An extreme adventurer has completed a 4,000-mile ultra-triathlon around the coastline of Britain.

Sean Conway used a bamboo bike and carried all his gear on the challenge, which started and finished at Lulworth, Dorset.
The 34-year-old, from Cheltenham, took 85 days to cycle, run and swim in stages around the coast.
He described the circumnavigation as "without doubt, the hardest thing that I have ever done".
Having headed west from Dorset on his bike in April, he pedalled around the coast to Scarborough where he left his bike and ran to Brighton. Once there he took to the water for the final leg back to Lulworth.
He is believed to be the first person to have completed such an "ultra-triathlon".
He was unsupported throughout the challenge and carried his own kit, including the tent that he slept in. During the swimming leg, he pulled his gear with him on a homemade raft.
Mr Conway said: "My body feels broken and I've lost all my body fat as a result, but it has all been worth it.
"The support from the public has been incredible and has kept me going. I can't thank you all enough.
"People sometimes underestimate how amazing Britain really is, and let me tell you, having circumnavigated it, this really is a beautiful island that we live on."
To consume the 5,000 calories a day he needed, he foraged for wild garlic leaves, fished for mackerel and ate dog treats and liquidised roast dinners.
A television production team tracked his progress and a documentary is due to be screened on the Discovery Channel later in the summer.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described UK plans to ensure the rights of EU citizens in Britain after Brexit as "a good start".

However, she said there were "many, many other questions" about Brexit and there was "still a lot to do".
The UK proposal was unveiled by Prime Minister Theresa May at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
It would grant EU migrants who had lived in the UK for five years a new "UK settled status".
That would allow them to stay in the country and access health, education and other benefits.
The plan would affect 3.2 million EU citizens now living in the UK.
Their rights - and the rights of UK citizens living in the rest of the EU - are among the thorny issues that have to be resolved early on in Brexit talks, along with the UK's divorce bill and the Northern Ireland border.
"Theresa May made clear today that EU citizens who have been in Great Britain for five years can keep their full rights. That's a good start," said Mrs Merkel at the end of Thursday's talks.
"But of course there are many, many other questions about Brexit - about finances, about the relationship with Ireland - which means we still have a lot to do until October."
She insisted that Brexit was not the focus of the summit - the UK's split from the EU is being negotiated separately.
"For me the shaping of the future of the 27 is a priority coming before the issue of the negotiations with Britain on the exit," she added.
Before Mrs May's offer, the EU proposed that EU citizens in the UK and the estimated 1.2 million Britons living in EU countries should continue enjoying the same rights, enforceable by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
At the summit, the PM sought to reassure the 27 other EU states, saying the UK "does not want anyone here to have to leave, nor does it want families to be split up".
"No-one will face a cliff edge," she said.
The UK stunned the EU when it voted to end its membership in a referendum a year ago on Friday. The exit deadline is 30 March 2019.
The summit's final day is to focus on migration, security and economic issues.
Counter-terrorism has been a key issue at the summit which comes in the wake of an attack in Brussels on Tuesday.
Several EU states have been attacked in recent weeks, including the UK, France and Sweden, and Mrs May said that an attack against any member state was an attack on all.
Both sides would like to get the issue of citizens' rights wrapped up as soon as possible - it would be good for morale to get an early win, and they have more difficult issues to tackle.
But while there is a sense that progress can be made, there are still some tricky technical questions to deal with.
Which rights will be extended to immediate family members living elsewhere - to children in particular? And who will guarantee citizens' rights in the event of any legal dispute? The EU has already insisted that the European Court of Justice should be involved; the UK insists that British courts should uphold the deal.
It is also not clear what the cut-off date should be for citizens to qualify for any offer that is agreed. The UK proposal suggests a date between March 2017 and March 2019 - although it is highly unlikely that the EU would be willing to accept a date that has already passed.
From an EU perspective, what we've heard so far from the UK side remains rather vague. EU negotiators will want to see the details of this proposal which are only due to be made public next Monday.


Education Secretary Justine Greening on Thursday kicked off a consultation on plans for grammar schools in England, saying that they must do more to help "ordinary working families" as the government pushes ahead with plans to allow more selective schools to open.

Reality Check says: The government defines "ordinary working families" as those that are not eligible for pupil premium but have below average incomes. It believes that accounts for about one third of all pupils in England, but this calculation is a work in progress.
There is no official definition of an "ordinary working family" but Ms Greening said on the Today Programme: "They don't perhaps qualify for free school meals - for pupil premium - but actually they are growing up in families that are below median incomes."
The household earning the median income is the one for which half of families have a higher income and half have lower.
The Pupil Premium is a pot of money set aside for children who are in care, eligible for free school meals or have had free school meals at any point in the last six years.
Pupils are eligible for free school meals if their family is on one of a range of benefits or has a household income of less than £16,190.
So, if earning above £16,190 puts you at the bottom end of the "ordinary working families" definition, how is the government defining the top end of the range?
The paper published on Wednesday included the first attempt by government statisticians to come up with figures that set out how many children from different income brackets go to grammar schools.
In the past, the only figures to help with this have been those covering how many children eligible for pupil premium go to particular schools, so expanding these statistics is an ambitious project.
What the statisticians have done is to attempt to match individual pupils in schools with their families' income through looking at tax payments and tax credits details.
These figures have then been adjusted to take into account things like household size, because if there are two families with identical household incomes, one of which has one child and the other has four children, their standards of living will not be the same.
Taking all these adjustments into account, the median household income comes out as £20,000. However, some families earning more than £20,000 in total will still fall within the definition of an ordinary working family.
For example, a single parent's income would be adjusted upwards, so it could be compared directly with the standard of living for a couple.
For a two-parent family with two children, the government considers median income to be £33,000.
The government says 35% of all pupils in England, which is 2.5 million children fall into its definition of coming from ordinary working families, because they fall below the median income but are not eligible for pupil premium.
The government is consulting on how to improve the methodology because, for example, the income figures do not currently include households' earnings from self-employment. They also plan to adjust for housing costs in different parts of England. The consultation closes on 30 June.
This new analysis has been welcomed as providing more detail, although there have been warnings from some education groups that the new work on ordinary working families will reduce the focus on the disadvantaged families who are eligible for pupil premium.
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The media questions at Labour's manifesto launch were a valuable source of innocent merriment, designed as ever to challenge and contend.

One journalist, from a paper generally seen as supporting Labour, opened by suggesting that the party's policies, as leaked a week back, had proved relatively popular with the focus groups, before whom all politicians bow.
On stage, Jeremy Corbyn beamed, beatifically. This, you could see him thinking, was the stuff to give them. That'll teach my critics.
However, his interlocutor wasn't quite finished. The snag, he said, was that those same members of the public didn't seem to favour Mr Corbyn as leader and PM in waiting.
During an election, politicians are programmed to smile. But it has to be said that, with this addendum, Mr Corbyn's grin faded a mite; only fractionally but perceptibly.
The content you will have read. Either today or, as Mr Corbyn drily noted, in the leaked version. Some Â£48bn of extra spending, funded by tax on companies and higher earners. Public ownership of rail and mail. Scrapping tuition fees south of the border.
A Constitutional Convention for the UK, to build upon Scottish devolution. A Scottish investment bank. Scrapping the so-called "rape clause" in tax credits, lately highly contentious in Scotland. Supporting the North Sea oil and gas industry. Renewing Trident.
Labour describes the package as "radical and responsible". Focusing upon the many not the few. It is perhaps instructive to consider also the response from political opponents. Which varies, according to taste and partisan hue.
The Tories say the package is unaffordable and would wreck the economy. By contrast, the SNP tend to highlight areas - like ending tuition fees - where they say Labour are aping ideas from the Scottish government.
Both parties, though, coalesce around a comment also evinced by the Liberal Democrats. To the effect that, regardless of content, Mr Corbyn will not win and cannot deliver.
As for Jeremy Corbyn, he argued at the launch that opinion was changing, moving towards his party. The voters, of course, will choose.


Jeremy Corbyn has promised to "remove" private provision within the NHS as part of plans to "renationalise" the health service.

The Labour leader vowed to make the NHS fully publicly funded and bring services provided privately "back into public hands".
A future Labour government would end PFI contracts in the NHS and restore publicly-funded bursaries for nurses.
Leadership challenger Owen Smith plans to boost NHS spending by 4% a year.
Setting out his vision for the NHS in England, Mr Corbyn said his priority was to ensure the whole of the health service remains free at the point of use and can operate on a secure financial footing.
"The Tories have run our treasured National Health Service into the ground and we need to get serious about stopping them," he said.
"The next Labour government would go further than reversing Tory cuts - it would deliver a modern health and social care service that is fully publicly provided and fully publicly funded."
Citing figures from the NHS Support Federation which he says show Â£16bn in clinical contracts have been awarded "through the market" since April 2013, he vowed to "end the privatisation" of the health service by working towards ending private provision.
Other commitments include curbing private finance contracts in NHS hospitals and reversing government plans to replace publicly-funded bursaries for nurse and midwife training with student loans.
Unpicking private sector involvement in the NHS is easier said than done.
For example, the NHS relies quite heavily on the private sector to carry out gamma knife treatment on patients with brain tumours. It does this because it does not have enough machines.
You could argue it should invest in them, but many say that wouldn't be economically viable.
The private sector is also used for routine operations when NHS hospitals are struggling to see patients quickly enough. Again NHS provision could certainly be increased, but there is a balance between having slack in the system and leaving facilities idle unless you are prepared to make patients wait longer.
Of all the arguments put forward on private sector involvement it is perhaps easiest to find a consensus on the merits of ending PFI, whereby private money has been used to build hospitals which have then been leased back to the NHS for a profit.
The trouble is NHS trusts are locked into long-term contracts, which have proved very difficult to get out of.
PFI (private finance initiative) contracts involve private companies covering the up-front costs of a project in exchange for regular payments from the public purse.
The system has been used to fund new schools and hospitals but critics say it leaves the public sector facing "crippling" costs.
"PFI continues to take money away from patient care while job and bursary cuts have crippled the NHS and disproportionately hit women who make up 77% of NHS staff," Mr Corbyn said.
"Health, health financing and health inequality is a matter of paramount of national importance. The Labour government I lead will ensure that money goes to patients not contractors and that our NHS is given the resources to provide a top quality service as part of a program to rebuild and transform Britain so no-one is left behind."
Labour went into the last general election promising to cap the amount of profit private firms could make from NHS work but not explicitly to reduce the number of operations and other clinical services provided privately.
Speaking alongside Mr Corbyn, shadow health secretary Diane Abbott set out measures to control PFI costs, including a moratorium on new deals and a monitoring unit with the power to cancel contracts.
Mr Smith has said current health spending as a proportion of GDP is substantially lower than in many other European countries and needs to be increased.
He has said he would introduce a wealth tax on people earning over Â£150,000 that could raise up to Â£3bn a year to spend on priorities such as the NHS.
Mr Smith, who worked for the drugs firms Pfizer and Amgen before becoming an MP in 2010, has rejected claims that he once backed greater private provision within the NHS after endorsing a Pfizer report in 2005 calling for greater choice for NHS patients.
He has said he 100% supports public provision and the Conservatives had used the language of choice as a "Trojan horse to marketise" the NHS.
Conservative ministers insist levels of private provision are not significantly higher than under the last Labour government and that they have guaranteed the extra funding sought by NHS managers in England to cover a likely budget shortfall by 2020.
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "Whoever wins their leadership contest, Labour are too incompetent and divided to build the strong economy a strong NHS needs."


John Horan easily won the vote at Congress on Friday night to become the GAA president-elect.

The 58-year-old school principal from Dublin won 144 out of a possible 278 votes and was 98 ahead of his nearest rivals Sean Walsh and Frank Burke.
Horan will take over from current president Aogan O Fearghail in 2018.
"Aogan is the president for the next 12 months so I'll support him and learn from him as best I can," said Horan at Croke Park.
The other candidates for the post were Martin Skelly with 22 votes while 20 went to Robert Frost.
This weekend's annual congress will be dominated by new championship proposals in football and hurling.
The plans put forward by GAA director general Paraic Duffy include completing the All-Ireland Senior Championships by the end of August.
Also included is a new round-robin format for the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, which would mean more games.
This proposal has proved particularly controversial in recent weeks.
Both the Gaelic Players' Association and recently formed Club Players' Association have come out against Duffy's plans, although not necessarily for the same reasons.
Ostensibly, the main reason for these mooted changes is to try and ensure more regular games for club players but there is a certain  amount of bafflement as to how this can be squared with the motion to have a round-robin stage in the All-Ireland Football quarter-finals.
The new club players' body has been angered after the GAA's top brass refused to grant it a speaking platform at the Croke Park gathering.
However, that may change at further annual gatherings of GAA delegates if a motion for the club players' body to be officially recognised is passed in Dublin.
All the indications are that the votes on both the so-called new 'Super Eight football round' and the proposal to bring forward the All-Ireland finals will be exceptionally close, with a two-thirds' majority required for the format changes to be tried for a three-year period.
To make matters even complicated, congress will also hear a number of motions calls from the two-thirds majority to be scrapped, with one call suggestion a simple majority and another calling for the figure to be lowered to 60%.
Inevitably, those motions will require a two-thirds majority to be passed.
Going into the weekend, Croke Park's desire for replays to be scrapped - in favour of extra-time - in all championship games bar provincial and All-Ireland finals looks likely to be comfortably passed.
At last year's congress, motions to move All-Ireland Finals to earlier in the year and scrap replays were both defeated, although the finals proposal fell narrowly short after getting support from 60.8% of delegates.


Port Vale have signed Jack Stobbs from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season.

His arrival takes the League Two side's total of summer signings to 16.
Winger Stobbs, 20, the Owls' Under-23 captain, made his first-team debut aged 17 in April 2014 after signing his first professional contract, but he has since made only one further appearance.
Relegated Vale began the season with a 3-1 win at Crawley, but lost 3-2 at home to Wycombe on Saturday.
Goalkeepers: Rob Lainton (Bury, two-year deal), Sam Hornby (Burton Albion, two-year deal)
Defenders: Joe Davis (Fleetwood, two-year deal), Graham Kelly (Sheffield United, one-year deal), Antony Kay (Bury, two-year deal), Gavin Gunning (Grimsby Town), Tyler Denton (Leeds United, season's loan), Lawrie Wilson (Bolton, two-year deal)
Midfielders: Michael Tonge (free agent), Ben Whitfield (Bournemouth, loan)
Wingers: Cristian Montano (Bristol Rovers, two-year deal), Marcus Harness (Burton Albion, season's loan), Jack Stobbs (Sheffield Wednesday, season's loan)
Strikers: Tom Pope (Bury, two-year deal), Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon, two-year deal), Rekeil Pyke (Huddersfield Town, season's loan)
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A trio of dancers are to perform inside Tate Britain as part of the London gallery's latest commission.

The project, called Historical Dances in an Antique Setting, is the work of Argentine artist Pablo Bronstein.
Three classically-trained dancers will be seen weaving up and down the Duveen Galleries "striking elegant and refined poses".
The free installation opens on Tuesday with live performances from 1100-1700. It runs until 9 October.
Bronstein's work also features two large-scale architectural structures which are overlaid with images of Tate Britain's exterior architecture.
The effect is described as "visually turning the gallery inside out".
"Grand architecture is one of the things I'm most interested in, so it was a rare opportunity to be able to create work in such a unique setting as the Duveen Galleries," Bronstein said.
"The commission also presented a perfect and challenging opportunity to work with performance on a large scale."
Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson said: "Pablo Bronstein's work consistently makes for deliciously jarring encounters between past and present, and between art and society. It's fantastic to see his work come to life in the aesthetic and institutional grandeur of Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries."


Genetically-modified hens that can lay eggs from different poultry breeds are helping scientists set up a "frozen aviary" to conserve rare birds.

The aviary acts like a seed bank for poultry, storing primordial stem cells that produce eggs destined to hatch male or female offspring.
The Edinburgh University team  have collected more than 500 samples from 25 different breeds.
The cells are held in a freezer at -150C and will be viable for decades.
The researchers at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute want to preserve rare poultry breeds that may be resistant to infections such as bird flu or have desirable traits such as high meat quality.
The first step was to create the GM hens capable of laying eggs from multiple different rare breeds, which include the colourfully-named "rumpless game", "Scots dumpy", "Sicilian buttercup", and "Old English pheasant fowl".
This was done using gene editing technology to target part of a gene called DDX4 which is vital for bird fertility.
The scientists knocked out the gene to create an egg containing a sterile chick.
However, after one of the stem cells was implanted into that egg it instead hatched into a GM surrogate which could go on to produce eggs and chicks from the chosen rare breed.
Lead scientist Dr Mike McGrew said: "These chickens are a first step in saving and protecting rare poultry breeds from loss in order to preserve future biodiversity of our poultry from both economic and climate stresses."
He spoke about the project to journalists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr McGrew said there were strong parallels with seed banks aimed at preserving rare and endangered plant species.
He added: "We call it the frozen aviary because we want to freeze down these stem cells from a lot of different breeds of poultry, starting with chickens.
"Then we'd like to freeze down other breeds of poultry like geese; quail also.
"Our success so far is just with chickens but our plans are to do this with other bird species."
To what extent it might be possible to use chickens as surrogate mothers for different bird species - not merely breeds - remains an unanswered question.
Dr McGrew said: "No-one knows if you transplanted these cells between different bird species if they would be able to make an egg from a different bird species.
"I have my doubts that it would work."
While the chances of a chicken laying an eagle egg were remote, he thought the process could suit closely-related species such as different varieties of duck or goose.
Rare chickens come in a wide variety of different shapes, sizes and colours, and a number have some very unusual features.
One, the Dong Tao chicken, has oversized stumpy legs considered to be a delicacy in its native Vietnam.
Richard Broad, from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, said: "The idea behind it really interests us.
"Basically you can just have a gene bank of rare breeds in the freezer. You can save all kinds of breeds, put them in a freezer and there would be a genetic ark for us.
"If you had one in every country, it would be a wonderful thing."


A man who murdered a love rival has been jailed for at least 17 years.

John McKay, 46, stabbed William Scott seven times during a "furious and murderous" assault in a flat in Airdrie in April 2016.
A court was told that a seven-year-old girl found Mr Scott, 43, blood-soaked and dying on his bathroom floor following the attack.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Scott ordered McKay, from Airdrie, to serve a life sentence.
He was found guilty of murder following an earlier trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The jury heard that McKay was in a secret relationship with Mr Scott's partner, Louisa Corcoran, 34.
He carried out the attack after learning that Mr Scott had verbally abused Ms Corcoran in a phone call, upon discovering the relationship.
Lady Scott told McKay that his crime was "out of character" as he had no history of violence.
She added: "It appears to be related to your depression at the time, for which you were receiving treatment and a history of animosity with the deceased, in the context of your affair with the deceased's partner being discovered.
"Whatever the background, you went to the deceased's house when angry and demanded entry. You were seen aggressively banging on the windows and kicking the door to get in."
She said McKay stabbed his victim seven times, with the fatal wound piercing his liver.
"It appears you also gripped the deceased's neck with such severe force as to break the thyroid cartilage inside on either side," she added.
"In total 67 injuries were inflicted. This was a truly ferocious and murderous assault."
During the earlier trial, McKay denied murder and claimed he had been provoked.
His defence advocate Edward Targowski QC told Lady Scott that experts had assessed McKay at being at a low risk of reoffending when he is eventually released from prison.


Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-Brexit march to call for Britain to remain in the European Union.

The Unite for Europe march in London coincided with events to mark 60 years since the EU's founding agreement, the Treaty of Rome, was signed.
A minute's silence to remember the victims of the Westminster attack was held ahead of speeches at a rally in Parliament Square.
Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger the exit process from the EU next week.
A minute's silence for the victims of last Wednesday's attack came after organisers refused to call off the event, saying "we will not be intimidated... We will march on the heart of our democracy and reclaim our streets."
Ex-Labour spin doctor Alistair Campbell told the crowd beforehand "we need to recognise that something really bad happened not far from here just the other day".
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, Labour MP David Lammy and Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley were also among those who addressed the crowd.
Mr Farron said: "Democracy continues... We stand in defiance of that attack."
One marcher, Jaqueline Skelton, told the BBC she had joined the demonstration because she was "really, really frightened" about leaving the EU.
But onlooker Mike McKenna, who voted to leave, said it would be better for the nation to unite before talks with the EU begin, "not stamp your feet and have hissy fits".
Brexit Secretary David Davis has described the upcoming talks to leave the EU as "the threshold of the most important negotiation for this country for a generation".


The Conservative candidate in one of the party's top assembly election target seats is being investigated by the public services ombudsman.

Powys county councillor Gary Price, standing for Brecon and Radnorshire next year, is alleged to have brought a local authority into disrepute.
A formal complaint has also been made about his selection at a public meeting in July where all registered voters in the area were invited to take part.
Mr Price had no comment to make.
The Welsh Conservatives said the local constituency party had decided to choose its candidate via the "open primary" meeting in July and ratified the decision to endorse Gary Price, who had won the vote at a meeting attended by 140 people.
However, the president of the local branch, Jonathan Reeves, said he believes that the Conservatives' chances in the election in Brecon and Radnorshire, where they will be up against Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams, will be harmed.
BBC Wales has seen a copy of an email sent to the Welsh Conservatives' chairman Jonathan Evans.
If the ombudsman investigation goes against Mr Price, the letter says: "This would make his position as a candidate even more untenable than it already is, create a large amount of negative publicity and leave any campaign to take the seat from the Lib Dems in tatters."
A source at the office of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales confirmed it was investigating a complaint that Mr Price behaved in a way which brought Powys council into disrepute.
It is understood to relate to an employment disciplinary matter.
Mr Price, a former Plaid Cymru candidate in the last assembly election in 2011 in Brecon and Radnorshire, was suspended as a councillor two years ago when he disclosed sensitive information which was given to him in confidence.
The local branch has also received a complaint alleging that Mr Price received texts during a question and answer session in the open primary near Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
Mr Price said: "As a candidate, I have no involvement in the process, other than as a candidate.
"The view that I have had from members of the public is that these complaints are from one or two individuals just mischief-making.
"There was a moderator in the room with all the candidates. Nothing was reported."
The Conservatives hope to repeat their success in Brecon and Radnorshire after Tory candidate Chris Davies comfortably beat the Liberal Democrat MP Roger Williams in the May general election.
Last week, the Lib Dems won a council by-election in Glasbury, beating the Conservatives in the ward formerly held by Mr Davies.


At least eight Nigerian Shia Muslims and one police officer have been killed in clashes with police at a religious procession in Kano city, police say.

Many marchers and five police officers were also injured, Police Commissioner Rabiu Yusuf said.
The group behind the procession, the Iran-backed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), has a history of tension with the security forces.
Last December troops killed 349 of its members during a crackdown.
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The cause of the latest violence, which took place on the outskirts of Kano, is disputed.
Police officials said Shia procession participants attacked police with weapons including machetes and bows and arrows and seized a police rifle, which was later recovered.
Witnesses say the police fired live ammunition and tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of Shia members in an attempt to stop the march.
The sect says many of its members were killed but this has not been independently verified.
The Islamic movement was marking this year's "Arbaeen" - an annual religious event during which its members trek for many miles from various towns to Zaria - their spiritual headquarters.
The IMN has abandoned the seven-day procession and told followers to return home, the organisation told the BBC.
The IMN is Nigeria's biggest Shia organisation and has its headquarters in Zaria. It has been outlawed in Kaduna state for carrying out unlawful processions.
Its followers have been involved in a series of clashes with the security forces as well as attacks by Sunni militants.
In October, 10 IMN members were reported to have been killed in northern Katsina state following clashes with security forces during a religious celebration.
In August, a judicial review said Nigerian troops should be prosecuted for the killings in Zaria last December. IMN leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky was shot and then detained during the crackdown and remains in custody.
And last year's Shia procession from Kano to Zaria saw more than 20 people killed in an attack by a suicide bomber from the Boko Haram Sunni Islamist militant group.
Security forces were ordered to stay away from last year's procession following deadly clashes in previous years.
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Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers have described Rory McIlroy as "a sporting sensation" after his US PGA Championship victory.

The Holywood, County Down, golfer became the first UK player to win back-to-back majors after his victory at Valhalla, Kentucky, on Sunday.
At one stage of his final round, McIlroy was three shots behind the leader.
In a joint statement Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness congratulated him.
"Rory has played stunning golf to claim his fourth major title," they said.
"He is a sporting sensation and joins an impressive list of champions to win back-to-back majors.
"We are incredibly proud to watch as he writes his story of golfing greatness and we look forward to the next chapter as these victories propel him towards being the golfer of his generation."
Sports Minister CarÃ¡l NÃ ChuilÃn said McIlroy was in "dominant form".
"He is an extraordinary local sportsman who is playing his way into the history books," she said.
"As he enjoys his latest tournament win, I wish him continued success in his quest for golf's career grandslam."
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said McIlroy had taken another step towards greatness and had "once again shown the world what is great about Northern Ireland golf".
"It should make us very proud that six of the last 19 major championships have been won by golfers from Northern Ireland," she said.
"This will give golfers of all abilities even more reason to travel to Northern Ireland to find out for themselves what makes our golf courses the home of major champions."
Ulster Unionist sports spokesman Michael McGimpsey also praised the Holywood golfer.
"The whole of Northern Ireland will enjoy watching this 25-year-old write his own scripts in a fabulous future for many years to come," he said.
"Rory's talent is recognised on the world stage, he is the world number one, he is one of the most popular golfers on the circuit, a credit to his family and a great ambassador for Northern Ireland."
SDLP assembly member Karen McKevitt said that McIlroy's victory sealed his status as a legend of the game.
"I, like many others, stayed up until the small hours of the morning to watch Rory claim his second major of the summer as he drove, chipped and putted his way to victory in difficult circumstances at the US PGA Championship," she said.
"As Rory reinforces his return to the world number one spot I have no doubt that his dominance of the sport will see golfers flock to courses across the north."
McIlroy's victory has also been celebrated at his home club in Holywood.
Club general manager Paul Gray described the win as "legendary stuff".
"To see someone who has grown up here on our own course do well is fantastic," he said.
"To do what Rory has done is hard to believe, at times you have to pinch yourself."


The funeral of the Irish woman raped and murdered in Goa last month has taken place in her native Buncrana.

Danielle McLaughlin, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field close to tourist resorts in the western state of Goa earlier this month.
A post-mortem examination concluded that brain damage and constriction of the neck caused the 28-year-old's death in Canacona.
Ms McLaughlin's remains arrived home in Donegal on Monday evening.
Hundreds of people attended her funeral at St Mary's Church in Buncrana on Thursday.
Family and friends presented four symbols of Ms McLaughlin's life, including a guitar, a holy medallion from one of Mother Teresa's care homes in India, a family photo and a poem.
During requiem mass, Father Francis Bradley said Danielle McLaughlin had made a huge impression on people's lives.
"She was disarmingly kind and forgiving; her warm nature and open heart drew people into her ever-widening, extensive and international circle of friends," Fr Bradley said.
"A brief glance at the vast array of tender messages for Danielle's mother Andrea, her family and friends, shows the immense esteem in which she was held.
"She had a gentle but powerful way with her - for it seems that just one encounter with her was enough to change someone's life."
Danielle McLaughlin had travelled to India in February on a British passport.
The former Liverpool John Moores University student had been staying in a beach hut in Goa with an Australian female friend.
The pair had been celebrating Holi, a Hindu spring festival, in a nearby village.
She left the village late at night and her body was found the next day, unclothed, with injuries to her head and face, police said.
A 24-year-old man, whose name has been reported as Vikat Bhagat, appeared in court two weeks ago charged with murder, and will also face rape charges.


The evacuation of 33 miners trapped underground in Chile is likely to start on Wednesday, the country's mining minister has said.

Laurence Golborne was speaking after engineers had drilled through to the underground chamber where the miners are sheltering.
Work has now begun to stabilise the top of the rescue shaft with steel casing, which will take about a day-and-a-half.
The miners have been trapped 700m (2,300ft) underground since 5 August.
The drilling breakthrough came shortly after 0800 local time (1200 GMT) on Saturday, sparking celebrations across Chile.
Speaking at a news conference outside the San Jose mine, Mr Golborne said the decision had been taken to reinforce 96m of the top part of the newly completed shaft.
He said that 16 steel tubes would be lowed into the shaft one by one.
The minister said that the rest of the shaft was exposed rock and did not need to be strengthened.
Once the casing is put together, officials expect it will take 48 hours to put the rescue capsule in place.
The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani who is at the mine says a winch-and-pulley system has to be set up before the capsule, named Phoenix, can be lowered into the shaft.
Such an operation has never been tried before, he says.
The miners will then be brought up one by one in three groups: the fitter ones first, then the weaker ones, and finally the strongest of the group.
But the evacuation will begin only after a doctor - who will be lowered to the chamber - has examined the miners.
Mr Golborne said the evacuation of the first miner was likely to start on Wednesday, although there was a chance that the rescuers would be able to proceed on Tuesday.
"The process of rescue should last for two days, or it will take in the range of 48 hours: the whole process from the first miners to the last one."
The minister added that "so far everything has gone smoothly", but admitted that the operation was not "without risk".
He also said that the miners were "in great spirits and relaxed".
They have been living in the shelter 700m underground since the collapse in August. However, the Plan B drill - the second of three which have been working simultaneously - penetrated 624m to a workshop which can be reached by the miners.
Mr Golborne said the rescuers were also continuing work on another, wider shaft, using the Plan C drill, as a back-up.
The miners' ordeal - now in its 66th day - is the longest suffered by a group of miners caught underground.


Tourism operators in earthquake-hit Nepal say they are seeking guidance from international experts on which areas can be declared safe for trekking and mountaineering.

They want to secure an assessment from top geologists because of the increased risks from earthquake-torn mountains.
This type of tourism is a major source of income for Nepal.
Major destinations are still facing landslides, after the quake and its aftershocks left mountains unstable.
Places seen as highly risky are mainly in the Manasalu, Langtang, Rolwaling and Helambu trekking areas in central Nepal. But there are also concerns for the Annapurna and Everest regions, which see the highest numbers of trekkers and mountaineers.
"Before we announce that the earthquake-hit areas are safe as tourist destinations, we are determined to get an assessment report from international geologists and experts who will be visiting the ground," said Ramesh Dhamala, president of Trekking Agents' Association of Nepal.
"Without them first saying which areas no longer have the risk of mountains coming down, we will not be doing this risky business just for an immediate benefit.
"We are also recommending to the government, in writing, that these areas should not be reopened (for trekking and mountaineering) before the team of experts make their assessment public internationally."
Trekking agents say they are worried that if tourists are allowed to visit the earthquake-hit areas under present circumstances, and if disaster strikes such areas again, the country's tourism industry will suffer irrecoverably.
Mountaineering operators are similarly worried.
"We too think the same way, and we have joined forces with trekking agents and the government to ascertain a scientific assessment - because it is equally, if not more, risky for mountaineers to be in the region that has been so badly shaken by the earthquake," says Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of Nepal Mountaineering Association.
But there are some operators who believe business should resume as soon as possible, because not everywhere has been badly hit and that there are some areas with lesser risks.
Nearly 800,000 tourists visited Nepal in 2013, and a similar number in 2012. Around 13% of those visitors were trekkers and mountaineers.
The Annapurna region sees the highest number of trekkers, followed by the Everest region.
The April 25 quake had its epicentre in Gorkha to the west of Kathmandu, but it shook mountains as far away as Everest to the east.
That quake ruinously rattled mountains mainly in the Langtang valley, where entire villages were buried under avalanches and landslides and debris killed nearly 200 people including foreign trekkers.
The main quake zone also shook many mountains in the Annapurna region, where landslides have continued and one of them even blocked a major river on Sunday.
The biggest aftershock - a 7.3 magnitude quake on 12 May - had its epicentre to the northeast of Kathmandu where there are popular trekking regions including the Rolwaling and Helambu.
That tremor caused huge devastation in these areas and there was damage in the Everest region again.
Officials said a small glacial pond near Mount Everest burst its containment on Monday night, causing panic among villagers because they fear the earthquake and aftershocks may have destabilised bigger glacial lakes in the region.
Geologists say the quakes triggered more than 3,000 landslides in the affected areas and the upcoming monsoon could worsen conditions.
"The reason why the mountains remain unstable is that earthquakes cause intense shaking of the landscape, which damages the rock and soils on hillsides," says Prof Alex Densmore from the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University in the UK.
"This means that even hillsides that did not fail during the earthquake are more damaged, and thus more prone to failure, than they were before 25 April.
"In some cases this damage may be visible at the surface in the form of cracks or fractures in the ground, but this is not necessarily the case; the damage may be at depth and not immediately visible."
Prof Jeffrey Kargel, a glaciologist at the University of Arizona who has studied landslides on Nepalese mountains and their impacts on rivers, says an assessment of the situation is absolutely critical.
"We have seen so much activity of the earth following the main shock and the largest aftershock that we have to presume that there is going to be a state of greatly heightened activity during this monsoon, and quite possibly into coming years," he said.
"It's very clear that we have to do what's possible, not just to keep trekkers and climbers safe, but also the people who service the trekkers and climbers and the entire economic structure of these very hard-hit areas."
But given Nepal's difficult topography in the Himalayan region, assessing the risks would not be easy.
"It will take quite a bit of work because every valley, every glacier, every mountain is going to be different depending on the circumstances of the glaciers, the moraines and possible fracturing of the rocks," Prof Kargel said.
International tour operators are waiting and watching as well.
"To rush out and simply say it's safe to come to Nepal without factual knowledge is a little bit foolhardy, potentially," said Nicholas Cowlie, Nepal general manager for Intrepid Travel - the largest international provider of trekking tourists to the country.
"At this point, our clients are holding on to their (Nepal) holiday bookings and our major focus is to report back to them and show them that we are ready for business when we know that it is operationally safe."


A Maldives court has convicted opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla of terrorism and sentenced him to 12 years in jail.

He was found guilty of inciting violence in a speech protesting against the jailing of former president Mohamed Nasheed. His supporters have disputed the charge.
Maldives has seen political upheaval since Nasheed was ousted in 2002.
He was later convicted and jailed, also under anti-terror laws.
But he was temporarily freed earlier this month to travel to London for medical treatment.
Abdulla, leader of the Islamist Adhaalath Party, had spoken during mass protests last year demonstrating against the jailing of dissidents, during which there were clashes with police.
His lawyer, Husnu Suood, told Reuters news agency: "We believe the judgment is grossly unfair because he has not called for violence in his speech."
"He clearly asked the participants at the rally to refrain from violence and had taken all steps to prevent violence."
His lawyers said they would appeal against the sentence.
The Maldivian government has come under intense criticism for its jailing and treatment of political opponents, particularly Nasheed.
A former human rights campaigner, Nasheed became the nation's first democratically elected leader in 2008, ending three decades of rule by former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
In 2012, he was detained after being accused of ordering the arrest of a judge. He resigned months later amid an army mutiny and public protests over the judge's fate.
Nasheed alleged that he had been removed by a coup, but this was denied by his vice-president, who replaced him.
The current President Abdulla Yameen was elected in controversial polls in 2013 and is the half-brother of Mr Gayoom.


The Israeli government has taken steps to reduce the penalties for personal marijuana use.

It backed plans to issue fines initially, and only resort to criminal charges for repeat offenders.
Selling, buying and producing the drug will remain illegal and the move must still be ratified by parliament.
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, almost 9% of Israelis use cannabis, though some experts believe the figure to be higher.
The move follows recommendations by a committee set up to study the issue, and moves by a number of US states and European nations to decriminalise use of the drug.
"On the one hand we are opening ourselves up to the future. On the other hand, we understand the dangers and will try to balance the two," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet ahead of the vote.
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said: "Israel cannot shut its eyes to the changes being made across the world in respect to marijuana consumption and its effects."
Meanwhile, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added that the move was "an important step on the way to implementing a new policy that will emphasise education and treatment instead of criminal enforcement".
Under the new system, first-time personal users who are caught and confess will be fined 1,000 shekels (Â£220; $270), with this doubling on the second occasion.
Probation will apply the third time and only a fourth case would lead to criminal charges.
Israel is one of the world leaders in research into medical use of marijuana.


Forfar Athletic claimed a draw and a vital point in their survival fight at Dunfermline Athletic.

Michael Moffat scored two for the hosts, but missed twice from the spot late-on, blasting the first over before the retaken attempt was pushed on to the post by goalkeeper Darren Hill.
Gavin Swankie and Andy Ryan had twice put ninth-placed Forfar ahead.
Thomas O'Brien was sent off in stoppage time for violent conduct before Moffat failed to claim a treble and victory.


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Three men have been charged with the attempted murder of a teenager who was stabbed repeatedly in Swindon.

The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds following the altercation in Bowleymead in the Eldene area on Saturday.
Daniel Peapell, 20, and Zac Doyle, 19, both from Swindon, were charged alongside 19-year-old Raffaele Bretti from Wroughton.
The three were remanded in custody by Swindon magistrates.
They will all next appear at Bristol Crown Court in July.


Iraqi Kurdish forces rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl from Islamic State militants near the city of Mosul last Wednesday, Kurdish officials say.

A statement by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) said the girl was from the town of Boras.
She was "misled by an [IS] member in Sweden to travel to Syria and later to Mosul", it added.
A spokeswoman for the Swedish foreign ministry told a Swedish newspaper that it had no information about the case.
The KRSC statement, which named the girl and included a photograph of her, said it had been called upon by Swedish authorities and members of her family to assist in locating and rescuing her from IS, which has controlled Mosul since 2014.
"She is currently in the Kurdistan Region and is provided the care afforded to her under international law," it added.
"She will be transferred to Swedish authorities to return home once necessary arrangements are put place."
The girl was 15 years old and pregnant when she ran away from Boras last May with her boyfriend and travelled to Syria, Swedish media reported.
The girl was seized by IS in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in August, after which she was moved to territory controlled by the jihadist group.
In mid-August, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed it had been told a Swedish minor was in Syria, and said it was in contact with family members.


A controversial plan by the Ethiopian government to expand the capital, Addis Ababa, is set to be scrapped after a key member of the ruling coalition withdrew its support.

The expansion plan sparked deadly violence in the central-southern state of Oromia, which surrounds Addis Ababa.
Rights groups say that at least 150 protesters have died and another 5,000 have been arrested by security forces. Similar protests in May 2014 left dozens of protesters dead.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn had vowed on 16 December that his government would be "merciless" towards the protesters, who he described as "anti-peace forces".
However in a surprising move, the Oromo People's Democratic Organisation (OPDO) said on 12 January that it had resolved to "fully terminate" the plan after a three-day meeting.
Rejection of official plans by government members is unprecedented in Ethiopia.
It is also historic, as it could be seen as acknowledging the legitimacy of the protests.
Any form of development the world over is going to upset someone, and the Ethiopian authorities have always said they would consult communities before bulldozing ahead.
But many Oromos, especially in the rural areas, view the expansion as a ploy by other ethnic groups, especially the Tigray and Amhara, to uproot them from their fertile lands under the guise of development.
The Oromo, who constitute about 40% of Ethiopia's 100 million inhabitants, frequently complain that the government is dominated by the Tigray and Amhara who hail from north of the capital.
The governing coalition - the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) - has not yet issued an official statement on the future of its so-called "master plan" for Addis Ababa's expansion.
But the extensive coverage of the OPDO statement by the tightly controlled state TV and pro-government websites indicates that the authorities will abandon it.
It is also surprising that the OPDO publicly expressed its condolences to bereaved families and pledged to assist those who lost property in the protests.
Such promises signal the depth of concern within the OPDO over the long-term impact of the protests.
The country's political stability is fragile and it faces numerous domestic and international disputes.
Ethiopia has up to 10 domestic armed rebellions, mainly in the regions of Oromia, Tigray and Amhara and Gambella to the west.
There is also long-standing rebel activity in the south-eastern state of Somali, also known as Ogaden.
Besides the border dispute with Eritrea, which sparked a 1999-2000 war, the country shares volatile borders with Somalia and South Sudan.
Pacification of the country's largest ethnic group removes one headache for the authorities.
Continuing the crackdown might have spurred Oromos to join rebel groups active in their region.
As long ago as 2002, late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Oromo students and opposition activists presented the most serious threat to his government.
So in the face of the large Oromo constituency, the OPDO realised that supporting the master plan undermined its grassroots support and influence within the EPRDF.
It is unclear what impact the move will have on the economy, which is one of the fastest growing in Africa.
Part of this growth is fuelled by state investment in large infrastructural projects.
Despite the impressive development, Ethiopia is ranked 173 out of the 187 nations surveyed in the last UN Human Development Index and has high poverty indexes, mainly related to the rising population.
This has put immense pressure on Ethiopia's natural resources, including land, which has become a flashpoint.
Most of Ethiopia's population is based in the rural areas and engaged in subsistence farming.
The state owns the land, leaving little incentive for farmers to engage in economically viable farming.
Some of the best land has also been leased to foreigners, further fuelling the tensions.
While shelving the plan would be a major retreat for the government, it is a sign of political maturity of the EPRDF, which has consistently been accused by rights groups of being heavy-handed towards dissent since coming to power in 1991.
The step, even if temporary, also removes the rug from under the feet of its numerous critics and will earn it political goodwill from Ethiopia's international supporters, including Western donors.
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Yorkshire have signed Northants bowler Jack Brooks on a three-year deal.

The 28-year-old England Lions seamer has taken 118 first-class wickets at an average of 28.95.
Brooks announced earlier this month that he was likely to be moving on at the end of the 2012 season after four years with Northants.
He told the Yorkshire website: "I'm absolutely elated to be joining Yorkshire who are one of the biggest clubs in the country."
Director of cricket Martyn Moxon added: "We are really pleased to have acquired Jack's services.
"We've been looking to strengthen our squad to challenge in the First Division of the County Championship in 2013 and believe that Jack brings a great deal of quality to our existing seam attack."


Plans to set up a centre for pupils who have been bullied or feel "socially awkward" are being explored by a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group in Manchester.

LGBT Youth North West is looking at new uses for the Joyce Layland LGBT Centre.
It follows the award of a Â£63,000 government grant to investigate options "for the whole of the LGBT community".
Director Amelia Lee said one possibility was using it to support pupils who feel excluded.
She said the aim would be to make them feel they are a "really valued and special person in the world".
"In mainstream education, there's a lot of people who feel they don't fit in, there are some who experience a lot of bullying and [there are those] who self-select, because they feel so socially awkward, to not go to school.
"Say a pupil is having a really hard time at school and they might need a half day a week with a youth worker to talk to about their gender identity or sexuality - we think that's something really important that we should support."
"We're carrying out consultations [and] one possibility is an alternative education provision - for all pupils, not just LGBT pupils."
The grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government is to fund a feasibility study.
LGBT Youth North West currently works with about 10,000 teachers and pupils every year "to make all schools truly inclusive".
Ms Lee said the idea would not be "to reinvent the wheel, but complement what exists already".
"It's about making sure our LGBT and other pupils get the support they need and have their identities validated so they don't feel weird [but instead] like they are a really valued and special person in the world and in our community."
A spokeswoman for the group said the process was at a "very early stage" and the form any future educational facility would take had yet to be decided upon.


A baby was caught by a member of the public after being dropped from a window as fire engulfed London's Grenfell Tower, a witness has said.

Samira Lamrani said she saw a woman gesturing to the crowd below that she was about to drop her baby from "the ninth or 10th floor" of the building.
A man ran forward and managed to catch the baby, she said.
Twelve people have died in the blaze in north Kensington and police expect the numbers to rise.
Ms Lamrani told the Press Association: "People were starting to appear at the windows, frantically banging and screaming.
"The windows were slightly ajar - a woman was gesturing that she was about to throw her baby and if somebody could catch her baby.
"Somebody did, a gentleman ran forward and managed to grab the baby."
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She described seeing people "from all angles, banging and screaming for help" from the tower block.
"We were reassuring them, telling them we've done what we can and that we've phoned 999, but obviously the look on their face was death."
She said one resident attempted to use a "homemade parachute" to lower himself out of a window.
Ms Lamrani said there were "endless numbers of people" trapped in the building, including children, and she could hear them "screaming for their lives".


Prostitutes in the Netherlands are lobbying the tax authorities for the same pension rights as footballers.

They say that they, like footballers,  do "difficult physical work" in the prime of their lives and their careers are short-lived.
A lawyer for the women said they should be allowed to save money in a tax-free pension fund.
Footballers enjoy a scheme under which they are allowed to save 5,000 euros ($7,000) tax-free a month.
The campaign to secure prostitutes a better deal is being run by Freya, a prostitution company which has applied to run a number of brothels in Utrecht.
A lawyer for Freya, Wil Post, told the BBC's Anna Holligan that prostitution, like football, is best-suited to younger people.
"It's hard physical work - you know by 40 you'll be doing something else.
"Some men like older prostitutes, but most men prefer younger women. That's a fact of life and women should be allowed to help take care of themselves financially," she said.
Prostitution was legalised in the Netherlands in 2002.
Under Dutch law, women working in the trade have to register at the chamber of commerce and pay tax.
Some work for prostitution companies, and enjoy the same benefits as salaried workers, including a pension.
But campaigners say the pension is not sufficient.
Wil Post says many women stay in the trade longer than they would like because they are trapped and do not have enough money to get out.
"Unlike footballers, prostitutes have no future career prospects such as coaching or merchandising opportunities," Ms Post said.


A proposed law to create the first tax collection system for Wales in 800 years has been published.

The Tax Collection and Management Bill will create a new Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) with the power to collect and manage taxes.
The legislation paves the way for the devolution of tax powers - the first Welsh taxes since the Middle Ages.
From April 2018, Welsh ministers will be responsible for landfill tax and a replacement for stamp duty.
This will be called the Welsh land transaction tax.
The bill creates a taxpayers' charter, putting duties on people to pay penalties as well as setting out their rights and responsibilities.
It also outlines the duties of the WRA, but gives no estimate on the cost of setting up the authority.
No extra funding is being provided by Westminster.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt has already said the WRA will work with existing authorities to smooth the introduction of the taxes.
HM Revenue and Customs will be involved in the collection of the land transaction tax while environment body Natural Resources Wales will help collect the landfill tax.
Ms Hutt said: "Businesses and taxpayers deserve a system of taxation that is fundamentally simple and transparent.
"The tax arrangements we are putting in place provide consistency and minimise the burden on taxpayers whilst enabling tax compliance."


A wildlife charity is taking a positive view of the death of an otter as it provides a vital clue in the life of the elusive mammal.

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust recently received a report of a dead otter on a road in Gedling, Nottingham.
It said that while it was an upsetting discovery it proved for the first time that otters have been in the city.
While otters are known to live downstream on the Trent, this is the first proof they are further upstream.
Erin McDaid, from the trust, said: "Whilst a sad report, the fact remains this is the first confirmed report we've received of otters in this immediate area.
"We have received reports of otters further downstream and closer to the Trent at Gunthorpe - but only anecdotal evidence of otters in this area so, all in all, this is an interesting record."
Otters only returned to the county in the late 1990s, and road deaths have often provided the best evidence they remain in Nottinghamshire.
Mr McDaid added: "I have only seen otters in a remote area of Scotland, so to think we have them living here in Nottinghamshire, so close to the city is amazing.
"It's sad when creatures such as otters are killed on our roads, but they fact that they have returned to our rivers and streams is a real conservation success story."


England concluded their preparations for Euro 2016 with a narrow win over 10-man Portugal in a disappointing friendly at Wembley.

Chris Smalling headed England's winner from substitute Raheem Sterling's cross with four minutes left as manager Roy Hodgson's side struggled to break down Portugal, who had Bruno Alves sent off for a wild, high challenge on Harry Kane in the 35th minute.
Only Kyle Walker distinguished himself although Sterling provided a lively cameo off the bench.
The main positive for Hodgson was that there were no fresh injury concerns as he now turns his attention to the Euro 2016 opener against Russia in Marseille on 11 June.
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England's team sheet looked packed with positive attacking intent - but once they lined up the system looked ill-suited to the team Hodgson had selected.
The biggest victim was Tottenham's Dele Alli, who looked so outstanding playing in an advanced central role in the 3-2 win against Germany in March, but was out of sorts and shunted to the margins by England's formation.
Alli was restricted to the left to allow Wayne Rooney to play through the middle, while Jamie Vardy and Kane, with 49 Premier League goals between them this season, barely got within sight of each other all night.
Vardy and Kane were seemingly handed the responsibility of providing width but instead they were stretched so far apart as to be rendered completely ineffective.
The pair have all the makings of a potent partnership but not when they are virtual strangers. It is something Hodgson must work on before England face Russia.
Rooney was as industrious as ever but the muddled manner in which this formation performed will again raise questions about his role in England's team.
Rooney, 30, brings much to the side but is he really a better bet in the number 10 role than Alli?
That is currently debatable, which leaves him fighting for his place as a striker, although once again the way England set up appeared to confuse the players as much as inspire them.
The Manchester United and England captain can still win games but will Hodgson be brave enough to leave him out when the situation demands it?
Sterling had a difficult first season at Manchester City after his £49m summer move from Liverpool - but there are one or two signs his confidence may be returning.
He was lively in the win against Australia and set up Rooney's second goal, and here he delivered a perfect cross for Smalling to head England's late decider.
If Sterling's confidence-rebuilding process can continue over the next few weeks, then England could find a potent weapon restored at Euro 2016.
Joe Hart (goalkeeper) 5
One poor first-half clearance and had so little to do he barely merits a rating.
Man of the match: Kyle Walker (right-back) 8
Impressive going forward with several good crosses and one thunderous shot just wide.
Gary Cahill (centre-back) 5
Booked and a couple of careless moments but not really tested by a Portugal side lacking ambition.
Chris Smalling (centre-back) 6
Barely had anything to do on what was an easy night for him defensively then chipped in with that late winner.
Danny Rose (left-back) 6
Got forward a lot and did enough to suggest he will start against Russia. One good first-half interception.
Eric Dier (defensive midfielder) 5
Undistinguished performance in an undistinguished game, but not alone in that.
James Milner (midfielder) 5
Anonymous. Almost let Portugal in with one misplaced first-half pass.
Dele Alli (midfielder) 5
A waste of his ability in a left-sided role. He must play in the number 10 position against Russia.
Wayne Rooney (attacking midfielder) 5
Industrious but not at his best.
Jamie Vardy (forward) 5
Frustrating night playing too far away from Harry Kane. The pair should be operating as a partnership.
Harry Kane (forward) 6
Worked hard but the system never got the best out of him. And why is England's main striker taking corners?
Jack Wilshere (on for Milner, 66 minutes) 5
Quiet run out just to add to his fitness.
Raheem Sterling (on for Vardy, 66 minutes) 6
Excellent cameo and made Smalling's goal with a perfect cross.
Daniel Sturridge (on for Kane, 78 minutes), Adam Lallana (on for Rooney, 78 minutes), Jordan Henderson (on for Alli, 90 minutes)
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Roy Hodgson, speaking to BBC Sport: "It is often a struggle when you play against 10 men. We would have preferred 11 v 11, to flow more in attack and in defence.
"We were on the ball and trying to find the way through a packed and well-organised Portugal defence.
"I don't intend to tell you what I think of what worked and what didn't.
"The players worked hard to keep their shape and build attacks. It is our third win and one against a Portugal team ranked higher than us in the Fifa rankings, so no reason to be dissatisfied.
"Have I decided my best 11? That is difficult and will depend on the night.
"I am happy I have got 16/17 good players and happy with the options available to us."
Former England defender Danny Mills on BBC Radio 5 live: "Too many square pegs in round holes. Three centre-forwards on the pitch going for the same ball, in the same space. I don't get it. I am not sure what system Roy is playing, you are taking away from all those players all their strengths.
"Look at the positives: no injuries, a clean sheet and the win.
"Unfortunately that does not tell the true story. That is a worrying performance. You are looking for the team to be confident, bright and sharp but that never materialised."
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Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas on BBC Radio 5 live: "It was a tough night, as a player you want to get through unscathed and get on the plane to France.
"From Roy Hodgson's perspective, I am not sure if he has caused himself more problems with the Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney situation.
"They have got the win. The players that came off the bench had a positive impact. I felt the team were more creative and enjoyable to watch with what we ended with."
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Match ends, England 1, Portugal 0.
Second Half ends, England 1, Portugal 0.
Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) header from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Quaresma with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Portugal. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Substitution, England. Jordan Henderson replaces Dele Alli.
Substitution, Portugal. Eder replaces Ricardo Carvalho.
Foul by Adam Lallana (England).
Eliseu (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  England 1, Portugal 0. Chris Smalling (England) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling with a cross following a set piece situation.
Dele Alli (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal).
Corner,  England. Conceded by Ricardo Carvalho.
Attempt missed. Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Renato Sanches.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (England) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Daniel Sturridge (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by André Gomes (Portugal).
Substitution, England. Adam Lallana replaces Wayne Rooney.
Substitution, England. Daniel Sturridge replaces Harry Kane.
Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Danilo Pereira (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Wayne Rooney (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danilo Pereira (Portugal).
Jack Wilshere (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danilo Pereira (Portugal).
Offside, Portugal. Vieirinha tries a through ball, but Renato Sanches is caught offside.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (England).
Renato Sanches (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Portugal. William Carvalho replaces João Moutinho.
Substitution, Portugal. Renato Sanches replaces Adrien Silva.
Foul by Eric Dier (England).
Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, England. Dele Alli tries a through ball, but Wayne Rooney is caught offside.
Substitution, England. Jack Wilshere replaces James Milner.
Substitution, England. Raheem Sterling replaces Jamie Vardy.
Foul by Gary Cahill (England).
André Gomes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kyle Walker (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by André Gomes (Portugal).
Attempt saved. Eric Dier (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (England).


Crusaders defender Josh Robinson is set to leave the Irish Premiership club after the Seaview outfit agreed a deal with National League side York City.

The Minstermen, managed by former Celtic player Jackie McNamara, will be hoping to earn promotion back to League Two after being relegated this season.
Robinson, 22, has helped Crusaders clinch back-to-back Premiership titles after joining from Rangers in 2012.
Meanwhile, former Portadown full-back Ross Redman has signed for Glentoran.
Conor McMenamin has left Glentoran to sign for Warrenpoint Town.
A statement from Crusaders said the club had accepted a financial package from York for Robinson's services.
"Josh leaves Crusaders with the best wishes of the entire club, and it is hoped he can fulfil his ambitions in full-time football," said the Crusaders statement.


Michael Fassbender has become a front-runner for next year's best actor Oscar after an early cut of his new Steve Jobs biopic was screened in the US.

"He completely owns the screen," said Variety, despite his character being "very unlikeable throughout" the film.
"You get the strong sense from Fassbender of a mind that is always several steps beyond everyone else's," agreed The Hollywood Reporter.
Steve Jobs was shown as a "work in progress" at the Telluride Festival.
British director Danny Boyle is expected to premiere the completed version at the New York Film Festival on 3 October. The film will also close the London Film Festival on 18 October.
Co-starring Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels, it is the most high-profile of half-a-dozen films and documentaries about the Apple founder since his death in 2011.
The film was written by Aaron Sorkin, who previously dramatised the life of Mark Zuckerberg - another tech billionaire with personality issues - in the Oscar-winning The Social Network.
It spans a period of 14 years between 1984 and 1998, using the story of three seminal product launches - the Apple Macintosh, the NeXT "Cube" and the iMac - to tell the story of the volatile character who founded, and then was forced out of, Apple before returning to rescue the company from bankruptcy.
Boyle, whose CV includes Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, has called Jobs "the kind of brilliant, flawed character that Shakespeare would have relished writing about".
"This is not a story that sugar coats his past," noted Sasha Stone in The Wrap's review. "Jobs suffered no fools. He is, in many ways, a monster who feeds on ego."
"Fassbender spits out Sorkin's dialogue like an ice cube maker — each withering insult sticking its landing."
"Sorkin has a gift for writing the elevated gab of brainiacs," added Todd McCarthy in The Hollywood Reporter, and "Boyle's fast-heartbeat pacing and quasi-verite style provides the new film with a constant dramatic hum and you-are-there immediacy."
"But hardly any of this would matter without a dynamic actor at the centre of things nailing the part of Jobs, and while Fassbender doesn't closely physically resemble the man, he fully delivers the essentials.
"Along with intellectual brilliance and force of personality, the actor also taps into the man's frequent unreachability, power to inspire, unswerving faith in his own instincts, attention to the smallest detail, utter lack of sentimentality and the certitude that can come from occupying a different, loftier realm."
Variety's Kristopher Tapley put it more succinctly: "The 12 Years a Slave star crushes the role... and then some."
The debut of Steve Jobs in Telluride coincided with that of two other Oscar contenders at the Venice Film Festival.
Johnny Depp has some of the best reviews of his career for his portrayal of Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger in Black Mass.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star "oozes a cadaverous anti-charisma" said Robbie Collin in the Telegraph, although "you long for him to roll his sleeves up and grasp the character's shape and soul himself, ideally without the aid of those distracting prosthetics."
"Depp takes control of the proceedings from the outset and never yields it," said Todd McCarthy in The Hollywood Reporter.
"[His] instinct for observing, underlaying and keeping things in, then letting it all out when required, pays big dividends here."
Also in the running for Oscar glory is The Danish Girl, which stars Eddie Redmayne as celebrated Danish painter Lili Elbe, who became one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
However, early reviews from Venice have been lukewarm, with the Guardian calling it "handsome but over-tasteful".
Redmayne, who won last year's best actor Oscar, "is undeniably affecting"  said Jonathan Romney. "But his coy grins, so effective in The Theory of Everything, are worked relentlessly here."
"It's a film of few surprises," confirmed Variety magazine - but one of them is the "emotionally compelling" story of Elbe's wife, Gerda Wegender, played by Alicia Vikander.
"Toggling sensuality and sensitivity, with a latent streak of anger throughout, Vikander plays her half beautifully," wrote Guy Lodge.
"It's the stuff that best actress campaigns are built upon."


A Star Wars fan with 20,000 items of memorabilia says he will have to move house - as the latest sequel looks set to swell his collection further.

Jason Buxton, 46, has amassed his collection of action figures, costumes and other merchandise since he saw the original Star Wars film in 1978.
The hoard already fills the three-bedroom home he shares with his wife, two sons and dogs in Ixworth, Suffolk.
"I can't really fit much more in, so we're going to have to move," he said.
Mr Buxton said the release of The Force Awakens has seen his thirst for merchandise strike back, with a new range of tie-in products becoming available.
"The shops are full of the new range of toys, so it's paradise for me. You just walk in and buy loads of it," he said.
"The bigger the house, the more stuff I can have, so I'll buy a bigger house."
The Force fanatic said his obsession has grown stronger as he got older, with much of his valuable collection made up of more recent purchases.
"As I got older and was able to afford the collectables it just got out of hand and has grown and grown - some are worth nothing and some are worth thousands," he said.
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Star Wars items in Jason Buxtons collection
He???s going to see the new film twice on its opening day
He has a dog called Chewie???
And a stormtrooper tattoo on his arm
Mr Buxton saw the first film A New Hope at the long-gone Focus Cinema in Bury St Edmunds and planned on seeing The Force Awakens at its first midnight showing on Thursday.
The family regularly attend conventions and earlier this year went to Anaheim, California, for the Star Wars Celebration event where thousands of fans saw the premiere of the new movie's trailer.
"There were grown men crying and screaming," said Mr Buxton. "It was phenomenal."
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Maria Buxton, Jason's wife, said: "I enjoy the social side of the events we go to - who knows where it will take us next?
"If we can keep the collection in an annex in the new house, then it would be ideal because I can have my little space.
"But I do have my limits."


A photographer who sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl in his studio and took an indecent photo of her has been jailed.

Brian Claassen, of March, Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to assaulting the girl at Lifestyle Portraits Ltd in Swindon town centre in 2016.
Claassen, 40, also admitted possessing 166 indecent images of children.
He was jailed for three years and four months at Portsmouth Crown Court.
Det Con Mark Harris of Wiltshire Police said: "Without the questioning nature of this young girl, who told her mum and dad in the first place, and the help and support her parents have given our investigation team, it's possible Claassen's activities could have gone undetected.
"Instead, their vital evidence has led to a guilty plea and sentence."


A photo of 80 birds of prey on board an airliner in the Middle East has gone viral after being posted on Reddit.

Ahmet Yasar, the businessman who posted the image, told the BBC it was taken within the last four weeks by a friend who works as an airline captain.
Mr Yasar said the falcons were flying to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for what is thought to be a hunting trip.
"The picture was taken on board an Airbus flying from an unknown origin to Saudi Arabia," Mr Yasar told the BBC.
"It is quite common for airlines in the Middle East to transport birds for hunting purposes. In this case each falcon is estimated to be worth about $8,000 (Â£6,435)," the Turkey-based businessman said.
"The picture I posted has gone viral attracting interest from all over the world," he said. "It is thought the birds were to be used to hunt geese."
Mr Yasar said the airline captain who took the picture did not want to be named.
The popularity of hunting in the Middle East was clearly seen in December 2015, when gunmen kidnapped at least 27 Qatari hunters - including members of the ruling family - in a desert area of Iraq near the Saudi border.
Iraq - like Saudi Arabia - is one of several countries frequented by wealthy practitioners of the ancient sport of falconry as they search for prey that either does not exist in their own countries or which has been almost hunted to extinction there.
Their favoured prey is the Asian houbara bustard, akin to a small turkey, and to find it and other similar species, Gulf hunters often travel to Morocco, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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They take with them their prized falcons, typically peregrines, sakers and lanners, which are expertly trained to home in on their quarry at high speed.
Falconry was an important skill for Bedouin hunters in the harsh deserts of Arabia and Syria and has been around for thousands of years.


The journal Science has asked the authors of a research paper, which linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus, to withdraw their findings.

It has also published an editorial expressing concern that the validity of the study was "seriously in question".
The authors said they were "extremely disappointed" and that the editorial was "premature".
An expert in the UK said any link with chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME, was a myth and the decision was inevitable.
In 2009, a study at the Whittemore Peterson Institute was published in Science which showed that DNA from a mouse virus, XMRV, was present in 67% of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, but only 4% of the general population.
Science's editor in chief, Bruce Alberts, said at least 10 studies had since failed to reproduce those results, including two studies published at the same time as his editorial.
One concluded that the mostly likely explanation for the 2009 finding was that laboratory samples were contaminated with XMRV.
The other looked at 61 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who took part in the original study, but it found no trace of XMRV.
As a result, Science asked for the authors of the 2009 research paper to voluntarily retract their findings. They declined.
Annette Whittemore, President of the Whittemore Peterson Institute, said: "We are extremely disappointed that the editor of Science has published an 'editorial expression of concern'".
She said that other studies had not used the same experiments as the original study and that: "The authors of the Lombardi study believe that it is premature to conclude that the negative studies are accurate or change the conclusions of the original studies.
"Much of the work on this new retrovirus has yet to be performed, and we look forward to new studies which will support the results and findings described by these accomplished scientists."
Dr Jonathan Stoye, virologist at the Medical Research Council National Institute of Medical Research, said: "It comes as no great surprise, in fact it was inevitable since a series of studies failed to reproduce the original results."
"It should be made as definitive as possible that XMRV is not linked to chronic fatigue syndrome. It is a myth."
He said the implication was that the samples were contaminated, however this had not been definitively proven.
He added: "Science could have gone one step further and withdrawn it off its own bat. In football this is somewhere between a red and a yellow card."


Emilio Izaguirre has described it as "a very sad day in my life" as he completed his transfer from Celtic to Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha.

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The Honduras left-back has ended seven seasons with the Scottish champions after moving for an undisclosed fee and signing a two-year contract.
"I never thought that one day I had to say goodbye to a club that I love so much and that gave me everything in football - all my dreams came true in my professional career as a football player," he said on Instagram.
The 31-year-old thanked Neil Lennon, the former Celtic manager who signed him from Motagua in his homeland, "for trusting me and for giving me this fantastic opportunity".
Izaguirre, who has 88 caps for his country, became a first-team regular but last season was second choice to Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney.
He made nearly 250 appearances for Celtic, but he played only 18 times in the last campaign.
Izaguirre also thanked all the staff at the cub and his team-mates, "especially my captain Scott Brown".
"Hail, hail, I love Celtic forever," he added in a post in which he included a video of himself kissing the Celtic badge on his jersey.
Izaguirre becomes the third overseas player to join the squad at Al-Faya, who were promoted to the Saudi Professional League after winning the First Division last season.
They enter the season under a new head coach, with former Romania midfielder Constantin Galca, who has spells in charge at Steaua Bucaresti and Espanyol, arriving from top-flight rivals Al-Taawoun.
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Masters champion Danny Willett is one shot off the first-round lead at the BMW PGA Championship after carding a six-under-par 66 at Wentworth.

Willett, 28, who won his first major last month, sank six birdies in a bogey-free round to trail YE Yang, Joost Luiten and Scott Hend.
"It's always nice to play in front of home crowds. The reception on the first tee was amazing," said Willett.
Fellow Englishman Robert Rock is five under; Luke Donald is one further back.
Former world number one Donald, who beat Lee Westwood in a play-off to win the Wentworth crown in 2011 and successfully defended the title 12 months later, said: "That was a perfect start for me.
"The last year or two has been tough, I've struggled to gain confidence and feel comfortable.
"But the last couple of months I'm feeling more and more comfortable and it's nice to see some better results. I feel like I am on the upward path."
Willett finished 11 shots behind winner Rory McIlroy at the Irish Open and wants the same support the four-time major winner got in his home event.
"We got a great reception all the way around," he said.
"It helped Rory last week coming down the stretch and hopefully it can do the same for one of the English lads this week."
Defending champion Byeong-hun An held the early lead when he carded four birdies in succession from the fourth but a scrappy back nine saw the South Korean sign for a level-par 72.


A man has been charged with wasting police time following inquiries into an alleged assault with intent to rob in Stranraer.

Police had appealed for witnesses to an incident in the town's Agnew Crescent on Saturday evening.
However, a short statement said a 23-year-old man had now been arrested and charged with wasting police time.
It added that they were not looking for anyone in respect of the original alleged robbery.


Rebekah Brooks has told the phone-hacking trial she did not realise the practice was illegal when she was editor of the News of the World

Mrs Brooks said she "didn't think anybody, me included, knew it was illegal".
She told the Old Bailey she felt "shock and horror" after she discovered murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked.
Mrs Brooks, one of seven defendants on trial, denies four charges.
She said she was never asked to sanction the accessing of voicemails for a story during her time as editor of the newspaper.
"No journalist ever came to me and said 'We're working on so and so a story but we need to access their voicemail and we need to ask for my sanction to do it'," she said.
"Even though I didn't know it was illegal, I absolutely felt it was in the category of a serious breach of privacy."
Mrs Brooks denies conspiring to hack phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiring to cover up evidence to pervert the course of justice.
Mrs Brooks said she knew nothing about the tasking of the convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire to access 13-year-old Milly's voicemails in 2002.
She told the court she only became aware Milly's phone had been hacked on 4 July 2011.
The NoW was closed later that month following the revelations.
Asked about her reaction to hearing the schoolgirl's phone had been targeted, the 45-year-old said: "Shock, horror, everything. I just think anyone would think that that was pretty abhorrent, so my reaction was that."
The court heard Milly's mobile phone was hacked between 10 and 12 April, when Mrs Brooks was on holiday in Dubai with her former husband, Ross Kemp.
Her barrister, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, asked: "Was that ever brought to your attention at any point, firstly during your holiday in Dubai?"
"Absolutely not," Mrs Brooks said.
"Or thereafter?" Mr Laidlaw asked, to which she replied "No".
Mr Laidlaw also questioned Mrs Brooks about how often she was on her phone during the Dubai holiday.
He referred to past evidence given by William Hennessy, who was at Dubai at the same time with Dean Keyworth, a friend of Andy Coulson, and who spent some time with Mrs Brooks and Mr Kemp.
He had said he remembered Mrs Brooks walking away to take a call about "the missing Surrey girl".
Mrs Brooks said she did not remember saying that, and that had she referred to Milly, it would have been by name and not as "the missing Surrey girl".
The court heard that Mrs Brooks made four calls to the editor's desk at the NoW on 12 April, sent four texts to Mr Coulson's mobile and received a call from his phone.
Mr Laidlaw asked her if that was an unusual number of calls to be making while on holiday.
She said it was normal given it was a Friday night - when she would usually check to see "how the paper's going" before it went to print.
Taking Mrs Brooks through call records between her phone and the NoW editor's office, Mr Laidlaw also asked her what she would have done had someone told her on the Thursday or Friday that they thought they had a lead on Milly's whereabouts.
"Tell the police," Mrs Brooks said. "I would have assumed probably that they would have told the police before me. If they had not, I would have told them to do so."
The court also heard that a full transcript of a voicemail message mistakenly left on Milly's phone by a recruitment agency had been included in the first and second editions of the NoW that weekend - 14 April 2002.
But references to the voicemail were omitted from the third edition, which was the main selling edition of the paper, the court heard.
Mrs Brooks, who was in Dubai until the Sunday, said she played no part in the change.
She also denied having anything to do with pushing the story from page nine to page 30 of the third edition.
The Old Bailey earlier heard details of a contract which agreed to pay convicted phone hacker Mulcaire Â£1,769 a week, or Â£92,000 a year, to supply information.
Mrs Brooks said she had not seen the contract, which started on September 1, 2001.
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Mulcaire was jailed in 2007, along with the the NoW's then-royal editor, Clive Goodman, after admitting intercepting voicemails.
Mrs Brooks said a lot of investigators were used during the late 1990s and early 2000s, adding that it was "pretty normal" in Fleet Street.
She said investigators did the "leg work" for journalists, citing an example when the newspaper traced convicted paedophiles living in the community.
She said she had "never heard the name of Glenn Mulcaire" before his arrest.
All seven defendants deny the various charges against them.


Newcastle Falcons produced a superb second-half defensive display to beat London Irish and pull seven points clear of the Premiership's bottom club.

The Exiles, members of the top flight since 1996, face Harlequins and Wasps in their two remaining fixtures.
Greig Tonks had kicked them in front at Kingston Park, but Marcus Watson's try and penalties from Mike Delany and Juan Pablo Socino put Falcons 13-6 ahead.
London Irish dominated after half-time but were unable to break through.
They now need to earn surprise victories over Quins and high-flying Wasps if they are to have any chance of catching 11th-placed Newcastle, who play Saracens and Sale in the last two rounds.
Tom Coventry's Irish side created numerous try-scoring opportunities, only to be thwarted by a combination of resolute Falcons defence, wayward handling and poor decision-making at the crucial moment.
Asaeli Tikoirotuma was arguably most guilty, attempting an ambitious offload when presented with a straightforward 10-metre finish to the corner, while Andrew Fenby was unlucky not to successfully ground Shane Geraghty's grubber through.
Even Newcastle's first-half try came from a London Irish error, as Tonks' pass on the edge of the Newcastle 22 was intercepted by Watson for an eye-catching 60-metre touchdown.
Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards:
"The job is not done yet. We talked about it after the final whistle and there will be no letting up in the last two games of the season.
"We were the best of two bad sides today and it was disappointing to score only one try, but we didn't let them score any and our defence and discipline, especially in the last 25 minutes, was outstanding.
"If you play badly and win, you have to take it and London Irish are not an easy side to crack and they have been playing well in recent weeks.
"Mathematically, safety is not there. We just have to make sure it is in the last two games."
London Irish head coach Tom Coventry told BBC Radio Berkshire:
"We had plenty of chances, we just weren't able to execute them under pressure. It's probably a sign of a team lacking in confidence.
"The ability to time a pass, the injection to take a couple of extra steps before you offload and confidence in your ability to do that.
"We're at the bottom of a crest at the moment and those things don't come naturally to you."
On the seven-point deficit at the bottom with two games to play: "There's always hope, it's not a hopeless situation.
"We've just got to keep ourselves in a good state of mind. We certainly don't look for excuses."
Newcastle: Hammersley; Tait, Tiesi, Socino, Watson; Delany, Young; Vickers, McGuigan, Vea, Green, Robinson, Wilson, Welch (capt), Latu.
Replacements: Lawson, Rogers, Cusack, Botha, Hogg, Takulua, Willis, Harris.
London Irish: Maitland; Lewington, Hearn, Williams, Fenby; Tonks, Steele; Court, Paice, Aulika, Lloyd, Symons, Sinclair, Cowan, Narraway (capt).
Replacements: Cruse, Smallbone, Halavatau, Sexton, McCusker, McKibbin, Geraghty, Tikoirotuma.
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An investigation into what caused the death of 14-year-old kickboxer who collapsed during a national title bout remains inconclusive, an inquest heard.

Scott Marsden died in hospital after being taken ill at the fight in Leeds, in March.
The inquest into his death was opened and adjourned in Wakefield.
Coroner Jonathan Leach, said initial medical inquiries reported his death, on 12 March, as "unexplained pending further investigation".
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Scott had been competing at Leeds Martial Arts College the night before, when he collapsed in the last round of the five-round contest, the inquest was told.
Mr Leach was told the bout had been full-contact, against someone of similar size and age, and Scott was "wearing appropriate protective equipment".
Emergency treatment was given by on-site medics and paramedics were called but Scott died the following day at Leeds General Infirmary.
Scott's family did not attend Wakefield Coroner's court, where the inquest was adjourned to a date yet to be fixed.
Scott, from Sheffield, started entering competitions at the age of eight.
He trained at the Marsden's All Styles Kickboxing club in Hillsborough, that was run by members of his family, and was a pupil at Forge Valley School.
Speaking after his death Dale Barrowclough, the school's head teacher, said: "Scott was a very popular young man among pupils and staff alike and it is without doubt that he had a very bright sporting future ahead of him."
In the wake of his death Jon Green, England president of the World Kickboxing Association, criticised the response by emergency services that were also called on the night.
But Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: "All of our staff worked tirelessly to provide the patient with the best possible care and transport him to hospital for further treatment."
The British Kickboxing Council has said the tragedy demonstrated how the sport, that does not have a UK governing body, needs regulation.


Double Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock says the Queen is a fan of gymnastics, after receiving an MBE at Buckingham Palace.

The 24-year-old won Britain's first Olympic gymnastics gold medal at Rio 2016 on the floor, before adding a second on the pommel.
"She told me she loved watching the gymnastics because the stuff that we do doesn't seem possible," said Whitlock.
"It was pretty cool to hear the Queen say she likes the sport."
The Hemel Hempstead-born gymnast received his MBE from the Queen at an investiture ceremony at the Palace on Thursday.
Reflecting on his success, he added: "It's been a really good journey, and the MBE actually tops it off."
Meanwhile, Lauren Rowles who won gold in the double sculls at the 2016 Paralympics, and Daniel Brown, James Fox and Oliver James, who won gold as part of the mixed coxed four, were also appointed MBEs for services to rowing.


Lava from a volcano in Hawaii that has been erupting for two months, has been moving towards the coast.

29 July 2016 Last updated at 08:38 BST
It's now reached the Pacific Ocean and video filmed from a helicopter shows the hot liquid rock from the Kilauea volcano falling off the cliffs.
Officials there say that the lava isn't putting any towns in danger but have warned tourists to keep their distance.