BBC bosses have defended differences in spending between Wales and Scotland.

Director General Lord Hall was among senior managers giving evidence to the assembly's culture committee.
The BBC's new charter includes an extra £8.5m for BBC Wales programming, while BBC Scotland will get a new TV channel with £19m new investment and a £30m total annual budget.
Lord Hall said the BBC had considered the "very different needs of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland."
He added that BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies had conducted "extensive research" and had found a lack of appetite for a so-called Welsh Six news programme that would encompass world, UK and Welsh news.
Lord Hall said: "We did see issues around the reach of our services, particularly the changes we have made to the availability of Radio Wales fits into that.
"We also wanted to ensure that we were building up the English language programming on BBC One Wales.
"That seemed to me, and to Rhodri, the right answer to the Welsh issue which is: how we can do more in the English language to the whole of Wales? And BBC One Wales, because it is doing so well, seems the best route to that, rather than going down the route of a new channel as we have done in Scotland."
Labour AM Lee Waters said the BBC had created "a beast you are going to have to feed" by introducing a new channel in Scotland, which "will forever put us at a disadvantage in terms of investment."
Lord Hall rejected the claim, and added later that extra funding for the BBC's national services came at a time of cuts in other areas of the broadcaster's operations.
"The additional investment we have made in Wales, and in Scotland and Northern Ireland, are the only additional commitments we have made through our savings programme to more funding.
"As you know, the BBC overall has a flat funding settlement for the next five years. These are, so far, the only commitments we have made and that's because I believe very strongly in what we are trying to do in the nations and regions."
Asked about a previous commitment to consider introducing opt-out news bulletins for Wales on Radio 1 and Radio 2, Lord Hall said technology was proving a "block" to the plans as FM transmitters overlapped national borders.
"We have got an issue here - it's really difficult, if we could achieve it I would like to achieve it. We have run up against technical issues.
"There's no way of breaking the FM transmission so that you give Bristol and the Somerset zone what they want, and what we would like to deliver to Cardiff and the zone around Cardiff. We can't find a way around it. We want to find a way around it - this is not about money or policy, we are trying to find a way around it."
BBC Cymru Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said changing FM transmitters in Wales could impact the radio services of around a million listeners in England.
He said: "It's a huge problem, and it's a problem of geography. We know that around 60% of the population of Wales lives within around 40 miles of Cardiff. And if the frequencies (from transmitters in Wales) cannot be prevented from reaching south west England, there are around a million listeners in the Bristol area who are dependent on the frequencies that come from Wales."
"That's not a matter of building new transmitters. The problem is that additional FM spectrum is not available."


Eddie Jones has been described as "one of the top six coaches in the world" by BBC rugby commentator Ian Robertson - but a "school teacher" by former Australia captain David Campese.

Jones, 55, has become England's new head coach following talks with the Rugby Football Union on Thursday.
Appointed as successor to Stuart Lancaster, the Australian is the 2003 World Cup winners' first foreign coach.
But what exactly are England getting; an attack-minded saviour or a dour administrator?
Jones was the head coach of South African Super Rugby side Stormers, but did not take charge of a match having only agreed to join the club in September after coaching Japan at the World Cup.
His experience with Japan was his third taste of the global tournament after guiding Australia to the final in 2003, where they lost to England, and acting as technical director for South Africa in their 2007 tournament victory.
At the recent World Cup, Jones' Japan played some exciting, attacking rugby, most notably in their shock 34-32 victory over South Africa.
And Robertson feels this is representative of the way the 55-year-old likes his teams to play.
"He has patterns and ways of coaching and plays a good brand of rugby," said the BBC's Robertson. "He believes in the freedom of speech on the field - you have to score tries and play good rugby.
"He goes for the ball players and the creators, rather than the thud, bang, crash, wallop person."
Jones recently criticised the Six Nations for being "a dour affair" that is "built on the foundation of not allowing the opposition to score points".
However, Campese suggests Jones' playing style and approach is far more conservative.
"You're going to find very structured play and he's going to have the players that do what he tells them to do. It is a robotic style," the ex-Australia skipper told BBC Radio 5 live.
"The whole idea about rugby is playing on the field and entertaining people and getting people to come and watch the game. I think that Eddie will do the job, you'll win, but it's not going to be the fanciest style of rugby.
Jones brings "a lot of calmness" to the role, according to former South Africa second-row Bakkies Botha, who worked under the Australian at the 2007 World Cup.
"When you play against a team that Eddie Jones coaches, you know you will get a surprise package in the game," said Botha.
"He coached the Japanese team and they outplayed the Springboks through cleverness, not brutality or strength, and that's the type of coach Eddie is."
Before he had any contact with the RFU over the England job, Jones was critical of the handling of code-convert Sam Burgess, who has returned to rugby league after England's dismal World Cup campaign.
"They definitely weren't focused enough on how to improve Burgess as a player," Jones said. "You have a guy who comes from rugby league and you ask him to play in two completely different positions - how silly is that?"
Robertson admits there will be aspects of the England set-up that Jones would like to change - notably central contracts for players for more control - but feels the Australian will operate well within the RFU structure.
"He will be happy with the set-up the RFU offer him," said Robertson. "They have the best hotels, the best training facilities and the best gyms. I think he will concentrate very heavily on the playing side.
"He is not necessarily going to agree with everything the RFU want. What he will want is for the players to be contracted to him and then sub-contracted back to the clubs, which is what happens in Ireland. He probably won't get that in England as the clubs are too powerful.
"But he is fully aware and accepting the job so he knows that is one of the drawbacks."
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Following Stuart Lancaster's departure from the head coach role, the RFU said it was searching for a replacement with "international experience" - a criteria that ruled out most English coaches but one which Jones certainly satisfies.
However, Campese says opting for a foreign coach like Jones, who he feels is no improvement on Lancaster, shows that England are "desperate".
He suggests the RFU should have looked at home-grown candidates like former England international and Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards.
"I don't think they should have stuck with Stuart Lancaster because he's a school teacher. Unfortunately rugby is a professional sport and we don't need school teachers. I think Eddie is one as well," he said.
"You've got a guy called Dean Richards. A guy like that played for England, great player, gone through the system, apparently he's a very good coach. Why can't you employ someone like that? Then you get a structure underneath.
"Don't you want an Englishman to coach an English team and win the World Cup?
"It obviously shows that after the World Cup you guys are lost. You've got all the money in the world and all the players and you've still got no idea how to play the game.
"It looks like you're desperate and will just pay the money to get somebody who you think is going to help you."
Robertson, though, feels Jones is the right man to restore England's fortunes.
"He is a very good coach and he has been at the top of the game for 15 years.
"By the demands of the RFU, that he be an international figure and be highly successful - that is exactly what Eddie Jones has been.
"As a player, you want the best possible coach. You want a guy who is good at man management and not too intense and he is all of that.
"He will get it to the stage where the players will do anything for him. England are very lucky to get him."


The Lord Mayor's Show went ahead in London with flags at half mast, fireworks cancelled and a two-minute silence following the attacks in Paris.

City of London Police said a "proportional policing operation" was in place. Armed officers were present.
The new Lord Mayor Jeffrey Mountevans led the two-minute silence marking the Paris attacks.
This year's events marked the 800th anniversary of the role of lord mayor of the City of London.
Organisers cancelled the fireworks, saying: "It is time for a show of solidarity with the victims of an atrocious terrorist attack and not a time for celebrations."
Instead, Tower Bridge was lit up in the colours of the French flag from 16:30 GMT "as a mark of respect", they said.
The Library of Birmingham was also lit up in the red, white and blue colours of the Tricolore, as was Blackpool Tower, Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower, the London Eye, the National Gallery, Norwich City Hall and Leeds Arena.
Coventry Cathedral was also lit up as part of a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Luftwaffe bombing raid on the city.
In central London two vigils took place at Trafalgar Square - one earlier in the day and one in the evening. Both were organised by French residents in London.
At the evening vigil hundreds of people held their phones aloft, the light of their screens illuminating the darkness, or lit candles.
London has about 300,000 French residents, which has led some people to suggest that it is France's six biggest city in terms of population.
A similar vigil also took place in Liverpool attended by French nationals and students.
Hanna Corbett, a Nottingham University student from St Albans has spoken about the "nightmare" of being caught up in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
And the London School of Economics has said one of its former students, Valentin Ribet, who graduated in International Business Law in 2014, was one of those who died on Friday night.
Secondary school students from Croydon, south London, who were among those in Paris at the time of the attacks have arrived home.
Pupils and teachers from Riddlesdeown Collegiate cut short their trip and sobbed as they arrived back at St Pancras Station amid tight security at the terminal.
"It's been obviously very worrying for us and for our parents," said principal Soumick Dey. "It's lovely to see them all safe back here now."
At Gatwick Airport a French man was arrested and the North Terminal was evacuated as a precautionary measure after a firearm was found.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "We regard Paris as our sister city, a place for which we have deep reserves of love and admiration and respect.
"We are two capitals united in our values - democratic freedom, openness and tolerance.
"The people who launched the attacks last night have no such values. They wish to undermine the things we hold most precious."
The Lord Mayor's Show was the first public engagement for maritime expert Mr Mountevans, who is the 688th mayor to fill the position, representing the city in financial and business matters across the world.


Net entrepreneur Kim Dotcom plans to relaunch the Megaupload web storage system in January 2017.

The original Megaupload file-sharing site proved enormously popular and was thought to have about 50 million users a day at its peak.
It was shut down in 2012, following accusations by the US that copyright pirates made heavy use of it.
The new service would reinstate the accounts of all former users of the original Megaupload, said Mr Dotcom.
Plans for the revived Megaupload were revealed in a series of tweets by the German-born entrepreneur, who now lives in New Zealand.
He said it would be formally launched on 20 January - five years to the day since his home was raided by police investigating the "massive" amount of pirated material available via Megaupload.
Since the raid, Mr Dotcom has waged a lengthy legal battle to fight accusations that he profited from others abusing Megaupload and to recover the assets seized at the time.
He is also fighting attempts to extradite him to the US to face trial over his control of Megaupload.
The tweets suggest that the new Megaupload service will involve the Bitcoin virtual currency.
However, it is not clear whether it is being used as a payment system or as a way to track what people share via the service.
It is also not clear how accounts created on the original service will be reinstated.
Mr Dotcom wrote that emails would be sent to former users when the service was ready for them to rejoin it.
Mr Dotcom has also said the 2017 version will:
As well as sending messages about the new service, Mr Dotcom issued an appeal to former Megaupload staff to get in touch to help bring it to life.
In the years since the raid, Mr Dotcom has dabbled in New Zealand politics and launched a separate file-sharing and storage service called Mega.
He resigned from Mega's board of directors in 2013, and since then the company's other investors have taken control and run it separately.


Sony has told owners of older models of its PlayStation 3 console to stop using the machine because of a problem with the PlayStation Network.

The problem is affecting people using the older versions of the PlayStation 3, called the "Fat" model.
The problem isn't affecting the newer PS3 Slim systems that have been on sale since September last year.
Sony have also said they are aiming to have the problem fixed shortly but is advising some users to avoid using their console for the time being.
"We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours," a statement reads. "In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.
"We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system."
The PlayStation Network is used by millions of people around the world.
It allows users to play their friends at games like Fifa over the internet and also do things like download software or visit online stores.


Russia's largest energy company, Gazprom, has reported a big drop in annual profits after being hit by the fall in the value of the rouble.

The company reported a net profit of 159bn roubles ($3.1bn: Â£2bn) for 2014, down 86% from a 1.14-trillion-rouble profit the year before.
Last year's fall in oil prices also contributed to the plunge in profits.
At the same time, a debt and pricing dispute meant Gazprom cut gas supplies to Ukraine, one of its key markets.
Gas sales to Europe and other countries declined by 8.5%.
Energy analyst David Hunter at consultancy Schneider Electric said: "Gazprom is facing a perfect storm of faltering European gas demand, economic sanctions on Russia, the falling rouble and global oversupply in liquefied natural gas.
"This is a subtext to a larger geopolitical story, with Europe keen to create an 'energy union' and reduce its dependence on Russian gas, particularly on its eastern borders.
"On the upside, there has been a 30% bounce in oil prices from January lows, which, if sustained, will feed through into revenues in the medium term.  The rouble has stabilised recently, and around 30% of European gas demand is still being met by Russian supply.
"In the longer term, Russia is looking east to Chinese markets as an outlet for its vast reserves and an alternative pipeline market to Europe in future.
"Still, these are challenging times for the company."


A fundraising campaign towards a museum celebrating the achievements of two-time Formula One champion Jim Clark is closing in on its target.

The drive was launched this year to raise the final £300,000 towards the project in Duns in the Borders.
A crowdfunding campaign which is coming to a close has raised more than £90,000, with more than £175,000 coming from direct donations and other groups.
The Jim Clark Trust has urged the public to keep contributions coming.
It thanked all the supporters who had already backed the proposals, which will cost £1.6m in total.
It has secured £1.3m but launched the campaign earlier this year to bridge the funding gap.
It is now within about £35,000 of that goal.
Scottish Borders Council has pledged £620,000 towards the museum with a similar sum coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Planning permission has been given, subject to the work starting in the next three years.
It is hoped the development could be completed by 2018 - the 50th anniversary of Clark's death at Hockenheim in Germany, aged just 32.
The driver was born in Kilmany in Fife, but raised in the Borders, and was crowned Formula One world champion in 1963 and 1965. He won a total of 25 grand prix races.


Gardening could be a powerful weapon against malaria, culling mosquito populations by cutting off their food supply, say researchers.

A team tested their idea in nine villages in the arid Bandiagara district of Mali, West Africa.
Removing flowers from a common shrub appeared to kill off lots of the older, adult, female, biting insects that transmit malaria.
Without enough nectar the "granny" mosquitoes starve, experts believe.
Getting rid of the mature females can stop the cycle of malaria transmission.
These Anopheles mosquitoes carry the malaria parasite in their salivary glands and pass it on to people when they bite and draw blood.
The infected person can then infect other younger, biting, female mosquitoes - which are looking for a rich blood meal as they become fertile and make eggs - because their blood now contains the parasite.
It takes about 10 days for a newly infected young female mosquito to become contagious to humans. That may not sound long, but for an insect, it is.
By the time she can transmit malaria, she's pretty old.
Although she will feed on blood, she also relies on flower nectar for energy to stay alive.
In the Bandiagara district of Mali, there is one invasive plant that researchers believe is a feeding ground for malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.
The flowering Prosopis juliflora shrub is a bit of a horticultural thug and now occupies millions of hectares of the African continent.
Native to Central and South America, it was introduced into Africa in the late 1970s in an attempt to reverse deforestation and "green up" the desert.
Experts in Mali, along with researchers from the Hebrew University of Hadassah Medical School, Israel, and the University of Miami in the US, set up a horticultural experiment to see if removing the flowers from this plant might help kill off local mosquitoes.
They picked nine villages - six with lots of the flowering shrub and three without.
In three of the six villages, they hacked down the flowers.
They set light traps around all the villages to catch mosquitoes so they could see if the "gardening" had helped cull the insects.
Villages where they removed the flowers saw mosquito numbers collected in the traps fall - the total number of mosquitoes across these villages decreased by nearly 60% after removal of the flowers.
Importantly, the number of old female mosquitoes dropped to similar levels recorded in the three villages without any of the shrubs.
They don't have direct proof, but the researchers believe the mosquitoes died of starvation.
The reported their findings in the journal Malaria Research.
Prof Jo Lines is a malaria control expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
He says the novel approach holds amazing potential, alongside other malaria prevention strategies.
"It appears to show that by changing the landscape, not using insecticides or drugs, we can make a difference."
But he said it might not work so well in lush tropical regions where nectar-rich plants are in abundance.
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Donegal's Ryan McHugh is believed to be optimistic that the ankle injured he sustained against Monaghan on Sunday is not as serious as first feared.

McHugh will have a scan in Letterkenny Hospital on Wednesday.
The Kilcar man underwent treatment at Ulster University Jordanstown campus on Monday which included a session in the campus' hydro pool.
2016 Allstar McHugh has been Donegal's most impressive performer during the Football League.
Such have been his recent displays, some people now view McHugh as being as crucial to Donegal's fortunes as captain Michael Murphy.
At this stage, McHugh has not been ruled out of Donegal's final Division One round robin game against Mayo in Castlebar.
A Donegal victory this weekend will guarantee them a place in the Division One final if Monaghan fail to beat Dublin at Clones.
However, Donegal will face a Mayo side needing a draw to ensure they retain their Division One status.
A Mayo defeat will see them going down if Cavan defeat already-relegated Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park.
Dublin set a new league and championship record of 35 games unbeaten when they hammered Roscommon last weekend and Jim Gavin's side will be expected to avoid defeat at St Tiernach's Park.
McHugh is understood to have sustained the injury which his foot got caught a rut on the Ballyshannon pitch.


An internet radio station produced by and for people with disabilities is celebrating 10 years of broadcasting.

Able Radio started life as an in-house production in Cwmbran, Torfaen in 2006.
Two years later it was broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
General manager Rob Symons says it aims to give a voice to people with disabilities, adding: "The experience is a good way of developing people's self-esteem, confidence and communication.
"The key factor is that everyone who works on air has some sort of impairment or disability.
"We have a lot of people who come here with learning disabilities who are very passionate about radio and music so they get involved on air.
"We also have people with mobility impairments and it's all about playing off everyone's strengths."
Although it is difficult to track listener figures on the internet, Able Radio has around two thousand regular followers on social media.
Dan Hiley, who is part of the station's flagship programme The Cool Crew At Noon, said:  "We have music, we do 'This Day in History', I do a poem and I also do my telebox review - what listeners would like to watch on TV."
The skills gained by those working on the radio programmes have been so beneficial that Able now runs training courses and a day centre to give others similar opportunities.
Debbie Nash says attending the centre has made a big difference to her life.
"I like doing arts and craft, I like going on the laptops and also I catch a bus here on my own which I couldn't do before," she said.
"It's made me more independent."


Blackburn Rovers owners Venky's have denied receiving a joint-ownership proposal and say they will not reduce their stake in the Championship club.

Local businessmen Ian Battersby and Ian Currie were reported to have made an investment proposal through their company, Seneca Partners.
In March, the club's latest financial results revealed debts of £104.2m.
"We, the owners of the club, have no intention of selling or diluting our stake," Venky's said in a statement.
"We are totally and absolutely committed to supporting the club and endeavour for its advancement in all aspects."
Blackburn finished 15th in the Championship, and are without a manager after former boss Paul Lambert opted to leave the club at the end of the season.


Would you take your children out of school during term-time?

The Supreme Court has ruled against a father who took his daughter on an unauthorised term-time break.
But between travel companies' elevated school holiday prices and the need to juggle work commitments, some parents say they cannot always go away during the school holidays and that it should be their decision to make.
Hayley, 39, says she is "fuming" at the ruling.
Together with her husband Martin, the couple, from Cheshire, took their children Archie, aged five, and Ruby, six, out of school in January to attend a family wedding in India.
As Archie was under five at the time, his absence did not cause problems. But Ruby's did.
Not long after they returned, letters arrived from the local council to inform them that they were being fined a total of Â£120.
"I'm not going to pay it," she said. "They basically brandish you a criminal."
Hayley had asked the school for permission but says she never received a reply.
"Why should you be dictated to?" she said.
"It's made no difference to Ruby. She's never missed anything important.
"India was such a different country to go to. It taught them things. It was such a good experience."
Hayley is frustrated by what she sees as inconsistencies in the enforcement of the rules.
"Some children have a really bad attendance but don't get fined. Ruby's attendance was close to 100%.
"We took work on the plane and I encouraged her to do writing and reading while we were away."
There has been criticism that the rule does not allow enough discretion for people's individual circumstances.
Marcus, 41, has a very good reason for not being able to take his children away during school holidays - it is his job to refurbish schools while the pupils are away.
"You need to spend time with your children. Just saying no is unrealistic for people," he said.
"I haven't been able to go away during the summer break since my children were born." Harry, his eldest, is nine and Samuel is five.
With his partner Laura, Marcus took his children out of school for two weeks in October to visit Disney World in Florida.
"It was a very special one," he said. "The memories will last for a lifetime.
"They swam with dolphins and Harry came back with loads of knowledge about dolphins."
But the school recorded the absence as unauthorised leave and Marcus is worried they may now be fined.
"They sympathised with my situation but said that they could not risk getting into trouble authorising it," he said.
"My children have high attendance rates and I understand the need to prevent unnecessary absence, but if you make the children do a diary and read while on holiday then I honestly do not see the harm going during term-time."
Though the Supreme Court ruling might make Marcus think twice about taking his children out of school to go on holiday, he does not think it would stop him.
"I feel I deserve time with my children away from work, school and day-to-day pressures.
"I feel holidays provide this space to relax and enjoy time together, to explore other countries, cultures and ways of life.
"I do not feel that taking time out is jeopardising my children's education, if anything it brings greater variety to it."
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A birthday card which has been passed between a father and daughter for 33 years has gone missing in the post.

Claire Fuller has been exchanging the card with her father after she first sent it to him in 1984.
Stephen Fuller posted the card, which has a picture of a glum yellow duck wearing red wellington boots, in Thame, Oxfordshire, on 10 February.
Ms Fuller, from Winchester, said her 78-year-old father felt "gutted" after it failed to arrive.
The pair started sending the card back and forth after Mr Fuller added a message to it and returned the card to his daughter for her 18th birthday in 1985.
"I sent it back the next year and we just carried on," she said.
"It's very flimsy - we squeeze in message every year - but round the duck it's getting tighter and tighter with the writing getting smaller and smaller.
"We both feel so sad it's gone missing."
An appeal to find the card has currently been liked 2,630 times and had more than 3,980 retweets on Twitter.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Every item of mail is important to us. We appreciate the sentimental value of this card and are seeing if we can trace it.
"We would always advise customers sending valuables or cash through the post to use a tracked service."


A third man has died as a result of a crane collapsing at a building site.

David Webb, 43, from Cambridgeshire, was injured when the crane tilted and fell at a site in Crewe, Cheshire on 21 June. He died on 25 July as a result of his injuries.
David Newall, 36, from Bradford, and Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford, West Yorkshire also died in the accident.
The Health and Safety Executive and Cheshire East Council are investigating.
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Mr Webb was originally from Northampton but was living in St Neots. His father died six days before he did.
His family said he died doing a job he loved and was passionate about.
"Dave was a fun loving character who lived his life to the full. He was known for his large personality and sung his way through life," a family statement said.
The building site, which was formerly part of the Bombardier works complex, belongs to Seddon Homes.
A nearby resident said he had seen the crane being used to lift tools when it started to tilt and then fall.
The HSE said it is aware of the incident and is working fully with Cheshire Police in its investigation.


A vegetarian cafe's decision to refuse the new £5 note sparked a vigorous and sometimes heated debate - and underlined how difficult it is to be a committed vegan in a world awash with animal products.

From going out for a beer to washing your hair or choosing a new car, countless aspects of vegan life involve making a choice about how far principles should trump practicality.
As the row over the new fiver demonstrates - the banknotes had already been in circulation for weeks before it emerged they contained traces of animal fat - living a life entirely free of even the merest animal traces is far from straightforward.
As the Vegan Society states: "To live as a vegan in a non-vegan world takes both courage and curiosity." So just how difficult is it?
Sam East, 44, has been a vegan for 25 years.
She believes people can "only do the best they can" when it comes to avoiding traces of animals in what they eat, or what they use - and she says she will be using the new £5 notes.
"I am not happy about the money but we are foolish as vegans to think this is the only thing that has got past us," she said.
"It's about choice and control - what can I do if it's out of my control?
"Processing film used to use gelatine, so vegans would have unknowingly been doing that for years when they got their photos printed.
"Because we didn't know that, does it make us any less vegan?"
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Nestled in an alleyway directly opposite King's College Cambridge, the Rainbow Cafe has long been known as one of the city's veggie and vegan hotspots.
Its owner's choice to stop accepting new £5 note, because the polymer contains a type of animal fat, has catapulted the cafe into the centre of a public debate.
Comments flew back and forth on social media, with one Facebook user posting: "So reject all customers wearing leather shoes, jackets, woolly jumpers & hats etc & go bankrupt!
"Unbelievable that yet again an insane minority is dictating to a sane majority!"
The cafe's owner, Sharon Meijland, said she had simply been making a stand, and had been left "shocked and frightened" at some of the "hatred" she had received online.
Earlier this year, hundreds of thousands of people read a BBC News story about fish swim bladders.
Not a topic regularly on the news agenda, granted - but the story was also about beer, and the gelatine made from fish swim bladders that is widely used to make the drink clear, bright and more attractive.
Certain beers are already approved by the Vegetarian Society, and the Campaign for Real Ale called on other brewers to look for vegetarian and vegan-friendly alternatives.
But brewers are far from the only producers to use animals as part of the manufacturing process.
Winemakers also often use animal products, including gelatine or milk protein, to remove impurities.
Like the new £5 notes, soap, candles, lipstick, crayons and plastic bags can all contain tallow.
Avoiding animal products becomes particularly difficult if you want to buy a car, where they are widely used in all manner of components.
"There's a kind of Bentley that uses 14 individual cow hides," said motoring journalist Ryan McElroy from Car Keys.com.
He wrote an article on which car to buy if you are a vegan after realising there was very little information available.
"Every single vehicle on the road has animal products in - you can't avoid it," he told the BBC.
"Tallow is used to toughen tyres and tubing, steel is coated with lubricants made from animal products, and leather often features heavily in interiors.
"It definitely surprised me, the extent to which things aren't vegan-friendly."
Mr McElroy said Tesla was one company offering an alternative, as it had started manufacturing vegan-friendly models, and an imitation suede product had increased in popularity.
"Paul McCartney got a Lexus kitted out with Alcantara, the faux suede, which is approved by Peta," he said.
"But apparently he was a bit miffed about the carbon footprint when they flew it out to him instead of shipping it."
For many, choosing to avoid animal products is a way of life, and being forced to use a banknote containing tallow is simply unacceptable.
Damian Eade, co-owner of Havant-based ethical vegetarian company Vegeco Ltd, believes the notes contravene the Equalities Act 2010.
"We would never choose to carry products made from animal fat in our pockets. That is being imposed upon us by the Bank of England," he wrote in a letter to the UK's central bank.
He suggests there is a case for indirect discrimination against a religion or belief, saying "a failure to immediately remove the animal fat from new notes and withdraw old ones would be a failure to make 'reasonable adjustment' towards millions of vegetarians, vegans, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, etc."
Mr Eade said making a legal case would present the hard facts and "take the emotion" out of the argument.
It has been calculated that the total amount of tallow contained in all the new banknotes equates to just over half a cow - but Mr Eade says that to argue there is "just a trace" of animal fat in each plastic fiver "misses the point completely".
"Most people wouldn't feel it appropriate if a restaurant claimed there was only 'trace' of the chef's urine in the soup - or that a trace of child labour in your cheap clothes is not worth worrying about," he said.
But Ms East, who runs a business selling vegan and spiritual jewellery and crafts, said she believed there were more important issues to deal with than the £5 note.
"You can say you're vegan, but if you buy non-organic veg, it'll be covered in wax sometimes," she said.
"We have to make choices on a daily basis - a holiday cottage I went to this year had a leather sofa in, and I chose to sit on it instead of the floor.
"Nobody can lead this perfect lifestyle. You can only do the best you can, and no-one's going to judge you.
"If you're on a desert island and the only thing you can survive on is meat, what would you do? While I have a choice, I choose the vegan path, but self-preservation always comes through first."


Two south Wales fire crews were attacked by youths as they dealt with separate incidents on Bonfire Night.

A crew from Cwmbran, Torfaen, was attacked with bottles by about 15 youngsters after putting out a bonfire in the Greenmeadow area of the town.
Youths also threw stones and shouted abuse at firefighters putting out a grass fire in the Phillipstown area of New Tredegar, Caerphilly, on Saturday.
Two people were arrested in Newport after reports fireworks were thrown.
Gwent Police said the pair were arrested on suspicion of public order offences after the alleged incident in Corporation Road in the Pill area of the city at around 19:20 GMT.
The attacks on firefighers come after a crew was attacked with fireworks in Cardiff on Tuesday.
No-one was injured in either of the incidents but South Wales Fire Service confirmed CCTV footage from its appliances would be passed to Gwent Police.
The incidents happened within 30 minutes of each other on a night when firefighters in south Wales had 309 calls between 16:00 GMT and midnight with the "majority relating to bonfire/firework activity".
The Aberbargoed crew was targeted in the first incident on Saturday at around 21:30 near Fernhill Terrace in Phillipstown.
A South Wales Fire Service spokesman added a "group of around 15 male and female youths" then attacked the Cwmbran crew near Barnets, just off Ty Gwyn Way.
Meanwhile, Barry firefighters were called to a second-floor fire at a hair salon in Church Road just after 21:30 after a firework accidentally went through an open window.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had between 10 and 15 calls linked to fireworks between 17:00 and 20:00 but confirmed there were no major incidents.


Ireland will play World Cup winners New Zealand and runners-up Australia as part of their autumn international series in Dublin in November 2016.

Joe Schmidt's side will face an as yet unknown Tier 2 nation on Saturday 12 November, followed by a match against the All Blacks on 19 November.
The Wallabies will visit the Aviva Stadium a week later, with the kick-off times still to be confirmed.
The Irish have never beaten New Zealand but came close in Dublin in 2013.
On that occasion, a converted injury-time try gave the All Blacks a last-gasp 24-22 victory.
"We again have a very attractive series to look forward to in 2016," said IRFU chief executive Philip Browne.
"New Zealand return to Ireland for the first time since that incredible game in 2013 and Australia have shown that they are one of the most exciting and effective teams in world rugby after winning the Rugby Championship and finishing runner-up at the Rugby World Cup in 2015," he added.
Meanwhile, Ireland Women will host England and Canada in November 2016 in their first ever home autumn international Series.
Ireland, who played their first autumn international last month away to England, will host the return fixture in Dublin on the weekend of 12-13 November, before taking on Canada the following weekend.


Video images of people who use an alleyway as a toilet will be shown in public in order to catch the caught-short offenders.

Cameras have been installed in West Alley, Hitchin, which has become a makeshift toilet as well as the scene of other anti-social behaviour.
To tackle the problem, police propose to make miscreants the stars of "PPTV".
Officers hope the prospect of being identified will "deter people from behaving in an offensive way".
Hertfordshire Police said anyone caught will also be issued with a fine of up to Â£60.
West Alley is a secluded area of Hitchin near Market Place.
CCTV is now being used to deter anti-social behaviour in the area, which has included urinating, drug activity, rowdy behaviour and graffiti.
A video image of a teenager fined after he was caught urinating there in the early hours of 10 July has been released, but with his face blurred.
However, police said future images will not be obscured.
Sergeant Richard Wilmot said: "We are responding directly to complaints made by the people who live in this area as the behaviour they have been experiencing is unacceptable.
"We hope that this warning will deter people from behaving in such an unpleasant and offensive way.
"If not, we will release CCTV images of individuals to see if the public can help us identify them so we can bring them to justice."
Patrols have been stepped up in the area .


Downhill mountain biking should be considered for Olympic recognition, says Britain's four-time World Cup champion Rachel Atherton.

British riders occupied the top three spots in last year's women's World Cup - success Atherton believes has helped encourage participation in the sport.
But the 28-year-old, who races in Scotland this weekend, says "everyone dreams of being an Olympic champion".
"It's everything an Olympic sport should be," Atherton told BBC Sport.
BMX racing became an Olympic sport for the 2008 Games in Beijing, and Atherton suggested that downhill mountain biking would benefit from inclusion.
She said: "I think it would be amazing. Being in the Olympics would change the sport. We saw it in BMX. It changes the way the sport is run."
Atherton says it would take pressure on the International Olympic Committee from top riders to earn the sport a place at the Games.
In 2014, her brother Gee suggested it should be part of the Winter Olympics. But Atherton is confident, even without Olympic participation, that the sport is "booming" in the UK.
The Trek Factory rider will line up against British rivals Manon Carpenter and Tahnee Seagrave this weekend for the third stage of this year's World Cup at Fort William, a venue she feels shows downhill mountain biking's popularity.
"British downhill riding is in a really good place at the minute and it's amazing to see," added Atherton, who won the opening two World Cup stages.
"The UK has got some amazing venues and really good places to ride. At Fort William, you see people with their kids, all on their bikes and they know all the riders. It's awesome."


Practical science lessons are being squeezed out by exam pressures on schools, says a science advisory body.

The Council for Science and Technology is writing to the education secretary to warn about the loss of such laboratory experiments.
The advisory body wants experiments to be protected in a shake-up of GCSEs and A-levels in England.
The council says that without practical lessons, science is "like studying literature without reading books".
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "The Council for Science and Technology rightly notes that our reforms 'will give teachers space and freedom' to conduct more experiments and practicals."
The council, which provides strategic advice to the prime minister, says that cramming for exams is restricting the opportunities for practical learning.
This focus on grades is "pushing inspiring practical work into the margins as teachers concentrate on preparing for examinations".
The council's letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove says that rather than being an optional extra, such practical experiments are the "essence of science and should be at the heart of science learning".
The changes to GCSEs and A-levels, including removing the modular structure of exams, should be used as an opportunity for more practical experiments, says the council.
Rather than "repetitive preparation for tests", the council says teachers should be able to "devise innovative and challenging practically based science curricula for their students, including more independent, project-based work".
Accompanying the letter is a report which argues that there has been a "steady erosion" of laboratory skills in school science over the past 20 years.
Prof Jim Iley, executive director of education and science at the Royal Society of Chemistry, said: "We cannot stress strongly enough the importance of developing practical skills in the lab."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "By scrapping modules and January assessments, our reforms will end the constant treadmill of exams and leave more time for experiments and practicals in science.
"We have also prioritised experiments in our new curriculum. Pupils will focus on practical work in primary school so they are ready to move on to more advanced laboratory work in secondary school."


A hotel had to be evacuated after a fire that affected three floors.

Eight engines and 40 firefighters were called out to the Hampton by Hilton Hotel in Corby at about 15:45 GMT on Saturday.
Northamptonshire Fire Service said everyone was accounted for, and that four people were treated at the scene after breathing in smoke.
The service said all the guests had been relocated and crews had returned to base by Sunday morning.
The cause of the fire, at the Rockingham Leisure Park on Princewood Road, is being investigated.
The hotel's duty manager said she was unable to provide any further details about the fire, but confirmed the hotel was closed.


Phil Taylor won twice in Sheffield to move three points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

The 16-time world champion, 55, beat Gary Anderson 7-3 and James Wade 7-4.
Michael van Gerwen lies second after beating Robert Thornton with a three-dart average of 117.95, the third-highest televised average in history.
Wade had earlier defeated Raymond van Barneveld before losing to Taylor, while Adrian Lewis and Peter Wright drew 6-6 in Thursday's other match.
Eight players remain in the competition after Dave Chisnall and Michael Smith were eliminated following the ninth round of fixtures.
The top four players after 16 round-robin matches will qualify for the play-offs in London on 19 May.
James Wade 7-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Anderson 3-7 Phil Taylor
Robert Thornton 5-7 Michael van Gerwen
Adrian Lewis 6-6 Peter Wright
Phil Taylor 7-4 James Wade


A man and woman have appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a father and son in the north of Glasgow.

Mark Lafferty and Adeline Clark allegedly attacked Mark McCowan, 45, and Dennis McCowan, 71, on 2 December.
Mr Lafferty, 53, and Ms Clark, 40, are accused of repeatedly stabbing them at a house in Baillieston.
Both are also accused of presenting a knife at Christine McCowan, 68, demanding money, forcing her upstairs and robbing her of Â£35.
The pair, both from Glasgow's east end, appeared in private from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
They made no plea or declaration.
Sheriff Allan Findlay remanded Mr Lafferty, who will appear again next week for a full committal hearing.
Ms Clark was granted bail and is expected to return to court at a later date.


The government is to make it harder for students from other European Union countries to get financial support for their living costs in England.

Currently, EU nationals who have lived in the UK for three years can apply for support for maintenance costs.
But from this autumn, new EU students in England will need five years of residency to qualify for assistance.
The government said the move was not related to the EU referendum and British relationships with the EU.
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills  said the department undertook a consultation on the issue last year and the move was about ensuring greater sustainability in the funding for higher education and bringing the UK into line with other EU countries.
The announcement means that EU nationals who start their courses in the academic year 2016-17 onwards will be required to demonstrate five years' residency in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
In a written statement to Parliament, Universities Minister Jo Johnson said the change would bring the UK into line with the rules applied by other EU countries, such as Germany and France , "who generally require five years' residency in the home country before students become eligible for living cost support".
He said: "The higher education student support budget is under pressure from increasing numbers of applicants from the EU, and the government is taking steps to manage the burden on the taxpayer.
"The government is therefore increasing the residency requirement that EU nationals must meet in order to be eligible for living cost support."
The increased residency requirement will not apply to UK nationals and the existing three-year residency rule will continue to apply to them.
EU students who are already studying, as well as migrant workers from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and their families, are not affected by the change.
Other changes to the student support package from this autumn mean maintenance grants for students from lower-income homes are being scrapped.
New maintenance loans will replace the grants, with full-time students eligible for a means-tested loan of up to Â£8,200.


Austerity in the UK has cut demand and output more than even pessimists predicted, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has told the BBC.

In an interview with Newsnight, Prof Summers also criticised the government's plan to guarantee some mortgage lending to boost the economy.
He told the programme he had some difficulty following the logic of UK fiscal policy.
The former World Bank chief economist has advised three US presidents.
Referring to last weeks Budget measure to help would-be home buyers by guaranteeing some mortgage borrowing, Prof Summers said a loan guarantee was more or less the same thing as a loan, and that taxpayers could be exposed to potential losses.
"I must say as an outside observer I have had some difficulty following the logic of British policy, I would have supposed - and it's something that's taught in basic finance text books - I would have thought a loan guarantee is more or less the same thing as a loan.
"Both expose tax payers to risk of loss."
Last week's Budget also saw predictions for UK growth halved.
He said that Britain was undertaking a powerful test as to whether austerity could create growth and that the results so far have not been encouraging.
"Britain has been a powerful and empirical test of the efficacy of determined, resolute austerity.
"The results so far have not been encouraging to advocates of that strategy.
"The results so far have suggested that in line with predictions that austerity has led to reductions in demand which has led to reductions in output, to an even greater extent than pessimists predicted."
Prof Summers said that reductions in output have led to downward revisions not just in current output but in projections as to the economy's future.
Prof Summers was a staunch advocate of bank deregulation in the late 1990s which some say played a key role in the recent financial crisis
He was critical of the way European leaders had managed the eurozone crisis, saying they had created uncertainty in people's minds, particularly over Cyprus.
Referring to the plan to tax all bank deposits, subsequently abandoned, he said: "A question has been lodged about what has previously been seen as absolute, the willingness to stand behind assured bank deposits."
He added though that he expects a way will be found for the eurozone to survive, as the consequences of it failing to survive would be "catastrophic".


As Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are no doubt finding out, divorce is painful - and expensive.

While the pain is the same for rich and poor, the expense, for the rich, can be a lot, lot greater.
The numbers are eye-watering, from estimated £600 an hour top-tier divorce lawyers, to massive pay-outs at the end of the case.
Financier Sir Chris Hohn holds the record for a British settlement, paying £337 million to his former wife, Jamie Cooper-Hohn in 2014.
Last year Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton spent £800,000 on legal fees and ended up splitting his (or, perhaps more accurately, their) £11m fortune down the middle.
Although Ms Jolie filed for the "dissolution of marriage" on Monday in the Los Angeles Superior Court, it is London that has become the divorce capital of the world for the super-rich.
Michael Gouriet, family law partner at Withers law firm in London explains the city's allure: "First, we have a system of sharing everything that has been built up in the marriage. All the assets are taken into account. Second, the courts have a very wide discretion, which translates into much greater scope to be very generous to the financially weaker spouse."
By contrast European divorce law tends more towards dividing assets based on how much the couples might need in their future lives.
Inconveniently for the partners of the super-rich, it is Monaco which follows this idea most assiduously.
Divorce in the Principality will only divide wealth that has been commonly created by the couple. If you had no money when you married someone rich, you'll probably have not much more when you divorce.
The website Monaco Wealth Management says getting divorced there "can be very tricky" and lays out quite clearly what happens when rich marries poor - and then divorces: " If you are a wealthy guy having €100m and you live with your wife from a monthly living cost of €5,000, then based on the standard law practice in Monaco the maximum you pay to your ex-wife is €300,000 Euro, which is the monthly living cost for five years. This means you will still keep 99.7% of your wealth."
So any Monaco-resident billionaire being subtly persuaded by their spouse to up sticks to London might want to think carefully.
But just being in England or Wales doesn't get you the right to have a divorce there. You don't need citizenship, but you do need what is loosely called "residency".
And the jurisdiction in which you file for divorce can be crucial.
Take the case of Pauline Chai and her estranged tycoon husband Khoo Kay Peng, who owns 40% of fashion retailer Laura Ashley. Ms Chai owns a £30m property in Hertfordshire.
Together they spent a reported £5-6m in legal fees simply fighting over whether to get divorced in England or Malaysia.
Ms Chai got her way and last year a High Court judge ruled that proceedings should be launched in England.
European regulations, under what's called "Brussels II Revised", cuts through the problem of jurisdiction by saying wherever a petition is filed in the EU's 27 countries, that is where the case continues.
However, Brexit may undo that. Mr Gouriet says: "It's not exactly clear how Brexit will change things but, it is possible that we may end up with a lot more fighting over jurisdictions, whether to hear cases in London, Rome, Paris or wherever."
Another attraction of London for a wealthy couple in search of separation, is that you can get a divorce settlement in London, even when you have already been divorced in another country.
Barbara Reeves Family Partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya told the BBC: "Originally this statutory provision was intended to protect migrants to England from the Commonwealth in the post war years - particularly where their country of origin would not make financial orders following divorce.
"More recently, given England's reputation as a generous divorce jurisdiction, this provision has been invoked by the spouses of internationally wealthy individuals who have made a home, or have a base, in London and surrounding counties."
The most famous example of this so-called "second bite at the cherry" is the £53m ($69m) award to the former model Christina Estrada, which followed a divorce  (without her knowledge) from businessman Sheikh Walid Juffali in Saudi Arabia in 2014.
London is also good for spouses who reckon their other halves have been less than honest about the extent of their wealth.
Mr Gouriet says: "English courts have very, very broad disclosure powers, not just in terms of individual wealth but also in terms of business interests and trusts, and decisions can be overturned five, ten years or even more after they were made, if a spouse is found not to have revealed the full extent of their wealth."
Alison Sharland, from Wilmslow in Cheshire, accepted a £10m settlement in her 2010 divorce from her husband Charles, a software entrepreneur, representing, she thought, half of his wealth and 30% of the proceeds of shares held by her husband in his company when he sold them.
But Ms Sharland alleged that he had lied about his company's value - which the financial press estimated to be worth about £600m, when the value used in the divorce case was £47m - as well as plans to float it on the stock market.
The Supreme Court found in Ms Sharland's favour last year allowing her to claim a greater share of her former husband's assets .
And the super-rich have become very proficient at finding obscure and distant mattresses under which they can stuff their wealth.
Some of them came to light through an unexpected source earlier this year - the Mossack Fonseca papers.
These secret "Panama Papers", more than 11 million documents, leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, showed how Mossack Fonseca, a global law firm based in Panama, shielded assets not just from the tax-man but from alimony-hungry spouses.
One email revealed in the leak reads: "A Dutch man married to a Dutch lady living in The Netherlands wants to protect part of his assets against the unpleasant results of a divorce (on the horizon!). What are your recommendations on this?"
Mossack Fonseca offered help to a husband in Thailand who wanted a "silver bullet" to protect his assets from his wife and an Ecuadorian customer was given assistance  "to acquire a Panamanian corporation to transfer assets before the divorce."
It is usually men who squirrel away assets from their wives, but the situation can be reversed. The Panama Papers also highlighted the case of a Peruvian woman who openly tells her financial consultants that she has hidden her assets in companies to prevent her husband from discovering that she had inherited money.
Mossack Fonseca representatives have said that they "regret any misuse of the companies we create or services we offer. Wherever possible we take steps to either uncover or stop such misuse."


Mobile phones should be banned from primary schools, according to the Scottish Conservatives.

The Tories also called for head teachers to be supported in imposing restrictions in secondaries.
They claim such a move could improve test scores and possibly reduce educational inequality.
The Scottish government said teachers already have powers to ban mobile phones from classrooms and many schools incorporated them into learning.
Officials issued specific guidance on promoting the safe and responsible use of mobile technology in schools in November 2013 - which said a ban would be impractical and unreasonable.
It highlighted positive ways in which technology can "enhance learning and teaching", but also acknowledged there were "risks" associated with young people bring their own mobile devices into schools, including disruption to classes and "more serious misuse such as bullying and harassment".
It concluded that it would be "unreasonable and impractical to attempt to impose a ban on mobile devices in schools", suggesting a "different approach" to promote safe and responsible use while taking a "robust but measured" line on "inappropriate use".
Scottish Conservative MSP Michelle Ballantyne urged the government to overhaul this guidance, calling for an outright ban on phones in primary schools and the introduction of restrictions on their use in secondary schools if head teachers deem it necessary.
The South Scotland MSP highlighted research from academics at the London School of Economics into the impact of banning phones in high schools in England.
It concluded that while phones "could be a useful learning tool if their use is properly structured", a 2013 survey of high schools in Birmingham, Leicester, London and Manchester found that "schools which restrict access to mobiles subsequently experience an improvement in test scores".
The LSE study also found that banning phones "improves outcomes for the low-achieving students the most" while having "no significant impact on high achievers" - suggesting that "banning mobile phones could be a low-cost way for schools to reduce educational inequality".
Ms Ballantyne said: "We are all becoming more and more reliant on smartphones and we know parents see them as valuable to ensure they can keep in contact with their children before and after school.
"But we do need to get the balance right. The evidence suggests that excessive smartphone use in schools can reduce educational attainment, particularly among low achievers. At the same time, we know that online bullying is a growing problem in schools.
"Many primary school teachers would like to see a ban on smartphones, something I support. And in secondary, head teachers who want to restrict the use of smartphones if they think it is necessary should be supported to do so.
"Given the explosion of smartphone use over the last few years, the Scottish government should be looking again at its four-year-old guidance. This may be a cost-free way to help boost standards in classrooms all over Scotland, giving teachers the support they need to deliver the high quality education we all want for pupils."
A spokesman for the Scottish government said: "Head teachers can already ban phones in school if they wish to, however phones are now being used effectively in classrooms to aid learning.
"We encourage local authorities and schools to think carefully about how to incorporate smart and mobile phones into learning and teaching."


There are "serious concerns" over the first minister's justification for sacking an EU funds monitoring committee chair, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has warned.

Labour AM Jenny Rathbone was fired after criticising Welsh ministers' spending on a proposed motorway scheme.
On Wednesday, Carwyn Jones told AMs she had been bound by "collective responsibility", like ministers.
Mr Davies has suggested this leads to a conflict of interest.
Under collective responsibility, ministers are expected to support government policies and not criticise them publicly.
Ms Rathbone also sits on the assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) - on which members of the Welsh government are not allowed to serve.
The Tory leader has written to Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler, saying there are now questions over the validity of some of the PAC's decisions.
He wrote: "The comments made by the first minister in the chamber yesterday are deeply damaging and bring into question the legitimacy and democratic nature of the assembly committees during this fourth assembly.
"Given the important role assembly committees are meant to play in ensuring proper and thorough scrutiny of decisions taken by the Welsh government, this development is one that causes serious concern."
He added: "These concerns are of course still applicable to the new chair [of the EU funds monitoring committee], Mick Antoniw, who also participates on a number of assembly committees."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Members of [assembly] committees are approved by the National Assembly for Wales.
"The chair of the PMC [Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds] is not a minister, but as the first minister made clear, should adhere to collective responsibility."
Labour AM Alun Davies, who has backed Ms Rathbone for opposing the planned M4 relief road around Newport, wrote on his blog on Thursday: "It is clear that this has been handled poorly by the government and the advice received by the first minister has led to far greater difficulties for the government than the original offence."
On Tuesday, Ms Rathbone said there was "an unhealthy culture at the top of the Welsh government which does not allow for rigorous debate and reflection on the best use of public funds".
Last week, she said she was "appalled" that Â£20m had been spent on preparatory work on the relief road.
A final decision on the project is due after the 2016 assembly election.


Three Liverpool Ladies players, including England midfielder Fara Williams, are set to miss the majority of the club's remaining games this season after picking up injuries.

Manager Matt Beard told BBC Sport that Williams and Nigeria striker Asisat Oshoala would miss "a couple of months" with hamstring and knee problems.
Defender Satara Murray (also hamstring) is expected to be out of action for about six weeks.
"It's a big blow," said Beard.
"It's the spine of your team - your central midfielder, your centre-back and your centre-forward - but it's one of those things."
The players were all hurt during Saturday's WSL 1 defeat by Notts County and did not feature in Thursday's 2-0 Continental Tyres Cup victory against Everton.
Williams played in all seven of England's matches at the recent World Cup, but Beard said her injury was not caused by returning to league action too soon following the tournament in Canada.
"It was an impact injury," he said. "Unfortunately as she's tried to win the ball, her leg's completely hyperextended, which has caused the injury."
Liverpool are the reigning Women's Super League One champions but are currently only sixth in the table after a disappointing start to the season.
With the league concluding in October, Beard admitted that the new injuries would make defending their title even more difficult.
"They're important players to us but it's going to give maybe one or two of the younger players an opportunity," he continued.
"We'll do as much as we can, while we're still involved in everything mathematically, to finish as high as we can."
Beard also told BBC Sport that he did not think he would be in a position to make emergency loan signings to cover for the injured players.


Media serving the ethnic Tatar minority in Russian-occupied Crimea have shut down after failing to register with the new pro-Moscow authorities.

There are accusations that the Kremlin is silencing a group often critical of its actions.
Many in the mainly Muslim Tatar community distrust the new administration, installed when Russian troops and local paramilitaries annexed the Ukrainian region a year ago.
At the stroke of midnight on 31 March the most popular Crimean Tatar television station, ATR, went off the air. Since October it had been trying to obtain a new broadcasting licence, demanded by the new administration, but to no avail.
Ahead of the 1 April deadline, the channel broadcast live talk shows called "Don't kill ATR". As the final minutes elapsed, the channel bade an emotional farewell to its viewers. "Those who decided to shut down ATR are targeting the whole of our people, not just the TV station," the presenter said.
Most of the local media in Crimea strongly support the Russian annexation, and most have been registered by Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor. But it appears that ATR's fate was sealed well before the deadline.
Crimea's Kremlin-backed leader Sergei Aksyonov accused ATR of inciting discord. "The channel is whipping up tensions and creating a sense of insecurity in the public by raising hopes that Crimea will return to Ukraine," he told a meeting in Moscow. "It has been explained to ATR's management that such channels cannot operate in our republic in this time of semi-war."
In 2014, ATR ran strongly pro-Ukrainian coverage of the events leading up to Crimea's annexation. Once the new pro-Kremlin administration took charge, ATR received a formal warning over "extremist activities" and somewhat toned down its rhetoric. Although the channel was still fairly critical, it avoided terms like "annexation" and "occupation".
Other media owned by the channel's founder, Crimean Tatar businessman Lenur Islyamov, also failed to obtain Russian licences and suspended their operations on 1 April. They include Meydan radio, Russian-language Lider FM and even the children's entertainment TV channel Lale.
The well-established Crimean Tatar news agency QHA did not receive a licence either, and announced that it is moving to Kiev.
Avdet newspaper had its application refused, after almost 25 years of publication. The paper's chief editor, Shevket Kaybullayev, is defiant and says he will try to continue publishing the paper "despite risking arrest".
The authorities' failure to register the Crimean Tatar media caused outrage among Crimean Tatars and freedom of speech activists.
"It's a targeted strike carried out by the occupation authorities to fully suppress and disorient the Crimean Tatar people," said Refat Chubarov, the exiled head of the Crimean Tatar government (Mejlis).
Speaking to the BBC from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, he described ATR as the only remaining "relatively impartial" TV channel in Crimea, as well as a bastion of Crimean Tatar culture.
London-based rights group Amnesty International was equally blunt. "This blatant attack on freedom of expression, dressed up as an administrative procedure, is a crude attempt to stifle independent media, gag dissenting voices, and intimidate the Crimean Tatar community," it said in a statement.
The pro-Russian administration of Crimea denies there is any political agenda behind the move. "They are making mistakes deliberately to create conflict around the channel," said Mr Aksyonov.
Since Crimea's annexation by Russia, at least one local journalist has been charged with trying to overthrow the new administration - a crime punishable by up to five years in jail. Several others have been questioned by the security services or had their houses searched. Still others left Crimea, fearing persecution.
The two most respected Crimean Tatar leaders - Refat Chubarov and his predecessor as Mejlis chief, Mustafa Dzhemilev - are now based in Kiev, after the Russian authorities banned them from visiting the region.
A number of Crimean Tatar activists have been physically assaulted and several have disappeared.
They still remember how Stalin deported almost all Crimean Tatars to Central Asia and Russia in 1944, when Soviet forces were fighting Nazi Germany. Crimean Tatars are now believed to comprise about 12% of the local population.
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Huddersfield Town defender Christopher Schindler has signed a new three-year deal, with the option of an extra year.

The 27-year-old German joined the Terriers from 1860 Munich in June 2016 for a then club record fee of £1.8m.
He made 48 appearances last season and scored the winning spot-kick as the Terriers beat Reading on penalties in the Championship play-off final.
"Christopher was one of our standout players last year," said the Premier League club's head coach David Wagner.


The governor of the US state of Alabama has apologised to the Indian government for the treatment of an Indian man left partially paralysed after being thrown to the ground by a policeman.

Robert Bentley said the policemen used "excessive force" on Sureshbhai Patel, 57, earlier this month.
The officer involved was charged with the assault but has pleaded not guilty.
Mr Patel, who had recently arrived in the US, has filed a legal case alleging race played a part in the incident.
He was walking outside his son's home in an Alabama suburb when police said they received a call from a neighbour about a suspicious person.
Footage from police cameras showed Mr Patel - who speaks no English - trying to walk away when the officers approached him. They detain him and eventually shove him to the ground.
Mr Patel suffered injuries, including partial paralysis in his leg. His lawyer said he was now in rehabilitation after leaving hospital on Monday.
Mr Bentley's office released a letter to Indian general consul Ajit Kumar a day after the two men met to discuss the case.
He expressed "sincere apology for this tragic incident to your government, Mr Patel, and the citizens of India who reside and work in our state".
"I deeply regret the unfortunate use of excessive force by the Madison Police Department... and for the injuries sustained by Mr Patel."
The governor said the state would investigate the incident along with the FBI. Police officials in Madison have apologised to Mr Patel and his family.


When someone is lost, with no memory of who they are or how they got there, how do they get home?

It's a question still awaiting an answer in the case of an elderly man found wandering an English city in November.
The tall, slim, grey-haired man said his name was Roger Curry, but he could not remember anything else about himself.
After further inquiries, police now think Roger Curry may have been a now-deceased friend of the man.
More on this and other stories from Herefordshire
The man with memory loss, who for now West Mercia Police are calling "Roger", shows signs of dementia, doctors say.
He was found wandering in the Credenhill area of Hereford on 7 November by passers-by who took him to Hereford County Hospital.
"People with no memory are often taken to hospital to see if there is a physical or mental issue which requires treatment," said Louise Vesely-Shore, from the National Crime Agency's Missing Persons Bureau.
"They could have been in a car crash and have a head injury or suffer from dementia.
"Treatment can sometimes help them to remember pieces of information which can help identify them."
For those searching for a lost loved one, local hospitals can offer a port of call.
Police look for clues the lost person may have on them - mobile phone contacts are an easy way to trace family and friends. But clothing labels and tattoos also give vital leads.
There were no such pointers in Roger's case, said Adam Vanner, missing persons co-ordinator at West Mercia Police.
"We checked CCTV in the area where Roger was found to see if we could retrace his steps.
"We contacted nursing homes, care agencies, local authorities and neighbouring police forces.
"We ran his fingerprints through our database and put out a national broadcast to every force to see if he matched with any of their missing people.
"This all happened in the first few hours.
"Roger does not say much but speaks with either an American or Canadian accent, so we contacted both embassies.
"We notified the Missing Persons Bureau and our corporate communications put out an appeal through the local media."
All these routes have so far led to dead ends.
Ms Vesely-Shore said the Missing Persons Bureau had a DNA database, but it required consent from the lost person or their guardian - which was problematic in amnesia cases.
"The police have specialist officers to interview vulnerable people," she said.
"And it can take some time for those with memory loss to build up a relationship with officers or those looking after them."
She said the bureau only saw "a handful" of people in Roger's situation each year, as most were identified "quite quickly".
This was the case involving a man who woke up on a park bench in Birmingham unable to remember anything about himself.
He walked to Digbeth police station on New Year's Day 2013 and was taken to Birmingham City Hospital where nurses called him "Steve".
Police released his photograph to the media and eight days later he was reunited with his family who confirmed his name was Robert.
A "mystery man" found in a Peterborough park with a "severe case of amnesia" was named as 22-year-old Alvydas Kanaporis, from Lithuania.
Mr Kanaporis was found in the early hours of 18 May 2014 and taken into the care of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust (CPFT).
He spoke with an Eastern European accent and his details were circulated in an international media appeal two months later.
A man claiming to be his brother contacted authorities.
A man found wandering the streets of Sheerness, Kent, in a soaking wet suit and tie in April 2005 became known as "Piano Man".
He did not speak, so staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital gave him a pen and paper and he drew detailed pictures of a grand piano.
When staff showed him the piano in the hospital's chapel, he reportedly gave a classical performance.
Piano Man broke his silence in August saying he was German. The embassy was contacted and he was reunited with his father.
The mystery man was named as Andreas Grassl, 20, from Prosdorf, Bavaria.
A man was reunited with his father after spotting him on the BBC's Missing Live programme - five years after he thought he was cremated.
John Renehan's father John Delaney went missing in 2000 and when a decomposed body matching his description was found in 2003 he was identified by a coroner.
But it emerged that Mr Delaney, 71, of Oldham, Greater Manchester had been put in a care home after being found wandering around the town with memory loss.
In each of these cases, vital clues about the person's identity were apparent from the individual themselves.
Local authorities, hospitals, police and the Missing Persons Bureau pulled together to share these clues in a bid to reunite the lost person with their loved ones.
Mr Vanner believes the public is the police's strongest tool in identifying people who do not know who they are themselves.
He said: "We have had positive news from our first press appeal for information to help identify Roger.
"Someone contacted us and said they thought they recognised the man.
"They said they believed he had served in the Army in Hereford and the name he had given was that of a friend who had died.
"We managed to get in touch with the ex-commanding officer and we are in the process of checking their records of all the ex-servicemen back to World War Two.
"Unfortunately the name the member of the public gave us is not a match. But we will continue to explore that avenue."
He urged anyone who believed they knew Roger's true identity to get in touch.
Mandy Appleby, Herefordshire Council's head of safeguarding, said: "If we can identify who Roger is and better understand his background, we can ensure he's receiving the right care to meet his needs."


Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp sent him a text message saying: "I'm scared of you sometimes," his murder trial has heard.

The message was sent after the couple had a row when he accused her of flirting with another man - weeks before he shot her dead.
A police captain has been testifying about the couple's mobile phones.
Mr Pistorius denies deliberately killing his girlfriend of three months, saying he thought she was an intruder.
The trial has now entered is fourth week, with the prosecution expected to wrap up its case before Friday.
Capt Francois Moller said he had been able to extract some 35,000 pages' worth of messages from Ms Steenkamp's phone.
He told the court on Monday that 90% of the messages between the couple were loving, but he had picked out exceptions.
Mr Pistorius has said he has forgotten the password to his iPhone and investigators went to the US shortly before the trial began to meet Apple officials to try and gain access to it.
In one message sent on 27 January 2013, Ms Steenkamp wrote: "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and of how you react to me."
The couple had attended a friend's engagement dinner and left abruptly.
In another message written a week before her death, she said: "I can't be attacked by outsiders for dating you and be attacked by you - the one person I deserve protection from."
By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Pretoria
The texts show Reeva Steenkamp  loved Oscar Pistorius dearly, but she also paints a picture of a possessive and jealous boyfriend. An excerpt from one reads: "I was not flirting with anyone today, I feel sick that you suggested it."
Ms Steenkamp described their relationship as having double standards. While she would often hear of Mr Pistorius' "many relationships" he would get upset if she joked about a past lover, she said.
Mr Pistorius frequently threw tantrums, would snap at her when in a bad mood and was mistrusting of men around her, she wrote.
While most of the messages between the pair were said to be "loving", Ms Steenkamp's words revealed a union that was a far cry from the picture perfect relationship painted by Mr Pistorius in his affidavit.
The BBC's Andrew Harding in Pretoria says some of the messages read in court could be extremely damaging for Mr Pistorius, who has spoken of the couple being in a loving relationship.
Ms Steenkamp's messages paint a picture of the athlete as a jealous and possessive boyfriend prone to anger, our correspondent adds.
The texts between the couple also suggest Mr Pistorius asked Ms Steenkamp to keep quiet over an incident in January 2013 where he allegedly fired a gun at a restaurant - another charge he denies.
"Angel please don't say a thing to any one... I can't afford for that to come out," he wrote.
Earlier, one of Mr Pistorius' neighbours said she had heard both a man and woman scream on Valentine's Day 2013.
Anette Stipp, whose husband gave evidence earlier in the trial, said she heard the screams and gunshots at around 0300 local time on the day of the shooting.
She said she heard two groups of gunshots with a woman screaming in between.
Her testimony has closely matched that of other neighbours and witnesses, including her husband.
The defence has previously claimed that Mr Pistorius screams like a woman and that neighbours had confused his screams with those of Ms Steenkamp.
"It was a definitely a woman screaming," said Mrs Stipp.
She also said that the light was on in the bathroom cubicle, where Ms Steenkamp was when she was shot.
This contradicts evidence given by Mr Pistorius, who said that it was "pitch dark" where the shooting took place.
On Sunday the trial was extended and will now run until the middle of May. It had been due to end this week.
The prosecution says it will call upon four more witnesses before closing its case.
The defence team, led by Barry Roux, will then call upon its own witnesses, including Mr Pistorius himself.
Last week the trial heard evidence from ballistics experts and computer forensic teams who described the sequence and timing of the shots that killed Ms Steenkamp.
Mr Pistorius is a double amputee who holds six Paralympic medals and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games.
The prosecution accuses him of intentionally shooting Ms Steenkamp - a model, reality TV celebrity and law graduate - after an argument.
But the athlete maintains he believed his girlfriend was in bed and that an intruder had entered the bathroom when he shot at the toilet door in the early hours of 14 February 2013.
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, and his fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors.
If found guilty, the 27-year-old - dubbed the "blade runner" because of the prosthetic limbs he wore to race - could face life imprisonment.


Bread, chips and potatoes should be cooked to a golden yellow colour, rather than brown, to reduce our intake of a chemical which could cause cancer, government food scientists are warning.

Acrylamide is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends carefully following cooking instructions and avoiding browning.
However, a Cancer Research spokeswoman said the link was not proven in humans.
The FSA also says potatoes should not be kept in the fridge.
This is because sugar levels in the potatoes rise at low temperatures, potentially increasing the amount of acrylamide produced during cooking.
Acrylamide is present in many different types of food and is a natural by-product of the cooking process.
The highest levels of the substance are found in foods with high starch content which have been cooked above 120C, such as crisps, bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits, crackers, cakes and coffee.
It can also be produced during home cooking, when high-starch foods - such as potatoes, chips, bread and parsnips - are baked, roasted, grilled or fried at high temperatures.
When bread is grilled to make toast, for example, this causes more acrylamide to be produced. The darker the colour of the toast, the more acrylamide is present.
During the browning process, the sugar, amino acids and water present in the bread combine to create colour and acrylamide - as well as flavour and aromas.
The Food Standards Agency says it is not clear exactly how much acrylamide can be tolerated by people, but it does believe that we are eating too much of it.
So it is advising people to make small changes to the way they cook and prepare food, including:
Research in animals has shown that the chemical is toxic to DNA and causes cancer - so scientists assume the same is true in people, although as yet there is no conclusive evidence.
The possible effects of acrylamide exposure include an increased lifetime risk of cancer and effects on the nervous and reproductive systems.
But whether or not acrylamide causes these effects in humans depends upon the level of exposure.
Smoking exposes people to three to four times more acrylamide than non-smokers because the chemical is present in tobacco smoke.
As well as advising the public, the Food Standards Agency is also working with industry to reduce acrylamide in processed food.
And there has been some progress - between 2007 and 2015, it found evidence of an average 30% reduction in acrylamide across all products in the UK.
Steve Wearne, director of policy at the Food Standards Agency, said most people were not aware that acrylamide even existed.
"We want our campaign to highlight the issue so that consumers know how to make the small changes that may reduce their acrylamide consumption whilst still eating plenty of starchy carbohydrates and vegetables as recommended in government healthy eating advice.
"Although there is more to know about the true extent of the acrylamide risk, there is an important job for government, industry and others to do to help reduce acrylamide intake."
Emma Shields, health information officer from Cancer Research UK, acknowledges that acrylamide in food could be linked to cancer - but she says the link is not clear and consistent in humans.
"To be on the safe side, people can reduce their exposure by following a normal healthy, balanced diet - which includes eating fewer high calorie foods like crisps, chips and biscuits, which are the major sources of acrylamide.
"The UK Food Standards Agency also advises that people cook starchy foods like potatoes and bread to a golden yellow colour or lighter, as the time and temperature of cooking determine the amount of acrylamide produced."
She said there was many other well-established risk factors for cancer "like smoking, obesity and alcohol which all have a big impact on the number of cancer cases in the UK".


Fiji ended an encouraging World Cup campaign with a seven-try win over Pool A minnows Uruguay in Milton Keynes.

Nemia Kenatale and Leone Nakarawa, plus two penalty tries, helped the Pacific Islanders lead 26-10 at half-time, earning a bonus point before the break.
Uruguay had not scored a World Cup try since 2003, but Carlos Arboleya and Agustin Ormaechea crossed in each half.
Fiji eased away in the final quarter with three more tries, as Uruguay were reduced to 14 men as Ormaechea saw red.
Uruguay now travel to Manchester for their final pool match on Saturday against hosts England, who have also already been eliminated from the tournament.
Fiji always faced a tough task to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for a third time, having been drawn alongside Australia, England and Wales in the 'Group of Death'.
But there were encouraging signs in each of the three defeats against their illustrious opponents, with their trademark brand of rugby - unpredictable and free-flowing - complemented by tighter defence.
It meant they were expected to brush aside a Uruguayan side who had looked out of their depth in crushing defeats against Wales and Australia.
However, Fiji produced a patchy performance against the South Americans. Moments of attacking brilliance, particularly when second row Nakarawa dummied his way through to run in from 30 metres, were countered by lapses in concentration at the back.
Nevertheless, it was more than enough to earn a well-deserved first win of the tournament as Tevita Cavubati, Kini Murimurivalu and Nemani Nadolo crossed in the final 20 minutes.
Following two try-less defeats against Wales and Australia, Uruguay coach Pablo Lemoine set his team the task of scoring their first of the tournament against Pool A's other tier-two side.
In fact, Uruguay had not scored a World Cup try since 2003 - when Lemoine himself crossed the line in the 111-13 defeat by England.
And they managed to end that barren run when hooker Arboleya battered his way over the line from close range.
The moment sparked wild celebrations among the Uruguay camp - and the biggest cheer of the night from a record 30,048 crowd at a rain-soaked Stadium MK.
It gave Los Teros, who qualified for the first time since 2003 by beating play-off opponents Russia, renewed confidence against a Fijian side who have now conceded a try in each of their 28 World Cup matches.
Uruguay managed to double their try tally when Ormaechea spotted a gap to dive over after team-mate Andres Vilaseca kicked forward on the chase.
Scrum-half Ormaechea will miss Uruguay's final match against England on Saturday after becoming the first player to be sent off at the 2015 World Cup.
The 24-year-old was sin-binned for an illegal tackle leading to Fiji's first penalty try, then received a red card for reacting angrily to Cavubati's score.
Uruguay coach Pablo Lemoine:
"I am really proud of my team, it was a fantastic performance but we made two or three mistakes which cost us. I am pleased to see my record go and it is fantastic to score two tries. I think we were unlucky not to score more.
"I watched the TMO after Ormaechea's red card and I did not see anything there. We will have too wait for the result of the disciplinary officials.
"Against England we will try and play a tough game like we always do and do our best."
Fiji: Murimurivalu; Tikoirotuma, Goneva, Botia, Nadolo; Volavola, Kenatale; Ma'afu, Koto, Atalifo; Ratuniyarawa, Nakarawa; Waqaniburotu, Qera, Matadigo.
Replacements: Veikoso for Koto (74), Ravai for Waqaniburotu (66), Koroi for Atalifo (74), Cavubati for Ratuniyarawa (55), Talei for Matadigo (55), Seniloli for Kenatale (60), Matavesi for Volavola (68), Nagusa for Goneva (64).
Uruguay: Mieres; Gibernau, Prada, Vilaseca, Silva; A Duran, Ormaechea; Corral, Arboleya, Sagario; Vilaseca, Zerbino; Gaminara, Beer, Nieto.
Replacements: O Duran for Sagario (64), Sanguinetti for Corral (40), Palomeque for Zerbino (64), Lamanna for Beer (69), De Freitas fro Gaminara (74), Etcheverry for A Duran (64), Bulanti for Gibernau (74).
Not used: Kessler.
Att: 30,048
Referee: JP Doyle


Northern Ireland's health minister has said he will not implement cuts that would "destroy our health service".

Edwin Poots warned patient safety would be "compromised" by the cuts proposed and said he was not prepared to do it.
The DUP MLA said his department faced a £140m shortfall and he blamed Sinn Féin for not agreeing a welfare reform deal.
Sinn Féin accused the DUP of supporting "Tory cuts" and said health had been protected while other NI departments were facing cuts to their budgets.
On 1 August, the NI Executive agreed to cut Stormont departments' budgets by £78m, with the exception of health and education.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton also warned that further cuts, amounting to £87m, would be required if a deal on welfare reform was not agreed.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show on Thursday, Mr Poots said that if the Northern Ireland Executive would not agree to allocate more money to health then they would have to find another minister to introduce the cuts.
Mr Poots said: "I am not going to impose cuts which will have such a negative consequence that it will damage the health of the Northern Ireland population.
"We're talking here about cancer services, we're talking here about cardiac services, we're talking about care of the elderly, we're talking about emergency departments, we're talking about out-of-hours doctors."
Edwin Poots wanted £160m extra for his health department, but got just £20m in a new budget revealed earlier this month.
He said the planned cuts would be devastating and warned that patients would suffer as a result, through longer waiting lists and fewer nurses.
Mr Poots said he is not prepared to implement the cuts himself and that being sacked by the Executive and his party leader First Minister Peter Robinson was "an option", but added "I hope that it won't come to that".
He said he believed the DUP supported him.
When the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton revealed Stormont's departmental budgets, he also criticised the way the health budget was being run by Mr Poots, who is his party colleague.
The health minister overspent by £13.1m last year.
The union Unison, which represents many NHS staff in Northern Ireland, has said it hopes Thursday's developments are not part of an internal DUP power struggle.
Mr Poots said patient waiting lists would rise and nurses would be "run off their feet".
The minister has warned the Northern Ireland Executive that he "cannot deliver £140m of savings".
"The consequence is they find someone else to do it, or they do it themselves, or they find the money," he said.
Mr Poots added that he was not refusing outright to make savings to the health budget, but said he was not prepared to implement cuts that he believed would put patient safety at risk.
"I will make cuts, but there are certain services that I will not make cuts on, and the consequence of that is, we will break the budget by tens of millions of pounds unless more money is allocated to health," he added.
He said he needed at least £80m in funding from the Northern Ireland Executive in order to ensure that patients' safety would not be compromised.
Mr Poots criticised Sinn Féin's stance on welfare reform and said Stormont should prioritise the funding of "life-saving" patient services over welfare.
However, Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady said: "The Tory cuts of billions of pounds for essential services have caused the crisis in the health service and reduced budgets right across departments.
"The DUP has supported these Tory cuts which have been about stripping out the National Health Service.
"The current crisis has nothing at all to do with the issue of welfare cuts which Sinn Féin successfully resisted during the monitoring round. Otherwise departments would have faced an additional £87m of cuts.
"The health budget was protected and an additional £20m was allocated to health."
Mr Brady added: "Mr Poots also suggested today on air that maybe he is not the man for the health job. If this is so then he and his party leader should immediately consider his future."


A former US Secret Service agent has pleaded guilty to stealing $820,000 (Â£521,000) of bitcoins during the investigation of the Silk Road website.

Shaun Bridges was part of the federal task force that helped investigate and shut down the Silk Road - an underground marketplace for drugs.
The Silk Road's founder, Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced to life in prison in May for running the site.
Bridges is the second agent involved in the case caught stealing digital cash.
He pleaded guilty to counts of money laundering and obstruction of justice while stealing the virtual cash, during a court hearing on Monday in San Francisco. He will be sentenced in December.
Bridges was caught despite trying to conceal his theft via a series of complex financial manoeuvres that were aided by his position as a forensic investigator on the Silk Road case. The vast majority of the $214m of sales made via the site were completed using bitcoins.
The theft was carried out while the investigation into the Silk Road site was ongoing. To commit the crimes, Bridges used access he had to an administrator account on the Silk Road to reset passwords and move 20,000 bitcoins to a wallet he controlled.
"There is a bright line between enforcing the law and breaking it," said US assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell in a statement. "Law enforcement officers who cross that line not only harm their immediate victim but also betray the public trust."
In early July, former US Drug Enforcement Agency agent Carl Force pleaded guilty to three charges in connection with more than $700,000 in bitcoins he had stolen from Silk Road users.
The Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 when raids by the FBI and other federal agents led to the arrest of its founder.