying, though, were the uncomfortable moments at the back against a team which is not exactly rich in attacking options.
These are early days but the Rangers defence was too easily troubled and the recruitment of a quality defender has to be at the top of Mark Warburton's wish list.
The football factory at New Douglas Park keeps on churning out top talent. Probably to the embarrassment of some bigger budget academies.
Previously in this long-running success story, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Brian Easton and Stephen Hendrie came through the youth system, starred in the top team and made big money moves down south.
They've served as role models for others who see a clear pathway to first team football in signing for Accies just as long as they're good enough.
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Weekend goal hero Ali Crawford has grown up at the club. Grant Gillespie, like Crawford aged 25, defended superbly against livewire Rangers winger Barrie McKay. Home-produced Mikey Devlin, at 22, is the captain.
Ten of the 18 who donned the red and white hoops on Saturday were Made in Hamilton. That's something to shout about.
It seems that Brendan Rodgers knows what he's doing. The Celtic manager's three signings so far have all had an early impact and, crucially, there are a couple more to come.
Former Swansea, Manchester City and Aston Villa winger Scott Sinclair was still trying to memorise the names of his new team-mates as he tapped in the Tynecastle match-winner to get Celtic's title defence off to a winning start.
Young Frenchman Moussa Dembele's first Celtic goal was that ice-cool penalty conversion which took his team a step closer to the Champions League group stage.
Veteran defender Kolo Toure played the last half hour of that European win plus all 90 minutes of the Premiership defeat of Hearts and his experience in the backline looks like an important ingredient.
Rodgers knows, though, he'll need to add even more quality to his squad if he's to extend the domestic dominance as promised and make Celtic a name to note in Europe again.
Who needs that dynamic duo of Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings? Well, let's be honest, Dundee would love to still have both on board but, if it is to be a double departure, the early indications are Paul Hartley and his team will manage just fine.
Last season's top-scorer Hemmings has gone already to Oxford. I would love to think that the Dark Blues could cling on to stylish Stewart for another season but it would surely be one of the surprises of the summer if they didn't get the sort of offer they couldn't possibly refuse.
Stewart didn't feature against Ross County in Dingwall at the weekend and Dundee still won in style. Rory Loy scored a double in the 3-1 win and he'll relish the opportunity to start more often.
Former Dunfermline goal machine Faissal El Bakhtaoui is an eye-catching signing.
Clearly, Hemmings and Stewart if he goes are hard to replace but Dundee have a good gaffer. In Hartley they should trust.
On Friday night I discovered that a) Fulham skipper Tom Cairney is Scottish and b) he could soon be knocking on the door of Gordon Strachan's squad.
He was man-of-the-match against Newcastle at Craven Cottage on the opening night of the English Championship season, playing alongside former Dundee midfielder Kevin McDonald.
And let's not kid ourselves that the second tier in England is too low a level for our requirements. Especially with Scotland regulars Grant Hanley and Matt Ritchie playing in that losing Newcastle team.
Cairney, born in Nottingham with a Scottish father, played half a dozen times a few years back for the Scotland Under21s.
The 25-year-old has a lovely left foot, dictated the play as Fulham got their season off to a winning start, and has to be worth a look ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.


European Council president Donald Tusk has left a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron declaring there is "no deal" yet over a renegotiation of the UK's relationship with the EU.

It had been planned that any proposed deal could be put to other EU leaders on Monday, ahead of a February summit.
An early deal would allow Mr Cameron to call a referendum on the UK's EU membership before the summer holidays.
Mr Cameron and Mr Tusk met over dinner at Downing Street on Sunday.
However, Mr Cameron later said on Twitter that it had been a "good meeting" and that Mr Tusk had agreed to another 24 hours of talks before publishing the draft UK renegotiation text.
According to an EU source, Mr Tusk's negotiating team stayed in Downing Street after the meeting.
After the 24-hour period has passed, the team will assess the situation and decide whether to table a draft agreement or not.
The pair hope to finalise a package of measures for the EU leaders' summit on 18 and 19 February.
As part of his attempts to renegotiate the UK's membership of the EU, Mr Cameron had proposed denying in-work benefits to all EU migrants until they had been in the UK for four years.
He said stopping those migrants from claiming tax credits - income supplements paid to those in low-paid work - would reduce high levels of immigration to the UK.
Mr Cameron is now seeking assurances that an alternative proposed "emergency brake" on welfare payments to EU migrants could be triggered immediately after the referendum, in a bid to reassure critics it would be effective in slowing the influx of foreign workers.
EU officials have suggested the UK could use the brake for up to four years, but would have to prove public services were under excessive strain.
Under current plans, it could be imposed within three months of the UK applying, if other EU states agreed.
The prime minister's spokesman said Mr Cameron and Mr Tusk had had a "productive working dinner", adding that "progress has been made in the past 48 hours, but we are not there yet".
He also said the European Commission had tabled a text saying that the UK meets the criteria for triggering an emergency brake on the payment of in-work benefits to EU migrants, describing this development as a "significant breakthrough".
This means Mr Cameron could deliver on his commitment to restrict in-work benefits to migrants for four years, he added.
But the spokesman acknowledged that there were other areas where there was more work to do.
According to BBC political correspondent Carole Walker, Mr Cameron and Mr Tusk have agreed it was worth taking more time to try to resolve these areas, which included "economic governance" and "tackling the abuse of free movement".
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Amazon is to offer discounts on its Prime subscription service to Americans receiving financial aid from the US government.

Instead of a monthly fee of $10.99 (Â£8.50), those eligible for the discounted rate will pay $5.99.
Anyone receiving welfare payments or food stamps will be able to use the service at the reduced rate.
Prime gives users free delivery on some products and allows them access to Amazon's video streaming services.
The move is widely seen as a way for Amazon to sharpen competition with rival Walmart, which currently has a significant chunk of its customers on government aid programmes.
About 20% of Walmart's customers are believed to pay for groceries with food stamps.
Walmart also has the second-largest share of online sales in the US, after Amazon.
To qualify for the discounted rate, customers will need to present a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer card.
The EBT card gives poorer families access to the US government food stamp programme and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families service.
But customers would not be able to pay for the service with the funds loaded on their EBT card, said Amazon.
News site CBS said the decision marked a change for Amazon, which had previously marketed the Prime service at households with high incomes.
The fastest growing group of customers for Prime were homes earning more than $112,000 a year, it said.


It would have been cold, windy, wet and still dark as the commuters got onto the Croydon tram at about 06:00.

This was an everyday commute that passengers had probably done many times. The tram was busy.
Unfortunately we now know what happened 10 minutes later on a tight bend heading into Sandilands tram station.
Seven people died and 51 were injured in the worst tram disaster in the UK since 1917.
Commentators have told me that excluding terrorist attacks and fire, it is the worst disaster on London transport since the Moorgate Tube crash in 1975.
As yet, we are still waiting to find out why and what happened. There are many questions.
At the moment there seem to be two investigations running in parallel.
The British Transport Police are running the criminal investigation. It has confirmed they are looking at reports the driver blacked out or fell asleep.
He has has been arrested and released on bail.
They are also looking at previous reports of speeding on that corner. Tram drivers have told me the corner is known as "triangle corner" and it is well-known.
It has a 12mph speed limit but in the tunnel before the bend, it is 50mph meaning the drivers only have a short period to reduce speed.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is looking at the technical side of the crash. It has already said the tram was going too fast on the bend - the crucial question is why?
It will publish a preliminary report this week, which could make "urgent safety recommendations" for tram operation in London.
Unions have said the bend may have to be re-designed and until we know the facts behind the crash, people should not be looking to apportion blame.
Trams do have safety features like the "dead man's handle" which stops the tram if the driver is incapacitated/.
But they do not have safety features like speed limiters or a mechanism to stop them if they go through red lights.
Unlike many London Underground lines the speed is not controlled centrally but by the driver.
Now Brian Cooke, a former Transport for London board member, thinks safety restrictions on more isolated parts of the track should be considered.
He also wants speed cameras above fast sections of track that cut out the power if trams break the speed limit.
What was very striking in Croydon is how it has left this community bewildered and reeling.
I spoke to countless people who could not comprehend what had happened on their tram, which has a very particular place in the part of south London.
Introduced 16 years ago, partly because the borough does not have any Tube stations, the trams are very popular and are used by about  27m passengers a year.
Many of those who died came from New Addington, a large tightly-knit and somewhat remote housing estate, that for many years had to rely on a patchy bus service.
The arrival of the tram in 2000 improved things.
But the community there has now been devastated.
I have spoken to people who said they warned the authorities about the tight corner and drivers going too fast on it.
The full RAIB report could take a long time - I've been told it may take at least nine months - so it could be some time before the grieving families and these communities get the answers they so desperately want.


The general election didn't have a clear overall winner, so now the UK has a 'hung parliament' - but what does that mean?

To make a government in the UK, a political party has to do well enough in a general election to win an 'overall majority' in the House of Commons.
The House of Commons has 650 MPs (members of Parliament), so having an overall majority means having half those MPs plus one more.
That means they need to win at least 326 seats, so that they'll have 326 MPs in the House of Commons and they're strong enough to put their plans through Parliament
If they win fewer than that, then they're not big enough to be a majority government - even if they've got more seats than anyone else.
When that happens, they need help from another party, so that they have the extra support of their MPs as well.
The UK has a hung Parliament now because none of the parties won enough seats in the General Election to make a government.
The Conservative party was the closest, but they still only got 318 seats - fewer than the 326 that they need.
Now they have to find a way to get the extra support they need to make a government.
Theresa May has said that the Conservatives can make a minority government, because they'll get the extra support she needs from the DUP (Democratic Union Party) from Northern Ireland.
The DUP won 10 seats, which only makes them the fifth biggest party in Parliament - but added to the Conservatives' 318 seats, it makes a total of 328 which is enough to get things done in the House of Commons.
The two parties are in talks now, but will need to have a solid agreement by Tuesday 13th June, when Parliament meets again for the first time since the election.


Belgian political leaders have reached a consensus in support of the Ceta trade deal between the EU and Canada, Prime Minister Charles Michel has said.

He said they had agreed on an addendum to the deal which addressed regional concerns over the rights of farmers and governments.
The changes will still have to be approved by the other 27 EU members.
A signing ceremony on Thursday was cancelled after the French-speaking region of Wallonia vetoed the deal.
Wallonia, a staunchly socialist region of 3.6 million people, had been leading objections, demanding stronger safeguards on labour, environmental and consumer standards. It also wanted more protection for Walloon farmers, who would face new competition from Canadian imports.
But after the latest round of marathon talks, Mr Michel tweeted: "All parliaments are now able to approve by tomorrow at midnight. Important step for EU and Canada."
He did not give further details, but the premier of the Flemish region, Geert Bourgeois, said the original text of the trade deal remained the same.
"This is a clarification. The actual treaty does not change," he said.
Canada's Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said he was "cautiously optimistic" that the deal was back on track.
"Once bitten, twice shy, we hope that the Europeans have agreed between themselves because Canada is ready to sign," he said during a visit to Paris, adding that "if the news you announced becomes reality, it is excellent news".
A spokeswoman for Canada's Global Affairs ministry said the latest developments from Belgium were "positive", but there was "still work to do".
"There remain additional steps before signing. Canada has done its job. We negotiated a progressive agreement that will create jobs and growth for the middle class. Canada remains ready to sign this important agreement when Europe is ready," she said.
European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted, "Only once all procedures are finalised for EU signing CETA, will I contact PM @JustinTrudeau".
98%
The number of tariffs between the EU and Canada that would be eliminated
â‚¬500 million
The estimated amount that EU exporters would save in duties annually
3.6m The population of Wallonia
36.3m The population of Canada
508m The population of the EU
The head of the Walloon government, Paul Magnette, said the region's resistance had yielded big results.
"Wallonia is extremely happy that our demands were heard," he said.
"If we took a bit of time, what we achieved here is important, not only for Wallonia but for all Europeans," he added.
President of the Business Council of Canada John Manley told the BBC that his organisation was "pretty optimistic" that Ceta would go ahead.
But he said business and politicians had not done well at selling the trade deal to the public.
"Neither of those groups has done a very good job of reminding people of how important trade is to their personal lives and well-being," he said.
It took seven years to negotiate Ceta, the EU's most ambitious trade deal yet.
The Ceta wrangling has raised new concerns about future UK negotiations with the EU on a Brexit trade deal.


Morton continued their impressive form with a victory over Dumbarton at Cappielow that keeps them in third place in the Championship.

They scored in each half through Gregor Buchanan's own goal and a Michael Tidser penalty.
Dumbarton worked diligently throughout and pulled a goal back through Andy Stirling.
They could not find another way through the Morton defence, though.
Morton were the more enterprising side from the outset, with Nesbitt and Ross Forbes carrying a threat with their movement and passing ability.
Nesbitt was integral to the opening goal, showing quick feet and agility to create space on the right to drive the ball into the six-yard box, where Buchanan could only bundle it into his own net past goalkeeper Alan Martin.
Forbes posed a danger further out, with his excellent control and manipulation of the ball.
He did scurry into the penalty area at one point, running on to a Jon Scullion pass, but his shot was blocked at close range by Martin. Later in the first-half, Forbes swept a shot off an upright from 20 yards out.
Dumbarton were dogged and worked hard to hold their defensive shape. They were most threatening at set-pieces, with Garry Fleming powerful in the air, but Sam Stanton saw one shot blocked by Morton goalkeeper Derek Gaston and another effort headed off the line.
The visitors were more assertive after the interval, but Nesbitt and Forbes continued to cause consternation.
After Nesbitt drove towards the bye-line with the ball, his cross was met by Forbes' first-time effort, which Dumbarton's substitute goalkeeper Mark Brown managed to push away at full stretch.
For all Dumbarton's perseverance, Morton's greater quality told, although the visitors fiercely disputed the award of a penalty against Darren Barr for tripping Nesbitt.
Tidser's strike from the resulting spot-kick allowed the home side an element of comfort in their lead.
That lasted only four minutes, though, until Stirling's shot from outside the area was deflected past the helpless Gaston, but Dumbarton could not find a leveller.
Morton's Jim Duffy: "There wasn't much in the balance of play, both teams had spells when they looked to be in control, but we created more. Dumbarton are a very difficult side to play against, they give everything and we had to match that commitment.
[We had] Aidan [Nesbitt] and young Jon Scullion, two very small strikers, so we had to try to play into feet and that meant the midfield had to take risks at times. We couldn't play it back to front or throw a cross into the box. There were some fantastic performances and Aidan was outstanding for us.
[For the penalty] Aidan ran across the box and there was a clip, I don't know if [Darren Barr] meant it or not. If we get one and get the benefit, I'm delighted for it. Like most managers, I feel we don't get the benefit too often, so you enjoy it when you get them."
Dumbarton's Steve Aitken: "We started very slow, which is not like us. Morton started really well and got a deserved goal, but we came roaring back and I thought we got a grip of the game. In the second half, we always said if you keep it at 1-0, you'll create chances, but the penalty decision is a contentious one. I've not seen it back, but the boys say it's never a penalty, the boy falls over his own feet.
"We've got great spirit in the dressing room, the players are working so hard. They're disappointed, because we came into the game on the back of a good month, but we have to take it on the chin."
Match ends, Morton 2, Dumbarton 1.
Second Half ends, Morton 2, Dumbarton 1.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Andy Stirling.
Substitution, Morton. Thomas Orr replaces Aidan Nesbitt.
Foul by Thomas O'Ware (Morton).
Christian Nade (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. David Smith (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Jon Scullion (Morton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Aidan Nesbitt (Morton) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Craig Pettigrew.
Attempt blocked. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Darren Barr.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Mark Brown.
Attempt saved. Aidan Nesbitt (Morton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Ross Forbes (Morton).
Josh Todd (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Lewis Vaughan replaces Robert Thomson.
Goal!  Morton 2, Dumbarton 1. Andy Stirling (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Todd.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Christian Nade replaces Mark Docherty.
Goal!  Morton 2, Dumbarton 0. Michael Tidser (Morton) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Morton. Aidan Nesbitt draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Darren Barr (Dumbarton) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Michael Tidser (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Robert Thomson.
Michael Tidser (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Docherty (Dumbarton).
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Mark Docherty.
Attempt blocked. Michael Doyle (Morton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Mark Brown.
Attempt saved. Mark Russell (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Jamie Lindsay (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Robert Thomson.
Attempt saved. Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Mark Brown.
Attempt saved. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Second Half begins Morton 1, Dumbarton 0.


Labour would introduce a "real living wage" of at least £10 an hour if in power, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has told the party's conference.

He said that under a Labour government "everyone will earn enough to live on".
He also set out plans to end austerity, fight for "the best" Brexit deal and to build a "manufacturing renaissance".
A new National Living Wage, which came into force in April, requires employers to pay workers over 25 at least £7.20 an hour, rising to £9 by 2020.
BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed said that under Mr McDonnell's plans, a £10-plus an hour minimum wage would raise an annual salary for the lowest paid full time worker to £19,250, according to manufacturers' trade body  EEF.
In his keynote conference speech in Liverpool, Mr McDonnell said Labour had become a "government in waiting".
He pledged that if the party won the next general election it would be an "interventionist government" with a "comprehensive industrial strategy" to invest in the UK's future.
And he got a standing ovation after ending his speech by saying of his policy programme: "In this party you no longer have to whisper it - it's called socialism."
The shadow chancellor - a key ally of leader Jeremy Corbyn on the left of the party - also announced plans:
The new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) was announced in last summer's Budget by the then Chancellor George Osborne, in an effort to create a higher-wage, lower-welfare economy.
Mr McDonnell, who praised the introduction of the national minimum wage as one of Labour's "greatest achievements", said Labour would go further.
Analysis by Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
It felt like John McDonnell had been waiting for a long time to say it. Up on the conference platform, at the very end of his speech, he told delegates, "you no longer have to whisper it, it's called socialism".
In fact, as other MPs reminded me after his speech, Tony Blair's controversial amended version of Clause 4, included the phrase, "The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party".
It was never an officially banned word, although no question, until Mr Corbyn's victory, talk of true socialism was not a popular subject at the conference lectern.
Read Laura's full blog
"Under the next Labour government, everyone will earn enough to live on. When we win the next election we will write a real Living Wage into law.
"We'll charge a new Living Wage Review Body with the task of setting it at the level needed for a decent life. Independent forecasts suggest that this will be over £10 per hour."
He said it would be a "fundamental part" of Labour's "new bargain in the workplace".
Mr McDonnell, who first announced his hopes of increasing the minimum wage level to £10 a year ago, said there would be support for small businesses to ensure that the higher rate did not cost jobs. Labour sources said the £10 level would be in place by 2020 if there was an early general election that Labour won.
Speaking earlier to BBC Breakfast, Mr McDonnell said Labour would be an "interventionist government" working with the private sector.
And he pledged that the UK would borrow in the short term for long-term investment and "future prosperity".
In his conference speech, the shadow chancellor said Labour would not stand by and let industries such as steel flounder, and he promised to "work with" wealth creators and entrepreneurs.
He said digital advances were encouraging firms to return to the UK but the Conservatives were "too blinkered by their ideology" to take advantage.
The danger many businesses highlight is that the living wage is becoming politicised, a battle between two political parties keen to show the effort they are making on low levels of pay.
The Low Pay Commission - which has guided increases in the minimum wage since its inception in 1999 - was mandated to balance income levels with impact on employment and the strength of economic growth.
Many businesses believe it is a mandate that should not be abandoned lightly.
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Mr McDonnell said he would commit Labour to supporting major industrial employers and firms in emerging sectors, such as clean energy.
Arguing that the tide had turned around the world against "unfettered" globalisation, he claimed advocates of the free market would be unable to fully exploit the opportunities presented by the UK's exit from the EU.
Citing the government's response to the steel crisis, its cuts to solar and wind subsidies and its approach to R&D funding, he claimed only Labour could unlock the true potential of the British economy.
"Be certain the next Labour government will be an interventionist government," he argued. "We will not stand by like this one has and see our key industries flounder and our future prosperity put at risk."
The Labour leadership has alarmed some business leaders by calling for selective nationalisation - including the return of the railways to public ownership - and for business taxes to rise to fund investment and skills training.
But Mr McDonnell - who has previously called for "socialism with an iPad" - rejected claims that the party was anti-enterprise and its approach marked a return to the state planning of the 1970s.
"Our government will create an entrepreneurial state that works with the wealth creators, the workers and the entrepreneurs to create the products and the markets that will secure our long-term prosperity."
Asked whether the party would fight for the UK to stay in the EU single market, Mr McDonnell told BBC Radio 4's Today: "We want access to the single market... We want the best deal we can get."
On Labour unity, following Mr Corbyn's re-election on Saturday, Mr McDonnell said there was an "open door" to "virtually all" of the MPs who resigned from the shadow cabinet to return to the front bench.
He said he thought Labour was working "pretty well" until the mass walkouts and said it was time to "get back to business".
Mr McDonnell also said he did not anticipate that a reshuffle of Mr Corbyn's team would happen before NEC discussions about elections to the shadow cabinet had concluded.
Reacting to Mr McDonnell's conference speech, Treasury chief secretary David Gauke said working people would be "worse off" under a Labour government.
"Our National Living Wage and cuts to income tax mean more money in the pockets of millions of people.
"As we work to build an economy and country that work for everyone, Labour show they are too divided, distracted and incompetent to be a credible alternative government," he said.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat economic spokeswoman Susan Kramer said the shadow chancellor's speech showed he was "utterly out of touch".
"The fact is that rather than fighting for what our economy needs - continued membership of the single market, he is more interested is fighting the battles over the free market he and the hard left lost in the 80's."
Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, said Mr McDonnell "played a few good notes" but the overall tone of his speech was "concerning for business".
"While he is right to identify skills and infrastructure as important issues, a return to a subsidising industry through bumper levels of government borrowing is the last thing that Britain needs.
"At a time when we need an economy that is forward-looking and open to the world, protectionism must be avoided at all costs."


US researchers say they have developed a more efficient way to produce a kind of ball lightning in the lab.

The Colorado team made brilliant clouds of plasma emerge from a specially prepared solution and maintained them for nearly half a second.
In nature, ball lightning has been seen to float across land or through buildings and to even bounce down the aisles of aircraft.
But its rarity has made it extremely hard to study and to understand.
The US Air Force Academy team hopes its new approach can help science to better understand this strange spectacle.
Dr Mike Lindsay, who led the study published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, said: "Ball lightning is used almost generically to describe phenomena seen in nature that aren't described by normal lightning, bead lightning or things like 'St Elmo's fire', or aurora. And likely it's not one thing but several things that have similar observables."
According to some reports, the famous physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla was able to make ball lightning in his lab when he was based at Colorado Springs in 1899/1900.  But if he did create it, he did not describe his methods in a way that has allowed anyone since to reproduce his work.
Eye-witness reports of ball lightning vary wildly in the size of the ball, how long it lasts, and how it moves.
Rhys Phillips, a lightning research engineer and science broadcaster, said: "To me at least, lightning is still not the word for what we're talking about here. We understand lightning to be a very fast discharge from one point to another - for example, a cloud to the Earth - (through a complex process admittedly) and the observations in [the current] paper don't describe that."
Dr Lindsay does not disagree with this assessment.
In the paper, he and his colleagues describe previous research that generated what they refer to as a "glow discharge" of plasma (a charged gas) above an electrolyte solution.
The new experiments re-use those earlier methods, but then manipulate the conditions to try to get the balls to last as long as possible.
Dr Lindsay explained: "I don't think what we've created is lightning, although the initial stages of the electrical discharge that produce this 'plasmoid' have many similarities to lightning. They're just electric arcs - in this case, electric arcs to the surface of this solution of electrolytes. And then what happens is this plasmoid emerges from it.
"So, I would agree that [going by] the general definition of lightning - no, this is not the same."
Using high-speed cameras to monitor their creations, the researchers found that altering the acidity of the electrolyte solution led to longer lasting balls.
This is beneficial, as the longer the spheres persist, the longer the team has to investigate their properties.
As well as video cameras, the scientists used other imaging techniques to look at the infra-red profile of the balls, and how their density and structure changed over time.
The results suggest water vapour and carbon dioxide are present within the balls, along with some other, as-yet unidentified, features.
Although the academy researchers concede there is an "open question" still over how representative their creations are, only by extending the lifetime of the spheres and opening them up to more detailed study will it be possible to find a more convincing answer, they argue.
"I need to be honest: we're not sure that this is the same phenomenon as ball lightning," said Dr Lindsay.
"It has many similarities, and it's clearly not similar to better known phenomena such as St Elmo's fire or bead lightning, which are well known and understood in nature.
"Our research showed that there was still room to increase the lifetime and we're in the process of further reaching those conditions. We need to purchase some more equipment to reach those domains," he told BBC News.


Hollywood has cast North Koreans as convenient baddies and figures of fun in a lot of movies, now the Communist state is getting a bit fed up.

North Korea has refused to deny it hacked Sony Pictures, following claims it was behind leaks of films such as Annie.
While the FBI is investigating the cyber-attack, a spokesman for North Korea's UN mission said: "The hostile forces are relating everything to the DPRK (North Korea). I kindly advise you to just wait and see."
A film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco has caused the row. The Interview, an action-comedy about a TV show host recruited by the CIA to assassinate current North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, has been described by the secretive state as an "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism".
Although Kim Jong-il (Jong-un's dad) famously loved films, reportedly owning more than 20,000 videos and DVDs. His son appears to be much less of a movie fan.
Kim Jong-un complained to the United Nations and the US over the comedy film in June, asking for it to be withdrawn.
But it's hardly the first time North Korea has been stereotyped as a bit of a crazy, possibly very scary place. Here's Newsbeat's guide:
The two main baddies in this Bond film are North Korean: Colonel-turned-playboy Tan-Sun Moon and his henchman Zao, with his gem-studded face.
Portrayed as thugs and playboys, Moon and Zoa both meet a sticky end; Zao in freezing water, impaled on a chandelier while Moon is electrocuted at the hands of his own hi-tech suit, activated through Bond's cunning.
The opening scene sees a North Korean guard have his coffee cup shot out of his hand and the North Korean flag replaced with the GI Joe banner.
North Koreans, while not actually the main bad guys, seem to be the go-to villains for opening scenes. (see Salt)
The opening scene from this 2010 film sees Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt) being tortured at the hands of the North Korean government, which suspects she is a spy.
Despite this, the film as a whole looks at the tense relations between Russia and the US.
In this film starring Gerard Butler, North Korean terrorists are portrayed as the biggest threat to international security since 9/11.
In semi-apocalyptic scenes, the White House burns, the skies turn black with smoke as bombs hit Washington and the threat of nuclear destruction at the hands of fictional North Korea comes terrifyingly close.
However at the time the film was released, Gerard Butler told The Washington Times: "We made a point about not making it about North Korea.
"These bad guys could have been from the Middle East, could have been from an African country.
"They could have been from anywhere. The point is it's an attack on the freedom and sovereignty of America."
The remake of Red Dawn, featuring Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas and Josh Hutcherson, made a conscious decision to change the nationality of the baddies, from Chinese to North Korean, reportedly spending $1m on tweaking various flags and badges after a backlash from the Chinese government.
According to the LA Times this was a commercial decision, with Chinese audiences seen a valuable export market for US films.
The original 1984 film, set in the Cold War era, saw Charlie Sheen and Patrick Swayze battle against Cuban and Soviet insurgents.
Kim Jong-il was mercilessly mocked in this satire, his song I'm So Ronery playing on the racist stereotype that people from Asia cannot say their Ls. The Kim puppet sang that he was "sadry arone... sitting on my rittle throne".
The true situation in North Korea is not funny. As many as two million people have starved to death since the mid-1990s, according to aid agencies.
A United Nations report from earlier this year found the regime guilty of "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations" and "crimes against humanity".
And the totalitarian regime forbids speaking out against conditions.
One North Korean defector told the BBC how her grandfather had been incarcerated in a prison camp for a "slip of the tongue".
He said that in the camps prisoners were fed to the dogs as punishments and dead bodies were left to rot where they fell.
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An 18-rotor multicopter has been taken on its first manned flight in Germany.

11 April 2016 Last updated at 18:11 BST
Alex Zosel told the BBC that his device was safer than a traditional helicopter because its systems had more redundancy built-in.
The Volocopter can continue to fly if some of its batteries or rotors fail, and can land itself when battery power is low.
However, the multicopter can currently fly for only 25 minutes and is expected to cost Â£200,000 when it goes on sale.


US House Speaker John Boehner plans to visit Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel.

Republicans have been highly critical of President Barack Obama over the deteriorating relationship with Israel.
Mr Boehner's visit will take place in April, weeks after a clear election victory for Mr Netanyahu's Likud party.
During the campaign, Mr Netanyahu vowed not to allow the establishment of a Palestinian state, angering the White House.
Mr Netanyahu has since tempered those remarks, but the White House still warned there would be "consequences".
President Obama called Mr Netanyahu on Thursday to congratulate him on his election victory, but warned him that the US was reassessing its approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace in the wake of Mr Netanyahu's comments.
Mr Boehner's visit will take place at some point during a two-week congressional recess that begins on 30 March, according to Kevin Smith, a spokesman for Mr Boehner.
"He looks forward to visiting the country, discussing our shared priorities for peace and security in the region, and further strengthening the bond between the United States and Israel," Mr Smith said.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the visit would include several congressional Republicans.
Mr Smith declined to comment on specifics of the trip.
In January, Mr Boehner invited the Israeli leader to address a joint session of Congress without notifying the White House.
Mr Netanyahu used the speech on 3 March, two weeks before the Israeli elections, to warn the US against reaching a "bad deal" in talks with Iran on its nuclear programme.
Obama Administration officials and several Congressional Democrats criticised the speech, calling it a political ploy.
Many Democrats chose not to attend the speech, and Mr Obama refused to meet with Mr Netanyahu.
Senior Republican aides have told the BBC that Mr Boehner's visit to Israel was planned "not only before the Israeli election, but long before the prime minister's speech to Congress".
Mr Boehner last visited Israel in 2008.


Manager Ronny Deila says no Scottish team can beat Celtic if they play to their potential, including Rangers.

The Glasgow rivals meet in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final and Deila acknowledges Rangers are a better side than the one Celtic beat 2-0 last year.
"We know when we are playing at our best that we can beat anybody and Rangers as well," said Deila.
"I'm really looking forward to it. It's my fourth semi-final. It's the biggest cup and one we haven't won in my time."
Deila picked up the League Cup last season, with Celtic easing past Rangers in a one-sided semi-final.
This term, Rangers have run away with the Championship title and Deila has been impressed by the work done by opposite number Mark Warburton.
Despite a few domestic wobbles and another poor showing in Europe, the Norwegian insists his team have not regressed in his second season.
"We are top of the league, they are top of the league, so they are a better team than they were last year, that's for sure, because they didn't win the league last year," said Deila.
"Rangers is a big club. They have the second highest budget in the country, so of course it should be a big fight.
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"But right now we are the best team in Scotland and that is something we should be proud of and it gives us a lot of confidence.
"We are looking forward to it, but at the same time we have to be really focused and avoid stupid mistakes."
Celtic missed out at this stage last season, losing goalkeeper Craig Gordon to a red card early in the second half as Inverness CT won 3-2 victory in extra time.
Another red card was to prove costly in the last four of the League Cup in January as Efe Ambrose was sent off against Ross County, who recovered from the loss of an early goal to triumph 3-1.
"We have trained the whole week with 10 men", joked Deila before stressing the need to remain calm during what could be a typically feisty derby.
"It is so important to keep everyone on the pitch, but you never know in football, it could also be that we play 11 against 10 the other way.
"You have to prepare for every scenario. We have experience of playing 11 against 10 and hopefully now we are going to play 11 against 11.
"We have to play aggressively but at the same time be very controlled."
Hibernian face Dundee United in the first semi-final on Saturday.


Paracetamol used to treat acute lower back pain is no better than a dummy pill, research in the Lancet suggests.

The largest trial to date suggests the drug does not improve recovery time or provide greater pain relief than a placebo.
The study questions whether paracetamol should remain a first-choice drug on most national guidelines.
But experts caution anyone considering a change of medication should seek medical advice.
About 26 million people suffer from lower back pain each year in the UK, and it remains a leading cause of disability worldwide.
Researchers studied more than 1,650 people across several primary care centres in Australia, who had experienced back pain for six weeks or less.
Paracetamol did not reduce the intensity of the pain, nor did it improve sleep quality. And scientists found there was no difference in recovery time for all three groups - an average of 17 days.
Lead author Dr Christopher Williams, from the University of Sydney, said: "The results suggest we need to reconsider the universal recommendation to provide paracetamol as a first-line treatment."
The researchers say the mechanisms behind lower back pain may differ to those in pain felt in other conditions such as headaches, toothaches and post-surgery discomfort - where there is evidence that paracetamol can provide relief.
And as people in the trial recovered more quickly than those in some previous studies, they suggest the advice and reassurance provided during their trial may be more effective than medication.
Dr Andrew Moore, a senior researcher at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, who was not involved in the research, told the BBC: "Paracetamol does not work for every type of pain, nor does it work for every person.
"There has been evidence emerging for some time that paracetamol does not benefit most people with chronic back pain for example.
"And I'm willing to bet in 10 years' time national guidelines will have changed."
However, the researchers were unsure what to recommend instead due the side-effects of some anti-inflammatory pain killers and say people should discuss their options with their doctor.
Prof Roger Knaggs of the British Pain Society, told the BBC: "Despite how common paracetamol use is, this is a question that hasn't been studied in such a rigorous way before.
"For people who feel no benefit, there are alternative strategies. They should speak to their pharmacists or doctors and discuss any side-effects of other medication."
Prof Christine Lin, an author on the study, said: "Other ways to ease back pain include remaining as active as possible and avoiding bed rest."


A miniature dachshund from Ohio has lost more than 75% of his body weight after being put on a diet-and-fitness regime by his new owner.

Brooke Burton adopted him two years ago from a relative who fed the dog nothing but junk food.
Dennis is now 12lb (5kg) after weighing 56lb - almost five time the size of a normal dog of his breed.
The six-year-old dog lost the excess weigh through diet and exercise - but required surgery to remove excess skin.
His "before and after" pictures have become a hit on the internet.
Ms Burton said Dennis couldn't take more than a few steps without being out of breath - before he switched to nothing but dry dog food and started taking frequent walks.
"In the beginning, you could tell he was very depressed, that he really didn't feel good at all,'' Ms Burton, a nursing student, told the Associated Press.
"He didn't have much of a personality. After he lost weight, this bossy little demanding man popped out. He's into everything; he wants to play with everybody."
Dr Kathleen Ham, the veterinary surgeon who performed operations to remove Dennis's excess skin, said the story should be cautionary tale for overindulgent pet owners.
"We have an expression: food is not love," Ms Ham said. "Most of what your pet wants from you is affection and attention."


Rangers consolidated second place in the Premiership as Ian Cathro lost his first match as Hearts head coach.

The hosts had the better first-half chances and moved into the lead when Rob Kiernan headed in James Tavernier's free-kick.
Hearts had earlier netted through Don Cowie, but the midfielder was flagged offside.
A long throw-in by Lee Wallace found its way to Barrie McKay to poke home Rangers' second.
Mark Warburton's side now lead Hearts by five points and go four clear of Aberdeen, who have a game in hand. Celtic, with three games in hand, lead the division by eight points.
Hearts had beaten Rangers 2-0 in Robbie Neilson's last match in charge on 30 November, with Jon Daly in interim charge for last weekend's 2-2 draw with Ross County.
Warburton's men had recovered from their loss at Tynecastle by beating Aberdeen to reclaim second place and Rangers were determined to hold on to it with several openings before Kiernan scored.
Wallace was wide with one effort and saw another saved and Kenny Miller lobbed wide from a promising position.
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However, the home fans would see their team in front by half-time, Kiernan powerfully nodding home Tavernier's free-kick. It was the defender's first goal since joining Rangers in June 2015.
Rangers continued where they left off in the second half and took advantage of sloppy defending by Igor Rossi and Facyal Rherras when Wallace's throw was not cut out and McKay applied the finish - his first goal since netting in the League Cup in July.
Joe Garner and Miller's replacement Martyn Waghorn had further efforts as the home side finished strongly, with one of Waghorn's shots requiring a fine block by Jack Hamilton.
Hearts' best spell had come in the first half and Cowie celebrated after finishing on the rebound following a Callum Paterson shot that was saved by Wes Foderingham.
However, the visitors and their new head coach, who joined after spells on the coaching staff at Rio Ave, Valencia and Newcastle, would be left frustrated by the linesman's raised flag.
Hearts' Jamie Walker fired wide but was later booked for simulation in what proved to be a disappointing debut for 30-year-old Cathro.
Match ends, Rangers 2, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Second Half ends, Rangers 2, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Foul by Liam Burt (Rangers).
Liam Smith (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rangers. Liam Burt replaces Barrie McKay.
Attempt blocked. Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jason Holt (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Rangers. Joseph Dodoo replaces Joe Garner.
Joe Garner (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Liam Smith replaces Don Cowie.
Attempt missed. Bjorn Johnsen (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Rangers. Conceded by Faycal Rherras.
Jason Holt (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Conor Sammon replaces Robbie Muirhead.
Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt saved. Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Joe Garner (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Joe Garner (Rangers).
John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason Holt (Rangers).
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rangers. Martyn Waghorn replaces Kenny Miller.
Attempt missed. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by James Tavernier (Rangers).
Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Joe Garner (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.


Two men have been killed and a third injured in an explosion at an industrial unit in Hertfordshire.

The blast happened at about at 16:40 BST on Saturday at Plumpton Road in Hoddesdon.
A man in his 30s and another in his 40s, both from Wood Green in London, died from their injuries at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
Hertfordshire Police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.
A third victim, who is in his 20s, was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow but has since been discharged.
Police said the arrested man is a 40-year-old from Hoddesdon. He was also being questioned on suspicion of health and safety offences.
The fire service tweeted to say it had received "numerous calls to a building fire".
The scene remained cordoned-off on Sunday while investigations took place.
Police said the unit was currently unoccupied, but it was believed the men may have been carrying out some form of work there.


Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's fight sold out within minutes and tickets immediately appeared on websites for as much as £94,000 ($141,000).

Only 1,000 tickets were made available to the public for the fight on 2 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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The remaining 15,500 seats will go to fighters, sponsors and promoters.
The cheapest ticket for the bout cost £1,000 ($1,500), rising to about £5,000 ($7,500).
Tickets for the fighters' weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena go on sale on Friday from 20:00 BST - with all funds raised going to charity.
"The weigh-in is always the grand finale of fight week activities," said Mayweather's promoter Leonard Ellerbe.
"And with the massive interest in this fight, the number of fans looking to attend the official weigh-in is going to be something we've never seen before".
The contest between the two has been set since February, but a ticket contract was only finalised this week.
Fight tickets officially went on sale on Thursday at 20:00 BST on the MGM Grand's website and Ticketmaster.
But within minutes they appeared on sites such as StubHub - an online marketplace owned by eBay - with the cheapest priced at £3,511 ($5,270).
American Mayweather, 38, and Filipino Pacquiao, 36, are considered two of the best fighters of their generation and the bout, which has been in the pipeline for five years, is set to generate £162m ($250m).
Mayweather has won all 47 of his fights, 26 by knockout, while Pacquiao has a record of 57 wins, five losses and two draws.