A lamb born without its own wool coat is being kept warm in a borrowed fluffy fleece.

The lamb, nicknamed Skippy because "he looks like a kangaroo", was born on a farm in Wiltshire.
Skippy was abandoned by his mother and is now being hand-reared at the farm.
Ms Fisher, who is looking after Skippy, said: "We've made a little jacket for him to wear out of an old jumper to keep him warm at night."


League Two club Cheltenham Town have signed forwards Mohamed Eisa and Jerell Sellars, both on one-year deals.

Sellars, 21, left Aston Villa at the end of last season and has experience of the fourth tier after a loan spell with Wycombe in 2015-16.
Sudan-born Eisa, 22, scored 57 goals for Greenwich over two seasons.
"We've known about Mo for a couple of seasons and kept our eye on him due to his goalscoring prowess at that level," said boss Gary Johnson.
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India's most expensive film ever is a Frankenstein-type tale of a scientist who makes a robot in his own image, which turns into a monster and falls in love with his maker's fiancee.

And it looks set to be another mega-hit for Tamil cinema's superstar, Rajinikanth, a balding 61-year-old whose unstoppable box office staying power seems almost as incredible as the film's plotline.
Made with a budget of 1.6bn rupees ($35m; Â£23m), Enthiran is a story about a killer robot who multiplies into a million clones, destroying Chennai (Madras), the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
But this terrifying army of androids is dwarfed in real life by the legions of fans of the movie's cult mega-star, Rajinikanth, India's highest-paid actor.
In Enthiran (Robot), Rajinikanth plays the nutty professor and his creation, the humanoid robot, Chitti.
The lovey-dovey android serenades his creator's fiancee, played by Bollywood star, Aishwarya Rai, singing that he will seek love in places "where Google searches can't reach".
She purrs and calls him her "toyfriend"; he sings that her beauty has set him burning to temperatures that even the "Atlantic Ocean cannot cool".
Smart lines, diabolical characters, high-voltage action and impressive special effects make this a promising Indian popcorn movie.
Then there are the lush song sequences in exotic locations like Machu Picchu.
The film's spin machine claims that the Peruvian authorities had "refused the shooting of a James Bond film, but allowed our Rajinikanth to dance".
The critics may be cringing, and at nearly 180 minutes, Enthiran is rather long, but the film has stormed the box office since opening last weekend.
The movie is also the product of an industry which is fast becoming globalised, despite its unique brand of cinema.
The special effects are cooked up by a Hollywood FX shop that has worked on films like Jurassic Park and Terminator.
The action scenes were staged by a Hong Kong choreographer who has worked with Jackie Chan and on the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The music is scored by the Oscar-winning AR Rahman - the songs are a fusion of lilting Tamil numbers set to Malaysian rap and hip hop, and bouncy electro-pop.
As so often, Rajinikanth steals the show.
"The two worthwhile creations of God are you and me," he tells the film's heroine.
At least half that statement would be heartily agreed with by members of the more than 6,000 Rajinikanth fan clubs that have spawned across India.
He is especially popular in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where film stars are venerated like gods.
In a recent article, slate.com rated Rajinikanth as the second-highest-paid actor in Asia, after Jackie Chan.
"If a tiger had sex with a tornado and then their tiger-nado baby got married to an earthquake, their offspring would be Rajinikanth," says a review in slate.com.
In Japan, his film Muthu was dubbed in Japanese as The Dancing Maharaja and became a huge hit in 1995.
Rajinikanth's success is all the more remarkable considering he has no obvious aptitude as a dancer - a talent so desirable for Tamil musicals.
His eccentric mannerisms and histrionics have earned him the nickname Style King. But he remains the most beloved star of the Tamils.
His fans thought nothing of queuing from the early hours outside cinemas on the day of the film's premiere.
Rajinikanth's followers have been known to perform Hindu bathing purification rituals on his posters.
The success of Enthiran ensures that their worship of the megastar will continue.


Surveyors are expecting commercial rents in Scotland to decline over the coming quarter following the Brexit vote, according to a report.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found confidence and investor demand fell sharply in the commercial property market after the referendum.
Its latest UK market survey suggested investment inquiries slumped across Scotland in the second quarter.
Foreign investor interest in Scottish commercial property also declined.
Responses to the survey were gathered after the referendum outcome was known.
Rics said political and economic uncertainty was also hitting confidence on the occupier side of the UK market.
In Scotland, occupier demand dropped for the first time since the third quarter of 2014.
Nearly a third more respondents said they now expected commercial rents in Scotland to decline over the coming quarter.
This was in stark contrast to the first quarter, when 17% more respondents anticipated rents would increase in the near term.
All parts of the UK saw an increase in the proportion of contributors sensing a downturn in the market. London exhibited the highest proportion, with 54% of respondents taking this view.
Rics senior economist Jeff Matsu said: "Political and economic uncertainty in the aftermath of the referendum result has clearly dampened sentiment in the commercial property market, with the tone becoming visibly more cautious right across the UK.
"Although the impact is widespread, the drop in confidence has been most pronounced in Scotland and London.
"Nevertheless, following several years of strong capital value and rental gains, momentum had already appeared to be slowing.
"Whether or not the sharp deterioration in the Rics survey data is a knee-jerk reaction that will unwind as the result is digested, or the start of a more prolonged downturn, remains to be seen."


Campaigners claim the NHS concealed the fact a doctor was being employed in Stafford's County Hospital overnight so patients did not use the service.

An email was disclosed from Stafford clinical commissioning group chief executive Andy Donald, saying commissioners had put the service in two months ago, but not advertised it.
Mr Donald said promotion was avoided, in order not to "stoke up demand".
Support Stafford Hospital said his attitude was cynical and outrageous.
Mr Donald has now agreed to re-advertise it so people know it is available.
He said the service had in fact been advertised when first opened, but the clinical commissioning group did not want people using it as a walk-in service and it was not meant to replace A&E.
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which ran Stafford Hospital, now known as County Hospital, was dissolved in November after a Â£6m inquiry into care failings.
A new trust, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, runs the hospital and the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
Following the closure of accident and emergency overnight and the imminent downgrading of paediatrics at County Hospital, an out-of-hours GP was appointed from 1 February to work in the hospital to ensure safety - particularly for parents of children with chronic conditions - and support the move of services from Stafford to Stoke.
The email was sent on 26 March to Karen Bourne, divisional general manager for women and children's services at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.
She was asking for detail about the out-of-hours GP service at County Hospital, hoping it would help her reassure parents worried about the removal of the children's ward at the hospital.
Mr Donald replied: "The Out of Hours service has been in place since the 1st February. We just haven't advertised it because it's very expensive and we do not want to stoke up demand."
Julian Porter, from Support Stafford Hospital, said: "They don't have any intention of keeping a doctor there that is why they haven't advertised it. They want to scrap it before it's started."
Mr Donald accepted it was expensive and with limited resources, he could spend the money elsewhere.
"We want people to go to their GP. We don't want to stoke up demand for the service," he said.
"It can be accessed if needed through the NHS 111 helpline, but the danger is that it will be full in a matter of weeks."
He said the viability of a GP out-of-hours service at the hospital would be reassessed in six months' time.


Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq will retire from limited-overs internationals after the World Cup to focus on Test cricket.

The 40-year-old batsman set a record last year for the most Test wins by a Pakistan skipper.
"Test cricket remains the ultimate test for me and we have tough series coming against England and India," he said.
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will quit ODIs after the World Cup to concentrate on T20 cricket.
Misbah, who made his ODI debut in 2002, has scored 4,669 runs at an average of 42.83 in 153 ODIs, and captained Pakistan in 78 games.
He has played 29 Twenty20 internationals, the most recent of which was 2012.
"I took the decision to retire after much thought and feel this is the best time to go from ODIs," Misbah said. "The World Cup is my last ODI venture."
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan said: "He has been a big source of inspiration for the Pakistan team since the spot-fixing scandal and it is his personal decision to retire from ODIs after the World Cup."
The World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starts on 14 February, with Pakistan's opening Pool B game against India in Adelaide the following day.
Pakistan host England in a three-Test series in late 2015, followed by two Tests against India.
Pakistan's Test victory over New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in November was Misbah's 15th as skipper, putting him ahead of Javed Miandad and Imran Khan.


A fire has badly damaged the former Majestyk nightclub in Leeds.

Dozens of firefighters worked through the night to tackle the blaze at the Grade II-listed premises, the home of the Majestic cinema in the 1920s.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested but police said it was too early to say if the cause of the fire was suspicious.
At the height of the fire, flames could be seen shooting out of the top of the building as crews struggled to bring the blaze under control.
The roof has partially collapsed but the "iconic" building has been saved, firefighters said.
Most recently the premises was used as the home of the Majestyk nightclub, but it has also served as a ballroom and bingo club.
It lay disused for years after the closure of the nightclub, but had recently been refurbished.
Nick Smith, from the fire service, said: "It's a big fire and it's been a difficult operation. But we have managed to save this iconic building.
"We've had the structural engineer out and the building framework is safe. Obviously, the roof isn't, but it doesn't pose a risk to the public."
Timeline
1922: The Majestic cinema opens on 5 June with capacity for 1,200 in the circle and 1,600 in the stalls. It was designed by architect Pascal J Steinlet.
1950s: Doubles as a ballroom and continued to show films.
1969: Opens as the Top Rank bingo club.
1993: Becomes a Grade II-listed building.
Mid 1990s: Reopens as the Majestyk nightclub.
2006: Majestyk shuts its doors.
2010: Added to Leeds Civic Trust's 'At Risk' register. Bought by Leeds firm Rushbond Plc which planned to turn it into a live music venue.
Several road closures are in place around the site, which is opposite the railway station. They include Quebec Street, Wellington Street and New Station Street.
Mr Smith added: "Unfortunately for people coming into Leeds, anyone approaching the city from the south is going to have significant disruption to their travel."
Crews were called at about 19:20 BST on Tuesday following reports of smoke coming from the first floor of the building.
Leon Baranowski saw the flames from his flat, which overlooks the premises.
He told BBC Radio Leeds: "I looked out my window and you could see the flames. I watched it unfold for the next three or four hours.
"At about [22:30] the roof looked like it lit up again and that's when you started to see bigger flames, maybe 50ft up in the air.
"We got a real perspective because we had the backdrop of the city buildings."
Mark Finch, director of real estate at Rushbond, which owns the building and carried out its recent restoration, said: "We're absolutely devastated by what's happened to The Majestic.
"We're extremely grateful to all the emergency services and Leeds City Council who all worked tirelessly throughout the night.
"We hope to progress with repairing the damage as soon as practically possible."


A hot-air balloon pilot ended up landing his craft in a street because of a loss of wind.

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The balloon was brought down by Matt Rate in Hilldrop Road, Northampton, on Friday evening.
Mr Rate said the wind had suddenly dropped and if he had left the landing any later he could have come down over the town centre.
Resident Ian Callaghan, of Digital Torque, filmed the balloon as it came in to land.
Ben Geoghegan reports.


Angry French confectioners are preparing for battle over a sweet from Provence, after a Chinese company trademarked its name.

Calissons d'Aix are eye-shaped marzipan treats flavoured with melon, and firmly associated with France.
But Shanghai-based firm Ye Chunlin snapped up the rights under the noses of the Gallic manufacturers.
Now the French Union des Fabricants des Calissons (Union of Calisson makers) in Aix is fighting to block the decision.
Calissons have had protected status in France since 1991, so any brand making them there has to follow set methods.
But that only applies in France, meaning overseas sweet makers can pursue their own path.
French confectioners wanted global rights over the Calisson, and have spent well over a decade debating the "official" ingredients.
To stop foreign firms using the Calissons d'Aix name, they applied for an EU designation - the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).
But Ye Chunlin filed its claim with the Chinese intellectual property agency, Sipo, before it came through.
The French sweet makers now hope to block the move via a counter-claim with Sipo.
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Historians quibble about the exact origin of the Calisson, but it is believed to have started out as a medieval almond cake.
French novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol reportedly said of the recipe: "You need one-third almonds, one-third fruit confits, one-third sugar, and a quarter savoir faire."


Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst has cancelled an appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival because the musicians she was due to perform with have been denied visas.

The bearded drag Queen was due to sing with Basalt, an ensemble of three Syrian artists based in Vienna.
The group were meant to be performing at the opening concert in the New European Song book series.
Conchita, who won Eurovision in 2014, is based in Vienna.
The Austrian singer was supposed to appear in concert at the festival on Friday.
Although the Edinburgh International Festival is a "permit free festival", officials said they have no jurisdiction over the visa process and are not an immigration authority.
A permit free festival means "performers and their legitimate entourages do not need to obtain work permits to appear in the UK".
The Edinburgh International Festival said: "Performers and entourages at permit-free festivals enter the UK as a visitor (standard) and do not need to apply for entry under the Points Based System or as a Permitted Paid Engagements visitor.
"However, you may still need to apply for a visa in advance and the requirements depend on which country you are coming from.
"Please note that legitimate entourage may include directors, producers, technicians, stage managers, creative team, publicists and anyone involved directly with a specific production that has been registered with the Fringe Society."


Chris Froome should win his fourth Tour de France title this weekend - but the race is "not over yet", says ex-British road race champion Rob Hayles.

Briton Froome, 32, finished fourth on Thursday's tough stage 18 and has a 23-second lead over France's Romain Bardet with three stages remaining.
But the fight shown by his rivals means a third Froome victory in a row is not certain, Hayles told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He hasn't won it yet. He should, but this has been a tough battle," he said.
"The way these guys fought up the side of this mountain, they absolutely turned themselves inside out," added the former Olympic track cyclist.
Team Sky's Froome also believes overall victory is not yet certain despite having completed "the toughest part of the Tour".
Following a flat route on Friday's stage 19, the riders face the final individual time trial on Saturday in the penultimate stage in Marseille.
"It's nice to get through the Alps feeling good and looking forward to the time trial now in Marseille," added Froome.
"Rigoberto Uran is my biggest threat in Marseille. From the general classification group, he is the next strongest in time trials. He's only 29 seconds behind so he will be the guy to look out for."
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Froome is targeting his first stage victory on the 2017 Tour in Marseille, but says he will "have no regrets" if he rides into Paris wearing the yellow jersey without winning a stage.
"I'll do my best to try to win the stage and ride for the jersey. I've already seen the time trial course. It's a very fast 22km course. I'll do my maximum for sure," he said.
The Briton could become only the seventh man to win the Tour without securing a stage victory, but Hayles disagrees with claims this would be Froome's easiest yellow jersey.
"I've seen a couple of comments saying this is a dull win - this is anything but," said Hayles.
"Everybody tried to put pressure on Chris Froome but ultimately they failed. It didn't happen.
"He has had to try so hard, the margins are so tight - it's not over yet, he hasn't won it yet."


A mother from Carlisle saved the life of her 18-month-old daughter the day after attending a first aid course.

Samantha Furmston almost cancelled her training with the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) because her daughter Rosie was unwell.
However, the day after the course Rosie stopped breathing and Ms Furmston had to perform CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
She recovered and Ms Furmston has urged people to get basic first aid training.
Ms Furmston said: "Rosie had been coughing and being sick and I was starting to get worried and I'd been advised to take her to hospital.
"She was suddenly struggling to breathe and had turned a pale, almost blue colour.
"I instinctively pulled her out of her car seat and everything that I had learnt from the evening before about choking just kicked in.
"I gave her four back blows and then noticed some vomit come out of her mouth. I then felt her take a deep breath and she started crying."
Richard Lambert, of the NWAS, who gave the training, said: "On occasions like these it proves that knowing basic first aid along with having the confidence to use the skills means the difference between life and death."


A multi-million pound redevelopment of one of south Wales' most famous fairgrounds will go ahead after a deal on the future of the site was struck.

The keys for Barry Island Pleasure Park were handed over to new owner Henry Danter on Monday following negotiations with former owners Hilco.
Mr Danter, who has 50 years fairground experience, said he will move large vehicles onto the site to clear it.
He aims to have a small fair on site by Friday.
"It's taken a long time to get to this point," said Mr Danter, who also runs Treasure Island fairground in Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire.
"But we promised the people of Barry we would have it up and running for Easter."
Mr Danter said he paid a deposit for the site "quite a long time ago" but the deal had been delayed because it was dependant on Hilco being given planning permission for flats to be built nearby.
He plans to invest up to Â£20m in the fairground, including building an arcade to ensure that it is a year-round attraction.
Finance Wales and Barclays have invested in the regeneration project.
Beth Cousins, deputy fund manager at Finance Wales, said "Henry and his family have a strong heritage in the fairground industry.
"We're confident that their passion and experience will put the pleasure park back on the map as one of Wales' most popular seaside destinations."
The park struggled after the nearby Butlins holiday camp closed 18 years ago.
Hilco has been asked to comment.


A bank robber wanted for violating his probation has been apprehended by US police after starring in a low-budget horror film using his own name.

Jason Stange, 44, had taken a role as a doctor who commits a "deranged act" in a film called Marla Mae.
Images of him appeared in a piece publicising the shooting of the film in a newspaper in Washington state.
Police agents recognised him and arrested him at a restaurant close to the film set.
Stange had pleaded guilty to an armed bank robbery in 2006 and was given a prison sentence of almost ten years.
Last year he absconded from a "halfway house" facility and a warrant was issued.
Brandon Roberts, the film's producer, told the local News Tribune that Stange was a talented actor who was well-liked by the cast and crew.
He said the film was rewritten to suit Stange, who had "really nailed the audition", adding that Stange will remain in the film, which is scheduled for release in 2016.


Down were undone by David Slattery's two second-half goals as the Mourne side fell to a 2-9 to 0-10 defeat by Kildare in Division Two.

The table-topping Lilywhites held a 0-4 to 0-3 lead after a defensive first half in a rain-lashed Pairc Esler.
Slattery netted just 90 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute and he fired in a second goal to give Kildare a six-point cushion.
Down stay fifth with two wins and three defeats.
There was little to entertain the Newry crowd in the first half although Down went close to an early goal when Ryan Johnston's shot was saved by Mark Donnellan.
The sides exchanged the opening points with Barry O'Hagan firing over two for the hosts while Donnellan and Tommy Moolick were the Kildare scorers.
Kevin Feely's double gave Kildare a 0-4 to 0-2 lead before Darragh O'Hanlon halved the gap before the half-time whistle.
Feely tagged on the first point of the second half and he set up Slattery to hit the Down net after a poor kick-out.
Caolan Mooney replied with two Down points and Kevin McKernan added another after Feely registered his fourth score of the evening.
Slattery banged in his second goal past keeper Michael Cunningham to leave Kildare 2-6 to 1-6 in front.
The game fizzled out as a contest and Down finished with 13 men after black cards for Alan Davidson and Jerome Johnston when all their susbstitutes had been used.
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Donegal 0-12 0-6 Tyrone, Ballybofey,
Kerry 0-13 0-13 Dublin, Austin Stack Park
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Down 0-10 2-9 Kildare, Pairc Esler
Division Four
Carlow 2-10 0-7 Waterford, Dr Cullen Park


Mobile and landline telephone services have been restored in Shetland after coverage was lost for several hours causing disruption.

Emergency numbers were down and the coastguard lost all radio and telephone links between the mainland for almost five hours.
NHS Shetland had earlier advised anyone needing medical attention to make their way to the hospital in Lerwick.
Flights were delayed and cancelled at Sumburgh Airport.
Services were restored shortly before 17:00.
BT said the problems were caused by "blown rectifiers and fuses" at the Wideford Hill radio transmitter on Orkney.
A spokesman said 2,600 telephone customers and 388 broadband customers had been affected.
A total of eleven flights were cancelled at Sumburgh and one was diverted to Kirkwall.
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited advised passengers to contact their airlines for further information.
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has called for an "urgent investigation" into why radio communications and telephone links failed.


Silicon Valley firm Palantir Technologies is being sued by the US government over alleged "systematic" discrimination against Asian applicants and members of staff.

A lawsuit has been filed which alleges that the firm has used discriminatory recruitment procedures since 2010.
The US Department of Labor is seeking compensation for those affected, including lost wages and promotions.
Palantir Technologies said it "firmly denied" the allegations.
"We are disappointed that the Department of Labor chose to proceed with an administrative action and firmly deny the allegations," the company said in a statement shared by the Wall Street Journal (subscription website).
"Despite repeated efforts to highlight the results of our hiring practices, the Department of Labor relies on a narrow and flawed statistical analysis relating to three job descriptions from 2010 to 2011."
On its website it says it "celebrate(s) difference and diversity - of background, approach and identity".
The government identified three staff roles for which it alleges there was biased recruiting:
It said the likelihood of the software engineer position having been filled that way by chance was "approximately one in 3.4 million".
"From at least January 1, 2010 and going forward to the present, Palantir utilised a four-phase hiring process in which Asian applicants were routinely eliminated during the resume, screen and telephone interview phase despite being as qualified as white applicants with respect to the QA Engineer, Software Engineer and QA Engineer Intern positions," the lawsuit paperwork reads.
"In addition the majority of Palantir's hires into these positions came from an employee referral system that disproportionately excluded Asians."
The firm, which specialises in data mining, is credited with helping the US government find Osama Bin Laden.
Last year, Reuters reported that it was valued at $20bn (Â£15bn).


Drivers were forced to flee their cars when a vehicle burst into flames in the Dartford Tunnel.

Firefighters in five appliances from both Kent and Essex were called to the east bore tunnel just before 13:00 BST.
Both tunnels had to be closed while the fire was extinguished. There are no reports of any injuries.
Amy Spencer tweeted: "Scariest moment ever, The Car in front of me was on fire in the dartford tunnel, we all had to evacuate."
She added: "Thought I was going to die."
Luca Regan, 14, from Colchester, said: "Everyone started to run and scream out of the tunnel in fear the car was going to explode."
The fire has led to congestion in the area with traffic on the M25 anticlockwise queuing back to Junction 4 for Orpington.


Three early Bronze Age axe heads found in Monmouthshire have been declared treasure.

They were unearthed in a field in Llanover in August 2014 by Peter Shephard while he was metal detecting.
It is believed they were buried in a ritual ceremony up to 3,750 years ago.
National Museum Wales expert Adam Gwilt said one appeared to be more advanced with a stop across the middle which would have improved the way a wooden handle was attached.
"These axes provide important new information about the development and use of bronze tools," he said.
The museum hopes to acquire the hoard.


Two farm workers have admitted causing unnecessary suffering to pigs at a farm in Norfolk - exposed by secret filming.

Geoffrey Towell and James Dove were working at Harling Farm, East Harling, when they were secretly filmed being cruel to sows and piglets.
Towell, 54, of East Harling, admitted five charges of causing unnecessary suffering to the animals.
Dove, 27, of Arundal Road, Wymondham, admitted two counts of the same charge, at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
Both also admitted failing to protect pigs from suffering contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
This amounted to one charged of Towell and two charges for Dove.
The cruelty was exposed by a member of the animal rights group Animal Equality who filmed Towell, of Eccles Road, throwing piglets and using a metal bar to beat sows while moving them. In one case a sow was clubbed 35 times.
Dove was filmed kicking the animals.
Sentencing was adjourned until next month.
District judge Peter Veits said there was a possibility that the pair could be jailed.
RSPCA officials attended the farm on 10 February this year after being made aware of the footage.
RSPCA Inspector Ben Kirby said: "We were appalled when we saw the footage of pigs being kicked, beaten and handled so cruelly.
"All animals deserve to be treated with kindness and respect - whether they are pets, wildlife or livestock.
"This has been a very sad case but we are pleased those responsible for this horrific cruelty have been brought before the courts and guilty pleas have been entered."


Historic buildings which have been part of central London since the 19th Century could be demolished to make way for Crossrail 2, according to heritage campaigners.

Transport for London (TfL) has proposed a new rail route running from north to south across much of the capital.
The Victorian Society has raised concerns the plans "would see numerous historic buildings demolished".
A TfL spokeswoman said demolition was "always our last resort".
The sites identified as at risk by the group include several Grade II-listed buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, and part of Angel station in Islington, which was built in 1902.
The society's director, Christopher Costelloe, said: "Every effort must be made to use those sites which would minimise Crossrail 2's impact on London's unique and historic environment."
The group also criticised Crossrail 2's statement on how construction would affect London's heritage, claiming it "almost entirely deals with the impact of ground settlement caused by tunnelling rather than minimising the demolition of historic buildings of quality".
MichÃ¨le Dix, TfL's managing director for Crossrail 2, insisted that in planning the route they had "looked to minimise the impact on local residents and communities as much as possible".
She pointed out that while some Victorian buildings are within the proposed Crossrail 2 construction area they may not necessarily be affected when works are carried out.
She added: "Demolition is always our last resort and where buildings are needed we will try to ensure the faÃ§ade is retained to maintain the character of the local area."
Permission has not yet been granted to build the railway, and members of the public can contribute to the consultation on the route until 8 January.


The number of murders and killings in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 30 years, Office for National Statistics figures show.

Police recorded 550 homicides in 2011-12, 88 fewer than the previous year and the lowest number since 1983.
Offences such as pickpocketing, shoplifting and bicycle theft rose 2%, the only crime category to show a rise.
Separate data, based on interviews with 46,000 adults, suggests crime levels are broadly flat.
They were conducted as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), previously known as the British Crime Survey, which asks people whether they have been the victim of any offences during the past year.
About 9.5 million incidents took place, according to the survey respondents.
The
          ONS figures
 show crime recorded by police forces fell by 4% to below the four million mark for the first time since 1989.
By Danny ShawHome affairs correspondent, BBC News
The fall in homicides is quite remarkable - and does not appear to be a statistical fluke.
It reflects an overall decline in levels of violence recorded by police - 762,000 incidents, the fewest number since counting methods changed a decade ago.
Statisticians say the figures broadly mirror reductions elsewhere in the developed world, so it would be unfair of politicians, police or doctors here to claim the credit for a phenomenon that appears to be driven by something more fundamental.
Nevertheless, officials believe that efforts to bear down on domestic and family-related violence, which account for two-thirds of killings, is a key factor in the homicide fall.
Police and probation officers have made huge strides in recent years in identifying people who are at risk of attack and ensuring violent criminals are monitored more effectively.
Officials said the fall in homicide figures was not unique to England and Wales and there had been reductions in Europe, Asia and North America since the mid 1990s.
The number of homicides rose from around 300 a year in the 1960s to about 1,000 a decade ago. The number last year was the same as in 1983.
The figures also show attempted murders also fell substantially, indicating that the fall in homicides was not principally because surgeons were saving people's lives through advances in medical techniques, said BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw.
The "other thefts" category also included people stealing items from garages and sheds and rose 4% the previous year.  More than 1.1 million such incidents were recorded by police last year.
John Flatley, head of crime statistics at the ONS, suggested the increase was mostly driven by rises in thefts of metal, mobile phones and bags left unattended in pubs and bars.
He added the CSEW indicated that pickpocketing had risen 17% in the last two years and this "might represent an emerging upward trend mirroring that seen in the comparable recorded crime category".
Mr Flatley said the estimated 5,000 offences committed during last summer's riots had been "swallowed up by the larger volume reductions we've seen elsewhere".
The recorded crime figures also show:
Policing Minister Nick Herbert said the figures showed crime has continued to fall despite the challenge of reduced police budgets and "give the lie to the spurious claim that there is a simple link between overall police numbers and the crime rate".
He said the introduction of elected police commissioners in November would make forces more accountable for "areas of local concern" highlighted by the ONS.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said the figures were a "credit to those officers and staff who have faced the challenge of major efficiencies while continuing to tackle crime in our communities".
Separate crime figures were previously released by the Scottish Government and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. In 2011-12, Scotland's eight police forces recorded 3% fewer crimes than the previous year, while offences in Northern Ireland dropped 1.6% year-on-year.


England Test captain Joe Root says having predecessor Alastair Cook in the side will be integral to both his and the team's future success.

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Root, 26, replaced Cook after the opener resigned as skipper in February following a record 59 games in charge.
"If I feel I need help he'll be more than willing, but he'll also let me do it my own way," Root told BBC Sport.
Meanwhile, bowler James Anderson, 34, said he does not intend to retire after next winter's Ashes series.
When asked whether he would quit after a successful tour down under, the Lancashire swing bowler told BBC Sport: "I don't think so. If we win the Test series I'll be over the moon. It means we will have had an amazing year. But right now I have no interest in stopping."
JR: "I think Cook will be great. He's done a fantastic job and I've inherited a side that's so settled - he has to take a lot of credit for that.
"I've got fantastic senior players. Alastair is a great person to go to - he will let me get on with it and do it my own way.
"It's in his DNA to help the rest of the guys out. He always led from the front which is what made him such a great leader. If he's firing on all cylinders with the bat then we'll be in a good position at the end of the summer."
JA: "I think the dynamic with Joe will work quite well. I saw Alastair in Dubai during pre-season. He seems in a good place. He's focused on his batting.
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"Root is a young captain. He's got an aggressive and attacking style. To have Cook in the team with his experience during that first three to six months... to have guidance from him is the perfect opportunity for him to develop."
The England and Wales Cricket Board  announced this week that a new domestic T20 competition will start in 2020. It also launched All Stars Cricket - with the aim of providing children aged five to eight with their first taste of cricket.
JA: "I think we're doing the right thing. The All Stars project is targeting the right age group. Meanwhile, T20 is good for cricket in general. It's key to give it another push. The game in England hasn't changed much in last 15 years, so I think the right people are doing the right thing at the moment.
"You see how T20 competitions and the Big Bash [in Australia] have taken off. The Test matches aren't filling grounds. I'm not sure what the answer is. There's the hope that administrations will look at that - making sure Test cricket doesn't fall away and T20 grows. Test cricket is the pinnacle. It's the toughest test mentally. There's a huge place for it still.
JR: "You speak to the majority of players playing and they say their true passion is to play Test cricket.
"Guys will always want to play the longer format. [Regarding the All Stars] Yes, it's more making sure they're involved in the sport. As they develop and grow they might start to enjoy the longer format. The Ashes, and when India and South Africa come over here shows that people want to see Test cricket being played."


Neil Hamilton is expected to challenge Nathan Gill to lead UKIP's new assembly group, sources have told BBC Wales.

The former Tory MP has denied a suggestion by a senior UKIP source that he will try to change party rules giving UKIP leader Nigel Farage sole power to appoint the leader in Wales.
Current UKIP rules allow different politicians to lead the assembly group and the party in Wales.
A source close to Mr Gill said he was confident most UKIP AMs would back him.
Mr Hamilton and Mr Gill were among seven new UKIP AMs elected on Thursday.
Gareth Bennett, Mark Reckless, David Rowlands and Mr Gill took the oath of office at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Saturday.
Mr Hamilton and another newly-elected AM - Caroline Jones - were present but were not sworn in.
Party sources expect Mr Hamilton to make the leadership challenge on Tuesday to Mr Gill, who was appointed UKIP Wales leader by Mr Farage in 2014.
Mr Hamilton and Ms Jones are expected to take the oath on Tuesday morning, after attending a meeting of UKIP's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.
At the meeting they will stand down from the NEC, which is required under UKIP's rules now that they have become elected politicians.
A senior UKIP source suggested Mr Hamilton might use the meeting to attempt to change party rules stating that UKIP's national leader has the sole power to appoint the party's leader in Wales.
Mr Hamilton has denied he has such a plan.
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Hamilton told BBC Radio Wales that UKIP AMs would agree next week who should lead their group.
He stressed that Mr Gill was not automatically in charge and said there were "many people in UKIP" with the right skills for the the job.
"We're going to have a collective discussion when we all meet together and we'll come up with a decision as to which of us is likely to be the most effective leader in the assembly," he said.
Asked if he would be the best candidate, Mr Hamilton added: "I, of course, have a lot of parliamentary experience and so has [fellow UKIP AM and ex-Tory MP] Mark Reckless.
"I've been around in politics for a very long time at quite a high level, and we have many people in UKIP who've got the kind of skills which will be advantageous to a leader.
"But I'm not going to pre-empt the discussions that we will have, probably on Tuesday."
First Minister Carwyn Jones is spending the weekend preparing to form a new government, after Labour won 29 of the 60 seats, losing just one to Plaid.
The new assembly is expected to hold its first meeting next week.
Discussions are ongoing between the parties to decide who should be presiding officer and deputy presiding officer, and take charge of assembly proceedings.
The Conservative assembly group will meet on Monday to discuss strategy, after a disappointing election under Welsh leader Andrew RT Davies.
The party failed to win any target seats and lost three to fall into third place behind Plaid Cymru.
Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay said the Conservatives' problems could not be "brushed under the table" and the leadership needed to be discussed.
He called it a "difficult" campaign but backed Mr Davies.
"The 11 of us that are now left need to look at where we go from here," he said.
"[We need to] decide how we get there and then look at all issues, including the leadership, but other issues as well such as the strategy the group adopts."
A Welsh Conservative spokesman described the campaign as "very positive" and "ambitious" with "great ideas".
"There's a fifth party in play now, which has affected everyone else," he said, referring to UKIP.
"We've proven we can challenge in key seats next time around."
Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party would be "constructive but playing the crucial role of a strong opposition" to Labour.
"We will use that wisely to put forward a vision for the country which is as clear now as it was the day before the election," he said.
Kirsty Williams, the only surviving Lib Dem AM, has resigned as leader of the party in Wales after it lost four of its five Senedd seats.
Labour looks likely to form another minority Labour administration after an election in which only one constituency changed hands.
And yet, the election has revealed a big change in Welsh politics - a change that has arrived in Cardiff Bay in the form of seven UKIP AMs who won seats on the regional lists.
They say they want to shake the place up. But Nigel Farage also says they want to play a constructive role.
I'm not sure how you achieve both.
Either way, there's a question facing UKIP - who will lead them in Wales?
Nathan Gill was appointed UKIP Wales leader by Nigel Farage in 2014 - a job he's compared to "herding cats".
It sounds as though Neil Hamilton - the former Tory MP whose political career has been re-booted by this election - would be only too happy to relieve him of his duty.
But his elevation is unlikely to heal rifts in the party. Even the suggestion that he could be a candidate in this election caused a row in UKIP's ranks.


The title of best moustache is up for grabs as top lip titans clash in Dover for the honour of being crowned owner of the world's wackiest whiskers.

The Handlebar Club, which is holding the contest as it celebrates its 70th year, first met on 1 April 1947, and according to club secretary Steve Parsons "nothing has changed since then".
"There aren't many rules," he said.
"But you have to have a moustache of graspable extremities."
The club specifies that beards are not allowed, and on its page of FAQs - which provides advice on issues ranging from moustache curlers to moustache cups - it advises people whose interest lies more in beards to contact The British Beard Club.
About 100 people are expected at this year's Handlebar annual meeting which takes place at the Dover Marina Hotel.
They have travelled from across Europe and from as far afield as the US, Mr Parsons said.
On a more serious note, Mr Parsons explained the club, which has monthly meetings in London, raises money for charity.
Hirsute conversation lasts for about an hour, and members gather to have a laugh about their "silly moustache", but the club was set up for social reasons.
Founded by comedians and broadcasters including Jimmy Edwards, Frank Muir and Raymond Glendenning, the club first met in the dressing room of the Windmill Theatre, London, and was about preserving wartime camaraderie, Mr Parsons said.
"It was set up on April Fool's Day just after the war.
"Most had been in the RAF and wanted to keep the camaraderie," Mr Parsons explained.
"It's a tradition and it's about the Britishness of it all."


Unemployed construction worker Renato Martins was playing cards with his friends in the middle of the afternoon of 5 November in Bento Rodrigues, a small rural district of Minas Gerais state in south-west Brazil.

They heard a loud bang coming from the north, but paid little attention to it. Minutes later his neighbours started shouting that one of the dams in a nearby mine had burst.
Everyone was overcome with panic. Renato went to the house where his wife and baby were and took them to higher ground. There he managed to scramble them into a truck that drove away to the centre of the town of Mariana.
Renato stayed behind to find his mother. As he grabbed her and brought her safely to higher ground, the rest of Bento Rodrigues was wiped out by a violent mudslide.
Isolated by a sea of mud, they stayed there overnight and lit a campfire with a few other stranded locals. The following morning, they made their way back on foot through the forest, until they were eventually saved by rescue teams.
When I meet Renato, he is living with his wife in a hotel paid for by the mining company that operated the two dams that burst and wiped out districts where more than 600 people lived.
I ask him to show me a picture of his former home, but he says he has nothing left, because he never had time to go back for his cell phone.
He lost all records of his former home and the birth of his son. Everything he now possesses - including the clothes he is wearing - was donated by the townspeople. He had to go to the police to make new documents.
Later I meet Jairo Cota, who agrees to take me to his former house and bar in the district of Paracatu Baixo. We drive for almost two hours in back roads that run through private farms - the public highway to the district is no longer safe.
Jairo had been building his bar for his whole life. It was completely wiped out within minutes, along with everything else in Paracatu Baixo.
Both Renato and Jairo say they have no idea how they will rebuild their lives after having lost all possessions and livelihood in the disaster.
All they know is that they cannot do it without some sort of compensation from the mining company Samarco and its owners - Brazil's Vale and Australia's BHP Billiton - who operated the dams.
"This was not caused by God, this was caused by humans", says Jairo.
"I hope to get some sort of compensation, it will be on their conscience if this mining company doesn't pay back. We didn't do anything wrong."
The head of Brazil's environmental agency Ibama said the bursting of the two dams was the worst mining accident in the country's history.
Eleven people died and 12 are still missing - with hopes of finding anyone alive all but gone.
The causes of the accident are still under investigation.
The companies have already been fined $66.3m (250m reais) by Brazil's environmental agency and have agreed to pay $261m  for social and environmental damages.
A column of mud full of chemical components used in the mining process is making its way down the river Doce. Towns along the way are having to find alternative water supplies; some fish have died of asphyxiation.
Despite the trauma suffered by hundreds of families in Mariana, many in the town do not want mining to stop.
Mining has been the heart of Mariana since colonial times in Brazil, when the town was the main source of gold for the Portuguese Empire.
Since the 1970s, when Samarco built its dams and dug its mines here, iron ore has taken over as the main source of income.
"The mining sector and us politicians, we are all responsible for our complete dependence on mining, because we never diversified our economy. More than 80% of our town's revenues come from it", Duarte Junior, Mariana's mayor tells me.
"Samarco alone is responsible for 1,800 direct jobs and another 2,000 indirect. I know that if they stop operating here, our problems will be far greater. We can't look at this crisis and not understand that soon life will have to go on."
But a fundamental trust has been broken between Mariana and the mining companies after this incident.
"We understand that mining cannot stop, but we need to take a new path, with less greed and respecting the environment", says Ronilton Condessa, from the miners' union.
He says the global commodities boom drove everyone in Mariana to become obsessed about increasing production. In 2011, iron ore was sold above $180 per tonne.
When the supercycle ended and prices fell to around $50, everyone felt under pressure to compensate by working harder.
"This year, we were beating production records every day - one right after the other. The firms are under pressure to deliver profits. But we don't care just about profits. We want security, quality of life, health and good wages."
The mines in Mariana are the sole reason for Samarco's existence - it was why Vale and BHP Billiton went into a joint venture.
The company made a net profit of 2.8bn reais in 2014 by extracting iron ore from Mariana and producing pellets in a plant in the neighbouring state of Espirito Santo.
All mining operations have been suspended until 3 January and workers have been placed on paid leave. No one knows what will happen after that.
There are still many questions hanging over the incident: what caused it? What was Vale, BHP Billiton and Samarco's role in it? Was there any negligence involved? Were the two dams that burst operating under all required conditions?
We tried to raise these questions with Samarco, but the company says it does not comment on ongoing investigations into the causes.
For now, its spokesperson only gives interviews about the relief efforts. The company paid accommodation costs for 185 families and is now in the process of moving them from hotels to temporary homes, until a final solution is reached.
Three hundred houses that fit minimum conditions have already been found.
As the town of Mariana slowly tries to move on from this tragedy, some are still agonizing in search for crucial answers.
Aline Ferreira Ribeiro has been spending her days going to press conferences and official events in Mariana.
She asks journalists and local authorities for updates on the search efforts.
Her husband, 34 year-old Samuel Vieira Albino, worked for a company hired by Samarco to survey grounds. He was working in one of the dams in the day they burst. She has heard nothing since.
"We want answers and it is taking too long for us to get them", she says.
When I met her, Aline hadn't yet told the couple's four children that their father is missing.
"I didn't speak to them yet because I don't have any answers. Without answers, we can't have that conversation yet."


Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has told fans they may have to be patient before their form turns around and they move up the Championship table.

"It could get worse before it gets better," Warnock said before Cardiff face his former club Huddersfield Town.
The Bluebirds are 21st in the table and lost their last two league games before the international break.
"I am sure the lads will be doing their utmost now in the next few weeks to take us up the table."
Saturday's home game with third-placed Huddersfield is followed by a trip to improving Aston Villa, before title contenders Brighton visit Cardiff City Stadium.
"It's a tough run now with the games we have coming up," Warnock said.
"But we just have to get on until January now and see what we can do. We don't want it to [get worse], we have to roll our sleeves up.
"I am aware of the difficulty of the fixtures we have coming up. I think on our day we can beat anybody."
Warnock brought Marouane Chamakh, Sol Bamba, Junior Hoilett and Kieran Richardson to the club in October but is already planning ahead for the January window.
He indicated again that the club will be busy during January's transfer window and that he has two or three players on his wish list, with some players set to be moved on.
"I think there are two or three needed in the squad to give it different dimensions in the Championship," Warnock added.
"I don't think its a massive job. I think the squad needs thinning as well.
"Certain players need to be leaving now and finding fresh pastures which enables you to get a few fresher faces in."
Warnock has no plans to recall striker Rhys Healey from his loan at League Two Newport, believing the front runner is benefitting from regular football.
He said: "If I feel they are good enough, I won't hesitate. I am not saying I won't call him back, but with what we have I feel he is better off getting game time there."


A man who punched and kicked another man to death has been jailed for life.

Sean Gavin, of Charlestown Road, Manchester also stamped on 53-year-old John Terrell's head in July in a "tirade of abuse", police said.
The 28-year-old, who pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing, was told at Manchester Crown Court that he would serve nearly 14 years in prison.
Duncan Thorpe, of Greater Manchester Police, said it was a "despicable" and "sustained brutal attack".
Shortly after 06:50 BST on 1 July, an eye-witness called 999 to report a disturbance outside Mr Terrell's flat on Peakdale Drive in Crumpsall, Manchester.
He was lying face down on the grass while Gavin shouted at him before punching and kicking him.
He then dragged Mr Terrell across the ground into the flat.
The only time Gavin stopped dragging him was to deliver further kicks, punches and stamps, police said.
He then walked away, leaving Mr Terrell unconscious.
Officers arrived soon afterwards and stopped Gavin before they found the victim badly injured on the floor.
He later died in hospital from his wounds.
Mr Thorpe said: "This was a sustained brutal attack on a vulnerable man.
"To this day we still don't know why he launched into the violent attack in the way that he did. He has never showed any remorse for his despicable actions."


Teenage Chester captain Sam Hughes boosted his side's hopes of avoiding relegation with a late winner to leave Torquay United in the bottom four.

The 19-year-old City right-back let fly with a fierce 25-yard right-foot shot, which deflected in off Damon Lathrope.
The Gulls, who had to play the whole of the second half with 10 men after Myles Anderson was sent off, went closest when Jamie Reid hit the post.
Chester are now nine points clear of trouble, with Torquay in 21st place.
The closest either side came before the break were a pair of curled free kicks over the bar from Chester's Evan Horwood and Torquay front man Reid.
The visitors went close to earning a 43rd-minute penalty when James Alabi was brought down on the edge of the box. But referee Sam Allison opted not to give the spot-kick and instead sent off Anderson.
Chester had to survive a huge second-half scramble when Ruairi Keating was denied in a triple let-off that ended with keeper Alex Lynch touching Reid's shot onto the post
Hughes, the best player on the park and already on the wish list of Football League clubs, then fired home before Chester had to survive a real scare when defender Ryan Astles somehow scooped over his own bar in the 86th minute.
Match ends, Torquay United 0, Chester FC 1.
James Alabi (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half ends, Torquay United 0, Chester FC 1.
Goal!  Torquay United 0, Chester FC 1. Sam Hughes (Chester FC).
Substitution, Chester FC. Tom Shaw replaces Kane Richards.
Substitution, Torquay United. Brett Williams replaces Ruairi Keating.
Substitution, Chester FC. Elliott Durrell replaces Wade Joyce.
Luke Young (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Torquay United 0, Chester FC 0.
First Half ends, Torquay United 0, Chester FC 0.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jordan Lee replaces Shaun Harrad.
Myles Anderson (Torquay United) is shown the red card.
Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces Evan Horwood.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


On land just off the A9 on the edge of Inverness a new campus is being developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

HIE has invested Â£25m in the project which will provide a new home for Inverness College UHI, an enterprise and research centre, a life science building, sports facilities and a hotel.
The campus is being created on 215 acres (87ha) on the east side of the city.
Infrastructure work is almost complete on 89 acres (36ha), HIE has said. Another part of the site will be turned into 30 acres (12ha) of parkland.
Construction of the new Â£50m Inverness College UHI building is already well under way.
It is due to be completed by next summer and available for the 2015-16 academic year.
Once open, the new college will be able to accommodate more than 6,500 full-time and part-time students.
Some areas of landscaping have already been finished on the campus, while an artist's impression gives an insight into how the reception zone of the new college will look.
HIE has sought innovative designs for outdoor seating and bus shelters.
But more traditional features, such as hand-built drystone walls, have also been added.
An artificial lochan has also been constructed with a viewing platform giving views over it and parts of Inverness, including the Raigmore area.
An outdoor gallery has been constructed on an island on the lochan.
Dubbed the Island Gallery, it will be offered as an outdoor venue for cultural events.
Pedestrians and cyclists will be able to access the campus using a crossing called the Golden Bridge.
Lifting the span of the bridge into place required the closure of the A9 in April last year.
The operation was to be done in a single night, but work was halted when a wheel section of one of the jacks buckled.
The bridge was successfully installed the following night.


Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil, Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games.

All iconic, strong female action heroes.
But they are few and far between according to UN Women, a United Nations group looking at gender equality.
It's been involved in a study which has now criticised the global film industry for not doing enough to represent women in the movies.
It said there has not been enough speaking roles for women, sexualisation has been common and women have been completely under-represented in the action and adventure movies.
It found just 23% of speaking characters in that genre were female.
The study looked at films made in 11 countries, including South Korea, the US and India.
Source: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation
The UK was singled out for doing a better job than some other countries by creating more speaking roles for women.
The project's been led by Oscar winner Geena Davis, the star of films such as Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
She said: "The fact is, women are seriously under-represented across nearly all sectors of society around the globe, not just on-screen, but for the most part we're simply not aware of the extent."
The study found that less than a quarter of the fictional on-screen workforce is made up of women.
In addition, male characters outnumbered their female counterparts in roles as lawyers and judges, professors and doctors.
"Females bring more to society than just their appearance," said Stacy L. Smith, the main researcher on the project.
"These results illuminate that globally, we have more than a film problem when it comes to valuing girls and women. We have a human problem."
The study followed a UN speech by Harry Potter actress Emma Watson in which she encouraged more boys and men to fight for equal rights.
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The UK's only flying Lancaster bomber is to miss much of the 2015 display season after an engine fire.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) aircraft had to make an emergency landing at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, in May.
Following the incident, the Lancaster was unable to take part in VE Day commemorations.
It will now miss a number of airshows, including RAF Cosford and the Weston Air Festival in Somerset.
Engine number four on the aircraft has been removed while an investigation into what caused the fire is carried out.
Warrant Officer Kevin Ball, from the BBMF, said: "The problems for us are really in the support structure - a lot of the cowlings were damaged - so it's getting those repaired."
He said: "It's not so much the engine itself - it's the surrounding structure, electrical looms and so on."
Last year, the only other flying Lancaster, which is based in Canada, visited the UK.
It also suffered technical problems and had to be loaned a spare engine by the BBMF.
This engine will now be fitted to the Lancaster once other parts have been replaced.
WO Ball added: "We are looking to possibly air test during the last week of August, first week of September.
"If it all comes together maybe we will see her flying before the end of the season."
More than 7,300 Lancasters were built during World War Two but most were scrapped in the years after 1945.
The BBMF's Lancaster, known as Thumper, is allowed to fly a strictly limited number of hours each year, in order to extend its airworthiness.


Schools in England should be judged by five years' worth of results rather than just one, an exam board says.

A Cambridge Assessment study found "surprisingly high levels" of school results volatility year on year.
Variations in results were of "serious concern" in many of the 150 schools analysed, even after the impact marking quality had been removed, it said.
Heads backed the report's call, saying decisions on schools should not be made on the basis of one year's results.
School league table positions are based on headline GCSE results for one year only.
Under the current system, schools are considered to be failing if fewer than 40% of their students score at least five Cs at GCSE, including English and maths, and they do not meet national averages in pupil progress.
The exam board's group director of assessment and development, Tim Oates, said: "Underlying school-level volatility may be an enduring and persistent feature of education."
This meant "that school performance - in terms of exam results - should be judged on a five-year picture rather than one-off annual drops or increases", he added.
"This is a very important finding," he said, "and one which challenges many assumptions, with implications for the approach to accountability and for accountability measurements."
The study did not investigate all the causes of volatility - but it suggested marking quality and grade boundaries had little impact on variability of results, as they remained volatile when these were removed from the equation.
The exam board analysed the GCSE results in maths and history in all England's schools between 2008 and 2013 and then focused on 150 of the most stable schools, taking out the impact of marking quality and shifts to grade boundaries.
Study author Tom Bramley said: "Exam results in a school may go up or down in unanticipated ways, caused by a wide and complex set of factors.
"When swings occur, they could be because of what is happening in the school or the children's lives, they could be to do with the assessment itself or the way that national standards are applied, or to do with teaching and learning.
"But what our study shows is that when we've taken account of the variations which can be attributed to quality of marking and to the location of grade boundaries, surprisingly high levels of year-on-year volatility in exam results remain."
He added: "Schools should still monitor exam results for an administrative error which might have occurred and should still look for and alert exam boards to peculiar outcomes - but everyone in the system should be aware of the level of volatility typical in the context of the complex system which is schooling."
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "We strongly agree with the findings of the report.
"It highlights the risks associated with the impact of drawing sweeping conclusions about the impact variations in exam results which happen anyway.
"It rightly highlights the need to look at trends over a period of years.
"They do say that of course schools should scrutinise results carefully, and from time to time there will be human error, but what contributes to those results is a complex set of factors.
"The big thing for us is that we see decisions being made which affect the careers of our members because of one set of results and dramatic changes made to schools when actually these variations in results are just normal variations between year groups."


More than 700 schools in South Korea have been closed as a third person died from the Mers virus and the number of people infected rose to 35.

South Korean authorities have been criticised over their response to the outbreak after one infected person went to play golf and another flew to China.
More than 1,600 people have now been quarantined, according to officials.
The outbreak is the largest outside the Middle East, where the disease first appeared in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Five more cases were confirmed on Thursday, the South Korean health ministry said, bringing the total number of known infections in the country to 35.
The latest victim died in hospital after contracting the virus from another patient in the same room.
About 160 of those quarantined have been isolated at state medical facilities but most have been instructed to stay at home and strictly limit contact with other people.
The outbreak in South Korea is still confined to those with a link to the initial sufferer, but authorities are struggling to contain growing public anxiety.
In Seoul the number of people wearing face masks on public transport and in crowded places has increased.
And the Korea Tourism Organisation said on Thursday that about 7,000 tourists - mostly from China and Taiwan - had cancelled planned group trips to South Korea.
"A mass cancellation of this scale is very unusual... and many travellers cited the Mers outbreak as the main reason," a spokesman told the AFP news agency.
The first case in this outbreak - "patient zero" - was a 68-year-old man who was diagnosed after returning from a trip to Saudi Arabia. He is still in hospital.
Mers - which stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
Experts believe it is not very contagious. Tan Wenjie, director of the virus department at the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, said Mers could only spread "via close contact in a confined space".
"And no evidence proves that it can spread through air, so people need not to feel panic," he added.
There have been 1,167 cases of Mers worldwide, of which 479 have resulted in death, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Nurses at a hospital in China reportedly drew lots to determine who should treat the country's first case of Mers.
The virus has a death rate of 27%, according to the World Health Organization.


A pilot whose helicopter crashed onto a pub, killing 10 people, did not follow emergency protocol and flew on despite low fuel warnings, it has emerged.

The findings on the Clutha bar tragedy in Glasgow came in a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
It said fuel transfer pumps were turned off and a controlled landing was not achieved for "unknown reasons".
The report also recommends that all police helicopters be equipped with black box flight recording equipment.
Scotland's Crown Office has now confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry into the crash will be held as soon as possible.
The report into the crash, which took place on 29 November 2013, said:
At a glance guide to the investigators' findings.
Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) chief inspector Keith Conradi said: "The AAIB is independent, tasked with investigating the causes of accidents to prevent recurrence and help make aviation safer.
"We do not apportion blame in our reports.
"We have made a series of safety recommendations in this final report including that European and British civil aviation regulators require all police and medical helicopters to carry flight recording equipment."
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the CAA had assisted the AAIB with its investigation and would study the report and its recommendations.
He added: "We will continue to work with helicopter operators to achieve the highest possible safety standards."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was "deeply disappointing that after two years of investigation the report does not reach a clearer conclusion".
She said that in some respects, the report "seems to raise more questions than it answers".
She added: "I therefore share the disappointment of the families that it does not provide the closure they sought and hope that the FAI that the Crown Office has now said will happen as soon as possible, can help the families get the answers they seek."
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The report raises a number of questions for which the families of the victims deserve answers.
"The Crown will now conduct further investigations into some of the complex issues raised by the AAIB report.
"We will endeavour to do this as quickly as possible but these matters are challenging and the necessary expertise is restricted to a small number of specialists."
The Police Scotland Eurocopter EC 135 was operated by Bond Air Services, which said: "Today's AAIB report is an important step in the process of understanding the terrible events of that night, although some questions remain unanswered.
"The AAIB has made no specific recommendations for Bond, but we are studying the report and will continue to work with others, including the manufacturer and regulators, to learn from its findings."
Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone of Police Scotland said: "Since the crash, Police Scotland has been carrying out an extensive major investigation under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
"Today's publication of the report by the AAIB contains a large amount of technical detail and is a significant milestone.
"The AAIB's findings will now be considered by Police Scotland's investigation team and the Crown."
The helicopter crew who were killed were pilot David Traill, PC Tony Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis.
Seven customers in the Clutha died. They were John McGarrigle, Mark O'Prey, Gary Arthur, Colin Gibson, Robert Jenkins, Samuel McGhee and Joe Cusker.
Relatives of those who died were informed about the AAIB's findings at private meetings in Glasgow on Wednesday and Thursday.
Speaking after the report had been published, John McGarrigle who lost his father John in the crash, said it was now obvious why he was "furious".
He said the document did not give answers and that he had been "bombarded by data and graphs and numbers for three hours at the meeting" on Wednesday.
Mr McGarrigle said at the end of the meeting the families were told about the two fuel supply switches being in the off position and they may never know why.
He said he was angry about the length of time it had taken for the report to come out.
Glasgow Lord Provost Sadie Docherty said the city council was "acutely aware that bereaved families and friends are struggling to cope".
She said: "They are in our thoughts and prayers as they express disappointment and frustration at their questions not being adequately answered.
"The council's major incident support team will be available to anyone seeking assistance."


Sterling is up (the most for seven years against the euro), share prices are up (especially bank shares like Lloyds and RBS, and energy shares such as Centrica), government bond prices are up.

To state the obvious, investors love the Tories' general election victory.
There are a few reasons.
One (no surprise here) is that Labour's threat of breaking up banks and imposing energy price caps has been lifted.
Second is that investors have been discounting days and weeks of wrangling after polling day over who would form the government - and so they are semi-euphoric that we already know who's in charge.
Third, many investors tend to be economically conservative and instinctively Conservative.
But although the City may be a bit drunk on the result, its pleasure in Ed Miliband's and Ed Balls' humiliation may be making it a bit blind - perhaps dangerously so - to some bumps in the economic road ahead.
The first thing to note is that England and Scotland have voted for diametrically opposed economic policies.
If there was one policy associated with the Tories it was further deep spending and welfare cuts to generate a budget surplus.
If there was one policy associated with the Scottish National Party it was an end to deep spending and welfare cuts.
Which means that if the integrity of the United Kingdom is to be sustained, somehow a way has to be found - and presumably fairly fast - to reconcile the English vote for more austerity and the Scottish vote for an end to austerity.
And this would have to be done in a way that doesn't reinforce the view of millions of English citizens that they are subsidising feather-bedded Scottish public services.
The transfer of more economic decision-making powers to Edinburgh also has to be done in a way that doesn't split the ruling Tory party.
Which takes us to the second important uncertainty of this apparently certain result - which is whether Tory MPs will be more or less united than in the current parliament.
Strikingly, the eurosceptic, nationalist and more socially conservative right of the Tory party has been remarkably loyal to David Cameron over the past few years - partly because they could see that in a coalition party discipline was vital to governing and staying in office.
But the trouncing of the Liberal Democrats means that Tory MPs no longer have to be on their best behaviour - they no longer have to be careful not to alienate coalition partners with their words and deeds.
So David Cameron could live to regret his electoral dream come true, what looks set to be a slim overall majority in the Commons.
Or to put it another way, the new Tory government may not turn out to be a unified, strong government, of the sort that investors prefer. And that is partly because the Fixed Term Parliament Act means there can be endless backbench rebellions that do not come anywhere near to tipping the government out of office.
Apart from anything else, David Cameron will now be under enormous pressure from many of his MPs, alarmed by UKIP's success in taking votes - if not seats - to claw back much more sovereignty from Brussels than is realistic, as a precursor to the the promised referendum on EU membership.
Or to put it another way, the UK's continued membership of the EU is today more uncertain than it has ever been - and many investors and those who run big multinationals will hate that.


Two of London's most prestigious fine art galleries have seen UK visitor numbers fall significantly over the last five years, official figures show.

A few days ago, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) sent out a press release stating: "Latest statistics for Government-sponsored museums show two million more visits were made than previous year."
Its statistics reveal that 49 million visits were made in 2013/14 to the 16 national galleries and museums the DCMS directly funds, which represents a 4% increase on the previous year, and a record high since the data was first published in 2002/03.
On the face of it, the figures appear to confirm a continuation of the upward trajectory in visitor numbers that its sponsored institutions have enjoyed for over a decade.
But look beneath the surface and a slightly different picture emerges. Much of the boom in attendance is actually being driven by overseas tourists, with domestic visitors generally growing at a much slower rate.
And, in the case of The National Gallery and The Tate Galleries, UK visits have actually dropped by a conspicuous 20% since 2008/09.
The Tate has lost around a million domestic visitors in the last six years, dropping from a high of 4.5 million in 2008/09 to 3.55 million last year.
The National Gallery has seen its domestic visits fall by more than half a million, from 2.9 million in 08/09 to 2.3 million last year.
Neither institution was able to identify the reason for the drop, nor appeared aware of the fact it had occurred when questioned by the BBC.
Having given the matter some thought, the Tate said its figures fluctuate and that it was unable to account for the high number of domestic visitors six years ago.
The gallery said its overall audience had fallen and along with it the number of domestic visitors it receives. However, the Tate accepts that UK visitors now account for only 50% of its total audience, whereas they represented 60% when the overall figure was higher.
Why, though, is it that only the fine art institutions are seeing this marked fall, while The British Museum, V&A and Natural History Museum are enjoying increases in both domestic and overseas visitors?
The National Gallery thought it could be to do with the UK's "event" culture, whereby the British public will only appear for major exhibitions, which they have to pay for, as opposed to visiting their permanent collections for free.
If that is indeed the case, perhaps one reason might be the amount of money the institutions' marketing departments spend promoting special exhibitions that come with a ticket price attached, compared with the budget to advertise the free-to-view collections.
I went to the British Museum to ask some of its UK-based visitors why they had chosen to go there instead of either the National Gallery or Tate.
I was told by nearly all of those to whom I spoke that the British Museum was a more accessible, child-friendly museum, which had a collection that told a rich historical story and related directly to the school curriculum.
What can the National Gallery and the Tate do to regain those hundreds of thousands of domestic visitors that they have lost?
No doubt they will come up with a plan - part of which could be a commitment to make it a priority to remind us all about the world-class art they hold on our behalf, and which is available for us to see for free seven days a week.
Update: 9 March, 2015: The DCMS says it has made "changes and improvements" to the way it counts visitors to UK art galleries. As a result, it says, the number of UK visitors may have been "over-estimated" in the 2008/09 figures.


Starlings remain the most common bird in Northern Ireland, according to a popular piece of citizen science.

The bird kept the top spot during this year's Big Garden Birdwatch, organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Some 17,000 people participated in the charity's survey in January, spending an hour making notes of the birds that visited their gardens.
Almost 130,000 birds were recorded.
After starlings, the most common species were house sparrows, chaffinches, blue tits and blackbirds.
Across the UK there was an increase in sightings of waxwings.
They flock to Northern Ireland's gardens once every few years, when the berry crop fails in their native Scandinavia.
Waxwings are not seen often in local gardens, but were spotted six times during the survey.
Joanne Sherwood, RSPB NI director, said: "To have so many people connecting with this huge citizen science initiative is amazing and the information gathered will really help create a snapshot of how our garden birds are doing."


Hillary Clinton has endured an 11-hour hearing before a Congress committee over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

The former secretary of state said she took responsibility and introduced reforms after the attack that killed four Americans, including the US envoy.
She deflected criticism that she did not do enough to protect the mission.
Her Democratic party says the Republican-led panel is a witch-hunt trying to harm her presidential bid.
Despite the committee sitting in four consecutive hours-long sessions on Thursday, the hearing yielded little new information.
Mrs Clinton remained composed during the highly-anticipated testimony, amid several heated exchanges between Republicans and her Democrat allies.
In her opening statement, she said she had asked Chris Stevens, one of the four killed, to go to Libya as US envoy.
"After the attacks I stood next to President Obama as Marines carried his casket," she said.
"I took responsibility, and as part of that before I left office I launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future."
Five key questions on the latest Benghazi hearing
Mrs Clinton said her appearance was her way of honouring the lives lost, and she called on those present to put national security above partisan politics.
Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, seated next to the chairman, said Republicans were wasting taxpayer money in an effort to derail Mrs Clinton's presidential campaign.
But Mr Gowdy denied his committee was going after Mrs Clinton.
Instead, he said, it was looking for the truth behind the diplomatic compound's unsuccessful requests for more security and personnel in the build up to the attacks.
Mrs Clinton is defending her record before, during and after the Benghazi attacks largely as she has before - taking responsibility for the mistakes, talking about lessons learned, and owning her policy positions.
The new element is her email record, which she has downplayed. She told lawmakers that most of her work on Libya and Benghazi wasn't done by email, mentioning an occasion when an intelligence report had to be carried to her by briefcase and read on the spot.
The tone has been largely measured, and the testiest exchange didn't actually involve Mrs Clinton.
Committee chairman Trey Gowdy has latched onto the role of a Clinton friend, Sidney Blumenthal, who sent her numerous intelligence reports on Libya by email.
He's suggesting Mr Blumenthal unduly influenced her Libya policy and had greater access to her than her Benghazi ambassador, Chris Stevens, who was killed.
Democratic committee members erupted in denial and demanded Mr Blumenthal's testimony transcripts be released, while Mrs Clinton looked on detached and bemused
There have already been seven congressional investigations into the attack, by suspected Islamist militants, on the US compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi on 11 September 2012.
The raid led to the deaths of ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US embassy staff.
Mrs Clinton said Mr Stevens was well aware of the risks of his job but withdrawing American presence from Libya would have been a mistake, she said.
"To retreat from the world is not an option. America cannot shrink from our ability to lead."
When the US pulls out of places, extremists gain a foothold, she added, although she did admit that security requests made by the Benghazi consulate were not met.
An independent review board found deficiencies within the State Department that the Obama administration has tried to fix, said the former first lady.
Observers say this was a key moment for Mrs Clinton, who solidified her position as the Democrats' frontrunner for presidential candidate after her potential rival, Vice-President Joe Biden, ruled himself out of the race on Wednesday.
The Republicans on the committee were also under pressure to prove they had good reason to bring Mrs Clinton before them, and were not just using it as an excuse to undermine her presidential candidacy.
One thing that was unearthed by the committee's work was the former secretary of state's use of a private email server, which has dogged her 2016 campaign ever since.
What are the possible consequences for Clinton?
The committee does not have the power to punish but depending on the conclusions there could be political consequences for Hillary Clinton, which might affect her presidential campaign
What did Clinton know about security requests?
She has said in previous testimony that requests for additional security didn't reach her level. But she has taken responsibility for the failure. And the State Department review laid out steps to improve security at diplomatic missions.
What did the other Congressional committees find?
This is the eighth congressional investigation. Previous committees criticised Mrs Clinton and the Obama administration on a number of points, especially the poor security at the Benghazi mission. And the intelligence was flawed.
What is there left to discover?
The committee has suggested there will be new evidence of how poorly the state department responded to security requests for the Benghazi mission, and new evidence on how the military responded to the attack.
Read Barbara Plett Usher's answers in full


Surrey's Dominic Sibley became the youngest player to hit a double century in the County Championship on day three against Yorkshire at The Oval.

Sibley, aged 18 years and 21 days, finished 220 not out, becoming Surrey's youngest centurion and second-youngest to score a first-class ton in England.
"I was so relieved to finally get my hundred but, when I went to 200, it was unbelievable," he told BBC London 94.9.
Sibley helped the home side to 572-4, a lead of 138 runs.
The Whitgift School A-level student, who had been given permission to miss four days of studying in order to play for Surrey, shared a 236-run stand with South African Hashim Amla, who made 151.
Sibley, an England Under-19 international, added: "I didn't have many chances to score in the morning because Yorkshire bowled really tight.
"Speaking with my mum, I told her how desperate I was to bat with Hashim Amla before he left Surrey.
"I could not have wished for a better partner because with him there I could just play my own game."
Sibley, who played for Surrey's second XI at the age of 15, faced 505 balls and spent almost 10 hours at the crease, a stay that first saw him sweep Adil Rashid for four to reach three figures.
In doing so, he became Surrey's youngest centurion, beating the record of Jack Crawford, who was aged 18 years and 257 days when he scored 119 not out against Derbyshire in 1905.
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After being dropped off Ryan Sidebottom when on 159, Sibley advanced down the wicket to lift the ball over mid-wicket for four to bring up his double century.
In passing 200, Sibley eclipsed the mark of David Sales, who hit a Championship double ton on his first-class debut for Northamptonshire aged 18 and 237 days.
The only player to have scored a double hundred in English first-class cricketer at a younger age than Sibley is the legendary WG Grace.
Sibley later tweeted: "Got no words to describe that. Best day of my life no doubt, special in the dressing room after. Dream come true having a 200 partnership with Hashim Amla.
"Thanks everyone for all your messages, nice to get my name in the history books! Hopefully back tomorrow for some more."
Match scorecard


A St Andrews-based independent comic book publisher is challenging the USA's domination of the superhero genre.

Diamondsteel Comics held a launch for the latest comic in its Saltire series at Glasgow Comic Con at the weekend.
Set in a mythological Scotland but inspired by historical events and real places, the stories centre on "Scotland's first superhero" - Saltire.
Creator John Ferguson believes the new comic "meets the high standards" of America's Marvel and DC Comics.
First published two years ago, the comics follow Saltire's encounters with Saxons, Romans, Highland clan warriors and also supernatural beings such as vampires and giants.
Some of the characters have been inspired by historical events and figures, including the mysterious disappearance of the Roman auxiliary legion the 9th Hispana in Scotland in AD 120 and the Hebrides' Lord of the Isles.
Glaswegian Ferguson, who set up Diamondsteel Comics with his Lancashire-born wife Clare, said other elements of Scotland's past and folklore also feature.
He said: "The Stone of Destiny, the Blue Stanes, the Loch Ness Monster and the Caledonian Fae traditions all have a significant place in the Saltire universe.
"Saltire's origin is built from myth and legend so a comparison might be Marvel's Thor although perhaps a bit darker and grittier. He does have an iconic visual appeal similar to the famous American superheroes."
A year in the making, Saltire: Legend Eternal, the first comic book in a new series of the comics has been "meticulously inked, coloured and lettered" to compete with the high standards set by Marvel and DC Comics, said Ferguson.
He added: "This book is a genuine competitor to Batman and Spider-Man and it's illustrated by some of the most talented artists in the country. Superhero fans are going to love it."


Wildlife sanctuaries across southern Australia are treating koalas with burned paws.

9 January 2015 Last updated at 07:59 GMT
Huge wildfires have been raging in Adelaide and Victoria.
Some koalas have been taken to animal hospitals and are wearing mittens to keep their burned paws safe.


The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has accused the New York Times of painting an "unacceptable" picture of his country with an article about discrimination against Muslim women.

The report was prompted by the debate over controversial bans on Islamic swimsuits in many French Riviera towns.
Mr Valls said such bans were part of a "fight for the freedom of women".
The paper said it stood by the article. Some Muslims say they are being targeted unfairly over burkinis.
An increasing number of court rulings have rejected bans on the full-body swimsuit, including in Nice, where an attack on 14 July killed 84 people during Bastille Day celebrations.
Some of the women quoted by the NYT said the clothing was a chance for them to take part in activities, such as going to the beach, in line with their religious beliefs.
Many also complained of an alleged discrimination by non-Muslims exacerbated by the recent attacks in France and Belgium, and of restrictions in wearing the headscarf, banned in French public buildings.
One said: "French Muslim women would be justified to request asylum in the United States... given how many persecutions we are subjected to."
Another talked of being "afraid of having to wear a yellow crescent on my clothes one day, like the Star of David for Jews not so long ago".
Muslim women respond to burkini ban
In his response, originally posted on the Huffington Post's French website, Mr Valls said the report painted "an unacceptable picture, because it is false, of France".
"What I argue here vigorously is that the New York Times article, giving the floor to women of Muslim faith, claims that their voice would be smothered in France, so as to portray a France that oppresses them," he said.
"We are fighting for the freedom of women who should not have to live under the yoke of a chauvinist order. The female body is neither pure nor impure; it is the female body. It does not need to be hidden to protect against some kind of temptation.
"See the unbelievable reversal: in the cited accounts, the burkini is presented as a tool of women's liberation!"
The New York Times said the story was based on accounts by more than 1,200 readers who had responded to an online call-out asking for the opinions of Muslim women in Europe following the ban.
The French rules say beachwear must be respectful of good public manners and the principle of secularism.
The controversy intensified after pictures and video of police appearing to enforce the ban by making a woman take off an item of clothing prompted anger. However opinion polls suggested a majority of French people supported the bans.


A police officer has described how he was attacked and stabbed after responding to a call in County Armagh.

Sgt Mark Wright and his colleagues were called to an incident at a house in Lurgan.
When they got to the scene Sgt Wright was attacked by man armed with a knife and sustained stab wounds to his head.
The officer has been speaking about the assault after the 42-year-old man who carried it out was sentenced to seven years in prison.
In his first broadcast interview, Sgt Wright told BBC News NI what happened on that evening in 2012.
"I was on duty with my police officers in the Lurgan area in the early hours of the morning," he said.
"There were a number of calls about a serious domestic incident saying women were hysterical and a man in the house had become out of control through drink and drugs.
"We duly responded and when we arrived we found some women outside the property. They were very distressed and it was clear some of them had been injured."
Sgt Wright said he went to the back of the house and looked through the patio doors. He said furniture was upturned and there was blood on the floor.
"It became apparent that there were two children in the house - a one-year-old and a three-year-old," he said.
"It was decided we had to do something very quickly to protect those children and subdue and arrest the man in the house."
Sgt Wright said he went back to the front door and was preparing to force his way in when the man opened the door and came out.
"When he came out I realised he was armed. He had a large carving knife which had a six to eight inch blade," he said.
"He tried to stab me through the right ear. I took immediate evasive action, which was to get inside the arc of the knife, and in doing so sustained a slash wound to the back of the head."
Despite having sustained a deep slash wound to the back of the head Sgt Wright still managed to grab hold of one of the man's arms while his colleague grabbed the other.
"Unfortunately my colleague slipped and fell backwards. I lost control of him and at that stage he got another knife which he had in his right hand," he said.
"I tried to restrain him again but I sustained a puncture wound to my face and a slash wound to my forehead adjacent to my right eye.
"The man then tried to stab my colleague in the throat but I managed to drag him off and restrain him for a second until other officers disarmed him."
Sgt Wright said that despite being injured and knowing his life was at risk, his focus was on disarming the man.
"As it unfolded I became aware I was losing an awful lot of blood and it actually became hard to see because there was so much blood," he said.
"I received first aid and was removed from the scene, but I am pleased to say that the children were uninjured.
"They were a one and a three-year-old. They are effectively babies and it was totally the wrong place for them to be but they were unharmed.
"I believe those children's lives were in danger. There was a risk to their lives if we did not arrive promptly and deal with the situation."
Following the incident Sgt Wright was off work for six months, but he said the big impact was on his family.
"They are worried about you and get very distressed when they see the pictures," he said.
"It was worrying for them when the police initially called to say I had been injured and was in hospital.
"It takes some time to adjust afterwards but I tried to work as soon as possible.
"This is a situation that could face a police officer any day or night of the week and I'm lucky I was not on my own.
"It could happen to anyone."
The 42-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison at Craigavon Crown Court.
During the sentencing, the judge commended police for using minimum force and said the level of force used was "meritorious" and proportionate.


A surprise inspection in a prison in Mexico has revealed the presence of 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana, and 100 cockerels for cock fighting.

The discovery in the prison in Acapulco came as police prepared to transfer the inmates to a maximum security jail.
The officers also found six female inmates living in the male section of the prison and two peacocks.
Mexican jails are notorious for overcrowding, corruption and rioting.
It is not the first time luxury items like TVs and weapons have been found in a Mexican jail.
In July, prisoners in a jail in Sonora state were found to be running a lottery to raffle off a luxury cell they'd equipped with a fridge, DVD player and air conditioning.
An inspector from the State Commission for the Defence of Human Rights, Hipolito Lugo Cortes, recently denounced conditions in five prisons in Guerrero state, among them the one in Acapulco.
He said inmates were running affairs at these penitentiaries according to their own laws and customs, with little or no control by prison authorities.


Two teenage girls have admitted using a Facebook "ruse" as part of a plot to kidnap three babies.

The pair, aged 17 and 18, used bogus profiles to contact mothers and offer them free baby clothes in a ploy to get their contact details, Derby Youth Court heard.
It is thought one of the teenagers was trying to get a baby so she could pretend it was her own, police said.
The pair admitted conspiracy to kidnap and will be sentenced on 20 May.
Derbyshire Police said the offer of free baby clothes was a "ruse" to get mothers' addresses and contact details.
The girls, from Evesham and Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, were arrested after the mother of a young baby in Normanton, Derbyshire, contacted police on September 21.
She told officers a young woman had been to her house claiming to be a social worker.
The woman told the mother the baby needed to be taken away for a medical check, but the mother became suspicious and refused.
A police investigation revealed the pair had tried to kidnap two other babies in the same month in Wolverhampton and Huddersfield.
Det Sgt Duncan Gouck said: "From the moment the older girl was arrested, she told officers she was pregnant but as time went on we realised she was faking this.
"We can't be clear of the motive in this case but we believe her intention was to get a baby which she would have pretended to have been her own.
"This case was unique to us in its nature and seriousness. We have never come across a case like it."
The girls were bailed ahead of their sentencing.