A headset that talks visually impaired people around cities has been designed by Microsoft.

It works with a Windows phone and uses location and navigation data with a network of information beacons in urban locations to describe routes.
The headset was tested on a journey from Reading to London, including shopping, bus and train travel.
The charity Guide Dogs, which helped develop the technology, said it could help improve lives.
Of the two million registered visually impaired people in the UK, 180,000 rarely or never go out, according to the charity.
"People living with sight loss face a multitude of challenges every day that can prevent them from getting where they want to be in life," explained Jenny Cook, head of strategy and research at Guide Dogs.
"Currently, visiting a new city is often daunting, even for people with enough confidence to tackle the challenge independently. For others, who rarely leave home alone, the thought of an unfamiliar journey leaves them stressed and anxious and visiting a new area is an impossible dream."
The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones tested out the headset.
Before trying out Microsoft's headset I put on a blindfold, picked up a white stick and went for a short walk along London's Grand Union Canal.
All the way, I was being helped by a tutor from the Guide Dogs organisation - but even so I found it an exhausting and disorientating experience. That gave me some context for when I used the experimental audio system on the trial route in Reading.
At first I found it distracting rather than helpful, a clippety-clop sound echoing around my head plus a repeated ping to say I was on track. But as I hesitantly made my way down a residential street, across a road and to a bus stop, the instructions - "parked cars and overhanging trees ahead" - gave me added confidence and the 3D sound provided me with a somewhat better feel for my surroundings.
For me it was all about feeling a little less scared - but for the visually impaired people who have been testing the technology for some weeks, it seemed to have increased their confidence in taking new routes up to a new level.
The headset is an adapted version of one already on the market. Designed for cyclists, it sits in front of the ear so as not to drown out traffic and environmental noise.
Sound is conducted through the jawbone and the headset gives a series of verbal and non-verbal descriptions.
For someone who has requested a specific route, it will make a series of clicking noises to assure them they are on the right course and it will provide specific instructions such as "turn right".
It also provides information about the route and points of interest.
Eight people with sight loss have tested the headset and five of those reported feeling safer and more confident wearing it.
Kirstie Grice, one of those to trial the technology, said: "We want to live like normal people. We don't always want to plan ahead to see if we can get community transport or a taxi or something, we want to be able to just jump on a bus and go somewhere and have that freedom."
The idea for the headset, which has been designed in partnership with the UK's Future Cities catapult and Guide Dogs, came from a Microsoft employee.
Amos Miller is visually impaired and realised that technology might be able to help him "enjoy everyday experiences outside of the home" after his daughter was born.
Some experts have questioned if the technology is capable of being rolled out widely as it is to rely on a network of beacons attached to street furniture.
A Microsoft spokesman said:  "A lot of the information comes from GPS and annotated maps in the cloud which provide as much, if not more than, the beacons."


Former Premier League referee Howard Webb has backed the introduction of retrospective bans for simulation - saying the reward for diving currently outweighs the risk of punishment.

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As of next term, a Football Association panel will review footage each Monday looking for cases and any player found unanimously guilty would be banned.
Webb says that the football authorities "need to shift the balance" on diving.
"The risk/reward for players to dive is not in the right place," he said.
"If a player is thinking 'if I hit the deck I can get away with it and get a penalty and if I get caught I get a yellow card' that is not much of a deterrent. This new measure will be hopefully."
The FA says it will act "where there is clear and overwhelming evidence to suggest a match official has been deceived by an act of simulation".
But only incidents that result in a player winning a penalty or lead to an opponent being sent off - through either a direct red card or two yellow cards - will be punished.
The panel will consist of one former match official, one ex-manager and one ex-player.
Webb, who is overseeing the introduction of video refereeing in Major League Soccer, explained that retrospective suspensions for simulation already occur in the US.
He told BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Football Social: "On a Monday morning, the disciplinary committee look at all the controversial plays from the weekend.
"If they involve simulation then - providing the five-man panel are unanimous - that player will then get suspended.
"It works. Players come here knowing that if they dive and got away with it on the day they will pay the price later down the road."
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The German right-wing Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party has come under fire over comments by one of its leaders about footballer Jerome Boateng that are widely regarded as racist.

AfD deputy chief Alexander Gauland told a newspaper that Germans would not like to have Boateng, whose father is Ghanaian, as a neighbour.
Boateng, 27, is a defender for German champions Bayern Munich and the national team.
The remark drew immediate condemnation.
Mr Gauland later denied it reflected his own views.
The leader of the AfD, Frauke Petry, apologised for the "impression that has arisen".
The comment was carried by the Sunday newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Under the headline "Gauland insults Boateng", the article quotes the politician as saying: "People find him good as a footballer, but they don't want to have Boateng as a neighbour."
Germany manager Oliver Bierhoff said people who made such comments "are simply discrediting themselves".
Justice Minister Heiko Maas called them "unacceptable and shabby".
Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the comment showed "that Gauland is not just against foreigners but against the good things about Germany".
Mr Gauland said that he had "never insulted Mr Boateng", whom he did not know.  He added that he had only "described some people's attitudes'' in a background conversation with the journalists.
AfD leader Frauke Petry told the Bild newspaper that her deputy could not remember making the comment, saying: "Independently of that. I apologise to Mr Boateng for the impression that has arisen."
She later tweeted: "Jerome Boateng is a super footballer who is rightly a member of the German national team. I'm looking forward to the European Championship."
The AfD was started three years ago with a Eurosceptic message and has attracted many voters who are angered by an influx of migrants and by Chancellor Angela Merkel's pro-refugee approach.


A primary school is investigating after a pupil walked out and was missing for an hour before being found two miles (3.2km) away.

The pupil left Doncaster's Mallard Primary School, at about 11:40 GMT on Tuesday and was found at the Frenchgate Interchange in the town centre.
Their age and sex has not been revealed by police, who were alerted, or the school, in Balby.
School bosses apologised and said pupil safety was taken "very seriously".
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Theresa Siverns, the school's head, said: "We... have strict policies in place aimed at preventing pupils from leaving the school on their own and detailing what to do if a pupil does leave the grounds."
She said police and the child's parents were informed as soon as the school realised the child had left and staff searched the surrounding area.
"Children are regularly warned of the dangers of leaving the school site," she added.
"This was a most unfortunate event and I'm sorry it happened."
South Yorkshire Police confirmed it had been alerted about the missing child and added: "The child was located at the interchange by staff around an hour later and taken back to school."


There is growing unease in the business community as it braces itself for England's first rate revaluation since 2010.

The government is promising help in the Budget, but critics are calling the rates system itself "unfit for purpose in the 21st century".
As the commercial rental value of business premises are brought up to date, there will inevitably be some big losers. (You can learn more about the process here.)
To get a snapshot 'rate reaction', we asked six shopkeepers we have previously profiled for our My Shop video series to reveal how they will be affected in April. Some are angry, some pleasantly surprised - and one thinks he knows a better way.
"Trying to find the extra cash is going to be close to impossible," complains Mike Wells.
His shop Uptomen in Leigh-on-Sea is devoted to male products, from shaving foam to belt buckles. Surprisingly, it attracts a mainly female clientele, looking for gifts for the men in their lives.
He is one of the unlucky shopkeepers who will pay more when new business rates kick in. £1,000 more a year to be exact.
This is because the 'rateable value' of his shop, which he runs alone, has gone up £2,000 to £17,250.
"My own personal wage is way below minimum wage," he explains, "and has been at the same level for almost five years, just £4 per hour. How will I survive?"
"Landlords are generally a greedy bunch and whilst they are happy to raise rents when times are good, they (in my experience) never reduce them when times are hard."
"A tax based on a business's ability to pay would be much fairer…Oh yes, one of those already exists. Corporation tax."
Spare a thought for tea-importer Andrews Gadsden in Portsmouth.
He made a Brexit bonus by stocking up on lots of tea in dollars before the referendum - but much of those savings will now be needed to pay his rates bill.
He is looking at a 44% rise, as the rateable value of his warehouse-cum-cafe goes up from £18,997 to £27,346.
"To stand still I must sell £20,000 more tea or reduce staffing - that's the reality," he says.
The high value of his large premises means that he has never qualified for any relief - which the government offers to small businesses in lower property bands.
"Effectively this [rate rise] will come out of my pocket, a pay cut for me."
"Mrs May says 'Britain is open for business'. Well the pips are squeaking."
Not all our shopkeepers are losing out.
When he turned 50, Steve Everitt decided to follow his dream and build a Phil Silvers-themed memorabilia shop in Coventry.
In his first year of business, 2015, he was based in an old shipping container in the FarGo Village mall. He did all his paperwork and was pleased to find his crate generated zero rates.
However, when he graduated to a more conventional retail space in the mall last year he had to pay £565. It would have been free but retail relief was abolished that year, he recalls sadly.
The latest revaluation has returned his rates to zero for 2017.
In the new system business properties rated at up to £12,000 pay zero rates (the threshold used to be £6,000).
It's good news for a shop that runs on passion and niche marketing.
Clothes maker Carin Mansfield also benefits from the threshold change.
She makes 'new vintage', hand-made clothes that are expensive, but she says will last for 50 years - long enough to survive around seven business rate revaluations.
Her small shop IN-KU is near Warren Street in central London - but it's tiny and actually doesn't get a huge amount of footfall.
When it was rated back in 2010, her value was set at £6,500. She paid around £50 per month to Camden Council, she says.
Her new rateable value is £9,000. Despite the rise, she now doesn't have to pay anything.
"I am not sure if it is fair to use the square footage as a calculation [for business rates]," she says.
"IN-KU has very small square footage, but it works for my purpose."
Ziferblat is a small franchise of "pay per minute" cafes that are thriving since expanding outside of London, where commercial rents are cheaper.
In these innovative cafes, you can consume as much food, drink and wi-fi as you like - on the clock.
"The effect on us is neutral," explains owner Colin Shenton.
"Our rates in Manchester rise by 15%, in Liverpool it stays the same and in Leeds it drops by a third."
Having a geographical spread has protected them, as commercial property prices vary across the country.
"It must be fair that a small retailer in a market town pays less than a multinational on Bond Street," says Mr Shenton.
"Retailers should not complain," he reckons. "In theory, higher rents should mean higher turnover from their more desirable location."
What really matters is the multiplier that local councils apply to the valuations, he adds.
Jon Sharkey's music t-shirt business in Liverpool's St. Quiggins centre is barely big enough to park a van in - in fact it doesn't even have solid walls.
He's chuffed that he's been nominated for 'Best New Business' at this year's Liverpool Retail Awards - alongside well-known names such as Victoria's Secret.
Though business-savvy, he is not entirely sure how his business rates have changed. His significant outgoings are streamlined into one payment he makes to the people who run the shopping mall. It's an arrangement he prefers.
"When I was researching potential sites for my business, the cheapest high street units I could find in the city centre started at more than seven times my current annual rent," he says.
And many of those units still lie empty, he points out.
"If it were up to me, every major city would have a building like ours, filled with small starter units, rented out to young independent entrepreneurs with all major bills included in the rent and then handled by the building owners.
If I won the lottery, I'd do it myself!"
To see the video about Jon Sharkey's shop and all the others mentioned here, visit the My Shop page. The series by the BBC Business Unit focuses on distinctive, independent shops and is filmed on a smartphone. To suggest a shop email us. For the latest updates about the series follow video journalist Dougal Shaw on Twitter or Facebook.


Flanker Richie McCaw became the most capped player in Test history as his New Zealand side retained the Bledisloe Cup for a 12th year against Australia.

McCaw, 34, led the side out at Eden Park as he overtook Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll's record of 141 caps.
Australia came out on top last weekend as they lifted the Rugby Championship, but they were undone away from home.
New Zealand held a narrow 13-6 half-time lead before running in four second-half tries to seal victory.
Two Dan Carter penalties and a converted Dane Coles try had put the world champions ahead, with two Quade Cooper kicks keeping Australia in touch going into the break.
But Cooper was sent to the sin bin early in the second half for a high tackle on Aaron Smith and a penalty try was awarded to the All Blacks.
Wing Ma'a Nonu went over twice, as Australia struggled without Cooper on the field, before Conrad Smith added a fifth.
Israel Folau showed his electric pace with a superb solo try, but it was a mere consolation for the Wallabies.
The All Blacks have now won 34 consecutive Tests at Eden Park, and it looks set to be McCaw's last game on home soil, with the number seven expected to retire from international duty after September's World Cup in England.
New Zealand: B. Smith, Milner-Skudder, C. Smith, Nonu, Savea, Carter, A. Smith, Woodcock, Coles, O. Franks, Retallick, Whitelock, Vito, McCaw, Read.
Replacements: Mealamu, Crockett, Laulala, Kaino, Cane, Perenara, Slade, Fekitoa.
Australia: Folau, Ashley-Cooper, Kuridrani, Toomua, Speight, Cooper, White, Sio, Moore, Kepu, Skelton, Horwill, Fardy, Hooper, Palu.
Replacements: Polota-Nau, Slipper, Holmes, Mumm, Douglas, Pocock, Giteau, Beale.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


Hundreds of world leaders have gathered in Istanbul for the opening of the first World Humanitarian Summit, organised by the United Nations.

The objective of the summit is to improve the global humanitarian system.
But it has been criticised by some aid groups as little more than show. Global medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has refused to attend.
The UN estimates that 130 million - more than ever before - are in need of humanitarian aid around the world.
And some 60 million people per year are being displaced by conflict, it says.
Opening the summit, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: "More people have been forced from their homes than at any time since the end of the Second World War.
"Every year the needs rise and the funding shortfalls grow."
The UN estimates there is a $15bn (Â£10bn) annual gap, as a result of humanitarian funds being pledged but not delivered.
Leaders or delegates from 175 countries are attending the summit, which will produce non-binding commitments. Its aims are to mobilise more funds for humanitarian aid, improve their distribution, and consider transferring money from larger national NGOs to smaller aid agencies operating on the ground.
About 65 heads of state will be present, though the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the only G7 leader to attend. The Russian government says its humanitarian proposals have been ignored and Vladimir Putin will not be attending.
The UK has sent International Development Secretary Justine Greening.
Stephen O'Brien, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, said the summit was a "once in a generation opportunity to set in motion an ambitious and far-reaching agenda".
But MSF has called the event a "fig-leaf of good intentions", arguing the summit will not pressurise states that violate humanitarian law and that no significant new commitments will be made.
Loretta Minghella, the Chief Executive of Christian Aid, said: "Words are not enough to solve the escalating needs of people whose lives are blighted by crisis. The success of the summit will depend on how energetically we collectively deliver against the promises that we are all launching."
And Oxfam Chief Executive Mark Goldring called on those attending the summit to make it more than "an expensive talking shop".
Humanitarian funding summits have come under fire recently as nations fail to follow up on financial pledges. Just a sixth of the funds pledged for victims of the Syrian conflict at a recent London summit have been committed, according to charity Concern Worldwide.
A report by the charity says that just $1.16 billion of the $6 billion pledged for 2016 has been committed, with 94% of donors failing to commit their full pledges.


Finding Dory has remained at the top of the US box office for a second week, as Independence Day: Resurgence came in second place.

The Disney Pixar film took $73.2m (£54.6m), while The Independence Day sequel took a disappointing $41.6m (£31m).
Blake Lively's shark thriller The Shallows did better than expected, taking $16.7m (£12.4m).
Filmed in Australia, it came in fourth and only cost $17m (£12.7m) to make.
On its opening weekend, Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory had the most successful launch for an animated film in US box office history, taking $136.2m (£93.3m).
It is already the sixth-best selling film of 2016 after ten days with total takings of $285.6m (£214m).
That figure is less than $100m (£74.9m) short of the final total that Finding Nemo made.
Will Smith did not return to battle the aliens second time round in the Independence Day sequel but Roland Emmerich was back in the director's chair.
Bill Pullman, Vivica Fox and Jeff Goldblum reprised their characters, joined by new cast members Liam Hemsworth and Jessie Usher.
It cost $165m (£123.6m) to make and will need strong international ticket sales if it is to become profitable.
It has taken $102m (£76.4m) from 57 different markets since its release.
In third place was the Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson action comedy Central Intelligence.
It took $18.4m (£13.7m) in its second week and has now topped $69m (£51.7m) in 10 days.
Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer said social media buzz helped the film, which is about Lively's character battling for survival in a shark's feeding ground.
"We were able to convey that this is a movie that has you on the edge of your seat and is both fun and scary," he said.
Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey's historical drama Free State of Jones took fifth spot.
The film, in which McConaughey plays the leader of a rebellion against the Confederacy, took $7.8m (£5.8m), which was below expectations.
It cost $50m (£37.4m) to make.


Dozens of municipal buildings, including fire departments and schools, in the US city of Detroit lost power for hours on Tuesday.

Among the 100 buildings affected are the Joe Louis sports arena, the courthouse and Wayne State University.
Power went at 10.30am but was restored to some of the buildings by the afternoon, said DTE Energy company, promising more coming back later.
A cause for the power outage has yet to be determined.
A murder trial was said to have been paused on Tuesday morning when the lights flickered and went out, the Detroit Free Press reported.
People were seen evacuating the courthouse by stairwells, while Detroit fires stations was reportedly using backup generator power.
More than 1,200 inmates at a local municipal centre were placed on lockdown, and a hospital began transferring trauma patients to other facilities.
And Wayne State University said on its website that multiple buildings on campus were affected but classes were running as normal.


Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found with fatal knife injuries in Coventry.

Officers were called to the Holyhead Road at about 22:10 BST on Thursday, where they found a man with a stab wound in his chest.
The man, who has not been named but is in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nearby houses and the Great Meeting House Unitarian Church car park have been sealed off for forensic inquiries.
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Det Insp Shaun Egan, from West Midlands Police, said they believed the man was involved in an "altercation" at a nearby church.
"Holyhead Road is one of the busiest in Coventry and I'm sure there are potentially many witnesses who may have seen the incident or the moments before or immediately afterwards," he said.


Nigerian police are to charge the man accused of abducting a 13-year-old girl who he allegedly forced into marriage.

Ese's family travelled from their southern home state of Bayelsa to be reunited with her.
A social media campaign with around 50,000 tweets using the hashtag #FreeEse prompted Sunday's search for her after she went missing in August.
The man denies taking Ese against her will and forcing her to convert to Islam before the wedding.
From Bayelsa, she is said to have been moved to the city of Kano, some 900km (600 miles) away from her home.
Police who delayed Ese's release would also be prosecuted, Abuja police spokesman Olabisi Kolawole told the BBC's Yakubu Liman in the capital, Abuja.
The family say they made several efforts to bring Ese back from Kano, but were told she was no longer their daughter.
The alleged abductor of the girl was a long-standing customer of Ese's mother, who is a food vendor.
The marriage was reported to have taken place at the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, an influential Muslim leader in Nigeria, which he has denied.
The Emir said the girl was brought to his palace after her alleged conversion to Islam but he said she was too young.
"We asked that if he really wants her, he should wait for her until she turns 18 and then if she still wants him they can get married. No-one will stand in the way," Mr Sanusi said in a statement.
Ese and the man were sent to the police by the Emir as he said she should be returned to Bayelsa state because of her age.
However, this was not acted upon.
Though reunited with her mother, Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper has reported that Ese said she wants to remain in Kano.
She told police she was not forced to convert to Islam, it reports.
A debate about child brides and forced marriages in Nigeria has erupted due to the alleged abduction.
The UN said more than one in three girls are married before the age of 18, mostly in poor rural families in Africa.
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Jersey shooter Barry Le Cheminant is returning to the Commonwealth Games 28 years after he last took part.

The 49-year-old has been selected for the island's seven-strong shooting team for Glasgow 2014.
He will shoot with Daniel Richardson in the fullbore events, having previously competed at Edinburgh in 1986.
David Turner, Richard Bouchard and Steve Le Couillard are in the smallbore team while pistol shooters Nikki Holmes and George Winstanley are selected.
"It's a bit of a lay-off," Le Cheminant told BBC Sport.
As an 18-year-old, he missed out on a bronze medal in the individual event by just one point in the 1982 Games at Brisbane, finishing fourth behind Guernsey's Charles Trotter, before teaming up with Cliff Mallett to end the pairs event in 11th place.
Four years later, Le Cherminant took seventh place in both competitions, again partnering Mallett in the pairs.
However, he then decided to put family first ahead of his sport.
"I took time off as my children were growing up," he said.
"Spending half a day or a day at the range, it does impose on your family time. I wanted to be there when the children grew up.
"Thankfully shooting's a sport that, all being well, one can come back to at a later stage, although it's been a bit longer than I envisaged."
The stockbroker's children are now 24 and 22 and he has re-dedicated himself to shooting, although his love of the sport never disappeared in the interim.
"When the Bisley main meeting was on in the summer for a week in July, I was always desperate to see the scores because it's something that's been of great interest for me," he explained.
"But my wife's been great, she's said 'you've missed it for 20 years, off you go back to the range'."
Fullbore shooting is one of Jersey's leading sports when it comes to success at Commonwealth Games.
The island's most recent medals were won in Auckland in 1990 when Colin Mallett took individual gold before teaming up with his father, Le Cheminant's former partner Cliff, to win pairs bronze.
"Jersey has a long shooting history," said Le Cheminant.
"We had the militia here, my great-grandfather won a shooting cup with the Royal Jersey Infantry in the 1880s.
"The facilities we have are really good. We have a range at Crabbé for 200-600 yards and one at Les Landes for 900 and 1000.
"The local range is deemed to be one of those most similar to the range we'll be competing on in Scotland.
"We've just had the Welsh Commonwealth Games team over for three days to get the experience of shooting on a coastal range because the range we'll be shooting on in Scotland is also coastal so it's perfect for practise."
But will Le Cheminant carry on until Gold Coast 2018 and therby complete a unique double of two Australian and two Scottish Commonwealth Games three decades apart?
"That would be great, but it's a long way away," he added.
"I think I'll have to see what happens after this one, relax a bit and get my weekends back and see where I go from there."


A British-based firm has designed a cricket helmet aimed at preventing another tragic death like that of Australian Phillip Hughes last year.

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The 25-year-old batsman died when he was  by a short-pitched delivery in Sydney.
The incident was described as a "freak" by medical experts.
Hampshire-based manufacturer Masuri has given the BBC an exclusive look at its prototype helmet, which features extra protection at the rear.
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Batting for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield game against New South Wales in Sydney, Hughes was hit by a bouncer from Sean Abbott.
The batsman, who was wearing a Masuri helmet, collapsed immediately and died in hospital two days later.
After his death, the company began investigating a possible redesign and have introduced a "stemguard", a device made of foam and a rubber-like compound that clips onto the back of a helmet.
According to the company, Masuri provide "the most widely used helmet in Professional Cricket".
Design consultant Alan Meeks believes it will be both light and robust enough to prevent serious injury
"This arrangement of the foam and honeycomb gives as much protection as a hard helmet," he told BBC Sport.
"Even though it moves around and will touch the player when the ball hits them, it will absorb a significant amount of energy."
The International Cricket Council, which governs the game, has raised its recommendations for helmet safety standards in recent years.
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However, in response to the growth in popularity of the 20-over format of the game, which encourages a greater range of strokes and a riskier style of batting, research and development had focused on protecting a batman's face.
The death of Hughes, who played 26 Tests for Australia, changed things.
"That tragic event definitely had an impact on the public," said Masuri's managing director, Sam Miller.
"I don't think there was a helmet on the market which would have protected Phillip.
"There had been some talk of protection to that area in the past, but it had been a footnote."
The "stemguard" has been tested extensively in a laboratory while it awaits production. Masuri say they have consulted international cricket boards throughout the design process.
A patent for the product is pending but its introduction in matches will depend on players' desire to wear the redesigned helmets.


Emily Taylor says the Team GB women's eight crew have a great chance of winning a medal at the London 2012 Olympics - and could secure gold.

The Lincoln rower was named in the squad last week, although she is still unsure if she will be part of the team.
Taylor, 24, told BBC Lincolnshire: "Last year they won a bronze medal at the World Championships so we are definitely in with a chance of a medal.
"I don't see why we can't get gold if we have a perfect race on the day."
Taylor was born in Lincoln on 28 June 1987
She swam to regional standard and was a cross-country runner at county level
Taylor won her first GB vest in 2007
She won gold at the 2009 Under-23 World Championship in the women's eight
She added: "We have a lot to work on from our World Cup performances this year.
"But I think that is due to changing the crew around a lot and not being able to gel, which we will be able to do at a training camp after the final World Cup."
Taylor took up rowing seven years ago when she went to a training session while on freshers' week at Durham University.
"I went along to the first training session, which was a horrendous circuit session," Taylor recalled. "I got into a boat on the second training session and fell in love with it - it took over my life."
The journey to Olympic selection started in October 2005 and Taylor will get one final chance to stake her claim for a place when she takes part in the latest World Cup event in Munich, Germany.
"It's still a bit stressful because the boat hasn't been selected," Taylor added. "There are ten of us going but only eight will be rowing so the other two will be reserves.
I got into a boat on the second training session and fell in love with it - it took over my life
"The coaches will hopefully have more of a solid decision after the next World Cup event. I will be rowing in a pair because they are trying out different combinations.
"We will do a bit more internal testing after the World Cup and then put together a team we believe will be the Olympic boat.
"The women's squad is so strong and everyone is saying how much stronger it is than the last Olympics. There is such depth."
But whatever the decision, Taylor said the crew could change and the two not selected must play their part and be ready to step in at short notice.
"In the last Olympics in Beijing there was a lot of illness and there were a couple of subs in the boat, so anything can happen," she added.
"Even if I am a reserve it will still be an important job and I will be excited but obviously I would rather be in the eight.
"Hopefully it will go the right way but even if it doesn't there will be more of a sense that it will definitely happen.
"It will be a fantastic experience whatever."


Chesterfield preserved their slim hopes of survival in League One with a battling goalless draw at automatic promotion hopefuls Bolton.

Gary Caldwell's side were not helped by results elsewhere - they are now 11 points adrift of safety with five games remaining - but showed impressive resolve to hold firm against a late onslaught.
Jon Nolan was sent off for a second bookable offence during stoppage time but despite throwing everything forward, Bolton could not find a winner which would have extended their advantage over third-placed Fleetwood to nine points.
The Trotters seemed to suffer stage fright in the first half, watched by 23,376 fans - their second-largest league gate since dropping out of the Premier League in 2012.
Chesterfield should have taken the lead when Mark Howard spilled Dan Gardner's long-range effort and Kristian Dennis failed to bury the rebound.
Bolton picked up after the break, captain Darren Pratley twice denied the opening goal by some last-ditch defending.
Adam Le Fondre also volleyed just over the bar as the home side went in search of a sixth successive victory.
And after a frantic goalmouth scramble at the end where both Le Fondre and David Wheater had shots blocked, Nolan then left the field early for a foul on Filipe Morais.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Chesterfield 0.
Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Chesterfield 0.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Tom Anderson.
Second yellow card to Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) for a bad foul.
Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jon Nolan (Chesterfield).
Attempt blocked. Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dion Donohue (Chesterfield).
Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Chesterfield).
Substitution, Chesterfield. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake replaces Joe Rowley.
Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Liam Grimshaw replaces Dan Gardner.
Attempt saved. Dion Donohue (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Dean Moxey.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Connor Dimaio (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Rai Simons replaces Kristian Dennis.
Attempt missed. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers).
Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jon Nolan (Chesterfield).
Foul by David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers).
Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dion Donohue (Chesterfield).
Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers).
Dion Donohue (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Dion Donohue.
Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Laurence Maguire (Chesterfield).
Corner,  Chesterfield. Conceded by Jay Spearing.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kristian Dennis (Chesterfield).


Police investigating a blaze which destroyed 40 vehicles at a South Yorkshire breakdown yard have said it was started deliberately.

Emergency services were called to the Richford Motors depot on Fairfield Park industrial estate in Manvers near Rotherham at about 22:45 BST on Sunday.
Six fire engines tackled the blaze, which took several hours to put out.
Police said the fire caused "extensive damage" but no-one was believed to be injured.
Temporary Det Insp Steven Brookes said: "We are working closely with our colleagues from the fire service to gather as much information as we can.
"We do believe the fire was started deliberately and therefore I'd urge local residents to consider whether they saw or heard anything suspicious late last night in the Manvers area."
He said officers would continue with local inquiries and examining CCTV footage.
A spokesperson from the fire service said it could not comment on whether the incident was connected to an incident in which cars were deliberately set alight on Thursday in nearby Wath-upon-Dearne.
They were a people carrier on Church Street at 01:50, a Citroen van on Valley Drive at 02:05 and a people carrier on Montgomery Road at 02:30.
A Transit van on Norton Road in Wath was also set alight at 01:55. The fire service said it was still investigating the incidents.


One Wales supporter has spent £2,000 (US $2,936) and travelled 3,500 miles (5,600km) following the team in France for Euro 2016 - despite not even being Welsh.

Alex Zyl, 35, originally of Belarus, began following the team after befriending Wales fans 16 years ago in his country's capital, Minsk.
Mr Zyl, who now lives in the United States, travelled from New York to watch Wales' 3-0 win against Russia in Toulouse on Monday.
He said Wales fans were "always friendly and always fun".
Mr Zyl said: "For a long time Wales got so many defeats, they didn't qualify for any major tournaments.
"This is the first time they have qualified and they make real progress.
"It's fantastic - top of the league, that's why I like Wales."
Chris Coleman's team now face Northern Ireland in Paris on Saturday after topping group B and making the last 16.
Mr Zyl said the 3-0 win in Toulouse was "doubly special" for him, given his own native land's rivalry with Russia.
And the Welsh travelling contingent is full of supporters who have covered large amounts of ground to make it to France.
Lee Griffiths, originally of Bridgend, also flew from the US to watch Wales' opening group game against Slovakia in Bordeaux on 11 June.
He said he had not wanted to miss the "biggest day in Welsh football history".
And Mike Lambert, 60, originally of Cardiff, made the trip to France from Thailand, where he has lived for two years.
He said there was a "huge amount of expense" and a 13-hour flight but the trip would be "worth every penny".
He first watched Wales play against England at Cardiff's Ninian park in 1970 - a 1-1 draw.
"I had the bug and since then I have seen them play in Andorra and Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Belgium, Croatia and Cyprus, Scotland and Serbia and many many more," added Mr Lambert, who lives in Thailand's Isaan region.
Some reports have suggested Saturday's fixture will see up to 50,000 fans travelling to Paris.
And should they win that match, there could be a chance for fans to clock up more miles. While one possible last eight match will take place in Paris the other will be in Lille.


The Hearts squad have recovered from the sickness bug that forced the postponement of their midweek match with Inverness and can face Aberdeen.

Head coach Robbie Neilson hopes Callum Paterson will return from a shoulder problem but Juwon Oshaniwa is suspended and midfielder Don Cowie remains out.
Aberdeen have an unchanged squad.
Midfielder Barry Robson completes a two-match ban, while Peter Pawlett (broken arm) and Adam Rooney (thigh) are still not ready to return.
Everywhere you turn at this late stage in the Scottish Premiership campaign there are meaningful matches but you will struggle to find a bigger fixture this weekend.
Questions about the credibility of Aberdeen's title challenge have now given way to questions about whether or not they can win it.
Derek McInnes' side have exactly the same points tally as they did at this time a year ago - but Celtic's recent slips mean they are three points closer to the champions this time around.
Four wins in the last five matches provides the proof of their current form but with just six games remaining, there is no more room for error.
Aberdeen have won just once in their last nine visits to Tynecastle but it was recent and convincing - a 3-1 scoreline in September last year.
Robbie Neilson is adamant his side are still capable of overtaking Aberdeen and finishing second - it's a long shot but the notion provides a carrot for a group of players who certainly don't lack hunger.
They may well lack some fitness though - a virus swept through the squad earlier in the week and even forced the club to shut down the training centre.
A quick glance at the stats shows Hearts have conceded six goals in their last two matches but that double defeat was preceded by four straight wins.
It will be another sell-out crowd and Tynecastle under the lights provides a special stage for what could be a special match.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed defender Laurent Koscielny will be out "for a while" after he was taken off with a deep cut during the club's 6-3 defeat by Manchester City on Saturday.

He suffered the cut on his knee when he tried to prevent Alvaro Negredo from scoring City's second goal.
"He has a cut and he'll be out for a while, but for how long I don't know," said Wenger.
Thomas Vermaelen and Per Mertesacker are Arsenal's only other centre-backs.
Wenger has also used full-back Bacary Sagna in central defence this campaign.
France international Koscielny, 28, and fellow central defender Mertesacker have been part of one of the tightest defences in the Premier League this season.


England Test captain Alastair Cook made a century for Essex at Chelmsford against Gloucestershire in his first County Championship innings of 2016.

The 31-year-old opener reached his 52nd first-class hundred off 182 balls.
Cook shared a second-wicket stand of 222 with Tom Westley, who was caught behind for 121, before being trapped lbw by off-spinner Jack Taylor for 105.
Josh Shaw took his first Championship wickets, removing Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate as Essex closed on 287-6.
England's first Test match of the summer is against Sri Lanka at Headingley, starting on 19 May.
And Cook, England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, requires just 36 more to become the first England player to reach the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.
He is one of several England players appearing for their county during the opening rounds of Championship fixtures.
Essex stuttered following the dismissal of the two centurions. Liam Norwell bowled Ravi Borapa cheaply before Shaw had Lawrence caught at mid-off attempting a pull, and then trapped Ten Doeschate lbw in consecutive overs.
Rain brought play to an early close, with the home side holding a slender first-innings lead of just 25 runs despite the batting masterclass from Cook and Westley.
England captain Alastair Cook told BBC Radio Essex:
"It was nice to get a few and it has helped put us in a good position, although it was disappointing that we lost four wickets towards the end and let Gloucestershire back into the game.
"I've been happy with the way I've been playing pre-season, so it was nice to get a hundred. If you put the ball in the right areas, there's a bit of help for the bowlers but, if you don't, then you get punished.
"But it's a good cricket wicket. The conditions changed with the new ball because it became overcast and then started to rain. But that's the beauty of four-day cricket. Conditions can change."


Birmingham City got their Championship promotion bid back on course after two straight defeats as they hung on to beat lowly Ipswich Town.

Clayton Donaldson fired Blues ahead from the penalty spot, four minutes before injury cut short his evening.
Michael Morrison headed a second from David Cotterill's 53rd-minute corner.
Adam Webster's header from Tom Lawrence's cross proved only a consolation, when Ipswich had a late equaliser ruled out for pushing.
Blues go up to seventh in the table, a point off the play-offs, while Ipswich are five points clear of trouble.
A poor first half was enlivened only by a fine save at either end by the two Polish goalkeepers, Tomasz Kuszczak denying Ipswich's David McGoldrick with a point-blank stop before Bartosz Bialkowski did the same to thwart home striker Lukas Jutkiewicz.
But the game came to life when Donaldson scored his sixth goal of the season after Luke Varney had blocked Jutkiewicz's goal-bound shot with his arm.
Donaldson then departed on a stretcher following a collision with Webster, but Blues did not need their top scorer to double their lead, with captain Morrison heading in from eight yards.
Webster's effort, from Lawrence's neat chipped left-wing cross, caused worry for the majority of the 15,212 fans making up Blues' lowest league crowd of the season.
But Christophe Berra's late strike was disallowed for pushing, ensuring victory for Gary Rowett's side.
Birmingham City coach Mark Sale told BBC Sport:
"Clayton Donaldson already had a little issue with his Achilles, which he's had over the last couple of weeks.
"As he landed, he may have overstretched it, but fingers crossed, it's not too bad. We'll take a proper look in the morning.
"I know Mick was not too pleased on their disallowed goals but he's given it as the lad his two arms on Michael Morrison's shoulders. And it looked a correct decision."
Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy told BBC Sport:
"It was a penalty. It hit Varney on the arm. But we had a perfectly legitimate goal ruled out at the end. I think he's given it against Christophe Berra, but Ryan Shotton didn't jump.
"I certainly didn't see too many fouls go our way. One challenge on Berra wasn't so much a foul, it was more GBH.
"But whingeing doesn't get you anywhere. It's an uphill battle at the moment. I don't think we've played badly as a team in recent weeks. We've just got to cut out the mistakes."
Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Ipswich Town 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Ipswich Town 1.
Foul by Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town).
Paul Robinson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Robinson replaces David Davis.
Attempt missed. Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cole Skuse from a direct free kick.
Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
Foul by Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town).
Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Stephen Gleeson.
Foul by Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonathan Williams (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by David Davis with a cross.
Offside, Birmingham City. Ryan Shotton tries a through ball, but Che Adams is caught offside.
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces David Cotterill.
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Brett Pitman.
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
Goal!  Birmingham City 2, Ipswich Town 1. Adam Webster (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Lawrence with a cross following a set piece situation.
Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Freddie Sears replaces David McGoldrick.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jonathan Williams replaces Grant Ward.


The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says fighting in Syria is so widespread that the conflict is now in effect a civil war.

The change in status means combatants will now be officially subject to the Geneva Conventions, leaving them more exposed to war crimes prosecutions.
The Red Cross had previously regarded only the areas around Idlib, Homs and Hama as war zones.
Meanwhile, the Syrian government is disputing claims it used heavy weapons.
Activists initially described fighting on Thursday in the village of Tremseh near Hama as a massacre of dozens of civilians, but later accounts suggested most of the dead were armed rebels.
The UN accused Syrian forces of using heavy artillery, tanks and helicopters, but Damascus denied those allegations and said just two civilians had been killed.
The accusations, if proved, would mean Damascus had broken an agreement it made with envoy Kofi Annan.
Later on Sunday, video footage emerged purporting to show heavy fighting in southern Damascus.
Activists claimed the fighting was the most intense seen in the capital since the start of anti-government protests in March last year.
They said tanks and mortars were used, and in some areas residents were fleeing.
There has been no independent confirmation of their claims.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which oversees the Geneva Conventions, said fighting had now spread beyond the three hotspots of Idlib, Homs and Hama.
Spokesman Hicham Hassan said Syria was now regarded as a "non-international armed conflict", which is the technical term for civil war.
"What matters is that international humanitarian law applies wherever hostilities between government forces and opposition groups are taking place across the country," he said.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the statement is significant because it is the Red Cross' job to monitor the conduct of the fighting, and to tell warring parties what their obligations are.
Under the Geneva Conventions, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, attacks on medical personnel or the destruction of basic services like water or electricity are forbidden and can be prosecuted as war crimes.
From now on, all those fighting in Syria are officially subject to the laws of war, and could end up at a war crimes tribunal if they disobey them.
Last month, the UN's head of peacekeeping Herve Ladsous also said Syria was in a state of civil war.
And Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has previously said the country is in a state of war.
Some 16,000 people are thought to have been killed since the uprising against Mr Assad's regime began in March 2011.
UN diplomats are attempting to agree a way forward for the organisation's monitoring mission in the country.
The mission's mandate runs out on Friday, and Western nations are trying to get Russia and China to agree to a beefed-up resolution authorising sanctions.


A free showing of award-winning travel photographs has opened in Hull.

The Travel Photographer of the Year Awards is staging the outdoor exhibition at Princes Dock Street.
The show is part of the second season of Hull's year as UK City of Culture.  Entitled Roots and Routes, it aims to celebrate Hull's role as a major port and its international connections.
The awards began in 2003 and accept entries from amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals.
Read more about this and other stories from Hull and East Yorkshire
See some of the winning entries
The photographs on display include a selection of winning entries from the 2016 competition.
Entrants from more than 120 countries entered the competition and photographers from 21 countries featured among the winners.
Martin Green, chief executive and director of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, said: "Our Roots and Routes season is all about celebrating Hull's global connections and its place in the wider world.
"This exhibition will give people in Hull the opportunity to see unique images of some of the planet's most famous and recognisable places along with exposing them to some far-flung and unfamiliar locations and sights."
The photographs will remain on show until 30 June.


Older people in England are living longer than ever before, a report from Public Health England says.

Figures show that for those aged 65, men can expect to live for another 19 years and women a further 21 years.
But there is concern that too many elderly people are living in poor health.
And the figures vary across the country, with the North East and North West having lower life expectancies for 65-year-olds than other regions.
Life expectancy among older age groups in England rose to its highest level in 2014 - with male life expectancy increasing by 0.3 years at age 65 and 0.2 years at ages 75, 85 and 95 since 2013.
Female life expectancy increased by the same amounts at the same ages.
This comes after a fall in life expectancy in some older age groups between 2011 and 2012.
The only region where male and female life expectancy did not increase in 2014 was in the North East, where male life expectancy was higher in 2013.
Among local authorities in England, the majority showed an increase or no change in life expectancy at age 65 - but one quarter showed a decrease.
In the past, statistics have tended to focus on life expectancy at birth but now that most deaths in England occur in people over the age of 80, patterns of mortality in older age groups are becoming more important.
Prof John Newton, chief knowledge officer at Public Health England, said the report presented a positive national picture that made achieving "a good quality of life in later years even more important".
"This report is an opportunity to remind people that, even during mid-life, it is not too late to improve your health," he said.
"Most of us could make changes today, like stopping smoking, being more active or eating better, that would allow us to look forward to healthier later years."
He said it was not clear what had caused the variation in trends between local areas.
Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at the University of Oxford, said there was an urgent need to find out why improvements had stalled in many parts of England in recent years.
"Beneath the headline figures of this report, there is evidence of worsening health for many older people in some parts of the country," he said.
In Scotland, life expectancy continued to improve, with 65-year-old men expected to live for a further 17.4 years and women a further 19.7 years, according to the latest statistics.
But there are also wide variations across the country.


A man and a woman, both in their 50s, have been shot in the legs at a house in west Belfast.

Police said a gang of masked and armed men entered the house on Norglen Parade, Turf Lodge, just after 18:15 GMT.
The victims, understood to be married couple, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The BBC understands the couple were attempting to protect their son from paramilitaries.
Ch Insp Norman Haslett said: "This is a brutal, callous and horrific attack on a defenceless couple in their house, at tea-time on a Thursday evening and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.
"The people who did this have no moral compass whatsoever."
Sinn FÃ©in MLA Pat Sheehan, who visited the scene on Thursday night, said the couple were "shot in their own living room".
He described them as a "respected family within the community".
"There is no way this family is involved in criminality of any sort and whatever the motivation was for this shooting, there is absolutely no justification for it," Mr Sheehan said.
"The people in this street are now terrified as a result of this shooting."
The Sinn FÃ©in MLA added that "a number of people" had been taken to Turf Lodge and shot in the legs in separate paramilitary-style attacks over the past six to nine months but he said "this isn't that type of incident".
West Belfast MLA Alex Attwood, from the SDLP, described the gun attack as an "act of tyranny".
"The fact that a man and a woman and both in their 50s, have been injured confirms that no one is off limits to those who are now using the gun," he said.
The Alliance party's justice spokesperson, Trevor Lunn, said: "There can be no justification for this type of attack and whoever was behind it needs to be condemned without equivocation."
Police have appealed for witnesses.


Isle of Man shooter Tim Kneale has said he will be "proud" to represent Great Britain at Rio 2016  after being named in their six-strong Olympic squad.

The current world record holder qualified for the team in September after winning silver at the Shotgun World Championships in Italy.
"It is such a proud feeling to be representing GB at the pinnacle of international sport," he said.
Four of the team will go to Rio having previous Olympic Games experience.
Kneale, however, will be making his Olympic debut having represented the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The 33-year-old, who now lives in Somerset, said: "It is so exciting to compete at my first Olympics. I hope I can do myself and Team GB proud.
"It's been a long, tough road but all the hard work has paid off thanks to the support from friends and family, my coach Martin Barker all the staff at British Shooting and my girlfriend."
The GB shooting team are sixth on the all-time Olympic Games shooting medal table with 44 - 13 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze.


Rangers manager Ally McCoist will hold talks with the Rangers board before deciding if he will attend Monday's annual meeting.

McCoist is working his 12-month notice after handing in his resignation.
And the board is likely to be questioned about that situation - and financial problems - by shareholders.
"I will definitely speak to the board in the next 24 hours and see if I am required to go or they want me to go," said McCoist.
"I am not sure I am required to go. I don't know what the legalities of it are.
"If anyone wants me there, I will be there. That goes without saying."
Rangers need to find £8.3m if they are to survive beyond 1 April and presently do not have the money to pay off McCoist.
The Glasgow club have also been called to a hearing by the Scottish FA, which is investigating whether rules have been broken over the role of shareholder and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley.
Shareholders are also likely to ask questions at the AGM about the role of Ashley, whose business associate, Derek Llambias, was named Rangers chief executive on Friday.
"Will I stay away unless I'm told to go?" said McCoist. "No, that is not the case. I will have a chat about it. I don't think this is a massive issue at all.
"I think Walter Smith used to go to some of them. I don't know if he went to them all.
"I know I went to one last year, but I don't think it is a massive issue.
"If it is a requirement, I will definitely be there. If need be and people want me there, I will be there."
McCoist was speaking after his side beat Livingston 2-0 at Ibrox to remain nine points behind leaders Hearts in the Scottish Championship in front of an official crowd of 28,083.
Amid suggestions that the figures are inflated, the manager said he could understand why many fans were staying away.
"I have felt unbelievably sorry for the fans over the last three years, to be honest," he said.
"I am not sure attendances are a worry. Obviously, when we are playing at home, I would far rather the team were being supported by 50,000 rather than 15,000, 20,000 or 25,000. That goes without saying.
"However, I do understand, 100%, the vast majority of fans' feelings over the last three years.
"Will we get those fans back? Yes. In the short term? I don't know about that."


Fifa could vote on whether to suspend Israel from world football's governing body over claims that it discriminates against Palestinian footballers.

The Palestine Football Association (PFA) says the Israeli FA has violated rules relating to racism, players' free movement and where clubs are based.
It has requested the vote at the next Fifa congress on 29 May.
Suspension would mean Israeli teams would not be able to take part in the the Champions League and Euro 2016.
The matters were on the agenda in both 2013 and 2014, but compromises meant it never went to a vote.
The Palestinians have raised three major complaints:
The Israeli federation has said it cannot be held responsible for restrictions imposed by the state of Israel, which frequently limits Palestinians' movement or holds up the delivery of goods because of security concerns.
"I don't think there is any football association around the world which can tell its government how to deal with security issues, including the Israeli Football Association," said IFA chief executive Rotem Kamer.
PFA chief Jibril Rajoub said: "We will never, ever accept any compromise, any agreement or deal outside the Congress.
"If the other side insists on causing us suffering, we are not using violence or weapons, we are using the legal leverage of the Fifa statutes. This is nothing to do with politics, this is a sport issue."
Fifa president Sepp Blatter discussed the issues with Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, before meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Rajoub on Wednesday. Rajoub said the PFA will keep its proposals on the Fifa congress agenda.
Blatter said he had proposed that Fifa organise a "peace match" between the Israeli and Palestinian national teams in Zurich. He claimed Netanyahu had promised to attend the event if it went ahead.


A man has died after his car was involved in a collision with a lorry in the Scottish Borders.

Police Scotland said the 64-year-old man from Hawick died at the scene of the accident on the A7.
In an earlier statement, the force said the car caught fire after crashing with lorry, on the road south of Hawick.
The road between Langholm and Hawick has been closed since the accident happened at 09:25 for a collision investigation.
Insp Bryan Burns appealed for information from witnesses to the incident.
He said it involved a red Vauxhall Cavalier, which was travelling southbound, and a white Renault lorry with a blue side.
The lorry driver was taken to hospital but he was discharged after treatment.
Insp Burns said: "First and foremost, our sincere condolences go to the family and friends of the gentleman who lost his life.
"An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway and we are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this collision, or the movements of either vehicle in the moments leading up to it."
Scottish Borders Council warned that the A7 closure was likely to remain in place until this evening.


In a quantum computer, pure silicon is not enough - only one specific type of silicon atom will do.

The good stuff is silicon-28, and physicists in the US have worked out how to produce it with 40 times greater purity than ever before.
Even better, they can do it in the lab instead of relying on samples made ten years ago in a huge, repurposed plutonium plant in St Petersburg.
This promises to solve a serious supply problem in quantum computing research.
Several of the most promising schemes for building a quantum computer are based in silicon. One that has received much attention stores "qubits" in atoms of another element, like phosphorous, embedded in a tiny layer of ultra-pure silicon-28.
Qubits are the quantum replacement for bits - the ones and zeros that represent information inside a conventional computer. They promise to usher in a new era of computing because they can simultaneously encode a one and a zero, enabling incredibly fast and complex calculations.
The difficulty for silicon-based designs is that normal silicon contains quite a lot of atoms that aren't silicon-28. Almost 8% of a commercial silicon wafer is made up of other isotopes like silicon-29, which would cause interference in a quantum chip.
"It leads to decoherence, which is sort of like ADD in computers," explained Dr Joshua Pomeroy, one of the physicists behind the new work, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland.
Researchers in this field, like Dr Pomeroy, have been relying on off-cuts of enriched silicon-28 that all started out in Russia.
The St Petersburg facility is a repurposed plutonium enrichment plant, housing industrial-scale gas centrifuges which were commissioned in 2004, by German scientists, to produce a sample of silicon-28 with 99.99% purity.
That sample was used to crystallise 5kg of the stuff, at a cost of around one million euros, for an international effort to calculate Avogadro's number from 1kg, perfect spheres of silicon-28.
Waste material from this project has been almost the only global source of this high-quality silicon ever since.
Dr Pomeroy explained that the quantum community "can't command the resources" to commission that type of production. "It's fortuitous that the Avogadro project existed," he told the BBC.
"So there's sort of a nervousness - when they wrap up finally, and they're not buying any more of it, what are we going to do?"
But Dr Pomeroy and his colleagues have now shown that small amounts of silicon-28, enriched to an unprecedented 99.9998%, can be produced using equipment already found in many labs.
They managed the feat with kit that is normally used for mass spectrometry - a technique for identifying a substance based on the weight of the different atoms it contains. By pumping ions of silicon through a big magnetic field, the different isotopes (atoms of silicon with different weights) can be separated from each other, because heavier atoms are diverted less by the magnet than lighter ones.
Dr Pomeroy said this was an unexpectedly simple solution. "We had what often happens in science, which is that we had an apparatus whose purpose had come to an end. And we had a problem that needed solving, and we married them up."
The thin films of silicon-28 that his team can produce are very, very pure - but also very small.
"It's much more difficult to produce large quantities," Dr Pomeroy concedes, "but particularly in the research phase, those quantities are largely unnecessary."
Despite some controversial commercial initiatives, quantum computers primarily remain a field of research. And according to Dr Pomeroy, the new approach is more than capable of delivering enough of the purer-than-pure silicon for scientists to test out their designs.
Importantly, researchers around the world could potentially make it in their own labs.
"We're recognising that we don't need to produce an entire wafer's worth of silicon-28 that's enriched," he said. "We only really need to make enough to insulate the computer from the rest of the wafer."
The team's research was published in the Journal of Physics D.
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British NFL star Menelik Watson believes a London-based team would be good for American football.

Manchester-born Watson is due to play for Oakland Raiders against Miami Dolphins at Wembley on Sunday.
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The idea of London becoming home to a team has been mooted since 2007, when 81,176 watched the Dolphins take on New York Giants at the national stadium.
Watson, 25, said: "I think it's going to happen and that it will be a good thing."
Offensive tackle Watson was drafted by the Raiders in April 2013, joining fellow Briton Jack Crawford as part of the team.
Watson, who is 6ft 5ins and weighs 140kg, believes the sport's popularity will continue to grow in the UK.
He said: "It's a great sport and there are a lot of opportunities for kids of all sizes. Look at me, I'm 300lbs - I'm not supposed to be able to move.
"The more they keep bringing the games here and the more we Brits make it into the NFL ... there will be a team soon."
Sunday's match will be the teams' fourth of the season. The Dolphins have won one and lost twice, while the Raiders have lost all three of their matches.
Watson, who is a Manchester City supporter, said: "It's going be epic. To have the family there to watch me do what I do and see what all the sacrifices have been made for, it's going to be unbelievable.
"It should be an emotional day but I've got to stay focused on the task, which is the Dolphins."
The match will be the first of three matches at Wembley in 2014.
The Atlanta Falcons take on Detroit Lions on 26 October before the Jacksonville Jaguars meet Dallas Cowboys on 9 November.


The police helicopter in mid and south west Wales is to be scrapped and the service handed to a national operator.

Dyfed-Powys Police's commissioner said it would mean 24-hour air cover.
But Plaid Cymru said the party was "dismayed" the force's dedicated helicopter would be lost.
Dyfed-Powys's helicopter operates for about 12 hours a day. Under new arrangements the force will operate several National Police Air Service helicopters and in time, aeroplanes.
Pembrey in Carmarthenshire will temporarily remain an NPAS operating base to support the service, although helicopters will not be based there.
The new arrangements will cost £890,000 a year from January - about £275,000 less than in 2014-15. The changes come as the local service transfers from forces in Wales and England to NPAS.
Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Christopher Salmon said the deal represented "many hours of detailed negotiations".
He said: "I believe the agreement strikes a sensible compromise between service, cost and endurance over the entire force area.
"The unique nature of Dyfed-Powys, a huge, largely rural area, brings particular challenges. It was crucial that we took the time to get the right deal."


A Flintshire man who went on the run after raping a young child has been jailed for 12 years.

Michael Leaberry, of Saltney, eluded police for almost 18 months after his initial arrest for the offence in September 2015.
He was jailed for 12 years at Mold Crown Court on Thursday after admitting rape, sexual assault and incitement.
The child's mother said Leaberry had left a "trail of devastation".
Leaberry - also known as Stephen Bugman - failed to turn up for further questioning after being bailed by police in 2015.
He was eventually arrested in Bournemouth in February after a tip-off from a member of the public following a Crimewatch appeal.
He had been living under a false name and claimed to be a victim of modern slavery.
Mark Connor, defending, said Leaberry had "deepest sorrow" for what he had done and had been abused as a child himself.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "How anyone could view a child this young as a sexual object is quite shocking."


An international meeting of leading scientists has said it would be "irresponsible" to allow the creation of genetically altered humans.

But they said basic research involving embryo gene editing should continue in order to improve understanding of human biology.
As scientific knowledge advances and societal views evolve, they added, the clinical use of genetically modified embryos should be revisited on a "regular basis".
The gene editing summit in Washington was organised to discuss new techniques which enable researchers to alter human DNA.
Genetic enhancement has been a favourite theme for science fiction writers. The film Gattaca imagined a world where children were conceived through gene manipulation.
A Brave New World of designer humans - although still a long way off - has moved a step closer as a result new gene editing techniques.
Three years ago scientists invented a new simple cut-and-paste system, called CRISPR-Cas9, for editing DNA.
Scientists across the world immediately adopted this rapid, cheap and accessible tool in order to speed up their research.
For patients with blood, immune, muscle or skin disorders it offers the hope that their faulty cells could be removed, tweaked in the lab and then re-implanted.
But even if patients carrying a genetic disease were successfully treated, they would still be at risk of passing on that faulty DNA to their children.
That's where gene editing in embryos comes in.
Fix the error in a newly fertilised embryo and - in theory - it would provide a permanent genetic fix that would pass down the generations.
Earlier this year, in a world-first, scientists in China announced that they had carried out gene editing in human embryos.
They were attempting to correct a gene that causes an inherited blood disorder, beta thalassemia.
The laboratory experiments had very mixed results, showing this technology is still in its infancy.
It was a key reason why leading science bodies decided to organise the first global summit on gene editing.
Not for the first time, ethics is playing catch-up with science.
For some patients, gene editing is a technology which should be embraced.
Charles Sabine carries the gene for Huntingdon's disease, an incurable brain disorder. The devastating condition affects cognition, movement and personality.
His father died of the condition, while his brother John now needs round-the-clock care. Those affected have a 50:50 chance of passing it on to their children.
Charles and his wife used embryo screening to ensure that neither of their two children was affected.
But gene editing would offer the chance of correcting the fault in affected embryos.
He told me: "It's too late for me but this technology offers a glimmer of light for families suffering from genetic diseases. For generations to come this could be priceless."
At the gene editing summit in Washington, there has been heated discussion about whether this embryo editing should ever go from the lab to the clinic.
Marcy Darnovsky, executive director, Center for Genetics and Society in California, is not opposed to basic research using gene-edited embryos although she stresses there would still need to be strict controls.
But she would like to see international agreements banning the technology from ever being used for reproduction.
"It's too risky and we don't need it. We already have embryo screening, which in the vast majority of cases allows affected parents to have a healthy child," she said.
"This opens the door to a world of genetic haves and have-nots. We don't need more discrimination."
But Prof George Church, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School, believes it can and should be allowed.
"People instinctively had fears about IVF technology at the beginning. This is the same. We need to do the research and once we get through safety and efficacy testing then it can progress to clinical trials," he said.
But talk of designer humans and genetically engineered children is all premature.
None of the scientists at the Washington summit is remotely ready to take embryo gene editing into the clinic.
It also risks overshadowing what might be a key benefit of embryo gene editing research, namely the increased understanding of human biology.
A team at the Francis Crick Institute in London has already applied to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, for a licence to do embryo gene editing.
Sir Paul Nurse, director of the Crick, says the research may ultimately lead to improved efficiency of IVF and new treatments to reduce the rate of miscarriages.
He said: "This will really advance our ability to do research in human cells to understand how they work in health and disease - so it will be hugely significant."
He also wants a public debate about the potential for gene editing to cure genetic conditions, which he believes might come in the next decade.
"If it's the case, we need to be well prepared for it and that means a proper engagement between the public, scientists and Parliament.
"The good news is that we are the best nation for discussing these issues that I've come across - but the debate must start now."


Residents and businesses have been left shocked by council plans to buy 170 acres of land for a business park.

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has agreed in principle to use compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) for the land off Balcombe Road, Horley.
"It was a very big shock. We are in a very bad state," said Suresh Mara, manager of Jai Ho restaurant, which might be forced out.
The council said major international businesses wanted to move to the area.
Its executive discussed the business park and expressed its willingness to use CPO powers to buy the land on Thursday.
But, residents said they knew nothing about the plan in advance.
Mr Mara, whose business would be affected, said he did not know what was happening.
"Nobody consulted us and suddenly we are getting this news," he said.
"There are 15 or 16 staff whose families will be jeopardised."
Green county councillor Jonathan Essex said the development would use up green space, which separated homes in Horley, Surrey from the West Sussex airport.
"Horley should be a separate town, not just part of the urban sprawl of Gatwick," he said.
Conservative councillor Natalie Bramhall said information about the plans could not be made public previously because it was "commercially confidential".
"Now we have made the decision we will be talking to and consulting with residents, employers and landowners who could potentially be affected," she said.
"Attracting investment is really important in delivering economic benefits for the borough and jobs for residents.
"We have already had offers from major international businesses that want to move on to this site so we could be providing fantastic jobs for the local residents."


Miami Marlins baseball star Jose Fernandez had cocaine and alcohol in his system when he was killed after his boat crashed into a jetty last month.

Toxicology reports released by the local medical examiner's office record that he had a blood-alcohol content level well above Florida's legal limit.
The 24-year-old pitcher and two of his friends died on 24 September in the Miami Beach accident.
It is unclear who was driving the boat at the time.
Miami-Dade County Associate Medical Examiner Kenneth Hutchins reported that Fernandez, 27-year-old Emilio Jesus Macias and 25-year-old Eduardo Rivero had each suffered blunt force injuries to their head and body.
Macias and Rivero both had blood-alcohol levels below the state's legal limit, while Rivero had cocaine in his system, toxicology reports report.
Investigators had found evidence that the boat was speeding when it hit the jetty, according to the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office.
Fernandez was born in Santa Clara, in Cuba, and defected to Florida when he was 16, after three failed attempts. He made his debut for the Marlins in 2013.


A section of a well known Conwy Valley garden has opened to the public for the first time since it was created 140 years ago.

Bodnant Garden staff have spent five years restoring Far End as part of the 80 acre (32 hectare) site, known for its botanical collections.
Laid out by creator Henry Pochin from 1874, Far End was designed as a wild garden.
The National Trust-run garden stretches over 10 acres (four hectares).
Far End includes a small lake, known as the skating pond, which has is its own island, as well as a boat house.


US supermarket giant Walmart has posted a fall in profits, missing analysts' expectations, and a drop in sales at its UK supermarket, Asda.

Walmart reported net income of $3.48bn (Â£2.2bn) in the three months to July, down from $4.09bn a year earlier.
Asda said like-for-like sales were down 4.7% in the period compared with last year, because of tougher competition.
The quarterly report is the worst to date for Asda under Walmart's ownership.
Walmart sales at stores open for more than a year increased by 1.5% in the period, while revenue was $120.2bn, roughly unchanged compared with a year earlier.
Chief executive Doug McMillon said: "We're pleased that the investments we've made are helping to improve our business. Even if it's not as fast as we would like."
Walmart said its fall in profit was due to increased investment in staffing - including more worker hours on the shop floor.
It also cited weaker profit margins in its US pharmacy business.
Asda's chief executive, Andy Clarke, said: "We continue to navigate a steady course through the worst storm in retail history, despite another challenging quarter."
At a briefing, he added: "We've hit our nadir, but we're on the upward curve now."
He went on to say that he believed Asda's third-quarter results would be better, with "signs of recovery" being seen already.
"We should see positive green shoots as we go into the new year," he added.
Analyst Clive Black at Shore Capital said: "We have been somewhat surprised by the magnitude of Asda's under-performance in 2015 and, indeed, we continue to scratch our heads on this matter given the magnitude of sales weakness recorded today.
"The competitive dynamics of the industry are clearly still not working in Asda's favour."


Five restaurants in Scotland have achieved a Top 50 listing in the 2017 Good Food Guide (GFG).

Leading the Scottish entries is Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles.
The restaurant is praised for "applying a modern sensibility to dishes" while reflecting the "refined traditions of French haute cuisine".
Glasgow as a city is singled out for comment and is said to have had "a real boost" to its dining scene.
GFG, which is owned by Waitrose, describes itself as a guide to the very best restaurants and eateries across Britain.
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie ranked at number nine in the overall UK list.
GFG editor Elizabeth Carter said: "Unimpeachable ingredients are at the heart of Fairlie's culinary endeavours, from the Gartmorn Farm duck served with ceps to the seasonal pickings from his flourishing two-acre garden.
"At the stoves, he's a master technician, eloquently schooled in the refined traditions of French haute cuisine, but applying a modern sensibility to dishes that always feel newly minted."
Other top-listed Scottish restaurants were The Peat Inn in Fife, and two venues in Leith - The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart.
A new entry in the Top 50 was Castle Terrace in Edinburgh, run by chef-patron Dominic Jack.
Singled out as the best new entries in the Top 50 were Aizle in Edinburgh, Birlinn on the Isle of Skye, Eusebi Deli in Glasgow and North Port in Perth.
Glasgow has seen a substantial increase in its entries to GFG for 2017.
Ms Carter commented: "The redevelopment of the Finnieston dockyards and warehouses has helped to give a real boost to the Glaswegian dining scene, with many of the new venues offering a distinctly urban, modern approach, including stripped-back decor and small-plate concepts."
Included in a special Longest Serving category for restaurants which have featured in many editions of the guide was Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow, which has been listed for 45 years.
Others in this category were Airds Hotel in Argyll and Bute, Ostlers Close in Fife, The Three Chimneys on Skye and Crannog in Fort William.
The Whitehouse in Lochaline is praised in a desserts section, a new addition to GFG.
Its North of the Border Tart is described as "filled with dried fruits, cherries, nuts and whisky. Nothing fancy, no towers, or twirls or crisps, just a really comforting pud."
The Whitehouse was also listed as Scotland's Local Restaurant of the Year.


One of Northern Ireland's best-known birds has been added to a list of those that are giving major concern to conservationists.

The curlew, Europe's largest wading bird, is recognisable by its long down-curved bill and evocative call.
It has been added to the red list in a survey of the 244 regularly occurring birds in the UK.
The RSPBNI said it could now be considered the "UK's most pressing conservation issue".
The curlew has suffered a severe population decline and has now been included on the red list of the British Birds of Conservation Concern 4.
There has been an 87% decline in its population in Northern Ireland between the mid-1980s and 2013.
The Antrim hills and County Fermanagh are two areas where the bird is most likely to be spotted.
Fermanagh holds 10% of the entire population on the island of Ireland.
Glenwherry in County Antrim is the only other place that holds what is considered a viable breeding population.
The number of pairs there has recovered a little in recent years and now stands at 39 pairs, down from 80 pairs in the mid-1980s.
Other birds seen in Northern Ireland and included on the red list include the Greenland white-fronted goose and the pochard, a type of duck.
It is thought the numbers of pochard are dropping at Lough Neagh because milder winters mean they do not have to migrate so far south.
The puffin has also been added to the red list. However, Northern Ireland's important colony on Rathlin is fairly stable.


Grand National winner Many Clouds warmed up for his Aintree defence next month with a flawless jumping display to win the Premier Chase at Kelso.

The nine-year-old had failed to win in three races since last April but surged home by 10 lengths over two miles and seven furlongs on soft ground.
Unioniste, who also holds a National entry, stayed on well from last place to finish second, Carrigdhoun three-quarters of a length away in third.
This year's National is on 9 April.
Many Clouds, trained by Oliver Sherwood and ridden by Leighton Aspell, is clear favourite to become the first back-to-back National winner since the legendary Red Rum in 1973 and '74.
In the Scottish borders he kicked on at the seventh fence after shadowing Carrigdhoun in the early stages, Sausalito Sunrise challenging but unable to cope when Aspell asked for acceleration.
"Wow: I can't recall enjoying a round of jumping like the one put in by Many Clouds for a long time.
"The horse was foot perfect, demonstrating his full repertoire from the fast and economical jump to the big and extravagant; it was breathtaking stuff that no opponent could live with and bodes exceptionally well for the return to Aintree.
"It also gives a nice boost to Gold Cup hope Smad Place who comfortably swept aside Many Clouds when they met at Cheltenham in January."


Scotland can still reach the Euro 2016 finals despite defeats by Georgia and Germany, says manager Gordon Strachan.

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World champions Germany won 3-2 at Hampden on Monday to leave the Scots fourth in Group D - four points behind third-placed Republic of Ireland.
The top two in the nine groups and best third-placed team qualify; the other eight in third face a two-leg play-off.
"We are still in this," said Strachan, whose side host Poland and visit Gibraltar in their final two games.
Unlike group leaders Germany, Poland and Republic of Ireland, Scotland cannot now claim one of the two automatic qualification spots.
The target is third place and a double-header against another third-place team for a spot in the Euro 2016 finals in France.
Republic of Ireland, who beat Georgia 1-0 on Monday, have a home match against Germany before finishing their campaign with a trip to Poland.
"Well played to the Irish for winning," said Strachan. "We've had two chances over the last couple of days to pick up points and we've not done that, so we can't look about and blame anybody else for anything.
"But trust me, we're still in this.
"If we play like that, the same determination with a wee bit luck - when you play the world champions you need a wee bit of luck. You don't need deflections coming off someone's foot and creeping in the back of the net."
Thomas Muller twice put Germany ahead, but Scotland pegged them back on both occasions via a Mats Hummels own goal and a James McArthur strike.
However Ilkay Gundogan slotted home the winner in the 54th minute.
"They're a bit disappointed in there but I can feel within that disappointment that they gave it a good shot," said Strachan.
"We were just a fraction away from it being the perfect performance. We're three or four passes from being a right good side.
"There's a couple of times in my managerial career when I get angry, I get sad, and actually at this point you feel for the players.
"Every one of those guys has got something inside them that drives them on. To go behind against the world champions, go behind again and you keep coming back, keep plugging away - they can be proud of their performances.
"I can't wait to get them back together. I'm really proud of them and they should be proud of themselves."


A man in his 40s has been found dead at a house in Suffolk.

Police said they were called to John Swain Close in Needham Market by the ambulance service at 16:45 GMT on Thursday.
The man, who had serious injuries, was pronounced dead at the scene and officers are treating his death as unexplained.
A police cordon has been placed around the house, which is on a residential street off Hurstlea Road.


The president of Venezuela's National Assembly has labelled Franklin Nieves - a former prosecutor who has said the judiciary convicted an innocent man - a "thug" and a "traitor".

National Assembly head Diosdado Cabello also alleged that Mr Nieves - who has left the country - had been bribed.
Mr Nieves was a prosecutor in the trial of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez - a trial he now calls a sham.
He says Mr Lopez, who was sentenced to almost 14 years in jail, is innocent.
Mr Nieves left Venezuela last week for the United States and has been telling international media that Mr Cabello ordered the arrest of Mr Lopez to make sure the opposition leader was "taken out of the political game".
Human rights activists had long said that the trial against Mr Lopez was politically motivated and that it had not been conducted fairly.
Mr Nieves, one of the lead prosecutors in the case, has given details which apparently back up activists' concerns.
The former prosecutor alleges that evidence against Mr Lopez was fabricated and witnesses were told to give statements which would ensure the opposition leader's conviction.
Mr Nieves said he could no longer live with the guilt of having sent an innocent man to prison and that was why he had left for the US, where he is planning on seeking asylum.
Venezuela's attorney-general, Luisa Ortega, sacked Mr Nieves on Monday and said he had acted contrary to his oath of office.
Mr Cabello, whom Mr Nieves named as the main man behind Mr Lopez's alleged sham trial, said the former prosecutor had been bribed to make the claims.
"Franklin Nieves [is] a thug to whom they offered $850,000," he said, speaking on his weekly television show on Wednesday.
He also said that Mr Lopez had got off lightly with his sentence of 13 years and nine months in prison.
Mr Cabello argues that the opposition leader should not have stood trial for inciting violence but for murder.
He blames Mr Lopez for the deaths of 43 people who died in months of anti-government protests in early 2014.
The 43 came from both sides of the political divide, but Mr Cabello says Mr Lopez - through his speeches and messages on social media -  triggered the violence which led to their deaths.
Mr Lopez has always maintained his innocence and is currently appealing against his sentence.


China's President Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump and North Korea to avoid "words and actions" that worsen tensions, state media say.

Mr Trump and North Korea have been exchanging hostile rhetoric, with the US president threatening to rain "fire and fury" on the North.
But China, North Korea's only major ally, has been urging restraint.
A White House statement said the US and China agreed North Korea must stop "provocative and escalatory behaviour".
A statement by North Korea's official KCNA news agency issued on Saturday said the Trump administration "had better talk and act properly," if it did not want "the American empire to meet its tragic doom".
Long-standing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme worsened when it tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July.
The regime was also angered by last week's UN decision to increase economic sanctions against it.
According to Chinese state media, Mr Xi told Mr Trump in a phone call that "all relevant parties" should stop "words and deeds" that would exacerbate the situation.
Mr Xi also stressed China and the US shared "common interests" over denuclearisation and maintaining peace on the Korean peninsula.
A White House statement on the phone call did not mention the apparent plea to the US president.
It stressed the two men enjoyed a close relationship, which would "hopefully lead to a peaceful resolution of the North Korea problem".
President Trump has previously chided China for not reining in North Korea, saying it could do "a lot more".
Tuesday: "North Korea, best not make any more threats to the United States," Mr Trump tells reporters. "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen"
Wednesday: Mr Trump boasts that the US nuclear arsenal is "more powerful than ever"
Thursday: He says that his "fire and fury" warning maybe "wasn't tough enough". Asked what would be tougher than fire and fury, he replies, "you'll see"
Friday: The US president warns that military solutions are "locked and loaded" should North Korea "act unwisely".
North Korea has announced plans to fire missiles near the Pacific territory of Guam, but there is no indication an attack is imminent.
On Friday, Mr Trump issued a fresh threat against North Korea, saying it should expect "big, big trouble" if anything happened to Guam.
But he added: "Hopefully, it will all work out. Nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump, that I can tell you."
Mr Trump also called the governor of Guam on Friday to reassure him that his island was safe.
"We are with you 1,000%," Mr Trump said in the phone call, recorded and posted on YouTube by Governor Eddie Calvo.
Pyongyang has accused Mr Trump of "driving" the Korean peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war".
Russia said the exchange of threats between Washington and North Korea worried Moscow "very much". Germany has also expressed alarm.


John Bercow has defended the decision that Commons clerks will no longer have to wear wigs, after one MP likened the move to an "executive order".

The Speaker announced the clerks, who advise him on conduct and constitutional issues, would also no longer wear wing collars and white tie.
Conservative Sir Gerald Howarth said the tradition of wearing wigs went back "several centuries".
But Mr Bercow said there was an even older tradition of not wearing wigs.
He announced the changes on Monday, but added that clerks would keep part of their garb - black gowns, to signify they are experts on procedure and constitutional issues.
Mr Bercow said changes to clothing and headgear represented the "overwhelming view" of clerks themselves.
They would "convey to the public a marginally less stuffy and forbidding image of this chamber at work".
But Sir Gerald, MP for Aldershot, raised a point of order, telling the Commons: "I was surprised by [the] statement, which had the sort of appearance of an executive order."
He added that traditional clerks' dress was "key to the dignity of the House" and had been so "for several centuries", adding that MPs "should discuss this".
Mr Bercow replied that it was "a matter that can properly be decided by the Speaker", adding that the House of Commons Commission had approved the changes, which clerks themselves had suggested.
He said that, if one went back more than a "couple of hundred years", the situation was different from that presented by Sir Gerald, and that "several centuries ago", clerks "did not wear wigs".
Mr Bercow has refrained from wearing a wig himself in the Commons since becoming Speaker in 2009, as did his predecessors Michael Martin and Betty Boothroyd.


A one-year-old boy has died after he was struck by a vehicle on a farm in County Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland.

It happened near the village of Johnswell on Thursday afternoon.
A Garda (Irish police) spokesman said officers were called to the farm at 15:20 local time but the boy had died at the scene.
It is understood the boy was struck by a farm vehicle and the Irish Health and Safety Authority is investigating.


The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), featuring such stars as Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Ronda Rousey, has been sold for a fee reported to be about $4bn (£3.1bn).

Talent agency WME-IMG confirmed its purchase of the mixed martial arts promotional company on Monday.
Founded in 1993, the UFC was bought for $2m (£1.55m) in 2001 by brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta.
It calls itself the fastest-growing sports organisation in the world.
"No other sport compares to UFC," said Dana White, who will continue in his role as president of the UFC.
"Our goal has always been to put on the biggest and the best fights for our fans and to make this the biggest sport in the world. I'm looking forward to working with WME-IMG to continue to take this sport to the next level."
The UFC produces more than 40 live events each year and sells out some of the most prestigious arenas around the world.
Shows are broadcast in more than 156 countries and territories, to more than 1.1 billion households worldwide in 29 different languages.
The Fertittas will retain a passive minority interest in the organisation.