Chinese tourists are descending on an English village in search of "the true sense" of the UK, the BBC can reveal.

Residents were baffled by coaches of sightseers arriving in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and posing for photos in front gardens and against parked cars.
But a guide has now confirmed the tourists are attracted by the quiet houses and gardens.
The guide was responding to a BBC question sheet that was handed to tourists.
The tourists were first identified in Benmead Road and the Moors in July, the Spotted: Kidlington Facebook page reported.
Anne Clifton, who lives in the Moors, handed the BBC's question sheet to a member of the tour party when they reappeared in the road on 23 October.
She said: "I asked a woman standing at the door of the coach if she would be good enough to complete the form.
"She was not actually one of the tourists, but was leading the party."
A tour guide provided the following answers to the BBC question sheet:
Q: We are happy to have you here but why have you come?
A: 因为我们中国没有，这里有我们找国家的感觉
Translation: "Because we don't have [these] in China. Here, we are looking for the true sense of this country. "
Q: Do you like it?
A: 返璞归真
Translation: "[Yes]. Because the environment makes you feel you are closer to the simplicity of your original self."
Q: What do you like here?
A: 房子，花园
Translation: "The houses [and] gardens."
The tourists were a short walk from thatched cottages and a church but preferred to take photos outside modern houses.
Previous theories for the cause of the influx included mistaken identity, a covert social experiment or possibly Oxfordshire's connection to Inspector Morse.
Baz Daniels, who has lived in Kidlington for more than 20 years, said he had been in touch with a friend in China to try to get to the bottom of the tourist influx.
"Kidlington is apparently being marketed by Chinese tourist agencies as a beautiful English village on the way to Bicester Village shopping centre," he said.
"Many of the visitors live in cities and love to see things like the hanging baskets and little flowers in people's gardens."


Club legend Francesco Totti scored a late winner on his first appearance of the season as Roma beat the weather and Sampdoria to secure a 3-2 victory.

The start of the second half of the match at Roma's Olympic Stadium was delayed due to a saturated pitch.
Sampdoria led 2-1 at the time but following the resumption Roma scored twice, including Totti's 90th-minute penalty to stay unbeaten in Serie A.
Totti, 39, has now scored in 23 consecutive Serie A seasons for Roma.
Sampdoria had won their first three games of the season and hit back after Mohamed Salah's early goal for Roma to lead through goals from Luis Muriel and Fabio Quagliarella.
But former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko made it 2-2 after 61 minutes before fellow substitute Totti secured victory from the penalty spot with his 249th goal in Serie A after Dzeko had been fouled.
"That was the first time I've ever felt afraid of taking a penalty.  You just can't afford to miss under the Curva," Totti told Sky Sports, with reference to the popular Curva Sud end at Roma's home ground.
Totti has started what is expected to be the 25th and final year of his career at Roma, where the former Italy international is the club's record appearance maker with 759 games and highest goalscorer with a total of 305 in all competitions.
Elsewhere, inclement weather also affected Genoa's match against Fiorentina, which was abandoned after 28 minutes when the surface became unplayable.


The daughter of the last British resident held in Guantanamo Bay talks exclusively to Newsbeat about her frustration that her dad hasn't come home despite being cleared for release twice.

Johina Aamer, 17, last saw her father when she was four years old.
Since then 48-year-old Shaker Aamer has spent 13 years in the high security US prison camp in Cuba. He was suspected of fighting for al-Qaeda, something he denies.
He has never been charged or been on trial and, since 2007, has been cleared for release twice.
Johina, who lives in south London, has never spoken to the media before.
She asked us not to use a current photograph of her in this piece to protect her identity.
I last saw my dad at the age of four when we lived in a house in Afghanistan.
I think we were all always happy and smiling because of my dad.
It is hard to remember from when I was so small, and I can't even recall my dad playing with us or hugging me, even though I know from a picture he could carry me and my two younger brothers at the same time.
I only have made up memories of the happiness when my dad was with us from what my mum has told me.
My brothers, especially the youngest, have no idea what it means to have a dad and how it would be different from having an uncle or granddad because he would be in charge of everything, particularly keeping my mum happy.
For a long time while, living in London, when I was in primary school, we never had any news about my dad or where he was.
At the time I didn't know that there could be a place such as Guantanamo Bay and we were all just waiting for my dad to come back.
After we found out where he was, we would send him letters and I would also send paintings as I did a lot of them when I was small.
However we were never given many letters back from him.
During the long thirteen years we have been through a lot, most of which we do not understand.
Sometimes lawyers from America have come to see my mum to inform her about our dad and how they are working towards his release. And every time we hope there is some progress and that my dad is a step closer to coming home.
We know many people who work very hard to help my dad to become released, but we do not understand why they never succeed.
My mum also gets distressed on seeing news about my dad and his situation.
In the past I have gone on delegations to Downing Street and other places, for many years, in the hope that it would help my dad, but it hasn't.
I am glad that other people continue to work hard for my dad because I know my dad does not want our family to be a public spectacle - the privacy of our family is very important to us.
In the last three years we have sometimes been able to see my dad through Skype and talk to him from prison when it is organised by the Red Cross.
As it is such a long distance call there are many difficulties with the calls and it has cut off a number of times without us being able to see our dad.
The first time we were all very shy to talk to our dad because it had been so long and we had no contact for more than 10 years.
Due to these few calls that we have had we have slightly got to know our dad and he has got to know us.
However, it is still not enough to just speak through Skype while people in the prison are listening to us.
What we want most is to have our dad home so that we can be a family and so that my mum can finally be with him.
During these years sometimes my mum gets ill and I try to do everything I can to help her get better but it's my dad she needs.
Now I am 17 and studying for my A-levels, I truly aspire to do well so that my dad will be happy and see that I am trying to become educated and strong like he is, even though he is not here to help me.
But we all hope that he is released soon so that we can be a normal family again.
Shaker Aamer was arrested in Afghanistan soon after the 9/11 terror attacks in America in 2001.
He was suspected of being a "close associate" of Osama Bin Laden.
He denies that and says he was in the country doing charity work.
The UK government has called for Shaker Aamer's release on several occasions.
A spokesperson told Newsbeat: "This case remains a high priority for the UK government and we continue to make clear to the US that we want him released and returned to the UK as a matter of urgency.
"Any decision regarding Mr Aamer's release ultimately remains in the hands of the United States government."
David Cameron is meeting Barack Obama in America this week and many hope he will use the opportunity to discuss the case.
President Obama says he wants to close the camp but other politicians in America want to block that move.
The Joint Task Force Guantanamo - which runs the facility - has told Newsbeat there are 127 prisoners currently being held there. They say there is no change in Shaker Aamer's situation.
Mr Aamer has spent months in Guantanamo Bay on hunger strike and in solitary confinement.
In a letter in 2005 he described the effect it's having on his physical and mental health.
"I have got kidney problems from the filthy yellow water. I have ruined eyes from the permanent, 24-hour fluorescent lights. I have tinnitus in my ears from the permanent noise.
"I have been made paranoid, so that I can trust nobody. I would just like to die quietly, by myself."
Shaker Aamer is thought to have been one of 16 men who received compensation from the government after claiming to have been tortured by American officers while British personnel were present.
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All pictures: Chris Leslie, 'Disappearing Glasgow: A Photographic Journey', Freight Books.

3 November 2016 Last updated at 09:11 GMT
A photographer's work has captured the decline of Glasgow's tower blocks from their heyday at the forefront of modernist architecture.
Chris Leslie spoke to former residents while documenting this part of the city's social history.
High rise flats were built across the city, following the clearance of slum areas in the post-war period.
As the continues its latest phase of redevelopment, the effect on communities in Dalmarnock, Gallowgate, Oatlands, Plean Street, the Red Road and Sighthill has been photographed.


The proposed closure of Delamont Outdoor Education Centre in County Down has been postponed.

An Education Authority (EA) review of the centre, published last year, recommended it close on 31 March 2017.
However, the EA have now said that it will not close until responses to a consultation on the proposals are fully considered.
In November 2016, the EA announced plans to close half of its eight large outdoor residential activity centres.
It was hoped the move could save around Â£1.5m.
As part of the EA review, three other centres were also earmarked for closure in August 2017.
They are Bushmills Outdoor Education Centre in County Antrim, Ardnabannon Outdoor Education Centre in County Down and Killowen Outdoor Education Centre, also in County Down.
However, the plans met with some local opposition and 1,850 responses to the consultation on them have been received.
In a statement, the EA said that it was considering those responses.
"The review recommendations will not be implemented until this process is complete," it said.
Delamont Outdoor Education Centre opened in 1987 and is situated within the 300-acre Delamont Country Park.
It has the capacity to accommodate up to 30 students, as well as accompanying staff on both weekdays and weekends.
However, it is only two miles away from Killyleagh Outdoor Education Centre, which is also operated by the EA.
The EA review recommended that the Killyleagh centre remain open.


Manchester United inflicted total humiliation on Arsenal and their embattled manager Arsene Wenger with a brutal victory at Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson's Premier League champions responded in spectacular fashion to Manchester City's outstanding 5-1 win at Spurs by returning to the top of the table with a result that represented Arsenal's worst defeat since 1896.
Wenger sent out a makeshift side depleted by injuries and suspensions - but even this cannot excuse the manner in which they were outclassed in all parts of the pitch and swept aside with such ease by United.
Wayne Rooney was United's inspiration with the sixth hat-trick of his Old Trafford career, but Ashley Young also made his mark with two stunning goals. Danny Welbeck, Nani and Park Ji-sung were the other scorers.
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Theo Walcott reduced United's three-goal advantage on the stroke of half-time but Robin van Persie's strike late in the second half-represented no measure of consolation for a dispirited, broken Arsenal.
United keeper David de Gea distinguished himself with a fine penalty save from Van Persie moments after Welbeck had opened the scoring - and in a game of almost unrelenting misery for Arsenal, teenager Carl Jenkinson ensured they have failed to end a game with 11 players in any of their league games this season when he was sent off.
Old Trafford was understandably exultant at the conclusion of such a carnival performance but Wenger now faces defining days of his Arsenal reign before the transfer window closes on Wednesday.
For Wenger it was a performance, or lack of one, that proved the folly of his summer of transfer inaction
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This result underscores the gulf that has opened up between United and Arsenal and Wenger will now seek to address the weaknesses in his squad and replace the departed Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.
Ferguson's faith in the team that won so convincingly against Tottenham was rewarded with another thrilling attack-minded performance.
Arsenal's uncertainty was partly explained by the unfamiliar make-up of their team, but the flaws were swiftly exposed by the manner in which United took the lead. Anderson's lofted pass was inventive but Arsenal's failure to react was ominous for what lay ahead, allowing Welbeck to head past Wojciech Szczesny.
Van Persie then squandered an instant opportunity to equalise after referee Howard Webb awarded a penalty when Walcott tangled with Jonny Evans in the area. De Gea has had a mixed start to his Old Trafford career but he was engulfed by his team-mates as he dived to his right to make a fine save.
And United ensured Arsenal were punished heavily as Young added the second after 28 minutes. Young found space just outside the area and curled a perfect finish high beyond Szczesny's grasp at the Stretford End.
Welbeck's game was cut short by a hamstring injury - but there was no respite for Arsenal as Rooney worked a free-kick routine with Young to send a 20-yard free-kick into the top corner as the interval approached.
Walcott halted some of United's momentum when he took advantage of slack marking to shoot beneath De Gea in first-half injury time.
It made little difference amid the carnage of the second half as Arsenal were torn apart amid a torrent of goals, near misses and saves from the desperately exposed Szczesny.
Arsenal survived until the 64th minute when they were undone by another piece of Rooney creation at a set-piece, again linking with Young before dispatching the finish past the motionless Arsenal keeper.
It was the breaking point for Arsenal and they spent the remainder of game in a constant state of siege. Rooney was the creator for Nani with the pass that gave the Portuguese the opportunity to send a flamboyant chipped finish over Szczesny for United's fifth.
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With the Gunners in disarray, Park marked his arrival as substitute by lashing home an unstoppable finish before Van Persie briefly interrupted the one-way flow towards Arsenal's goal by beating De Gea.
It barely seemed possible for matters to get worse for Arsenal, but the agony increased when Jenkinson was sent off after receiving his second yellow card for fouling Javier Hernandez as he raced clear.
Rooney completed his thrilling treble with a penalty eight minutes from time after Walcott fouled Patrice Evra.
And United completed the scoring with their eighth in injury time, Young once again showing his eye for the spectacular with another curling shot.
Wenger cut a despairing figure as he walked back to the dressing room at the final whistle after one of the darkest days of his career.
Full Time   The referee blows for the end of the match.
Chris Smalling gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Marouane Chamakh. Free kick taken by Andrey Arshavin.
Effort on goal by Ji-Sung Park from just inside the penalty box goes harmlessly over the target.
Ryan Giggs provided the assist for the goal.
Goal!  - Ashley Young -    Man Utd 8 - 2 Arsenal        Goal scored by Ashley Young from the edge of the area to the top right corner of the goal. Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal.
Andrey Arshavin produces a left-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the goal.
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Johan Djourou.
Chris Smalling sends in a cross, save by Wojciech Szczesny.
Foul by Patrice Evra on Aaron Ramsey, free kick awarded. Johan Djourou restarts play with the free kick.
The assistant referee signals for offside against Javier Hernandez.  Free kick taken by Wojciech Szczesny.
Shot from just outside the penalty box by Aaron Ramsey misses to the left of the target.
The referee blows for offside against Ashley Young.  Wojciech Szczesny takes the free kick.
Wojciech Szczesny restarts play with the free kick.
Substitution      (Arsenal) makes a substitution, with Henri Lansbury coming on for Theo Walcott.
Substitution      Robin van Persie leaves the field to be replaced by Marouane Chamakh.
The official flags Ashley Young offside.
Assist on the goal came from Patrice Evra.
Goal!  - Wayne Rooney -    Man Utd 7 - 2 Arsenal        Wayne Rooney scores a placed penalty. Man Utd 7-2 Arsenal.
Penalty awarded for a foul by Theo Walcott on Patrice Evra.
Wayne Rooney shoots direct from the free kick.
Dismissal      The referee sends off Carl Jenkinson for second bookable offence.
Javier Hernandez fouled by Carl Jenkinson, the ref awards a free kick.
Theo Walcott takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Assist on the goal came from Carl Jenkinson.
Goal!  - Robin van Persie -    Man Utd 6 - 2 Arsenal        Robin van Persie grabs a goal from close in to the top left corner of the goal. Man Utd 6-2 Arsenal.
Corner taken left-footed by Robin van Persie from the right by-line, Laurent Koscielny has a headed effort at goal from close range which goes wide of the left-hand post.
Aaron Ramsey takes a shot. Ryan Giggs gets a block in.
Assist on the goal came from Ashley Young.
Goal!  - Ji-Sung Park -    Man Utd 6 - 1 Arsenal        Ji-Sung Park fires in a  goal from the edge of the penalty box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Man Utd 6-1 Arsenal.
Wayne Rooney has an effort at goal from outside the penalty area striking the post.
Substitution      Ji-Sung Park joins the action as a substitute, replacing Luis Nani.
Substitution      Ryan Giggs on for Oliveira Anderson.
The assist for the goal came from Wayne Rooney.
Goal!  - Luis Nani -    Man Utd 5 - 1 Arsenal        Luis Nani gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the area low into the middle of the goal. Man Utd 5-1 Arsenal.
Corner taken left-footed by Robin van Persie from the right by-line, clearance made by Chris Smalling.
Assist by Ashley Young.
Goal!  - Wayne Rooney -    Man Utd 4 - 1 Arsenal        Wayne Rooney fires in a goal from outside the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Man Utd 4-1 Arsenal.
Free kick taken by Wayne Rooney.
Booking      Johan Djourou receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
Johan Djourou challenges Wayne Rooney unfairly and gives away a free kick.
Substitution      Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is brought on as a substitute for Francis Coquelin.
Luis Nani takes a shot. Johan Djourou manages to make a clearance.
Ashley Young takes a shot. Save made by Wojciech Szczesny.
Javier Hernandez takes a shot. Save made by Wojciech Szczesny.
The ball is delivered by Luis Nani, clearance made by Johan Djourou.
Andrey Arshavin takes a shot. Save made by David De Gea.
Tom Cleverley takes a shot. Wojciech Szczesny makes a comfortable save.
Short corner taken by Robin van Persie. The assistant referee signals for offside against Javier Hernandez.  Laurent Koscielny restarts play with the free kick.
Andrey Arshavin takes a shot. Jonathan Evans gets a block in.
Ashley Young delivers the ball.
Andrey Arshavin takes a shot. Blocked by Oliveira Anderson.
Robin van Persie takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Oliveira Anderson takes a inswinging corner.
Wayne Rooney delivers the ball, Johan Djourou makes a clearance.
Patrice Evra challenges Theo Walcott unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Johan Djourou.
Effort on goal by Luis Nani from inside the area goes harmlessly over the bar.
Ashley Young sends in a cross.
Ashley Young takes a shot. Save made by Wojciech Szczesny.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Johan Djourou by Wayne Rooney. Johan Djourou takes the free kick.
The second half begins.
Half Time    The first half comes to an end.
The assist for the goal came from Tomas Rosicky.
Goal!  - Theo Walcott -    Man Utd 3 - 1 Arsenal        Theo Walcott finds the back of the net with a goal from inside the penalty area low into the middle of the goal. Man Utd 3-1 Arsenal.
Wayne Rooney takes a shot. Save made by Wojciech Szczesny.
The referee blows for offside. Indirect free kick taken by Laurent Koscielny.
Inswinging corner taken by Oliveira Anderson from the right by-line, Wojciech Szczesny makes a save.
Carl Jenkinson crosses the ball.
Aaron Ramsey takes a shot. Jonathan Evans gets a block in.
The assist for the goal came from Ashley Young.
Goal!  - Wayne Rooney -    Man Utd 3 - 0 Arsenal        Wayne Rooney grabs a goal from just outside the area to the top left corner of the goal. Man Utd 3-0 Arsenal.
Free kick taken by Wayne Rooney.
Booking      The referee cautions Carl Jenkinson for unsporting behaviour.
Foul by Carl Jenkinson on Ashley Young, free kick awarded.
Johan Djourou challenges Ashley Young unfairly and gives away a free kick. Luis Nani produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
Shot from outside the box by Andrey Arshavin goes wide right of the target.
Substitution      Javier Hernandez on for Danny Welbeck.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Oliveira Anderson on Francis Coquelin. Free kick taken by Johan Djourou.
Tom Cleverley crosses the ball, Johan Djourou makes a clearance.
The ball is sent over by Wayne Rooney, Headed effort from close range by Danny Welbeck goes wide left of the target.
Andrey Arshavin takes a shot. Save by David De Gea. Robin van Persie takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Goal!  - Ashley Young -    Man Utd 2 - 0 Arsenal        A goal is scored by Ashley Young from outside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal.
Corner taken by Tomas Rosicky from the left by-line.
Placed penalty taken by Robin van Persie saved by David De Gea. Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal.
Booking      The referee cautions Jonathan Evans for unsporting behaviour.
Booking      Ashley Young is cautioned by the ref for dissent.
Penalty awarded for a foul by Jonathan Evans on Theo Walcott.
Effort from inside the area by Chris Smalling misses to the left of the target.
Oliveira Anderson provided the assist for the goal.
Goal!  - Danny Welbeck -    Man Utd 1 - 0 Arsenal        Danny Welbeck scores a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal.
The ball is delivered by Patrice Evra, clearance made by Armand Traore.
Handball decision goes against Andrey Arshavin. Direct free kick taken by Phil Jones.
The ball is sent over by Theo Walcott.
Corner from the right by-line taken by Robin van Persie, Headed effort from close range by Laurent Koscielny goes wide left of the goal.
Tomas Rosicky takes a shot. Blocked by Oliveira Anderson.
The ball is swung over by Carl Jenkinson, clearance made by Phil Jones.
Robin van Persie crosses the ball.
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Oliveira Anderson from the right by-line, save made by Wojciech Szczesny.
Chris Smalling takes the direct free kick.
Booking      Andrey Arshavin goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Phil Jones fouled by Andrey Arshavin, the ref awards a free kick.
Tom Cleverley takes a shot. Blocked by Laurent Koscielny.
Luis Nani crosses the ball, Headed effort on goal by Danny Welbeck from inside the penalty box misses to the right of the goal.
Theo Walcott produces a right-footed shot from outside the penalty box and misses wide left of the target.
Tom Cleverley gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Aaron Ramsey. Aaron Ramsey takes the free kick.
Foul by Wayne Rooney on Laurent Koscielny, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Johan Djourou.
Aaron Ramsey gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Danny Welbeck. Free kick taken by Oliveira Anderson.
Effort from the edge of the area by Danny Welbeck goes wide of the right-hand post.
The ball is sent over by Luis Nani.
Carl Jenkinson takes a shot. Jonathan Evans gets a block in.
Tom Cleverley concedes a free kick for a foul on Aaron Ramsey. Aaron Ramsey restarts play with the free kick.
Wayne Rooney takes a shot. Wojciech Szczesny makes a comfortable save.
Tom Cleverley has shot on goal from just outside the penalty box which goes wide of the right-hand upright.
The match begins.
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A group of traveller caravans illegally parked at Deeside Leisure Centre have moved following discussions with police.

But the Queensferry centre will remain closed for the rest of the day, before reopening on Saturday as normal.
The caravans left the site on Friday morning following a joint Flintshire county council and North Wales police operation.
The caravans had been parked at the centre since Tuesday, August 23.
Police officers had been present since Wednesday following reports of anti-social behaviour.
Supt Alex Goss said: "North Wales Police officers have been in attendance in recent days to provide reassurance to the public and to ensure there was no breach of the peace as we worked in conjunction with Flintshire county council to resolve the situation."


Residents in a Pembrokeshire village are being warned their water could be discoloured due to £21m maintenance work.

People in St Dogmaels might also have low water pressure, Welsh Water said.
The company is using "ice pigging" to clean six miles (10km) of pipes in the next few weeks as part of its investment in the area's drinking water system.
The work involves injecting a pipe with "slushy ice" to pick up any debris.
Boss Ian Christie said: "With some parts of the water network laid over a century ago, the time has come for us to undertake some essential work to cleanse the pipes."


Police are examining complaints about Ebola comments tweeted by controversial TV personality Katie Hopkins.

After news that a Scots nurse was being treated for the virus, Hopkins wrote: "Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket."
Another tweet said: "Glaswegian ebola patient moved to London's Royal Free Hospital. Not so independent when it matters most are we jocksville?"
Police confirmed they were looking into an unspecified number of complaints.
Det Insp Glyn Roberts, of Police Scotland, said: "We have received a number of complaints regarding remarks made on Twitter.
"Inquiries are ongoing into the nature of these tweets and to establish any potential criminality.
"Police Scotland will thoroughly investigate any reports of offensive or criminal behaviour online and anyone found to be responsible will be robustly dealt with."
Hopkins' comments came after it emerged that the nurse, who volunteered to help Save the Children in the fight against Ebola, was diagnosed on her return from Sierra Leone.
Pauline Cafferkey, a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, has been receiving specialist treatment at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
A message posted on Police Scotland's Twitter feed on Tuesday stated: "Please be aware that we will continue to monitor comments on social media and any offensive comments will be investigated."
More than 11,000 people have signed an online petition on the change.org website for Hopkins to be charged over the "racist tweets" regarding Scotland.


Parliament's backing for the government's Brexit bill will be a "defining moment for our whole country", Theresa May has told MPs.

The prime minister said her timetable of triggering formal negotiations by the end of March remained on track.
And she told the SNP - which has called for a second independence referendum - not to "play politics or create uncertainty or division".
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of being "complacent".
Mrs May's statement to MPs on last week's European Council summit came after the EU withdrawal bill was backed by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to receive Royal Assent and become law.
This gives her the power to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begin formal negotiations, which is expected to happen at the end of March.
It also comes after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted an independence referendum to be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of the following year.
Welcoming Parliament's backing for her Brexit bill, the PM told MPs: "This will be a defining moment for our whole country as we begin to forge the new relationship with Europe and a new role for ourselves in the world."
Brexit, she said, would "work for the whole of the United Kingdom", adding: "That's why we have been working closely with the devolved administrations, including the Scottish government - listening to their proposals and recognising the many areas of common ground, such as protecting workers rights and our security from crime and terrorism.
"So this is not a moment to play politics and create uncertainty - it's a moment to bring our country together, to honour the will of the British people and shape for them a better Britain."
Ms Sturgeon has said a second independence referendum was needed to protect Scottish interests in the wake of the UK voting to leave the EU.
And the SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, pressed Mrs May to say if she was willing "even at this late stage... to secure a comprehensive UK-wide approach" to leaving the EU "or do you still plan to plough on regardless, even though you know what the consequences of that will be?"
The prime minister, who is considering how to respond to the demand for a referendum, said she had been in discussions with all the devolved administrations and criticised "constitutional game-playing with the future of the United Kingdom".
She claimed most people in Scotland do not want a second referendum, saying that "the most important single market for Scotland is the single market of the United Kingdom".
But Mr Corbyn warned the prime minister that there was "no doubt that if the wrong decisions are made, we'll pay the price for decades to come".
"Now more than ever we need an inclusive government that listens and acts accordingly," he said, adding that "all the signs are that we have a complacent government".
He urged Mrs May to listen to the "collective wisdom" of Parliament, saying MPs deserved better than a "take it or leave it" decision on the final Brexit deal as he called for a "meaningful" vote.
He also pressed Mrs May to guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK as soon as possible.
The prime minister repeated her desire to deal with the future of EU nationals at an "early stage" in Brexit talks, adding that UK expats in other member states also need to be considered.
Former Labour minister Kate Hoey, one of a small number of Labour MPs to have been Leave campaigners, told Mrs May that "millions" of Labour supporters would be delighted that she can now trigger Article 50.


Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.

Western powers are now becoming increasingly concerned that so-called Islamic State (IS) has built a presence in the North African state and the US has responded by launching air strikes on the militant group.
Only Libya's myriad armed militias really wield power - and it is felt they often hold the politicians they supposedly back to ransom.
During the uprising, anyone with a gun could command respect, and lots of armed groups emerged - up to 1,700, according to some estimates.
There are two rival parliaments and three governments - the latest government was formed in UN-brokered talks with the aim of replacing the other two. But this initiative is still on the rocks, partly because of concerns that the new government is being imposed by Western powers.
The oil-rich country once had one of the highest standards of living in Africa, with free healthcare and free education, but six years on from the uprising, it is facing a financial crisis.
This turmoil has allowed IS to gain a foothold in the country.
Top IS leaders 'take refuge' in Libya
IS had taken control of an "enclave" in and around the city of Sirte, the birthplace of Gaddafi. Security experts feared this could provide a safe haven for jihadists to train, fund and plan attacks in North Africa and across the Mediterranean.
However, pro-government forces backed by the West have now pushed back the Islamists and retaken the city.
Some security analysts describe Libya as an arms bazaar. It is awash with weapons looted from Gaddafi's arsenal - making an ideal playground for jihadists fleeing air strikes in Syria and Iraq.
IS has been attacking Libyan oil facilities, has kidnapped several foreign oil workers and in 2015 was behind two high-profile attacks on Tunisia's tourism industry - carried out by gunmen trained in Libya.
Tunisia has built a partial security barrier and trench along its border with Libya aimed at preventing further atrocities.
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The US has carried out at least four known air strikes in Libya since 2015. The latest one, in January, targeted an alleged training camp on the outskirts of Sirte where some IS militants had fled after the city fell.
The UK and France also have special forces operating in the North African state - the nature and extent of these operations have largely been secretive.
Three French soldiers died in July 2016 when their helicopter was shot down by militiamen who identified themselves as belonging to a new militant group called Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB).
Last year, plans were unveiled to send 6,000 troops from a number of Nato countries, including the UK and France, to Libya to train local troops to stop IS-linked groups from gaining more territory and to provide security to diplomatic missions that were looking to move back to the capital.
However, the new unity government was reluctant to openly allow or request such a presence and the plan has still not materialised.
Former US President Barack Obama, in an interview published in April 2016, said that the "worst mistake" of his presidency was the failure to prepare for the aftermath of Col Gaddafi's overthrow.
He partly blamed then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron for "the mess", saying he had not done enough to support the North African nation whose instability was threatening its neighbours and was a factor in Europe's migrant crisis.
Parliamentary elections held in 2014 were disputed. Those who held power refused to give it up and remained in the capital, Tripoli.
The newly elected parliament then moved to the port of Tobruk, 1,000km (620 miles) away and set up a rival government.
This parliament still has the official backing of the UN as Libya's official legislative body - despite the fact that it is opposed to the new unity administration. It wants Gen Khalifa Haftar, who is leading the battle against Islamist militias, to keep a senior role in a future army, something the UN agreement does not guarantee.
The UN-mediated deal for a unity government has seen the formation of a nine-member Presidency Council, led by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj. He arrived in Tripoli in March 2016 to set up his administration and has been trying to win the support of the various militias and politicians, but it has little real power over the whole country.
The council has also suffered from divisions. Two members boycotted it continuously, eventually moving to the east, while another member resigned.
Mr Sarraj, an engineer by profession, approved the 1 August 2016 US air strike on suspected IS positions in Sirte, in the first co-ordinated military action between his government and the US.
Has Libya pulled back from the brink?
They were united in their hatred for Gaddafi - but nothing more. There was no single group in charge of the rebellion. Militias were based in different cities, fighting their own battles.
They are also ideologically divided - some of them are militant or moderate Islamists, others are secessionists or monarchists and yet others are liberals. Furthermore, the militias are split along regional, ethnic and local lines, making it a combustible mix.
And after more than four decades of authoritarian rule, they had little understanding of democracy.
So they were unable to forge compromises and build a new state based on the rule of law.
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West:
Guide to Libya's militias
Profile: Khalifa Haftar
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Oil production almost ground to a halt for more than two years but has recovered a little in recent months. This happened after a siege was lifted by LNA forces when they took over the main oil fields in central Libya and expelled a rival armed group led by Ibrahim Jathran. Banks are still strapped for cash, however, and there is little foreign currency available officially. The black market exchange rate has sky-rocketed in recent months, and food prices have risen.  Hospitals are in short supply of medicine.
An estimated 400,000 Libyans are also internally displaced.


Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia has completed his £76m takeover of Championship club Aston Villa.

The 39-year-old has passed the Premier League and Football League's fit and proper person test and will become chairman of the West Midlands side.
He succeeds American Randy Lerner, who bought Villa for £62.6m in 2006.
Villa were relegated from the Premier League for the first time last season, finishing bottom, and have since named Roberto di Matteo as manager.
Dr Xia spent six years at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including five months at Oxford University, before returning to China.
He made his fortune as the owner of Recon Group, a holding company that has the controlling interest in five publicly listed companies on the Hong Kong and Chinese stock exchanges, employing 35,000 people in 75 countries.
His takeover comprises a £52m purchase price and a £24m overdraft. In addition, he will contribute £60m in operating costs.
Dr Xia met the Football League's Shaun Harvey in London on Monday for formal confirmation he had passed the owners' and directors' test, after the Premier League had been satisfied in its investigations.
The new Villa vice-chairman is Chris Samuelson, an international financier who has been involved in a failed takeover at fellow Championship club Reading.
He also attempted to inject finances into Premier League Everton more than a decade ago.
The new chief executive is Keith Wyness, who filled the same role at Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen, then Everton.
Samuelson was instrumental in getting Dr Xia interested in the Villa project and introduced the new owner to Wyness.
Dr Xia is expected to inject about £30m into the transfer fund available to former Chelsea, West Brom and Schalke boss Di Matteo as he rebuilds a first-team squad that won only three league games last season.
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Providing a "dynamic" bus station in Cardiff will be central to the success of the South Wales Metro project, a transport expert has warned.

University of South Wales' Prof Stuart Cole believes proposals could make it too small, saying buses must link easily with trains across the network.
Cardiff's new bus station was due to open in December but was redesigned and delayed amid funding concerns.
A council spokesman said a date for construction to start has not been set.
However, he said when construction begins it will take a maximum of two years to build.
Prof Cole wants to see commuters able to transfer seamlessly from nearby Cardiff Central train station.
But he said: "The latest plans are to reduce the number of bays from 25 to 14. This could make it overcrowded and cause confusion.
"It needs to be dynamic, making it easy to transfer from trains and between buses."
Andrew Potter, Wales chairman for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, said it is crucial "all the pieces fit together" for the metro.
He said: "There are many new housing developments cropping up around Cardiff.
"Everyone lives relatively close to bus stops but not train stations."
Paul Swinney, principal economist for the Centre for Cities think tank, said: "What's more important, a metro-type [light rail system] or better buses?
"The question is, how do you get places more connected? There needs to be a frank conversation on the most appropriate mode."
Four bidders - Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR - have been in discussions with the Welsh Government since June 2016 about the next Wales and Borders rail franchise, which will include the metro.
They will soon submit final tenders for the delivery of the Â£600m project from October 2018.
To make it "transformational", Prof Cole believes it must be inspired by European networks that have taken tens of thousands of motorists off the road.
He pointed to Bordeaux, where 40% of people left their cars at home when the system opened.
"In the Netherlands, deregulation - meaning a single ticket can be used on trains, trams and buses - has seen Utrecht get about 70% of commuters on public transport or cycling," he added.
"A similar system is essential in south Wales, but pivotal will be dynamic bus stations close to train stops so users can hop on and off."
The saga in Cardiff began when the former bus station was demolished to make way for Central Square in 2015.
Original plans for a nearby replacement was for it to have 25 bays.
But slimmed-down proposals include provision for 14, with Prof Cole believing this will cause confusion as services will leave from different bays each time and some from roads outside.
Making people fully aware of departure points, therefore, will be crucial, he said.
"Most metros have very good directional information. How to get people using public transport and not cars is to make journeys really easy in cities," Prof Cole added.
"You need information screens, the system should be so sophisticated and simple in station and on buses."
A Cardiff council spokesman said the station will be easy to navigate, with destinations grouped so buses going to a location will always leave from the same area.
He added: "Extensive modelling confirms that the proposed number of bays will accommodate at least as many departures per hour as the old bus station prior to its closure.
"It was never the case that all city centre services used the old bus station and there will be continued use of existing on-street stands."
The spokesman also said real-time information displays showing departures from the station and street will make it easy for commuters transferring from train.
Plans also include an interchange lounge, that will eventually link to central train station.
While cabinet has approved plans, the developer has to fill the upper floor to make the scheme viable - with offices or student accommodation options.


Workers at a Cardiff factory made racist and homophobic comments, and joked about paedophiles, an employment tribunal has heard.

Employee Nathan Owens also alleges swastikas were drawn on toilet cubicle walls at Euro Quality Coatings Ltd.
The Cardiff hearing was told one worker was called "Eddie" because he looked like Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy.
Head of human resources at the factory Julie Hunter said it was "banter" but "nothing malicious".
Ms Hunter said the company "absolutely" took allegations of racism seriously.
But when managing director Steve Rosher was asked if banter could go too far, he replied: "I don't think banter can go too far, by its definition it is something you cannot take too far."
Another worker, Lee Hardy, told the hearing paedophile jokes were made because "Jimmy Savile was in court".
He added: "It was the general topic of the day in the newspapers and on social media, so everyone was talking about it at the time."
He also denied calling a colleague an "IRA terrorist".
The hearing continues.


Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has announced she is to marry her partner Louise Riddell.

Ms Dugdale told the Daily Record she was "utterly thrilled" after getting engaged during a trip to Mallorca.
The couple have been in a relationship since 2008 but Ms Dugdale, 34, only publicly revealed she was gay four months ago.
She said: "I'm utterly thrilled to be marrying the love of my life and we can't wait to start planning."
Ms Dugdale added: "We hope this news brings a smile to peoples' faces and we'll certainly be toasting all those campaigners and activists who made marriage equality possible."


Double Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock has been welcomed home by the gym which trains him.

Whitlock, 23, gained Britain's first-ever Olympic gymnastics gold with victory in the men's floor and won his second gold on the men's pommel horse.
The gymnast, coach Scott Hann and team mate Brinn Bevan were met by crowds at South Essex Gymnastics Club, Basildon.
Whitlock said he was proud to be supported by an "incredible" club and hoped to inspire more gymnasts.
The gymnast now has five Olympic medals, earning bronze in the all-around to add to bronze in both the team event and pommel horse at London 2012.
Whitlock said it was not until he flew into UK with the rest of Team GB on Tuesday that he realised quite how much of an impact their achievements had made at home.
"It was like we were in a bubble in Rio - you could feel it slightly on social media, but it was literally when we stepped forth off that plane that we realised what an impact we'd made," he said.
"The whole of Team GB have done so well."
Mr Hann said: "All the guys have trained so hard but... it's phenomenal and an honour to be part of Team GB and this historic result."


Apple has responded to claims that its new handsets are prone to bending by saying such damage would be "rare" during normal use.

Media outlets across the globe had reported that several iPhone 6 owners had complained of handsets becoming misshapen after being carried in trousers pockets without a case.
Several of the US firm's rivals have also helped publicise the claims.
Apple said nine customers had told it their iPhone 6 Plus phones had bent.
In a statement the company noted that the handsets' shells had been constructed out of "anodised aluminium, which is tempered for extra strength" and also featured stainless steel and titanium parts to reinforce the areas of the phones likely to experience the most stress.
"We chose these high-quality materials and construction very carefully for their strength and durability," it added.
"We also perform rigorous tests throughout the entire development cycle.
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus meet or exceed all of our high quality standards to endure everyday, real life use.
"With normal use a bend in iPhone is extremely rare and through our first six days of sale, a total of nine customers have contacted Apple with a bent iPhone 6 Plus. As with any Apple product, if you have questions please contact Apple."
The BBC understands that one of the checks that Apple had carried out before launching the models was a "sit test", which is designed to simulate the effects of a user sitting down on a hard surface with the phone in their back pocket thousands of times over the course of several years.
The company also carried out a torsion test, which involved clamping a phone at both ends and then applying a twisting force 8,000 times.
Apple's share price has fallen following the publicity generated by users posting photos of bent iPhones to the internet.
News that it had also pulled an iOS 8 operating system update after iPhone 6 users complained it made their phones unable to make or receive calls had also caused concern.
However, one analyst highlighted that the company had been much quicker to respond to reports about bending than it had back in 2010, when customers complained about the iPhone 4 dropping calls when gripped on its left-hand side.
"It took too long in the antenna case - I don't know if this is organisational memory or not, but here Apple is going out and saying it did do tests and is stating the facts," said Ken Dulaney, who covers the mobile phone sector for the research firm Gartner.
"But this is probably something Apple has to look into more.
"It probably did all the tests it said it did - I don't ever find that Apple really lies about anything - but I think the people reporting the problem aren't lying either."
Apple's competitors have taken advantage of its troubles.
The official Twitter accounts of LG, HTC and Samsung have all posted messages alluding to the controversy, with LG going so far as to use the hashtag "bendgate", which other members of the public had used to refer to the claims.
Apple had previously announced that it had sold more than 10 million units of the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling the iPhone 6 Plus.
"While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible," its chief executive Tim Cook said in a press release on Monday.
It highlighted the "all-new dramatically thin" design of the handsets - a factor some users had speculated might be the cause of them bending.
However, it has also been pointed out that handsets by Sony, Samsung, Blackberry and others have also bent in the past, and several analysts have cautioned that it was too early to say if the incidents involving the new iPhones were more widespread.


The BBC has found evidence in Yemen that troops from a Saudi-led coalition force and al-Qaeda militants are both fighting Houthi rebels in a key battle.

On a visit to the frontline near the city of Taiz, a documentary maker filmed jihadists as well as UAE-supported pro-government militiamen.
The coalition of 10 mostly Sunni Arab states is backing Yemen's government in its war against the Shia rebels.
But it denies co-operating with Sunni extremists also opposed to the Houthis.
The coalition's member states consider al-Qaeda a terrorist organisation, and the jihadist network's local affiliates have attacked coalition forces and Yemeni government personnel.
At least 6,000 people have been killed in Yemen since March 2015, when the coalition launched a military campaign to defeat the Houthis and allied army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and restore the government.
Pro-government forces have been battling the rebels for control of Taiz, about 205km (123 miles) south of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, for months.
The Houthis control all routes into and out of the city, and are besieging a Sunni Islamist-dominated alliance of local forces holding the city centre, while coalition-led forces are attacking the rebels on several fronts to the south and west.
Taiz has suffered huge destruction as a result, and the UN says some 200,000 civilians are trapped inside the city without critical medical supplies or food.
During a visit to the frontline outside Taiz late last year, documentary maker Safa AlAhmad spoke to pro-government militiamen attacking Houthi fighters on a key hilltop with the support of troops from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were providing tactical advice.
While there, Ms AlAhmad was warned by one group participating in the battle not to film them.
She was told they were members of Ansar al-Sharia, an affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and that they were angered by the presence of a woman.
Ms AlAhmad said it appeared that AQAP - which has exploited the chaos and seized parts of southern Yemen, including the port city of Mukalla - had sent fighters to Taiz to increase the group's influence and spread its message.
Several reports of coalition forces and AQAP militants battling the Houthis in the same areas in southern Yemen have emerged over the past 11 months, despite the jihadists' long-standing violent opposition to governments of coalition-member states, who are allied with the US.
Some have alleged that the Yemeni government is avoiding direct confrontation with AQAP, which in turn has avoided attacks on government targets.
The Houthis have claimed that Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies are more concerned with checking the influence of Shia power Iran, which has denied providing military support to the rebels, than combating al-Qaeda.


Malaysian PM Najib Razak is facing pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at state investment fund 1MDB.

The fund was set up by Mr Najib in 2009 with the stated aim of boosting the Malaysian economy.
But FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said evidence showed it had defrauded Malaysians "on an enormous scale".
On Wednesday, US authorities moved to seize more than $1bn (Â£761m) in assets related to the fund.
Mr Najib is not named in the US papers and has consistently denied wrongdoing.
But he is identifiable as "Malaysian Official 1", whose account allegedly received millions in funds originating from 1MDB.
The $1bn the US hopes to seize would make up only a proportion of the more than $3.5bn (Â£2.6bn) allegedly diverted.
Source: US Department of Justice
Mr Najib was officially cleared of criminality by the Malaysian attorney general earlier this year. He had dismissed the previous attorney general after he repeatedly criticised the prime minister's handling of the case.
The current attorney general, Mohamed Apandi, said on Thursday that there was no evidence funds were misappropriated from 1MDB.
Speaking on Thursday, Mr Najib stressed the US case was a "civil, not a criminal, procedure" and that "we don't want to come to any conclusions until that process [the investigation] is done".
"I want to say categorically that we are serious about good governance," he said, adding that he would "fully co-operate" with the investigation.
Despite denying any wrongdoing, the prime minister is now facing renewed calls to answer the accusations and stand down.
Former premier and long-time Najib foe Mahathir Mohamad said there "can be no doubt" that Mr Najib was responsible for 1MDB's finances.
He said Malaysians should stage street protests against Mr Najib, as they have in the past, and push for a referendum on his leadership.
Parliamentary opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said he should go on leave "so as not to create the perception of abuse of power" or hinder this "very important" investigation.
When I spoke to the fund's CEO, Arul Kanda, in October last year, he told me "the value of assets outweigh the value of debt".
But 1MDB had to sell some of its most prized assets in order to realise this value, and as one Malaysian opposition leader put it to me at the time, any business that has to do that isn't a successful business.
1MDB's financial mismanagement and the allegations of misconduct by the prime minister has raised concern amongst the foreign investment community that Malaysia's economy is in for a rough ride.
But there are bigger worries than just the financial performance of 1MDB. At the heart of it is the suggestion that Malaysia's public money has been stolen and used for personal gain.
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1MDB said in a statement last year that it had never given money to the prime minister and called the claims "unsubstantiated".
Meanwhile Singapore fraud investigators said on Thursday they had seized more than $175m in assets connected to 1MDB and found several major banks, including Standard Chartered, had showed "weaknesses in the processes for accepting clients and monitoring transactions".
Also on Thursday, the Swiss authorities said they had seized three valuable paintings linked to the investigation - one Van Gogh painting and two Monet paintings, following a US request.


A dog has been kept in a cage by police for two years without exercise, the BBC can reveal.

Stella was seized in 2014 and has been kept in a 3ft by 9ft cage in Devon ever since.
Devon and Cornwall Police refused to give specific reasons why the dog could not be exercised. They said she was considered potentially dangerous.
A worker at the kennels said they were told by police not to exercise dogs held under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
A destruction order for Stella was passed by Torquay Magistrates' Court on 8 February. Her owner was given 21 days to appeal.
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Laura Khanlarian worked as an assistant at the private kennel used by Devon and Cornwall Police.
She said Stella left her kennel twice during her stay, only for behaviour assessments.
Ms Khanlarian said: "We were always told not to exercise or go into a kennel with any dogs, regardless of character, that had been brought in under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
"We were under no circumstances allowed to touch any of those dogs - which was hard.
"Animal welfare comes before anything, and that was my job. I don't believe I would be doing it properly if I would sit back and think that's OK. It wasn't OK - it's not OK."
Stella, a pit bull-type dog, was seized after police visited her owner, Antony Hastie, in Devon on an unrelated matter in 2014.
She was considered potentially dangerous because of her breed, her behaviour when police seized her and her behaviour in assessments.
Court proceedings heard from Mr Hastie, who said there were no incidents of aggressive behaviour prior to her being seized.
Evidence heard during the court case included video footage of Stella's behaviour after she had spent nearly two years locked in the kennel.
Mr Hastie attended court 11 times over Stella, but in February 2016 it was ruled she should be destroyed.
Kendal Shepherd, a vet of 30 years and animal behaviour expert, said: "It's terrible. It's unjustified. It's wasting huge amounts of money and it's not doing a single thing to prevent dog bites.
"It's cruel. But it's what our system forces us to do."
The RSPCA has created a guide to good practice for all police forces, which states: "Dogs must be provided with the opportunity to exercise away from their kennel at least once a day and this should be for a total of at least 30 minutes."
7,000
put in kennels over five years
Â£5m
spent on kennelling
Â£650 - Average spent per dog
985 days - Longest period a seized dog was kennelled
Sgt Allan Knight, from the Devon and Cornwall Police dog handling unit, said the force has released dogs back to their owners during proceedings in the past.
He added: "There will always be some dogs, for whatever reason, that cannot go back, and cannot get walked by staff because of the danger they possess.
"We are bound by the court process."
In a statement, Devon and Cornwall Police said: "In the past two years, in the region of a hundred dogs have been seized by Devon and Cornwall Police.
"During this time Stella, an illegal breed that had to be seized, has been the only dog deemed too dangerous to walk due to her aggressive behaviour.
"Once the dog was seized, an initial review was made in which the decision was reached that Stella was too dangerous to be exercised by kennel staff. This assessment remained under constant review and a number of further examinations were made by independent external experts including the RSPCA, who were all in agreeance that the animal was too dangerous for staff to exercise.
"At all times we must balance the needs of the welfare of the animal and the safety of kennel staff. The long established, licensed and accredited kennel in question was in agreement with our assessment. The dog has had continual kennel enrichment with staff and remained in fine and fit condition throughout.
"This dog has threatened and shown aggressive behaviour towards two Police Community Support Officers. There were also occasions where Stella showed aggressive behaviour prior to being seized, which were fully described in court. Stella then attempted to bite a court appointed independent expert during the dog's assessment.
"The length of this criminal case is extremely rare. None of the adjournments were requested or caused by Devon and Cornwall Police."
The full story will be shown on BBC Inside Out South West on Monday 29 February at 19:30 and will be available on BBC iPlayer.


Previews and latest team news for Tuesday's five Premier League games as leaders Leicester City take on West Brom, while 17th-placed Norwich host Chelsea.

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Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.

The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week.
They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat which carry materials round the body - to release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised.
The "grenades" are intended to avoid side-effects by ensuring the drugs target only the tumour.
Experts said such technology, which has been effective in animal experiments, was the "holy grail of nanomedicine".
Cancer scientists are trying to harness the transporting abilities of these fatty spheres by getting them to carry toxic drugs to tumours.
"The difficulty is, how do you release them when they reach their target?" Prof Kostas Kostarelos, from the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website.
The Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester has designed liposomes that are water-tight at normal body temperature. But when the temperature increases to 42C they become leaky.
"The challenge for us is to try to develop liposomes in such a way that they will be very stable at 37C and not leak any cancer drug molecules and then abruptly release them at 42C," Prof Kostarelos added.
He suggests heat pads could be used to warm tumours on the body surface such as skin, head or neck cancers.
Probes can heat tumours inside the body, and there is also discussion about using ultra sound to warm tumours.
In early tests on mice with melanoma there was "greater uptake" of drugs in tumours using the thermal grenades. And that resulted in a "moderate improvement" in survival rates.
Prof Kostarelos said similar techniques were being trialled in patients and this "is not a fantasy."
Prof Charles Swanton, the chairman of the conference, said targeted liposomes were a "holy grail of nanomedicine".
He added: "These studies demonstrate for the first time how they can be built to include a temperature control, which could open up a range of new treatment avenues.
"This is still early work but these liposomes could be an effective way of targeting treatment towards cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed."
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The UK unemployment total has fallen slightly, but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said the jobs market could be "cooling off".

Unemployment fell to 1.69 million between January and March, down 2,000 from the previous quarter.
The jobless rate remained at 5.1%, the ONS said.
There were 31.58 million people in work, up 44,000 from the previous quarter. That took the employment rate to a record high of 74.2%.
But the number of job vacancies dropped by 18,000 to 745,000, the ONS added, marking the first fall for almost a year.
David Freeman, a senior statistician at the ONS, said: "The employment rate has hit another record high, but this time the increase is quite modest.
"With unemployment very little changed, that is further evidence the jobs market could be cooling off."
Average earnings including bonuses rose 2% from a year earlier, up from 1.9% in the three months to February.
The ONS said the timing of bonuses this year had affected the rise in total earnings.
Excluding bonuses, earnings rose by 2.1% year-on-year in the three months to March, down from 2.2% in the three months to February.
The number of people claiming jobless benefits fell by 2,400 in April to 737,800, although revised data showed the figure rose by 14,700 between February and March, the largest increase since autumn 2011.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb, said: "These are another record-breaking set of figures, with more people in work than ever before and the unemployment rate is the lowest in a decade at 5.1%."
But economists were less upbeat. David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said that despite the UK employment rate reaching a record high, "the cumulative picture - including manufacturing, trade and GDP figures - points to a softening in economic activity".
Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics, said: "Although there were some bright spots in today's UK labour market figures, on the whole they offered a further indication that the economic slowdown has sapped the jobs recovery of its recent vigour."
However, Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said: "With the unemployment rate back to the pre-crisis average... it would be unrealistic to expect the rapid drops in unemployment seen in 2015 to continue indefinitely."


A 37-year-old man is due in court later over an international investigation into the supply of 'skunk' cannabis to Northern Ireland.

The man was arrested by police in Birmingham on Wednesday and was brought to Northern Ireland for questioning.
He faces a number of charges involving drug trafficking and money laundering and is to appear before Newtownards Magistrates' Court.
He was among 15 people arrested in the UK and Italy during the investigation.
Four men have already appeared in court charged with similar offences.
The charges follow the seizure of more than Â£800,000 of 'skunk' cannabis and cash during searches in multiple locations across Northern Ireland in recent days.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland have carried out searches in Belfast, Greenisland, Bangor, Newtownards and Ballywalter.
They have also been co-operating with police in Italy, where officers uncovered a cannabis factory.
It is believed the total value of the 'skunk' seized in Northern Ireland and Italy was Â£4.25m and was destined for Northern Ireland.
The four other men who have already been charged - Jian Wen Chen, 29, of Belfast, Jiazhu Cia, 30, of Ballywalter, Yong He, 33, from Belfast and Wei Zou, 32, from Bangor - all appeared in Newtownards Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
The men were among six people, including two women, arrested in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.
The women, aged 29 and 26, have since been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Eight people were also arrested in Italy and remain in custody.


A man accused of murdering his wife has described the moment he stabbed her with a kitchen knife at their home.

Jonathon Cudworth, of Northbourne, near Deal in Kent, said he and his wife Mariola, known as Mijka, were arguing after she was late home from work.
He told a jury he grabbed her by the neck to stop her pushing him, then put out his right hand, picked up a knife and stabbed her.
Mr Cudworth, 36, denies murdering his Polish-born wife, also 36, in April.
Canterbury Crown Court has been told Mr Cudworth killed Mijka because he feared she was going to leave him for another man.
He told the jury the argument started because she said she was having an affair and wanted to leave him.
Mr Cudworth said his wife started shouting at him and pushing him and he tried to get away by going into the kitchen but she followed him.
He said everything happened very quickly and after the stabbing he was shocked and was physically sick in the kitchen
He said he knew he had to move the body because his children were upstairs.
The prosecution alleges Mr Cudworth hid the body in a field in nearby Eastry and then reported his wife missing.
The trial continues.


More than 20,000 crops from more than 100 nations have arrived at a "Doomsday vault" in the Arctic Circle.

The latest delivery coincides with the sixth anniversary of the frozen depository in Svalbard, which now houses more than 800,000 samples.
The shipment includes the first offering from Japan, where collections were threatened by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
The facility is designed to withstand all natural and human disasters.
Deep inside a mountain on a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago - located halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole - the vault, which cost Â£5m (US $7m) and took 12 months to build, offers permanent protection for the world's food crops, say its operators.
The purpose of the depository, owned by the Norwegian government and maintained by the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resources Center, is to store duplicates of all seed samples from crop collections around the world.
The GCDT says permafrost and thick rock ensure that, even in the case of a power cut, the seed samples will remain frozen.
"The vault can therefore be considered the ultimate insurance policy for the world's food supply," it adds.
"It will secure, for centuries, millions of seeds representing every important crop variety available in the world today."
The Japanese barley samples were provided by the Barley Germplasm Center at Okayama University.
Prof Kazuhiro Sato from the university's Institute of Plant Science and Resources said experts became concerned about the long-term safety of the national collection following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused widespread devastation.
"If something bad happened to our genebank, these resources could be damaged permanently," he said.
"Barley is very important not just for Japan but for the food security of the world - we have varieties that are productive even in dry conditions and in saline soil."
Speaking ahead of a meeting at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, GCDT executive director Marie Haga said: "Our annual gatherings at the seed vault are a sort of Winter Olympics of crop diversity, only we are not competing against each other but against the wide array of threats - natural and man-made - ranged against the diversity of food crops, diversity that is so crucial to the future of human civilisation."
She added: "We are particularly excited to be welcoming our first seed deposits from Japan, which has been very active globally in the preservation of a wide array of crop species."


The chairman of troubled mental health trust Southern Health has admitted it created a new post for its former chief executive when she resigned.

7 September 2016 Last updated at 01:18 BST
Katrina Percy had faced calls to quit over the trust's failure to investigate hundreds of deaths.
Now the BBC has learned that her new job - worth nearly ??250,000 a year - did not exist previously, and she was the only candidate.
Tim Smart gave details of the move in an exclusive interview with the BBC.


Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has been fined Â£250,000 ($396,100) following a "serious breach" of the Data Protection Act.

UK authorities said a hack in April 2011 "could have been prevented".
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) criticised the entertainment giant for not having up-to-date security software.
Sony told the BBC it "strongly disagreed" with the ruling and planned to appeal.
"Criminal attacks on electronic networks are a real and growing aspect of 21st century life and Sony continually works to strengthen our systems, building in multiple layers of defence and working to make our networks safe, secure and resilient," a spokesman for the firm added.
The company had previously apologised for the hack which saw its PlayStation Network knocked offline for several days. In May 2011 company executives bowed in public and offered users free games to show their remorse.
The ICO's report said technical developments had led to user passwords not being secure - leaving data such as names, addresses, dates of birth and payment card information at risk.
"If you are responsible for so many payment card details and log-in details then keeping that personal data secure has to be your priority," said David Smith, deputy commissioner and director of data protection at the ICO.
"In this case that just didn't happen, and when the database was targeted - albeit in a determined criminal attack - the security measures in place were simply not good enough."
Since the hack, which angered gamers who wanted to play over 2011's Easter weekend, Sony has said it has rebuilt the PlayStation Network system to be more secure.
But the ICO said the fine reflected the severity of the security lapse, adding that it was among the most serious it had ever seen.
"There's no disguising that this is a business that should have known better," Mr Smith added.
"It is a company that trades on its technical expertise, and there's no doubt in my mind that they had access to both the technical knowledge and the resources to keep this information safe."
One positive from the hack, Mr Smith said, was that polls conducted after the breach suggested a greater awareness of the risks in handing over personal data.


League Two side Stevenage have extended Tottenham defender Connor Ogilvie's loan spell by a further month.

The 19-year-old, who can play at left-back or centre-half, has made 19 appearances for Boro since signing for the club in August.
Ogilvie has not featured for Tottenham, but was on the bench for a Europa League match at Benfica in March 2014.
Managerless Stevenage currently sit 19th in the table, eight points above the relegation zone.


Presidential candidates pitch US energy policy as a way to improve job prospects for Americans, but the US also has potential to exercise real power farther afield.

What's lost in the coverage of the overnight internet sensation Ken Bone is the question he asked.
He surged to social media stardom as the unassuming guy with a bright red sweater during a corrosive second presidential debate
But the topic he raised - energy policy - will have lasting significance for the next president and the country. That's partly because of American jobs lost and won in the energy industry, which is often the focus during election season.
It's also because the US is increasingly using oil and gas as a tool of foreign policy, deepening its involvement in a high-stakes game of pipelines ranging from Russia to Israel to Turkey and even Syria.
The view of energy as a matter of security, not just economic competition, is not new in Washington. But it was Hillary Clinton who gave a significant boost to energy diplomacy.
When she took office as Secretary of State in 2009, her European counterparts were reeling from a bruising battle in an energy war with Russia.
Moscow had cut gas to Ukraine over a payment dispute, closing off its main supply route to Europe in the middle of winter.
Mrs Clinton created a bureau within the State Department to deal with international energy issues in 2011. Since then a domestic boom has transformed the US into the world's largest producer of natural gas, and the US has switched from being a major importer of petrol products to a new exporter.
"Today we have a seat at the table on energy issues around the world in a way that we didn't seven years ago," says Amos Hochstein, the State Department's special envoy for international energy affairs.
"Because of the oil and gas revolution in the United States, and to some degree because of our renewable energy revolution... We're not an energy superpower, we are the world's energy superpower."
The main power struggles in energy are still with Russia, at a time when relations have reached their lowest point since the Cold War.
Energy experts have been talking about a new chill since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014 and shut down gas supplies to Ukraine for a second time.
This is a war fought not by military means, says Mr Hochstein, but "with economic conflict".
Washington is focused on helping its European allies diversify their energy supplies away from Russia, a daunting task since Moscow provides a third of Europe's gas, with seven states almost entirely dependent on it.
The Obama administration's strategy involves peddling US gas, as the Vice-President Joe Biden did with enthusiasm on a recent trip to Latvia and Sweden in August, calling North America the "energy epicentre for the 21st Century".
It also involves aggressive lobbying against Russia's proposed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would reroute gas around Ukraine by expanding the existing Nord Stream 1, which runs under the Baltic Sea to Germany.
In Stockholm, Mr Biden called Nord Stream 2 "a fundamentally bad deal for Europe" that would "lock in greater reliance on Russia andâ€¦ destabilise Ukraine" by depriving Kiev of lucrative transit fees.
The Nord Stream project has foundered on the shoals of similar resistance from Eastern and Central European states.
But the Russians have specifically accused the US of meddling for entirely political reasons, calling it a commercial enterprise necessary to ensure reliable gas transit through Ukraine.
Meanwhile, in the eastern Mediterranean, the Americans are on the offence, not defence.
Powered by recent gas field discoveries in the region, the US wants energy co-operation involving Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Jordan and Israel. The latter two have just finalised a pipeline deal.
The idea is to create a "physical interdependency" that could set a framework for political co-operations, Mr Hochstein says. Energy creates "an enormous incentive to change mindsets".
That was the case with Israel and Turkey, where the US envoy played a role in brokering the recent rapprochement, including an agreement to pursue a pipeline from Israel's offshore gas field to Turkey.
Indeed, American lawmakers have stressed that natural gas co-operation could "dramatically change Israel's regional position". A recent congressional hearing summary hailed energy's potential to advance peace in the Middle East and an energy advisor linked to the Middle East Quartet has advised Israelis to throw Palestinian gas into the mix.
The US is hoping that energy will also be a catalyst for Cyprus. The leaders of the Greek and Turkish communities on the divided island are aggressively pushing for a settlement of their decades-old conflict by the end of the year. Without it they will not be able to fully exploit newfound gas resources.
But there's more at stake than Middle East stability. Building a regional export architecture could potentially supply eastern Mediterranean gas to Europe, undermining Russia's dominant position.
All these different strands come together in Turkey.
The position of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has always been crucial to resolving the Cyprus dispute.
And now he needs a settlement in order to get the pipeline Israel agreed to, which would connect through Cypriot waters.
Mr Biden worked that angle during a recent trip to Ankara, noting that Turkey wasn't the only option for Cypriot and Israeli gas exports.
Egypt was also in the picture, an official familiar with the meeting told the BBC, and the Americans stressed "the urgency of the window closing on Cyprus".
Despite international concern about the fallout of the recent coup attempt, Turkey remains an important energy link between Asia and Europe.
It's a potential conduit for gas from the eastern Mediterranean, and it's the key transit country for a chain of pipelines called the Southern Gas Corridor from the Caspian Sea to Italy, promoted by Europe and the US as a non-Russian option.
Ankara is eager to exploit these opportunities, not least because it wants to reduce its energy dependency on Russia, from which it gets more than 50% of its gas supply.
But President Erdogan is keeping his options open, especially in the wake of anger at perceived Western ambivalence over the failed coup.
He recently patched up relations with Moscow that soured last year over Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border.
And less than two months after Joe Biden's visit, Mr Erdogan signed a deal for a new Russian pipeline called the Turkish Stream, which would also help Moscow access the European market through Turkey.
Russia's pipeline deals can be as much about political messaging and bargaining chips as actual construction, according to Edward C Chow, an energy analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
The Russians "have played chess for a long time and like to scramble the board as conditions warrant," Chow said in a recent report.
Either way, Russia has reinforced its energy access to Turkey at a time when Moscow has doubled down its commitment to supporting the neighbouring Syrian regime, an intervention that some analysts argue is motivated by a determination to gain leverage over competing gas interests there.
So the new US president will have a complex chessboard to navigate.
Either candidate seems likely to pursue an aggressive international energy policy.
Their differences focus on jobs and environmental regulations rather than diplomacy.
Donald Trump emphasises lifting restrictions and bringing coal miners back to work, while Mrs Clinton focuses on renewables.
But whoever wins will need to play a long-term, strategic game to shape the future of the global energy map.


Everton Ladies are set to rejoin the top tier of the Women's Super League in 2017-18, after the Football Association named them as their preferred bidder to replace Notts County Ladies in WSL 1.

WSL 2 clubs were invited to apply to replace Notts, who folded in April.
Everton finished top of the WSL 2 Spring Series in May, but no promotions were scheduled between the divisions.
Doncaster Rovers Belles were the only other club to apply and have seven days to appeal against the decision.
The FA's decision will be ratified at the league's annual general meeting on 28 June.
The Belles, who finished second behind Everton, had expressed "disappointment" regarding the application process, claiming the FA was looking for a "particular type of club".
The 'rebalancing' of the two WSL tiers will see 10 teams in WSL 1 and 10 teams in WSL 2 for 2017-18, which will be the first winter season since the competition switched away from a summer calendar in 2011.
Everton are one of four second-tier clubs who are affiliated with a men's Premier League side, along with Brighton, Watford, and promoted Tottenham.
Andy Spence's Toffees won seven of their nine league games in the Spring Series, finishing four points clear of the Belles in the table.
Applications were said to be judged based on five criteria, weighted as follows:
Everton were originally founding members of the WSL, playing in the top flight from its formation in 2011 until they were relegated in 2014.
They had narrowly missed out on promotion back to WSL 1 in 2016, having also finished third the previous year.
"We knew it was a possibility that we could be promoted but to have it confirmed is welcome news," Everton's general manager Aaron Little told the club website.
"For the past number of weeks we have been planning for both scenarios in terms of player recruitment and retention.
"We are under no illusions how tough it will be. The standard of football within the women's game is increasing year on year but we are ready to make our mark."
A statement from the Belles said: "We put forward a strong application and are naturally disappointed not to have been promoted by way of application.
"But we will now concentrate on winning promotion through the league, as we have done in the past.
"We now have seven days to consider whether we appeal, and understand that we will be receiving a letter of explanation, whereupon the club's legal team will review the same and recommend a course of action.
"We would like to offer our congratulations to Everton Ladies, who showed in the Spring Series that they are ready for WSL 1."


Monaco dropped points at home to Reims on Friday to leave Paris St-Germain one win away from winning a fourth straight Ligue 1 title.

Brazilian striker Vagner Love fired Monaco ahead, before Gaetan Charbonnier turned in a cross to equalise.
Love restored Monaco's lead when he pounced on an error but Diego's late finish earned Reims a point.
PSG, who are 22 points ahead of second-place Monaco, are at bottom-club Troyes on Sunday.
If Laurent Blanc's side win they will move 25 points clear with just 24 left to play for in the remaining eight games.


Arlene Phillips CBE is a British choreographer and theatre director.

She rose to fame in the 1970s after founding the dance group Hot Gossip.
She went on to choreograph numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films and television shows and has been a judge on both Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance.
Here are her top 10 tips for being a choreographer.
It is absolutely vital to be determined from the start. You have to know that you want to dance as much as you have to breathe if you want to make a career of it.
You have to truly know that and you have to be prepared to give up everything to make that career happen. It really is tough and there is so much competition. You will face rejection all the time and you have to make yourself strong enough to deal with that and keep going.
I grew up in Manchester and I started dancing when I was only two years old. By the time I was eight, dancing was all I could think about and it was all I wanted to do. My parents couldn't afford all the ballet lessons that I wanted and it wasn't easy.
You could always hear ballet music in our house being played on scratchy records on an old gramophone.
My mother died when I was 15 and it was her love of dance and ballet that inspired me and in some way lives inside me. She was so proud, but I don't think she ever thought that my dancing would build into the career that I have had.
We lived in Didsbury and I'll always remember going to buy my first pair of ballet shoes with my mother. I can remember shelves and shelves of beautiful pink ballet shoes, but we just couldn't afford them.
And then on the bottom shelf, there was a pair of bright green ballet shoes. They were very cheap and they fitted me so I had to get them! That was fine with me, but I definitely wanted pink ones.
When I walked into my very first class, it was filled with little girls all in pink. The whole room stared at me in my green shoes, but I just held my head up and walked in. I sort of figured that if I could do that, then I truly did want to dance and nothing was going to stop me.
When I was 16 I wrote to Manchester council, to see if I could get a grant to study dance.
They only gave grants to girls who were going to the Royal Ballet School in London and I wanted to know why they wouldn't give a grant to someone who wanted to study in their home town.
I fought very hard and with the help of my aunt, I eventually did get my way. After four years of studying, I started to teach in Manchester. When I was 23 my boss sent me to London for a week to spend time at a new dance school.
On my last day, I saw a sign for a class up on the wall that I'd never seen before, it said 'Modern American Jazz, Molly Molloy, 8pm'. That class changed everything, and was the day my new life in London began.
When dance came on television it seemed that every dancer had a fixed smile glued on to their face. I was making my living by teaching American Jazz and Rock Jazz in London, and I decided to form my own dance group that would have the voice of the street, and the voice of the clubs, sexy, moody, and hot, hot, hot.
I took the best students from my class, turned them into what I thought was the hottest group in London, and for three years, despite having a cult following, could not break into TV, everyone thought they were far too sexy. It took one photograph falling into the hands of one director looking for something new, and everything changed overnight.
If I could go back in time and give my younger self some advice, it would be to be a little softer and kinder. I was so ambitious for many of the students I worked with and so determined for them to succeed, that I demanded everyone worked and pushed themselves in the same way I pushed myself.
Looking back I realise, it worked for some of them but not others, but I think my attitude in the way I deal with people has changed after having my children, and now I search to find another way to discover how to bring out the best in those around me.
The way that I discovered I was not continuing on Strictly was not the way I would like to have found out, however, I had far more important things to deal with as my manager was very ill and passed away the day before the news broke.
He wasn't just a manager of 30 years, but a close friend and someone I depended on so completely that it really put everything into perspective. Sometimes one has to close doors on things and not allow yourself to think about them.
I like to get the best out of people, and strive to use very different methods to do this, depending on how and what we are working towards.
I often find that people react in different ways to the same instruction, and if something isn't working I will often find outrageous or unusual ways to make it happen.
Dancing isn't just steps, it's using the body to tell a story with the movement. I like to develop characters and use any ingenious idea I can to bring them to life and get what I want.
I spend my life listening to music, and I've been very lucky in working with so many different stars from when music videos first began and one could invent and create extraordinary ideas.
I worked with Aretha Franklin in Detroit, Robbie Williams here at home, Whitney Houston in New York, Elton John all over the world, and with Queen in the strangest of places; one being with 350 dancers in Canary Wharf when it was a wasteland!
Music is so emotive, and I think the one video that always brings back the strongest memories and still takes my breath away today was working on Duran Duran's Wild Boys, trying to create a strange world of the future. Let music take you to where you want to be.
I'm passionate about working in musical theatre, and I've had some very tough task masters,  but I'm always grateful to work with those I respect and can listen to and learn from. Andrew Lloyd Webber truly is a creative genius, working with him is like being on a roller coaster, but I love being on the ride.
As a choreographer, you have to be ready for anything, and I've been rollerskating for Starlight Express, head banging for We Will Rock You, jiving for Grease, pole dancing for Flashdance, disco dancing for Saturday Night Fever, ran down a mountain for The Sound of Music and danced down the yellow brick road for the Wizard of Oz, and that's to name a few! So my advice is, be ready for anythingâ€¦!


Preston North End manager Simon Grayson described Eoin Doyle and Jermaine Beckford as an "absolute embarrassment" after they were sent off for fighting.

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The two strikers squared up near the end of Preston's 2-1 loss at Sheffield Wednesday as they chased an equaliser.
Both players are likely to receive three-match bans for violent conduct.
"I've been in the game for 30 years playing and managing and I've never been involved with anything like that," Grayson told BBC Lancashire.
"I spoke to them in the dressing room and they were apologetic, but that doesn't wash with me, something like that should never happen in the professional game."
With Wednesday temporarily down to nine men following Fernando Forestieri's sending off and Will Buckley off the field receiving treatment to a shoulder injury with all the substitutes used, North End had been in with a chance of levelling the game after Doyle had pulled a goal back.
But Beckford took exception to Doyle's decision to pass to Marnick Vermijl, who shot over the bar in the 90th minute.
"It's an absolute embarrassment," Grayson said. "I stick up for my players at every club I've been at, I don't like to criticise them in public, I will do in the dressing room. But I can't stick up for either of those players."
Grayson said the duo would be reprimanded by the club, on top of any suspension handed to them by the Football Association.
"You expect it in the playground between four or five-year-olds, not from two professionals who've been in the game a long time," added the Preston boss.
"They've let themselves down, but that's the least of it. They've let our supporters down who've travelled here, and ultimately cost us the potential of getting a point or maybe three points because 11 against 10 we were on top and we had them.
"For something like that to happen is embarrassing. It's a joke, it's a disgrace."
Preston captain Tom Clarke told BBC Radio Lancashire that the team will discuss the incident early next week.
"It's not like us, we're a close group and all stick together and we'll look at it again on Monday and try and air stuff out," he said.
"We'll iron stuff out as quickly as we can because we've got to move on."


Swansea City have broken their transfer record by signing Spanish striker Borja Baston from Atletico Madrid for £15m.

The 23-year-old, who scored 18 La Liga goals on loan at Eibar last season, will not play in the Swans' Premier League opener at Burnley on Saturday.
The fee for Borja, who has signed a four-year deal and will wear the number 10 shirt, eclipses the £12m the Swans paid for Wilfried Bony in 2013.
"There is pressure, but it is good pressure," said Borja.
"I want to repay the transfer fee paid for me with good performances and results. Hopefully I can score a lot of goals.
"I want to settle and spend several years here.  I am very happy to be here. I am eager to contribute to the success of the team."
The former Spain youth international, whose signing is subject to international clearance, arrives as the Swans look to replace Andre Ayew following his move to West Ham.
Forwards Alberto Paloschi, Eder and Bafetimbi Gomis have also left the club this summer.
Borja, whose full name is Borja Gonzalez Tomas, is an Atletico youth product but made only one senior league appearance for the Champions League finalists.
He joins fellow Spaniard and World Cup winner Fernando Llorente at the Liberty Stadium.
"I was happy with the squad before but I am more happy now because, with Fernando Llorente and Borja Baston, I think we have signed two good players, two very important players," said Swans head coach Francesco Guidolin.
He is the Welsh club's fifth summer signing following Llorente, Dutch defender Mike van der Hoorn, Dutch winger Leroy Fer and Australian keeper Mark Birighitti.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned the UK there is still likely to be "pain" ahead as Theresa May prepares to trigger the UK's departure from the European Union.

Christine Lagarde told the BBC the Brexit process would be complicated.
She said that although the UK economy had performed more strongly than the IMF had predicted, uncertainty over the terms of the deal "is always a risk".
Any deal with the EU will "not be as good" as membership, she said.
"When you belong to a club, whatever that is, the members of the club have a degree of affinity and particular terms under which they operate," Ms Lagarde told me at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"Someone outside the club has different access."
I asked her if she agreed with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, that any future UK/EU agreement "necessarily needs to be inferior to membership".
Malta presently holds the rotating presidency of the EU.
"If being part of a club is optimising and leveraging your membership [leaving the club] would not be as good, yes," she said.
Ms Lagarde welcomed the prime minister's speech on Tuesday - saying that Britain wanted to leave the single market - for providing clarity.
"Better clarity, less uncertainty is certainly better for the UK economy and for the rest of the European Union," she said.
But she warned that there were still many questions to be answered.
"The terms under which the [agreement] will be facilitated, over what period of time - question mark," she said.
"Over what kind of transition period - question mark.
"It is only when those questions are better clarified that we will understand how the UK economy is going to pan out.
"We are still of the view that it will not be positive all along and without pain."
Before the referendum result, Ms Lagarde said a vote to leave the EU would have consequences ranging from "quite bad to very, very bad".
Since the referendum, the UK economy has performed strongly and the IMF has admitted that it was too pessimistic.
Earlier this week, the IMF upgraded Britain's growth forecast for 2017.
I asked Ms Lagarde if her "quite bad to very, very bad" analysis was wrong.
She said that the Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates after the referendum had supported the economy and that consumers had remained far more confident than expected.
But she said that there were still downside risks ahead.
"Once uncertainty clears and if people feel that their ability to set up shop in the UK and their ability to operate throughout the geographical area that is the European Union is not working as well as it did - the investment decision will change.
"In the same vein, if exports are subject to significant tariffs, restrictions and so on, the ability of the UK to activate that trade engine is going to be reduced.
"So while we have upgraded our forecast for 2017, we have downgraded for 2018."