Fifty youngsters from Northern Ireland have been selected for the BBC Generation 2016 project ahead of the assembly elections on 5 May.

They represent a cross-section of 18 to 25-year-olds living in Northern Ireland and will take part in discussions in the BBC's coverage of the election.
These young people are from a diverse range of backgrounds and communities.
They'll appear across BBC output to talk about issues that affect them, or more broadly about their lives in 2016.
Here you'll find the whole group, introducing themselves to the nation in their own words.
Join the conversation with @BBCGen2016 and find out more at bbc.co.uk/generation2016.
I am studying for A levels in politics, English literature and history. My love for rock, indie and metal music is close to complete religious devotion, so a lot of my time is spent either listening to my favourite bands at home or going to concerts and gigs. I also love watching Friends, independent films and reading. Despite crashing into a car in a car park six days after passing my test, one of my other favourite things is going on drives with my friends. I would describe myself as very talkative, and this comes in handy with my interest in politics and my plan to read law with politics at university. I'm a great believer in living in an open society, and here in NI we need to have more conversations on "awkward" topics like the Troubles, as well as breaking down social norms. The mantra "there are three things you should never talk about - religion, sex and politics" is the epitome of stupidity in my opinion.  My main hopes for the foreseeable future are LGBT equality in NI, a greater representation of women in politics and less disparity between the "rich" and the "poor".
I am a student at Ulster University, Jordanstown. I was born, raised and still live in the small town of Kells, County Antrim, though this summer may see some big changes as I hopefully move to the big city! I would say I'm fun and easy going, always up for a good ol' laugh and adventures are always welcome.
I am a first year undergraduate of BSc communication, advertising and marketing, delving into the big world of all that's around us in the media and what makes us tick as consumers. Throughout my entire life music has been a big passion of mine and a personal influencer, whether it be listening to as much music as I can in a day, right down to collecting audio equipment, although ironically I can only play the recorder… barely.
I graduated from Ulster University with a BSc Biomedical Engineering and now work at Ulster University Students' Union. I am on the hunt for a job for after I finish up at the end of June. Being involved in the student movement has exposed me to a wide variety of people and opinions. I've been involved in debate and have learned to be sceptical of headline figures. I am a strong supporter of protecting free speech and oppose all censorship, as I believe it shuts down debate.
I am mad about reading. I fully believe it is an important life skill; I usually have a minimum of three books on the go. I enjoy dark humour, I'm not easily offended and spend an unhealthy amount of time on YouTube watching fan theory videos and alternative media podcasts.
I'm currently unemployed but would like to be a youth worker in the future. I was inspired to do this after training with a local youth group, helping to facilitate volunteering and residentials.
I live with my family but will be moving out soon to live with my boyfriend. We are expecting a baby, which we're excited about. I've felt disengaged with politics in the past because I feel like I don't understand. I previously haven't voted but this year I definitely will, though I'm not sure who I will vote for.
Having grown up in a community still bogged down in the quarrels and grievances of generations past, my aspiration is to ensure the stagnation that plagues Northern Ireland and the UK become less prevalent.
My ideas seek to defy the scaremongering that politics is dominated by; to show the virtue of life outside of the European Union, to give a voice and represent the silent majority in Northern Ireland who cannot be heard due to the noise of the vocal minority, and promote the value of education in healing the wounds and allowing our future generations to learn how not to repeat past mistakes. I hope to promote the idea that the political process is not simply about the failings of politicians, but in achieving true progress for all.
I am a highly political person who spends most of their free time campaigning on various political issues in and around Belfast city centre, most recently the closures to mental health day care centres. I am the vice president of the Belfast Met Titanic Quarter campus, a role which involves trying to keep the campus as inclusive as possible for the near 15,000 students from all walks of life who attend it, as well as representing them on a larger scale within NUS-USI. I am a fluent Gaeilge speaker having previously attended Colaiste Feirste, the only Irish medium secondary school in Northern Ireland.
I am originally from a little village outside of Belfast called Crumlin. I'm currently in the process of studying for my SAT exams and hope to be going to college in American starting in September 2017. The things I am most passionate about are LGBT rights and fighting for young people to have a voice. I first got involved with politics at the age of 15 when I ran for election to represent young people from my area in the UK Youth Parliament. After being an elected member of Youth Parliament, I was elected on to the UKYP Procedures group, the governing body of the UK Youth Parliament.
My involvement in youth politics has recently taken a more international turn after I became involved in the UK Young ambassadors programme which sees young people represent the UK on a European level.
I have been deeply interested and engaged in politics for several years now, but I understand why many young people in Northern Ireland feel put off. I am currently running to be a member of the UK Youth Parliament and my main areas of interest are in education, mental health, youth involvement in politics and more recently the EU.
I am very much looking forward to voting for the first time in the assembly elections this May, although I am still undecided on which party I am going to vote for. I feel that young people in Northern Ireland are not consulted enough in the decision-making process and I would advocate the setting up of a youth assembly here to mirror the NI Assembly.
I am the chair of the Belfast City Council Youth Forum, as well as a peer advocate for children's rights with the Children's Law Centre. I am an executive committee member of the Northern Ireland Youth Forum, and also a Young Global Advocate with the Irish Development Education Association in the Challenging the Crisis global campaign.
My interests lie primarily in the areas of rights of children and women, youth participation in politics, climate justice, and education. My campaigning in these areas has brought me to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Westminster, Stormont, and India! I feel that my passion for justice has stemmed both from the principles instilled in me by my personal upbringing and my education, both of which taught me the value of every individual.
I have a passion for the arts and so have been a member of a drama school called the Rainbow Factory for over eight years. I find that the arts are great way for people young and old to express how we feel in a creative and talented way. I currently work at YouthAction NI as a trainee administration assistant and I am uncertain about what I'd like to do in the future because I haven't tried everything yet. I am interested in politics because as the next generation we have a duty to improve our society for the better.
I am a hip hop emcee in a group called A Crew with Loose Screws. I came to Northern Ireland in the late 90s as a little kid and I grew up in East Belfast. I have been a victim of racism and I have also seen the city and its people embrace cultural difference in Northern Ireland.
As hip hop emcee I have to talk to a lot of people so that I write songs that can change the community I live in. Over the years I have talked to people from different backgrounds for example drug dealers, people who are on the brew for more than 20 years, and also people who fell pregnant as teenagers and have to drop out of school to support their children. I tend to draw my influence from my family , friends and also my community. My family is love, my friends are loyalty and from my community I learn about the good, bad and ugly. From these three influences I have learned to respect others and also be a cool person with most of the people I meet.
Eighteen years ago, I was born in Ballymena and have lived there ever since. I'm currently applying for acting-related courses at various universities which is a bit unusual for someone raised in an engineering family. One of the only interesting facts I can offer about myself is that I voluntarily drive a Reliant Robin.
My Christian faith is an integral part of who I am. It influences both my actions and my opinions. It also prompts me to try to understand and empathise with people around me. Perhaps that is why I love to act: I enjoy figuring people out.
I'm a youth worker specialising in mental health and masculinity using non-traditional approaches to challenge stigma and stereotype. For me, the outdoors and nature are the great grounding forces which allow me to work most effectively with people. Be that through bush craft or chasing adrenaline rushes in climbing, I always seek innovative ways to educate and work with people.
In rural Ireland I have found no shortage of stigma to challenge and yet our politicians are often quite happy to rely on tribal voting to see them elected to office. The problem is it works, and I question at what point actually serving the public becomes a priority for these public representatives.
My time at university (particularly my involvement in a debating society) has broadened my mind to an extent I never would have imagined possible, and has made me challenge every assumption I ever had. On the one hand, this has made me less certain about many things, but at the same time, it has meant that my opinions now have to be defensible to my harshest critic (myself).
I believe people of every age, background and political persuasion could benefit from such exposure to views which make them question their own, because much of contemporary politics is built on ignorance and/or pessimism about the motives and principles of others.
I am a first-year journalism student at the North West Regional College (NWRC) of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. I am an avid Liverpool supporter and a self-confessed bookworm. A huge fan of The Walking Dead graphic novels and many of Stephen King's books, I constantly try to keep up to date with the daily news via the BBC website. While I am studying journalism, I aspire to write a novel at some point in the future.
Within politics, I tend to vote on behalf of the party that does the most for me as it gives me the belief that they are acting on the opinions of their voters.
I'm a trans masculine person with the pronouns of he/his living in Northern Ireland. Right now, I'm in my first year of a level three B-Tech course in TV and film production which I hope to be my starting point for a career path in writing and art. I have a strong interest in helping and working with the LGBT+ community by making speeches, writing, drawing, and making documentaries. I hope to create better voices for the typically unheard, ignored parts of the community because I am affiliated with these people in my everyday life, knowing all too well how much it can hold us back from being listened to and accepted.
I went to an integrated secondary school. That is something that is really important to me and shapes my opinions. It also allows me to understand different cultures and also to value others' beliefs and opinions. I love the arts, drama, dance and singing - all this influence in my life and allows me to be creative and expressive. It lets me be who am I and I am very passionate about it.
I am studying history, politics and geography at A level, and I'm hoping to go on to study history and politics at Manchester Metropolitan University in September.
I'm excited about voting for the first time in the upcoming assembly elections and in the EU referendum as I want to see the theories I have learnt about put into practice. I think politics in Northern Ireland really needs to change. It needs to focus more on the future and less so on the past. Being involved in work with young people makes me want to make a change in politics so that more young people are involved in how our country is run.
I am currently studying my final year of A levels in East Belfast. Next year I hope to study history at university in Scotland.  My interest in politics stems from my belief that it is vital that my generation takes an interest in the world around us. Northern Ireland has one of the largest demographics of young people in the UK, yet most young people would agree that we aren't represented, which leads me to ask why?
How is Northern Ireland to be progressive if its young people are not encouraged to stand up and speak, to help move our country forward? Something that is still needed, given our troubled past. Considering this, the political issues that interest me most are those involving women's rights and equality, links with Europe, and mental health.
I have spent my teenage years managing mental illness, and I now spend my spare time raising awareness re. young peoples' mental health. I am thoroughly disillusioned by Northern Irish politics and as such put a lot of energy into pushing for change, i.e. marriage equality, alterations to abortion laws. I am an ordinary person, but it won't stop me trying to achieve the extraordinary.
I'm an English graduate and an avid reader and writer. I enjoy writing opinion pieces, music reviews and book reviews and I'm a big fan of Caitlin Moran.
I am currently studying for an MA Politics at Queen's University Belfast. My political influences within Northern Ireland derived from my upbringing in a relatively Unionist community, but since attending university, moving from a small town to the city, and travelling worldwide, I have broadened my political horizons and perspective on local issues with a more liberal outlook.
I was born and raised in a small Unionist/Loyalist estate in Ballymena called the Doury Road. I am very into my politics, I'm in two marching bands, I'm also in the Apprentice Boys. I'm studying for a level 3 diploma in business administration and I work full-time Monday to Friday. My favourite activities are marching, watching football and catching up with my friends.
I'm a history and politics student.  I've been interested in history my entire life, fascinated from an early age by ancient Egypt. My interests in politics came later. The earliest bit of politics I can remember is 2007, when the Northern Ireland Assembly was relaunched triumphantly. I remember cutting out the page from the paper that listed all the new MLAs. For me this was all new, I knew nothing about the Good Friday Agreement, or the previous Stormont administrations, I didn't even know about the original Unionist parliament.  But I seem to recall a great deal of optimism in NI.
As I continue in life, however, this optimism is falling. Continually Stormont is looked upon as a joke, a large sectarian body of people only interested in themselves and their communities and that's what I want to see change.
I was born in Dagenham, Essex and lived there for two years before my family and I moved back to Zambia in Africa. After spending six years in Zambia my mother got a job in Ballyclare. I attended Ballyclare High until I was 15 and then moved to Ballyclare Secondary School where I studied  business studies as well as a Level 2 and a Level 3 Diploma in sports coaching.
I work in Cruise Fashion in Victoria Square and love my job. I really enjoy the fashion and design aspect of retail as well as communication with the customers and my clients on a day-to-day basis. It is something I will definitely look into to progress in.
I also have the intention of drawing attention to racism in Northern Ireland. It is something that can be seen as a touchy subject that people would shy away from - but it is something that is still happening. Although times have changed and we seem to be getting with the times, it still happens.
I am originally from Zimbabwe with ties to South Africa. I was raised in London before moving to Belfast where I spent the lion's share of my adolescence, I have fully embraced all the cultures I grew up in, whether they be African, English or Northern Irish/Irish, so much so that they have shaped me as a person. My day-to-day interactions with these people of different cultures have strongly influenced my socio-political views. How I see the world in general and these factors as well as my own life experiences have inspired my music.
I went to integrated nursery, primary and secondary schools so integration is something that runs through my blood, it makes me the fair person that I am. I love anything technological, be that new phones or new pieces of military hardware, it's something I'm passionate about. Politics have always interested me. I make my political choices and opinions by using a logical and thought out process.
I attended Hazelwood Integrated College, a school which helped shape and support me throughout my education. Going to an integrated school I was put into contact with people from Catholic backgrounds from an early age. This helped make me an anti-sectarian.  I believe that in Northern Ireland we need to overcome the divisions of the past in order to move forward and give the people of NI something that they can be proud off.
I support grassroots community action against cutbacks, fracking and sectarianism. I am active in several organisations which are trying to make NI better for normal working people. Coming from a working-class area I am seeing first hand the impact cuts have. Having learning difficulties, I find the cuts to education unacceptable.
I'm a misfit and a Queen's University English scholar, Belfast born and bred. "High Priestess Resurrected" blogger currently recovering from anorexia nervosa. I believe in communism, feminism, vegetarianism, tattooism and tarot reading. I follow the religion of Morrissey. "Don't judge a book by its cover," is my mantra; despite the punk rock hair and Gothica clothing, I'm actually a classically trained singer. Inspired by Albert Camus, Sylvia Plath and WB Yeats. For too long the eccentric's voice has been silenced in the media. Now is the time for the outsiders to be heard.
I live in a rural area in County Fermanagh. I am currently completing my A levels and hoping to find a summer job to earn some much needed cash. In the future, I would like to go into the area of youth work or media as I have regularly volunteered with local charities and think I have something to offer. I also volunteer in my local toddler and parent group and have raised money for local charities with the National Citizen Service.
I see myself as an environmentalist. I believe that we hold a deep responsibility to nature and the government has a major role to play in this. Living in such a beautiful country, I feel it is all our duty to protect it and being an avid beekeeper and stand-up paddle boarder I get to experience the beautiful land from different angles.
The main issue that influences me is education in Northern Ireland. Despite Northern Ireland being in a relatively peaceful state, our education system still promotes division with the majority of our young people culturally and religiously segregated. I had the fortunate opportunity to attend one of Northern Ireland's small number of integrated schools which changed my life and opened many opportunities, such as working in the United States, that I would not have had otherwise.
I believe that teaching our children together is key to promoting a truly shared future and integrated education provides a foundation for peace and reconciliation that is unrivalled. I'm also very interested in issues such as youth unemployment in Northern Ireland, especially in East Belfast where I'm from.
I am in second year of studying biomedical science at Ulster University and hope to continue on and complete a masters in America. I partake in extra-curricular activities such as rugby, ISOC (Islamic society) and also enjoy volunteering with St Johns Ambulance in my spare time. This also allows me to keep on top of my first aid skills.
I personally do not have a lot of knowledge in politics but would like to. I feel that politicians need to engage more with younger people and explain better the issues they are going to tackle but also listen to what we would like and take the suggestions into consideration. A topic that I feel strongly about is equality.
I am currently completing my undergraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen.  I hope to graduate in June with an MA in history and legal studies. I have always had an interest in politics and studied British and American politics for A level. During my time in Scotland I have continued to keep a close eye on local and national politics.
At university I volunteer as a transcriber for the Special Collections Centre in the Sir Duncan Rice Library. I enjoy working with archives and hope to begin my masters in public history and cultural heritage at Trinity College Dublin in September. I also enjoy public speaking and I have achieved my speech and drama grade eight.
I am in my second year studying law with politics at Queen's University, Belfast. I am very  interested in politics, active in my second consecutive year as an elected councillor on QUB Student's Union Council and I am the women's officer elect for NUS-USI. Alongside this, I am involved in local party politics as the youth representative in my area.
I enjoying judging and watching sheepdog trials and being home in the country!
I have a passion to see changes in the political system for young people. Having been a young person brought up in care, I can see many failures in the system for care experienced young people and care leavers. My passion is to campaign for these changes to come about so that every care experienced young person will have the quality of life that they deserve to have and have access to services that will enable them to reach their full potential.
My interests include watching crime detective programs, travelling, playing musical instruments and boxing. I took up boxing as a potential cure for some of the insecurity I experienced growing up in care. I did find a cure in it and actually found it very therapeutic. My first White Collar fight was on 1 April.
I am in my final year studying history at Queen's University Belfast. For two years I have worked for my university's Widening Participation Unit which aims to remove barriers for young people pursuing higher education.  I work part-time as a history tutor. I am currently training to become a mentor for an NGO that works with young people. I am passionate about education and believe students should be given more choice in their education and that more needs to be done to help pupils from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. Last summer I interned for the US Department of Education in Washington DC.
I believe that politics in Northern Ireland should be less tribal, so that people vote based on the future they want and not just because of the community they come from.
I am a full-time barista and an occasional writer. As a former English literature student, my political opinions have largely been shaped by the cuts to education and cuts to funding for the arts which have seriously affected myself and other young people in my region. More broadly, I, like almost everyone in Northern Ireland, have major concerns about the effectiveness of the current Northern Ireland government and its ability to deliver peace and prosperity to the region.
I love the cinema and going on road trips to anywhere. Since finishing A levels last year I have completed a finance and administration internship with YouthAction NI and I'm currently on the hunt for a job. My main hobby is performing arts so if I'm not at home I'll be found in Rainbow Factory theatre, either helping out with front-of-house duties or on the stage.
I am a first year law and politics student at Queens University Belfast. Politics became apparent to me from a very young age, growing up in the political battleground of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Throughout my life, I've watched my country emerge from war into peace, a phenomena that is very much an on-going process and not a singular event. My main political interests are the European Union, integrated education in Northern Ireland and judicial review. I'm a professional barista but as much as I love coffee my dream job is to practice law as a barrister.
I am in my second year at Queen's University Belfast where I study politics and philosophy. I write an opinion column in a local newspaper which is great for venting frustration as well as drawing attention to overlooked issues and perspectives.
Despite studying politics and getting excited when my polling card arrives, I am increasingly disenfranchised. The younger generation is too often ignored until politicians have no option other than to listen. I don't know if you can blame politicians themselves: with most being middle-aged, middle-class and male, they cannot represent the young voice as well as a younger politician would.  Living in a rural area means I'm constantly aware of issues such as infrastructure, public transport, healthcare and education. The big cities are about 80 miles away and everything seems to be based in them. Those of us living in the back of beyond often miss out on opportunities because they're so inaccessible.
I am a recent journalism graduate currently working as a waitress until I find my first graduate job. I am very proud to be from Northern Ireland and believe it is one of the best and most beautiful places to live. However, I believe there is much more to be done to make our little country stand out, as I would like to see the government do more to help the health sector as well as pass laws on gay marriage. This year I am looking forward to see how our country could change in both the May elections and the EU referendum.
When I was 19 and my mum got ill, I fostered my 11-year-old brother and sister (they are twins) and have been their main carer ever since.  Looking after them keeps me busy, but I am otherwise unemployed.  I would love a job in youth work or counselling. I love watching Hollyoaks and my favourite singer is Katy Perry.
I find the world of politics fascinating. What intrigues me is its continually evolving nature and how virtually every decision affects us or someone close to us. My views are shaped by my interest in history and the Christian values I uphold. Moreover, I am a Unionist and I believe that by being part of the UK, Northern Ireland is in the best position to prosper. Through the combination of being a Unionist, a Christian and a keen historian, I think it is fair to say that I have been moulded into having traditional views on politics and our world as a whole. Whilst I uphold my views strongly, I have a genuine interest in the views of others and am willing to listen, understand and respect.
I am an A level student at Banbridge Academy, studying English literature, history and business studies. My interest in politics was sparked through the National Citizen Service. I have rose from being a participant to a leader and alumni of the youth programme, and sat on the National Youth Board. These experiences gave me the confidence, the skills and the opportunity to visit 10 Downing Street and have breakfast with my local MP at Westminster. Since then I have been involved in the Rotary Youth Leadership Development Competition where I was selected to be on a team visiting Stormont, the Dail and the European Parliament. Besides these amazing experiences that I have been lucky to have, I also enjoy the little things in life such as walking my dogs in fields and forests, and reading novels by Nicholas Sparks, Becca Fitzpatrick and Lauren Kate.
I am studying A-level politics part-time at Belfast Metropolitan College. I am a member of my student council and the current elected student governor. I hope to go on to study politics at Queen's University next year. I enjoy working with my student union to engage with other young people. I was elected to National Union of Student in Northern Ireland's Women's Committee, which campaigns for women's rights.
I believe that the political situation in Northern Ireland is utterly disengaged and unrepresentative of the majority of young people who live here. I find it completely unacceptable that we live in a society that continues to further ingrain sectarianism, homophobia and sexism within our society. I feel that our government makes little to no effort to engage with and educate young people politically, and that it is our obligation to prove that we do in fact care about our community by using our right to vote.
I attended an integrated secondary school which allowed me to understand other cultures within Northern Ireland and without that experience I would not have made the same friendships and relationships that I have today. The experience also allowed me to have a positive outlook on the future of Northern Ireland's political basis by trusting in the new generation of politicians.
As a student journalist, I hope to help my own age group by including some of Northern Ireland's own problems in my works. This includes mental health with young people, housing for students, especially in Belfast, and last but not least drug and alcohol problems with young people. My interests are mainly music and film as I've always been the quizmaster on anything in those two categories.
I am in my final year reading Law at Queen's University, Belfast. I am an alumna of the Study USA scholarship 2014/2015 at Coe College IA, where I majored in business with minors in political science and PR - and joined a sorority! Studying abroad provided me with exciting challenges and opportunities, and memories of new friends and cultural adventures.
Having attended an integrated school (Belfast Royal Academy), I believe education is the means to reconciliation in NI. I also believe in devolution and self-governance.
Much to the chagrin of my friends, I'm rather the rights advocate and activist. I enjoy volunteering, blogging and being involved in student organisations. I am an aspiring solicitor and would like to specialise in public law, particularly in human rights.
I am studying English literature and geography at A level over one year with the hope of studying English at university.
I'm very passionate about politics and I'm excited to vote for the first time in the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly Elections and in the EU referendum; putting my theories into use. Politics in this country need to change; less looking through the green and orange tinted glasses of the past and more looking into the future. I believe the way to do this is through our youth and I'm excited and happy to get involved.
I'm a masters research student in drama at University of Ulster Magee, although I'm based in Comber, just outside Belfast. I'm an ex-student of Grosvenor Grammar School and currently I'm working part-time in Holland and Barrett to help pay my way through my masters. Since I'm an arts student, I'm passionate about the promotion of the arts as a tool for social change and education; I do feel it's an under-used resource in Northern Ireland, and a vital tool to help tackle racism, sexism and sectarianism. This all sounds very idealistic, but I've seen first-hand the differences that the arts can make in people's lives.
I do love living in Northern Ireland, but I admit I'm a little frustrated at the constant "us-and-them" dialogue in our politics, especially when I see it as unrepresentative of the majority of the young people's opinions.
I'm a sound engineer and an avid campaigner for human rights, specifically LGBT+ rights. As part of the LGBT+ community in Northern Ireland I feel incredibly let down by our current political leaders who are showing no solidarity with young people nor the LGBT+ community.
I dedicate most of my time organising Foyle Pride Festival, which is totally voluntary. I also work two jobs so that myself and my girlfriend can live in our own place. Someday I hope to live in a progressive country where people can feel comfortable to be who they want and do what they want without question, and I'd like that place to be Northern Ireland.


A patient given liquid faeces to treat Clostridium difficile after antibiotics failed said it was like a "miracle cure".

22 July 2015 Last updated at 11:32 BST
Louise Storer, 46, from Kingsbury, Warwickshire, spent nine months on antibiotics and then in quarantine in hospital for a month before being told a faecal transplant was the last option.
Scientists at Public Health England's laboratory at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham claim a 90% success rate where treatment with conventional antibiotics has failed.
The patient's gut is effectively re-colonized with good bacteria which competes with the C. diff and forces it out.
Ms Storer said initially she could not bear the thought of trying it but she was so ill she was prepared to try anything.


The company behind a new whiskey distillery in Londonderry has said it will create up to 35 jobs when it opens next year.

Niche Drinks has invested Â£12m into The Quiet Man at Ebrington, which will also include a visitor centre.
It is the first whiskey distillery to open in the city for nearly 200 years.
The project got the thumbs up from Derry City and Strabane District Council on Wednesday.
Ebrington was formerly an Army base but it is now the largest single regeneration site in the city.
"I named the whiskey after my father who had been a bartender for 52 years," Niche Drinks' Ciaran Mulgrew told BBC Radio Foyle.
"He always used to say that in a lifetime working behind the bar he had seen everything and heard every story there was to hear but like all good bartenders he was true to his code.
"He told no tales so they called him the quiet man and I thought, that's what I'll call the whiskey."
The new distillery is to start operating within a year and the visitor centre will open by the middle of 2018.
By the end of the 19th century, Derry was said to be producing more whiskey than any other city in the world.
Known as the whiskey capital of the world, the craft died out with the closing of Watts distillery in the 1920s.


Ten youths have been arrested by Canadian police on suspicion of planning to travel to Iraq and Syria to join Islamic State.

All 10 had their passports confiscated after they were detained at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport at the weekend.
Police said in a statement on Tuesday that none of the suspects had been charged, but investigations were ongoing.
Their families have been informed.
"These are very difficult times for the relatives and loved ones of the persons arrested, as the decision to leave the country was not that of the family, but of a single family member," the statement said.
"As a result, family members often find themselves at a complete loss and unable to understand the decision made by the youth."
Police said they could not disclose the identity of the suspects or provide information about what led to their arrests.
Steven Blaney, Canada's public safety minister, commended the officers for their "continued vigilance" in protecting communities from "the ongoing global terror threat".
Canadian troops are part of a multinational coalition to halt the advance of IS militants in Iraq and Syria.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced in March that he planned to expand the mission and has since pledged $139m (Â£89m) to help alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in the region.


The first of 5,000 free bikes for people in Birmingham are being distributed under a £24m scheme.

Residents in the city's areas of highest deprivation, who have completed courses in bike riding and maintenance, will be given 3,000 of them.
Six-month loans are available for 1,000 bikes and the rest can be borrowed daily.
Cycling in Birmingham accounts for less than 2% of all journeys and the council wants to increase that to 5% from 2023.
People receiving the 3,000 bikes will be able to keep them for good.
But bikes would be GPS tracked and anyone who gets one and does not use it enough could be asked to give it back, the city council said.
The Big Birmingham Bikes scheme will be funded until 2018 and a spokesman said nearly all 3,000 of the free bikes had been applied for.
It is part of the wider Birmingham Cycle Revolution initiative, which includes improving infrastructure. The Department for Transport provided about £17m funding, with some £7m coming from the council in the first year of this overall project.
But the council said there were currently no plans to give away more bikes in the future.
People will be able to get the free bikes from 22 cycle centres in the city.


Health spending should be frozen and funds diverted to improving care for the elderly, according to the body representing independent care services.

Scottish Care said investment in better social care for older people would improve their lives and cut help to cut emergency hospital admissions.
It has called on politicians to tackle the "taboo" of NHS expenditure.
The Scottish government has committed to getting people "the right care, in the right place, at the right time".
Scottish Care has published the findings of research that it commissioned ahead of its annual conference in Glasgow.
It found that in 2012-13, the average emergency hospital admission for over-65s lasted for 11.8 days, at an average cost of Â£4,846.
The umbrella body's report said that amount could fund either care at home for a week for 27.7 older people or 9.28 weeks in a residential care home for one pensioner.
It also highlighted that unscheduled admissions for over-65s amount to a third of the Â£4.5bn spent on health and social care for older people.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ranald Mair, chief executive of Scottish Care, said: "If we're going to manage to keep more people out of hospital, to maintain them in their own homes and also to prevent them going into long term care at an early stage, then we actually have to invest in home care.
"The danger at the moment is that we're continuing to invest in hospitals and as you know, all politicians want to be the defenders of the NHS.
"This isn't an attack on the NHS, let me be clear. If people need to go to hospital that's where they should be."
He added: "But what we know is that over 20% of admissions of older people to hospital are 'unnecessary' admissions.
"They're not going in because of their clinical needs, they're going in because of their circumstances and because of the lack of alternatives."
The report for Scottish Care also found that more hours of care at home have been provided by fewer staff over the past decade while pay rates in the sector are below the Scottish average.
The Scottish government said it was committed to integrated partnerships for delivering services across health and social care.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "Alongside the NHS, we are committed to ensuring that all patients have access to the right care, in the right place at the right time. In partnership with local government, we are integrating health and social care services to support better provision of care within communities and in people's homes.
"It is predicted that by 2037 the number of people with a long term condition will rise by 83% and what is clear is that the traditional models of care, where the NHS and the social care sector work independently of each other, are no longer suitable to effectively care for these people.
"Integration is one of the most ambitious programmes of work this government has undertaken, and one which is designed to deliver sustainable health and social care services for the future that are centred around peoples' needs."


A campaign to recognise one of Scotland's great forgotten explorers has taken a significant step forward.

Orkney's Dr John Rae is credited with finding the final part of the north west passage, around the top of North America.
Born in 1813, he ended up being shunned by much of Victorian society, due to claims he reported about cannibalism.
Permission has been granted for a plaque to be created in Westminster Abbey commemorating his achievements.
Dr Rae signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company - when the fur trade in Canada at its peak - and charted vast areas of unmapped territory using his surveying skills.
It was in his search for traces of Capt Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition of 1845 - when he and his entire crew died - that Dr Rae found himself condemned to obscurity.
In 1854, he had recorded accounts from local Inuits, who said that some of Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in a last desperate effort to stay alive.
He reported his findings in confidence to the British admiralty - but they appeared in a newspaper.
Franklin's widow - and much of Victorian society - was horrified at some of Dr Rae's findings.
His reputation never recovered.
The controversy overshadowed the fact that, during his searches for the Franklin expedition, Dr Rae had mapped out a navigable shipping route linking the north Atlantic to the Pacific.
He died, in relative obscurity, in 1893.
Canada's native Cree called him 'Aglooka' - meaning 'he who takes long strides'.
A statue of Dr Rae was unveiled on the Stromness harbour front in Orkney last year.


A third teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a celebrity bodyguard who was trying to stop thieves stealing his moped in east London.

Ricky Hayden, 27, was fatally stabbed in the thigh outside his Chadwell Heath home on 13 September.
His father, Paul, 46, who was also stabbed in the attack, has since been discharged from hospital.
The 19-year-old man arrested is currently in police custody.
Mr Hayden died a day after he was attacked in Gibbfield Close at about 01:25 BST when he and his father confronted a group of up to four men who were attempting to take his moped.
Detectives believe the killers arrived and left on another grey or silver moped which had a dark coloured box on the rear.
The Met has urged residents in the area to check outbuildings or garages for the moped which is "crucial to the investigation".
Police had previously arrested two teenagers on suspicion of Mr Hayden's murder.
One 19-year-old is due to answer bail later this month while a 16-year-old has been released with no further action.


Travellers at Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport can now buy a model Kalashnikov assault rifle before they catch their flight.

A Kalashnikov boutique has opened at Sheremetyevo to promote the world-famous Russian gunmaker's brand.
The shop's souvenirs include camouflage gear and "I love AK" T-shirts.
The AK-47 assault rifle has a worldwide reputation for reliability. The Soviet bloc countries, and many guerrillas, relied on the gun for decades.
An airport official quoted by Reuters news agency said the model guns were clearly imitations and would not pose security problems.
Sheremetyevo is Russia's biggest international airport, and handled more than 31 million passengers last year.
There is widespread international concern about replica weapons which can be mistaken for the real thing and potentially used by terrorists.
A Russian state corporation, Rostec, owns 51% of the shares in the Kalashnikov concern, which makes the guns at Izhevsk, in central Russia.
In 2014 the EU and US added Kalashnikov to their lists of Russian arms manufacturers subject to sanctions because of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.
The airport shop is part of the firm's drive to expand its civilian merchandise.
"Kalashnikov is one of the most popular brands that come to mind when people think of Russia," said the firm's marketing director Vladimir Dmitriyev, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
"So we are pleased to provide everyone with an opportunity to take home a souvenir with our brand on it."


Watford have signed midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah from Chelsea on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old was part of the England Under-21 side that reached the semi-finals of the European Championships in Poland last month.
Chalobah played 10 times as Chelsea won the Premier League last season.
He spent 2012-13 on loan at Watford, making 42 appearances for the Hornets, and has had five other loan spells, most recently with Napoli.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A plan for a summit to look at the challenges facing the North Sea oil industry has been announced by Aberdeen City Council.

Council leader Jenny Laing said the UK and Scottish governments, trade unions and industry bodies needed "to get round the table as soon as possible".
The Labour councillor said a "strategic plan" was required to save jobs as the price of oil continued to fall.
Labour called on Nicola Sturgeon and David Cameron to attend the summit.
It comes after a warning that the UK's oil industry is in "crisis".
On Thursday, Robin Allan, chairman of the independent explorers' association Brindex, told the BBC that the industry was "close to collapse".
He claimed almost no new projects in the North Sea were profitable with oil below $60 a barrel.
However, Sir Ian Wood, another leading industry figure, said Mr Allan's warning was "well over-the-top and far too dramatic".
Sir Ian predicted conditions would begin to recover next year.
Ms Laing said Aberdeen was the oil capital of Europe and as such it was her job, as leader of the city council, to work with the governments in Edinburgh and Westminster and the oil industry to ensure jobs in the city were protected and companies remained based there.
She said: "I have today instructed Angela Scott, our chief executive, to arrange a summit between senior politicians, government officials, industry representatives, trade unions, and local politicians.
"The aim will be to ensure an agreement to develop a strategic plan to ensure job losses are either avoided or kept to a minimum.
"It must concern us all that the price of oil has dropped so heavily in such a short space of time and we need to agree a strategy to deal with fluctuations that undermine confidence in the North Sea."
Ms Laing said the council chief executive would write to various politicians within both the UK and Scottish governments, as well as UK Oil and Gas, other industry leaders and trade unions to encourage them to take part in the summit.
Scottish Labour has pledged to send its new leader Jim Murphy.
A Scottish government spokesman said it was continuing to do all that it can to support Scotland's oil and gas sector.
He added: "As we have long said, what the industry requires is a stable predictable fiscal regime, and that substantial tax incentives are needed to achieve the objective of maximising recovery.
"Unless the UK government acts to bring in further measures, the likelihood is some fields will cease production early."
The UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change said it was important to highlight that there was "very little evidence of new projects being cancelled or deferred in reaction to lower oil prices".
A spokesman added: "The government recognises the challenges currently faced by the oil industry and that's why earlier this month the Treasury announced a package of fiscal changes and initiatives to stay on the front foot in dealing with them.
"We understand the particular concerns recent sharp reductions in oil prices have raised for companies active in the North Sea and will continue to engage with the Scottish government on this issue, including at this summit."


1700s - Migrants establish pearling and trading settlements along the coast of present-day Qatar.
Qatar became the first Arab country to host the Asian Games in 2006
1867 - Conflict with neighbouring Bahrain over territorial claims; Doha is all but destroyed.
Seeds of independence are sown when Britain signs a treaty which recognises Qatar as a separate entity, rather than a dependency of Bahrain.
1871-1913 - Turkish Ottoman forces establish a garrison at the emir's invitation.
1916 - Deal signed under which Britain controls Qatar's external affairs in return for guaranteeing its protection.
1939 - Oil reserves discovered. Exploitation is delayed by World War II, but oil comes to replace pearling and fishing as Qatar's main source of revenue.
1950s - Oil revenues fund the expansion and modernisation of Qatar's infrastructure.
1968 - Britain announces that it will withdraw its forces from the Gulf; Qatar negotiates with Bahrain and present-day United Arab Emirates on forming a federation.
1971 - Qatar becomes independent on 3 September.
1972 - Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani takes power in a palace coup after infighting in the ruling family.
1990 August - After Iraq invades Kuwait, Qatar says it will allow foreign forces on its soil. Qatari troops later take part in the liberation of Kuwait.
1995 - Sheikh Khalifa deposed by his son, Hamad, in a bloodless coup.
1996 - Al-Jazeera satellite TV launches, as an independent channel funded by the emir. Based in Qatar but broadcasting to much of the Arab world, it establishes a reputation for its news coverage and willingness to tackle controversial issues.
1999 - Municipal elections, the first democratic polls since 1971, mark the start of a democratisation programme.
2000 February - A cousin of the emir and 32 other people are jailed for life for planning a foiled coup in 1996.
2001 March - Qatar settles long-running border disputes with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
2002 - Qatar looms large in US plans for a possible war against Iraq. Its al-Udeid air base is developed and expanded. Washington says it will deploy US Central Command staff to Qatar.
2003 March-April - Qatar-based US Central Command forward base serves as the nerve centre in the US-led military campaign in Iraq.
2003 April - Voters approve a new constitution, which provides for a 45-member parliament with 30 elected members and the rest selected by the emir.
2003 August - In a surprise move, the emir names his younger son Prince Tamim as crown prince, replacing his other son Prince Jassim.
Doha was transformed by oil money
2004 February - Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yanderbiyev is killed in an explosion in Doha, where he had been living. Qatar hands life sentences to two Russian agents over the killing; relations with Russia deteriorate. The pair are extradited to Russia in late 2004.
2005 March - A car bomb at a theatre near a British school in Doha kills one Briton and injures 12 other people.
2005 June - Qatar's first written constitution comes into effect, providing for some democratic reforms.
2005 November - Qatar and the US launch a $14 billion joint project to build the world's largest liquefied natural gas plant. Most of the gas will be exported to the US.
2007 September - Qatar and Dubai become the two biggest shareholders of the London Stock Exchange, the world's third largest stock exchange.
2008 March - St Mary's Roman Catholic Church becomes the first official Christian church inaugurated in Qatar. Christians were previously not permitted to worship openly.
2008 December - Saudi Arabia and Qatar agree final delineation of borders and pledge to boost co-operation after diplomatic relations restored in March.
2009 January - Qatar cuts trade ties with Israel over Gaza offensive. Was sole Gulf state to have trade ties with Israel.
2010 December - Qatar wins bid to host 2022 Fifa World Cup.
2011 March - Qatar joins international military operations in Libya.
2011 April - Qatar hosts meeting of international "contact group" on Libya, which calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit.
Qatar reportedly arms Libyan opposition.
2011 November - Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani says elections to the advisory council will be held in 2013, in what would be Qatar's first legislative elections.
2012 January - The Afghan Taliban say they are setting up a political office in Qatar to facilitate talks.
2012 October - Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani visits Gaza, the first head of state to do so since Hamas took power there five years previously.
2013 June - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani takes over as emir after his father abdicates.
2013 October - Court upholds 15-year jail sentence for poet Mohammed al-Ajami who was convicted of inciting people to overthrow government.
2014 March - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE temporarily withdraw their ambassadors from Qatar after alleging that it has been meddling in their internal affairs.
2014 September - Qatar and four other Arab states take part in US-led air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria.
2015 March - Qatar and four other GCC states take part in Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
2016 March - Human rights group Amnesty International, says in a new report that migrant workers employed on construction sites for the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar, face systematic abuse which sometimes amounts to forced labour.
2016 December - Government says it is abolishing the controversial labour sponsorship system or "kafala" that forces foreign workers to seek their employers' consent to change jobs or leave the country.
2017 June - Diplomatic crisis as Saudi Arabia leads an air, land and sea blockade by Arab countries, in an attempt to get Qatar to cut its alleged connections with terrorism and distance itself from Iran.


There have been 14 claims of bullying by staff at the State Hospital in Carstairs in just five years, BBC Scotland can reveal.

About 700 staff work at Scotland's highest security psychiatric hospital, caring for up to 140 patients.
The bullying complaints were lodged under its "Dignity at Work" policy.
The hospital said the percentage of bullying claims had reduced in recent years. The Scottish government said the NHS would not tolerate bullying.
When the BBC approached the State Hospital about the bullying figure, the board said it would lead work to change "cultures and behaviours" at the facility.
In a statement, the hospital said: "The State Hospital's Zero Tolerance to Bullying and Harassment campaign has a clear objective of telling people that it is safe to complain.
"Any issues raised are addressed promptly and professionally. Dignity at Work remains a high priority for the board and we aspire to meet the aims of the staff governance standard whereby everyone in The State Hospital is always treated with dignity and respect.
"While the percentage of bullying allegations has actually reduced as a result of the various measures put in place over the past few years, we recognise that we need to continue in partnership with staff-side colleagues, to address any issues of bullying and harassment within the workplace to ensure all staff are treated with dignity and respect."
Scotland's Minister for Mental Health Jamie Hepburn is due to visit the facility later as part of its annual review.
Responding to reports of bullying, Mr Hepburn said much had been done already to tackle the problem across the NHS.
"I am very clear that we will not tolerate bullying of any kind in our NHS," he said.
"It is not good for our hardworking NHS staff - particularly in an already challenging environment like the State Hospital - and it is not good for patients.
"It is also vitally important that all NHS workers feel that they can raise any concerns they may have safely and confidentially, and be reassured that health boards will listen."
Mr Hepburn added: "By encouraging staff to raise concerns, Scotland's health boards have the opportunity to identify potential problems at an early stage.
"This not only makes the NHS a better place to work, it also leads to a better health service for patients."
The State Hospital has been dogged by a series of controversies in recent years.
Its chief executive, Andreana Adamson, stepped aside from her role following an outcry over financial payments to board members.
They were awarded payments totalling Â£50,000 as so-called "danger money" for working in a high-security environment, despite the fact they did not come into contact with patients.
Board members are still receiving the payments.
A report commissioned by the chairman of the board was released on the Friday before Christmas 2013 - when it was likely to receive less public scrutiny.
It was removed from the hospital's website after just six months.
The author, Proffesor Jim McGoldrick, found no evidence of fraud or serious misconduct, but criticised the board's handling of the issue.
He also expressed concern about bullying and said it was a "running theme" during his investigations.


Out-of-favour striker Nicklas Bendtner remains part of Nottingham Forest's plans, says interim boss Gary Brazil.

The Dane was not part of the squad for the 2-1 win over Aston Villa, Forest's third victory in four under Brazil.
Britt Assombalonga and Zach Clough both started up front in that win, teenage striker Ben Brereton hit the winner and Ross McCormack is also now available.
"There was never a desire to offload Nicklas. He's very much part of the squad," Brazil told BBC Sport.
Former Arsenal forward Bendtner signed a two-year deal with the Reds in September but has only started seven Championship games, managing two goals in a total of 17 appearances.
"We are looking to involve Nicklas," Brazil added. "He is involved in training and is working hard.
"At the moment he is not getting a game, but there might come a point in the future where we really need him. I can only pick 18. I have a number of really good players who don't get changed on a matchday.
"You can't please everybody and you have to make decisions. At the moment the decisions are going well because we are getting results."


Arsene Wenger is already Arsenal's longest serving manager, and now he's signed up for another two years as boss.

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US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop the flow of weapons into Ukraine and halt support for separatists.

The White House said that in the phone call Mr Obama warned of further sanctions if Moscow failed to act.
The Kremlin says Mr Putin urged direct talks between Kiev and the rebels in the east. Russia denies arming them.
The separatists have said they will observe a truce initiated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The week-long ceasefire - part of a 15-point peace plan announced by Mr Poroshenko last week - is due to expire on Friday.
Late on Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters: "The president spoke to President Putin and once again urged him to support peace instead of allowing the provision of arms and materiel across the border and continuing support for militants and separatists who are further destabilising the situation in Ukraine."
"Russia will face additional costs if we do not see concrete actions to de-escalate the situation," he said.
The US and EU have already imposed a number of sanctions, including visa bans and asset freezes on Russian officials, after Moscow annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in March.
Washington said last week that a number of Russian tanks and armoured personnel carriers had crossed the border into the east of Ukraine.
The Russian government has strenuously denied that any of its tanks crossed the border into Ukraine.
On Monday, the US State Department said Washington also had new information that tanks were being readied at a site in south-western Russia to be sent into Ukraine.
As diplomatic efforts to ease the crisis continued, US Vice President Joe Biden spoke to President Poroshenko in a phone call on Monday, telling him that the US would continue to strongly support his peace plan, the White House said.
Monday's rebel announcement was made in Donetsk by Alexander Borodai, a leader of the self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic" which is defying Kiev.
Mr Borodai had earlier attended preliminary peace talks in Donetsk.
The high-level talks involved representatives of the other breakaway region - Luhansk - and Viktor Medvedchuk, an opponent of the Kiev authorities who is close to President Putin.
Russia's Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov was also there, along with former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who is seen as a mediator for President Poroshenko. European mediators from the OSCE security organisation also participated.
Last week President Putin cautiously welcomed the Kiev ceasefire. The plan involves decentralising power, holding early elections, and creating a 10km (six-mile) buffer zone on the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Rebels say they will not disarm until Ukrainian government troops have left the east. Militants still control key government buildings across Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
"The ceasefire will take effect as announced earlier - until 10:00 (07:00 GMT) on 27 June," Mr Borodai said, referring to President Poroshenko's declaration on Friday.
"During that time there will be ceasefire monitoring by Russia and the OSCE.
"We hope that during the ceasefire both sides will manage to reach agreement and start consultations on how to proceed with talks and a peace settlement."
The crisis is expected to be high on the agenda of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, where European leaders could announce further sanctions against Russia if they deem Moscow's response to the peace plan to be inadequate.
Friday will also see the signing of a key EU-Ukraine association agreement - a far-reaching partnership deal which lies at the origin of the Ukraine crisis.
The refusal of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to sign the agreement last November, under heavy Russian pressure, triggered massive pro-EU street protests which forced him out of office.


A leading Nigerian doctor has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of reneging on a promise to end "medical tourism" by seeking treatment in the UK.

Nigerians spent $1bn (Â£690m) on foreign medical trips in 2013, most of which was unnecessary, said Dr Osahon Enabulele.
Nigerian politicians were mostly treated by Nigerian doctors in the UK, he added.
Mr Buhari flew to London on Monday to be treated for an ear infection.
It is unclear where the 73-year-old would be treated for what his office described as a "persistent" infection.
Dr Enabulele, vice-president of the Commonwealth Medical Association, said it was a "national shame" that Mr Buhari went to the UK for treatment when Nigeria had more than 250 ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists, as well as a National Ear Centre.
Mr Buhari should lead by example by using Nigerian doctors and facilities, and ensure government officials do not go abroad on "frivolous" medical trips, he added.
The UK had more than 3,000 Nigerian-trained doctors, and the US more than 5,000, Dr Enabule said, accusing the government of failing to address the brain drain by improving working conditions and health centres.
Mr Buhari, in a speech delivered on his behalf to the Nigeria Medical Association in April, said the government's hard-earned cash would not be spent on treating officials overseas, especially when Nigeria had the expertise.
Nigeria is one of Africa's biggest oil producers but most of its citizens live in poverty.
Mr Buhari took office last year on a promise to tackle corruption and waste.


A Swiss secondary school has caused uproar by allowing two Muslim boys not to shake hands with women teachers - a common greeting in Swiss schools.

The boys had told the school in the small, northern town of Therwil it was against their faith to touch a woman outside their family.
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said shaking hands was part of Swiss culture and daily life.
A local teachers' union said the exemption discriminated against women.
The case has propelled Therwil, a town of 10,000 people in the Basel-Country canton, to the centre of a national debate about Swiss identity. A similar case has been reported elsewhere in the region.
Christian Amsler, head of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education, suggested that the school may have tried to get an "unpleasant problem out of the way" but had simply made a mistake.
There has been little support for the school's decision to grant special dispensation to the boys, who are 14 and 15 and have lived in Switzerland for several years.
Therwil Mayor Reto Wolf said the community was unhappy with the decision taken by the school, which is run by the local canton.
"In our culture and in our way of communication a handshake is normal and sends out respect for the other person, and this has to be brought [home] to the children in school," he told the BBC.
Felix Mueri, the head of the Swiss parliament's education commission and a member of the anti-immigration Swiss People's Party, said the decision sent out the wrong message. "Today's it's the handshake and what will it be tomorrow?"
Muslim groups also disagreed with the school's response.
There was no reference in the Koran justifying a refusal to shake a woman teacher's hand, said the Swiss Federation of Islamic Organisations. Saida Keller-Messahli of the Forum for Progressive Islam urged the Swiss not to give in to extremist demands.
However the smaller Islamic Central Council of Switzerland said that a handshake between men and women was prohibited. "After the sex attacks in Cologne (on New Year's Eve), they asked Muslims to keep their distance from women; now they demand they get closer to them," spokesman Qaasim Illi told Swiss media.
The justice minister said such dispensation for children was not her idea of integration.
The beleaguered school has tried to find a compromise, by deciding that the two pupils should not greet either men or women with a handshake.
Headteacher Juerg Lauener said the school had no reason to adjust its policy, unless the local authorities ruled against its decision.
Local education officials said the school had taken a pragmatic approach, but agreed it was not a permanent solution as rules should be the same for all pupils.


Luxury-watchmakers are cracking down on the growing trend of copying traditional watch-faces on to smart devices, according to reports.

Piracy news site TorrentFreak says brands including Omega, Fossil and Cartier are sending cease-and-desist notices to websites offering their watch-face designs for download.
Many smartwatches offer users the chance to customise the design.
One watch-face website said it acted swiftly to remove copyrighted designs.
Smartwatches are available from a range of firms including Samsung, Sony and LG. Next year Apple will launch a version.
According to TorrentFreak, Richemont - the company behind brands such as Cartier IWC and Panerai - has lodged notices against watch-face sites citing breaches of its trademark rights. In some cases, TorrentFreak reports, it is giving sites 24 hours to remove infringing content.
"We prefer to never comment on trademark protection issues," Richemont told the BBC.
Swatch-owned Omega, also highlighted by TorrentFreak as requesting take-downs, did not respond to requests for comment either.
Sites such as Facerepo offer users the chance to download a traditional face on to their smartwatches.
It describes itself as "a repository of watch-faces for Android Wear devices" but goes on to say that "all faces hosted on the site are the property of the original content creator".
It told TorrentFreak that it acts quickly to remove watch-faces that are infringing copyright.
"Although some of the replica faces we've received take-downs for are very cool-looking and represent significant artistic talent on the part of the designer, we believe that owners of copyrights or trademarks have the right to defend their brand," it told the news site.
Last week, Apple released its WatchKit developer tools, allowing developers to begin creating apps for the Apple Watch.
Currently those tools do not support the creation of custom watch-face designs.


Russia's increasing military action in Syria is forcing moderate elements within the Syrian opposition into the hands of extremists, a US state department spokesman has said.

Mark Toner said renewed Russian and Syrian air strikes were making a difficult situation "more confused".
The US says it may end co-operation with Russia over its action in Syria.
But Russia has accused the US of trying to spare a jihadist group in its bid to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the US had broken its promise to separate the powerful Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) and other extremist groups from more moderate rebels.
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Mr Toner said the Russian allegations were "absurd". He told reporters that the US had not targeted al-Nusra for months because they had become "intermingled" with other groups and civilians.
He said a recent attack on an aid convoy, which the US blames on Russia, and renewed air strikes on Aleppo were driving moderate rebel groups closer to the extremists.
"What has happened now, with the hitting of the humanitarian convoy and with the subsequent siege on Aleppo, you've got a scenario now, a dynamic where, as these moderate opposition forces are under increasing pressure from the regime, that they are driven into the arms [of al-Nusra], and they have to fight side by side," he said.
"It escalates, and makes more confusing, what is already a difficult situation."
On Friday, Syrian government forces and rebels fought in the centre of Aleppo and north of the city, a week into the Russian-backed offensive by the Syrian army to take the city and surrounding area.
Monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a Syrian military official said government forces had captured territory north of Aleppo and buildings in the city centre, but rebel sources denied this.
Mr Lavrov made his comments on US broken promises during an interview with Stephen Sackur on BBC World News TV on the first anniversary of the beginning of the Russian air campaign in Syria.
"They [the US] pledged solemnly to take as a priority an obligation to separate the opposition from Nusra," he said.
"They still, in spite of many repeated promises and commitments... are not able or not willing to do this and we have more and more reasons to believe that from the very beginning the plan was to spare Nusra and to keep it just in case for Plan B or stage two when it would be time to change the regime."
The recent US-Russian cessation of hostilities deal was meant to lead to joint Russian-US air strikes on the Islamic State group and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which is linked to al-Qaeda.
But many of the more moderate rebel groups that the US backs have formed a strategic alliance with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and now fight alongside it.
Mr Lavrov said: "We believe that the Russian-American deal must be put into effect. For this the only thing which is necessary is to separate the opposition from Nusra. If it is supported by the United States, not on paper but in real life, and then we will insist on an immediate cessation of hostilities."
The UN says 400 civilians, including many children, have been killed in the besieged city of Aleppo during the past week as a result of bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces.


Peter Hickman set a new absolute lap record in winning the Dundrod 150 Superbike race on Thursday.

The Lincolnshire rider set an average speed of 134.210mph during the third lap of the circuit on his Smith's BMW.
Hickman won by two seconds from Silicone Engineering Kawasaki's Dean Harrison with Bruce Anstey a further 0.3 seconds back on a Padgett's Honda.
Anstey won the Lightweight 250cc race, with Ballymoney's Paul Robinson taking the Moto3/125cc honours.
New Zealander Anstey enjoyed a 39-second lead over Ballymena man Neil Kernohan at the chequered flag, with Davy Morgan making up the top three.
The Kiwi's fastest lap was 117.020 on his first appearance on a 250cc machine at the Dundrod circuit.
Robinson edged out Christian Elkin by half a second and set a new lap record for the Moto3s on 110.311, while Adam McLean completed the rostrum positions.
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Having dominated practice for Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix, Hickman stamped his authority on the six-lap Superbike race to clinch the second victory of his career over the 7.4-mile course.
Harrison, Anstey, Dan Kneen and Michael Dunlop all lapped at over 133mph, with Yorkshireman Harrison and Dan Kneen bettering their previous best lap speeds at the event.
Manxman Kneen finished fourth on the Tyco BMW, followed by Michael Dunlop on his Bennetts Suzuki and Fermanagh's Lee Johnston.
Teenager Joe Thompson was awarded the win in the National race which was red-flagged after three laps, Davey Todd taking second.
The Challenge race was abandoned after being halted twice because of accidents at Leathemstown and Budore, while the planned Supertwin race did not take place as the organisers called an end to proceedings for the day at 20:00 BST.
Roads closed - Wednesday and Thursday 9 and 10 August - 10:00 BST to 21:30 BST; Saturday 12 August - 09:30 BST to 20:30 BST
Thursday racing - Dundrod 150 - Race 1 - Dundrod 150 National Race (5 laps); Race 2 - Ultralightweight/Lightweight (5 laps); Race 3 - Dundrod 150 Challenge (5 laps); Race 4 - Dundrod 150 Superbike (6 laps); Race 5 - Dundrod 150 Supertwins (5 laps)
Saturday racing - Ulster Grand Prix - Race 1 - Superstock (6 laps); Race 2 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 3 - Ultralightweight/Lightweight; Race (5 laps) Race 4 -  UGP Superbike (7 laps); Race 5 - Supertwins (5 laps); Race 6 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 7 - Superbike Race (6 laps).


A man's body has been discovered in the River Taff near Cardiff's Swalec Stadium, police have said.

South Wales Police have cordoned off an area for the body to be removed from the water.
An investigation is under way to establish the man's identity and the circumstances surrounding his death.
Officers were alerted to the scene at Pontcanna Fields at about 17:30 BST on Friday.


One British firm is seeking to put the buzz back into budgeting by giving bank customers an electric shock if they overspend.

Intelligent Environments has launched a platform which can link the Pavlok wristband, which delivers a 255 volt shock, to a bank account.
If the funds in the account go below an agreed limit, the band kicks in.
It can also work with smart meter Nest to turn down the heating and save energy bills if funds are low.
No bank has yet announced that it will be offering the Interact IoT (Internet of Things) platform to customers but Intelligent Environments lists several British banks as clients for its existing online banking platforms.
Chief executive David Webber told the BBC the idea was about consumer choice.
"This is about reacting to changes in your financial well-being," he said.
"Willpower is great if you've got it - not everybody has."
He dismissed the idea that the concept is too controlling.
"If you get home and decide you can afford for it to be warmer you can turn it back up again," he said of the smart meter's automated "economy mode" for home heating.
The Pavlok wristband "shock" function can also be deactivated, Mr Webber added.
He admitted that it had "frivolity" but said it proved the concept.
Mr Webber said he believes the Internet of Things - the idea of connected devices communicating with each other as well as with their owners - will be a landcape-changing industry.
"I think the Internet of Things will be as transformational as tablets and smartphones were a number of years ago," he said.
"I think the interconnectedness of devices is going to transform the way we think and manage whether it's our cars or the things in our home.
"Perhaps you could use this sort of platform where, if you're running short of money your car slips into economy mode, rather than sport mode," added Mr Webber, who insisted that the platform was secure.
However Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert from Surrey University, said the more connections which are made between devices, the greater the risk of a security weakness.
"Having a convoluted interaction between systems is almost inevitably going to lead to unintended security flaws," he said.
"I know this type of technology is developed with the best of intentions but the road to hell is paved with them.
"Just because you can connect devices en masse doesn't necessarily mean you should."


An Indian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan more than a month ago has been rescued unharmed, officials say.

Judith D'Souza, 40, was working for the Aga Khan Foundation when she was abducted at gunpoint near her home in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on 9 June.
No details have been given about the rescue operation and officials have not said who the hostage takers were.
"Judith D'Souza is with us - safe and in good spirits," Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter.
Ms D'Souza is travelling back to India with her country's ambassador to Afghanistan and is due to reach Delhi on Saturday evening, Ms Swaraj added.
Jerome D'Souza, a family member, tweeted that the "family's joy knows no bounds".
Kidnapping is a significant problem in Afghanistan. Most of those abducted have been Afghans but foreign aid workers have increasingly become targets.
After Ms D'Souza's abduction, police in Kabul told foreigners living outside secure compounds to travel with guards.
The aid worker was the latest of several Indians to be taken. In June 2014, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, a Roman Catholic priest from India, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the city of Herat. He was freed in February 2015, but details of his release were not disclosed.
At least four Indians have been released from captivity in the past 13 years in Afghanistan. They include two construction workers who were kidnapped and released in December 2003.


The former boss of an NHS hospital who stepped down days before inspectors are expected to criticise its financial management has defended its results.

Dr Keith McNeil left Addenbrooke's in Cambridge this week with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) likely to rate it as "inadequate" on 22 September.
Paul James, chief finance officer at the hospital which is running a deficit of £1.2m a week, has also left.
Addenbrooke's was "phenomenal", said Dr McNeil. The CQC has not commented.
"Everywhere across the country people would be very envious of the sort of results we get day in day out," he said.
"People's lives are saved every day by that hospital. I cannot see why anybody would want to describe it as inadequate."
Asked whether the assessment by the CQC, which has not been officially disclosed, was wrong, he told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "I believe so."
Dr McNeil was appointed chief executive in November 2012 but stepped down on Monday along with Mr James.
He told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire he did not think there was "any sane or rational interpretation of the word 'inadequate'" that would describe any aspect of the operations at Addenbrooke's.
The hospital faced criticism for last year implementing the £200m e-hospital system which holds electronic copies of patient records.
But Dr McNeil denied the system was a mistake.
"It was absolutely the right thing to do," he said. "We now have an integrated electronic health record that is really starting to show its value across the hospital as familiarisation improves and as we customise it.
"The whole e-hospital program is expensive, but putting that in context that's not much less than we would have had to have spent to keep a broken system running over the next 10 years."


A bombing by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya has killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens in the eastern town of al-Qubbah.

Three bombs exploded, targeting a petrol station, a police station and the home of parliamentary speaker Agila Salah, a security source told BBC News.
According to an online statement, IS fighters said they struck in retaliation for Egyptian air strikes.
Egypt launched strikes after IS killed 21 Egyptian Christians it had abducted.
The al-Qubbah attack is one of the deadliest in Libya since the toppling of Col Muammar Gaddafi four years ago.
The country remains in a state of chaos with two governments vying for legitimacy and territory.
Medics at the scene of the bombings said the majority of casualties were at the petrol station, where there was a long queue of motorists.
Agila Salah was not at home at the time of the attack, they added. Speaking to Saudi-owned TV channel Al-Arabiya, he announced seven days of mourning for the bomb victims.
"I think this operation was revenge for what happened in Derna," Mr Salah said.
On Monday, Egypt bombed targets in Derna, killing between 40 and 50 people, according to a Libyan air force commander.
The Derna link was confirmed by a statement released by the IS-affiliated group in Libya, which said the attacks targeted an "operations room" used by Libyan military chief General Khalifa Haftar.
"This is a message to anyone who is tempted to attack the soldiers of the caliphate [IS] or any Muslim," the statement said.
Al-Qubbah lies on the road between Bayda, seat of the official Libyan government, and Derna, which is largely controlled by the Libyan affiliate of IS.
The kidnapped Egyptian workers, all Coptic Christians, were seized in separate incidents in December and January from the coastal town of Sirte in eastern Libya, which is under the control of Islamist groups.
Islamic State described the Copts it killed as "crusaders".
Libya has been wracked by unrest since the 2011 overthrow of Gaddafi. Since then numerous militia groups have battled for control and the country has two rival governments and parliaments.
The internationally recognised parliament is based in the eastern port of Tobruk, from which Mr Salah reportedly spoke to Al-Arabiya on Friday.
A rival parliament and government are based nearly 1,000km (620 miles) to the west in the capital, Tripoli.
To the east, the city of Benghazi - where the 2011 revolution began - is now largely in the hands of Islamist militants.
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A British captain who was five times over the legal alcohol limit while berthing his cargo ship in New Zealand has been fined and suspended.

Anthony Baker, 53, from Devon, was breath-tested after harbour staff noticed he "smelled of alcohol" as they helped dock the 40,000-tonne vessel Shansi north of Auckland on Friday.
He admitted breaching New Zealand's maritime law in court on Monday.
He was fined 3,000 New Zealand dollars (US$2,222; Â£1,692).
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A spokesperson for Maritime New Zealand said he was arrested after local pilots on the north island were "concerned the master smelled of alcohol" at the time of the docking at Marsden Point.
Whangarei District Court heard Anthony Baker was not on duty when the 656 foot (200-metre) multi-purpose cargo carrier, Shansi was due to berth, but was called to the bridge because of problems getting the engine under way and lifting anchor.
The court was told he had been suspended by his employer.
Police said his reading was 1,345 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath - the New Zealand limit is 250.
Neil Rowarth, the regional manager for New Zealand's maritime authority, said the conviction and fine sent "a strong warning" to seafarers that they will be prosecuted if they exceed the alcohol limit.
"Alcohol impairs judgment and increases the risk of accidents. Where we find seafarers over the limit, we will take action," he said.


A body representing health professionals in Scotland has said major changes are needed to address "systemic failures" in the NHS.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties said staffing and leadership were particular concerns.
It recommended the Scottish government and NHS boards agree minimum safe staffing levels for all professions in hospitals.
The Scottish government said NHS staffing was at its highest-ever level.
The academy set up a working group to look at how the health service could learn from past failures.
It followed three previous reports into serious failings of care in the Scottish health service.
They looked at problems of staffing and leadership at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI); above-average mortality rates at NHS Lanarkshire; and the worst-ever outbreak of C-difficile infection, at Vale of Leven Hospital.
The academy's report, Learning from Serious Failings in Care, identified key issues to be addressed, including:
The working group was chaired by Prof Alan Paterson of Strathclyde University and involved senior experts from the Royal Colleges in Scotland.
Prof Paterson said: "It is clear that serious failings in team working between clinical staff and NHS management played a significant role in the failings in care identified.
"These failings are deep-rooted and systemic. They must not be ignored if we are to learn from them and to prevent repetition.
"It is also clear that a combination of factors led to some appalling failings in care, a loss of basic compassion and the prioritisation of inappropriate targets over patient care. In addition, leadership and accountability were all too often sadly lacking and bullying endemic.
"While there have been responses to the individual published reports of inquiries and reviews into failings in care, there is little evidence to suggest that we are tackling the underlying systemic failings which exist."
The report recommended that hospital staffing levels should be based on "best evidence". It said priority should be given to developing minimum safe staffing for acute medicine and medicine for the elderly wards.
Among its 20 recommendations was a suggestion that there should be less reliance on locum and agency staff, and a call for quality of care to be put ahead of meeting targets,
It also raised concerns about staff sickness, saying this could be an indication of deteriorating morale and should be used as "an early warning system".
Royal College of Nursing Scotland Director Theresa Fyffe said: "These are hard-hitting recommendations and will make uncomfortable reading for many managers and leaders in our health service."
She added: "Too often, failures in care are down to unsafe staffing levels. We know that quality of care is inextricably linked to having the right number of suitably skilled staff in the right place at the right time, with the right balance between registered nurses and unregistered staff.
"Having appropriately trained and experienced staff must be a priority for all health boards if they are to deliver safe, high quality care to patients."
The Scottish government's national clinical director for healthcare quality, Prof Jason Leitch, said: "We are committed to driving up standards in our NHS which is why we have led the way in responding to the reports detailed in the Scottish Academy's report.
"We are absolutely clear about the value we place on staff and the safe and effective service they deliver to patients.
"We currently have the highest staffing levels across our NHS than ever before, with increases under this government of over 1,300 more consultants, and 2,300 more qualified nurses and midwives."
Prof Leitch added: "We are constantly striving to further improve health care in Scotland and will review the recommendations within this report and take forward any learning that will benefit NHS Scotland, either as part of the follow up work to the Vale of Leven, Grampian and Lanarkshire reviews."


A mother spared prison for having sex with a schoolboy has been given a two-and-a-half year jail term after judges overruled her original punishment.

In March, Kelly Jane Richards, from Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff, admitted engaging in sexual activity with a child.
She received a two-year suspended sentence at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
But, on Friday, Richards was given a jail term by judges sitting at London's Court of Appeal.
They said the initial sentence was unduly lenient.
Richards, a mother-of-two whose husband has stood by her, was ordered to hand herself in at Merthyr Tydfil police station by 16:30 BST on Friday.


Geraint Thomas says he took great satisfaction from fellow Team Sky rider Chris Froome's third Tour de France win.

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Froome, 31, became the first British rider to defend the title and win three Le Tours.
Thomas and team-mates flanked Froome as he crossed the finishing line in Paris.
"Even though he's the one that wins it and gets all the plaudits on the podium, we all go through so much together," Thomas said.
"Everyone in the world of cycling knows how much it is a team sport as well as individual.
"It's just amazing to be a part of."
Team Sky's victory was their fourth in five years with Thomas finishing 15th while fellow Welshman Rowe was placed 151st.
Thomas, 30, will now turn his attention to the Olympic Games in Rio, where he will compete in the time trial and road race.


An economist who was part of a bid to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family said the takeover bid was stalled by "a lot of ego" and funding issues.

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Jim O'Neill, retiring chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said the move in 2010 by the Red Knights was a "very difficult thing to pull off".
Ten years on from the Glazer takeover of Manchester United, BBC North West Tonight has been looking at the club's connections with the family.


He is the winner of most of flat racing's greatest prizes, the Italian with the sparkling personality, sharp dress sense and unmistakeable accent, all of which have made him among the world's most recognisable sporting stars.

And Frankie Dettori, champion jockey, Epsom Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero and A-list celebrity, puts much of his fame and fortune down to a dry and bright Saturday afternoon at Ascot on 28 September 1996.
In a BBC interview to mark the 20th anniversary of that date's unprecedented 'Magnificent Seven' - when he went through the card, taking all seven races that made up the Festival of British Racing, a precursor to British Champions Day - Dettori declares it the outstanding accomplishment of his record-breaking career.
Barely 13 and a half minutes' work, staged over a combined total of less than eight miles, changed his life forever, plus those of thousands of Dettori-following punters who placed accumulator bets on the seven. It left the betting industry in a state of near meltdown.
Their combined odds amounted to 25,095-1 (at starting prices), or nearly 236,000-1 for anyone taking advantage of the morning odds on offer.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, the 45-year-old jockey - who in August passed the 3,000 winners mark in Britain - said: "For sporting achievement, it's my greatest thing that I've ever done, and in horse racing. It would be very hard to match something like that.
"And, second, there's a fairytale scenario where bookmakers lost £40m, and wherever I went, in every part of the country, I had so many people coming up to me who'd won so much money on that day, and it changed people's lives, so it's a very amazing thing.
"I moved the stock market [because of fears about bookmakers' losses]. It was crazy what happened, but it's nice that it can happen and people made a lot of money."
Two decades on from the day when the jockey's trademark flying dismount first reached a wider audience, he remembers events "like yesterday… every detail", reeling off the names of the horses involved, and how he was rating their prospects as he left home in Newmarket for the 100-mile journey to Ascot.
"I thought I had a couple of chances on the day," he said. "I thought I'd definitely win the first [on Wall Street] because it was a small field and we'd get a nice, easy lead.
"Diffident [race two] I didn't fancy at all; [2000 Guineas winner] Mark Of Esteem I thought had a great chance in the QEII [featured Queen Elizabeth II  Stakes] but had the great filly Bosra Sham to beat; Decorated Hero, my fourth one, had top weight and a bad draw - I couldn't see him winning.
"Fatefully [race five], she had a chance, but it looked a very tricky race and a big field; then came Lochangel in a small field which looked to be a match race between me and Pat [Eddery], so I was pretty hopeful; my last horse, Fujiyama Crest, had won the race the year before with a small weight but was completely out of form and was carrying top weight so I couldn't dream of him winning."
I too have a clear memory of the disbelief that mounted as the successes kept being clocked up, though my recollection is not from the stands or paddock at Ascot, but from a friend's wedding at which many of the guests were followers of a variety of sports.
The groom had been circulating, updating us with bogus football scores - he claimed Dettori's beloved Arsenal, who had just appointed Arsene Wenger as manager, were being beaten by Sunderland, though they actually won 2-0 - and I quickly dismissed his insistence that the then-25-year-old reigning champion jockey had won "another at Ascot" and a few minutes later "another".
The Lochangel success - making it six - equalled a British record held at the time jointly by Sir Gordon Richards (at Chepstow, 1933), Alec Russell (at the now defunct Bogside, 1957) and Willie Carson (Newcastle, 1990), all more 'bog-standard' fixtures compared to Ascot on one of the marquee days of the season.
"After Lochangel, the euphoria came out, and I was delighted," says Dettori. "I sprayed champagne at everyone, it was great.
"Never in a million years did I think I'd win the seventh, but I remember putting my colours on and giving the saddle to Michael Stoute [trainer of Fujiyama Crest] and I said to him: 'Look, I'm on fire, so if this horse gets beat, it's all your fault', and he laughed.
"We went out and got a standing ovation from the public which was very touching, but I was very relaxed and serene because I didn't really believe the horse could win."
However, sent off as 2-1 favourite, having been six times those odds earlier, Fujiyama Crest led all the way and clung on for victory by a neck from Northern Fleet and Eddery, who was runner-up four times during the afternoon.
Dettori believes that the horse - who ultimately spent his retirement with his jockey's family, and only died last year - had a "sixth sense" that something was up and performed beyond his ability.
Ascot was a picture of cheering crowds and long queues in front of ashen-faced bookmakers, some of whom actually went bust as a result of the day's events. For the hero of the hour, there were countless media interviews to perform and thousands of autograph hunters to satisfy before the return home.
"I didn't know what to think," he recalls. "Because I did everything right - usually you think, I should have done this on this one, I should have done that on that one, but that was the first time everything went right.
"And then I got home and my wife Catherine - she was my fiancée then - dragged me to a friend's birthday party, where I didn't want to go, and so we ended up having a bit of an argument, so it was a bit of a sad end to a great day to be honest with you.
"I got up next morning and opened the door to get the papers, and there were a few cameras outside my house and I was in my underpants - it was one of those Notting Hill embarrassing moments - and only then did I realise this was really headline news."
During the 20 years since, Dettori has continued to make headline news, though not quite on the scale of Ascot. There have been many more big-race winners, of course, and regular TV appearances, on Top Of The Pops and Question of Sport and, more recently, Celebrity Big Brother.
But low moments too: the 2000 plane crash at Newmarket in which pilot Patrick Mackey died; losing his job as number one jockey to Sheikh Mohammed and being written off in some quarters; and a six-month drugs ban for cocaine use.
Dettori, now riding principally for Qatari Sheikh Joaan Al Thani and his Al Shaqab operation, describes himself as "colourful" and his career as a "rollercoaster", and he intends to continue for a few years at least.
"I've achieved everything I wanted to achieve," he said. "Now I'm at a later stage of my career, I'm really trying to enjoy it, and embrace it, as much as I can because I'm not going to be here forever [though] I'll get to 50 riding, no problem,"
And, nearly 30 years on from his initial success in Britain, in June 1987, as an Italian teenager speaking little English, is the enthusiasm still there? The answer is immediate and emphatic: "More than before because I know that I'm running out of time."