The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory.

Of 1,517 votes cast in the two-day referendum - on a turnout of more than 90% - 1,513 were in favour, while just three votes were against.
It follows pressure from Argentina over its claims to the islands, 31 years after the Falklands War with the UK.
The UK government welcomed the result and urged "all countries" to accept it and respect the islanders' wishes.
The referendum had asked: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?"
There was a turnout of more than 90% from 1,672 British citizens eligible to vote in a population of about 2,900.
Nigel Haywood, governor of the Falkland Islands, said: "Obviously it is a major principle of the United Nations that a people have their right to self-determination, and you don't get a much clearer expression of the people's self-determination than such a large turnout and such a large 'yes' vote."
By Caroline WyattDefence correspondent, BBC News
Amongst a sea of union jacks and a chorus of Land of Hope and Glory, there was no doubting the sentiment as jubilant Falkland islanders gathered in Stanley to celebrate their unity over their future, and a referendum that showed 99.8% in favour of remaining British.
These may be small islands almost 8,000 miles from the UK, but they have just spoken with a loud voice in favour of retaining those historic ties. The islanders' hope is that their voices will be listened to all the way to Buenos Aires and beyond - not least by other nations and capitals that Argentina has been seeking to convince of its claims.
The three people who voted 'no' were presumably not amongst the crowds of voters, although it's not clear whether they voted 'no' in favour of Argentina, or because they favoured independence for the islands.
What really stung here was a recent comment by the Argentine foreign minister that the islanders' wishes didn't count because they were what he termed an "implanted" population. Though Argentina may not change its mind today, many islanders hope they've shown that their wishes do need to be heard in any debate over their future - and do count.
Dick Sawle, a member of the island's legislative assembly, said it was an "absolutely phenomenal result which will send out the strongest possible message to the rest of the world about our right to self-determination - a right that was fought for in 1982, and which we have honoured tonight."
Islanders had "very, very clearly said they wish to remain as a British overseas territory with those rights", he said, and it would "be our job now as a government to get that message out to the rest of the world and every country that will listen to us".
He added: "What is very clear is that these islands never have belonged to Argentina; what is also extremely clear to me here, and from the results that we heard tonight, is that they never will do."
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "We have always been clear that we believe in the rights of the Falklands people to determine their own futures and to decide on the path they wish to take. It is only right that, in the 21st Century, these rights are respected.
"All countries should accept the results of this referendum and support the Falkland islanders as they continue to develop their home and their economy. I wish them every success in doing so."
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has maintained that the Falkland islanders' wishes are not relevant in what is a territorial issue.
Most Argentines regard the islands, which they call Las Malvinas, as Argentine and their recovery is enshrined in the national constitution.
Journalist Celina Andreassi, of the Argentina Independent, said: "The majority of people here agree with the official position that the issue is not about self-determination and it is not about whether the islanders consider themselves British or not - because obviously everyone knows that they do and that they are British.
"The issue for most people here is whether the territory is Argentine or British, not the people themselves."
Carolina Barros, editor of the Buenos Aires Herald, said the referendum result was "quite a blow and big news for any Argentine saying that the Malvinas islands belong to Argentina, or that the islanders living there are an implanted population".
"I don't think it's going to change the mind of the government," she said. "It might change the mind of the Argentines.
"Most of the Argentines think that the territory, the land, belongs to the Argentine map. But most of the Argentines, I think, think that the islanders are entitled to believe or feel themselves like the true inhabitants of the islands after almost nine generations."
Election observers from different countries oversaw the vote, including representatives of Chile and Mexico - despite an Argentine request for Latin American countries not to take part.
Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. The garrison of the UK's Royal Marines was overwhelmed and other British South Atlantic territories including South Georgia were also seized.
In two months of fighting after the UK military responded, 255 British and about 650 Argentine servicemen were killed, along with three Falklands civilians, before Argentine forces surrendered.
Argentina says it inherited the islands from the Spanish crown in 1767 and the islands were seized by Britain in 1833, but the UK says it had long previously established a settlement there and never relinquished sovereignty.
It says it has continuously inhabited and administered the islands since 1833.


A builder who used social media to celebrate his suspended sentence for kicking a Royal Marine in the head has been jailed by a judge for "gloating".

Cpl Marc Jolly, 27, said he "felt safer in Afghanistan" than in England after Ben Scott attacked him in a car park.
When Scott, 31, from Redruth, was given a suspended sentence in April he called his victim "scum" and posted a picture of a bottle of champagne on Facebook.
The judge recalled Scott to Truro Crown Court and jailed him for 12 months.
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Judge Christopher Harvey Clark described Scott's social media post as a "stupid and gloating comment".
The judge said he must now "face the consequences of his stupid and arrogant behaviour" which followed his court case on 22 April.
The court heard Scott, who had been previously jailed for drug dealing, carried out the unprovoked attack on Christmas Eve 2015 in a car park in Camborne, Cornwall.
He was said to have ambushed Cpl Jolly, attacking him from behind and wounding him in the head and eye.
Scott posted the comment on Facebook just 45 minutes after he was given a suspended sentence for the attack.
Truro Crown Court was told earlier that under Section 155 of the Power of Sentencing Act 2000 the court had the power to change a sentence within 66 days of it being passed.
Jeremy Leaning, for Scott, told the judge there had been "a tidal wave of hatred and abuse as a result of that tasteless and despicable posting".


The Ulster Derby at Down Royal on Saturday 24 June will be live on BBC Two NI and on BBC Radio Ulster.

Gavin Andrews and Sarah Travers will introduce TV coverage of the Summer Festival, taking in three live races, including the feature Ulster Derby.
Chanelle McCoy will introduce viewers to the style, glitz and glamour of the Best Dressed Lady Competition.
On BBC Radio Ulster, Grant Cameron and Michael McNamee present Summer Club live from Down Royal from 15:00 BST.
The radio programme will include live commentary of the Magners Ulster Derby at 15:45.
Richard Pugh and Niall Cronin will be provide commentary on television, while former Irish flat racing jockey and current trainer, Johnny Murtagh, will cast his expert eye over the field.
Reporter Rick Faragher will also give viewers a flavour of the atmosphere at the showpiece meeting as he mingles and chats to race-goers, celebrities and guests in the paddock and stands.
The programme will take viewers on an aerial tour of the Down Royal racecourse and give an insight into the bloodstock business with a visit to the Goff Sales in County Kildare.
There is also a visit to a local saddlery in County Antrim that boasts links to a number of high profile race winners, and, a visit to a dental practice with a difference in Hillsborough - the first veterinary practice dedicated to equine dentistry in Ireland.
Down Royal Racing starts at 15:00 BST on BBC Two NI on Saturday 24 June.


A school could ban mobile phones after pupils filmed a boy being slashed with a knife and posted it online.

Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare told parents it would "reconsider" its policy  with a view to "banning them completely during the school day".
On Monday, two teenagers were arrested after a 15-year-old boy was left with minor injuries.
They have been released on bail. The school said staff and pupils had been "shocked" and "saddened" by events.
Since April 2007, teachers have had the legal right to confiscate items from pupils but there is no UK government policy about mobile phone use in England with individual schools making their own policy.
In a letter to parents, Head Teacher Peter Binding said student safety was a "prime concern" and warned that in future they would "enforce the right" to search pupil's belongings and lockers.
He added: "As a consequence of the actions of a minority of students who filmed the incident and posted it online, the school will reconsider its policy towards mobile devices with a view to banning them completely during the school day."
A spokesman for the school said: "The school will be looking into our mobile phone policy and will be making a decision after a consultation with the school governors, senior leadership team and local authority."
Police have said the 15-year-old boy suffered a "slash injury" during an argument at the school on Monday afternoon.
He was treated by paramedics at the school and taken to hospital, but was discharged shortly after.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent and ABH and a 16-year-old boy for perverting the course of justice, possession of a bladed article and assisting an offender.
Both have been bailed until May.


Hamilton Academical manager Martin Canning says new Hearts head coach Ian Cathro is a welcome addition to Scottish football.

The 30-year-old became the youngest-ever top-flight boss in Scotland when he joined the Jambos on a three-and-a-half-year deal this week.
"I think that's the way football is going just now", said Canning.
"It seems to be the thing that young managers are the way ahead. They maybe bring different ideas, fresh ideas."
Canning, 35, admits he doesn't know Cathro "overly well", but insists it's good to see another young coach getting a chance.
"Obviously for him it's a big opportunity and at a huge club and a good club as well," Canning told BBC Scotland. "I don't know much about the way he works or what he does but we'll see how he gets on."
Accies sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership table, having drawn nine of their 15 league matches this season, but Canning says spirits in the squad remain high.
"We're putting ourselves in good positions," he said. "Maybe from there we're trying not to lose a game, or lose a goal, rather than score a second or third and try and win the game.
"That's something we've discussed - if we can maybe be a little bit more positive when we go ahead, it might change the mentality.
"I think the mood's good, because I think the boys know they're performing well and with a little break here or there, we could have had two or three wins from those draws.
"It's a strange league and it's so tight, but our consistency's been pretty good - albeit, picking up single points, but performances have been generally good."
Canning is confident he won't have to supplement his squad during the January transfer window, unless he loses players.
"At the minute squad-wise there's not a lot that I would look to do differently; I think we're reasonably well set," he said. "We've got a lot of good young kids coming through as well.
"If something comes up that we think is interesting or we feel could improve us then we're always looking at that, but they would have to be better than what we have already."


The All Blacks have a better team now than the Dan Carter and Richie McCaw-inspired group that whitewashed the Lions on their last tour of New Zealand in 2005, says coach Steve Hansen.

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Hansen was assistant to Graham Henry when the All Blacks beat Sir Clive Woodward's team 3-0 12 summers ago.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "I think it's a more complete side now.
"If you look across the board there are one or two positions where we're stronger."
Flanker McCaw retired after leading the All Blacks to World Cup final victories in 2011 and 2015, while fly-half Carter quit international rugby after the latter of those wins.
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Hansen said: "McCaw and Carter were very special players, and probably all-time greats.
"But we're better at the line-out because we've got more height there. I think it's a slightly stronger side."
With the Lions missing talismanic number eight Billy Vunipola through injury, and with the majority of the tourists' players having just finished a punishing domestic season, the All Blacks are clear favourites to win the series.
Two of the three Tests will be played at Eden Park in Auckland, where New Zealand have not lost a match in 23 years. Not since 2009 have they lost a home Test anywhere across the North and South Islands.
Hansen does not believe Vunipola's absence to be as critical as many in the northern hemisphere fear, nor that the Lions should be cowed by recent precedent.
"Billy is a quality player. It'll be a loss. But somebody will step up; I'm a firm believer that one man's misfortune is another man's opportunity," he said.
"James Haskell is a good player, he knows New Zealand well, he's played Super Rugby, and after missing out the first time he'll be keen to show he should have been picked in the first place.
"I don't think I have to give Lions supporters any reason for optimism. I think they've already got it. They'll be coming out here with reasonably large expectations that they can win the series.
"This is a good team. If I were a Lions supporter coming down I'd think, we've got four countries coming up against one - we should win.
"That's an expectation the Lions will have to bear on their shoulders, because it's going to be there, whether they like it or not. It's just like where we come from - we have that expectation all the time. And you can either run from it or accept it and get on with it."
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It was during the famous 1971 series - the only one the Lions have won in New Zealand - that Hansen first fell in love with the game of rugby.
"The first Test I ever went to was the Lions one at Carisbrook in 1971," he said.
"It was a pretty good Test match. I remember the size of the two teams. I watched the match pretty close to the sidelines, and the sheer force and impact - I thought, wow, these guys are massive…"
Hansen's father Des was a long-time coach with club side Marist and the man who developed his son's interest in how the game should be played.
"He was ahead of his time as a coach," said Hansen.
"If you look back at that series, the Lions were given a lot of kudos for being a running side, but they did kick the ball a lot, and the All Blacks actually outscored them in tries across the series. But they played smart rugby, and there's a lesson to be learned there."
Hansen is not known for public displays of emotion. Even in becoming the first All Blacks coach to win the World Cup on foreign soil he was relatively restrained, but he says the series ahead excites him as much as that achievement.
"We're looking forward to this challenge immensely," he said. "It's one of the best sides that have toured here for a long time, if not their best side.
"It's the creation of four countries pouring in the best they've got, and the best they've got are playing pretty well at the moment - you only have to look at the last Six Nations, where there was some very good rugby played by some very good players.
"It's an opportunity for us to measure ourselves. We're a team who always try to be better than we were before - we don't always do that, but we're trying to - and this is a challenge that's right up our alley. "
Hansen believes there is a fundamental difference between rugby players from the northern and southern hemispheres.
"I don't think there's a difference in skill, but I do think environmentally there's a difference," he said.
"As a kid growing up in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and even the south of France, the weather conditions are conducive to being outside all the time, and you're developing athletic muscle that's natural.
"Your agility and your guile is being built. In the nations that produce the Lions, the game has issues with weather for large parts of the season. So as children growing you're not outside as much, climbing trees and doing all the things that build natural muscle. And I think that makes a little bit of a difference.
"It doesn't mean to say those players can't have the same skills, but when it's hosing down or sleeting, it's not as conducive to running with the ball, and it develops your game in a different way.
"You watch your competitions up there and the game is subtly starting to change. It's not all crash and bash. And maybe that's a reflection of the last World Cup, when you didn't get the results you wanted.
"People have had a look and thought, maybe we need to have a look at how we're playing."
Listen to the full interview on the Dawson and Mehrtens Lions Show on BBC Radio 5 live from 20:00 BST on Thursday, 1 June.


Indian authorities have ordered a judicial inquiry into an explosion and fire at a Hindu temple in Kerala that killed more than 100 people.

Nearly 400 others were injured at the Puttingal temple in Paravur when a faulty firework fell onto a large stockpile of fireworks.
A building at the temple then collapsed, causing many of the deaths.
Thousands had gathered to watch the fireworks display as part of a local new year festival.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the scene and spoke with victims in local hospitals, said the incident was "heart-rending and shocking beyond words".
"The incident is so grave that it is very difficult to describe in words," he added. "People who were 200 metres away were also hurt."
In pictures: India temple fire
The explosion happened at about 03:30 (22:00 GMT Saturday), hours after the event started in Kollam district.
Yogita Limaye, BBC News, at the scene
Outside the Puttingal temple there was an eerie silence the night after the fire tragedy.
Rubble and firecracker shells were scattered all over the ground. And shoes. Lots of them.
A pink flip-flop, one black sandal, a white sports shoe that's upside down -  they were all lying not far from each other, all signs of the mad scramble that erupted as people tried to save themselves.
Read Yogita's full report
There were scenes of chaos as emergency teams were slow in reaching the area and rescue teams used bulldozers to clear the area looking for survivors.
A power outage hit the complex after the first explosion, further complicating rescue efforts.
Many of the dead were charred beyond recognition and would have to be identified by DNA tests, said Kerala police chief TP Senkumar.
The temple had been denied permission on safety grounds to hold the fireworks display but it had gone ahead under pressure from the crowd, officials said.
Police are planning to take action against the temple administration and the contractors who were putting on the display.
Kerala's government said it had ordered a judicial inquiry that would work alongside the police's criminal investigation.
The incident happened as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Mumbai for a seven-day tour of India and Bhutan, and Kensington Palace said the couple's thoughts were with those assisting victims.
Kerala is in the middle of an election for a new state assembly, but political parties have called off campaigning as a mark of respect for the victims.


A "detailed analysis" of the authorities' contact with teenager Becky Watts prior to her death is to be launched.

The 16-year-old's body parts were found about two weeks after she went missing from her home in Bristol in February.
The city's Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) has confirmed a serious case review will take place.
Chair Sally Lewis said it would analyse "what happened and how agencies worked together".
She said: "Whilst it is understood we can never eliminate risk completely, we will be thorough in establishing what can be learnt from this very sad event to identify if there is anything that services can do differently to prevent a future tragedy."
Becky Watts' stepbrother Nathan Matthews, 28, from Warmley, has been charged with her murder.
He has yet to enter a plea and a provisional trial date has been set for October.
His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, is charged with perverting the course of justice.
Four other defendants, Jaydene Parsons, 23; James Ireland, 23; and Karl and Donovan Demetrius, both 29, were charged with assisting an offender.


The US has defended a prisoner swap with the Taliban for the release of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl after the US soldier was charged with desertion.

State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the US had a commitment to "do everything" to bring troops home.
Sgt Bergdahl says his five years in captivity - after walking off base - were in "constant isolation" with all four limbs chained for long periods.
A hearing will determine whether he will face a court-martial.
He could then be sentenced to life in prison if found guilty.
The US Army announced on Wednesday Sgt Bergdahl had been charged with one count of desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of misbehaviour before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place after an investigation into his disappearance.
Sgt Bergdahl was handed over to a team of US special forces last May.
In exchange for his release, five senior Taliban commanders held at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to the custody of the Gulf state of Qatar, which brokered the deal.
His release enraged Republicans and some Democrats, who said that the prisoner swap could ultimately put American lives at risk.
Top Congressional Republicans argued the deal violated US law and amounted to negotiating with terrorists - accusations denied by the Obama administration. They also objected to the fact Congress was not given notice of the deal.
Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday, Ms Psaki defended the swap.
"We have a commitment to our men and women serving in our military... that we are going to do everything to bring them home," she said.
Sgt Bergdahl could spend up to five years in prison if convicted on the desertion charge. A conviction on the misbehaviour charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
In a statement made through his lawyer, Sgt Bergdahl detailed the conditions of his captivity, saying he had been chained by all four limbs for months at a time, his captors only temporarily releasing one hand so he could sit up.
"Because of the constant heat and sweat my body where it was in contact with the bed would become sore and raw, burning from the sweat and pressure," he wrote.
Sgt Bergdahl said he was "kept in constant isolation during the entire five years, with little to no understanding of time", developed open wounds that would not heal from his shackles and was eventually kept in cage without chains.
The US soldier said he had attempted to escape 12 times over five years - and was beaten after being temporarily successful twice.


The winner of December's presidential election in The Gambia says there is no need for President Yahya Jammeh to seek asylum and he is confident direct talks can solve the crisis.

Adama Barrow told the BBC he was confident he would be sworn in next week despite his rival's refusal to give up power.
Nigeria's leader has flown to Banjul to try and broker an end to the deadlock.
His MPs have voted to offer Mr Jammeh asylum to help negotiations.
Mr Jammeh's term officially ends next Wednesday, but he wants the results annulled after the electoral commission admitted some errors, although it insists this did not affect the final outcome.
The African Union has said it will no longer recognise Mr Jammeh as president after his term of office expires.
The 51-year-old leader, who initially accepted defeated in the 1 December poll, seized power in the tiny country in 1994 and has been accused of human rights abuses, although he has held regular elections.
The Supreme Court is unable to hear the challenge until May because of a shortage of judges, and Mr Jammeh says he will not step down until then.
Foreign leaders from regional bloc Ecowas, led by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, have arrived in The Gambia to again try to persuade Mr Jammeh to step down on schedule.
The grouping has warned that it would consider removing him using military force if he refuses.
But Mr Barrow, a property developer, told the BBC's Newsday programme that he would prefer a "peaceful transition".
He said he welcomed the move by Nigeria MPs to offer Mr Jammeh asylum, but said he did not feel the situation would "get to this level".
"We want to keep Jammeh in The Gambia, I don't think there's any need for him to go to another country."
He called on Mr Jammeh to "respect the constitution" and engage in direct talks.
"We solve our problems within ourselves without the intervention of anybody. I think that's what we'd prefer," he said.
A lawyer for Mr Jammeh on Thursday filed a request with the Supreme Court asking for an injunction to block Mr Barrow's swearing-in.
Mr Barrow won 43.3% of the vote compared with Mr Jammeh's 39.6%. A third candidate, Mama Kandeh, got 17.1%.
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A lack of experienced staff contributed to a serious disturbance at a prison last year and remains a "concern", a report has said.

Meanwhile, use of the drug Spice remains a "blight" within HMP Erlestoke leading to "frequent life-threatening emergencies".
The report comes a day after the Prison and Probation Service downgraded the Wiltshire prison's rating.
The Ministry of Justice said the prison had "addressed a number of concerns".
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said management must "get a grip".
A disturbance at the Category C prison near Devizes last year saw 130 inmates transferred to nearby jails after two wings were put "out of commission".
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said the "major incident" was not a riot but a shortage of officers "contributed to the incident".
Of the 88 prison officers now working at Erlestoke, 34 are new and have served less than one year.
"Lack of experience and confidence is a concern," the IMB said.
Elsewhere in the report it said the use of the drug Spice "continues to cause concern" and it "may be only a matter of time before there is a Spice-related death".
It added tobacco was being smuggled into the prison and sold for about 10 times the price paid in shops and is "an additional cause of debt, bullying and assault".
A separate report from the Prison and Probation Service downgraded Erlestoke's rating from '3' to '2', meaning its overall performance is of concern.
Mark Fairhurst from the POA insisted last year's incident was a riot, with "cell doors not fit for purpose".
He demanded management "get on the [prison] wings and manage".
"We need experienced staff to guide the new staff. It is a concern that nearly 50% of staff are very new and inexperienced," he said.
Erlestoke's IMB chair Sheila Kimmins said the prison was "reaping the consequences" of government funding decisions.
The Ministry of Justice said "while there remains progress to be made, HMP Erlestoke have addressed a number of concerns".


A lecturer who killed his wife after wrongly believing he was not the father of their children is to be detained in the State Hospital indefinitely.

Robert Kerr, 39, inflicted 76 wounds on 39-year-old Xin Xin Liu at their home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire.
He admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.
Judge Lord Boyd ordered he be detained in the high security psychiatric unit at Carstairs, Lanarkshire.
The ruling was made following a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Kerr attacked his wife on 26 April 2016 as their two sons slept upstairs.
Just before midnight, he dialled 999 and admitted: "I have just killed my wife. I murdered her in a stabbing frenzy."
Police discovered Xin Xin lying on the kitchen floor with a knife still in her body.
The judge ruled that Kerr should be sent to Carstairs after hearing from Dr Natasha Bilcliff, a consultant forensic psychiatrist at the hospital.
She said that Kerr suffered from a "delusional disorder" and could only be treated at Carstairs.
Lord Boyd agreed and told Kerr that public safety required him to be sent there.
Lord Boyd said: "I am satisfied that medical treatment is available that would be likely to alleviate the symptoms or effects of the disorder and that if medical treatment was not provided there would be a significant risk to your health, safety or welfare and to the safety of other persons.
"I am also satisfied that this treatment can only be provided if you are detained in hospital. Such detention requires you to be under conditions of special security and that can only be provided in the State Hospital.
"Accordingly, I shall make a compulsion order under section 57A of the Criminal Procedure Scotland Act 1995 ordering that you be detained in the State Hospital together with a restriction order under section 59 of the act providing that the detention be without limit of time."


A woman in her 80s has been rescued unhurt after crashing her car into a pontoon on the River Thames.

Emergency services were called at about 15:00 GMT to Thameside in Henley.
They helped the woman from Henley out of the vehicle 10 minutes after arriving at the scene and the car was recovered two hours later.
She was not injured and did not attend hospital but was described as "a bit shocked" by a passerby.
Tom Carter, who was walking his dog with friends when he saw the car roll into the pontoon, said: "She was shaken but ok.
"The car was in one of the parking bays and rolled off, so its front had landed on the pontoon and got wedged at a 45 degree angle."


The sense of optimism at Wrexham ahead of the new National League season is reflected by the increase in season ticket sales at the north Wales club.

New manager Gary Mills will hope to succeed where Brian Little, Dean Saunders, Andy Morrell and Kevin Wilkin have failed by guiding the club back into the Football League.
Wrexham are about to embark on their eighth season in non-league but with Mills' pedigree at this level, Dragons fans hope it will be their last.
Defeat to North Ferriby United in the FA Trophy final sealed the fate of Kevin Wilkin, sacked for his side's failure to mount a serious promotion challenge rather than the Wembley defeat.  The Dragons finished the season strongly under caretaker boss Carl Darlington but he opted against the role full-time and Wrexham appointed the experienced Gary Mills.
Mills wasted no time in making changes to the squad with experienced heads and Racecourse favourites such as captain Dean Keates and Neil Ashton among those released at the end of last season.
The former Gateshead manager, assisted by former Tottenham player Darren Caskey, has signed 10 players and a further two on loan during the close season. Despite the wholesale changes, the former Nottingham Forest man has been pleased by the new-look squad's progress during pre-season.
Last season's top-scorer Louis Moult has left for Motherwell and the pressure will be on replacement James Gray to score the goals. The presence of centre half Manny Smith - so impressive in his first season at the club - is also a major boost.
Many Wrexham supporters were unhappy with the manner of midfielder Lee Fowler's departure to big-spending Fleetwood Town in 2012. But the 32-year-old Welshman has returned to the Racecourse on a one-year contract and Mills has shown his faith in the former Coventry City and Wales Under-21 player by making him captain.
Fowler has a big void to fill following the departure of former skipper and midfield general Keates.
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Mills knows how to get teams promoted - he guided York City to a play-off final win in 2012 - and the former European Cup winner brings a no-nonsense approach to the job.
It will be interesting to see how the new-look squad takes shape during the opening weeks of the campaign but Wrexham should be among the front-runners.
National League: 4th FA Cup: Second round.
Gary Mills: "I'm always going to feel the expectation but it doesn't affect how I work. I love expectation because it keeps you on your toes. I don't want to be at a club with no expectation - that's easy, we can all do that."
"All I can promise is that I give everything that I've got. Promotion of course is the goal. Do I want to win the league? Yes of course I do - If I don't then I want to finish in the top five, get to Wembley and win it.
"No matter how we get out of this league we've got to get out."
Former Wrexham midfielder and BBC Wales pundit Mickey Thomas: "Gary Mills plays a brand of football that people will enjoy, likes to play the ball on the floor, but the pressure is a little bit more intense than Gateshead.
"It's all about the brand of football that you play but he will have to win football games."


Scott Boden struck in each half at Morecambe as Newport County earned their third win in 10 League Two games.

Defeat meant the hosts dropped a place to 15th in the table after a third successive loss, while Newport stayed 20th but moved seven points clear of the relegation zone.
Striker Boden opened the scoring in the first minute from Mark Byrne's cross.
Shaun Miller levelled after an hour, but Boden's second from Alex Rodman's fine delivery sealed Newport's win.
The victory was the Exiles' second under manager Warren Feeney, in his fifth game in charge in all competitions.


The organisation which represents An Garda Síochána (Irish police) has voted to take industrial action.

The Garda Representative Association said the action includes "a unilateral withdrawal of services" on 4, 11, 18 and 25 November.
The Republic's Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said she was disappointed by the news.
It follows the rejection of pay proposals negotiated with the Department of Justice last week.
The decision was taken at a meeting in Tullamore, County Offaly, to discuss proposals aimed at resolving their dispute over pay and conditions.
The Garda Commissioner has issued a statement encouraging all groups to remain engaged with the talks process on Garda pay and conditions.
Nóirín O'Sullivan said the best outcome for all, including the public, would be for these issues to be resolved within the process.
The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said: "Resolution of any outstanding issues of concern to the GRA can only be addressed through engagement between the parties and my Department continues to be available to discuss those issues.
"It would be most unfortunate if, rather than engaging further, action were to be contemplated that would not be in the best interests of our communities or An Garda Síochána."
Assistant Garda Commissioner Jack Nolan said the idea of gardaí (Irish police officers) withdrawing services for four days was unprecedented and urged those involved to continue to negotiate a suitable solution.
GRA General Secretary Pat Ennis said the organisation wanted pay restored and conditions addressed immediately.
Speaking with Irish broadcaster RTÉ, he said the GRA was exhausted from negotiations that have proved "fruitless".
Mr Ennis said the "organs of the State" had failed GRA members, compelling them to take industrial action.
"It's a momentous day. It's unprecedented, but that's what our conference decided on today," he said.
"It's not a choice that was taken easily.
"We are a vocational group of people and it was with great reluctance that this decision was made today, but we felt that we had no option to achieve a successful outcome to our negotiations."
Mr Ennis said that if strike action was taken, emergency services would still be operational.
He said it was not a "blue flu" - where gardaí would call in sick - but a withdrawal of services.
Such action could leave individual gardaí and those members in charge of the Garda Representative Association open to both criminal and disciplinary proceedings.
It is an offence under the Garda Síochána Act for any person to induce or do anything to induce a Garda to withhold his or her services, or commit a breach of discipline.
A person guilty of such an offence faces a fine of up to €3,000 and/or up to a year in prison if convicted in the District Court, and a fine of up to €50,000 and/or up to five years in prison if convicted in the Circuit Court.
It is also a breach of discipline for any Garda to do anything that obstructs the operation or implementation of official policy, directions or instructions.
The GRA does not have trade union status and therefore its members, gardaí, do not have the protection of the law to withdraw their services.
They are excluded from the protections under the Industrial Relations Acts that exist for other persons engaged in Industrial action.
Yesterday, a GRA ballot of their 10,500 rank-and-file members revealed that over 95% were prepared to take industrial action.
Meanwhile, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has announced it will hold a special delegate conference on 17 October in Athlone to discuss proposed industrial action.
The rejected proposals between the GRA and the Department of Justice included a restoration of rent allowance for new recruits to the force and the reinstatement of increments backdated to 1 July.
It is also promised that promotion opportunities for gardaí would increase on a pro-rata basis as the force expands to reach a strength of 15,000 as committed to by the Government.
The rent allowance would be restored in two phases, the first 50% on 1 January 2017 and the second 50% from 1 January 2018.
Gardaí would be required to work an extra 15 hours per year but that could be done in 15-minute blocks.


Six men have been charged over a haul of drugs with an estimated street value of more than £66m.

UK Border Force officers stopped a lorry at the King George Dock, Hull, on 17 May.
When the lorry was searched officers found about 58kg of cocaine and almost 84kg of heroin inside.
Police have charged six men with conspiracy to fraudulently evade duty, prohibition or provision and conspiracy to supply a Class A drug.
The operation was part of an ongoing operation by Greater Manchester Police's Serious and Organised Crime Group.
The men - two from Greater Manchester, two from Merseyside, one from Nottinghamshire and one from Derbyshire - are due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 31 August.


Farms in parts of Wales where bovine TB is rife could face tougher restrictions under plans set to be outlined later.

The Welsh Government will announce a fresh approach to combat the disease in cattle after a public consultation.
Farmers had been asked to give their views on the idea of splitting the country into areas of low, intermediate and high risk, based on levels of TB.
Farming unions said Wales' TB restrictions were already among the strictest in the world.
They urged measures to tackle the infection in badgers but Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths has ruled out a widespread badger cull, like the one being carried out by the UK government in parts of England.
However, she said she was considering allowing badgers to be trapped, tested and humanely killed on farms with chronic TB problems.
Under the draft proposals, first unveiled in October:
In 2015-16, the Welsh Government spent Â£26.4m on tackling the disease, which included money from the EU.
It is an expensive, complicated problem that has plagued several different governments and ministers, as well as causing misery and financial ruin in rural Wales.
The number of cattle being slaughtered, particularly in west Wales, as a result of the disease has increased sharply in recent years, causing concern for farmers.
The Welsh Government has insisted this rise is due to its efforts to drive out the disease for good.
Latest figures suggest bovine TB is now at a 10 year low, with more than 95% of cattle herds in Wales currently free of the disease.
In May, the Welsh Assembly's Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee called on ministers to set a national target date for the disease to be wiped out completely in Wales.
Farming leaders are worried ongoing issues with TB could affect any future trade deals to export Welsh beef after Brexit.
Stephen James, NFU Cymru president, said he wanted to see a "complete TB eradication programme that addresses not only the issues on farms but also in wildlife as well".
He said: "It's not fair that we as an industry keep getting more and more regulation and the wildlife part of it is overlooked."
Mr James added the Welsh Government had been "too slow to act" in parts of Wales where the disease is at its worse: "We've lost thousands of cattle as a result of it, and that's not fair on us."
Two years ago, a badger vaccination programme in north Pembrokeshire was put on hold following a global shortage of the TB jab.
There is no indication yet when or if that experiment will be able to resume.
Wildlife groups remain resolutely opposed to any badger culling, while some scientists point out that latest research suggests it could actually make the problem worse.
The environment secretary is set to announce her latest plans in the Senedd at about 16:30 BST.


Ireland captain Rory Best believes his side has helped fill the "void" between the northern and southern hemispheres with their historic autumn Test series.

A first win over New Zealand in Chicago was followed by Saturday's battling 27-24 victory over Australia.
All four semi-finalists at the 2015 Rugby World Cup came from the southern hemisphere but Ireland also secured a maiden win in South Africa in June.
"We feel that as a team on our day we can compete with anyone," said Best.
"After the Rugby World Cup there was all the talk about a big void between the northern and southern hemisphere.
"We didn't think there was a gap 12 months ago but we've simply got to keep improving. It's a good sign for us with the depth that we are now building."
Ireland's success over the Wallabies saw them become the first European side to defeat all three of the big southern hemisphere sides in a calendar year since England achieved the feat in 2003.
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Schmidt described seeing his injury-ravaged team beat Australia as "one of his proudest days" after a performance which showed "immense character".
The New Zealand-born coach signed a contract extension through to the 2019 Rugby World Cup before their successful November series, which began by ending the All Blacks' 18-match unbeaten run in Chicago.
Their resultant rise to fourth place in the world rankings could prove crucial to their seeding for the World Cup draw on 10 May, with Ireland still having the chance to improve their position with a good performance in the 2017 Six Nations.
By contrast, third-placed Australia only have this Saturday's Test against England at Twickenham to consolidate their standing.
Schmidt handed out 18 debuts in his team's 12 Tests during 2016, demonstrating the strength in depth at his disposal.
The emergence of the likes of Garry Ringrose, Joey Carbery and Josh van der Flier as quality performers on the international stage have been major plusses from the autumn internationals and the 'feelgood' factor is returning to Irish rugby after a disappointing World Cup quarter-final exit and an indifferent Six Nations campaign.
Having only beaten Italy and Scotland, and drawn with Wales, in the 2016 Six Nations, Ireland will be hopeful that home advantage will prove enough to help them overhaul France and Grand Slam winners England at the Aviva Stadium in February and March of next year.
By that stage, the battle for British & Irish Lions places will have been brought into much sharper focus, with tight-head prop Tadhg Furlong among those already emerging as a contender to be on the plane to New Zealand.
"It's kind of daunting in a way, to be honest with you," said prop Furlong of links to next summer's Lions squad.
"Because you know in your own head that 'jeez, my scrum wasn't great there' or 'my entry wasn't great here, and if I do this against a really great scrummaging pack, I'm going to be torn apart here'.
"That is your thought process and, with people throwing that out, you get kind of embarrassed.
"The Lions is synonymous with such a big brand and so many great players have played there. Do I see myself there at the minute? No.
"I think I have a long journey to go and, as I said, I've only started four games for Ireland, two Heineken Cup games for Leinster and it is a big, big step to be making those shouts."


A Hackney cab drivers' petition calling for action against other taxi drivers they say illegally pick up their fares has been lost, a council admitted.

The Derby Hackney Union petition was handed into Derby City Council in April but the council said it had lost it through an "administrative error".
Union chairman Mohammed Saffaf said the city was "doing absolutely nothing about illegal plying for hire".
The council - which apologised - agreed to meet drivers to discuss the issue.
Hackney cab drivers can pick up passengers without being pre-booked, while private hire drivers can only take fares that are booked in advance.
The members said the petition, which was signed by about half of its 300 members, calls for better enforcement of the rules.
Mr Saffaf said: "We have been talking to the council for years but they don't seem to be listening.
"They have a statutory duty to protect the public and it makes you wonder where that protection is.
"It is a public document and you can't just throw it in the bin. If they think they are going to get away with it, they need to think again."
Councillor Balbir Sandhu said: "We have since apologised to Mr Saffaf [for losing the petition] and invited him to resubmit the letter and petition."
Staff sickness and vacancies had reduced the amount of enforcement work by the council in the past few months, a council spokesman said.


Residents unable to drive to their homes for more than a year following a landslide on the Isle of Wight will have a temporary road built by the summer, the council has said.

Undercliff Drive was destroyed in severe weather in February 2014.
Councillor Phil Jordan said the solution was "long-awaited" and hoped it would lead to the entire road being reopened.
Survey work is due to start at the site in the coming weeks.
Parts of the existing road will be widened to enable vehicular access to properties, and a single track road will be built close to the existing route.
Designated parking spaces will also be provided.
The council said the scheme, at a "complex geological site" near a designated beauty spot, had "not been straightforward".
Mr Jordan added: "I am delighted we are finally in a position to start the process of allowing at least some permanent access to the properties situated there.
"I really do look forward to this scheme being finally completed and access being re-established."


The Queen has become the longest reigning monarch in British history.

9 September 2015 Last updated at 07:29 BST
She has now beaten Queen Victoria's record of 63 years, seven months and two days.
Her Majesty was just 25 when she first took the throne back in 1952 and lots has changed since then.
Watch Jenny's report to find out more about the Queen's reign through the ages.


Captain Alastair Cook said England were "devastated" by their five-run Champions Trophy final defeat by India.

Chasing only 130 in 20 overs, England looked well placed on 110-4, but losing four wickets for three runs eventually left them short on 124-8.
"From that position, you back yourself to win more times than you lose," said Cook. "It's a tough pill to swallow.
"We're devastated, but we'll move on and try to get better."
1979 World Cup: Lost to West Indies by 92 runs
1987 World Cup: Lost to Australia by seven runs
1992 World Cup: Lost to Pakistan by 22 runs
2004 Champions Trophy: Lost to West Indies by two wickets
2010 World Twenty20: Beat Australia by seven wickets
2013 Champions Trophy: Lost to India by five runs
After rain delayed play at Edgbaston for almost six hours and reduced the game to 20 overs per side, Cook's men restricted India to 129-7 with a controlled performance in the field.
England's chase then wobbled to 46-4, including the dismissal of Ian Bell, who was controversially given out stumped, by third umpire Bruce Oxenford, despite replays suggesting there was sufficient doubt for the batsman to be reprieved.
"I thought it was a poor decision," added 28-year-old Cook. "Maybe he saw a different angle than we did, but it looked pretty clear that he [Bell] was in."
From there though, England rallied, with Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara sharing 64 for the fifth wicket.
However, with the hosts needing only 20 from 16 deliveries, Morgan miscued Ishant Sharma to mid-wicket and Bopara fell to the same bowler from the next delivery, sparking England's collapse.
"It shows how quickly games can change in 20-overs cricket," said Essex left-hander Cook. "New guys coming in will always find it difficult to hit those runs."
England have faced criticism throughout the tournament, with some suggesting that their tactics have been too rigid, while former captain Bob Willis even accused them of ball-tampering.
It was important that we have a look at some of these new guys and give them an opportunity
However, Cook said he was proud of the way his team had performed, despite failing to end their wait for a global 50-over international trophy.
"We've been under a fair bit of pressure in this tournament," said Cook, who took over as England one-day captain in 2011, with leadership of the Test team coming the following year.
"Quite a lot of criticism and flak have been thrown our way and yet we got to the final. We've played some good cricket and I'm proud of the way the lads have fought.
"I think this is my lowest moment as England captain. It's a tough place, but when the emotion has gone we'll analyse this and look to build towards the 2015 World Cup."
For India captain Mahendra Dhoni, he adds the Champions Trophy to the 2011 World Cup and 2007 World Twenty20 which were won under his leadership.
This success was built on a new generation of India players with Shikhar Dhawan and Ravindra Jadeja ending the tournament as leading runscorer and wicket-taker respectively.
"It was important that we have a look at some of these new guys and give them an opportunity," said wicketkeeper Dhoni, who also led his side to the top of the world Test rankings from 2009 to 2011.
"I never turn up on the field to achieve something as a captain. For me, winning the game is very important, and that is of utmost importance for us as a team.
"I feel that there are similarities to this win and the 2007 World T20. Both teams players that desperately wanted to do well."


Impressive Leinster powered to a huge win over Montpellier to become the first team to qualify for the last eight of the European Champions Cup.

Second-row Jack Conan scored a hat-trick of tries for the dominant hosts.
Full-back Ica Nacewa, winger Adam Byrne, scrum-half Luke McGrath, replacement prop Cian Healy and centre Garry Ringrose also touched down.
Montpellier had fly-half Frans Steyn red-carded for a high challenge on Johnny Sexton when the score was 14-3.
Leinster, bottom of their group last season, can clinch a home quarter-final by beating Castres on 20 January.
There seemed to be little doubt over referee JP Doyle's decision to send off South African Steyn for taking out Sexton high and with force on 26 minutes.
The official reviewed the challenge and consulted assistant Wayne Barnes before producing the red card.
Montpellier's third sending-off in as many European games and, under the new regulations, the French club had little room for complaint.
Relentless Leinster took full advantage by securing a crushing victory over the 14 men to move nine points clear at the top of Pool Four.
Nacewa and Conan had already scored tries by the time of Steyn's dismissal and winger Byrne snapped up another before the break.
Conan got his second try soon after the restart, Sexton's conversion taking the Ireland fly-half past the 500-point mark in Europe.
Montpellier, who won October's home fixture 22-16, seemed to switch off and Luke McGrath spotted a gap to burst through for try number five.
Further tries followed from Healy and Ringrose, with Conan's hat-trick score in between.
Leinster: Nacewa, A. Byrne, G. Ringrose, Henshaw, O'Loughlin, Sexton, L. McGrath, J. McGrath, Tracy, Furlong, Toner, Triggs, Conan, van der Flier, Heaslip.
Replacements: R. Kearney for Nacewa (42), R. Byrne for Sexton (28), Gibson-Park for L. McGrath (65), Healy for J. McGrath (53), Strauss for Tracy (56), Bent for Furlong (56), Molony for Triggs (64).
Not used: Leavy.
Montpellier: Michel, Nagusa, Martin, Tomane, Nadolo, Steyn, White, Nariashvili, Mamukashvili, J. du Plessis, Willemse, Mikautadze, Ouedraogo, Qera, Spies.
Replacements: Mogg for Martin (72), O'Leary for White (60), Watremez for Nariashvili (53), Geli for Mamukashvili (41), Kubriashvili for J. du Plessis (53), Battut for Mikautadze (41), Galletier for Ouedraogo (64).
Not used: Immelman.
Sent off: Steyn (27).
Referee: JP Doyle (England)


Silicon Valley start-up Urban Engines hopes to make daily commutes faster - by using advanced maths.

25 February 2015 Last updated at 23:52 GMT
For urban transit operators, its algorithms aim to reveal how crowded commuter buses and trains are on their network, and how long are customers waiting on station platforms - information which until now has not been readily accessible.
It plans to license its so-called "space/time" model to operators in cities around the globe.
It also has just launched a consumer app that uses offline maps and data to let users figure out the best way to navigate around 11 cities - those in which transit operators employ Urban Engines' system.
As well as bringing up a "tabbed" view of expected transit times on favourite routes, it also uses the smartphone's built-in sensors to show an augmented reality view of how to navigate effectively, even when the user is offline.
But how does it rank against mapping giants like Google - the former employer of Urban Engine founder Shiva Shivakumar?
He explained how the system works to the BBC's North America technology correspondent Richard Taylor.
You can follow Richard on Twitter @RichTaylorBBC


Commentators sometimes say things which you know afterwards, though not at the time, are what everybody else would have said.

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In a 10-part series, BBC broadcaster Barry Davies recalls the most memorable Olympic moments of his 44 years on air from the Games.
It happened to me in the semi-final of Euro '96, when Gareth Southgate missed his penalty. All I said was, "Oh, no!" - and that, with a few adjectives added in, was what most people around the country said.
Commentary has to be spontaneous. You just pray that at the moment when it really matters, as Kenneth Wolstenholme proved all those years ago, you find the right words to add to the picture.
In June, Imran Sherwani - scorer of two goals for GB in the final - recalled the game and Barry Davies' commentary.
"Ah, the famous commentary from good old Barry.
"I always get asked about it. I rarely go a week without someone mentioning it to me.
"Barry is a fabulous supporter of hockey and he has stated that it was one of the greatest moments he has witnessed at an Olympics.
"The fact that I scored two in the final and had the famous commentary puts me to the fore but it was very much a team effort."
At the Seoul 1988 Olympics, like the British hockey team, I had no idea what effect was being had on people back home in Britain. The British men touched a spark with the public which they did not appreciate.
They went to the Games as the number two seeds but right from the start, things were not straightforward. They drew 2-2 with South Korea having been 2-0 up and there was a little bristling on the field, an altercation or two.
Then they lost to West Germany and at the end you could see them looking around, thinking: "That's it, we've blown it."
But other results meant they had not quite yet blown it - provided they won every match from that point onwards. And that concentrated their minds hugely.
They got to the semi-final, a superb game where Britain took a two-goal lead, let Australia back into it, then were saved by a brave goal from Sean Kerly.
The final itself was not as good as that match and, in my mind, I don't think I had any doubt that Britain would go on to win it. They scored good goals at the right times, moved the ball around quickly, and Imran Sherwani had a great game down the left side.
Every player in the team played well and it became a wonderful occasion. People who knew nothing about hockey got up at six o'clock in the morning in Britain to watch it. The team produced something which got a response from the public.
When Britain's third goal was scored - a tap-in from Sherwani - I began recapping it and, as I'm doing that, I'm thinking to myself: Hang on a minute. It's a knife-through-butter situation, there was no defender around. What were they doing, the Germans?
So I said: "Where were the Germans?"
And as I'm saying that, I'm thinking: Who gives a stuff where the Germans were? We're going to win this!
I have to admit the 'we' was there. I was guilty of supporting Great Britain. So then I added: "Frankly, who cares?" Because I didn't, and I doubt if anybody watching in Britain did.
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The game ended with a 3-1 win for Britain and after the match it was total chaos. The ceremony took a long time to come together and that allowed for all sorts of little cameos - the players' wives sat on the rostrum for photographs, the team bowed to the beautifully dressed Korean ladies who had turned up to every match, the minister for sport was lifted off his feet by one of the players, and in the middle of all of this was HRH Princess Anne, walking through the melee with absolute delight.
Sport is nothing without emotion and commentary is the art of finding the right words. You don't always know whether you've found them or not - sometimes, you're stupid enough to find them and then add a few more words which take away from what you have just said.
It's a matter of fortune. All I'm trying to do is open my mouth and hope my foot is sufficiently removed from it.


Patrick Roberts scored twice as Celtic extended their unbeaten domestic record to 43 matches this season with victory over St Johnstone at Parkhead.

Tom Rogic and teenage debutant Michael Johnston forced Saints keeper Zander Clark into several first-half saves.
Roberts put the champions ahead but Steven MacLean lashed in an equaliser.
Dedryck Boyata headed home a corner and Roberts scored his second before substitute Callum McGregor added the fourth with a sublime individual goal.
Victory moved the champions, who have now gone a year unbeaten domestically, 30 points clear of Aberdeen, who play Hearts on Sunday.
St Johnstone, who suffered a first defeat in 12 'post-split' fixtures going back two years, remain in fourth, six points ahead of Hearts.
Clark, making his first appearance in the Saints goal since the middle of March after replacing Alan Mannus, did not have to wait long to be tested.
Within 40 seconds he was diving low to turn a powerful left-foot strike from Rogic from 25 yards round the post.
Next he denied 18-year-old Michael Johnston, making his first-team debut, as he parried clear the youngster's right-foot 20-yarder.
Rogic, in the advanced central midfield role, was creative and dangerous and another well-struck effort forced Clark to show his quality again with another top-class save.
At the other end, Celtic keeper Craig Gordon, trying to play out from the back, passed the ball straight to Brian Easton but the Saints defender failed to take advantage.
Danny Swanson fired an early 25-yard free-kick over the top of Gordon's bar, but the visitors wasted the best chance of the first half just before the interval when MacLean headed Easton's cross into the path of Blair Alston 12 yards out, but the Saints midfielder sent his shot over the bar.
With Johnston producing flair on the left flank, fellow 18-year-old Anthony Ralston was enjoying his first start for the hosts at right-back, overlapping regularly to add another option to Celtic's attack.
Johnston was at the heart of the move that led to Celtic's opener on the resumption, his pass releasing Roberts, who from just outside the 18-yard box, sent a low left-foot strike into the bottom right-hand corner.
Saints responded within 90 seconds. MacLean's header from Paul Paton's cross was blocked on the line by Gordon, but as the ball broke free MacLean followed up to level the score.
Three minutes later Celtic regained the lead as Boyata rose unchallenged to head home a Roberts corner.
The champions increased their advantage just after the hour after slick build-up play.
Griffiths fired in a shot which Clark parried, but substitute Scott Sinclair reacted swiftly to cut the ball back for Roberts to claim his second of the afternoon from close range.
Celtic were flying now and Sinclair, who had replaced the impressive Johnston,  almost produced a magnificent solo goal, eluding numerous challenges before being denied by Clark.
Instead it was McGregor, only on the pitch for a minute after replacing Rogic, who claimed the game's classiest goal with a mazy run that left several Saints defenders in his wake before sweeping a low shot into the net for his third goal in three games.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers: "It was a really exciting performance for the supporters and a joy to watch the team play to that level.
"We were very good for the first 35 minutes without getting the goal, but we started the second half really well, and just switched off for some reason to concede the goal.
"But our response was spectacular. We scored four goals, and maybe could have finished with six or seven if we had been more clinical.
"I've been encouraging Patrick [Roberts] to get into the box because with his quality, he has the ability to score more goals, and it was a great bit of individual skill from Callum [McGregor] - he is performing at a really top level.
"I was delighted with the two young players who made their first starts. You can see the profile of Mikey Johnston, he is very similar to Scott Sinclair - slight, fast, dynamic.  With more involvement he will become a bit more prolific and incisive but he was quick and direct and most importantly worked very hard to press the play.
"I thought Tony [Anthony Ralston] was exceptional. You can see the maturity now in his performance; you would think he'd played 50 games already.   He's a very good defender, very hard to beat, very strong, but he can play football and has the agility to get forward. It was an outstanding first start from him."
St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright: "I thought Celtic were exceptional, they played particularly well, but I am disappointed that when we got back to 1-1, we gave away a poor goal to put them back in control of the game.
"If you keep it level for 10-15 minutes, then you might get something out of the game.  But it was just wave after wave of attack.
"It was a tough day for us, but at 4-1 with 20 minutes to go, it could have been a lot worse. We defended and made sure we came away with a 4-1 defeat and not a heavier one.
"But the second and third goals were poor goals from our point of view."
Match ends, Celtic 4, St. Johnstone 1.
Second Half ends, Celtic 4, St. Johnstone 1.
Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone).
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Richard Foster (St. Johnstone).
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Patrick Roberts.
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Craig (St. Johnstone).
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Richard Foster (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Danny Swanson.
David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone).
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul Paton (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Paton (St. Johnstone).
Corner,  Celtic. Conceded by Liam Craig.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal!  Celtic 4, St. Johnstone 1. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Tomas Rogic.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. David Wotherspoon replaces Blair Alston.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Richard Foster (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Celtic).
Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Celtic 3, St. Johnstone 1. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces Graham Cummins.
Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.


Archaeologists in Peru have found two mummies more than 1,000 years old in a suburb of the capital, Lima.

The mummies - of an adult and a child - were found at an ancient religious complex which has been under excavation since 1981.
The child is believed to have been an offering to the gods and may have been buried alive after the adult's death.
Researchers also found other offerings including the remains of guinea pigs and jars with feline designs.
"This is one of the most important finds in more than three decades of excavation, because the mummies are intact," researcher Gladys Paz told the AFP news agency.
The mummies are squatting and are fully dressed wrapped in rope.
It is the third intact find among more than 70 tombs uncovered in the Huaca Pucllana tomb, a pyramid-like temple built by the pre-Columbian Wari culture between 100 and 600 AD in what is now the Miraflores neighbourhood.
In 2010, archaeologists found the remains of a woman with four children, and in 2008, the remains of a teenage girl.
The site was built on 2.5 hectares of land and towers over 20m (66ft) high. So far, only about 40% has been excavated.
The Wari culture flourished between AD 500 to 1,000 on the coastal area of northern Peru.
Little is known about them, as they did not appear to leave a written record.


The holder of a winning lottery ticket bought in Stirling has until midnight to claim their £3m prize.

The quadruple rollover jackpot has gone unclaimed since the draw on 17 December, and the six-month deadline is set to expire.
Five winning tickets in the draw shared a prize pot of more than £15m.
If the winner does not come forward in time, the prize money and the interest it has generated will go towards lottery funded projects across the UK.
National Lottery bosses have staged a series of events in a bid to track down the mystery winner, who bought their ticket in the Stirling Council area, so far to no avail.
The winning ticket matched five numbers from the six drawn - 2, 19, 24, 33, 35, 46 - and the bonus ball, 12.


A man was killed by a "single blow" to his face in a row at his work's Christmas party, a court has heard.

William Wareham, 53, was punched by colleague Bradley Casey, of Thetford in Norfolk, at the end of a Bupa party in Harlow last year, the court was told.
The pair had taken cocaine before a scuffle when they went to look for a taxi, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
Mr Casey, 21, who denies manslaughter, claimed he acted in self defence and his actions were "fair and reasonable".
Mr Casey and Mr Wareham had both been at the Bupa Healthcare festive party at the Park Inn Hotel in Harrow on 12 December last year.
Prosecutor Peter Clark said: "It turned unexpectedly nasty after both, with another colleague, had decided they would move on to a different venue to continue drinking.
"Initially, there was no problem at all but there came a time when Billy Wareham was punched, a single blow to the face causing him to fall straight backwards, cracking his head on the pavement, knocking him out cold."
An ambulance took Mr Wareham to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, before he was transferred to the Queen's Hospital in Romford, the court heard.
He died on 13 December, the day after the party.
When interviewed, Mr Casey told police Mr Wareham had tried to persuade him to take cocaine and he refused, the court heard.
Mr Casey, formerly of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, claimed Mr Wareham also tried to force a cigarette into his mouth.
The third man, Stephen Boyce, told jurors: "There appeared to be a bit of a scuffle... I saw Billy laying on the floor. He was on his back.
"I couldn't find Casey, I couldn't see him, he'd gone."
The trial is due to continue on Wednesday.


A mystery buyer has stepped in to secure a rare set of World War Two medals which were to be auctioned.

The collection includes three Military Cross awards, believed to be one of only 25 examples such gallantry was recognised in one person.
They belonged to Sir Peter Hilton, who fought at Dunkirk, El Alamein and D-Day, then became Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a veterans' campaigner.
The buyer made a "substantial" direct offer to the owners, auctioneers said.
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Valued at up to Â£10,000, the collection also featured a journal Sir Peter wrote to his wife Winifred when he was sent abroad shortly after they married.
Sir Peter was part of the British Expeditionary Force that had to be evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
After marrying he was sent to the Middle East, where he was involved in the battle of El Alamein in 1942 and won the Military Cross and bar, as well as needing hospital treatment after being wounded.
His third award of the Military Cross came with the D-Day landings of June 1944.
In charge of a raft bringing vital tanks to the invasion beaches, he struggled against heavy gunfire and a failed engine.
He managed to flag down a landing craft to get a tow, only to discover it was commanded by his brother. He later was caught in a landmine explosion, in which he suffered a fractured skull and lost an eye.
Sir Peter stayed in the army for some years after the war but also served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1978 to 1994 and was president of the Normandy Veterans' Association.
He was knighted in 1993 and died in 1995.
Adrian Stevenson, militaria specialist at auction house Hansons, said: "Before the auction a buyer came forward and made a substantial offer to the owners.
"We are assured the medals will stay in Derbyshire and it is hoped to have them on public display."
Lady Winifred served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and was also involved with charities and voluntary organisations.  Seven of the medals in the 19 strong collection came from her.
She died in 2010.
The Military Cross is the third highest award for bravery against the enemy, after the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Cross.


A parachute mine dropped on the occupied island of Guernsey during World War Two has been safely removed from a beach.

It was the same as the device found in the Bluebell Woods - the removal of which involved the evacuation of houses and air and sea exclusion zones.
The device was discovered off Salerie Corner on Sunday, during a particularly low tide, and recovered on Tuesday.
PC Simon Hamon, from the bomb disposal team, said no explosives were found.
He said: "We recovered the firing section from a MK-1 Type 4 ground mine, otherwise known as a parachute mine, which is identical to the weapon that was dropped and we discovered in the Bluebell Woods.
"This was minus the explosive element, clearly some work had taken place on it - it had the firing pistol removed and the remote pressure switch removed."
PC Hamon said: "The decision was taken to recover it so it didn't get reported again.
"Because it was in such a good state of preservation we're transporting it up to the German Occupation Museum and they are going to preserve it so the public can see what a section of the bluebell bomb would have looked like."
The mine was among 74 dropped by the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1944, aimed at St Peter Port Harbour in a bid to stop submarines using it as a base.
PC Hamon said: "We can only account for 16 or 17 of them so there are plenty more out there.
"It's in a wonderful state of preservation so there's nothing to say there won't be others out there with cases intact and therefore explosives intact, which is a potential danger to the public."
He urged anyone who saw something they were not sure about to get in touch.


The UK Independence Party has gained its first elected MP, with Douglas Carswell taking the seat of Clacton by 12,404 votes.

Mr Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives, knocked his old party - which enjoyed a 12,068 majority at the 2010 election - into second place.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he had "shaken up British politics".
In the night's other by-election, Labour held on to Heywood and Middleton but UKIP slashed its majority to 617.
Mr Farage told BBC Breakfast UKIP could hold the balance of power after next year's general election.
He said UKIP's second place in Heywood and Middleton was "even more significant" than its win in Clacton, saying the party was now the main opposition to Labour in northern cities.
"Something big is happening here. People want change, they have had enough of career politicians in three parties."
Mr Farage said he expected more Conservative MPs to join UKIP following the defection of Mr Carswell and Mark Reckless, who has triggered a by-election in Rochester and Strood, Kent.
"I think it would be very surprising if more people did not come across", he said, saying he had also spoken to Labour MPs "frustrated that they are not able to change things in British politics".
Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast the result in Clacton was a "wake-up call" saying that while UKIP were a threat to all the Westminster parties, they "cost Conservatives seats", so put Labour leader Ed Miliband "one step closer to Downing Street".
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "If you see a big UKIP vote you end up with Ed Miliband as prime minister, Ed Balls as chancellor, Labour in power."
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the Conservative strategy of saying a UKIP vote helped Labour was "the only way they think they can get those voters back".
The UKIP vote could still "slump back" at the general election, or it could "carry on breaking every prediction and really make a breakthrough", he added.
'Humility, modesty'
Speaking in Heywood, where he congratulated winning candidate Liz McInnes, Mr Miliband said UKIP voters did not think political parties listened to them or that the country represented them.
He said Labour had changed and realised it was "not prejudiced" to worry about immigration, but said he did not think UKIP could "represent the interests of working people".
The next election would be a fight against "disillusionment and despair", he predicted.
Speaking on a walkabout with Mr Farage in Clacton on Friday morning, Mr Carswell, who gained 21,113 votes - 60% of the total - said he did not want to be UKIP leader. and said his old party had "smeared" Mr Reckless since his defection.
In his acceptance speech he told UKIP supporters there was "nothing that we cannot achieve".
Addressing the people of his constituency, he said: "I resigned from parliament to face this election because I answer first, foremost and last to you. You are my boss. I will not let you down.
"To my new party I offer these thoughts: humility when we win, modesty when we are proved right. If we speak with passion, let it always be tempered by compassion."
He also addressed the party's prospects on a wider front, saying "we must be a party for all Britain and all Britons: first and second generation as much as every other".
"Our strength must lie in our breadth. If we stay true to that there is nothing that we cannot achieve. Nothing we cannot achieve in Essex and East Anglia, in England and the whole country beyond."
Mr Carswell condemned the other Westminster parties for operating "cosy cartel politics".
Michael Dugher, Labour's vice-chairman, said his party would continue to "expose UKIP for what they are".
"We will take them on in our areas", he said.
Mr Dugher said UKIP had inflicted a "humiliating defeat for David Cameron" in Clacton.
But Labour MP and former Pensions Minister Frank Field MP said: "If last night's vote heralds the start of UKIP's serious assault into Labour's neglected core vote, all bets are off for safer, let alone marginal seats at the next election."
If Clacton provided the headline, Heywood and Middleton provided the surprise: UKIP nearly won there too. Little wonder party leader Nigel Farage was on the champagne in the pub afterwards.
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Mr Carswell is the first MP to be elected under their banner although it did have one MP for two years after 2008 after another Tory MP, Bob Spink, defected to them.
Conservative candidate Giles Watling, one of the stars of the old BBC sitcom Bread, said: "I intend to stand here next May at the general election when this country will face a clear choice of who they want to be the leader - David Cameron or Ed Miliband."
It had also looked at one point that UKIP could have been celebrating a double success with the result in the Greater Manchester constituency of Heywood and Middleton - held comfortably by Labour since its creation in 1983 - deemed close enough to warrant a "bundle check" of votes.
But in the end, Labour's Liz McInnes got 11,633 votes -  41% - with UKIP's John Bickley gaining 11,016 - 39%.
Labour's newest MP, Ms McInnes, told the BBC: "I'm going to work damn hard in this constituency. People here will have an MP who is going to fight for their interests."
But Mr Bickley said: "Labour are in big trouble. This should have been a safe seat. They have thrown everything at it and they have only just scraped home."
Elections expert Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University said: "We have to accept that the battle in England for May 2015 is not going to be a battle between simply three parties; it's going to be a battle between at least four parties.
"And bear in mind that also, according to some of the opinion polls, the Greens are running at 5% or 6% as well. We are looking at a very different kind of electoral competition in England from anything we have previously experienced in post-war elections."
The Heywood and Middleton contest was prompted by the death of long-serving Labour MP Jim Dobbin last month. His majority at the last general election was 5,971.
Constituency level opinion polls, the data in detail
Douglas Carswell (UKIP) 21,113 (59.75%)
Giles Watling (Con) 8,709 (24.64%)
Tim Young (Lab) 3,957 (11.20%)
Chris Southall (Green) 688 (1.95%)
Andy Graham (LD) 483 (1.37%)
Bruce Sizer (Ind) 205 (0.58%)
Howling Laud Hope (Loony) 127 (0.36%)
Charlotte Rose (Ind) 56 (0.16%)
Turnout was 51%
Liz McInnes (Lab) 11,633 (40.86%)
John Bickley (UKIP) 11,016 (38.69%)
Iain Gartside (Con) 3,496 (12.28%)
Anthony Smith (LD) 1,457 (5.12%)
Abi Jackson (Green) 870 (3.06%)
Turnout was 36%


Britain's Olympic and Paralympic sports will find out at 14:00 GMT on Friday how much funding they will receive from UK Sport for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

A record £347m was made available for the last four-year cycle, with Paralympic sports receiving a 43% rise.
The result was unprecedented success for GB's teams at the Rio Games, with the Olympics yielding 67 medals and the Paralympics a stunning 147.
Funds are raised via the National Lottery and taxation.
Sports minister Tracey Crouch says any "uncertainty" around future funding amid a decline in the number of National Lottery players will be offset by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
"UK Sport may need to make decisions based on conservative assumptions of Lottery income," she added.
"This could impact the number of sports and the number of athletes that could be supported between now and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
"The department will provide additional funding to allow Team GB and ParalympicsGB to be properly supported in Tokyo."
With the £274.5m of National Lottery money allocated to Olympic sports came a comprehensive list of medal targets from UK Sport.
It said its decisions are not based solely on past performances, rather realistic medal opportunities in Tokyo.
Rowing was rewarded for a successful London 2012 with £32.6m of funding for 2016 - the highest amount in the last cycle.
It won three golds and two silver medals in Rio, but fell one short of its minimum medal target of six.
It was one of only two sports that failed to live up to expectations, with GB's modern pentathletes failing to win a medal after being set a target of one.
Cycling was the second-highest funded sport following London with £30.6m, and it exceeded UK Sport's goals for Rio by winning 12 medals - six of them gold - to beat the maximum target of 10 it was set.
ParalympicsGB was challenged by UK Sport to win one medal more than the 120 it collected in London, and far surpassed that goal in Rio.
Athletics was the biggest beneficiary in the Paralympic sports with their funding increased by more than £4m last time, while swimming and cycling were also boosted following London 2012.
A DCMS spokesperson added: "Our athletes made the nation proud in Rio with incredible performances that led to Team GB and ParalympicsGB finishing second in the medal tables.
"Our approach to elite sport is world class and we are committed to keeping up this momentum and supporting our athletes all the way to Tokyo.
"That is why it is our intention to underwrite lottery funding for UK Sport to ensure levels of investment are maintained in the run up to the Games in 2020."
From just £5m per year before the 1996 Games in Atlanta, where GB won one gold and 15 medals in total, UK Sport's Olympic spending rose to £54m by the 2000 Games in Sydney, where Britain won 11 golds and 28 medals in total to leap to 10th on the medal table.
By the 2012 Games in London, where Britain came third in the medal table with 65, that amount had climbed to £264m.
Between 2013 and 2017, almost £350m in public funds will have been spent on Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Gymnastics, given nothing at all before Atlanta, received £5.9m for Sydney and £14.6m in the last cycle.
In Rio, Max Whitlock became Britain's first Olympic champion, winning two gold medals; his team-mates delivered another silver and three bronzes.
However, the men's and women's handball teams, who finished last in their groups in 2012, had their £2.92m funding to support elite athletes cut completely.
Sporting governing bodies have also been warned by UK Sport and Sport England they must bring in more women or lose public funding.
Under the new 'Code for Sports Governance', organisations must adhere to "gold standards" of transparency, accountability and financial integrity.
The code sets out a target of at least 30% gender diversity on boards.
The new code applies to governing bodies who ask for UK government and National Lottery funding from April 2017.


An environmental charity is taking the Department of the Environment to court over what it claims is a failure to protect Lough Neagh from the activities of sand dredging.

Friends of the Earth Ltd lodged papers at the High Court in Belfast.
It wants a judge to review the decision of the Environment Minister Mark H Durkan not to issue a stop notice to the sand companies.
The notice would have meant an immediate end to dredging on the lough.
Earlier this year, Mr Durkan did issue an enforcement notice, ordering an end to the practice.
But the sand companies appealed it to the Planning Appeals Commission, meaning the work could continue pending the outcome of the appeal.
There is no appeal process when a stop notice is issued - it can only be challenged in the courts.
Around 1.7m tonnes of sand is sucked out of Lough Neagh every year by barges.
It supplies around a quarter of the construction in Northern Ireland.
Two years ago it emerged there was no planning permission for the extraction - which is considered a type of mining under planning regulations.
The lough is an internationally important bird sanctuary with EU protection.
Friends of the Earth said this placed a legal requirement on the department to protect it.
"Sand dredging should therefore cease through the issuing of a stop notice and should only resume if planning permission is granted and it's demonstrated that it will not cause damage to the lough," a spokesman said.
In response to the legal action Mr Durkan said he did not think he had made the wrong decision, but it would now be "for the court to decide".
"It's Friends of the Earth's or anyone's prerogative to challenge any decision a minister makes, but I believe I have taken responsible and sensible action to date," he said.


One of India's most well-known Bollywood actors Vinod Khanna has died aged 70, his hospital has confirmed.

Khanna, also an active politician, had been suffering from cancer and was admitted to hospital earlier this month as his illness became more serious.
He acted in more than 100 Bollywood films and was widely seen as a counterfoil to the "angry young man" played by Amitabh Bachchan.
He was elected to parliament four times and was once a junior foreign minister.
Khanna began his career in 1968 and was a household name in India, particularly during the 1970s and eighties when he played the starring role in a number of Bollywood hits.
Tributes have been pouring in for Mr Khanna who died after a long illness. The hashtag #VinodKhanna was trending on top of Twitter India on Thursday afternoon.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee led tributes from politicians while many Bollywood celebrities also paid homage.


Pakistan and Sri Lanka have clinched the two remaining places for this summer's ICC Women's World Cup.

Bangladesh, the only other team still in contention, lost to Sri Lanka by 42 runs in their rain-affected final game of the World Cup Qualifier in Colombo.
India, who beat Pakistan, and South Africa, who overcame Ireland, had already made sure of qualification.
Those top four teams from the Super Six phase will join hosts England, plus Australia, New Zealand and West Indies.
The leading four sides had booked their places by finishing in the top four of the ICC Women's Championship, which was contested between 2014 and 2016.
It is the first time since 1993 that England have hosted the tournament, which starts on 24 June and will be played in a round-robin format with the group games at Bristol, Derby, Leicester and Taunton, before Lord's hosts the final on 23 July.
The Qualifier concludes in Colombo on Tuesday with the top two sides, India and South Africa, meeting in the final - although this does not affect qualification.


"Everything about the game is fantastic - it's given me my sport back"

That is how Brian Lenehan describes playing tennis for blind and visually impaired people, which is being offered for the first time in Northern Ireland at Windsor Tennis Club in south Belfast.
Brian is partially sighted after his vision was badly damaged following a collision with a goalkeeper in a game of Gaelic football.
He now has a condition called neuromyelitis optica which means he has virtually no central vision although he retains some peripheral sight.
As a person who regarded sport as a big part of his life before the accident, Brian said Blind VI (visually impaired) tennis has become very important to him.
"When my sight went, it was human instinct to say - 'that's it, everything is finished'.
"To try and get out of that, you need to experience different sports, but you need to do so in the right environment, a safe environment with coaches who know your situation, and who you trust."
The main differences in the game are a larger-sized tennis ball, which rattles to allow players to track it, and the number of bounces allowed.
The size of the court is also altered to about half that of a full tennis court.
The scheme began when Disability Sports NI approached Windsor Tennis Club last year.
It has been so successful that there are now 14 players who are split into two groups.
Simon McFarland, director of tennis at the club, said it was a tough game to play.
"The players have to really listen out for the ball. Tracking it is the most important part rather than hitting it. Hitting the ball is actually quite easy for them."
Torie Tennant is blind and travels from Ballymena to Windsor once a week with her guide dog, Ushi.
"It is fantastic craic. It is great to be involved in a sport that is so inclusive," she said
For Deborah Shaw the experience has changed the way she feels about sport and keeping fit. She has had poor vision since birth and her eyesight has deteriorated further.
"When I was at school I hated sports and was always the last person to be picked for team games. When we did netball I actually ran away from the ball rather than towards it.
"This, with the support from Simon and the supporters, has really given me a new lease of life. I'm just buzzing about it."
Judith Brennan from Disability Sports NI said the organisation hoped to be able to roll out the project further, as they can see the benefits for those who are taking part.
"It is a big social outlet for people - as well as getting active it is a big confidence builder.
"I think we could always do better but I think we are doing a good job in terms of targeting the right people. It can be very difficult for people with sight loss because maybe they can't use social media, there are little barriers there - but that's part of my job to cancel that out and make everything inclusive."
Brian Lenehan is aiming high with the goal of taking part in the international blind tennis championships next year.
"Once I started playing my first game I just knew - this was for me," he said.


Bristol City midfielder Bobby Reid and forward Wes Burns have both agreed new one-year contract extensions with the Championship club until 2017.

Reid, 23, scored his first goal for the club in Saturday's 4-1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday, his 25th match of the season, as City moved up to 18th.
Burns, 21, made 17 appearances earlier this term before joining Fleetwood on loan, playing 11 matches.
Of his 54 Robins' appearances, 48 have come from the substitutes bench.


Scotland and Celtic skipper Scott Brown has praised "rising star" Kieran Tierney, listing what he sees as his club-mate's range of talents.

The 18-year-old has replaced Honduran Emilio Izaguirre as Ronny Deila's first-choice left-back and has now been called into his first Scotland squad.
"For the last three or four months he has been exceptional," said Brown.
"Nothing fazes the wee man. He will thrive off the occasion, playing with international players."
Tierney made his breakthrough into the Celtic team at the tail end of last season and has made 23 appearances in the current campaign.
His performances have been rewarded with a call-up by national team manager Gordon Strachan to the squad to play Denmark in a friendly at Hampden on 29 March.
"He [Kieran] works so hard in training and he's got a great attitude," said Brown.
"He's a rising star, that's for sure. Hopefully he gets a little chance against Denmark and he can show the manager what he can do. We see him every day in training. Just to put that Scotland jersey on, he'll love it.
"He is still learning the game, he is still a young kid. He is composed on the ball, he is good at one-on-one defending and he is also a great attacking outlet for us. He has pretty much got everything you could ask for.
"Tackling is a strength of his game and wingers and midfielders get scared when they go one-on-one with him because they know what he can do.
"Plus he can break as well; he's got great pace."
With Strachan offering nine players the chance to win their first cap, 30-year-old Brown, who has won 49 caps, admits he and the other experienced players will have to keep on their toes to retain their places.
"The gaffer has a few new faces," add the midfielder. "It's a challenge for everyone. There are always younger ones coming in who want your position."


"I blinked to communicate and never thought I would walk again," said a County Londonderry woman who is recovering from locked-in syndrome.

Clodagh Dunlop, who is 35 and from Magherafelt, suffered a massive stroke in April and walked out of hospital for the first time on Thursday.
It was on her birthday in May that Clodagh started to show signs of breaking free from being locked-in.
There is no treatment or cure, and recovery is very rare.
Locked-in syndrome affects particular parts of the brain and Clodagh has had to relearn basic bodily functions like breathing and swallowing
Her long-term goal is to run four miles as she used to do every day.
Clodagh was based as a PSNI officer in Londonderry. It is a role she hopes to return to one day.
"I'm immensely excited," she told BBC Radio Foyle.
"I have gone from just being able to blink my eyes when I was locked in to taking a few small steps across the threshold at Musgrave.
"The staff have become my family and are very special people.
"I told the sister in charge that they have all become angels to me. I had a few tears along the way.
"I can't even describe what the feeling was like.
"When I was admitted they asked me what I wanted to achieve and I said my goal was to walk out of here.
"This is the next step of what will be a long journey. I can't wait to begin it."


Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed by Indian shelling in disputed Kashmir, the Pakistani military says.

The troops died in "unprovoked" firing overnight in the Bhimber sector on the Line of Control (LoC). India blamed Pakistan for starting the clash.
It is thought to be the Pakistani military's biggest single loss of life in Kashmir since a 2003 truce.
Tensions have flared over the long-running dispute since an Indian army base was attacked in September.
Both India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating the 2003 ceasefire agreement.
Both sides have reported civilians and a number of soldiers being killed or injured in recent weeks, during which time the LoC has seen intense exchanges of fire.
Hundreds of civilians in villages along the LoC have been evacuated.
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The territorial dispute between India and Pakistan over Muslim-majority Kashmir has been running for decades.
Both nuclear-armed states claim the territory in its entirety but control only parts of it. Two of the three wars fought between the two sides since independence have been over Kashmir.
After the 18 September army base attack on the Indian-administered side, the Indian military said it had carried out "surgical strikes" against suspected militants along the LoC.
Pakistan called the strikes an "illusion" and denied Indian claims it was behind the militant attack.
A subsequent BBC investigation found that while India did not airdrop commandos to hit militant camps or conduct ground assaults deep into Pakistani-administered territory, troops did cross the LoC a significant distance to hit border posts and then pulled back.
Pakistan said two soldiers were killed in the strikes. Two more are reported to have died in cross-border firing since.