Veteran Birmingham City defender Paul Robinson has signed a new 12-month contract, with the option of another year in the club's favour.

The vastly experienced 34-year-old told BBC WM: "You're always looking over your shoulder when the summer comes.
"But I've really enjoyed my football this season and I want to stay in the game as long as I can.
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"It was tough when I first came as I'd not played since April, but I settled in straightaway."
After being released by Bolton Wanderers a year ago, Robinson was without a club when he first joined injury-hit Blues in September 2012 on an initial one-month deal.
But the former Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton and on-loan Leeds United left-back had an outstanding season at St Andrew's, playing all across the back four.
"The lads called me Polyfilla after all the positions I've had to fill in this season," he joked. "God knows what position I'm going to play in next season."
He ended up making 37 appearances, latterly as a makeshift centre-half, alongside his former Albion team-mate Curtis Davies.
"I knew Curt from our days at West Brom together," said Robinson. "He's a fantastic player. It could be tough to keep him this summer."
Robinson's consistent form over the final two months of the campaign was enough to persuade Blues boss Lee Clark that he could release another release another experienced defender, former skipper Gary Caldwell, at the end of the season.
Allied to his dressing room presence, he played a big part in Blues climbing away from the wrong end of the Championship to even briefly flirt as outside play-off contenders before an ultimately respectable top-half finish.
And the work he has done in helping young Mitch Hancox along has hinted at a role on the touchline when his playing days finally come to an end.
"I'm doing my badges at the moment," said Robinson. "When the time is right, I'll be looking for a club to take me on the coaching side."
He becomes the fifth of Blues' out-of-contract players to sign a new deal.
Blues are still waiting on a similar offer to another 34-year-old, midfielder Wade Elliott, born on the same day as Robinson in December 1978.
Defender Jonathan Spector and keeper Colin Doyle, both 27, have been offered two-year contracts.
Scottish winger Chris Burke, 29, has taken up his year's option, while youngsters Akwasi Asante, Amari'i Bell and Will Packwood have all signed new one-year contracts.


Exeter were knocked out of the European Champions Cup as Clermont Auvergne secured a home tie and top seeding for the last eight with an emphatic win.

The Chiefs came into the game needing a bonus point-win to have any chance of a place in the quarter-finals.
But they were left facing an uphill task when they conceded a try after only three minutes as Benjamin Kayser crashed over.
The French Top 14 leaders went on to dominate, scoring seven tries.
Their 26-point total in winning Pool Five means they are the leading team in the last eight, which they have now reached for the fifth time in the last six years.
Noa Nakaitaci added to Kayser's early effort and Morgan Parra converted both and scored a penalty to leave the home side in control after just 23 minutes.
Worse was to come for Exeter when first Olly Woodburn received a yellow card and conceded a penalty try while trying to stop a Clermont break and then Olly Devoto followed him to the sin-bin.
The home side took advantage of the extra numbers with Wesley Fofana and former European player of the year Nick Abendanon both crossing for tries.
However, France centre Fofana had to be replaced before half-time and was later diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon that will rule him out of the Six Nations.
James Short put the Chiefs on the board at the start of the second half but Clermont responded quickly with tries from Peceli Yato and Alex Lapandry.
Exeter did however find some more momentum as the second half progressed, with Devoto, Woodburn and Michele Campagnaro giving a more respectable look to the score.
Exeter director of Rugby Rob Baxter: "I don't see why we can't win this competition one day. We are still a relatively young side and you have to go through these things when you are developing.
"This is a good kick in the pants for us, when Clermont beat us at home it turned out to be positive for us because it made us challenge ourselves."
Clermont Auvergne: Spedding, Nakaitaci, Lamerat, Fofana, Abendanon, Lopez, Parra, Chaume, Kayser, Jarvis, Iturria, Vahaamahina, Yato, Lapandry, Lee.
Replacements: Ulugia, Debaty, Zirakashvili, Jedrasiak, Chouly, Radosavljevic, Rougerie, Raka.
Exeter: Dollman, Woodburn, Campagnaro, Devoto, Short, Steenson, Maunder, Moon, Yeandle, Francis, Atkins, J. Hill, Armand, Horstmann, Waldrom.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Low, Williams, Welch, Johnson, Townsend, Whitten, J. Simmonds.
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
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German papers are increasingly turning their fire on US President Barack Obama over claims that the National Security Agency has monitored Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone.

"Obama's aura is gone," reads the headline of a front-page commentary in the daily Die Welt.
Obama "did everything to present America's good side to the world" but "hardly any of that remains", the paper's  Jacques Schuster argues. "The damage caused by his secret services is great. It must be repaired," he warns.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung takes a similar line. "Does Obama not realise how much trust he has lost in this country?" a front-page commentary by Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger asks.
"There is no other way to put it, US President Barack Obama looks like a hypocrite in the political landscape," Markus Decker says in the Berliner Zeitung.
"When he took office, he promised more peace and more freedom, but the secret services under his authority have nipped this freedom in the bud," he suggests.
These comments were published before the Bild daily alleged that Mr Obama had known about the operation against Mrs Merkel for the last three years.
"Obama wanted to know everything about Merkel," Bild's online headline reads. The US president's reported denial that he had not been aware of the spying "is at best a diplomatic white lie", the paper says.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung believes that, if the Bild report is confirmed, "Obama would come under political pressure not just in foreign relations but also at home".
However, Harald Martenstein in Der Tagesspiegel says he does not know "what all the fuss is about". "Of course even friendly countries spy on each other," the columnist says.
"We Germans simply have to protect ourselves better. We have been naive and careless and should, if anything, be annoyed with ourselves," he concludes.
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A giant sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh's head, modelled on a Dorset man, has been installed in a Canadian vineyard.

The competition to find the "world's most accurate" lookalike was organised by the work's creator Douglas Coupland.
He chose actor Dan Baker, 35, from Christchurch, out of 1,250 entries from 37 countries.
Canadian author and artist Coupland said the bronze bust celebrates "the genetic magic" in both redheads and Pinot Noir grapes.
He said Pinot Noir grapes were the result of "natural mutations in Burgundy's vineyards over centuries", while red hair was a genetic mutation in humans.
The 3m (10ft) high and 2m (6.5ft) wide sculpture has been installed in the Pinot Noir vineyard at Martin's Lane Winery in British Columbia.
Coupland, author of cult novel Generation X, said it was lying on its side as if listening to the grapes growing.
It is the first in a series of works commissioned by the vineyard, under the title "Redheads".
Mr Baker, who was flown to Canada to have his head 3D-scanned for the project, said he felt "utterly honoured" to have been cast into bronze as an "iconic ginger".
Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in the Dutch village of Zundert.
He worked as an art dealer and took up painting himself in his 20s but struggled to sell his art.
Van Gogh cut off his own ear in 1888 and died from a gunshot wound in July 1890, in an apparent suicide.
He had produced more than 2,000 artworks including about 850 oil paintings. After his death buyers began to emerge for his work and his reputation grew. In the 20th Century he became regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western art.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam opened in 1973 and his paintings sell for millions of pounds. His work Irises, painted in 1889, became the most expensive painting in the world when it sold for $53.9m in 1987 (£29.5m at the exchange rate of the time).


Organisations working to help offenders and their families are to share almost £3m of Scottish government funding.

Seven charities will use the cash to fund specialist services including employment training.
Support for the families of prisoners and social care support will also be offered.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the work done by charities was a "vital part" of the government's vision to reduce reoffending rates.
The organisations receiving funding include Apex Scotland - which specialises in criminal justice social work - and Families Outside, which helps support the families of those in prison.
Mr Matheson added: "I want to see fewer ineffective short-term prison sentences used, and more community sentences, which also help people to turn their lives around, keep crime down and communities safe.
"From early intervention to supporting reintegration back into the community, these charities are dedicated to working with people who have offended at all possible opportunities and supporting them to become contributing members of the community."
The other organisations to benefit are Sacro, Positive Prison? Positive Futures, Turning Point Scotland, Venture Trust and Supporting Offenders with Learning Disabilities.


National League side Chester have appointed former Scotland international striker Chris Iwelumo as assistant to manager Jon McCarthy.

The 38-year-old ended his playing career with the Blues in 2014 and has been working as a television pundit.
Iwelumo replaces Ian Sharps, who moved to League One side Walsall to become their first-team coach.
"Can't wait to get started at such a brilliantly run club," he said on Twitter.
Iwelumo scored once in 10 games for Chester before retiring after a career which saw him play for 19 different clubs including Stoke City, Wolves, Colchester, Burnley and Watford.


A man has died after falling from a roof at a football ground.

St Albans City FC said Clive Churchhouse, who was in his 70s, "died in an accident" at Clarence Park ahead of a match with Luton Town.
Paramedics were called just before 10:20 BST. Police had received reports he had fallen from the roof.
St Albans City chairman Lawrence Levy said: "We are completely devastated by the news. Clive was a much-loved character around the club."
The friendly with Luton has been cancelled as a "mark of respect", the club said.
It was unclear why Mr Churchhouse was on the roof, a Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said.
She said he had been airlifted to St George's Hospital in London but died from his injuries.
Luton will instead play Hitchin Town in a friendly.


A Venezuelan woman has had her wish for a flat granted by President Nicolas Maduro after she made her point by hitting him on the head with a mango.

Marleny Olivo threw the fruit at the president while he was driving a bus through the central state of Aragua.
It had a message on it, in which she pleaded for his help.
Mr Maduro displayed the mango with her telephone number on it during a live television show afterwards. He said he had agreed to her request for a flat.
The move, he said, was part of the "Great Housing Mission of Venezuela".
Ms Olivo had written a message on a mango - "If you can, call me" - along with her name and phone number. She got as close to the bus as she could when it passed and then tossed the fruit at him.
In a video that has gone viral in Venezuela, the president can be seen lowering his head when he is hit just above the left ear. He then calmly picks up the mango and displays it to the crowd.
Later the president discussed the incident in one of his regular live TV broadcasts in which he displayed the infamous mango.
"She had a housing problem, right? And, Marleny, I have approved it already, as part of the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela, you will get an apartment and it will be given to you in the next few hours.
"Tomorrow, no later than the day after tomorrow, we will give it to you."
Ms Olivo said that there was "no evil intent" behind the incident only a desire to fulfil her dreaming of owning a home before she dies.
The president - who is a former bus driver and likes to connect with ordinary Venezuelans by touring local communities at the wheel of a coach - added that the fruit was ripe and that he would eat it later.


Director Spike Lee says we're "living in a very dangerous time" and that he hopes Donald Trump does not have the real nuclear codes.

He told a Cannes charity gala to pray false codes had been given to the US president instead.
Lee also revealed he refers to Mr Trump as "agent orange".
He told the Planned Parenthood event at the film festival's American Pavilion that he had "many happy memories in Cannes".
But he said of his failure to win the Palme d'Or in 1989 for nominated film Do the Right Thing: "Like Denzil, I got robbed."
Denzil Washington was nominated for the best actor Oscar this year - but missed out when Casey Affleck won.
He told the guests at the Wanderluxxe event benefitting Planned Parenthood to honour him and collaborator Roger Guenver Smith: "We're in the south of France, drinking French champagne. But we all go home and we're really going to face reality. It's no joke."
Lee, 60, said he hosted a benefit event for Barack Obama at his home, and saw the nuclear football in the president's car, where a member of staff was waiting.
Lee said: "I pointed to something inside and he nodded and it was the football. I thought it was a myth.
"You press the nuclear code and it can possibly end civilisation as we know it. I had nightmares that night."
Lee, a vocal opponent of Mr Trump, told the audience that "the guy has to be within 100 yards of the president" at all times.
He added: "This is no joke and every night I think about this, as agent orange has nuclear codes.
"There's two theories - he has the real code or the fake code.
"I pray to almighty God he has the fake one."
To laughter from those at the event, he asked them to make a prayer before going to bed.
"When your head hits that pillow, say a prayer for the universe that someone smart has given him the fake code to the football."
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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest has played down the significance of a hack involving the Twitter and YouTube accounts of US military command.

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The accounts were hacked by a group claiming to support Islamic State, while President Obama was giving a speech on cybersecurity.
Mr Earnest said that officials were monitoring the hack, but cautioned "there is a pretty significant difference between what is a large data breach and the hacking of a Twitter account".
The accounts, which usually provide updates on strikes against IS, have now been suspended.


A lack of stem cells in the womb lining causes thousands of women to suffer repeat miscarriages, according to researchers.

University of Warwick scientists said the womb lining in recurrent miscarriage patients they studied was "already defective" before pregnancy.
The team studied tissue samples donated by 183 patients at the Implantation Research Clinic in Coventry.
Researchers believe the "major breakthrough" could help many women.
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Scientists say one in 100 women trying to conceive suffered recurrent miscarriages, defined as the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies.
Prof Jan Brosens said: "I can envisage that we will be able to correct these defects before the patient tries to achieve another pregnancy.
"In fact, this may be the only way to really prevent miscarriages in these cases."
The team found a shortfall of stem cells was the likely cause of accelerated ageing of the womb lining which resulted in the failure of some pregnancies.
The lining has to renew itself each cycle and this renewal capacity is dependent on the resident stem cell population.
Prof Brosens said: "Cultured cells from women who had had three or more consecutive miscarriages showed that ageing cells in the lining of the womb don't have the ability to prepare adequately for pregnancy."
Prof Siobhan Quenby, the study's co-author, has researched miscarriage for 20 years and believes the work is a "major breakthrough" which offers hope to patients.
"The real challenge now is to develop strategies to increase the function of stem cells in the womb lining," she said.
The team will soon start piloting new interventions to improve the womb lining, she said.
Their "two-fold" focus aimed to improve the screening of women at risk of repeat miscarriage, while a number of drugs and other interventions, such as the endometrial "scratch" procedure to help embryos implant, could potentially increase stem cell populations.
University of Warwick researchers will join a large miscarriage research centre, which will be funded by the charity Tommy's from April.


Striker Tony Watt has left Charlton Athletic and joined Belgian side Oud-Heverlee Leuven on a one-year deal.

The 23-year-old, known for his winning goal for Celtic against Barcelona five years ago, joined Charlton from Standard Liege in 2015.
He made 56 appearances for the Addicks, scoring 10 goals, and had loan spells at Cardiff, Blackburn and Hearts.
"Tony felt it was best for his career that he had a fresh challenge," manager Karl Robinson told Charlton's website.
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The world's longest aircraft has just been unveiled in Britain's biggest aircraft hangar.

At first, you might mistake it for a giant airship - gas-filled balloon on top, pod slung underneath.
But the unique, aerodynamic shape of the balloon - it looks as if a series of cigars have been sewn together - means it can also generate lift just like an aeroplane wing.
That is key, because it enables the designers to make the machine heavier than air, which cuts the need to have dozens of crew hanging on to ropes holding it down every time you land.
In fact, you can land it via remote control with no-one on board at all if you like. And on water if needs be.
Let me put it into perspective for you.
This thing is two-and-a-half times longer than the distance covered by the Wright brothers' first powered flight.
With a length of 302ft (92m) the new airship is about 60ft longer than the biggest airliners, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8.
It is also almost 30ft longer than the massive cargo-carrying Antonov An-225, which until now was the longest aircraft ever built.
It costs about $100m (Â£60m) and the designers are planning an even bigger version that will eventually be able to carry 50 tonnes at a time.
The company developing it has now received Â£2.5m of government funding to develop the technology and engineering for the project.
"We are jointly funding Â£2bn of research and development into the next generation of quieter, more energy efficient and environmentally friendly planes," says Business Secretary Vince Cable.
"That includes backing projects like Hybrid Air Vehicles' innovative low carbon aircraft which can keep us at the cutting edge of new technology.
"Here is a British SME that has the potential to lead the world in its field."
All of which will be welcome news to one of the project's high-profile investors, Bruce Dickinson.
He is one of those people who can't stop achieving stuff.
As if being the lead singer of one of the world's most successful and enduring rock bands, Iron Maiden, was not enough, he is also an airline pilot, businessman, and is investing in this project.
"It's a game changer, in terms of things we can have in the air and things we can do," he says.
"The airship has always been with us, it's just been waiting for the technology to catch up."
He wants to sell them and he'll be very good at it. As we chat in the hangar, he goes through its credentials.
It is 70% greener than a cargo plane, he says. It doesn't need a runway, just two crew. And it can plonk 50 tonnes anywhere in the world you like, which is 50 times more than a helicopter.
He wants to drum up publicity with the kind of trip Richard Branson would dream up. A non-stop flight around the world - twice.
"It seizes my imagination. I want to get in this thing and fly it pole to pole," he says.
"We'll fly over the Amazon at 20ft, over some of the world's greatest cities and stream the whole thing on the internet."
It is not surprising that we had to go to Britain's biggest aircraft hangar to see the world's longest aircraft.
For the best view, we had to climb the world's scariest staircase too (safe of course, but not one for the faint-hearted).
Cardington shed number one, in Bedfordshire, is nearly as impressive as the flying machine inside it.
Built 100 years ago, it dominates the skyline around here (along with its neighbour Cardington number two shed) and it is bristling with history. This is where they built the ill-fated airship, R101, back in the 1920s.
That behemoth was twice as long as the hybrid air vehicle, had a beautiful dining room and lounge on board, and was meant to herald the future of flight, right up until the moment it was devoured by fire after a crash in France in 1930.
Technology has come a long way since then. The Hybrid Air Vehicle (HAV) is full of inert helium, not explosive hydrogen.
The HAV is back in the UK after the US Army ran out of money to develop the project.
The US military bought it a few years ago and got this aircraft flying as a surveillance machine - it can stay in the same spot for 21 days at a time, and can fly with a lot of bullet holes in it too.
When the US defence budget was slashed, the British developers bought it back, and now they are planning the first UK flight later this year.
They are hoping to sell it to oil and mining companies to deliver heavy equipment to remote corners of the world. But they are also keen to sell its humanitarian possibilities.
The HAV, which has been named Airlander, could ferry tonnes of supplies to and from any disaster zone, day in and day out.
All you would need is a crew of two and a patch of ground, or water on which to land.


Flights to Berlin and extra weekly journeys to Glasgow will begin from Cardiff Airport in October.

Flybe's new programme will also include more weekly flights to Geneva for the winter 2016/17 ski season.
The service to Paris Charles de Gaulle will also operate earlier flight times to allow families longer day-trips to Disneyland Paris.
Transport Minister Edwina Hart said the announcement was "great news" for Welsh passengers.
The Welsh government bought the airport for Â£52m in March 2013 amid concerns about investment by its then Spanish owners.
The airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan saw 1.2 million passengers come through its doors in the past 12 months as February's figure increased by 68% on the previous year.
Flybe will start flying to Berlin Tegel twice a week on a Wednesday and Saturday from 2 November 2016.
The Glasgow route will increase to 11 flights per week, while the Geneva route will move to three times per week.
Debra Barber, Cardiff Airport's managing director, said: "It is fantastic to see the airline responding to the demands of the Welsh market by adding additional capacity and another new route to its network."
Mrs Hart added: "The addition of this new Flybe route to Berlin is great news for Welsh passengers and the tourism industry and a sign of growing confidence in Cardiff Airport."
Further flights for next winter are due to be released in the coming weeks.


We have now had 16 years of mainstream education for children with disabilities in Scotland.

After decades of struggle for a more equal society, it is now presumed that every disabled child will get the opportunity to attend a mainstream school where possible.
However, what does real inclusion mean in practice and is the system a success? Or are disabled children drifting to the back of the class?
In my documentary Am I Included? - which is being shown this week at 19:30 on Wednesday on BBC One Scotland - I get the opportunity of putting this question to not only the professionals, but also to the students and their families.
Thinking back to my own experience of school in the late 1960s and 1970s, things were very different for disabled people.
There were no technological solutions that would help, like talking computers, video magnifiers and the myriad of phone apps which can tell you colours, count your money, give you travel directions and so on.
The school buildings were generally inaccessible for many youngsters with physical disabilities. It wasn't until the last 15 years, when we began building new schools, that accessibility actually improved.
So it's much easier today to include children with disabilities into their local schools, which should enable a fairer education.
However, is being included just about being able to get in the front door? Does this mean that you are properly included in all aspects of school life?
The issues, of course, are extremely complicated. It does come down to a long list of factors: the disability itself and what impact it has on the child; how they are assessed; the attitudes of teachers and all the staff and children; and the school ethos.
Do the teachers have experience of teaching life skills to a child with disabilities? Is the funding there to make it happen? Plus, and this is really important, is the child actually thriving within the school?
As a blind person, I feel I can speak with some experience, as I've experienced three different kinds of education systems: mainstream primary education; a specialist secondary school for a range of children with various disabilities; and, latterly, a college education aimed exclusively at visually impaired students.
The Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford was the best for me. It is an institution aimed not only at academia, but also towards developing a person who can function as independently as possible in their own community.
They focused on mobility, daily living skills, social skills and academic qualifications. They even taught me Braille which, for an 18-year-old, was far too late - I should have been taught how to use this from the age of five!
It was the lack of support from a peer group which I missed throughout my primary and secondary education.
It was not until the age of 18 that I met up with other people who had a visual impairment like mine.
Finding out about the world with other visually impaired people was essential for me to understand my own value.
It helped me understand that my experience of the world could be understood by my peers. I fitted in with ease and we had a common bond which made us stronger.
Fundamentally, I received specialist input from people who understood my disability.
Clearly there are plenty of children with disabilities who do very well in mainstream schools across Scotland, but there are also plenty who are struggling.
I know the documentary will raise more questions than it answers.
If it does nothing else, I hope it reopens the debate.
Am I Included? will be broadcast on BBC One Scotland at 19:30, and later available on the BBC iPlayer.


Margaret Atwood's first stand-alone novel in 15 years will be published this September.

The Heart Goes Last is Atwood's first novel, outside of the trilogy which encompassed Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and 2013's MaddAddam.
Bloomsbury's Alexandra Pringle said the new novel combined "the powerful irony of The Handmaid's Tale with the wicked playfulness of The Edible Woman".
"This is Margaret Atwood at the tip top of her form."
The novel - to be published on 24 September - is set in the near future where lawful people are locked up while lawless people roam free, according to The Bookseller.
A new collection of short stories - Stone Mattress - will also be published, by Virago, on the same day.
Canadian author Atwood remains best known for The Handmaid's Tale, published in 1985.
Shortlisted five times for the Booker Prize for novels including Cat's Eye and Alias Grace, she won in 2000 for The Blind Assassin.
She is also a prolific poet and short story writer, and the author of eight children's books.
Last year it was reported that director Darren Aronofsky was bringing Atwood's trilogy to the small screen - under the title MaddAddam - in conjunction with HBO.


The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the general public.

The device is already being delivered, free, to one million Year 7 children in schools across the UK.
Now it will also be available to buy from the various partners in the project for Â£12.99.
Commercial availability of the Micro Bit follows the signing of a licensing deal with the device's manufacturer, the Leeds-based company, element 14.
The firm says it will only sell them in batches of 90.
But retailers including Microsoft, the Technology Will Save Us organisation and Sciencescope will offer individual devices.
Element 14 is part of Premier Farnell, one of the distributors of the very successful Raspberry Pi barebones computer. Richard Curtin, strategic alliance director at element 14, is expecting a similar reception for the Micro Bit.
"It's going to be huge," he told me."We've already got a pipeline of orders including foreign governments who've seen what has happened in the UK."
The Micro Bit was meant to be the flagship of the BBC's Make It Digital season last year but suffered a number of delays. It started arriving in schools this spring and the BBC says it has now been delivered to about 80% of schools and roughly 750,000 Year 7 children (11 and 12-year olds).
While I have heard plenty of enthusiasm from those children who have got their hands on it - and there are already plenty of exciting projects on display - there have also been frustrations from teachers.
A number have told me that the Micro Bit has arrived far too late in the school year to be of much use - "starting after half term, it's come far too late to get proper use out of it, plus concerns about handling/failures" was one comment this morning.
But another teacher said this: "Got ours just before Easter hols. Kids are loving using them and are even buying add-ons for them, building projects at home etc."
It is late in the year - although the Micro Bits belong to the children who will take them home over the summer holidays.
The hope must be that their enthusiasm will continue as they join Year 8 in September, though of course there is a risk that their devices will be lost or broken by then.
The real test, however, will be whether schools and parents decide that the next Year 7 children will benefit from getting their own Micro Bits.
They could decide it is worthwhile investing in the devices now they are going to be available to buy. And there is also the prospect of some being made available for free again.
Element 14 tells me it is paying a licensing fee for the use of the BBC and Micro Bit brands - but that all of that money will be going to a charitable trust with the aim of providing an educational legacy.
The Micro Bit is entering what is now quite a crowded market for simple educational computing devices.
But if it does prove as good a seller as the Raspberry Pi, then a windfall for the charity could mean more Year 7 children getting their hands on one.
Update:
The BBC told me that the licensing fee paid by Element 14 would in fact go back to the corporation and not a charitable trust.


A section of a space rocket which was found off the Isles of Scilly, has been dismantled for disposal, its owners have confirmed.

The material would "probably" be shipped back to the USA, said California-based SpaceX.
The section, measuring about 32ft (10m) by 13ft (4m), was spotted between Bryher and Tresco on 26 November and brought ashore by boatmen.
Company representatives have travelled to Tresco to dispose of the wreckage.
"It's about being a responsible steward of our rockets after they are used," a spokesman said.
SpaceX previously confirmed the wreckage was from the first stage of a successful mission to the International Space Station from September last year.
"We don't need it for testing or analysis, it is a pretty straightforward piece of carbon fibre material," said the spokesman.
"There are no electronics or anything. We are just trying to clean up after ourselves."
The Receiver of Wreck Alison Kentuck said the debris officially belonged to SpaceX.
Many islanders wanted the debris added to the Valhalla collection of figureheads from Scilly shipwrecks in Tresco Abbey Garden
A spokesman for the UK's National Space Centre in Leicester said it had been "desperate" to keep the wreckage.


A day after the BBC revealed its stars' salaries, people are still talking about it.

We found out the top seven earners were all male, with the biggest hitters coming from entertainment and sport - Chris Evans, Gary Lineker and Graham Norton.
The annual report also revealed there's a gap between the pay for white stars and those from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.
But what else did we find out?
BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast's Rachel Burden, who co-presents with Nicky Campbell (who's in the £400,000 - 449,999 bracket), was under no obligation to reveal her salary as it falls below the £150,000 threshold.
But she tweeted: "Whilst we're in the transparency game, and for those asking, I fall in the middle of the 100-150k category.
"This is a huge amount of money for a job I love doing five days a week, and I know what a privilege it is to be able to say that.
"Also worth saying we have a brilliant team of journalists on far, far less than that who we totally rely on and I'm so grateful to them."
Political correspondent Chris Mason added: "Good on Rachel for volunteering this. I'll do same: I earn £60,000 as a Political Correspondent. Best job in world."
BBC Radio 4 Money Box host Paul Lewis also disclosed his earnings, saying: "Many of us are now doing this. Excellent. As I said some hours ago in 2016/17 I got £67,413 total BBC fees."
"Oh dear only couple of actresses on BBC Rich list reminds me when John Forsythe contractually had to receive much more than me on Dynasty!" tweeted the veteran actress, about her time playing Alexis Carrington on the glamorous '80s soap opera.
Soaps still pay relatively well, however, with women including EastEnders' Letitia Dean on £150,000 - 199,999, along with Gillian Taylforth and Lacey Turner, as well as Holby City's Jemma Redgrave.
EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Adam Woodyatt are both on more, with £200,000 - 249,999, along with Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, Silent Witness's Emilia Fox and Sir David Jason, who stars in Still Open All Hours.
Dame Joan may be pleased to note that Holby City's Amanda Mealing earns £250,000 - 299,999, with Casualty's long-serving actor Derek Thompson, who plays Charlie Fairhead, on £350,000 - 399,000.
The top seven earners on the list are male, white and aged over 50.
The two women who managed to break into the top 10 earners are relative spring chickens Claudia Winkleman, who's 45, and 40-year-old Alex Jones.
Radio presenter Vanessa Feltz, 55, was outside the top 10 but she still earns £350,000 - 399,999, while Radio 6Music's Lauren Laverne, 39, is on £300,000 - 349,999.
George Alagiah and radio presenter Trevor Nelson are the joint highest BAME earners, with £250,000 - 299,999.
Match of the Day's Gary Lineker, who earns £1,750,000 - 1,799,999, joked about not earning as much as Chris Evans. But Lord Sugar said: "You should not worry. You are in a market where presenters are paid at going rates ITV  CH 4 pay more than the BBC. You have shown loyalty."
Football is the most lucrative sport for presenters, with MoTD's Alan Shearer earning £400,000 -  449,999, followed by tennis, with Sue Barker on £300,000 - 349,000.
Well, they've certainly done very well for themselves since they left the BBC in 2000. According to The Sun, they earned £29.5m in 12 months. This would exceed the entire bill for the 96 personalities listed in the report - whose combined salaries were £28.7m.
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Two British bankers have been convicted by a New York jury of manipulating inter-bank lending rates.

Anthony Allen and Anthony Conti were changed with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud and committing wire fraud, by misreporting the London interbank offered rate (Libor) as it related to the US dollar.
Both worked for Dutch lender Rabobank.
The Libor scandal blew up in 2012 when it emerged that banks had been lying in the figures on which Libor was set.
The Libor rate is a key figure in setting global borrowing rates.
The US Department of Justice reached a deal with Rabobank in October 2013 for $1bn (Â£657m) over its role in manipulating Libor.
This was the first conviction of traders involved in the scandal in the US.
In August, Tom Hayes, a former Tokyo-based trader at UBS and Citigroup was convicted of Libor-manipulation in London.
In a statement, Leslie Caldwell, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, said, "Today's verdicts illustrate the department's successful efforts to hold accountable bank executives responsible for this global fraud scheme."
Allen and Conti, along with other traders around the world, lied about how much it cost them to borrow from other banks.
During the trial their attorneys argued that what they had done should not be considered fraud because the panel collecting the data knew that many bankers lied about the rate.


Petra Kvitova says she has a "chance" of making a shock return from a career-threatening hand injury at the French Open next month.

The Czech suffered damage to tendons and nerves in her left hand after she was stabbed by an intruder at her home in Prostejov in December.
The 27-year-old was initially expected to be out for at least six months.
But on Monday the two-time Wimbledon champion announced that she has submitted her entry for Roland Garros.
In a post on her Instagram page, she said: "My name will appear on the entry list for Roland Garros tomorrow because, as the entry deadline approached, I had made good progress in my recovery process and I want to give myself every last opportunity to be able to compete at one of my favourite events.
"This unfortunately does not mean necessarily that I will be ready to play in Paris, but that I'm doing everything possible to give myself the chance and keep a positive mindset."
The French Open begins on 28 May.


Nico Rosberg set the pace just ahead of Ferrari and Red Bull as Lewis Hamilton hit trouble in second practice at the Singapore Grand Prix.

Rosberg was 0.275 seconds quicker than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, with the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo close behind.
Hamilton failed to complete a clean lap on his qualifying simulation on the ultra-soft tyres and ended up seventh.
He finished his session early because of a recurring hydraulic problem.
Hamilton was unable to do any of the race-simulation runs the teams do in the second part of the session on heavy fuel loads.
He was also unhappy with the balance of the car on the ultra-soft tyre that was used for the fastest runs, although Mercedes believe they should be able to solve that problem with set-up changes.
Hamilton, who is two points ahead of Rosberg in the world championship, is nevertheless heading into the weekend at a disadvantage.
However, he can console himself with the knowledge that he had been fastest of all after the first runs in the session were complete, before he started to run into difficulties.
"We had a small hydraulic issue at the end of FP2 but it doesn't look like anything serious," said Hamilton. "The guys are working on it and it should be fine for tomorrow, which is the main thing."
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The evidence of the day was that Mercedes are not struggling in the same way as they did last year in Singapore, when their previously dominant car was more than a second off the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull.
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But, considering the long 3.15-mile lap, the margin between the world champions and their closest challengers is much smaller than normal.
Verstappen was 0.380secs off Rosberg's pace, with Ricciardo just 0.025secs further adrift after recovering from a spin during which he brushed the wall without major damage.
Verstappen was running a Renault engine upgrade which will not be available to Ricciardo until Saturday and which team boss Christian Horner said was expected to be worth in the region of 0.1secs a lap.
And on race pace, Red Bull appeared to have an advantage but the picture was not completely clear.
"We knew they wouldn't have a massive gap here this weekend," said Ricciardo. "We know if we get it right we can be very close in qualifying."
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was fifth quickest after an unconvincing qualifying simulation run, 0.7secs slower than Raikkonen and a second slower than Rosberg.
Vettel's problems put him back in the mix with the midfield runners, headed by Force India's Nico Hulkenberg in sixth.
Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz was eighth, ahead of Fernando Alonso's McLaren, a position with which the former champions are likely to be a little disappointed.
They expected to be battling for seventh behind the big three, but Alonso was 0.6secs slower than Hulkenberg.
The Spaniard's team-mate Jenson Button, meanwhile, was struggling - he was three places and a whopping 0.795secs behind Alonso, who is admittedly at his absolute best around the challenging Singapore track.
Alonso had to park his car on track at the end of the session after encountering a gearbox problem.
Englishman Jolyon Palmer was 17th fastest, just 0.005secs behind Renault team-mate Kevin Magnussen as both men fight for their future in F1.
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A former aide to Respect MP George Galloway has been jailed for contempt of court after failing to destroy "explicit" pictures of her lover and his estranged wife.

Aisha Ali-Khan, 33, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, served as the Bradford West MP's parliamentary secretary.
Ali-Khan was jailed for three months at the High Court in London because she defied an order to destroy the images.
She was also ordered to pay about Â£10,000 in court costs.
Ali Khan found the pictures after marrying counter-terrorism officer Det Insp Mohammed Azif Khan in an Islamic ceremony in Pakistan in 2009.
Mr Khan's estranged wife, who is still legally married to the policeman, went to the High Court to prevent the pictures being made public.
Ali-Khan was ordered to hand over or destroy the pictures in December but failed to do so.
Judge Richard Seymour told Ali-Khan: "People in your position, when an application is made to be committed to prison, sometimes belatedly do what they have been ordered to do. You haven't."


Local councils who failed to respond to consultation on mergers have been criticised by public services minister Leighton Andrews.

He said he was "disappointed" that 11 of the 22 councils "had nothing to say about how we shape local government".
The Williams Commission report in January called for a cut to 10 or 12 councils.
Only one of its recommended mergers - Conwy and Denbighshire - has been supported by the councils in question.
Criticism of the councils came as Mr Andrews published more than 170 responses from organisations and members of the public to the formal consultation on local government reorganisation.
However, several of the councils which did not respond to the formal consultation have submitted their views on voluntary mergers following a separate appeal by the minister.


People who use care services in their homes across Gwynedd could face fresh charges from April.

Council leaders have been asked to agree a new charging structure for social care services in the county, in a bid to ease budget burdens.
An analysis shows about 40% of those using services, such as help to dress and clean, could be affected.
However, the council stresses no-one will be charged more than a £60 weekly cap set by the Welsh Government.
A report to the council's cabinet will be considered at a meeting on Tuesday in Caernarfon.
It warns that failing to implement new charges will mean money must come from other parts of the council budget.
"If members do not approve the charging policy, then it would be necessary to offer alternative savings in its place which could lead to an adverse impact on some services for the citizens of Gwynedd," stated one council officer in the report.
Under the plans, anyone receiving more than a set minimum income will have to pay charges on a sliding scale, up to the £60 a week limit.
It means any retired or out-of-work resident in Gwynedd using non-residential care services with a weekly income above £226 will have to pay.
For those in work, the minimum income before charges is lower, at £148 a week.
According to the council, it could mean someone earning about £269 a week and working would see a bill for care charges rise from £16 a week to £43 - an extra £1,400 a year -  an increase of 168%.
"Clearly, as a result there will be a significant impact especially in some cases," accepted the council's chief executive, Dilwyn Williams.
"However, the wider context for all this is that the council cannot maintain its services without a robust charging regime that can be adequately defended and justified. Clearly, these proposals seek to do so."
The report stresses that the changes have been part of widespread consultation across the county, with over 500 responses on the matter.
It states that 58% of those who took part "agreed that those who could afford to pay for adults care service should contribute to the cost of their social care".


Peter Capaldi has been named as the 12th actor to take on the lead role in BBC series Doctor Who.

At 55 - the same age as William Hartnell when he was cast as the first Time Lord in 1963 - he has an impressive list of credits to his name on both film and TV.
The Glasgow-born star is the first Oscar winner to play the part after winning the Academy Award for best live action short film in 1994 for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.
He became a household name thanks to his performance as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in BBC series The Thick of It.
That role saw him win a Bafta TV award for best male performance in a comedy role in 2010, and he was nominated for the same award in 2006, 2008 and 2013.
His performance as Tucker in 2009 spin-off film In The Loop also saw him nominated for acting honours at the British Independent Film Awards, as well as London, Los Angeles and New York film critics' awards.
Capaldi attended the Glasgow School of Art and it was while studying there that he landed his breakout role in the 1983 drama Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Burt Lancaster.
Early roles in TV series Minder and Hollywood film Dangerous Liaisons led to a string of parts on shows such as Prime Suspect, the Crow Road and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.
More recently he appeared in Skins, The Devil's Whore, Torchwood: Children of Earth and BBC mini-series The Nativity.
Capaldi has also written several TV shows, including a documentary about 500 years of Scottish portrait painting broadcast on BBC Four and Cricklewood Greats - a spoof about the heyday of the British film industry.
He also wrote 1993 film Soft Top Hard Shoulder - which was nominated for a Scottish film Bafta - as well as writing and directing the 2001 gangster film, Strictly Sinatra.
Capaldi's stage credits include Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, which later transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.
A lifelong fan of Doctor Who, landing the role of the Time Lord is a dream come true for Capaldi.
He even wrote a letter to the Radio Times when he was a teenager in 1973, praising the magazine for its Doctor Who special celebrating the show's 10th anniversary.
The Doctor Who casting comes after a busy year for the actor, who was seen on the big screen in zombie film World War Z and in BBC Two drama series The Hour, for which he was also Bafta nominated.
He is currently filming new BBC One drama series The Musketeers, in which he plays Cardinal Richelieu and which will air next year.
He will also appear in the forthcoming Julian Assange film The Fifth Estate as Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and Disney's Maleficent - a take on the Sleeping Beauty tale, starring Angelina Jolie.


Truro City manager Lee Hodges hopes his side's 3-2 win over Oxford City can start a winning run for his side.

It ended a six-game winless run and was just the second time they had scored more than once since November.
"Hopefully now we can start looking the other way and climbing," Hodges told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"But it's only one win, it's not been enough, we've had a poor December, but it's the first win of the year so we're pleased to get that."
Goals from Ryan Brett, Andrew Neal and Dan Smith put the White Tigers 3-0 up early in the second half before Oxford pulled two goals back.
"The effort they put in, we couldn't carry that through for the whole 90 minutes on a sodden pitch, but we worked extremely hard and when you lose games in a row you do get a bit nervy," added Hodges.
"We put pressure on ourselves at the end as we were camped in our own 18-yard box instead of relieving the pressure and squeezing up a little bit.
"But when you're losing games and desperate to get over the line then sometimes, by hook or by crook, you have to do whatever you can to get get over the line and I felt we deserved the win."


About 150 jobs could be at risk under plans to close a packaging factory in Newport.

Essentra's IP5 cartons plant, based at Imperial Park in Coedkernew, mainly makes gift boxes for the retail industry.
The company has previously received more than Â£500,000 from the Welsh Government to help expand its operations in the city.
The Welsh Government said it was "deeply disappointed" at the news.
Essentra said the site had an operating loss of Â£3.4m from January to June and profitability was not set to improve.
A consultation has begun on plans to stop production at the factory and, if agreed, work would cease by the end of the year.
The proposal does not impact the firm's other Newport factory, IP4, which makes labels.
The company said it understood the announcement would "cause a great deal of uncertainty" for staff and it would "provide as much support as possible as matters progress through the consultation process".
Chief executive Paul Forman said: "It is clearly with regret that we are entering into consultation on this proposal, and I and the project management team are committed to undertaking this process in an open, honest and respectful way.
"The possible closure of the IP5 site in Newport is in no way a reflection on the quality or commitment of our employees."
One worker leaving the IP5 plant on Thursday said staff were still "going through meetings with management".
"The mood is very low," added another worker. "I think everyone is the same, nobody wants to lose their jobs."
Another employee added: "It's quite bad. It's a job at the end of the day - we'll just have to get new jobs."
Mohammad Asghar, Conservative AM for South Wales East, said the news was disappointing.
"The Essentra cartons plant has received substantial investment from the Welsh Labour Government to help expand its operations in the city," he said.
"This has clearly not succeeded - and down the line there will be some serious questions for ministers to answer.
Jayne Bryant, Labour AM for Newport West, said she was "concerned" and has had discussions with Essentra's management and Economy Secretary Ken Skates.
"The business has been financially supported by Welsh Government and I have been advised that Welsh Government is now in touch with the company so they can discuss the implications of this announcement," she said.
Steffan Lewis, Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales East, called the announcement "troubling".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "This will be a worrying time for workers and their families and we will be working closely with the company and others to ensure employees are fully supported throughout this difficult period."
Newport council leader Debbie Wilcox said it was "extremely sad news for the city and especially for the employees and their families".


Facebook users are being invited to experience what it is like to live with dementia in a bid to raise greater awareness about the disease.

The FaceDementia app, by Alzheimer's Research UK, "takes over" personal Facebook pages, and temporarily erases important memories, mimicking how dementia affects the brain.
Users can watch their personal photos, important details and status updates disappear before their eyes.
Their real page remains intact.
The app does not hold on to any data or scramble a user's real timeline or Facebook information, instead presenting an overlay to show the effects of dementia.
People can also watch short videos featuring people affected by dementia explaining what impact the symptoms, simulated by FaceDementia, have had on them or their relative.
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Facebook's appeal is that it can gather your friends and family and keep them close, with memories and contacts all contained within one space. It also develops a diary of your life since you joined the site and documents your thoughts and musings during that time.
"We wanted to use these Facebook features to illustrate how those thoughts and memories can be confused, or forgotten altogether, as experienced by some of the hundreds of thousands of people across the UK living with dementia.
"Stigma around dementia is due in part to a lack of public awareness and understanding, so FaceDementia will be invaluable in helping people better understand the condition."
She urged people to take part and share the app with their friends and family on Facebook.


Twenty-seven people believed to be migrants have been found in the back of a lorry on the A1 in Cambridgeshire.

Police stopped the vehicle between Wittering and Stamford and the lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of facilitating immigration.
Police said 27 people with a variety of nationalities were detained.
Five were taken to hospital suffering from dehydration and the others were assessed at the scene, the ambulance service said.
Three ambulances, four ambulance officers and a hazardous area response team were sent to the Great North Road north of Peterborough at 11:55 BST.
Kevin Monaghan, who was driving on the A1 at the time the lorry was stopped, said he saw "undercover police cars and normal police cars" at the scene.
"You could see a lot of people lined up at the barrier on the central reservation. I guess they'd been in the lorry."
Cambridgeshire Police said Hertfordshire Police first alerted them to a lorry with a French registration carrying "about 30 possible immigrants... travelling north on the M11".
It then continued on to the A1 before being stopped.
No further details are known about the people inside the lorry.
The vehicle was escorted to the Haddon Services area off junction 17 of the A1, police said.


A nurse has admitted falsifying patient notes showing blood sugar levels at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.

Rebecca Jones, 30, pleaded guilty to nine counts of wilful neglect at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between September 2012 and January 2013 on a specialist ward dealing with stroke patients.
A total of 14 members of staff have been suspended at the hospital while police investigate.
One other nurse has been suspended from Swansea's Morriston Hospital.
Jones will be sentenced in October.


The X Factor judges have told Newsbeat the secret of career success for the winner is simple: "Work hard."

"They've got to understand that they've become the winner and then the real work starts," says Louis Walsh.
Ben Haenow, Fleur East and Andrea Faustini are all hoping to be crowned the X Factor winner.
They'll sing their favourite song of the series on Saturday's show and perform their celebrity duets.
"The competition's one thing. You have themes, you have all the different obstacles and they grow during that process," Cheryl Fernandez-Versini told Newsbeat.
"But, afterwards it's about being who you are as an artist in this current market which is extremely hard right now," she added.
Ed Sheeran and Meghan Trainor will also perform on the show tonight and will no doubt reveal some more pearl's of wisdom for the contestants.
After the excitement of releasing their debut single and possibly making the Christmas number one spot what happens to the winner's career is not by any means for certain.
Whether they fade into pop oblivion or become a star with long-term staying power is all down to hard work and a little bit of luck says Dermot O'Leary.
"The stars have got to align. I always tell the contestants 'When you leave here the hard work starts and that's the rest of your career,'" he says.
Past winners have gone on to varying degrees of success.
Remember series two winner, Shayne Ward? Or series four winner, Leon Jackson? What about series seven's Matt Cardle?
Arguably the winner who has had the most success is Leona Lewis. She made it big both sides of the Atlantic.
Is their success or lack of it down to hard work or hard luck? Who knows, but Dermot's biggest bit of advice for the winner is: "Enjoy it. Enjoy the next nine months."
"Get your head down, work hard and make sure that the album you want to make is the album you make and work with the people you want to make it with," he says.
Louis also believes a great record deal and great songs help. Naturally.
But he also agrees: "You need a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck."
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A man who kept two dogs that ferociously attacked a mother has been jailed for two and a half years.

Nijamul Islam, 44, of Farm Road, Edgware, north London, pleaded guilty to two charges of being in charge of a dog, dangerously out of control.
Beata Obuchowski was working as a kennel maid when she was savaged by a Belgian Shepherd dog and a German Shepherd dog for about half an hour.
Islam's dogs attacked her on a deserted farm in Hertfordshire in 2014.
The farm was being used to train guard dogs and the court was told that for between 30 to 40 minutes, Polish mother-of-one Ms Obuchowski found herself under attack from the animals.
She was repeatedly bitten about her hands, arms and legs.
In the end, as the dogs began to tire,  Ms Obuchowski - armed with a stone she had picked up to defend herself - pretended to be dead and lay lifeless on the ground.
The court was told her injuries were so severe that she remained in hospital for two and a half months following the attack.
Her right middle finger had to be amputated at the knuckle and the right index finger had to be amputated below the fingernail.
Following the attack, police found 99 animals were being kept at the farm in Great Amwell, near Ware.
Jurors heard Islam kept the dogs in horrendous conditions and a vet who attended the scene for the RSPCA was shocked by what she found.
Forty of the dogs had to be put down including the dogs that had attacked Ms Obuchowski.
Islam's barrister, Mr Joe Sidhu QC, asked that he be given credit for his guilty pleas on the day of his trial.


Administrators have announced that another three outlets of troubled retailer Ness Clothing are to close.

BDO said stores in Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow would cease trading next week. All 13 staff from the affected shops will be made redundant.
The move will bring the number of store closures since administrators were called in just before Christmas to 10.
The company, based in Edinburgh, is an independent women's fashion and accessories label.
Before entering administration, it operated 10 stores in Scotland and five stores in England, plus four concessions.
The administrators said the remaining Ness Clothing stores in Inverness, York, Keswick and Edinburgh continued to trade along with the Ness website.
All staff are being retained, while discussions with a preferred bidder for the business continue.
Joint administrator James Stephen said: "Discussions with the preferred bidder are progressing well and shoppers and loyal customers continue to support the business.
"However, further store closures have been unavoidable in the current difficult trading climate."


A "major" Roman cemetery has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Devon.

Experts found 15 skeletons during the excavation of a Roman road at Ipplepen, near Exeter.
Tests on one of the skeletons showed the settlement was in use up to 350 years after the Roman period ended, which has surprised experts.
Archaeologists said the discoveries were both nationally and regionally important.
Danielle Wootton, from the Portable Antiquities Scheme, said: "As the excavation progressed, it became clear that we were dealing with one of the most significant Romano-British cemeteries discovered in Devon and that it had huge potential to develop our understanding of settlements and how people lived in the South West 2,000 years ago."
The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and their reign ended in about 410 AD.
Ms Wootton said the discovery of a body from up to 350 years after they left "suggests continuation of the settlement after the Roman period and shows that life carried on at Ipplepen rather than falling out of use."
The team, from the University of Exeter, hopes further research will more about the ages of those who died, along with the diets and diseases they had.
Bill Horner, county archaeologist, said: "This is one of the most important discoveries in Devon in recent years.
"The concentration and range of finds and archaeological features is really exciting."
The Ipplepen project is supported by the University of Exeter, the Portable Antiquities Scheme, the British Museum and Devon County Council.


A couple accused of being involved in smuggling cocaine on a ferry gave different accounts of where large sums of money came from, a court has heard.

Former P&O ship steward Edward Tron, 51, told police he had made Â£100,000 from gambling, but this was rejected by his wife Susan Tron when interviewed.
Mr Tron, of Carr Hill Road, Gateshead, denies conspiracy to import cocaine.
At Hull Crown Court, Mrs Tron, 54, also of Carr Hill Road, denies a charge of money laundering.
Mr and Mrs Tron are on trial with chef Mark Quilliam, 55, of Gladica Close, Liverpool, who denies conspiracy to import cocaine.
The court previously heard Mr Quilliam and Mr Tron used their positions as P&O ferry crew to smuggle cocaine into Hull from Rotterdam on board the Pride of Hull vessel.
It is claimed they made up to Â£60,000 per trip.
Over four years, Mr and Mrs Tron deposited more than Â£138,000 in their own bank accounts, the jury heard.
The prosecution alleges statements by the couple given separately to National Crime Agency (NCA) officers differed with regard to where the money came from.
On the topic of gambling, Mrs Tron said her husband "hasn't won anything for a couple of years", the jury heard.
In her husband's defence, the court heard she told police he "wouldn't bring cigarettes off [the ferry], let alone drugs".
During an NCA undercover operation in collaboration with Dutch police, an officer was placed on the ferry and recorded conversations in which the prosecution allege Mr Tron admitted importing drugs.
In a police interview, Mr Tron claimed he had made up a fantasy and everything he had told the undercover officer was not true.
The trial continues.


The family of the prison officer who died 11 days after being injured in a dissident republican bomb attack have been left with a "big sorrow in their heart".

Adrian Ismay, 52, was seriously hurt after a booby-trap device exploded under his van in Belfast on 4 March.
The police said that a post-mortem examination showed he died as a "direct result of the injuries" of the bomb.
Police have launched a murder inquiry into Mr Ismay's death.
Ian Simpson, from the Prison Service Benevolent Fund, said the family had been left "devastated" by his death.
"It's a very difficult time for Issy's family after the blast. We had helped him through the week, we expected that he would make a full recovery in time," he said.
"Tuesday's events were totally unexpected and totally devastated the family.
"The family have asked me to speak on their behalf to say that they have a big sorrow in their heart.
"A wonderful husband, a loving father, a friendly, gentle grandfather has been taken out of all of our lives, but particularly his family and that is going to be a massive hill for them to climb."
A dissident republican group, widely referred to as the new IRA, said it carried out the attack.
The organisation said Mr Ismay was targeted for training officers at Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn, County Antrim.
A man appeared in court on Saturday charged in connection with the bomb attack on Mr Ismay.
The PSNI have also repeated an appeal for information on two cars that police believe may have been used by the bombers - a red Citroen C3 and a silver Skoda Fabia.


Olympic champion Luke Campbell has suffered his first loss as a professional, falling to a points defeat by France's Yvan Mendy.

In his 13th paid fight, Campbell, who won gold at London 2012, was floored by a short left hook in the fifth round.
The Hull lightweight, 28, never really recovered his poise and Mendy was deservedly awarded the fight on a split decision - 115-112, 115-113, 113-115.
Campbell had been expected to make the move to world level in 2016.
"I feel as though I won the fight but I'm not one of the judges," said Campbell. "I was catching him a lot to the head and body.
"It was a good lesson. I showed a lot in there. I'm a perfectionist and want to go back to the gym and work even harder.
"There are no excuses. That's the first time I've done 12 rounds in my career - I feel as though I made a few mistakes in there."
Since turning pro in 2013, Campbell's progress had been serene, the classy southpaw racking up 10 knockouts in 12 encounters.
His first real test was against Tommy Coyle in August, which Campbell passed with flying colours, stopping his fellow Hull man in 10 rounds.
But Campbell did not have the power to earn the respect of his experienced French opponent, while the Englishman's defences were too easily breached.
Mendy, who had 32 wins from 37 pro fights before Saturday, walked away with the fringe WBC 'international' lightweight title while Campbell was left to ponder his next move.
The lightweight division in Britain is brimming with talent. Manchester pair Anthony Crolla and Terry Flanagan are the WBA and WBO champions respectively, with the latter defending his title against Liverpool's Derry Mathews in February.


The way care is organised is radically changing across the whole of Scotland.

Large parts of health board and council budgets are being merged in a bid to cut bed-blocking and aid the transition to nursing home care or home care.
People with long-term conditions, disabilities and the elderly are expected to see the greatest benefit.
The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act has been described as the most substantial reform to the NHS in a generation.
It forces councils and the NHS to work together to provide more streamlined services.
The two organisations have to decide which one of them is going to take the lead in decision-making, or delegate those decisions to a separate body.
There is some evidence that co-ordinating care can have a significant effect on the quality of life of frail older people and people with long-term conditions.
It is also associated with lower costs.
The Scottish government hopes it will ease the pressure on hospitals by speeding up the journey of patients.
In order to drive improvements, a new target is being set for delayed discharges.
From 1 April, no-one should wait more than 14 days to be discharged from hospital into more appropriate care. The current target is four weeks.
In March it was announced that health and social care partnerships would be piloted in 29 areas in England, although so far only Greater Manchester has gone as far pooling its entire health and care budget.
In Scotland, it is estimated that at least 60% of health board budgets and 72% of local authority social care budgets will be handed over to the new "integration authorities".
In Wales an "integrated care framework" was published by the government last year, promising closer working between local government, health, housing and the voluntary sector.
Northern Ireland has had an integrated health and social care system since the early 1970s with its five health and social care trusts.
The Highlands of Scotland have had merged health and social care budgets since 2012.
The NHS became the lead agency for adult care, while the council took over responsibility for children's services.
However, it has not proved a magic bullet. NHS Highland experienced difficulties with blocked beds this winter, which was blamed on a lack of care home places and support packages for elderly patients to return home.
Last year, just under 150, 000 people received some form of social care at home.
In addition there are 35,000 long-stay residents in care homes in Scotland and thousands of other people who use social care services because they have a disability.


Earnie Shavers said modern heavyweights "were not fit to carry Muhammad Ali's gym bag", on the occasion of his old rival's 70th birthday.

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Shavers lost a 15-round decision to Ali in 1977, although he was a friend before the fight and has remained so in the intervening 35 years.
"The Klitschkos are big guys but they're not in the same league as Ali," Shavers told BBC Sport.
"Ali would have picked them apart. All us guys in the '70s would have."
Shavers, 66, first befriended Ali in 1973, when 'The Greatest' invited him to his Deer Lake training camp in Pennsylvania to prepare for Shavers's impending fight against Jimmy Ellis.
"When I was getting ready to fight Jimmy Ellis, Ali gave me the use of his camp for free, never charged me a dime, and gave me some advice [Ali beat Ellis in 1971]," said Shavers.
"Ali was a very nice man who treated me well. He was an easy-going guy, an easy guy to talk to. When the cameras came he put on a show, but away from the cameras he was a very quiet guy."
When Shavers fought Ali four years later, he rocked 'The Greatest' with a huge right hand in the second round - a blow Ali said "shook my kinfolk in Africa" - but it was Ali who was awarded a unanimous decision.
However, Ali's subdued performance, and the amount of punishment he absorbed from Shavers, led many in the media to call for his retirement.
"As time goes on you're going to lose some of your sharpness, which is why I thought I had a good chance of beating him," said Shavers, who until recently lived and worked in England.
Ali doesn't want you to feel sorry for him, but you can't help it because you love the guy. It's sad to see him in the shape he's in now
"I had mixed feelings [before the fight]. I didn't want to beat Ali - he was a great guy - but I was fighting for the championship. I had to give my best.
"I thought he was faking it [in the second round], trying to suck me in, but he was hurt. If I'd have gone in I might have stopped him."
While Shavers also fought Joe Bugner, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton - all of whom called him the hardest puncher they faced - in a stellar career, he says Ali is the one opponent everyone wants to talk about.
Shavers, who now makes his living signing autographs in Las Vegas, said: "I get asked every day about the Ali fight. Ali won the fight but it worked out well for both of us.
"Anyone who fought Ali and did well, they were basically made. I think I did quite well; I went 15 rounds with him. He won the fight but I kept my name clean.
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"When Joe Frazier fought Ali, he made Joe Frazier. Joe Frazier was a good fighter but Ali made the whole thing."
Shavers remains close to Ali, meeting up once a year at a charity fund-raiser in Arizona, but admits it is difficult seeing his old friend diminished by Parkinson's syndrome.
"We're still very close," said Shavers. "But because Ali was such a great fighter and such a great man, it's sad to see him in the shape he's in now.
"Ali doesn't want you to feel sorry for him, but you can't help it because you love the guy. If you get to know Ali you'd think he never even had Parkinson's, the way he carries himself.
"But it's a shame, when you love a guy, to see him as he is now, when you remember him as he used to be. It's hard to be around him.
"Without a shadow of a doubt he was the greatest. People love him because he gave back. He helped so many people besides himself."


The Scottish government has stepped in after a union claimed some staff on Northern Isles cargo boats are being paid almost half the minimum wage.

The freight vessels Hellier and Hildasay are operated by Seatruck, which is contracted to run the service by Serco Northlink.
The RMT said some workers are being paid less than Â£4 an hour.
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said Serco Northlink would be asked to make sure a national minimum wage was paid.
Seatruck said under current legislation the national minimum wage (NMW) was not applicable to the crew of the vessels - many of whom are non-UK residents.
The RMT started an online petition over the issue.
The union's Gordon Martin said: "The most up-to-date figures we have is they are getting paid Â£3.66 per hour.
"This is a Scottish government contract.
"It's totally unacceptable that these workers from Estonia are being paid way below the UK national minimum wage."
Serco Northlink was awarded the six-year Â£243m Northern Isles contract in 2012.
It operates three ferries and two cargo boats to the Northern Isles.
'Serious disadvantage'
Seatruck said in a statement: "The freight ferries Helliar and Hildasay have been operating successfully for many years on the lifeline service to the Northern Isles.
"The Seatruck Ferries vessels are on long-term charter to the concession holder Serco Northlink.
"Under the current legislation the national minimum wage is not applicable to the crew of these vessels.
"The crew are not deemed to be 'ordinarily working in the UK' as they are working on a non-UK flagged vessel, are not UK residents, do not pay tax or NI in the UK and start and finish their tours of duty in their home countries.
"The vessels comply with all relevant legislation and operate a reliable high-quality service.
"Seatruck Ferries operates in a worldwide shipping market where NMW application in isolation would place the company at a serious disadvantage in relation to its competitors."
Backdate pay
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott said: "Crew members are not receiving the minimum wage, that cannot be right.
"They are members of staff, they are European citizens, they are working in Scotland, they should be receiving the wages that are due to them."
Mr Yousaf, who described it as an "unacceptable situation", told BBC Scotland: "Transport Scotland will be in touch with Serco.
"Serco will offer to pay the national minimum wage and backdate that on behalf of the company. That offer I would urge Seatruck to take up."


Tuesday's League Two match between Yeovil Town and Crawley Town has been postponed after a pitch inspection at Huish Park.

Standing water on the pitch meant the game was called off shortly before 11:00 GMT, with further rain expected in the afternoon.
A Yeovil statement said: "Both Town manager Darren Way and Crawley boss Dermot Drummy were present and happy with the decision."
A new date has yet to be confirmed.


Tyrone football captain Sean Cavanagh has entered the debate over claims that the team is under-funded by releasing a statement insisting the Red Hand squad is "very well resourced".

Last week, an unnamed Tyrone player claimed an "ongoing battle" with the county's GAA board over funding was hurting the team's All-Ireland chances.
Squad member Ronan McNamee appeared to back this up in comments on Monday.
However, the Tyrone GAA board released Cavanagh's statement on Tuesday.
"On behalf of the Tyrone senior football squad [2017], I wish to make it known that we are very well resourced by the county board, Club Tyrone and our other sponsors and brand partners," said Cavanagh's statement.
"Yes, there were some issues of a minor nature but these matters are being addressed. We are most grateful for the continued support of the county board, Club Tyrone and our other generous sponsors."
The frustration about the Red Hand squad's funding was aired in an email sent to Irish radio station Newstalk's Off the Ball programme last Thursday.
"It's becoming impossible to prepare ourselves to win an All-Ireland," said the unnamed player.
"We are told that we need to tighten our belts."
A recent Irish Independent survey listed Tyrone as only being 25th in terms of spending on senior inter-county football teams in 2016.
The county's funding last year was reported to be £17,800 down on the 2015 figure.
Tyrone spent £408,000 on the team in 2016 with the highest spenders Mayo's figure said to be almost £1.4m.
"When we look at the money spent on the preparation of the county teams we are nowhere near the top spenders," continued the player's email.
In response, Tyrone county chairman Roisin Jordan insisted on Friday that the county's GAA board was fully behind the team's efforts to win another Sam Maguire Cup.
"In terms of finance, Tyrone are highly fortunate to have generous backers in the form of corporate sponsors and Club Tyrone," she said in a statement.
"It is incumbent upon Tyrone GAA to ensure their investment is properly applied to GAA purposes.
"Let there be no doubt that everyone within Tyrone GAA are fully behind Mickey Harte and his county team."
Speaking on Monday, squad member McNamee said that there were "constant issues" with mileage expenses.
"Some people don't get paid full amounts of what they would claim," added McNamee, speaking at an event to promote Saturday's Football League game against Monaghan.
"If it has been talked about by players, it's obviously going to affect it [morale] in some way. If it wasn't a problem, they wouldn't be talking about it.
"I'm not sure all of it [letter] would have been as bad as it came out but at the same time, there are things than could improve.
"Money is not everything but it would damn help. So if other teams are the top of the pile are spending 1.6m Euro, they're spending it for a reason."


Serena Williams is a "heavy favourite" to equal Steffi Graf's open era record of 22 Grand Slam titles by winning the Wimbledon women's singles final, says 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport.

Williams, 34, hopes to win her seventh SW19 singles title when she meets Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday.
Fourth seed Kerber, 28, beat Williams in the Australian Open final and is looking for her second major title.
"Serena is moving better than she did in Melbourne," said Davenport.
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"She is the heavy favourite just based on the surface. And that's not to mention being a six-time champion and the level she has played at over the past two weeks."
Williams reached her ninth Wimbledon singles final by thrashing unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina in 48 minutes, while Kerber beat Williams' 36-year-old sister Venus.
Saturday's match, which starts at 14:00 BST, will be broadcast live from Centre Court on BBC One, BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.
Later, the Williams sisters will face Hungary's Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the women's doubles final.
Williams last year moved ahead of Martina Navratilova into second on the list of most Grand Slam wins with victories at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and French Open.
That put the American within one of German legend Graf, who won her 22 majors between 1987 and 1999.
She missed the chance to draw level - and complete her first calendar Slam - when she was beaten by unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci in the US Open semi-finals.
Williams has lost the two major finals since - beaten by Kerber at the Australian Open and world number two Garbine Muguruza at the French Open.
Tracy Austin, a two-time Grand Slam winner, thinks the pressure of moving level with Graf may be playing a part.
"When Serena won here last year to get to 21 we all thought it would not be long until the 22nd," said the American.
"By Serena's standards it has taken a  while - it has taken a whole year.
"She is hitting the ball cleanly and serving well so she is the clear favourite - unless nerves take over."
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Williams' focus on overtaking Graf seemed to sharpen following the appointment of Patrick Mouratoglou as her coach.
She joined forces with the Frenchman, who had previously coached Britain's Laura Robson and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, following a first-round defeat by world number 111 Virginie Razzano at the 2012 French Open.
Since teaming up with Mouratoglou, she has won eight of the past 16 majors.
"She gives so much credit to Patrick - and he should get a lot of credit," said Austin.
"He has changed Serena's game, helping her put a little bit more top spin on her forehand.
"Most importantly, he has made her understand that she could be thought of as the greatest in the history of women's tennis.
"She has gone macro in chasing Grand Slam titles and it kept her interested."
Kerber knows she can beat Williams on the biggest stage having done so on the hard court in Melbourne.
But beating the top seed on a grass court at Wimbledon is an entirely different proposition, says Davenport.
Williams tops the serving stats at this year's tournament, firing down more aces and faster serves than anyone else.
While her first-serve percentage does not rank in the top 20, she makes the ones she does get in count.
"A high percentage of Kerber's returns have to go back to Serena," said Davenport. "And this is the most difficult surface to do that on."
While Williams is an experienced hand at Wimbledon finals, Kerber will be competing in her first at the All England Club.
The left-hander has enjoyed an almost faultless run, not dropping a set in her six previous matches.
She has bounced back from the disappointment of losing in the first round at the French Open last month - her first major since becoming a Grand Slam champion.
Kerber says she feels relaxed before Saturday's match and believes she is playing the best tennis of her career.
"Being left-handed has helped Angelique because she has that slice and that is enhanced on the grass court," said Austin.
"She has never been known to have a big serve, it is more a consistent serve and it has improved in the last year.
"But that second serve can become a liability so she will have to get a lot of first serves in."
Williams and Kerber have never met on grass before, the American winning five of their seven matches, which have all been on a hard court.
However, Austin and Davenport believe Kerber stands as good a chance as anyone of repelling Williams' armoury.
"Kerber's defence is incredible," said Austin. "There are so many points where you think she is out of it and then she somehow manages to get herself there with quick feet."
Davenport said: "She is one of the best athletes playing the game.
"She is not as powerful as Serena but has great anticipation. She gives herself time, backs up and reads the play. Then she does stuff with her hands to make the balls do incredible things."
"My goal has never been 22.  I don't talk about that any more.
"Right now I feel like my game is pretty good. I feel good. I felt great in other tournaments, as well. But I feel a little different. I just feel more relaxed and more at peace than I may have been in the past.
"I made a lot of errors in the Australian Open. Angelique made little to no unforced errors, but it was still a three-set match.
"I felt like I could have played better. I felt like she played great. She came out swinging, ready to win.
"She was fearless. That's something I learned. When I go into a final, I too need to be fearless like she was.
"It was inspiring afterwards to realise there is a lot of things that I need to improve on."
"I expect a really tough match. I know that she will go out and try to beat me, especially because she lost against me in Australia.
"On grass she is always dangerous. She has won here so many times, she will go for it. I know this. I know I have to play some of my best tennis.
"I must play my game, being aggressive, just going for it, trying to win the match, not hoping that she will miss. She will not be missing the ball.
"She will go out there trying to win. I think this will be very important to take the match in my hands."
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A £3.5m sports arena is to be built on the former Don Valley Stadium site after plans were approved by Sheffield City Council.

The 2,500-seat arena will be used by the Sheffield Sharks basketball team and other sports as part of a 35-acre Olympic Legacy Park.
The Park Community Arena is expected to be built this autumn, said organisers.
Don Valley Stadium was demolished in 2013 as part of cost-saving measures by the city council.
Atiba Lyons, head coach of the Sheffield Sharks, said: "This heralds a bright new future."
"The Park Community Arena will provide a fantastic home for basketball from junior to senior level and will be a great boost for the city."
It is hoped Sheffield Eagles, the city's rugby league team, is also to play at the park from next season said organisers.
The site is to incorporate the existing English Institute of Sport and iceSheffield.
The Oasis Academy, for children aged up to 16, is already open on the site and a University Technical College is due to open in September.
Outline planning permission was also granted for an Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre in the park.
The Olympic Legacy Park is joint venture between Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield City Council.
Although the site was not involved in the 2012 Olympic Games it has retained the name since the idea for the developing the area was first mooted.
Don Valley Stadium was built in 1990 at a cost of £29m to host the 1991 World Student Games.


A number of high-profile artists have come together to create a restorative environment in a London psychiatric ward.

Hidden away in south-west London is one of the most exclusive art galleries in the UK. Turner Prize winners and renowned fashion photographers are displaying their work for viewers at the Phoenix Unit - a secure psychiatric hospital in Tooting.
It's home to 18 residents with severe and enduring mental health problems who live there, on average, between one and three years as they recover and regain their independence.
For now, the interior walls are decorated with the same calming, yet chilly, colours throughout, with the quiet room and activity room looking very similar. But the artists are coming.
A new project - Hospital Rooms - has brought together 10 of Britain's most prolific contemporary artists, including photographer Nick Knight, who has previously collaborated with designer Alexander McQueen, to rejuvenate the space.
But for such a high-profile collection there is a drawback for the masses who might want to see it. "There's no access for the public - it's a secure ward," says Niamh White, art curator and co-founder of Hospital Rooms.
The idea began to take shape after White and her business partner, artist Tim A Shaw, visited friends in similar units.
"We found they were quite difficult spaces to be in," she says. "We work for the most part with affluent people in beautiful settings and we felt that our skills were transferable and we would be able to change these spaces and make them more comfortable."
Each of the 10 artists selected has been allocated a communal area to renovate, with residents and clinicians giving their suggestions on colours and potential designs.
Landscape architect Joh Bates took on the courtyard after the residents said how vital the space was. Bright orange furniture now invites them outside, with a newly built pagoda offering shelter for them to sit among the freshly potted plants even if it rains.
Marsha, one of the residents, says: "The garden is brilliant because it is tranquil, brand new and the red seats make me feel cheerful."
For the lounge, photographer Knight selected two of his most striking prints which previously had never been seen together.
One of the images, Lily, shows a model spinning in haute couture with pink powder flying up around her (pictured top). Fresh from being featured in the National Portrait Gallery's Vogue 100 exhibition, the secure unit will become its permanent home.
White and Shaw hope to tackle things like boredom in the unit by creating immersive environments and improving on the kind of paintings she says are often chosen by HR departments. "Sometimes artwork can be selected at the end of the day, whereas we think of it as a field of experts in colour theory and creativity."
The London architecture and design collective known as Assemble are best known for winning the Turner Prize in 2015 after overhauling 10 derelict houses in Liverpool. Their contribution is an ornamental notice board made from hardwood.  A screen print sign will state Our Meaningful Day encouraging the residents to get involved in the activities on offer at the centre.
White and Shaw started meeting the residents and scoping out the space in October. Artists have been sponsored by, among others, Arts Council England.
Michael O'Reily, an apprentice scene painter at the Royal Opera House, chose the quiet room as his canvas.
"The audience is limited, but I like that, it might be ignored, looked at or just in the background but at least it's on the wall whereas paintings in a show are always temporary. It's private but permanent."
O'Reily says he has learnt a lot more about mental health since being there but at first wasn't sure what to say. Now he regularly chats with the residents who suggest colours and ideas to him as he works.
Many residents were keen to have a space for their own artwork which led Tim A Shaw to create the Phoenix Gallery within the dining area.
Using colour schemes from other museums and galleries he painted a series of squares, rectangles and circles onto the walls to act as frames for the artwork so it doesn't require display cases, complying with NHS standards for the unit.
Dr Emma Whicher, medical director of the trust, says the project is providing people with the opportunity to influence their environment and take part in an exclusive and privileged project regardless of their situation.
"The environment you're in has an impact on your well-being and your feelings on dignity and respect," she says. "Sometimes people with mental health problems experience quite a lot of stigma within the community and this project really values people and says how important it is that they get the wider experiences."
One of the service-users, Will, says: "I think the new design is changing the way we all live our lives on the ward. The garden has given us all a new way to start conversations with each other and things already seem so much better."


Investigators have found two more bodies at the South Carolina home of a man who has confessed to killing seven people in total.

The bodies belonged to a couple who had been buried there for nearly a year after being shot, police said.
Todd Kohlhepp was arrested after a woman was found "chained like a dog" at his home south of Spartanburg.
On Sunday another body was found at his home and he also confessed to four shootings at a motorcycle shop in 2003.
Registered sex offender Kohlhepp, 45, has been charged with murder and kidnapping.
The last two bodies to be found were identified by their tattoos, officials said. Meagan Coxie, 25, and Johnny Coxie, 29, had at least one child.
Police say they do not believe there are more human remains at the property.
Kohlhepp was arrested after police, acting on a tip-off by a sex-crime investigator, visited his property last Thursday and found a woman in a metal container.
She had been missing since late August, along with her boyfriend, whose body was discovered at the 95-acre site in Woodruff, 80 miles (130km) northwest of the state capital Columbia, on Friday.
The woman, who was employed by Kohlhepp, a property agent, to clean houses, told officers that he had shot and killed her boyfriend in front of her.
She said she arrived at his Woodruff property with her boyfriend to help clean it when Kohlhepp pulled a gun on them, reports said.
Kohlhepp has been denied bail and is representing himself in court. The authorities say more charges against him are likely.


Five-time Olympian Mark Foster carried the flame in Southend, where he began his swimming career, on day 49 of the torch relay.

Foster, one of 138 torchbearers on Friday, won the world championship six times and is the short course 50m freestyle world record holder.
Along the 117-mile route from
          Ipswich to Chelmsford,
 the flame visited the London 2012 mountain bike venue.
Later in the day there was confusion when a torchbearer was bypassed.
Hannah Aygeman-Prempeh was due to carry the flame in her home town of Basildon, Essex, but the preceding torchbearer ran past her.
Large crowds meant the mistake went unnoticed until he reached the next torchbearer.
A spokesman for London 2012 said the 24-year-old, who was nominated for her charity work, would be able to join the relay on Saturday when the relay travels from
          Chelmsford to Cambridge
.
He said: "During the excitement of Torchbearer 111's slot, he sprinted past Torchbearer 112. We have offered Torchbearer 112 a place to carry the flame on tomorrow's relay. We will also take care of her and her family's transport to ensure she still gets her moment to shine."
The day began at 06:37 BST at Christchurch Mansion House, with the flame being carried by promising young athlete Emily Rogers, a member of the West Suffolk Athletics Club who has had success at Suffolk county level and in the English schools competition.
She handed it over to Paralympian Kevin Curtis, who won a sailing gold at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games. He also won gold at the World Disabled Sailing Championships in Barcelona.
Franklyn Keith Musto
, a British sailor who won silver in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo carried the flame in Colchester.
Just under four hours later Foster, who led Team GB into the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, began his stint with the flame when the relay travelled along Southend seafront.
In the afternoon, mountain biking commentator Dan Jarvis carried the flame by bicycle at the London 2012 Olympic mountain bike course at
          Hadleigh Farm
.
He said it was "fantastic" but he experienced "sheer terror keeping a grip on the torch" which he had to carry in one hand while riding with the other.
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Other torchbearers included Paul Mears, the father of British diver Chris Mears.
In 2009, Mr Mears maintained a bedside vigil, together with his wife Katy, when Chris suffered a serious training accident while competing for Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.
Chris was placed in intensive care and diagnosed with a ruptured spleen. He has made a full recovery and will compete at the 2012 Games in the 3m Springboard and 3m Synchro with Nick Robinson-Baker.
The last torchbearer of the day was
          John Bowman,
 from Little Dunmow, who ran in memory of his late wife, Kirste, who was originally selected to take part in the relay.
Mrs Bowman was chosen for her dedication to marathon running and her fundraising for breast cancer research charities, despite suffering from breast cancer herself.
At
          Hylands House
 site, evening entertainment came from dance troupe Morning Parade and sport and dance act Twist and Pulse.
A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July.