Head teachers have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan expressing their concern over future funding for schools in England.

The National Association of Head Teachers claims education is being seen as a cost rather than an investment.
Ahead of next week's Spending Review, the NAHT is calling for a fair national funding formula for education.
The Department for Education says it is "protecting the schools budget, which will rise as pupil numbers increase".
In his letter to Ms Morgan, NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby asks the government to match the overall level of funding to the "real cost pressures in schools".
He writes: "As you will know, we have recently launched our Breaking Point report looking at funding.
"It found that nearly two-thirds of school leaders are making 'significant' cuts or are dipping into reserves to stave off deficits, with four in five reporting that budget cuts would have a negative impact on standards.
"Flat cash education spending at a time of rising costs - employer costs for National Insurance, an increase in teachers' pensions to name just two - shows that the money coming into schools is not keeping up with the costs they face."
The letter also calls for:
Mr Hobby adds: "For too long, education has been seen as a cost - in fact, education is an investment, in both children and society as a whole.
"We would urge you, in conversations with Chancellor George Osborne, to call for progressive funding arrangements for education. It's time that funding reflects the true realities on the ground."
Last month, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said spending per pupil in England's schools was likely to fall by 8% in real terms over the next five years.
The IFS says this will be the first time since the mid-1990s that school spending has fallen in real terms.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "We are protecting the schools budget, which will rise as pupil numbers increase.
"This government is committed to making sure schools are funded fairly so all pupils have access to a good education - a key part of our core mission to raise standards across the country and make sure every child reaches their full potential.
"We have made significant progress towards fairer funding for schools, through an additional Â£390m allocated to 69 of the least fairly funded areas in the country - the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years."


A 16-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man have been arrested following the death of a 15-year-old in the West Midlands.

Jamar Walker died in hospital from injuries after he was found on Raglan Road, Smethwick, on 20 December.
West Midlands Police said the 33-year-old was arrested earlier and is being questioned. The 16-year-old was arrested on 15 January.
A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with Mr Walker's murder.
Police are urging witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.


An art teacher has been struck off for a "sexually-motivated" relationship with a 17-year-old student at a Carmarthenshire college.

Nia Davies's affair with the girl, an A-level student, was deemed to amount to unacceptable professional conduct.
An Education Workforce Council disciplinary hearing found six allegations of misconduct proven against the Coleg Sir Gar teacher.
Ms Davies, 31, from Cardiff, was banned from teaching for at least two years.
The panel was told the teenager's father told college bosses about the secret relationship after he spotted a love bite on her neck.
Presenting officer Cadi Dewi said: "Davies showed a willingness to overstep boundaries at the college. There were frequent references to the use of drugs, using cannabis and alcohol.
"It was an extremely close and highly inappropriate relationship. It became a relationship that was sexual in nature."
The girl admitted to her parents she had spent weekends away in Bath and London with her teacher.
She denied having sex with Ms Davies when interviewed by police, but admitted they had kissed and would sleep together at Ms Davies's home.
Ms Davies was arrested and bailed by police, but never charged.
The college investigation was not completed before Ms Davies's contract expired. She refused to attend subsequent investigation meetings.
Davies admitted counts of engaging in communication of a social nature and seeing the girl unaccompanied on a social basis outside of college.
The proven claims included inviting the girl into her home address, allowing her to sleep at her home, kissing her and giving her a love bite.
Claims of sharing a bed with the girl in London and engaging in sexual intercourse were not proven, but panel chairman Peter Williams said: "Ms Davies' conduct was found to be sexually motivated."
George Pollitt, representing Ms Davies, said: "She said they have engaged in some sort of relationship, which is not platonic, since 2015 when the girl was over the age of 18, and when my client was not employed at the college.
"I cannot put a label on what the relationship is, but I'm told it's hard to define. They met up socially as friends and things blossomed."


A man has been jailed for life for deliberately setting fire to a busy London gay bar for a second time.

Jason Fossett, of Norwood, was caught on CCTV setting alight rubbish he had piled against the fire exit of the Two Brewers, Clapham High Street.
The 46-year-old told the court he could not remember starting the fire after "having a couple drinks".
He was sentenced to life in prison on Friday at London Crown Court.
Previously, Fossett had pleaded guilty to arson with intent to endanger life at the same court.
He was traced by police after using a bank card to pay for drinks in the Two Brewers on 20 March - the night of the attack.
At the time of his arrest, he was wearing similar clothes to that of the person in the CCTV, the court was told.
Officers also searched his home and found a red leather satchel that matched one seen on the CCTV.  They also found receipts from the Two Brewers for that night.
In 2004, Fossett was jailed for eight years for arson with intent to endanger life after targeting the same venue.
Fossett's motivation for the attack is still not known.  However, police said there was no suggestion it was a hate crime.
Paul Waterman, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "Fossett is clearly a dangerous character who deliberately went out of his way to set fire to the bar in a carefully calculated attack.
"It was sheer luck that the fire was spotted in its early stages to prevent any further damage or anyone sustaining any injuries."
Fossett must serve a minimum of three years and 244 days.


President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is facing a vote of no confidence from the leaders of his own party, the ANC.

He has survived several parliamentary votes but this is the first time the ANC will formally discuss his position.
The top ANC body has extended its meeting to debate the motion, tabled by Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom.
Mr Zuma has increasingly come under criticism over corruption allegations, with a recent report highlighting his links with the wealthy Gupta family.
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At least two other cabinet ministers are understood to be backing Mr Hanekom's proposal - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi.
The BBC's Karen Allen in Johannesburg says this could shape into the toughest battle of Zuma's career.
Earlier this month, an investigation by the country's anti-corruption watchdog said a judicial inquiry should be set up to further investigate allegations of criminal activity in Mr Zuma's government.
The investigation found evidence that the Guptas, a business family with links to Mr Zuma, may have wielded undue political influence over the appointment of ministers.
Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this year, the Constitutional Court ruled that he had broken the constitution by refusing to repay government money spent on his private home in rural Nkandla.
In August, the ANC lost control of the key cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria in local elections, for the first time since the end of white-minority rule in 1994.
However, it still gained more than 50% of the national vote.
The stage has been set. President Jacob Zuma is in a battle for his political life.
In one of the first real pushes within the ruling African National Congress (ANC), top party officials are now officially debating the president's removal.
More than 80 National Executive Committee (NEC) members have been at loggerheads in a closed meeting in the capital Pretoria since the weekend.
While Mr Zuma is believed to still have a lot of support within the party, some ministers are calling for a secret vote on the matter, hoping this would help people within the party to vote freely.
There have been numerous attempts by civil society and even opposition parties to have the president sacked but analysts have always said it would take the party itself to remove Mr Zuma - as it did with former President Thabo Mbeki.
Those who want him gone say that the president has become a liability to the more than 100-year-old liberation movement - claims he and his backers have denied.
Mr Zuma's political time in office has been overshadowed by scandals, accusations of corruption and a lack of leadership.
But Mr Zuma, a master strategist, who has been nicknamed "The Teflon Don" on local social media has proven to many that he is a survivor.


The family of a schoolteacher who died after a sledging accident are setting up a charity in her name.

Maryam Najafian, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was seriously hurt in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, last month.
The 25-year-old, who was a teacher at Lanark Primary School, was taken to the Western Infirmary and later died in the Southern General Hospital.
The Maryam Najafian Foundation has been set up to help children in poverty.
Ms Najafian's fiancÃ© Andrew Duncan, 28, told BBC Scotland the charity was a tribute to her own dedication to improving the lives of children and it "gives us all something to fight for".
He said: "Maryam devoted her life to children. She was an incredible teacher and the family and I have decided to start this charity to try and raise money for children to try and bring some happiness to them.
"We just want to raise as much money as we can and we know that would be something Maryam would be proud of.
"She just had a real way with children that I've never really seen before and it breaks my heart because she would have been an amazing mum but she will have improved a lot of children's lives."
The couple had recently become engaged.
Mr Duncan said the loss of his fiancÃ©e was the hardest thing he had ever had to go through.
"It's a bit of a rollercoaster at the moment to be honest," he said. "You have a few hours when you feel ok and then the slightest thing will remind me of her and it's really difficult.
"I know it's clichÃ© but it really is just taking one day at a time. I don't want to make any rash decisions about my life."
Mr Duncan added: "The family have been absolutely phenomenal. I think having each other there is getting everyone through. We're all going through the same thing, so it's just really taking things slow.
"There is not a second of the day goes by I'm not thinking about her but the charity gives us all a little bit of something to fight for."
Maryam's brother Reza Najafian said: "Out of something so tragic we wanted something good to come out of it. We are a positive family and Andrew is part of our family as well now.
"With Maryam being a school teacher the obvious cause would be to benefit schoolchildren. Ideally we want to help children in poverty at home and abroad."
The foundation's logo is an apple.
Mr Najafian said: "The reason for that is my sister was a primary school teacher. She used to take a piece and an apple and often a wee sweetie in for one of the children who was sent to school with no piece every day.
"That's 2015 in Scotland. That's really unacceptable."
Mr Najafian added: "Life will never be the same unfortunately and I think we're using this as well to perhaps help us help others, in order that Maryam's good spirit and cheer is spread to others and she's not died in vain I suppose."
Ms Najafian had three brothers.
"As a sister she was absolutely delightful," Mr Najafian said. "She ruled the roost and was the apple of everyone's eye.
"She was exceptionally cheery, full of life and she was exceptionally beautiful inside and out and really would do anything to help anyone."
Mr Duncan also paid tribute to his fiancee's enthusiasm for life.
He said: "Maryam always just wanted to live her life to the full and have as much fun as she could. She was the happiest person. She just jumped on a sledge and things went wrong very quickly.
"It was undoubtedly the hardest thing any of us have ever had to go through."


A City worker who fatally punched a friend after he threw his shoe out of a car window following a drunken prank has been jailed for three years.

Alexander Thomson, 33, from Clapham in south London, leaned forward and hit Tom Hulme, 23, after he threw the shoe.
Initially, he got out the car and appeared fine, but then he collapsed on the pavement. He died in hospital the next day from a brain haemorrhage.
The judge said the incident arose "out of trivial, friendly horseplay".
Mr Hulme's family said their lives had been "submerged in sadness and sorrow" since the tragic incident, which occurred in Farringdon Street, central London, during the last August bank holiday weekend.
Prosecutor Timothy Cray said Thomson, who has three previous convictions for alcohol-related violence, admitted drinking four pints at lunchtime on the day of the assault, before going back to work and later having up to five bottles of beer, four vodkas, three shots of Jagermeister and two small snorts of cocaine.
He met up with a friend who knew Mr Hulme and they were heading for a party in a taxi when the incident happened.
Mr Cray said the "unexpected blow" caused a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage, which is a type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.
Defending, Lisa Wilding QC said: "He is properly described as traumatised and tormented by the irreparable damage caused to Mr Hulme's family. None of that seeks to excuse his actions."
The Old Bailey heard Thomson admitted manslaughter at the first opportunity.
Judge Anthony Bate said: "A talented and intelligent young man had a promising life snatched away from him in early adulthood after you lashed out at him in a moment of drunken hot temper.
"You must live with that responsibility."
The victim, who was originally from Leeds, had worked as a recruitment consultant.


The Confederation of Africa Football has warned Cosafa over a planned meeting with other member associations which it says is "an attempt to destabilise" the governing body.

Phillip Chiyangwa, the chairman of Cosafa - the Council of Southern African Football Associations - has called for a meeting with other African FA chairmen in Harare in Zimbabwe on 24 February.
In a letter sent by Caf on behalf of president Issa Hayatou, the governing body tells Cosafa "you do not have any authority to convene such a meeting, without Caf knowledge nor without its required approval".
It adds: "Convening a meeting with representatives of many member associations outside Cosafa zone is deemed to represent an attempt to destabilise Caf.
"We draw your attention to the obligation of all zonal unions to respect the authority of Caf, and not to conduct in any activities that undermine the common objectives of Caf, for the benefit of African football development.
"The Caf Executive Committee reserves it rights to sanction any infringement to the Caf statutes."
Caf's warning comes shortly after Cosafa announced it had unanimously endorsed Ahmad Ahmad as a presidential candidate in upcoming Caf elections.
Ahmad, currently the head of Madagascar's FA, had already outlined his intention to challenge long-standing Caf leader Hayatou in March's elections in Ethiopia.
Hayatou is seeking an eight term in office.
Chiyangwa has already sent a reply to Caf's warning, writing "I was taken aback, to say the least, by the tone of your letter and the clear insinuation that such a gathering  between presidents of member associations on the African continent would be considered, outrightly, as an attempt to destabilise Caf".
He adds that Caf's statutes "promote friendly relations between National Associations, zonal unions, clubs, officials and players" and insists the meeting is for "that very objective".
Chiyangwa's letter also refers to Fifa's statues relating to the protecting of human rights which he says include "freedom of Association of member associations and zonal unions for the development and growth of the game on our continent".


A teenage athlete who died alongside her friend when they were struck by a car has been described as "perfect" by her family.

Stacey Burrows, 16, was with 17-year-old Lucy Pygott when they were hit by a Ford Focus in Aldershot on Tuesday evening.
A statement from Stacey's family said she was "highly dedicated" to running.
Both girls were members of Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club (AFD).
In a tribute released through police said: "Stacey really was the perfect daughter and sister - perfect in every possible way. Stacey was highly dedicated to what she loved doing, running for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club.
"We as a family know Stacey will be greatly missed by her teammates, coaches and club. It is a tragedy that it has ended so soon for her. Work hard was her motto and that is exactly what she did."
The crash happened on Queen's Avenue just after 19:10 GMT. Dozens of flowers have also been left at the crash scene.
Lucy was this year's England Under-20 3,000m champion and European Youth Championships bronze medallist. Stacey was the Hampshire Under-17 3,000m champion.
Hampshire Athletics Club said a minute's silence would be held in memory of the girls at the Hampshire Cross-Country League fixture at Bournemouth on Saturday.
A serving soldier has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of careless driving while unfit through drink or drugs. He has been bailed until February.


The families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won a small legal victory after a judge ruled their lawsuit against a gun maker could continue.

The suit argues that the semi-automatic rifle used in the school shooting is a military weapon and should not have been sold to civilians.
In December 2012, Adam Lanza killed 26 people with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S.
Remington Arms, the parent company of Bushmaster Firearms, sought to have the lawsuit dismissed.
The company argued that federal law protects gun manufactures from most lawsuits over the criminal use of their products.
Joshua Koskoff, a lawyer for the families, said an exception to the law applies to the case. Litigation is permitted if the company know or should know their products are likely to be used in a way that risks injury to others, he said.
However, Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis did not rule on that point, saying the debate on the federal shield law should be argued later in the legal process.
"We are thrilled that the gun companies' motion to dismiss was denied," Mr Koskoff told the Associated Press. "The families look forward to continuing their fight in court."


Four new adventures have been published to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book, along with the introduction of a new character.

Penguin makes his grand entrance in the book Winter: In which Penguin arrives in the Forest, written by Brian Sibley.
The character is based on a photograph of Pooh author AA Milne and his son Christopher playing with a penguin.
Winnie-the-Pooh was first published on 14 October 1926, and went on to achieve worldwide popularity.
Introducing a new character to the world of Winnie-the-Pooh is nothing new.
Although now considered very much a part of the Hundred Acre Wood story, the character of Tigger was not seen until The House at Pooh Corner (1928), the second of AA Milne's books about "the bear with very little brain".
And by introducing Penguin, Sibley has rekindled a friendship which first began in Christopher Milne's (aka Christopher Robin) nursery more than 90 years ago.
Sibley said: "While pondering what other toys Christopher Robin might have owned, but which were never written about, I remembered seeing a photograph of father and son playing on the nursery floor with Winnie-the-Pooh and a penguin!"
"The thought of Pooh encountering a penguin seemed no more outlandish than him meeting a kangaroo and a tiger in a Sussex wood, so I started thinking about what might have happened if, on a rather snowy day, Penguin had found his way to Pooh Corner," said Sibley.
By taking inspiration from the real-life childhood nursery toys of Christopher Milne (aka Christopher Robin) Sibley is in good company.
Many of the animals featured in Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, including Tigger, Eeyore Kanga, Roo and the eponymous bear himself, were bought from the Harrods toy store in London by Daphne Milne, Christopher's mother.
Some were bought as gifts, whilst the others were, in the words of Milne, "carefully chosen with the idea of not only giving pleasure to the reader, but also fresh inspiration to the chronicler of their adventures."
And Harrods archivist Sebastian Wormell believes the penguin pictured in the photograph could also have come from the Knightsbridge store.
He said: "In the early years of the 20th Century, toy penguins soared in popularity as the exploits of Antarctic explorers such as Shackleton and Scott fascinated the public.
"At that time it was all about the race to the South Pole and it's interesting to see how the range of toys and their popularity reflected the big news stories of the day."
"Toy penguins can be found in Harrods catalogues as far back as 1912, with a toy called Lieutenant Shackleton's Penguin.
"But after looking at the photograph and based on our thoughts on the date it was taken we believe that the toy pictured could be Squeak, which came from our 1922 catalogue.
"It's exciting to think that a new Harrods toy could be joining Winnie-the-Pooh's gang after all this time."
When asked why it has taken until now for Penguin to feature in the Pooh bear stories, Mr Wormell suggests Squeak's links with another penguin of the era could have influenced Milne's decision not to include him in the original Hundred Acre Wood line-up.
He said: "Squeak was part of a set of merchandise, which also included a dog and a rabbit, connected with a popular cartoon of the time, Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, so he was already a well-known penguin.
"And although Milne's characterisation of his penguin in the stories would likely have been very different to that of the cartoon's, it is probably why he didn't include one in the original stories.
"But time has moved on and the connection with the old cartoon is not well-known which is why I think now is such a good time to bring this penguin into the story."
And Mr Wormell praised the way Sibley has introduced the new character.
He said: "Brian Sibley has created a character that fits in well with the other characters we know. But with Penguin he also brings a new dimension to the story."


Two firms backed by Chinese internet rivals Alibaba and Tencent are merging to create a new company that provides a wide range of online services.

Meituan.com, which is partially owned by Alibaba, and Dianping Holdings, which is backed by rival Tencent, will join together to offer everything from movie purchases to food delivery.
The companies operate websites similar to group-buying provider Groupon.com.
Reports suggest the merger will create a company valued at $20bn (Â£13bn).
Alibaba and Tencent are rivals in China's highly competitive internet space and the two start-ups are described as China's largest.
Their merger would create the country's biggest online-to-offline service providers - companies that draw online consumers to physical stores.
"Both companies will join forces to enhance their respective market position and growth prospects," they said in a joint statement.
The chief executive of Dianping, Zhang Tao, and the chief executive of Meituan, Wang Xing, will be co-chairmen and chief executives of the new company.
The two start-ups will also maintain their respective brands and operate their businesses independently, they said.
Web giants Alibaba and Tencent have invested billions into the companies that connect users to local services.
The number of online shoppers in the world's second largest economy grew by 13% to 374 million in the 12 months to June, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.


A 20-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed in a street attack in Glasgow.

He was attacked by another man, while walking in Old Rutherglen Road, near Oregon Street, in the city's Gorbals area, at about 18:40 on Thursday.
The victim is being treated for his injuries at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
The suspect is described as white, mid 20s, about 5ft 6in tall, of stocky build and with shaved hair. He wore a white top with a black Nike logo.
Det Sgt Martin Smith said: "From our CCTV inquiries so far we can see that the surrounding area was busy with members of the public at the time of the incident.
"Somebody must have seen something and I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened to get in touch."


Gareth Bale has been named in the Wales squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra later this month.

The 26-year-old forward has missed Real Madrid's last three games with a calf injury but is set to return for the La Liga derby against Atletico on Sunday.
Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen and Crystal Palace's Joe Ledley are included having recovered from injury.
Chris Coleman's team need one point to qualify for the finals in France.
Wales face Bosnia in Zenica on Saturday, 10 October and host Andorra in Cardiff on the following Tuesday.
Coleman said the medical feedback from Real Madrid on Bale had been ''all positive."
The Wales manager made it clear he will not be tempted to hold back 52-times capped Bale for the home match against minnows Andorra, who have yet to score a point in the qualification section.
"I don't even think about Andorra, I thinka bout getting a result in Bosnia. To do that w need our strongest team on the pitch and, of course, he is right in the middle of that," Coleman said.
''If he is with us I will be looking for him to start against Bosnia and hopefully that is on the back of him getting some minutes in the derby.''
Allen returns to the squad after missing September's win in Cyprus and goalless draw at home to Israel with a hamstring injury.
Crystal Palace pair Ledley and Jonathan Williams, who is currently on loan at Nottingham Forest, are also back from injury.
Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder David Edwards is included after initially being ruled out of both games with a knee injury.
Wigan midfielder Emyr Huws, on loan at Huddersfield, returns to the squad after scoring four goals in his last three games for the Terriers.
Huws has not featured for Wales since the 0-0 draw against Belgium in Brussels last November because of an ankle injury.
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Coleman praised the Welsh rugby team for their World Cup win over England at Twickenham and said the Welsh nation were united in their desire to see their sporting competitors do well.
"Whether it is rugby, hockey, athletics - if you are Welsh and you are competing, then we are all in it together," Coleman said
''I want to see any Welshman or woman succeed in whatever sport they are doing.''
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey, Daniel Ward, Owain Fôn Williams.
Defenders: Ashley Williams, Ben Davies, James Chester, James Collins, Chris Gunter, Neil Taylor, Ashley Richards, Adam Henley.
Midfielders: Joe Allen, Aaron Ramsey, David Edwards, Andy King, Joe Ledley, Emyr Huws, Jonathan Williams, David Vaughan.
Forwards: Hal Robson-Kanu, Simon Church, David Cotterill, Tom Lawrence, Sam Vokes, Gareth Bale.


BT is re-entering the UK's consumer mobile phone market, with a range of 4G subscriptions.

Its cheapest offer is aggressively priced at a discounted rate of £5 a month for existing BT broadband customers.
The service will use spectrum provided via a partnership with EE - a network  BT is attempting to buy outright - and spectrum that BT owns itself.
One analyst said bundled access to football games would help the company.
BT is offering customers who sign up to its BT Mobile contracts the ability to watch Premier League football matches that it owns the rights to via an app, even if they are not broadband customers.
"An entry tariff of £5 a month will grab headlines, but inclusive access to BT Sport and five million wi-fi hotspots offers important differentiation in a cut-throat field," commented Paolo Pescatore, from the telecoms consultancy CCS Insight.
"We expect initial low-key marketing to heat up as BT makes a broader assault on the bundled telecom market over the summer."
BT's basic deal - which includes 200 minutes of calls and 500MB of 4G data - will cost £10 a month to customers who do not have a BT broadband subscription.
BT is the UK's biggest broadband provider with 7.6 million consumers signed up to the service, according to its latest figures.
The mobile deals it has announced so far are all Sim-card-only, meaning that calls, data and texts are included but not a handset.
BT has said it will provide more details of its strategy after its proposed £12.5bn takeover of EE - currently co-owned by Orange and Deutsche Telekom - is complete.
Regulators have still to sign off on the acquisition, which is opposed by some of BT's rivals.
BT was one of the pioneers of the UK's mobile phone sector with its Cellnet service in the 1980s, but later spun off the business.
The mobile phone firm, which was rebranded as O2, was later acquired by Spain's Telefonica.
The UK's second biggest broadband provider, Sky, has also announced plans to offer a mobile phone service, allowing it to offer its own rival "quad-play" bundle - including internet, landline phone, TV and mobile - but has not scheduled the launch until 2016.
Virgin Media and TalkTalk - the country's third and fourth biggest broadband firms, do offer packages including all four services.
However, their mobile phone services are both limited to 3G data at this stage, meaning they are likely to provide slower mobile internet speeds than BT's 4G service.
A spokesman for TalkTalk said it would begin offering 4G "later this year" through a deal with O2.
At launch, BT Mobile will be totally dependant on EE's network.
However, BT intends to make use of 2.6 GHz radio frequencies, which it bought as part of 2013's 4G auction, to let its customers boost reception inside buildings via special base stations called femtocells within the next 18 months.
"BT is a credible player in the telecoms market and will be in a far stronger position next year with the inclusion of EE, subject to regulatory approval," said Mr Pescatore.
"Rivals should be threatened by this move and Sky in particular will need to react given how punchy BT's SIM only deals are.
"With this in mind Sky may need to launch mobile a lot sooner."


A primary school caretaker who admitted collecting more than 600 indecent images of children has walked free from court.

Michael Pendry, 55, had 658 "filthy images" of children in his cottage in the grounds of Radnor Primary School, Cardiff.
He was caught after sharing the images online with other paedophiles for "sexual gratification".
Judge Huw Rees at Cardiff Crown Court said: "I am taking a risk in you."
Pendry admitted three counts of possessing indecent photographs of children and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images involving animals.
He was given a three year community order to complete a sex offenders treatment programme.


Nick Denning has been appointed coach of the new Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL) side to be hosted in Hampshire.

Denning, 37, is a former right-hand batsman for Berkshire and coach of the county's women's set-up.
He will take charge of the as yet unnamed team, which will also include players from Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
"What the ECB are trying to do with the Women's Super League is very exciting," Denning told BBC Radio Solent.
"I think the biggest challenge will be getting a group of players together who are used to being rivals.
"Getting them to gel as a side and learning to play with each other, rather than against each other, will be key."
Denning, a former MCC Young Cricketer, spent a season with Essex in 2003 but failed to make a first-class appearance. He has been involved in coaching for more than 10 years.
The Hampshire WCSL side will create three regional training bases in Berkshire, Sussex and at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl.
Six teams have been chosen as hosts for the inaugural WCSL, which will begin this summer as a Twenty20 format initially, before adding a 50-over competition in the future.
The group stage will run from 30 July to 14 August, with the top four teams qualifying for a finals day.
The south will have three teams - one based at The Oval with Surrey and another in the south west alongside Hampshire.
The north will have two sides, in Lancashire and Yorkshire, with Loughborough University representing the Midlands.


Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has asked regulators to examine Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox's takeover bid for Sky.

In a statement to parliament, she told MPs that media regulator Ofcom and competition regulator, the CMA, would be asked to investigate the deal.
21st Century Fox is offering Â£11.7bn for the 61% stake in Sky it does not already own.
The company said it was "confident" the takeover would be approved.
Critics of the merger, which gives 21st Century Fox access to Sky's 22 million customers in Europe, fear it will mean Rupert Murdoch has too much control of the UK media.
Ms Bradley had previously said that she was "minded" to call for an investigation.
Since then, she said she had listened to the cases from interested parties, but that they had not sufficiently dismissed her concerns. The two main questions surround whether the deal leaves sufficient "plurality of persons with control of the media enterprises serving audiences in the UK" and whether they had a "genuine commitment to attaining broadcasting standards objectives".
"While the representations from 21st Century Fox highlighted areas where it contested the position taken in my minded-to letter, none of the representations have led me to dismiss the concerns I have regarding the two public interest grounds I previously specified," she said.
"I am of the view that it remains both important, given the issues raised, and wholly appropriate for me to seek comprehensive advice from Ofcom on these public interest considerations and from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on jurisdiction issues."
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Labour MP David Winnick was among those to object to the deal. He said there was no "vendetta" against Mr Murdoch but that "it would be simply unacceptable that the amount of media ownership he already controls should be increased."
Part of Ofcom's investigation will include whether Sky's potential new owners are "fit and proper". Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch are both joint chairmen of 21st Century Fox and News Corp while James Murdoch is chief executive of Fox.
The CMA will provide advice on whether European regulators need to examine the deal.
The two bodies have until 16 May to prepare their reports.
Rupert Murdoch has tried before to take full control of Sky. In 2011 News Corp, which owns The Times and The Sun, made an offer but it was abandoned in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
In 2013, Rupert Murdoch split the company into two. 21st Century Fox contained the TV and entertainment operations, while News Corp kept the newspaper and publishing businesses.
The latest bid is from 21st Century Fox, which said it was looking forward to working with the UK authorities on its review and that it was "confident" the deal would be approved.
"The media market has changed dramatically in recent years, as has our business. We believe our proposed Â£11.7bn investment will benefit the UK's creative industries," it said.
Most analysts believe the deal will go through - and the lack of movement in the share price suggests that investors agree.
One analyst told the BBC that the go-ahead would probably depend on how much "noise" there was surrounding the "fit and proper" test, adding that the left-wing press could well play a part in scuppering the deal.
The case for Rupert Murdoch's previous takeover bid for Sky was undermined by the revelation that the voicemail of the 13 year-old murdered Milly Dowler's had been hacked, by the News of the World, a Murdoch newspaper.
Questions may also be raised about the governance of Fox. Last year it apologised for a sexual harassment case brought by one of its former presenters, Gretchen Carlson.


Prince Harry has visited the heartland of Guyana and explored its rainforest on day 14 of his Caribbean tour.

The prince was welcomed to the village of Surama in the Iwokrama rainforest with a feathered headdress, before he watched a cultural dance around a pole.
He met rangers to learn about the steps being taken to protect the rainforest and the benefits of eco-tourism.
Prince Harry later visited a school and the Kaieteur Falls - one of the world's largest freefall waterfalls.
On the penultimate day of his Caribbean tour, the prince took a flight to the Iwokrama International Centre which has a close link to the Prince of Wales, who has been its patron since 2000.
He then visited Fairview village to pay his respects to its elders, as well as going to the local school.
The prince was also taken to an open-air community hall, where he was given presents including a painting of traditional homes.
He gave a speech which praised the people of the remote community, saying: "My father told me what an amazing time he had here, when he was far younger and had far more hair.
"The positive thing you are doing here, it's incredible, your leadership is so important to ensure the protection of this place."
The final stop of the day was the Kaieteur Falls, which has a drop of 250 metres - five times as high as Niagara Falls.
Earlier in the week, the prince met Barbados's biggest star, Rihanna, when the pair sat side by side at a celebratory concert. They also both took part in a HIV test to highlight World Aids Day in Bridgetown.
Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.
Between 1780 and 1813, Guyana changed hands between the Dutch, French and British.
Guyana was home to the 1978 Jonestown massacre - a mass suicide by more than 900 members of the People's Temple religious sect led by Jim Jones.
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Parents who restrict their children to a vegan diet could face a jail term if a controversial bill is passed by the Italian parliament.

Such parents, the draft bill claims, are imposing a diet "devoid of essential elements for [children's] healthy and balanced growth".
It has been proposed by Elvira Savino of the centre-right Forza Italia party.
It follows a number of high-profile Italian cases where malnourished children have been taken into care.
In four cases over the last 18 months, malnourished children were hospitalised in Italy after being fed a vegan diet.
However, dieticians such as the American Dietetic Association say vegan diets are suitable for children but advise that care needs to be taken to ensure children are receiving the full range of required nutrients - in particular vitamin B12.
Doctors speculated in some cases that the guardians of the hospitalised children may not have understood how to supplement a vegan diet to make it safe for children.
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Ms Savino's proposed bill will be discussed by parliamentary committees before going to the chamber for debate - probably later this year, reports Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile, three rival bills are on the table - all aiming to make vegan and vegetarian options more commonplace in Italian canteens.
In the preamble of Ms Savino's bill (in Italian), she highlights the spreading belief in Italy of "substantial health benefits" provided by a vegetarian or vegan diet.
"There is no objection if the person making this choice is an informed adult. The problem arises when children are involved... The vegetarian or vegan diet is, in fact, deficient in zinc, iron, vitamin D, vitamin B12 and omega-3".
Her draft bill aims to "stigmatise the reckless and dangerous eating behaviour imposed by parents" who pursue a vegan diet, "to the detriment of minors".
Offenders would face up to a year in jail - rising to a maximum of four years where the child suffers illness or permanent injury and six years in the case of death.
While some nutrition experts have challenged the validity of the bill, other commentators have cautioned that its imprecise wording means it could be used to penalise a far greater range of parents than vegans or vegetarians - for instance, the parents of obese children.
Some say better public health education rather than punitive measures would be more effective at improving children's nutrition.


Sir Bradley Wiggins' use of a banned steroid before races has been defended by Sir Dave Brailsford, with the Team Sky boss saying they "do not cross the line" over performance-enhancing drugs.

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Britain's most decorated Olympian took anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone for allergies and respiratory issues.
The cyclist said he sought therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) to "put himself back on a level playing field".
TUEs allow the use of banned substances if athletes have genuine medical need.
Brailsford, 52, said Team Sky are reviewing their policies about the disclosure of a rider's use of TUEs.
Wiggins took triamcinolone shortly before the 2012 Tour de France, which he won, as well as the previous year's event and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
His use of the substance has come under scrutiny following revelations made by Russian computer hackers known as Fancy Bears last week.
The details were revealed after the group accessed the private medical data of some of the world's leading athletes, from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
"It was not being used to enhance performance," Brailsford told BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"I have known Bradley a long time and he is an asthma sufferer and he has struggled with allergies for as long as I have known him.
"I know that at the time there was a recommendation to see a specialist, he went to see a specialist and was then given permission by the authorities.
"I trust and believe in the integrity of that process."
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Brailsford also said:
Wiggins' TUEs were approved by British authorities and cycling's world governing body the UCI.
There is no suggestion either the 36-year-old or Team Sky, his former team, have broken any rules.
Questions have been raised over why Wiggins apparently did not need the drug before 2011, or after 2013.
Dr Prentice Steffen, team doctor at Wiggins' former team Garmin Slipstream, told BBC Newsnight he was "surprised" he was prescribed the drug before major races.
Brailsford added: "Lots of TUEs in sport, in general, are for asthma sufferers, pollen and allergic reactions - and the whole nature of that is you don't wait until you are really suffering from asthma. In this case, I think it is a similar situation.
"If someone has a medical need - and this isn't to enhance performances - a medical need which is recognised by a specialist, recognised by the doping authorities who grant the permission to use that for that particular need then I think there is integrity in that process and trust in that process."
In Wiggins' 2012 autobiography, My Time, there is no mention of asthma or allergies. Referring specifically to 2012, he states he was "only ill once or twice with minor colds" and "barely lost a day's training from it".
Team Sky have always had a strong anti-drug stance, and Brailsford said people should continue to have "100% trust" in the team's riders being clean.
"It is the very essence of why we created this team," he said.
"I can guarantee no-one in this team has or will be put under pressure to do anything outside of the rules."
Brailsford said Team Sky - who were formed in 2009 - will look to be more transparent about a rider's use of TUEs in the future, although will not force them to publicly disclose their medical condition.
"In our total existence we have had 13 TUEs," he said. "This is not a systematic abuse of TUEs, we have raced many, many races and there's a very small number."
Brailsford added: "We run a tight ship.
"People can have an opinion about that but I can look at our processes and be confident that not only we refine them but keep on moving forwards, which is what we will do now and review this in light of the hack and amend our processes and be as transparent as possible."


Michael Sheen has called for people to be given the power to run communities instead of "career politicians".

The actor delivered a rousing speech on St David's Day in Tredegar where he criticised "disconnected" politicians.
Now he is calling for people in Wales to "believe in their potential" and have more of a say on how their communities are run.
Sheen said: "Many people have become alienated by career politicians who are disconnected from them."
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme, he added: "We have to believe in our own potential.
"There's a lot of frustration when people from quite privileged backgrounds are laying down the law to people who come from very challenged realities.
"It's hard to listen to someone who has been educated in a certain way and had all sorts of advantages telling people how much money they should live on and to work longer hours when they've never had to do it themselves.
"Politics needs to be responsive to the different needs in communities. It's not one size fits all for Wales or for Britain.
"Developing people to work within their communities for the specific need of that community is going to be very important in the way forward.
"Political parties need to respond to that because clearly what they're offering is not what people want."
Following Sheen's speech at the People's March for the NHS on 1 March, questions were asked about whether the actor was considering taking an active role in Welsh politics.
But the Hollywood star, from Neath Port Talbot, said his immediate future lay away from his home country.
He said: "I live in America because my daughter has grown up there and I made the choice to be with her.
"But Wales is my home and where I come from and this is the culture I care about the most.
"Once my daughter has gone to college and I don't necessarily have to be there then things will change.
"When I made the speech in Tredegar, I felt a real connection that I haven't felt for a long time. I want to try and continue that in the next couple of years."


"The word refugee is painful to hear," says 28-year-old Nedal, through a translator.

In the front room of his house, surrounded by his family, Nedal tells a story about the excitement of a revolution turning to fear, of arrest turning to torture, of hiding and fleeing Syria - and then of a two-year wait in Jordan to receive refugee status in the US.
Nedal says the day he learned he, his wife Raeda and their two children would be allowed to move to the US was "the happiest day".
The family reached Michigan in June 2015.
Nedal has a job as a welder and hopes to finish the final year of his degree in engineering when his English improves. Raeda works at the day care centre her children attend and plans to qualify as a hairdresser, the job she did before the family fled Syria.
Seated on their couch in a comfortable home in the suburbs of Detroit the family seems as though it is on its way to living the American dream.
But as Michigan struggles to recover from its economic troubles. Nedal and his family - and others like them - may also be the answer to the state's problems.
Detroit, Michigan's largest city, has lost an estimated 30,945 residents since 2010. And while Michigan has seen its population rise slightly in the last two years, the loss of skilled talent after the financial crisis has made it hard for the state to fully recover.
Michigan needs immigrants to fill jobs, and it also needs them to start new businesses to help kick-start the economy.
To do that the state has focused on making it easier for immigrants already in Michigan to find work, to start companies and to remain in the country.
In 2014, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder set up the Michigan Office for New Americans (Mona) to help remove some of the red tape that can make it difficult for immigrants to stay in the state or find work.
Its aim is to help immigrants to get job qualifications, learn English or start new businesses, which in turn helps existing companies to fill highly skilled roles and to grow, as well as adding to the tax base.
Bing Goei, Mona's director says that Mona works to remove "artificial barriers", and that on average immigrants become self-sufficient in one to two years.
"We need to get the population up so we need immigrants to choose Michigan as their new home," he adds.
This has already happened with Iraqi refugees. Michigan had taken in some 19,861 Iraqi refugees by January 2016, according to the US State Department.
Many were attracted from other US states because of the large Arabic-speaking community that had been created and the prospect of highly skilled jobs, mostly in the car industry.
Imad Morad was one of those people.
The Iraqi electrical engineer was resettled with his family in Colorado in 2013, but could only find work washing dishes.
After an internet search revealed there was a large population of Middle Eastern people in Michigan, Mr Morad decided to travel to the state and look for work.
In an Arabic coffee shop in Dearborn he learned about a local business owner who was looking to sell his electronics shop.
Mr Morad made his way to the store, where he volunteered while he learned about the business. After four months he was able to secure a small business loan and bought the shop, which he now hopes to expand with a second store.
"In Michigan you can find yourself, people speak Arabic and it's easy to find work in a restaurant or auto shop to get started," says Mr Morad.
Given success stories like Mr Morad's, many were surprised when Governor Snyder became one of the first to call for a hold on allowing Syrian refugees into Michigan - suspending his state's Syrian refugee resettlement programme.
The governor said the hold would be temporary while the state consulted the Department of Home Land Security. Governors do not have the authority to prevent the federal government from accepting refugees and placing them in their states, but they can make the process more difficult.
So far, governors in 30 states have called for a ban on Syrian refugees being placed in their states but the federal government - which determines what states refugees will be placed in - has not stopped or slowed its refugee acceptance programme.
Since 2011, Syrian refugees have been resettled in 38 states. Where an individual or family is placed depends on many factors, including assistance being offered by local organisations, typically charities, that help refugees find housing, employment and get settled.
After three months refugees are allowed to move to any US city or state they like, without restrictions.
In a statement Mona said: "Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is supportive of refugee resettlement overall (not just Syrians) and of what contributions all refugees can make when making Michigan their home."
Nonetheless, the negative rhetoric could impact the state's appeal for immigrants, says Steve Tobocman, director of the non-profit organisation Global Detroit.
"Making this a welcoming and successful place for immigrants is the best way to attract immigrants from other states and around the globe," says Steve Tobocman, director of the non-profit organisation Global Detroit.
Both Mr Morad and Nedal say they have received support from the community and neighbours of all backgrounds, not just Arabic.
"The state doesn't feel depressed to me, it feels like there is a lot of opportunity and I have had a lot of help from the community," says Nedal.
Nedal hopes after finishing his degree that he will be able to start a bee farm, which was his family's business in Syria before the war.
If he starts his bee farm in Michigan he will be in good company: immigrants own 28% of farms in Michigan.


A former teacher accused of sexually abusing boys in Nottingham has been cleared on all counts.

Robert Amoroso, 64, now from Hampshire, lived in Clifton from 1979 to 2013, the period of the alleged offences.
Mr Amoroso was found not-guilty of two counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child.
On Wednesday he was cleared of 14 other charges, including indecent assaults, sexual assaults and sexual activity in the presence of a child.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the charges related to seven boys aged between 12 and 16.


Senior British and Russian officials are to resume efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin have agreed.

The resumption of talks between security advisers was discussed by the leaders in a telephone conversation on Monday, Downing Street said.
President Putin had phoned Mr Cameron to congratulate him on winning the UK election, a spokeswoman added.
They spoke for 30 minutes, with Syria and Ukraine dominating, she added.
"Both leaders agreed that it is in the interest of both the UK and Russia to help find a solution to the civil war in Syria and particularly to stop the rise of ISIL (Islamic State)," the spokeswoman said.
"They agreed that their national security advisers should meet to restart talks on the Syrian conflict."
The men also agreed both countries should continue dialogue with the "moderate Syrian opposition" in the quest for a solution, Downing Street said.
On Ukraine, the prime minister felt there remained "deep differences" over Russia's role in the country, the spokeswoman said, "but that the priority now must be to deliver full implementation of the Minsk agreement."
In February, marathon talks in Minsk resulted in a plan for peace in Ukraine.
The spokeswoman added: "The prime minister concluded the call by noting that the UK and Russia had worked successfully together on the Iranian nuclear issue and he hoped that in the years ahead, we could find other issues where the UK and Russia could work together on matters of mutual interest."
Russia's actions in Ukraine and incursions into Western airspace have led to rising tensions with the West.
The conversation came as Russia's military forces began a large-scale military exercise aimed at testing its combat readiness.
Around 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel are involved in the four-day drill, which Russia's defence ministry called a "massive surprise inspection".
Cruise missile strikes are expected to take place on practice targets as part of the training exercise.


Tottenham dispatched Fiorentina to reach the Europa League last 16 and underline their credentials as serious contenders for the tournament.

Hosts Spurs took the lead as Ryan Mason strode through and side-footed home midway through the first half.
The Italians rallied briefly after the break, but Erik Lamela snuffed out any hope of a fightback as he smashed in from close range.
An own goal from skipper Gonzalo Rodriguez completed the Viola's misery.
Tottenham's Harry Kane is expected to return to the Tottenham line-up for Sunday's Premier League match against Swansea after breaking his nose in the FA Cup defeat by Crystal Palace last weekend.
But the England forward's absence gave an insight into how Spurs, who lack a clear striking alternative, might cope without their top-scorer.
Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Lamela took it in turns to form the focal point of the attack and Fiorentina's defence struggled to keep up with a constant carousel of changing positions and personnel.
Alli nipped ahead of Davide Astori to play in Mason for the first goal before the sheer weight of Tottenham numbers in the visitors' box paid off as Lamela blasted home on the rebound from Nacer Chadli's effort.
Two points off the top of the Premier League, securing Champions League qualification with a top-four finish is fast becoming the minimum Spurs fans expect from their domestic campaign.
However, with their season reduced to two fronts by the weekend's home loss to Palace, Tottenham may well fancy their chances of securing their first European silverware since 1984's Uefa Cup win and a direct ticket to next season's Champions League.
With no seeding or separation of teams from the same country in the last 16, Spurs could be drawn against Liverpool, Manchester United or the likes of Spain's Valencia, Borussia Dortmund of Germany or Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the next round.
They need not fear any of them though after an enterprising performance undid a Fiorentina side just six points off the top of Serie A.
Whoever the opposition, Tottenham will be without Alli for the first leg of the next round.
The 19-year-old, who was warned about his conduct by boss Mauricio Pochettino after apparently aiming a kick at a Fiorentina player in the first leg, picked up a harsh booking for diving late on.
It did not deter the White Hart Lane crowd from giving the England midfielder a standing ovation when he was replaced after another mature and influential display.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino: "I'm very pleased, we showed character and played very well against a team that play very well.
"We fully deserve the result, I'm very pleased with the performance.
"Now we need to recover because the competition never stops and we need to be ready for the next game against Swansea on Sunday.
"I think we have a big motivation in the Premier League and now we have two competitions. We are in a good position in the table, I think the motivation is fantastic."
Tottenham host Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday before London derbies away to West Ham and at home to Arsenal.
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Fiorentina 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Fiorentina 0.
Attempt missed. Mauro Zárate (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
Foul by Mauro Zárate (Fiorentina).
Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Davide Astori.
Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Davies with a cross.
Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matias Vecino (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur).
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Davide Astori.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Ryan Mason.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Ciprian Tatarusanu.
Attempt saved. Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacer Chadli.
Nenad Tomovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Nabil Bentaleb replaces Dele Alli.
Foul by Mauro Zárate (Fiorentina).
Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mauro Zárate (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Kalinic.
Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández replaces Milan Badelj.
Own Goal by Gonzalo Rodríguez, Fiorentina.  Tottenham Hotspur 3, Fiorentina 0.
Foul by Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina).
Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Josh Onomah replaces Erik Lamela.
Attempt missed. Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
Substitution, Fiorentina. Jakub Blaszczykowski replaces Borja Valero.
Corner,  Fiorentina. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Attempt missed. Mauro Zárate (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Borja Valero.
Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur).
Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur).
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Nenad Tomovic.
Corner,  Fiorentina. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur).


An 11-year-old boy has been seriously injured following an incident involving a tractor in the Castlewellan area of County Down.

The incident was reported at 13:45 BST on Saturday.
The Air Ambulance Northern Ireland airlifted the boy to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children where he is in a stable condition.
The callout was the first mission for the helicopter and its crew.
The air ambulance team is currently working through final preparations including training and familiarisation flights ahead of an official media launch of the service planned for early August.
However as a result of the serious nature of the incident, the aircraft was tasked to bring the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) doctor and paramedic to the scene.
Glenn O'Rorke, the operational lead for HEMS, said that the service will provide a doctor-paramedic team, for the whole of Northern Ireland, which will provide rapid interventions at the scene of where people have been injured before transferring patients to the appropriate hospital.
"It will make a huge difference to patients' lives and their outcome, it will improve their quality of life after injury because we will be there in a very short period of time," he said.
The campaign for the HEMS was begun by the late Dr John Hinds.
Northern Ireland was previously the only part in the UK without such a service.


Captain Sam Warburton is expected to be fit for Wales' summer tour to New Zealand as it has been revealed his shoulder injury is "short-term."

The British and Irish Lions skipper is having treatment on the right shoulder he injured in Cardiff Blues' Pro12 defeat by Ospreys on Saturday.
Alun Wyn Jones and Samson Lee are also set to be fit to face the All Blacks.
"These injuries depend on the person and their professionalism to the rehab," said Blues coach Danny Wilson.
"There's no doubt in my mind that he's such a good professional he'll go through everything he needs to get back.
"As long as there's no other issues it should be shortish term process.
"I couldn't give you a time frame. Short term probably does mean hopefully he'll give himself every opportunity to be available for that tour. I don't see a major issue with that."
Warburton, who has skippered his country a record 45 times in his 64 Wales appearances, is expected to lead Wales on the three-Test tour to face the world champions.
The openside flanker came off after 28 minutes against the Ospreys after a collision with Wales team-mate Dan Lydiate and will miss Blues final Pro12 game at Edinburgh on Saturday.
Warburton has suffered shoulder injuries in the past and the 27-year-old missed Wales' tour to South Africa in June 2014 because of a dislocated shoulder.
Gatland is set to name his Wales squad on May 10 and the Wales coach will return to his home-land without flanker Justin Tipuric and wing Alex Cuthbert while Toulon full-back Leigh Halfpenny and Ospreys prop Paul James are injury doubts.
Tipuric's absence means that Ospreys back-rower James King, Scarlets number seven James Davies and Blues flanker Ellis Jenkins are in contention when Gatland names his New Zealand squad next week.
Wales play Grand Slam winners England at Twickenham on May 29 before their trip to New Zealand where Gatland's men will play the All Blacks in Auckland on 11 June, Wellington on 18 June and Dunedin on 25 June and also face Super Rugby side Chiefs in Hamilton on 14 June.


The north-south electricity interconnector is in the news in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

In the Republic, energy company EirGrid has yet to seek planning permission with the Republic of Ireland's planning authorities, An Bord Pleanala.
The issue of overground pylons versus underground cabling has become one that may well feature in this year's local and European elections.
Paula Sheridan and her husband Mike live in Drumree, County Meath, about a 45-minute drive from Dublin.
Both keen gardeners, their house is 50 metres from an electricity pylon.
The wires over their property can carry up to 400,000 volts of electricity and they say the proposed north-south interconnector will double that capacity.
Paula describes the nearby pylon as "a monstrous tombstone" hanging over their home.
"What price have we paid for electricity?" she said. "Our house is worthless.  We tried to sell it, nobody would buy it. Our health has been destroyed; our children's inheritance is gone. Nobody has considered that in the equation.  What price have we paid?"
Paula Sheridan was treated for colo-rectal cancer last year; Mike for prostate cancer three years ago.
And while they accept it cannot be proven that the pylon caused their cancers, Mike believes there is a link.
"Having spent an awful lot of time over the last 30 years out in the garden there, I would make a link between my exposure and the cancer that I had, yeah," he said.
Those opposed to electricity pylons say the metal towers are ugly and ruin the landscape, they lower property prices, but most damning of all, they are a health risk.
But the Irish Minister for Communication, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, is adamant there is no evidence that overground wires cause cancer.
He said that expert advice from the World Health Organisation suggests there is no reason for health concerns.
"It's a fairly fantastic proposition, to allege that any government or state agency would engage in infrastructural build-out that posed a health risk to people. That really is unconscionable," he said.
The planning appeal process will hear submissions in favour of putting the wires underground - a much more expensive and technically difficult process according to Mr Rabbitte, which is why, he said, more than 95% of cabling is overhead in the developed world.
He also said going underground would put 3% on electricity bills for the next 50 years.
But Colin Andrew, a chartered engineer, a geologist and a member of the North East Pylon Pressure Committee believes the extra cost of putting the cables below the soil, for the two administrations and the two electricity companies, is worth paying.
"There is a better way and all we are requesting is that the governments, north and south, and SOMI in the north and EirGrid in the south, look at the better way, which is acceptable to the communities," he said.
"We believe the total cost to the average bill-payer of undergrounding the north-south interconnector will be less than 70 cents a month or 50p a month in the north."
Overground or underground has yet to be decided on.
But the need for more electricity is not in doubt, especially for Northern Ireland, according to a senior well-informed source.
Mr Rabbitte said he accepts that people have genuine concerns about the visual impact of pylons and how they affect property prices.
However, he added: "There always has been a trade-off between the comforts of modern civilisation and an element of intrusion into the way we live.
"That's unavoidable if you are going to have electricity supply, mod cons and the power to provide jobs and industry in the regions."
For governments, voters and planners the issue of pylons, it seems, is part of the age-old dilemma - what price progress?


The Royal British Legion has launched a recruitment drive in Wales for extra nurses for a service helping those with dementia and their families.

There are almost 200 specialist Admiral Nurses in the UK, focused on improving the wellbeing of carers and people with dementia.
The service has been developed alongside Dementia UK.
Paula Smith, the legion's Admiral Nurse lead, said there was a "genuine need" for more support for families in Wales.
To qualify for support, the carer or the person with dementia needs to be a Royal British Legion beneficiary, which includes anyone who has served in the British armed forces, their family and their carers.


A pervert who fuelled his sexual fantasies by spraying children with a home-made solution containing his own bodily fluids has been jailed.

David Long, 75, secretly squirted almost 200 children, some of whom were under the age of 13, with the mixture.
He took photos of his victims before and after spraying their clothes, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
Long was jailed for six years and eight months after admitting 13 charges of sexual touching.
Long, formerly of Forest Road, Loughborough, targeted young girls in Nottingham city centre.
The court heard a police search of Long's home recovered journals and scrapbooks containing photos of victims taken between 2003 and 2016.
In the journals, Long detailed his sexual fantasies regarding what he had done, police said.
He was put on the sex offenders register and made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
Det Ch Insp Peter Quinn, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Long showed extraordinary levels of perversion and we're pleased he has been jailed for his sickening acts.ã€€
"The investigation was unable to identify every person affected by Long's actions and there will be people out there who do not know that they have been a victim of his criminality.
"I wish to reassure the public however that every reasonable step has been taken to ensure that Long's actions have placed no-one's health at risk and I am satisfied that this is the case."
Long pleaded guilty to 13 charges of sexually touching three identified children and 10 unidentified children under and over 13 years of age.
He asked for a further 186 incidents of the same offence to be taken into account and admitted making hundreds of indecent and pseudo-indecent images of children.


Campaign group Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry after it was confirmed it was spied on by British surveillance agency GCHQ.

It said it was "outrageous" that human rights bodies were being monitored.
It came after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) informed Amnesty that GCHQ had breached rules by keeping data intercepted from it for too long - although it had been collected legally.
The IPT was revising an earlier ruling that had failed to name Amnesty.
The tribunal had said in June that GCHQ failed to delete data intercepted from two other rights groups on time.
But it confirmed on Thursday that it was mistaken, and that one of the groups was Amnesty.
In a letter to the claimants in the case, IPT president Sir Michael Burton said: "The Tribunal wishes to apologise for and correct an error in its Determination of 22 June 2015."
The original action was brought by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including Liberty, Privacy International, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty and Bytes For All - who accused the intelligence agencies of intercepting their communications.
In most of the cases there was no determination given - implying the bodies were not spied on, or if they were no rules were breached.
But the IPT ruled that GCHQ had not followed proper internal procedures in the cases of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and South Africa-based The Legal Resources Centre.
The tribunal has now made it clear that it was Amnesty and not the Egyptian organisation that had been spied on.
Amnesty secretary general Salil Shetty said: "It's outrageous that what has been often presented as being the domain of despotic rulers has been done on British soil, by the British government.
"How can we be expected to carry out our crucial work around the world if human rights defenders and victims of abuse can now credibly believe their confidential correspondence with us is likely to end up in the hands of governments?
"After 18 months of litigation and all the denials and subterfuge that entailed, we now have confirmation that we were in fact subjected to UK government mass surveillance.
"The revelation that the UK government has been spying on Amnesty International highlights the gross inadequacies in the UK's surveillance legislation."
He continued: "If they hadn't stored our communications for longer than they were allowed to, we would never even have known. What's worse, this would have been considered perfectly lawful."
At the time of the original judgement the government said it welcomed "the IPT's confirmation that any interception by GCHQ in these cases was undertaken lawfully and proportionately".


Photographic tuition usually falls in to two camps, the hands-on, throw yourself at it kind, and the more contemplative course where class-based tuition is key.

Yet there is another way - open learning, where the majority of the students interact online with the face-to-face course being taught in a more traditional manner. With this comes a chance to share in the knowledge being offered by a wide range of tutors, photographers and others in the industry.
One such course at Coventry University is #phonar (photography and narrative). Run by Jonathan Worth and Matt Johnston, it can attract as many as 35,000 students as it progresses.
Every Wednesday morning in a room at the back of an old cinema, people gather to discuss what a 21st Century photographer is. Most aren't actually in the room, they join instead via the internet. But people do make the journey regularly from London, with others from as far and wide as San Francisco, Portland in Oregon, and even Otago in New Zealand.
"We have four hours a week and we have to stop teaching by 1pm or we get into trouble," says Worth. "But it is something that we feel very passionately about and so the project is something we throw all our spare time into.  It has that back-bedroom feel about it, but it's turned out to be a strength not a weakness."
Worth has been a professional photographer since 1998, having lived and worked both in New York and London and currently works part-time for Coventry University heading up their Open Programme. "I was a successful editorial photographer, but like many I had a failing business model," he says. When asked to write some classes, he agreed so long as it wrestled with the problems crippling his business.
"I'd had to rethink what my product was as a photographer - I'd grown up thinking it was my images, but digital cameras meant everyone was a potential image maker. So I had to think why it was that I'd been successful in the past and I found a number of strands which proved very fruitful. That's the stuff we talk about in class."
Having not told the university that he'd given his first class away for free online, Worth was prepared for the worst. But it turned out to be just what Coventry University was looking for.
"The VC came to us and asked how we were going to raise the course profile, improve the experience for the students, grow their international opportunities and save money. Well, I was able to show how we'd been very successful attracting large numbers to #phonar and that we've had people go on to assist Annie Leibovitz, Trent Park, Steve Pyke, Elinor Carucci. It's now the hardest course in the uni to get onto, and by using existing social media environments it all came at no extra cost."
He uses Creative Commons licenses (CC) for his classes. "I'd always been an avid All Rights Reserved user but it just stopped making sense. The open classes can only work with a CC license, which was a big deal for the university because it turns out education establishment are avid All Rights Reserved users too. Much like me thinking I was just an image maker, the uni thought its product was 'knowledge' and their old business model relied on keeping a tight grip on that.
"Well, I knew it wasn't my product as a teacher. My product is the learning experience and opening the doors online meant that I turned that product into an outward-facing asset.
"In a world where everyone with a smartphone is a potential supplier of image content, I had to work out what I did that was different, and it turns out there's a whole bunch of stuff both as an artisan and as a mediator and publisher.
"On a personal level I also found out that this stuff has applications in other areas too - education being a case in point, where I realised the real thing of value was not the knowledge but the learning experience. The message of that experience is amplified by opening it up - hence the success of the open classes."
Worth's classes live on blogs and on Twitter (hashtag #phonar), and are proving a popular resource amongst photography enthusiasts and professionals alike.  Their accessible nature is appealing and the list of contributors impressive. What's more you can book one-on-ones with guest tutors such as photographer Chris Floyd, artist Robbie Cooper and author Timothy O'Grady.
The open approach to education is something that can only grow as online learning becomes widely accepted.
Anyone who throws themselves in will be well-rewarded as the interactive side of the class is key. Worth can see comments from students both in the room and online via Twitter or Facebook in real time, as well as allowing others to drop in, or suggest links to relevant material. It's a fluid learning experience, well suited to those who will be working in an industry that, like many others, is undergoing radical change.
Here, two students who found it suited to their needs share their thoughts on the open learning experience:
My time on the photography course made me see my world and understand the way I learn, and perhaps how much of the population learns. It also taught me to believe in myself. I am dyslexic, and through my time in education it has been a battle.  At Coventry University they helped me understand that dyslexia can be a positive attribute in this multimedia world that is being created by us around us.
I learnt that reading and writing weren't the only way to communicate and that visual language, audio and limited writing can for many people be an even better way of communicating. They taught me how to use images, sounds and video to tell a story.
I might not be able to write a sentence or even read it, but I can communicate powerfully through the visual language. I have used sound, images and videos to document issues of personal interest to me and to help others understand better. My most recent work was to publish a piece of work that gave voice to students in education with dyslexia.
Through my work with #phonar I have learnt the world is filled with lots of different people and we all think and learn differently. Coventry University has shown me it doesn't matter what disability you have, anything is possible. I truly believe if it was not for the great staff I wouldn't be standing here today with a degree, they believed in me. I will carry on my storytelling work on issues that are important to me and hopefully make them proud.
You can see Larissa Grace's work on her website.
The photography course at Coventry University and especially the open classes have totally changed how I operate as a photographer. It's made me think about how I define myself as a 21st Century practitioner and helped me understand the importance of networking in order to find or tell a story.
It's opened up my eyes to the quantity of online platforms which can benefit me professionally, and has really kept me reflecting on myself in the role of author and storyteller.
As well as focusing on such online and digital tools, it has also promoted to me the idea of the importance of the physical artefact, something which has made a big impact on me and what I produce.
The skills I have learned and developed from the open classes have given me the confidence in my work to distribute it and enter it into national and international competitions. From this I won an honourable mention in the non-professional photo essay and feature story category of the International Photography Awards and was also was selected to exhibit at the recent Brighton Photo Fringe.
From this came coverage by other photo platforms like Foto8 which ran my work as a feature story in October.
You can see Sean Carroll's work on his website and keep up to date with his ongoing series Does not suggest that death within 6 months is likely to occur on his blog.
You can learn more about #phonar on the course website or via Twitter.


In her previous life as a carefree fan as opposed to a workaholic owner and chief executive, Ann Budge would be in Corfu right now.

She would be enjoying the trappings of her wealth, secured by the £30m sale of her IT business.
She would be on her boat on the east coast of the island. She would be sailing to Kouloura and Kalami and Kassiopi. She would be hanging out in the idyllic coves of the Ionian Sea and barbecuing on the tiny beaches.
The year before she took over at Tynecastle, she spent 13 weeks in this paradise. The year after? Three long weekends.
"I thrive on business," she stresses. "I used to say that my biggest dread was getting up in the morning and having nothing to do and that hasn't changed. Retirement (she's 68) doesn't hold any great attraction to me."
Before she gets to Hearts and everything that is happening there, she tells a story about the boat.
It's a big old thing; a 60-footer. She commissioned it eight years ago and called it Queen of Hearts after her daughter, Carol, who's been a Jambo all her life.
"Carol is a rare Hearts fan in my family, who are all Hibs supporters," explains Budge. "My parents originated in Leith, so on the side of the boat is Queen of Hearts - registered in Leith.
"That was fine until I got involved in football and people started calling me Queen of Hearts. I was thinking 'If they ever see the name of this boat they're going to think I'm the most conceited person on earth'."
In her office at Tynecastle she has drawings and boards showing what the redevelopment of the stadium is going to look like in little over a year's time. A brand new stand in place of Archibald Leitch's old one. New facilities everywhere. A new museum, which is already finished.
The £12m reworking of the stadium is on track, save for the odd potential hold-up. A batman needs to do a report. He's sure there are no bats, but boxes need to be ticked. That's a delay of a few weeks. Such are the frustrations.
There's every likelihood that Hearts will play their last three league games of the season away to facilitate the builders. There's a good chance that they will play the opening games of 2017-18 away from Tynecastle also. That's when the finishing touches will be getting done. Budge has given the SPFL due notice.
We take a tour of Tynecastle, walking into a room where the roof once leaked, where in the past your feet got stuck to the unwashed carpet and where Bryan Jackson of the administrators BDO previously sat with furrowed brow and a look of hopelessness on his face.
Those images from Hearts' greatest crisis are still vivid in the mind's eye; useful snapshots of how things were then and a reminder of how vastly different they are now. She goes through a warren of corridors pointing out various rooms where mementoes of the Hearts story - trophies, photographs, programmes, pennants - were left to gather dust for years.
She brings us into the new Hearts museum, a Jambo heaven that was a flea-pit before Budge fixed it. "The room was nothing other than a tip," she says. "You could hardly get into it. Everything was broken. Things were falling off the roof.  We ripped everything out, ceilings and floors, and now we have this.
"When I came here as owner I listened to people constantly talking about the history and I began to realise that this means a lot more to people than I had ever appreciated.
"They were always talking about their fathers and grandfathers, always looking back to something in the club's past. In my first few days here I passed a cupboard in the corridor that was stacked with memorabilia and I thought, 'What on earth is this?' It was easy deciding what to do with everything.
"There are a lot of people who need to see this stuff. It shouldn't be locked up. That was how the museum started."
It's a visible, classy and lasting celebration of the people who made the club what it is.
Off the field, everything is buoyant. On the field, there are mutterings of discontent.
Despite runaway victory in the Championship two seasons ago and a fine third-place finish in the Premiership last season, Hearts have already been booed by their own people twice this season.
After their European exit at home to Birkirkara of Malta (subsequently thrashed 6-1 on aggregate by Krasnodar of Russia), sections of the fans let the team and the management have it.
"As soon it (the booing) started I thought, 'Oh dear, no, surely not' and then I thought about it," she says. "We have created expectation over the last two years and we didn't play well that night.
"Supporters were saying we expect more. I stood back and thought. 'Well, they cheer loudly enough when things are going well. It wasn't overly aggressive.
"There is nothing wrong with being ambitious but it does create pressure. Myself, Craig (Levein, director of football) and Robbie (Neilson, the manager) have to take the bad with the good.
"Robbie is a cool, calm and collected young man. He can deal with pressure. He's only in management two years and is the first to admit that he's got a lot to learn, but he's surrounded by people who support him."
Hearts have been busy in the market again; nine players coming in and seven going out. Those numbers might increase in the coming weeks.
Budge wants to stay involved and there won't be many, if any, Hearts people objecting to that. Meanwhile, anybody want to rent a boat in Corfu?


Paralympic gold medallist Bethany Firth and Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill have become MBEs in the New Year Honours.

Co Down swimmer Firth won three goal medals and a silver at the Paralympic Games in Rio in September.
O'Neill guided Northern Ireland to the Euro 2016 finals in France, where they progressed to the knock-out stage.
They are among nine people from Northern Ireland recognised for their contribution to sport in the honours.
There are also MBEs for John Allen (athletics in NI), Kathleen McBride (sport and the community in Coleraine) and Robert Northridge (rowing and community relations in NI).
Dromore Athletic Club coach Michael McGreevy is awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to sport and the community in Dromore.
Crewe United chairman Tom McKenna (football and cross-community reconciliation), Terence Munro (sculling and rowing in Belfast) also receive BEMs along with Maureen Sherman (services to young people and sport).
Firth, 20, won 100m backstroke gold for Ireland in the 2012 London Paralympics before switching allegiance to Great Britain.
The Seaforde woman retained the 100m backstroke title in Rio and also won gold in the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley, while securing 100m breaststroke silver.
It left Firth as Britain's most decorated medallist at the Rio Games.
"I am delighted to receive such a great honour," she said.
"I can't wait to go to the palace to meet the Queen again. I have already met her once at the palace in October.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has been involved in my career so far.
"Nelson Lindsay my coach at Ards Swimming Club, the Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI), Team GB, Disability Sport Northern Ireland and of course my family - they have all been a great support and without them I wouldn't have been able to achieve what I have.
"So this award is for them as well - as were my medals this summer. This is a really great end to a great year."
O'Neill played for Northern Ireland before going on to become a manager with Brechin City and Shamrock Rovers.
He was appointed Northern Ireland boss in late 2011 and guided the team to their first major tournament in 30 years with qualification to the Euro 2016 finals.
Northern Ireland's 2-0 win over Ukraine helped them to progress from the group stage before being knocked out of the tournament by Wales.
The team lies second in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group behind champions Germany.
"It's a fantastic honour and totally unexpected to be honest," said O'Neill.
"It's brilliant. The whole year has been fabulous. It will probably only be when I am not in the job that I will be able to look back and realise the extent of what we all achieved.
"This award comes at the end of 2016 but it's actually a great way to start 2017 - that will give me inspiration and motivation to continue to do everything possible to try to qualify for the 2018 World Cup."


The deputy chairman of UKIP has been accused of lying publicly about his part in a proposed wind farm.

The BBC has learned the South West MEP Lord William Dartmouth was involved in negotiating a deal that could have earned his family Â£100,000 a year.
He was asked in a TV interview in May 2014 if he knew "that land might be used as a wind farm". He replied: "I don't know, um, no. No."
Lord Dartmouth said he was "ambushed" and spoke at "cross purposes".
His party is strongly opposed to onshore wind farms.
A deal to erect a wind farm, on Slaithwaite Moor in West Yorkshire, was agreed in May 2011, three months after Lord Dartmouth had given ownership of the site to a relative.
It has emerged negotiations over the wind farm had begun years earlier.
Steve Slator, chairman of the Wind Valley Co-operative, said he had face-to-face meetings with Lord Dartmouth, the first time in 2006.
"I went down and spoke to Lord Dartmouth who was very co-operative and keen to help us if he could.
"For this kind of area... you might expect to raise Â£50,000 to Â£100,000 a year for the sort of development you're looking at."
The news has been seized upon by his political rivals.
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for SW England, said there was "clear evidence" Lord Dartmouth has behaved "dishonestly" and people "expect higher standards" from politicians.
"It also does smack of hypocrisy; he had conversations about potentially benefitting from a wind farm development, in spite of the fact that's clearly contrary to UKIP's policy," she said.


Holly Willoughby has given birth to her third child, a boy named Chester.

The TV presenter confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday night.
She wrote: "I'm sooo happy to tell you all - we've just had a baby boy! Chester William Baldwin made a grand entrance at 8lbs 12. He's just perfect. X"
Chester is the 33-year-old's third child with husband Dan Baldwin after daughter Belle and son Harry.
Stars congratulated her about the news, including Amanda Holden, who has replaced Willoughby on ITV's This Morning.
She tweeted: "Congratulations and much love to @hollywills Dan Belle Harry and new baby Chester !!I'm delighted and thrilled!!"
Swimmer Rebecca Adlington wrote: "Congratulations!!!! Amazing."
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes said: "How lovely. Congrats to you and Dan."
This Morning host Willoughby left the ITV show earlier this month, before promising viewers she would return as she handed over to Holden in tears.
Willoughby admitted she had found it difficult to talk to co-host Phillip Schofield without welling up, saying she'd miss the programme and the team.
Her husband called the show, telling her: "We can't wait for you to come home, all of us - the kids are so excited.
"Have you made the announcement yet that we are having a baby girl? It's a girl everyone, it's a girl."
Willoughby told This Morning viewers that he was lying and said they still had no idea of the sex of the baby, telling them: "We really don't know.
"I'm going to miss you all. It's such a lovely show and I'll be watching."
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In my teens, I worked as an artisanal miner, waist deep in water, sieving the gravel to find a diamond.

Growing up in diamond-rich eastern Sierra Leone, it was the natural thing to do.
Jobs were, and still are, few and far between, so the gemstones were a magnet. They persuaded many to drop out of school, but I worked as a miner mostly during school holidays and sometimes at weekends.
The Kono District was densely populated because the sparkling stones could be found virtually everywhere, sometimes through sheer luck.
My parents joined thousands of people from across the country, as well as The Gambia, Mali, Senegal and even Lebanon, to go to Kono in the hope of making a quick fortune.
Blistered palms
I grew up there and my work as a miner was hard. I dug the river beds for gravel and extracted the often muddy earth looking for diamonds.
The pickaxes and shovels would blister my palms and the sieve would harden or even deaden my fingers, often breaking my fingernails.
And because I had to also lift sacks full of dry red tropical gravel, my head and neck were almost always in pain.
Diamond deposits were sometimes so close to the surface in parts of Kono that it was common for people to pick up tiny gemstones that had been loosened by a heavy downpour.
I found a tiny stone once or twice in my birthplace, Bumpeh. I did not know their true worth, but got enough money to see me through for about a week.
1. Cullinan Diamond, found in South Africa in 1905, weighed 3,107 carats
2. Lesedi La Rona, found in Botswana in 2015, weighed 1,111 carats
3. Excelsior Diamond, found in South Africa in 1893, weighed 995 carats
4. Star of Sierra Leone, found in Sierra Leone in 1972, weighed 969 carats
5. Incomparable Diamond, found in DR Congo in 1984, weighed 890 carats
Source: Mathew Nyaungwa, Rough and Polished
After doing my school-leaving exams, I took to full-scale mining to help pay for my university studies.
Apart from mining in Kono, I also went to Tongo Fields in neighbouring Kenema District. There, I discovered that the life of an artisanal miner was like that of an indentured labourer.
Diamond diggers generally had two layers of sponsorship, and still do. The Group of Geng, or Gang, is what the diggers are called.
In language which harks back to the days of slavery, each group has a Master who looks over them. He is also in charge of providing food, accommodation and medicine.
But when I was there, conditions were such that only one square meal a day was assured - and please do not ask how the sauce tasted.
We often slept on the floor of a room or veranda, with bedbugs and mosquitoes biting us in turns. As for health care, Panadol was all we would get if we fell ill.
Then there was the Supporter - the person who would provide the funds for the Master.
We rarely got to know him personally. He tended to be a big businessman or diamond dealer, and he provided us with tools and monthly allowances.
Like me, most diggers did not know - and still do not know - the real value of their diamonds. So, it was easy for the Master and the Supporter to connive and dupe us about the price.
There is a group known as Gado Geng. They prefer to sponsor themselves and sell their diamonds on their own.
But my three-member team had a Master. We worked on a licensed plot.
However, one day, we went to do illicit mining at an abandoned site belonging to the then state-owned National Diamond Mining Company.
Two of us were on the sieve, the third shovelling the pile of gravel. I was busy shaking the sieve under the water to wash the mud off the stones.
Then I saw a sparkling object right in the middle of the sieve.
I was not sure if it was a diamond or corundum, a sparkling stone that has little value. I brought up the sieve, to be sure.
I went straight to the spot to try to separate it from the rest of the stones and sand.
My heart pounded. I excitedly muttered to my colleagues: "Na diamond," a Krio phrase for "It's a diamond".
I made sure that I did not say it loudly for fear that someone in the distance would hear me.
My colleague, Yarpo, dropped the bucket and shovel to verify my find. He agreed that it was a diamond.
We flung the tools away and dashed into the tall swampy grass. We then fled before anyone could catch us.
Obviously, we kept our Master in the dark and sold the two-carat diamond to a local dealer for 100,000 leone. I am not sure how many US dollars that was worth in 1991, but it was a lot of money.
I was the youngest, but the other two diggers treated me fairly.  We split the money, and they gave me 34,000 leone, a little more than my share.
Unlike many other diamond diggers, I did not waste any of it on buying brightly-coloured sneakers, jeans, shirts or cassette players.
I had a clear idea what I was going to do with it - pay my first year university fee of around 24,000 leone.
Dream fulfilled
As I was still awaiting my school exam results, I  gave the money to my aunt to add to her capital and do some business.
I went back to concentrate on mining, but it turned out to be the last time that fortune would smile on me as a digger.
I always wanted to become a journalist as I was born with the BBC World Service blaring in our home.
My dad, who never went to school, was addicted to it. And there were old newspapers and magazines lined up under his mattress and piled up elsewhere in his tiny bedroom.
However, Sierra Leone's Fourah Bay College did not offer journalism at the time. So, my instinct told me to study English and French for an international edge.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and went on to work as journalist.
Like me, my children have grown up with the BBC World Service , except that my voice is among the voices that they hear.