Mansfield Town have signed former Rochdale defender Rhys Bennett on a free transfer.

The 24-year-old made 21 league and cup appearances for Rochdale last season.
"We fought very hard to get this one done. He's played in midfield so he's very combative, but we feel right-back is his best position," boss Adam Murray told the club website.
Bennett is Mansfield's fifth summer signing following Danny Rose, George Taft, Ashley Hemmings and CJ Hamilton.
The length of his contract has not been disclosed, and the deal will be completed on 1 July.


There has been a record-breaking achievement in distributing tablets to fight neglected tropical diseases, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says.

The effort has ramped up since a key meeting in London five years ago.
In 2015, one billion people worldwide were treated for at least one tropical disease. Companies have donated seven billion treatments since 2012.
The World Health Organisation said improving water and sanitation was key to driving further progress.
The London meeting resulted in a pledge to control or eliminate 10 neglected tropical diseases - including guinea worm, river blindness and trachoma - by 2020.
Some 170,000 people die from one of the illnesses every year, but their biggest impact is disabling their sufferers.
In an interview with BBC News, Bill Gates praised pharmaceutical companies for "doing their part in a great relationship" by donating treatment at "a phenomenal scale".
Mr Gates said: "None of these diseases are getting worse. They are less neglected than they used to be.
"We're behind on some of the very ambitious goals which were set in London for 2020 - but the burden from all these diseases is getting better.
"And for some, such as lymphatic filariasis (a mosquito-borne worm which causes limbs to swell), there's been a big reduction in the population we need to treat - from 1.5 billion to one billion people.
"Guinea worm is close to the end, with only 25 cases last year - though the unrest in South Sudan is making this work harder. But it's not going to spread back in big numbers.
"And we've had huge progress on sleeping sickness (a parasitic infection which can kill) - with cases now down to under 3,000. This is a fantastic story.
"It's a hard area to explain because it's not just one disease - and there is a certain complexity to the individual diseases."
Five of the 10 diseases are tackled with big programmes to distribute multiple drugs, requiring lots of co-ordination to deliver and evaluate treatment in an efficient way.
Mr Gates was speaking from a meeting in Geneva, where new commitments worth $812m (Â£641m) have been made by governments, drug companies and charitable bodies.
He applauded the UK government's announcement at the weekend that it would double support for fighting neglected tropical diseases.
Mr Gates told me: "The UK is a critical donor. As somebody who's very measurement-oriented, I find that partnering with the UK on these health-related areas is a great way to spend money and lift these countries up.
"Anyone who gets to see these very tough diseases, and to see the benefit from these initiatives, would be absolutely convinced."
Mr Gates, who had a meeting with President Trump last month, described the recent US funding cut to the United Nations Population Fund as "disappointing and unfortunate".
He added: "I feel quite confident that when Congress decides the overall aid budget, there won't be the large cuts to foreign aid that would have been implied by the President's proposed budget.
"I don't know that we'll get to a situation where there are no cuts - but I think with the support of Congress, we'll get close to where we've been in previous years.
"I talked to the President about the critical role the US has played in the great progress on HIV, malaria and reproductive health - and in terms of how strong health systems can stop pandemics.
"We got a glimpse of that with Ebola and Zika.
"I think I was able to get across the idea that global health matters even in an 'America First' framework.
"The President has proved willing to be pragmatic since he's been in office - so continued dialogue about development aid will be important."


It is that time of year where managers stand alongside new signings with a glowing look of pride on their face.

But what if the manager cannot make it? German second-tier club St Pauli have offered a solution to such a dilemma.
In the absence of boss Ewald Lienen, a masked man was used as they paraded new striker Marvin Ducksch.
St Pauli - regarded as a cult club in Germany - posted an image of the mask along with a message reading "a one off" after fans began to ask questions.
Ducksch, a 22-year-old signed from Borussia Dortmund, said he was looking forward to "playing in front of big crowds again".
Meeting his new manager would be a start.


Is social media the new battleground on which individuals air their grievances about big companies?

A sense of lonely rage, after being mistreated by a big company, is a feeling many can relate to.
Rudeness, poor service or inexplicable disruptions announced by unswervingly unapologetic staff - sometimes minor injustices are the ones that rankle the most.
And, when faced with a seemingly impassive company, the outlets by which customers could seek justice - or at least complain - have traditionally involved sending a letter or contacting a call centre.
But a new trend appears to be emerging in which people are taking to social media platforms to air their grievances.
A survey conducted by communications agency Fishburn Hedges and Echo Research points to this phenomenon.
It polled 2,000 UK adults and found that, in April 2012, 36% had used a social media platform to contact a big company.
Some 65% of those surveyed said they believed social media was a better way to communicate with companies than call centres.
And while half of people aged between 18 and 24 engaged with big brands in this way, the tactic was not restricted to young people.
Researchers found just over a quarter - 27% - of those surveyed aged 55 and above had contacted companies using social media.
Peter Davis complained on Twitter after he bought a computer online only for a microwave to be delivered to his Brighton home.
"This was preferable to calling their customer services line and being put on hold for inordinate length of time listening to pulsating dance music," he says.
"Once my tweet was published someone from the company contacted me almost immediately. The next day I received a parcel containing the item I initially ordered."
Anyone involved with marketing or customer services would agree that it's important to deal with matters courteously and in good time.
Social media is just another channel. The difference is that if a consumer tweets, for example, they expect a response. And it's in a public domain, so other customers will see it too.
There are a number of questions that can be handled in front of a screen but often companies try to move the conversation to a traditional channel - for example, by saying 'give us your number to call you'.
One of the biggest concerns that marketers have about social media is the time and resources it takes to be managed properly. The danger for big companies is that if social media channels aren't monitored 24 hours a day you could log off at 5pm and log in the next day at 9am to find momentum has gathered behind a certain issue.
Looking at how consumers are using social media, I predict this type of interaction will become more common. But we don't know if something else will replace Twitter. A new social media channel could emerge and take its place, creating new challenges.
And he is not alone.
When Jennifer Hardi found herself on a crowded train platform, following disruption to the regular service, she sent a tweet to the rail operator's customer service team and received an apology within minutes, along with a revised timetable.
"It's a shame that if you have a complaint you have to resort to public humiliation and publishing a tweet to get your case heard and resolved quickly," says Bryan Allworthy, who used the same strategy to great effect when his telephone and internet service experienced intermittent disruption.
Mr Allworthy, who runs his own consulting business, goes on: "I got bogged down with call centre reps that refused to escalate the problem and get someone who knew how to fix the system.
"Within half an hour of tweeting the marketing department of both firms got on the case, working quickly to resolve the matter."
Not only Twitter fulfils this role. Although the ability to send a short message into a public sphere makes it particularly convenient, Facebook and Google+ are also places where firms are engaging with their customers.
The issue of "public humiliation" seems to be the key point, with big firms doing their best to protect their reputations.
The quick, efficient response that these efforts evoke forms what Eva Keogan, head of innovation at Fishburn Hedges, calls "VIP treatment from brands on social media".
"Fear of public complaints evens up the balance for us all. However, the smartest businesses are the ones that will manage to avoid injecting needless processes," she says.
"Social media can bring a business and its customers much closer."
'Bashtag' danger
But the use of social media - particularly Twitter - to engage with customers can also backfire.
Qantas discovered this last November when it encouraged people to use the Qantas Luxury hashtag to share positive experiences of flying with the Australian airline, incentivising participation with a prize of luxury pyjamas.
Instead,
          it was inundated with thousands of complaints and sarcastic comments from disgruntled customers
 who felt the service they received could not have been further from what they considered to be luxury.
McDonald's was also stung by the unpredictability of social media when it created the McDStories hashtag in January, hoping it would unleash a stream of positive tweets extolling the virtues of its dining experience.
The fast-food behemoth
          reportedly stopped using the hashtag after just two hours, saying the effort "did not go as planned"
 following a barrage of negative tweets.
But by then the hashtag had taken on a life of its own and continued to be used.
One person tweeted: "I only eat McDonald's when I am ill because it makes me feel sick anyway."
Another wrote: "Dude, I used to work at McDonald's. The #McDStories I could tell would raise your hair."
Such behaviour
          led to the term "bashtag" being coined
 to describe situations in which a corporate Twitter hashtag is used to criticise the company.
This exemplifies what Thomas Brown, of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, calls "the democratisation of conversations".
He says big companies had previously enjoyed a "controlled" conversation with customers in which they promoted their wares through advertisements.
Unhappy consumers could only respond with a small voice, through letters or calling a customer relations team, but companies cannot control social media conversations.
"Now there is a risk that you could have a groundswell of customers talking to each other and, from the brand's perspective, it can get out of hand very quickly," he said.
"As millions more catch on to this great route into traditional customer service channels, the challenge for brands will be maintaining the same level of service," says Ms Keogan, of Fishburn Hedges.
She warns that while it is "fantastic to get a better service through social media" consumers "may find this is short-lived" as businesses develop strategies to deal with such complaints.
Some have questioned whether the rise of social media marks the beginning of the end for call centres.
In the Philippines, which with more than 600,000 call centre workers recently overtook India as the world leader in the field, efforts are already being made to incorporate social media responses in to the workload of staff.
allowing employees to instantly see every message, no matter how it comes into the centre.
Experts agree that the future is uncertain for this nascent form of dialogue between companies and consumers.
Richard Dodd, of the British Retail Consortium, points out that dealing with social media complaints "has the potential to need more staff" and could therefore prove to be costly.
"If you are actively engaging in social media you are setting up an expectation amongst customers that they will receive a response, so you have to be geared up to fulfil those expectations," he says.
But one thing does look certain.
That sense of rage at perceived injustices no longer has to be a private conversation between the consumer and a small cog in a big machine.


Germany can bar EU migrants from certain social security benefits even if they have previously worked in Germany, the EU's top court has ruled.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling applies to all EU member states.
Even after six months' residence in an EU state a migrant may still be refused any social assistance, the ECJ ruled.
The judgement concerned a Bosnian-born Swedish national - Nazifa Alimanovic - who had claimed subsistence allowances after losing her job in Germany.
The UK Conservatives say the ruling strengthens Prime Minister David Cameron's hand in his push for major EU reforms.
Changes to EU policy on migrant benefits are a key part of his renegotiation, ahead of a UK in/out referendum on EU membership, set to take place by the end of 2017.
In 2012 a job centre in Berlin stopped paying social security to Ms Alimanovic. She and her daughter Sonita had been receiving unemployment benefits since December 2011. Child support had also been paid for two more children - Valentina and Valentino.
Denying certain non-contributory benefits - also called "social assistance" - to EU jobseekers from another EU country "does not contravene the principle of equal treatment", the ECJ said.
An ECJ ruling in November 2014 found that Germany also had a right to refuse benefits to EU migrants who had no intention of finding work in Germany, in the Dano case.
Ms Alimanovic's three children were born in Germany. The family had returned there from Sweden in 2010. Ms Alimanovic and her elder daughter had worked for less than a year before claiming benefits.
The Conservatives' employment spokesperson in Europe, Anthea McIntyre, called the ruling "a major endorsement of our stance on benefit tourism and our views on free movement.
"Increasingly the rest of Europe is seeing things our way. It bodes well for one of our key areas of renegotiation."
A UK government spokesperson said the ruling "shows we are right to restrict benefits going to EU nationals who haven't paid into the system in the UK.
"It is also further supports our argument that individual member states should have the freedom to design their own welfare systems without being constantly challenged by the courts."
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) - with 24 MEPs the largest British contingent in the European Parliament - said "abuse of the welfare system by non-nationals is also clearly becoming an issue in Germany".
"The [UK] government needs to examine this judgment closely, and if need be, look to alter the rules on habitual residence, which give EU migrants open access to many UK benefits, even though some of them in reality are not seeking work or have only worked for a very short time," said UKIP's employment spokeswoman Jane Collins.
A British Liberal Democrat MEP, Catherine Bearder, said the ruling had "huge implications for the current EU debate in the UK.
"It confirms that jobseekers from elsewhere in the EU are not automatically entitled to claim benefits. I hope the myth of benefit tourism will now be put firmly to bed."


Wayne Bennett's opening game as England head coach will be a Four Nations warm-up fixture against France in Avignon on Saturday, 22 October.

Bennett, 66, succeeded Steve McNamara as the national team boss in February of this year, on the back of an autumn Test series win against New Zealand.
England take on Australia, New Zealand and Scotland in the Four Nations later this year.
The opening Test comes against the Kiwis in Huddersfield on 29 October.
"This is my first opportunity to see the squad in action and I feel an away game is good preparation to see how everyone comes together in a new environment," Bennett said.
Avignon, in France's southern rugby league heartland, has staged many internationals with England's last visit resulting in a 32-18 victory back in 2011.


Brazil "cracked up" during Tuesday's stunning 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany, according to victorious coach Joachim Low.

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The three-time winners scored on five occasions in the first half - including four in six minutes - as they inflicted Brazil's biggest World Cup loss.
"Scoring three in four minutes the hosts were in shock," said Low.
"We were extremely cool and realised they were cracking up, and we took advantage of that."
Low, whose Germany side lost 1-0 to Spain in the 2010 semi-final, added: "We had a clear, persistent game-plan and if we were courageous and believed in our own strengths, we would win this match.
"That the result would be so emphatic was not to be expected."
Low then turned his attention to Sunday's final, where Germany will either meet either Argentina or Netherlands, who play each other on Wednesday.
"We've won this match. We're in the final of the World Cup, against a different opponent," he said.
"We were lucky that the hosts were shell-shocked. Now we must prepare well for the final."
Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller said his side's thrashing of Brazil was "totally crazy".
"We can't run away with ourselves," said the 24-year-old, who opened the scoring in the 11th minute, before Miroslav Klose struck to become the World Cup's all-time leading scorer.
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"Just as it was said that we were finished after the Algeria game, now we'll be praised to the heavens. We haven't reached our goal yet."
Muller called for his team-mates to put their "heart and soul" into one more game - the World Cup final on Sunday.
"Of course, we didn't expect that score," he said. "But you can see how different games can go.
"Brazil reacted differently and moved forward fast when they won the ball, which left more space than you get against defence-minded teams.
"We used that until the middle of the first half and, at some point, the opponent has to break."


Rangers continued their perfect start to the Championship campaign with a hard-fought win at St Mirren.

Jason Holt struck from a tight angle to make it 11 league victories in a row for Mark Warburton's side.
Rangers had good chances to increase their lead before half-time but ended up requiring some heroics from goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.
The result restores Rangers' eight-point lead, with a visit to nearest challengers Hibernian next Sunday.
Much of this league campaign has been plain sailing for the Ibrox team but they immediately knew they were in a game at St Mirren Park, with the bustling Steven Thompson causing problems for the Rangers central defence.
Indeed, but for a smart save by Foderingham inside the opening minute to tip over Scott Agnew's 25-yard drive, the visitors would have been behind.
St Mirren could not find a goal, though, and paid the price when Holt lashed a shot past Jamie Langfield from a tight angle, with the goalkeeper found wanting.
That lifted the visitors, whose play immediately became sharper, with Barrie McKay a constant threat on the left wing and Andy Halliday dictating play in midfield.
They created several clear-cut opportunities, with Kenny Miller guilty of a number of bad misses, which should have had Rangers out of sight.
Miller also had a borderline offside decision go against him and Rangers might have been made to rue their failure to add to their tally, but for exceptional saves by Foderingham to keep out Stevie Mallan's free kick and another Agnew shot.
In fact the home side had the better of the second half without ever being able to find the goal that would have earned them a point.
Rangers were stifled in that second period yet held firm to retain their 100% record, while St Mirren's continuing inability to win at home keeps them seventh and only five points off the bottom.
Rangers' Mark Warburton: "We were not at our best today, but we still made a few chances in the first half.
"We talked at half time and in the second it was not much better in truth.
"That was the busiest Wes Foderingham has been this season and the goalkeeper did well.
"But to come come to this kind of venue against this kind of opposition and win is satisfying."
St Mirren's Ian Murray: "We showed a real hunger and appetite to get the ball back and we tried to deliver quality from wide areas.
"So, overall, we were disappointed not to get something from the game.
"In certain areas of the game, we were excellent. Our pressing was superb and the aggression was great as well
"performance-wise and work-ethic-wise, we take a lot from it."
Match ends, St. Mirren 0, Rangers 1.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 0, Rangers 1.
Attempt missed. Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Steven Thompson (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rob Kiernan (Rangers).
Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Rangers).
Attempt blocked. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Stuart Carswell (St. Mirren).
Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Lee Wallace (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt blocked. Dean Shiels (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Fraser Aird (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andy Halliday (Rangers).
Attempt saved. Lawrence Shankland (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Rangers. Fraser Aird replaces Barrie McKay.
Attempt missed. Lee Wallace (Rangers) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Lee Wallace (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Lawrence Shankland (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rob Kiernan (Rangers).
Substitution, St. Mirren. Lawrence Shankland replaces Calum Gallagher.
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Wallace (Rangers).
Foul by Scott Agnew (St. Mirren).
Dean Shiels (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rob Kiernan (Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
Paul McMullan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dominic Ball (Rangers).
Corner,  Rangers. Conceded by Sean Kelly.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Stuart Carswell replaces Jim Goodwin.
Foul by Scott Agnew (St. Mirren).
Dominic Ball (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Barrie McKay (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Rangers. Nicky Clark replaces Kenny Miller.
Substitution, Rangers. Dean Shiels replaces Gedion Zelalem.
Attempt missed. Scott Agnew (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Steven Thompson (St. Mirren).


Luke Coulson's quick-fire brace extended Eastleigh's unbeaten run in the National League to eight games as they beat Sutton at Ten Acres.

After a tense first half, Coulson sparked the game into life with two goals in three minutes just after the break.
The 22-year-old was perfectly placed to collect a squared ball and slot home to break the deadlock, before getting on the end of a similar pass second two minutes later.
Ross Stearn gave the visitors hope with a superb strike from distance with nine minutes remaining.
Bedsente Gomis spurned a golden chance to equalise from the penalty spot as he was denied by Eastleigh goalkeeper Ryan Clarke.
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Match ends, Eastleigh 2, Sutton United 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 2, Sutton United 1.
Jason Taylor (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ryan Bird replaces James Constable.
Goal!  Eastleigh 2, Sutton United 1. Ross Stearn (Sutton United).
Substitution, Sutton United. Chris Dickson replaces Dan Fitchett.
Substitution, Sutton United. Bradley Hudson-Odoi replaces Maxime Biamou.
Substitution, Sutton United. Ross Stearn replaces Ryan Burge.
Goal!  Eastleigh 2, Sutton United 0. Luke Coulson (Eastleigh).
Goal!  Eastleigh 1, Sutton United 0. Luke Coulson (Eastleigh).
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Sutton United 0.
Gomis (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Claims Pembrokeshire's Withybush hospital could see A&E opening hours cut in half have been dismissed by health officials.

Campaigners say a leaked document posted on Facebook suggests 24-hour cover could fall to just 12 hours at the Haverfordwest hospital.
However, Hywel Dda University Health Board has denied the claim.
Medical director Dr Sue Fish said: "The Emergency and Urgent Care Centre at Withybush remains open 24-hours a day."
She added: "Following a successful meeting held today with senior clinicians and managers, we have identified support to maintain this service in the weeks to come.
"It will give us the time to build in a long-term solution.
"We acknowledge the significant recruitment challenges that we, along with other NHS organisations face, and we have agreed a range of actions that will support the hospital.
"The document referred to is the viewpoint of a single consultant at one point in time and represents no decision by the University Health Board."
The leaked letter was put on the Save Withybush Hospital site on Facebook.
Its campaigners have been fighting cuts to services at the hospital, including the decision to move overnight children's services to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen in October.


A bungalow constructed around a refurbished 19th Century railway carriage is going on the market.

The Great Western Railway carriage was placed on a site near Helston in Cornwall in 1930 by Elizabeth Richards, who lived there until she died in 1966.
Master carpenter Charles Allen restored the carriage, from 1882, and built a bungalow around it with help from his son-in-law Jim Higgins.
The estate agent in charge of the sale said the construction was "unique".
The antique carriage houses two bedrooms and a bathroom with a kitchen, lounge, sun room and reception hall reminiscent of a railway station platform in the rest of the bungalow.
Mr Higgins said Waverly was a five-door third-class carriage that had kept many of its original features.
He said the carriage had been "in a right state" when Mr Allen took on the project.
Philip Care, the estate agent handling the sale, said the property, near Ashton, appeared to be a normal bungalow from the outside.
"I've never seen anything like it," he said. "The quality of it is just phenomenal and you can spend hours looking at the details."
Mr Care said the bungalow was a "railway enthusiast's dream".
The bungalow will be sold at a public auction in August.


Northern Ireland will play Croatia in a friendly international at Windsor Park on Tuesday, 15 November (19:45 GMT).

The match will be played four days after Michael O'Neill's side host Azerbaijan in a World Cup 2018 Group C qualifier at the National Stadium.
Like Northern Ireland, Croatia reached the last 16 at Euro 2016, topping their group with wins over Spain and Turkey, and a draw with the Czech Republic.
They were knocked out by eventual winners Portugal in the next round.
The game in Lens went to extra-time, with Ricardo Quaresma scoring the only goal of the game.
The Croatians drew 1-1 at home to Turkey in their opening World Cup qualifier in September. The other teams in their group are Finland, Iceland, Kosovo and Ukraine.
The Croatia squad boasts some of the top players in Europe, including Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric, Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic, Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic and Inter Milan midfielder Ivan Perisic.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said: "This will be a great game for us. Croatia are a top-class European team and it's great that we will be playing them at home.
"We have not played a home friendly against this quality of opposition for quite some time.
"It will no doubt be a real test for us, and it will also provide us with an opportunity to look at some of the players in our squad who have not featured in the team much before now."
Prior to the two November fixtures, Northern Ireland host San Marino in Belfast on 8 October, followed by an away game against Germany on 11 October, both World Cup qualifiers.


The Green Party has said it may not field parliamentary candidates in some seats in Devon in a tactic calculated to help prevent a Conservative victory.

It suggested it may stand down in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport to give Labour a better chance of winning the seat from the Tory MP Oliver Colville.
In return it wants Labour to agree not to contest the Totnes seat.
Dr Sarah Wollaston, Conservative MP for Totnes, described the plans as "anti-democratic".
The Green Party said it was "early days" but it hoped arrangements could be made locally with the Labour Party.
More on the pact story, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
It follows a letter from the party's leadership to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron for similar deals around the country.
Dr John Green, South Devon Green Party chairman, said: "I think people want a Parliament elected that better represents the views of the electorate.
"I believe our voters would prefer some sort of progressive alliance that would ensure the Tories don't have a majority in the next Parliament."
Plymouth Sutton is the most marginal seat in the South West. It is traditionally a Tory-Labour contest. The Conservative defender Oliver Colvile held on in 2015 but by just 523 votes.
The Greens got more than 500 votes so the logic is pretty obvious.
Arguably the perfect seat for this is St Ives in Cornwall which was Lib Dem from 1997 to the last election.
There the Green vote alone, had it switched to the Lib Dems, would have seen the Lib Dem holder hold the seat.
And the previous Lib Dem MP Andrew George has done lots of campaigning with the Green Party's Caroline Lucas, so there could be a perfect fit there.
Mr Colvile said: "I was the underdog in this constituency and I'm not going to try and pre-judge what would happen if there was a deal."
Luke Pollard, Labour's election co-ordinator for the ward, said the party was "fighting to win" and he was not aware of any contacts for a pact with the Greens.
"I was as surprised as anyone when I heard about it," he said.
Dr Wollaston said: "It looks anti-democratic" for a "small group of people dividing this up between them".
Devon County Council's Liberal Democrat group has an arrangement where five councillors have an alliance with two Greens.
The local Lib Dem leader Keith Baldry said it would be "up to local constituencies" to make any decisions for the general election.
"Locally it could be a good idea and we will take part in any talks to do the best for the area."


Great Britain made a winning start to their World Championship Division 1B campaign in Belfast as they battled to a 4-2 victory over Croatia.

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Playing on home ice in a world championship tournament for the first time since 1992, GB took a first-period lead as Robert Dowd blasted to the net.
Mislav Blagus levelled for Croatia before goals for the hosts from David Clarke and Evan Mosey.
David Brine replied for Croatia before Russell Crowley hit GB's fourth goal.
Only the winners in the six-team round-robin tournament at the SSE Arena will be promoted.
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell was pleased with his team's opening win.
"It's a good start. It's all we wanted," Russell told BBC Five Live.
"They are a decent team and we maybe made it hard work for ourselves at times.
"We got a bit flat in the second period but we bossed that final period and got the win we wanted."
The Croatians included Vancouver Canucks NHL player Borna Rendulic but after his impressive first period, he was well contained by the hosts for the remainder of the game.
Russell handed British debuts to Brendan Brooks, 18-year-old Sam Duggan and Liam Stewart.
Top seeds Japan opened their campaign with an emphatic 6-1 win over the Netherlands while Estonia and Lithuania are also competing in Belfast.
The competition winners will qualify for next year's Division 1 Group A with the top two from that tournament advancing to the top tier of the 2019 World Championships.
Great Britain have narrowly missed out on promotion following second-place finishes in the third-tier competition in the last two years.
The hosts are back in action against Estonia on Monday evening.


The AA has accused fuel retailers of "plundering drivers' pockets" by putting up the price of petrol and diesel disproportionately.

Over the last month it said that the price of oil has fallen by nearly 5% - whereas petrol prices are up by 1.2%.
It said motorists are now paying an extra 1.73p a litre of petrol, and an extra 0.63p a litre of diesel.
However, the industry said it was wholesale costs that had risen, making increases at the pump inevitable.
One reason was that oil is priced in dollars, and the pound has fallen significantly against the dollar.
Since the middle of March, the exchange rate is down from $1.51 to the pound, to $1.48.
The wholesale cost of petrol - which includes the cost of refining and transport - rose from $608 a tonne at the beginning of March, to $613 in the first fortnight of April.
But Edmund King, the AA's president, said motorists were still losing out.
"Cars are like blank cheques for whoever feels the need to balance the books by plundering drivers' pockets," he said.
Last month the RAC accused retailers of putting up the price of diesel, even though the wholesale cost had fallen.
At the time, retailers said the margins they made were "tiny", and that many petrol stations were closing as a result.
"Now the fuel retailers are taking Â£3 a tank extra on diesel to steady their finances," said Edmund King.


Tributes have been paid to rally driver Timothy Cathcart, who was killed in a crash while taking part in the Ulster Rally in County Fermanagh on Friday.

The 22-year-old competitor's car left the road and crashed near Fivemiletown.
Alan Elliott, from the Northern Ireland Motor Club which organised the rally, said the motorsport industry was "devastated" by his death.
Co-driver Dai Roberts, from Carmarthen in Wales, who was also injured remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Mr Cathcart was from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh,
Mr Elliott said the driver "came from a family steeped in motorsport".
"He, at 20 years of age, was into his second year of competition in the British Rally Championship and he had a very good and promising career in motorsport.
"The motorsport fraternity are just devastated, as we are, at this tragic incident."
The organisers have said this was the first major incident in the Ulster Rally's 35-year history.
The event is part of the British Rally Championship and attracts a significant number of spectators.
This year, it was scheduled as a two-day race meeting with stages across County Fermanagh and parts of County Tyrone.
However, following Friday's fatal crash, the organisers cancelled the remainder of this year's rally as a mark of respect to Mr Cathcart's family and friends.
The crash happened on the Fardross stage of the rally on Friday afternoon.
Mr Roberts was airlifted to hospital in Belfast in a police helicopter.


A woman's body has been discovered in a flat in Inverclyde.

Police had been called to the property in Forsyth Street, Greenock, at about 11:05 on Friday.
A Police Scotland spokesman said the death was currently being treated as unexplained.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause. The woman has not yet been identified.


The organisers of Hong Kong's biggest annual pro-democracy march say their application to begin their protest in the usual venue has been rejected.

The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) said the decision was taken by the government department which runs Victoria Park.
They said the department had instead given permission for a pro-Beijing group to use the park that day.
The group linked the rejection to an expected visit by China's president.
Xi Jinping is widely thought to be expecting to visit on 1 July to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.
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The CHRF said they had been told the Hong Kong Celebrations Association has been given priority use of the park, and called this "a move to silence dissenting voices made out of political considerations".
The Front told the Hong Kong Free Press they had notified police that they still intended to hold their rally, and hoped to do so at the park in some way.
Hong Kong's authorities have not commented on the claim.
Pro-democracy marches take place every year in Hong Kong, and have become a rallying point for those calling for democratic reforms in the territory.
In 2014, a big pro-government march was held, in response to civil disobedience campaigns by activists angered by what they described as Beijing's influence over elections in the territory.


Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison has asked club members not to back Geoffrey Boycott's return to the board of directors.

Former England opener Boycott made 609 first-class appearances for Yorkshire and was president from 2012 to 2014.
The 75-year-old does not hold a board position, but acts informally as an overseas ambassador for the club.
"We want individuals with skills that can guarantee the survival of the club," Denison told BBC Radio Leeds.
Denison, who succeeded Colin Graves in March last year, added: "We are saying no on the back of stability.
"The success we have had in the last two seasons has been on the back of a very stable board and a very stable management team all pointing in the same direction.
"He's a boyhood hero of mine - I invaded the pitch aged 13 when he got his 100th hundred at Headingley - but the problem we face at the moment is the club has been in serious financial difficulty for a long time, propped up by Colin Graves.
"We've had to refinance both this year and try and lay foundations for the immediate future when we have to build a new stand.
"We need specialist skills on our board in relation to finance and construction - and that's the direction of the board over the next few years."
Boycott's return to the board would need to be approved by the club members at the annual general meeting on 26 March.
He received 91.09% of the vote when he was voted club president in 2012.
"Irrespective of the outcome of the member vote, there will be no acrimony involved," added Denison. "We will work with Geoffrey if he gets elected.
"Geoffrey does an excellent job supporting the club when he's on his travels around the world and we want him to do that again. There is nobody better."


A woman has died in a crash on the A66 near the village of Warcop in Cumbria.

Cumbria Police were called shortly after 16:30 BST to the crash which involved two vehicles.
A police spokesman said the A66 between Brough and the Kemplay roundabout is expected to be closed for some time and he urged motorists to avoid the route.
Meanwhile, seventeen people were injured after a coach and another vehicle collided in Tebay at 17:00 BST.
The spokesman said none of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening although the A685 was also closed.


BBC Sport is extending its coverage of the Masters even further after signing a new multi-year contract with the Augusta National.

The key action on Saturday and Sunday will continue to be shown live on BBC television, as will highlights of the first and second rounds on Thursday and Friday.
But in addition, six more digital feeds will help audiences watch the play across four screens - PC, tablet, mobile and connected TV.
This weekend's play from Augusta will be shown on up to seven live video streams on mobile, tablet, desktop and Connected TVs as the Masters builds to its climax on Sunday.
You can also listen to all four days on Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra, while BBC Two will have live coverage over the weekend.
Live text coverage on the BBC Sport website will also help you keep up to date, with easy access to video streams, radio commentaries and statistics just a click away.
There will also be the chance to catch up on the highlights, reaction and interviews online, via the Red Button or on Connected TVs.
Ryder Cup-winning captain and 1993 US PGA champion Paul Azinger has joined the BBC commentary team to share his expert knowledge this year.
Audiences can access all of BBC Sport's digital coverage from bbc.co.uk/sport via a web browser on PCs and handheld devices or the BBC Sport app for mobiles and tablets (iOS and Android). The BBC Sport app for connected TVs will also provide all live streams and video highlights.
Full coverage details are available here.


UKIP support in Wales has "surged" because people who have not voted for the past 20 years are turning to the party, its leader Nigel Farage says.

He said politics was changing and UKIP was only 5,000 votes behind Labour in Wales in the last European elections.
With sights set on the general election in May, Mr Farage told BBC Radio Wales that ex-Labour supporters in Wales were also voting for his party.
He added that European money has failed to transform the Welsh economy.
The UKIP leader said he believed being a member of the European Union (EU) had damaged Welsh manufacturing, its fishing industry and small businesses.
"For every one job created in the green economy there have been four jobs lost in traditional manufacturing," he told the Good Morning Wales programme.


Britain's Andy Murray said he was feeling "good" after practising three times on Friday as he recovers from a hip injury which saw him pull out of his final Wimbledon warm-up match.

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Murray, 30, pulled out of an exhibition match in London on Friday, three days before he begins his Wimbledon defence.
BBC Sport's David Ornstein said Murray "grimaced" at times during practice but was "comfortable" in his final session.
Ivan Lendl, the world number one's coach, said: "Practice has gone well."
A two-time Wimbledon champion, Murray will face Kazakhstan's world number 134 Alexander Bublik on Centre Court at 13:00 BST on Monday.
It will be only the Scot's second competitive match on grass this summer as he lost in the first round of the Aegon Championships.
Prior to Friday, Murray had not been able to practice since Tuesday.
BBC Sport's David Ornstein said: "The decision to practise three times in a day this close to a tournament is unusual.
"At about 9:30, Lendl told us that Murray was 'doing great', and after 10 the defending champion began hitting with Belgium's Steve Darcis on the Aorangi Park practice courts.
"The pair then moved over match court nine, in full view of the media and groundstaff. Murray looked reasonably comfortable as he and Darcis exchanged groundstrokes, but in between he limped heavily, bent over and grimaced.
"The world number one then took part in some volleying and serving drills, appearing to reach close to full intensity. He continued to move gingerly and grimace, but he did not hold back.
"Between serves he was seen joking and smiling with Lendl, who also spent a period in deep conversation with Wimbledon chief executive Richard Lewis. Murray left without taking any questions from the written or broadcast media.
"He then hit with 17-year-old Scottish junior Aidan McHugh and looked fairly comfortable and relaxed, with his team looking relaxed too."


A cancer patient in a Worcester hospice has had a surprise visit from a horse "she adores".

Catriona Craig was visited at St Richard's Hospice by 20-year-old Ed, a horse she has been riding "for a long time" in a trip organised by her husband David and Ed's owner.
During the visit, Mrs Craig, who has breast cancer, fed Ed mints and petted the former event horse.
The hospice said such visits were "calming" for patients.
Mrs Craig, from Malvern, has been a patient at the hospice for two weeks.
She has been riding from a young age and at one time made her living from schooling horses in the US.
She said: "I've been around horses all my life. They are special and good to be around.
"Being with horses gives you good feelings."
St Richard's cares for patients and families with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Helen Griffee, communications manager, said: "Mrs Craig adores horses and she was absolutely delighted to see Ed.
"All of the rooms have double patio doors so she was able to come out into the gardens and get really close to him.
"She fed him some of the mints he likes."
Care director June Patel said: "We are used to welcoming rather smaller and fluffier creatures but it was great to see Ed making a patient so happy."


Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones says the British and Irish Lions can win the Test series by "enjoying" the decider against New Zealand on Saturday.

The teams are level 1-1 after the tourists' 24-21 victory in Wellington.
The 31-year-old Jones is set to play his ninth Test for the Lions at Eden Park, Auckland, the most by a player in the professional era.
He said: "We've really got to make sure we enjoy it. We will get the best out of everyone if we do enjoy it."
Jones played in all three Tests against South Africa in 2009, when the Lions lost 2-1, and again when they beat Australia 2-1 in 2013.
Legendary Ireland Lock Willie John McBride tops the Lions' Test appearance list with 17 in five tours from 1962 to 1974, when he led the only unbeaten team in the tourists' history.
Jones skippered the Lions in the third and deciding Test against Australia in 2013 when tour captain Sam Warburton was injured.
He played in the 2017 Lions' opening Test defeat and the leveller last weekend to leave him as one of 17 players with eight Lions caps. Others on eight include Sir Ian McGeechan, JPR Williams, Brian O'Driscoll and Jeremy Guscott.
Wales prop legend Graham Price appeared in 12 consecutive Lions Tests from 1977-1983. If Jones plays in the game at Eden Park he will have also have appeared in every Test on three successive Lions tours.
Jones says just as the Lions responded to their first Test defeat, the All Blacks will look to do likewise as they seek to ensure Warren Gatland's class of 2017 do not match the feat of the 1971 Lions, who won their four-match series 2-1 with the last game drawn.
"At this stage of the tour, you have to enjoy the moment, but it's a level series, which is all it is at the minute," said Jones.
"We need to build and be ready for what they've got next week.
"We know the intensity with what's at stake will go up again like it did four years ago, and very little will change.
"When you quantify intensity... is it being accurate? Is it keeping them down?
"Is it not putting the ball out dead? I think if we can do all these things and maintain that intensity for a longer period, it should go some way towards improving our performance."
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Jones says he and his fellow forwards have responded to the challenges posed in New Zealand.
He said: "If you look at the games we've played previously, probably the Crusaders game in particular (the Lions won 12-3 on 10 June), we showed elements of what we can do as a pack," Wales skipper Jones added.
"We had to answer questions again, and on the back of those comments (criticism of pack) last week, I felt we did that."


Scottish cyclist and adventurer Mark Beaumont has set a new world record after cycling from Cairo to Cape Town in only 42 days.

He beat the previous record of 59 days and eight hours, set by South African rider Keegan Longueira earlier this year.
Mr Beaumont, from Perthshire, was met at the finish line by his family.
In a video posted on Facebook from South Africa, he thanked his supporters.
He said: "It has been the toughest ride of my life by far. There have been some incredibly hard hours and days.
"It is hard to describe the amount of pain you go through on a trip like that.
"I have thought about getting to this point hundreds and hundreds of times."
He added: "Thanks to everyone who supported the Africa solo expedition online. The amount of people sending comments of support has been brilliant.
"It has really kept me going."
Mr Beaumont's cycle, in which he raised money for Orkidstudio, was over 6,213 miles (10,000 km) of Africa. He had set a target of riding the distance in 50 days.
He averaged over 150 miles a day and on Monday he posted on his Facebook page that he had cycled 232 miles on that day alone.
During the cycle - which began on 10 April - Mr Beaumont had problems with his bike, was unwell and had to fight off an attempted mugging.
The Africa cycle is the latest in his adventures.
In 2008, he cycled around the world and broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation by bicycle. His journey was documented in BBC One's four-part series, The Man who Cycled the World.
His next big challenge came in 2009 when he cycled the Americas, taking him from Anchorage in Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
In 2011 Mr Beaumont was a crew-member aboard a rowing boat that travelled across the arctic. They became the first team to reach a certified polar position by rowing boat.
In 2012, along with a crew, he attempted the world record for the fastest crossing of the mid-Atlantic by ocean rowing boat. On day 28, a wave capsized one of the boats and the crew spent 14 hours in the water until they were rescued.
Last year, he travelled around the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth as he followed the Queen's Baton Relay for the BBC in the lead up to Glasgow 2014.


Hartlepool United manager Paul Murray believes Sidney Schmeltz will have a positive influence following his move to Victoria Park last week.

Murray signed Nicky Featherstone and Dutch winger Schmeltz on Friday, and the latter came on to inspire a second-half comeback against Newport County.
Schmeltz's cross was fired home by Michael Duckworth to seal a 2-2 draw.
"I know what he'll do for the crowd and the other players, getting the best out of them," Murray told BBC Tees.
The 25-year-old played in the Eredivisie in his native Netherlands with Willem II before moving to Oldham in June 2013, where he worked with Murray prior to his release last summer.
"I know the fans were thinking 'what are we taking someone like that for?' but I know what Sidney is capable of," said Murray.
"I'm sure once he gets fully-fit he'll do some damage to the full-backs in this league - but he's not ready to start at the minute."
After defeat by Cambridge in Murray's first match in charge, the point against Newport ended a three-game losing streak for Pools.
And for Murray, the manner in which the draw was earned was another positive.
"When I was here as a player, we did capitulate at times," he admitted.
"To show that spirit and desire to get back in the game and to nearly win it was superb. That has to be the catalyst to get us up the league."


Ex-Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has appeared at a tribunal hearing for her constructive dismissal case against the Premier League champions.

The 42-year-old left London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon after six hours on Monday without comment.
Her lawyer, Mary O'Rourke QC, did not confirm if there had been any settlement and said the proceedings were "confidential".
Carneiro is suing Chelsea for breach of contract and constructive dismissal.
Chelsea also refused to comment.
The Premier League club filed their defence in the tribunal hearing in December.
There is a separate but connected legal claim against former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho for alleged discrimination.
Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after then boss Mourinho criticised her and first-team physio Jon Fearn for going on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard  during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on the opening day of the season.
Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men as a result, and afterwards Mourinho called Carneiro and Fearn "impulsive and naive".
Carneiro did not appear on the bench again for first-team duties and later parted company with the club.


An indigenous leader in Colombia has urged the security forces and Colombia's largest rebel group, Farc, to take their fight elsewhere.

The indigenous leader of the town of Toribio, Marcos Yules, said the civilian population was tired of bearing the brunt of the fighting.
Ten people have been injured over the past days as Farc rebels shelled the town in south-western Cauca province in an attempt to take its police station.
The area is a Farc rebel stronghold.
On Monday, about 1,000 members of the Nasa, Guambiano and Paez tribes destroyed trenches built by the police to defend their police station.
They said the presence of the security forces was attracting rebel attacks.
"We do not understand how strengthening the security forces would defend the population," Mr Yules said.
"To the contrary, the strengthening of the security forces increases the fighting," he added.
'Pack up!'
An indigenous commission also marched to Farc camps in the mountains surrounding Toribio to demand the rebels leave the indigenous ancestral lands.
"One thousand of us went to see the guerrillas, to tell them to leave, that we don't need them, that we want them to leave us alone," Feliciano Valencia of the Cauca Indigenous Committee said.
Mr Valencia said they had given the rebels a two-week deadline: "If they don't pack up their camps, we'll pack them up for them," he said.
A year ago, the rebels drove a mini-bus packed with explosives into Toribio's police station. Three people were killed and more than 100 injured.
Mr Valencia said that the tribes wanted to assume control of the area themselves.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he would hold a meeting with his top military and police staff in Toribio to discuss strategy this week.


Somerset spin bowlers Jack Leach and Dom Bess have signed new contracts.

Leach, 25, and Bess, 19, graduated from the county's academy in 2010 and 2015 respectively.
Leach, who took 65 wickets in the County Championship last season, has extended his contract to 2019, while Bess has agreed a new two-year deal.
"It's great for the future of the club that these two highly talented players have committed themselves to Somerset," said director of cricket Matt Maynard.


As well as being a top Premier League footballer, Frank Lampard is also a children's author.

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The Manchester City star is backing a new campaign, Premier League Reading Stars, to encourage more kids to read books.
Adam Lallana, Joey Barton and Boaz Myhill are some of the other top footy stars involved.
We spoke to Frank on World Book Day to find out why he thinks more children should get involved in reading - and why it's so important to love books.


A police chief has accused the policing watchdog of "factual inaccuracies" over a report which criticises how a force protects vulnerable people from harm, the BBC can reveal.

Devon and Cornwall Police wrote a letter to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) after it said the force "requires improvements".
The watchdog said changes had been made but "significant work" had to be done.
However, the force accused the HMIC of making "inaccurate, adverse comments".
The report looked at how England's police forces protected and supported vulnerable people, including victims of domestic abuse.
In relation to Devon and Cornwall, it said "there is still significant work to do" but the force has "acted on the messages" of the previous report in 2014 and is now tackling domestic abuse as "an important priority".
Wendy Williams, HMIC Inspector, said: "The force effectively identifies vulnerable victims.
"Its sexual offences and domestic abuse investigation teams provide a specialist response to crimes committed against vulnerable victims.
"However, the teams are not yet fully resourced which means that some vulnerable victims do not receive this tailored support."
In the six page letter, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said the HMIC was "failing to understand" work that had been done since the previous assessment, and called its conclusions "unfathomable".
He wrote: "The positives far outweigh the negatives and do not appear congruent with the overall grading given.
"I formally ask that the assessment is reviewed."
Ms Williams told the BBC: "It's undoubtedly the case that Devon and Cornwall Police has invested significantly in the needs of vulnerable victims.
"However, when we inspected, which was admittedly six months ago, the force was in a state of transition.
"We inspect at a point in time and we acknowledge that many of the processes that had been put in place were in their transitional phase."
Across the country, the HMIC judged 12 forces to be 'good', 27 forces to 'require improvement' and four forces to be 'inadequate'.
Police sources said no reply to the letter had been received by the force.


Andy Murray has been seeded second in the men's singles for the US Open, with fellow Briton Johanna Konta a career-high 13th in the women's singles.

World number two Murray, 29, has reached the final of all three Grand Slams this year, winning Wimbledon for a second time last month.
Defending US Open champion Novak Djokovic, who has had a wrist injury, is the top seed at Flushing Meadows.
American Serena Williams is seeded one for the women's singles.
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Konta, 25, is ranked 14th in the world.
Last year's champion, Flavia Pennetta of Italy, retired after beating compatriot Roberta Vinci, who is seeded seventh, in the 2015 final.
The tournament starts on 29 August, although qualifying began on Tuesday, with Britain's James Ward beaten 6-3 6-4 by Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina.
Fellow Britons Tara Moore and Laura Robson begin their qualifying campaigns in New York on Wednesday.
US Open men's singles seeds
1. Novak Djokovic (Ser)
2. Andy Murray (GB)
3. Stan Wawrinka (Swi)
4. Rafael Nadal (Spa)
5. Milos Raonic (Can)
6. Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
7. Marin Cilic (Cro)
8. Dominic Thiem (Aut)
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
10. Gael Monfils (Fra)
US Open women's singles seeds
1. Serena Williams (US)
2. Angelique Kerber (Ger)
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spa)
4. Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
5. Simona Halep (Rom)
6. Venus Williams (US)
7. Roberta Vinci (Ita)
8. Madison Keys (US)
9. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)
10. Karolina Pliskova (Cze)


Many children have problems with eating at some time in their lives.

These problems can range from not liking certain foods (which happens to most people), to serious eating problems which may come from medical or emotional troubles.
Scientists think eating problems can start in a lot of ways. Some think that you are born with them.
Others believe they're learned from people around you and people who are famous, for example, very thin fashion models.
Also people who don't feel in control of their lives may turn to eating, as it's one thing they do have power over.
Eating problems can also start because of other issues, such as unhappiness at home or school, someone you know dying, or a mixture of these and other things.
But thankfully, a lot of help is available from doctors and from charities.
Anorexia is a medical condition and its proper name is anorexia nervosa.
People with anorexia nervosa avoid eating and lose a lot of weight. They often feel fat, even when they are very thin.
They may use other ways of staying thin, such as taking tablets which make them go to the toilet more often, or by doing too much exercise.
They can become very weak and without special help, some people with anorexia can even die.
Bulimia is also a medical condition and its proper name is bulimia nervosa.
People with bulimia eat lots of food (called binge eating) and then make themselves sick to get rid of what they've eaten.
People with bulimia may not look underweight and so can find it easy to hide their eating problems.
Binge eating and vomiting can eventually do serious damage to the teeth, heart, kidneys and muscles.
You can get help from talking to friends and family or a trained helper, called a counsellor.
You can find counsellors by calling ChildLine for free on 0800 1111.
Also you can talk to Beat, a charity helping people with eating disorders, on their youth line 0845 634 7650.


The top three in the Men's Irish Hockey League, Banbridge, Three Rock Rovers and Lisnagarvey, all won on Saturday to extend their advantage over the pack.

At the bottom of the table, Instonians remain five points from safety after losing at Glenanne.
In the women's IHL Ulster Elks were beaten by Ards and remain a point behind Pembroke Wanderers in the battle to avoid relegation.
Pegasus revived their chances of a top-four finish with a win over Loreto.
With a place in the Irish Senior Cup final secured, Banbridge remain on course for a potential domestic treble after a 4-1 home win over Pembroke Wanderers maintained their two-point advantage at the top.
Jonny McKee scored twice with the other goals coming from Eugene Magee and Ross Beattie.
Three Rock Rovers came from 2-0 down to beat Monkstown 3-2 to keep up the pressure on Bann while Lisnagarvey are only a further point off top spot after a 6-1 home win over Cork C of I.
Matthew Nelson scored twice for Garvey with Daniel Buser, James Lorimer, Timmy Cockram and Sean Murray netting the others.
Nelson and Murray will be hoping to be named by Irish coach Craig Fulton on Monday in his squad for World League 2 at Stormont next month.
Instonians were beaten 4-0 by Glenanne and are five points behind Railway Union at the foot of the standings but the Ulster side have two games in hand.
In the women's league, Ards edged out Ulster Elks 2-1 at Londonderry Park after goals from Chloe Brown and Tamara Macleod with Danni Wilson's last-minute reply a mere consolation.
The win leaves the Elks a point behind Pembroke who were beaten by leaders UCD.
Pegasus are up to fifth and back in the race for the end of season play-offs after a 1-0 win at Loreto thanks an early Rachael McMillan goal.
The Belfast club are just two points behind the Dublin side with fourth place guaranteed a spot in the end of season play-offs.
Two goals from Irish international Anna O'Flanagan were enough for Monkstown to beat Railway Union 2-1 and they are just a point behind UCD at the top with a game in hand.


A think tank has called for a ban on prison sentences of six months or less in Scotland.

Reform Scotland said only an outright ban on short sentences could bring about change in the justice system.
The organisation said the move should extend to a year if automatic early release for short sentences remains in place.
The Scottish government said it believed that only the most serious offenders should be jailed.
It does not want the courts to jail anyone for three months or less.
While judges are still able to pass sentences of under three months, legislation says they should only do this when no alternative is available or appropriate
Reform Scotland has raised concerns, however, that this policy is not being adhered to.
Three-month prison sentences accounted for almost 30% of prison terms in 2015-16.
In addition, the think tank said automatic early release meant 65% of offenders that year served three months or less.
Speaking ahead of the publication of a new report on prison reform, research director Alison Payne said: "The Scottish Prison Service itself has said that there are limited opportunities for rehabilitation during short sentences.
"Furthermore, the disruption of a short sentence, including loss of income and employment, and problems with childcare and family relationships, often makes the sentences disproportionate to the crime.
"A presumption against short sentences is well meaning but, in the final analysis, if we don't want short sentences then we have to prohibit them.
"People make mistakes and we need to help ensure that such mistakes are not repeated, not just because of the emotional and financial cost of crime to victims, families and society, but because of the loss of human potential.
"Such a view is neither ideological nor controversial, but is human and compassionate. However, it is not a view that is reflected in Scotland's sentencing regime."
But the Scottish Conservatives said short-term sentences still have a role to play in the justice system.
The party's justice spokesman Liam Kerr said: "Our experienced, highly trained sheriffs use these punishments for a reason, and removing their ability to do so and indeed their discretion - where they feel the facts fit that sentence - would be wrong.
"If criminals know they can turn up to court and won't be jailed, it will do nothing to deter them from illegal activity.
"Many people, especially victims of crime, already think Scotland's justice system is too soft touch and would view an abolition of these jail terms as an extension of that."
Last month, Scotland's chief inspector of prisons David Strang called for an end to jail terms of under a year.
Mr Strang said the current presumption against three-month sentences should be extended to 12 months, arguing the approach does not cut crime.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have also backed ending jail sentences of under 12 months, urging the Scottish government to act following a 2015 consultation on strengthening the presumption against short-term sentences.
Ministers have consulted on extending the current presumption against three month sentences to 12 months, and hope to publish plans later this year.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said:  "Our recent vision paper makes clear that Scotland's prison population remains unacceptably high.
"The associated plan sets out a range of actions we are taking to provide alternatives to ineffective short-term prison sentences and to prevent re-offending, for example through investment in community sentences and electronic monitoring, and learning from our successful preventative approach to youth justice.
"The Scottish government is committed to the principles of the McLeish Commission that imprisonment should be reserved for people whose offences are so serious that no other form of punishment will do and for those who pose a threat of serious harm.
"We believe that more can be done to strengthen the current presumption so that it has a more direct impact on sentencing decision, and have consulted on proposals to do just that.
"The responses to that consultation are informing our decisions and we have been taking time to consider these views, including discussions with relevant partners and other stakeholders."


Media giant Time Warner will produce shows for audiences on the social media platform Snapchat as part of a new partnership that the two companies announced on Monday.

Time Warner, which owns HBO and CNN, will also advertise on the service.
The deal comes as television companies look to capture growing digital audiences and rival tech platforms, such as Facebook, add video content.
It boosted shares of both companies, sending Snapchat's stock up almost 2%.
Snapchat started in 2011 as a picture-messaging app and now has more than 150 million daily users.
It became a publicly traded company earlier this year.
The firm has worked with companies, including the BBC, as it broadens the content available.
Its shows typically last for three to five minutes.
Currently one show airs on Snapchat each day. That number is expected to increase to three by the end of the year, according to the company.
Time Warner's contributions will include comedy and scripted drama.
The firm has produced many hit films and TV shows including Wonder Woman and Game of Thrones.
The two-year partnership is valued at about $100m, according to Reuters.


There are hundreds of women in Wales, many of them mothers, living with terminal secondary breast cancer.

Some have paid large sums for treatment to give them more time with their children.
A chemotherapy drug called Kadcyla (or TDM1) costs Â£90,000 per patient and could give extra years of quality life.
It is not provided on the NHS in Wales, but a meeting will be held next month where recommendations about its future availability will be made.
Ahead of that meeting, cancer patients have spoken about the "frightening" prospect of dying when they know there is a drug which would buy them more time with their families.
While her oncologist recommended she be given it, she says Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU) turned her request down.
"In February, my husband, Ian, had an almighty stroke that has left him unable to speak," Mrs Davies said.
"At the moment, we have carers coming to us, but if I die, which is my expected outcome, Ian will have to go into a care home.
"I was hopeful that my personal circumstances would be taken into account. But I was told it wouldn't be cost effective to give me the treatment."
Mrs Davies, who has three daughters aged 25, 19, and 17, described her life going from "a 100mph sales job into a brick wall" in 2011 after she was first diagnosed.
She has since had a double mastectomy but now has advanced secondary breast cancer after it spread to her spine, both lungs, heart and skin, leaving her in "excruciating pain" and struggling to walk.
The mother-of-three said: "Even six months extra is a long time when you are looking death in the eye.
"My children need me, my husband needs me. Who will look after him? When we have research, drugs developed, but can't have them, it is very hard."
The Welsh government said decisions on funding drugs not approved by guidance body the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) are made by health boards.
While not commenting on Mrs Davies' case, an ABMU spokeswoman said it has a panel which meets fortnightly to consider requests.
Each, she said, is considered "on its merits, using clinical evidence available".
Nice assesses the cost effectiveness of treatments and how well they work compared with the price manufacturers ask the NHS to pay.
Last April, it offered draft guidance, saying Kadcyla's cost of more than Â£90,000 per patient made it "impossible" for it to recommend.
However, an independent appraisal committee will meet on 29 September to discuss it further.
Currently, it remains unavailable on the NHS in Wales and England, although there is a cancer drug fund over the border.
Mrs Cox, who has children aged 20, 17 and 13, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. It has spread to her liver, bones and blood.
She has not yet applied for Kadcyla but has spent Â£40,000 on chemotherapy and radioactive bead treatment in Wales and Harley Street clinic, London.
She said: "My mum died when I was 16 so I know how horrible it is living without a mum. I will pay anything for my children to have a mum in their life.
"People may scoff and say 'why should we fund a drug which will keep someone alive for an extra three months?' These treatments have kept my disease stable for nearly two years."
But she said she is running out of treatment options funded in Wales.
"Although I am pain-free and symptom-free and carry on my life, I am terrified of the immediate future as the chemo drug box is empty.
"If my tumours are left without poisons to kill or stop them growing it will take three months before I die of liver failure.  I am not ready for that, I have too much life to live."
The former management trainer is part of a trial at Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, with a drug called Pertuzumab. It has kept her cancer stable since October 2013.
But once it stops being effective, Kadcyla would be the "natural next step". However, she is frightened she will not have access to it.
The cancer returned in her sternum in 2006. She said she has been "very lucky", with the NHS-funded drug Herceptin keeping her stable.
"I know so many young ladies, with children, who would give anything for an extra six months to spend with their families," she said.
"There must be many ways of finding more funds."


Great Britain women will face New Zealand in the semi-finals of the Olympic rugby sevens after beating Fiji 26-7 in the last eight at Rio 2016.

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GB's Abbie Brown opened the scoring after just 15 seconds before Fiji's Litia Naiqato finished off a stunning team move to level.
But Alice Richardson and Joanne Watmore gave Team GB a 19-7 half-time lead, and Brown sealed the win with her second.
Australia and Canada will play in the second semi-final on Monday.
Great Britain earlier beat a strong Canada side 22-0 in their final group game.
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And Brown said that Sunday's improvement came because the team had "settled" after feeling nerves on the first day.
"It is an Olympics, the nerves are going to hit," she said.
"We have shown everyone today with Canada and Fiji, we have done ourselves justice."
Britain's semi-final will get underway at 19:00 BST on Monday, with the final following at 23:00.
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Northern Ireland's Mark Allen hit two centuries as he beat Ryan Day 4-1 to make the last 16 of the Welsh Open.

The world number nine from Antrim lost the opening frame to the Welshman in the third-round encounter at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.
Allen levelled before producing superb breaks of 105 and 135 to surge into a 3-1 lead.
Victory was quickly secured and Allen will take on Barry Hawkins on Thursday for a place in the quarter-finals.


Police have been granted more time to question a man who was arrested after a woman was stabbed to death in Bournemouth.

The 25-year-old victim was attacked at an address in Colehill Crescent on Saturday evening and died in hospital in the early hours of Sunday.
A 26-year-old Bournemouth man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Officers have been granted a custody extension until 21:00 BST on Tuesday, Dorset Police said.
The force previously said the man, who was arrested at the scene, was known to the victim.


Tamil Nadu may soon become the latest Indian state to impose a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Chennai.

It's early evening and as the hot sun begins to fade on a particularly hot and humid summer day, a constant stream of buyers begins to troop into liquor shops dotting a busy commercial area in the north of the city.
Most customers at these government-run Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) stores are daily-wage workers, rickshaw drivers and low-level government employees.
Most buy small bottles of whiskey, crank them open right there and drink up, throwing empty bottles and plastic cups on the nearby pavements or streets.
Outside one shop, we find a man lying on the pavement, too drunk to move a muscle, another sits nearby, in drunken stupor, holding his head between his hands.
The first Tasmac store was set up in 1983 - in just over three decades, their numbers have risen to over 6,800 and locals say every single village in the state has one within walking distance.
But campaigners say this ease of accessibility has fuelled massive alcohol addiction in the state with nearly 10 million addicts.
According to the government's own admission, more than seven million people in the state drink daily.
"The addicts include farmers, labourers, women and children. I have seen even three-year-olds drinking," S Raju, state coordinator of campaign group Makkal Adhikaram (People's Power) told the BBC.
Tasmac stores are everywhere, near schools, near churches and temples and near hospitals, he says.
"Major crimes and accidents are fuelled by alcohol, it is also leading to cases of sexual harassment of women and robberies. Alcohol abuse is also the reason why the state has the largest number of widows under 30 years of age," he says.
Over the past two years, protests have been held all over the state in support of prohibition and the campaign has received huge support from women.
A group of women flower sellers in Rattan Bazar area say they support prohibition because their husbands spend all their daily earnings on alcohol.
Among them is V Bharathi, a 40-year-old mother of two girls.
"My husband earns 200 rupees ($2.9; £2) a day, but he brings home only 100 rupees. He drinks all the time and if I object, he beats me up," she says.
In the past few weeks, the state's main regional parties DMK and the AIADMK vowed to introduce prohibition if voted to power in the ongoing assembly elections.
In their election manifesto, the DMK said it would halt sales in one fell swoop, the AIADMK announced it would introduce the ban in "a phased manner".
Voting was held on Monday and counting is due on Thursday, but all exit polls are already predicting a victory for the DMK and it's being suggested that the alcohol ban may have had something to do with the DMK's fortunes.
However, this is not the first time the state is considering prohibition - it was first introduced in Salem district in 1937 and later expanded to cover the entire state.
But years later, the ban was lifted. Since then, there have been several instances when the state has banned alcohol, only to lift it again.
That, analysts say, is because alcohol sales fetch the state exchequer billions of rupees annually in sales tax and excise duty - this year, the earnings are pegged at 300bn rupees ($4.5bn; £3bn) - and no government is happy to forego this considerable sum of money.
Campaigner, however, point out that prohibition has been successful in several other states.
Alcohol is completely banned in the western Indian state of Gujarat while the southern state of Kerala and some other Indian states have imposed a partial ban.
In April, the eastern state of Bihar announced a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Reports coming out of the state, however, suggest that the ban has just pushed the alcohol trade underground, and that illegal sales are rampant.
There are also reports that many have been travelling to alcohol shops in border districts in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand to buy alcohol.
Some of the Tasmac customers I spoke to in Chennai told me that once the ban was imposed, they would just have to travel to the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh state to get their fix.
Mr Raju, however, believes that shutting down Tasmac shops will go a long way in curbing alcoholism in the state.
"It is the government's moral responsibility to bring in prohibition. Making it harder for people to buy alcohol will definitely help.
"Can students and women go to Andhra Pradesh every day?"


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in Norwich.

The woman in her 20s, named locally as Kerri McAuley, was found at Southalls Way near Mousehold Heath at about 22:40 GMT on Sunday, Norfolk Police said.
The detained man, also in his 20s, is being held in police custody ahead of questioning.
The property is sealed off while officers carry out forensic examinations.
Det Ch Insp Pete Hornby said the force was "working to establish the sequence of events which led to this woman's death" and called for anyone with information to make contact.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place later.


The Nigerian central bank has imposed new foreign exchange controls to try to stem the flow of dollars out of the country.

It means importers will not be able to get hard currency to buy a list of 40 items ranging from rice to cement.
The list includes Indian incense, plastic and rubber products, soap and even private jets.
It has also restricted access to the interbank currency market for the purchase of foreign currency bonds.
In April, the central bank limited the amount that Nigerians could spend on credit cards abroad.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, has plunged because of the fall in the oil price.
The central bank has spent $3.4bn propping it up since it fixed the exchange rate in February and tightened trading rules to curb speculation.
"We see this policy move as confirmation that foreign exchange supply remains extremely tight. But more worryingly, it suggests that the central bank remains reluctant to devalue the naira," said Yvonne Mhango, sub-Saharan Africa economist at Renaissance Capital.
The central bank has said in the past that devaluing the naira by allowing it to float freely on the currency markets is not an option.
The naira, which was trading at 198.50 to the dollar on the interbank market, was reported to be trading close to 220 on the black market in the commercial capital, Lagos, on Wednesday.
Analysts said the latest measures meant importers would increasingly turn to the black market to buy dollars.
Cobus de Hart of South Africa's NKC Africa Economics said: "The decision to, in effect, introduce additional capital controls does not bode well in relation to investor perception and may also adversely affect domestic business operations and costs."


Gaston Ramirez is back in contention for Middlesbrough after missing the win over Sunderland because of suspension.

Daniel Ayala is doubtful after twisting his ankle, while Victor Valdes and Grant Leadbitter could miss out again.
Manchester City will be without goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, whose season could be over after he suffered a calf injury in the Manchester derby.
There are concerns over the fitness of David Silva and John Stones, but Bacary Sagna returns after five weeks out.
Conor McNamara: "This week has already brought Middlesbrough's first league win of 2017.
"Their survival hopes remain slim but those three points against Sunderland should ramp up the atmosphere for this one. Boro are still in the fight.
"I interviewed Pep Guardiola after the Manchester derby on Thursday. He was very pleased with Gabriel Jesus' brief cameo after a two-and-a-half month absence.
"An offside flag correctly denied the Brazilian a late winner. He should get more game time at The Riverside.
"City rarely enjoy their league trips to Middlesbrough. Only once since 1977 have the visitors managed to win a game on Teesside."
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Middlesbrough head coach Steve Agnew: "It's another all or nothing match, but we're used to that in recent weeks.
"I've admired Pep [Guardiola] for many years. His team pass the ball and are very good in possession, with lots of movement. They have talent all over the pitch and can score goals for fun.
"But when we went to the Etihad we came away with a point, and in the FA Cup game we worked hard and had chances on the day."
Boro are more ambitious going forward under Steve Agnew than they were when Aitor Karanka was in charge but they still don't have the players to hurt teams.
Manchester City do, and they will go to the Riverside Stadium and attack Middlesbrough. I think they will find a way through.
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Two-time British coach of the year, Jon Rudd, is to take over as the National Performance Director of Swim Ireland in February.

He succeeds Peter Banks, who left the role in September.
Rudd is the coach of 2012 Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Ruta Meilutyte and 2016 Olympic finalist Ben Proud.
He was also instrumental in building the Plymouth Leander club into one of most successful teams in Europe.
Rudd, who has worked as head coach of the senior Great Britain and England teams in recent years, will spearhead Ireland's preparations for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
"I am honoured to take on this role for Swim Ireland - it is an exciting opportunity," said Rudd.
"I will now build a world-class team around me that can help Ireland find that elusive podium finish at World and Olympic level."


Reading have signed goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola from South African club Ajax Cape Town for an undisclosed fee.

The 29-year-old from Finland, who has one international cap, has agreed a two-year contract with the Royals.
Jaakkola, who stands 6ft 5ins tall, had a spell in Scottish football with Kilmarnock from 2011-13.
He then moved to South Africa and last year kept a clean sheet as Ajax Cape Town lifted the MTN8 cup after a 1-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs in the final.
Jaakkola is Reading's third signing since the appointment of manager Jaap Stam, following the arrival of forward Joseph Mendes and midfielder Joey van den Berg.
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Goals Soccer Centres has reported a return to profit as it continues a turnaround plan following a major review of its operations.

The East Kilbride-based five-a-side football company saw group sales rise by 1.6% to £33.5m in the 12 months to the end of December.
Pre-tax profit stood at £3.7m, compared with a loss of £6.2m the previous year.
Chairman Nick Basing said the business was "on its way to being fit for purpose".
Last year Goals launched a new strategic plan following its first annual loss in 12 years.
It included upgrading 136 pitches as part of a modernisation programme.
Goals is also set to trial its "Clubhouse 2020" concept in an effort to create "a welcoming clubhouse feel" at its centres.
The trial is being launched in the first half of this year at its Ruislip, Beckenham and Glasgow South clubs at a total cost of £1.1m.
In the company's annual results statement, chief executive Mark Jones said: "Our vision is to create and develop Goals into a leisure destination brand rather than solely a football business.
"We have also made and are in the process of making significant improvements to our food and beverage offering with an emphasis on better products, better value pricing and better service.
"Many of our clubhouses require modernisation to provide an attractive pre and post-game environment for our customers to enjoy the additional products on offer.
"We envisage that Clubhouse 2020 will do this for the benefit of customers and shareholders alike."
The company is pressing ahead with expansion plans in the United States, having just constructed a second club in Los Angeles at a cost of $4.2m (£3.3m).
It is also about to start building a third USA club in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Last year, the company's US sales declined by 4.3% in constant currency, having performed there strongly in recent years.
Goals said it had "identified the issues" and taken steps to strengthen the business.


Graham Cummins gave St Johnstone a hard-worked victory over Hearts to join the visitors two points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic.

After a bright start for the home side, Hearts dominated the first half and only three good saves from goalkeeper Zander Clark kept them at bay.
Cummins pounced shortly after the break to divert a miss-hit Liam Craig shot with Hearts claiming for offside.
Callum Paterson, with a header against the bar, came closest to an equaliser.
But it was St Johnstone who secured their second win over Hearts this season - having beaten the Edinburgh side in the League Cup - to move into third place behind their opponents on goal difference.
To add to Hearts' disappointment, head coach Robbie Neilson was sent to the stand as his side pressed for that elusive leveller.
And Celtic now have a chance to extend their lead to five points with a game in hand when they travel to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Sunday.
The Hearts head scratching will go on for some time after what was a dominant display, but they had one man to blame for their defeat - goalkeeper Clark.
Clark has been standing in for the injured Alan Mannus, but his display was such that manager Tommy Wright will have a tough decision to make when his number one is fit and ready for action.
The 24-year-old pulled off two top-class, close-range saves in the first half - stage first from Faycal Rherras and the second from Sam Nicolson, who should have done better from six yards out.
As Hearts piled forward in the second half, he also denied Igor Rossi and then tipped a Tony Watt free kick over the bar.
Clark walked off the pitch to thankful back slaps from his team, respectful handshakes from the visitors and the fans singing his name.
St Johnstone under Tommy Wright have become a very difficult team to beat and even harder when they go ahead.
Every player knows his job and their organisation and work rate is consistent and impressive - and against Hearts it was no different.
Hearts' Robbie Neilson started with Sam Nicolson and Jamie Walker on the wings in a bid to stretch the match and flood the box with crosses.
In that sense, his game plan worked, but the Saints defence fought for every ball, challenged every cross and chased every lost cause.
After going ahead, they were doggedly determined to stay there and it was a frustrating afternoon for those in maroon.
The build-up to the match was dominated by Wright's comments about Hearts players going to ground too easily - and he said in the minutes before kick-off that he stood by his stance.
The Irishman was left looking rather sheepish though after two of his players were booked for simulation.
Goalscorer Cummins, in the first half, and substitute Chris Kane were both cautioned by referee John Beaton.
Neilson resisted the temptation to gloat, although he had his own problems after being sent to the stand.
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St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright: "We can get results like that through sheer determination and quality goalkeeping and a desire not to let the ball go in the net from everybody in the team, hard work, the odd wee bit of quality, probably not as much as I would like.
"A hard-fought win and it is a perfect one for a manager - a clean sheet and getting a goal at the other end.
"I've got two number one goalkeepers - that's rare at football clubs and, having been a goalkeeper, I know that.
"Over the last six months, Zander has improved immensely and I don't think there is a better young goalkeeper in Scotland and I think he should be in and around that Scotland squad."
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson: "I spoke to the players after the game and said we played some fantastic football and created some wonderful chances.
"But we didn't take them and got done with a sucker punch, but I'd rather play like that and be entertaining and exciting and create chances than go direct and hope to nick a goal.
"I thought we played really well to a man, but we just couldn't get the win our play deserved.
"The St Johnstone goalkeeper has some wonderful saves and probably had the game of his life."
Match ends, St. Johnstone 1, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 1, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Attempt missed. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  St. Johnstone. Conceded by John Souttar.
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Blair Alston replaces Steven MacLean.
Attempt missed. Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a corner.
Corner,  Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Steven Anderson.
Corner,  Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Murray Davidson.
Foul by Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone).
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Paul Paton (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Robbie Muirhead replaces Don Cowie.
Attempt missed. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner,  Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Steven Anderson.
Attempt blocked. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Richard Foster (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Graham Cummins.
Hand ball by Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian).
Corner,  Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Steven Anderson.
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone).
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone).
John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


A woman who claims Rolf Harris groped her when she was 14 has been accused of making up the allegation as part of a "compensation bandwagon".

The alleged victim said Mr Harris, 87, put his hand up her skirt at a 1971 music event for children in London.
She first went to the authorities about her allegation days after Harris was convicted in 2014 at a separate trial, jurors heard.
Mr Harris denies four charges of indecent assault against three girls.
Southwark Crown Court heard the woman made two calls to the NSPCC on 3 July, 2014.
In the first call she said she had been touched inappropriately by Harris at the 1971 youth event at the Lyceum Theatre, saying: "There was a guest appearance by Rolf Harris, I don't need to say any more."
Cross-examining the woman, defence lawyer Stephen Vullo asked why she had chosen to phone the NSPCC then, the day before Mr Harris was due to be sentenced.
She said she had not been able to remember the date.
Later, he asked if in the days before her call to the NSPCC she had read that people "were in line to take part of his Â£11m fortune" - she denied this.
The court previously heard that the woman's brother, who had been at the Lyceum Theatre at the time of the alleged indecent assault, did not back her allegation.
She told Mr Vullo her brother had spoken to a private investigator hired by the defendant.
Mr Vullo said the woman had left her brother out of her allegation until January 2017.
"You know that if you asked him for an account he would prove your account to be false, wouldn't he?"
She replied: "No."
Mr Harris is also alleged to have indecently touched a 13-year-old girl's breast in 1983 and twice groped a third teenage girl in 1978.
The trial is due to last three weeks.


A mother and her 12-year-old twins killed in a crash while on holiday have been named.

Jane Baker-Lockett, 43, and her children James and Amy Gaskin, from the Milton Keynes area, died following the crash in on the A361 in Devon.
Her husband was travelling in a separate vehicle with her 14-year-old son and saw the crash behind them.
The crash between their white Kia Sportage and an oncoming lorry happened near Barnstaple at 08:25 BST on Monday.
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The road was closed for nine hours while officers from the Exeter Serious Collision Investigation Unit examined the scene.
Ms Baker-Lockett was pronounced dead at the scene.
Amy was pronounced dead on arrival at North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple. James, who was taken to hospital via air ambulance, died shortly afterwards.
An investigation is under way and anyone with information is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police.