This week I answer some of your questions - on topics ranging from England's Ashes squad, my favourite Test century and the best bowler of all time.

Thank you to all those who sent them in on Twitter via the hashtag #AskStewie.
Who is the most promising new talent in England's cricket team? JReesh46
The England Test team is pretty established really, but Joe Root has come into the side in the last year and has not looked out of his depth one bit. He understands his own game and, while he has found opening the batting harder than being in the middle order, he is one of those people who just doesn't look fazed when he is playing at the top level. He has the talent to back it up too.
Other young players who appear to have bright futures are Yorkshire's Gary Ballance and Dominic Sibley at Surrey.
If wicketkeeper Matt Prior gets injured on the Ashes tour, would you play Jonny Bairstow or bring someone else into the team, like Steven Davies? Mike Linwood
Jonny Bairstow is England's reserve wicketkeeper and, for the purposes of continuity, he would come into the team. However, if Prior suffered a serious injury then the selectors would add another keeper to the squad. They would then consider players like Davies, Jos Buttler and Craig Kieswetter.
Which shot did you like to play to get guaranteed runs on the board early in your innings? Rob Green
Anything which brought me a run to get off the mark really, Rob! I didn't have a certain shot I used because you are very much reliant on what type of ball is being bowled. Whether you are on nought or 150 not out, you still need to wait for the right ball to score off and know when to defend the good deliveries.
In terms of my favourite shot, I liked the pull and hook but I was also strong when turning the ball off my hip behind square leg.
What was your favourite Test century? Jonathan Veal
Any century in a winning cause is up there, but I'd have to go with my two hundreds in the same match against West Indies in Barbados in 1994. It came after we had been bowled out for 46 in the previous Test in Trinidad and against an attack containing Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose. Those two would get into most people's World XI of that time, and it was always a challenge against them, but we bounced back strongly in Barbados and became the first touring side to win there for 59 years.
In your opinion, who is the best bowler of all time and who is the best you faced in your career? Carl Oxborough
It's hard for me to judge bowlers from before the mid-70s because I didn't play against them or, in other cases, just don't remember them! I've always said the two best quicks I faced in my career were Malcolm Marshall and Wasim Akram. They had pace, regularly getting above 90mph, and they also had control. They were clever bowlers. The best spinner I faced was Shane Warne.
Who used the biggest bat during your time as a player? KippaxCricket
I'd probably have to say Surrey's David Ward, who had a bat in excess of 3lbs - he didn't use it all the time but had in his bag. In the mid-80s it became the fashion to have heavy bats, whereas now bats are big but a lot lighter. Most players now use a bat weighing 2.8 or 2.9lbs, like I did when I played, but it used to be that you had to have a heavier bat if you wanted a big piece of wood.
Graham Gooch used heavy bats for a while and the former West Indies international Collis King is still using a bat which weighs 4lbs when he plays in the northern leagues.
Where does Dominic Sibley rank with young cricketers that you've seen coming through at a similar age? Bradley Wetenhall
Dominic became the youngest player to hit a double century in the County Championship when he scored 242 against Yorkshire, and it was an unbelievable performance for an 18-year-old in only his third match. The way he played, the length of time he batted and how he scored his runs were impressive because they came against an attack which helped Yorkshire finish second this season.
I became aware of Dominic when he was 13 and I have followed his career with the Surrey age groups closely since.
I know his family well and he is a very grounded individual who has gone back to school to continue studying for his A-Levels now. I bet he enjoyed telling his mates all about his knock in assembly this week!
T20 aside, with a strong side of youth and experience on paper, why did Surrey perform so poorly this year? Jim Clark
It's a fairly simple answer really - we just didn't play well enough. We had no consistency to our performances and results, and we were punished. The County Championship table doesn't lie and we now have to make sure we bounce back stronger next summer in Division Two.
Alec Stewart was talking to BBC Sport's Marc Higginson.


Fresh talks are to be held between the RMT union and Southern in a dispute that has affected rail passengers for nearly a year.

The union has been in dispute since last April over the introduction of driver-only operated trains.
On Saturday, the day of the Grand National, strike action by the RMT hit three rail companies.
Southern, which is also in dispute with the Aslef union, confirmed the talks would be held on 24 and 25 April.
A spokesman for the rail operator said: "We're pleased to be meeting the RMT later this month in a bid to try and find a route forward to end their dispute."
The RMT has taken 31 days of strike action over the changes being brought in, which mean conductors become on-board supervisors, and responsibility for opening and closing doors is passed to train drivers.
General secretary Mick Cash said: "The union welcomes the opportunity to engage with Southern rail in further talks. We would prefer the process to get under way sooner if that was possible.
"We expect there to be no efforts to undermine these important talks from other parties and that they will be allowed to take place free from external interference."
Aslef members rejected initial proposals to resolve the row in February, and this month voted against another proposed deal.


West Bromwich Albion have set a deadline of 31 May for interested parties to purchase the club.

Chairman Jeremy Peace wants a sale for around £150m to be completed so it does not impact on summer transfer dealings.
Groups from the Far East and USA are keen, with some already performing due diligence, but Peace will dismiss any deal which runs into June and July.
The Baggies - 13th in their fifth straight Premier League season - posted pre-tax profits of £14.7m in February.
Peace, chairman for 13 years, owns 90% of the company which owns West Brom.
The 58-year-old has a reputation for being a tough negotiator and suitors for the club are thought to value it at about £40m less than the sum for which he expects to sell.
The position of head coach Tony Pulis is not under threat despite the potential takeover.
Pulis has never been relegated as a manager - an achievement Peace deems crucial next season before the Premier League's new £5.136bn television rights deal begins in 2016-17.


Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes deserves another crack at managing in England, according to Paul Lambert.

Sunderland have agreed compensation with Aberdeen as they seek a replacement for David Moyes following their relegation to the Championship.
Having been sacked by Bristol City in 2013, McInnes has restored his reputation with a successful four-year spell in charge at Pittodrie.
"If he does go down to Sunderland I'm sure he'll do well," Lambert said.
Aberdeen's new major shareholder Dave Cormack insisted the club would "move heaven and earth" to keep their manager at Pittodrie, but Lambert says the lure of Sunderland will prove too strong to resist for McInnes.
"The lure is too big," the former Colchester, Norwich, Aston Villa and Blackburn manager told BBC Scotland. "The profile for yourself is big as well. I'm sure if Derek goes down to Sunderland his own profile will rise as well. He'll want to do that after the job he's done at Aberdeen.
"If he does go there it's not as if you're taking a small club, you're talking about a club with history behind it, a huge fan-base, big stadium, great training ground, it's got everything behind it. For him to turn it down would be a massive thing for Aberdeen.
"He had his little blip [at Bristol City] which everybody goes through. You lose a job, go into another one, make a success of it and people start to think we'll take him again. He deserves his chance at it. He's done really well at Aberdeen."
Sunderland were relegated last season after a 10-year stay in the Premier League, and Lambert warns that McInnes will be met with a fan-base expecting promotion straight back up to the top flight if he takes the reins at the Stadium of Light.
"It's a brilliant club. Massive fan-base and the problem will be the expectancy level to go straight back up. If he handles that, which he will do because he's done great at Aberdeen, then you've got a chance.
"He's not a novice. When he first came down to Bristol City that [lack of experience] was maybe a wee bit difficult for him. But fair play to him, he's kept going at it and he comes across really well. That's important."
Lambert left his post as manager of Wolves at the end of the season after just seven months in charge at Molineux. The former Celtic and Borussia Dortmund midfielder departed after a disagreement with the club's hierarchy on who has the final say on player transfers.
Should McInnes leave for Sunderland, Lambert has no interest in taking over at Pittodrie or indeed return to manage anywhere in Scotland in the near future.
"I've been in England since 2005 and I've had some great moments and some hard moments which every manager goes through. I've had some great times, worked with some great lads so I'm happy," Lambert said.
"Ok I'm not doing anything at the minute, but there are one or two things that people have asked me to do and I'll look at that. I don't see myself coming back up [to Scotland]."


Comedian Tracy Morgan says he has no recollection of the accident that left him with life-threatening injuries a year ago.

In his first interview since the collision, Morgan said he still suffered "headaches and nosebleeds" as a result of the collision.
And he choked back tears as he recalled the day he learned his friend, James "Jimmy Mack" McNair, had been killed.
A Wal-Mart truck crashed into the back of Morgan's limo in June 2014.
He was left in a coma for two weeks, with a traumatic head injury, a broken leg, nose and ribs.
Prosecutors allege the driver had not slept for more than 24 hours. Morgan settled a legal case against Wal-Mart last week for an undisclosed sum.
The supermarket chain previously reached an agreement with the family of Mr McNair, 62, who grew up with Morgan in New York.
"I'm happy that Wal-Mart stepped up to the plate in a tremendous way, and they took full responsibility," the 30 Rock star told Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show. "I'm happy they looked out for Jimmy Mack's family."
Clutching a cane, Morgan said he had been "up and down" since the crash, but his daughter, son and fiancee, Megan Wollover, "keep my spirits up".
He explained he did not learn of McNair's death until he emerged from the coma. He later found footage of his fellow comedian's funeral online and "lost it for about a week."
"He was a loving man and he was a warm man," Mr Morgan said through tears. "He was a good man. It's just hard for me to see that he's gone. That's it.
"Bones heal but the loss of my friend will never heal."
Asked if he hoped to return to the stage, he replied: "I love comedy. I'll never stop loving her. And I can't wait to get back to her, but right now, my goal is just to heal and get better.
"Because I'm not 100% yet. I'm not. And when I'm there, you'll know it. I'll get back to making you laugh. I promise you."


A mother and her three-year-old son have been found safe and well two weeks after going missing, police have said.

Rebecca Minnock, 35, from Highbridge, Somerset, disappeared with her son Ethan on 27 May after a court ruled the boy should live with his father.
Speaking to the Daily Mail before she handed herself in, Ms Minnock said she hoped the decision about her son would now be reconsidered.
Police said the mother and son "will now receive the support they need".
Det Ch Insp Marie Wright, of Avon and Somerset police, said Ms Minnock handed herself in "in the Oxford area".
"This is the news we had been hoping for and I am grateful to Becky for coming forward," she said.
Ms Minnock told the Mail she decided to hand herself in because Ethan wanted to see her family and to sleep in his own bed.
"I've seen the amount of support I've had from neighbours, family and friends and I'm just hoping that somebody will be able to help us to get this case looked into again."
She said she made the "huge decision" to go into hiding because she felt "trapped".
"I just couldn't hand him over," she added.
Nicholas Cusworth QC, a family law barrister, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Ms Minnock's decision to breach the court order would be taken into "very serious consideration" in future legal proceedings.
"I assume that Ethan will go to live with his father with immediate effect and the court will have to decide how to take forward the relationship he has with both his parents," he said.
"In circumstances where the court makes an order designed to protect the best interest of a child, for one of that child's parents to undermine that court order deliberately... inevitably will mean the well of trust the court has towards her is going to be at a low ebb at the moment.
"It'll be up to her to demonstrate that she can be trusted in future."
Ms Minnock has been engaged in a two-year legal battle with Ethan's father Roger Williams over contact with their son.
In February, a district judge found she had fabricated allegations against Mr Williams in order to "frustrate contact" between him and Ethan.
A social worker reported that Ethan was not "emotionally safe" with his mother, and Ethan had been staying with his father four nights a week since February.
Earlier on Friday, Ethan's grandmother was sentenced to 10 days in prison for lying in court about the pair's disappearance.
Louise Minnock, 52, was convicted of contempt of court for hiding the fact they were driven to Cheltenham by her partner Andrew Butt, who was jailed for 28 days for contempt.


Aliens are more likely to land in London than Leicester City defending their Premier League title, according to Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri.

The champions, a 5,000-1 shot for the title last season, begin their campaign at Hull City on Saturday.
Ranieri, 64, expects Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City to mount strong challenges after the Foxes finished 10 points clear last term.
"It's easier for ET to come to Piccadilly Circus," said the Italian.
"It is impossible. It is more difficult than last season. It is normal that we can't win the league. For this reason I say the bookmakers must do 6,000-1.
"I am very curious, all the world is curious, what will happen with Leicester. I am very curious to see where we finish."
Ranieri, who signed a new contract until 2020 on Wednesday, believes all the "big teams" faltering in the same campaign "only happens once in a lifetime".
"Of course the big teams are ready to fight for the title, we are ready to defend our title but we know it is a difficult gap - last season we made something unbelievable," added the former Chelsea boss.
Ranieri has a fully fit squad ahead of the trip to the KC Stadium and says last season's PFA player of the year Riyad Mahrez will not be leaving the club.
"I don't know, who is interested? Tell me if there is one," said Ranieri regarding transfer speculation surrounding the midfielder.
"Riyad will stay with us. I say: 'Hey keep going, we have to improve, also you have to improve your experience in the Champions League - it's totally different.'"
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The family of a teenager killed when a car collided with his moped say they have been touched by all the tributes.

Lewis Crouch, 16, died in the crash on Peafield Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse shortly after 22:00 on Friday.
His family described him as a "joy to have around" and said they were "still in shock".
Nottinghamshire Police have not given any details of the car's driver but said they believe a driver in another vehicle may have seen the collision.
Paying tribute to Lewis, his mum Cheryl Broughton, said: "He would walk into a room and brighten everybody's day.
"He found some way of making you smile."


An endangered rare plant is looking for a partner after producing pollen for the first time in a number of years.

4 December 2015 Last updated at 14:05 GMT
A male cycad at Wentworth Castle near Barnsley surprised staff by producing a 2-foot-long cone that opened to reveal thousands of tiny pollen sacks.
Botanical gardens around the UK have been contacted to try and find a female flower to breed it with.
The species which dates back to the time of the dinosaurs is at risk of extinction.
BBC Look North's Phil Bodmer reports.


The winner of a competition to design a flag celebrating County Durham's "cultural heritage" has been announced.

Twins Katie and Holly Moffatt, 19, from Chilton used their favourite colours, blue and yellow, and St Cuthbert's cross, a county symbol, in the flag.
Their father James said he was proud that "in 100 years' time, their flag will still be flying above the county".
The county was the only one in the north of England without a flag, according to the Flag Institute.
Previously, there have only been flags representing the city of Durham and the county council.
The winning flag will be registered in the Flag Institute's UK Flag Registry.
Mr Moffatt said he had been hopeful after his daughters made the shortlist but did not think they would win in his "wildest dreams".
The competition was organised by adventurer Andy Strangeway from Yorkshire, who has already established flags for the historic East, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.
A panel of senior county councillors chose the top six designs, which were then put to a public vote.
Out of about 3,000 votes, the winning design had 26.51% - 10% more than the runner-up, Mr Strangeway said.


Britons could obtain more control over what happens to personal information under proposals outlined by the government.

Citizens will be able to ask for personal data, or information posted when they were children, to be deleted.
The proposals are part of an overhaul of UK data protection laws drafted under Digital Minister, Matt Hancock.
Firms that flout the law will face bigger fines, levied by the UK's data protection watchdog.
The bill will transfer the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law.
"The new Data Protection Bill will give us one of the most robust, yet dynamic, set of data laws in the world," said Mr Hancock in a statement.
"It will give people more control over their data, require more consent for its use, and prepare Britain for Brexit," he added.
Proposals included in the bill will:
This places a strong burden on firms to protect data and allows for significant fines if they fail to protect information or suffer a breach.
If you worry about embarrassing social media posts lingering online for years, you will soon have the right to ask for them to be removed.
And should you wish for any firm that holds your personal data - from your name to your DNA - you will be able to ask them to delete it.
There are, however, arguments that those holding the data can put forward to refuse such requests, such as freedom of expression and matters that are of scientific or historical importance.
Many of these measures are already part of the EU's forthcoming GDPR, but they are also being woven into the government's bill.
All of this goes beyond the "right to be forgotten" rules that already apply to search engines - those affect what can be listed in search results - but the GDPR and associated legislation impact data held by a wide range of companies.
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In the UK firms that suffer a serious data breach could be fined up to Â£17m or 4% of global turnover.
The current maximum fine firms can suffer for breaking data protection laws is Â£500,000.
The UK's Information Commissioner will have its powers strengthened and extended to help it police the new regime.
Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said: "We are pleased the government recognises the importance of data protection, its central role in increasing trust and confidence in the digital economy and the benefits the enhanced protections will bring to the public."
But small companies were largely in the dark about what the proposed law would mean for them, warned Mike Cherry, national chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses.
"They simply aren't aware of what they will need to do, which creates a real risk of companies inadvertently facing fines," he said.
And as for members of the public, many find it "almost impossible" to understand the complex ways in which firms handle their data, according to computer security researcher Steven Murdoch at University College London.
He argued that privacy groups should be able to make independent data protection complaints on behalf of consumers.
"Currently, the UK's proposal does not take up this option available under EU law," he told the BBC.


Team Sky's British rider Geraint Thomas has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia as a result of the crash he suffered on Sunday's stage.

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Thomas crashed in a pile-up involving a police motorbike, having started the ninth stage in second place overall.
He had a scan on a shoulder injury on Monday's rest day and went on to finish second in Tuesday's time trial.
But he said continuing further "would be a case of trying to survive each day rather than racing".
"Obviously it's never nice to leave a race early, especially when it's your main goal of the season, but I have to look at the bigger picture," he added.
"I'd love to continue, but I've been suffering since my crash on Sunday. I've had an issue with my shoulder which is manageable, but my knee has also been getting worse each day."
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Thomas, given licence to compete for overall victory for the first time at one of cycling's three grand tours, finished more than five minutes behind stage winner and race favourite Nairo Quintana on Sunday's summit finish.
He had started the day level on time with the Colombian, and 10 seconds behind then-race leader Bob Jungels.
But he was taken out 15km from Sunday's finish when Dutchman Wilco Kelderman was unable to avoid a police motorbike that had stopped at the side of the road, hitting the officer with his shoulder.
That caused Kelderman to swerve to his right into the Sky riders, who were in a line in the peloton, and resulted in several of the British-based team being brought down.
Thomas finished the day more than five minutes behind Quintana but made up more than two minutes during Tuesday's individual race against the clock.
However, he lost more than one minute during Wednesday and Thursday's stages.
He was six minutes and 46 seconds behind race leader Tom Dumoulin, and more than four minutes adrift of second-placed Quintana, when he pulled out before Friday's stage 13. The 21-stage race finishes on Sunday, 28 May in Milan.
Competing at the 2013 Tour de France, Thomas suffered a broken pelvis in a crash on the opening stage.
But he continued to ride for the duration of the three-week, 21-stage race, as team-mate Chris Froome claimed the first of his three victories.
BBC Sport's Dafydd Pritchard at the Giro d'Italia
Crashing out of a race is nothing new for Geraint Thomas but his withdrawal from the Giro d'Italia is a devastating blow.
The Welshman was leading Team Sky at a Grand Tour for the first time in his career, an opportunity for which he had worked long and hard to earn.
All appeared to be going according to plan in the early stages, with Thomas second in the general classification and his usual nonchalant self despite the increased scrutiny on him in Italy.
Then disaster struck on Sunday, with the crash that effectively ended the 30-year-old's hopes of victory, through no fault of his own.
First there was anger, then a determination to recover, but the overriding emotion for Thomas was one of frustration.
We will never know how he might have fared had he kept in touch with the likes of pre-race favourite Nairo Quintana; how he might have competed for a podium finish - or better - in the final week.
The question of 'what if' will play on his mind but, as Thomas says, he will be back and ready to support Chris Froome at the Tour de France in July.


A spurned man has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering his former partner and attempting to kill her new lover.

Mother-of-three Wendy Mann, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her West Bromwich home in August 2015.
Leroy Sterling, 63, of Guns Lane, West Bromwich, was found guilty of murder and the earlier attempted murder of  Trevor Tyndale.
Wolverhampton Crown Court was told he will serve at least 21 years.
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Pathologists found multiple fractures in Ms Mann's neck, a pattern "commonly found in people strangled," jurors were told during the trial.
The court heard Ms Mann's brother became worried when he could not contact her and went to his sister's first-floor flat on Chapel Street and found her body.
Mark Haywood QC, prosecuting, told the court Sterling attempted to murder Mr Tyndale on 11 July 2015 after learning of his ex-partner's relationship.
The men went drinking at Sterling's flat where Mr Tyndale, 52, was attacked, with Sterling "forcing a knife into his neck, trying to choke him", the court was told.
Mr Tyndale managed to escape and later went to hospital where he had an emergency operation.
He did not inform police about who attacked him - instead claiming a stranger assaulted him in the street - fearing his affair would become known to his wife, the court heard.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Sterling then persuaded Ms Mann to move in with him, where she remained for a month before returning to her home on 24 August.
Sterling discovered that Ms Mann had seen Mr Tyndale and he went over to her flat and killed her.
He tried to cover his tracks by cleaning her flat but left his footprints on the freshly mopped floor. His DNA was also found on a plastic beaker he had used in the property.
David Parsons, from West Midlands CPS, said "jealously and rage took hold of him".


There are concerns new anti-bullying laws could create "league tables" of bullying incidents among schools, a Stormont committee has heard.

The comments were made by Dr Noel Purdy, of the Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum (NIABF), to the education committee.
He was giving evidence on the "Addressing Bullying in Schools" bill.
It gives a legal definition of bullying and requires schools to record all incidents.
It also makes boards of governors responsible for policies.
Many organisations, including NIABF, have welcomed the proposed new laws.
However, there are concerns about some of the implications of the new legislation.
UUP MLA Sandra Overend asked Dr Purdy whether a "league table of schools" could be created if they had to record all bullying incidents.
Dr Purdy said that while the benefits of recording all incidents outweighed the disadvantages, there were concerns about how the information could be used.
"What we wouldn't want to see is unhelpful Freedom of Information requests being granted and league tables appearing in local papers about this," he said.
"I don't think that would be a helpful situation for anybody."
However, Dr Purdy said that pupils should always be encouraged to report incidents of bullying to their teachers.
If that happened, he said, "the official statistics that are being submitted will go up, but in many ways that's a very good thing".
While the bill, in its proposed definition, makes reference to bullying through "electronic communication", the statutory guidance is expected to state that the basis for a school to tackle cyber-bullying is limited.
Dr Purdy agreed with that guidance as most incidents take place "out of school hours, at home, at the weekend and so on".
"No school that I'm aware of would want the responsibility of any cyber-bullying incident 24/7," he said.
Dr Purdy also expressed concern that there was no reference to an imbalance of power in the bill's definition of bullying.
The committee also heard evidence from the Children's Law Centre and the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) on the proposed legislation.
Education Minister John O'Dowd hopes the bill will become law before the assembly term ends in spring 2016.


And while the rest of the world sleeps, a team of scientists is wading knee-deep through the fast-flowing streams that cut through the Pyrenees.
I've joined them on the trail of a creature that few have heard of and even less have set eyes on: the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus).
This small aquatic mammal only comes out under the cover of darkness. And it's not easy to find.
Half-submerged in the dark waters lie several tube-shaped mesh traps; the hope is that a passing desman may have swum into one.
The researchers angle their head torches for a closer look. But most of the traps - apart from the odd trout that has sneaked in - prove empty.
Bizarre looks
The desman was once thought to be widespread across mountain ranges in France, Spain and Portugal.
But now Catalonia's Alt Pirineu Natural Park is one of the last strongholds for this species.
And eventually, we strike lucky: inside one of the traps, a glint of grey catches in the beam of a torch.
As the researchers gently remove the creature from the stream, I'm able to take a look at the odd little mammal.
At first glimpse, it looks like a strange mish-mash of creatures - part rat, part mole, part platypus.
It's about the size of a hamster, with a glossy grey coat.
It has a huge nose - like a miniature version of an elephant's trunk - framed with long whiskers and beady little eyes. Its front paws are tiny, but its back feet are huge - and webbed. It's topped off by a thick, scaly tail.
"It is such a special creature - it really is one of Europe's strangest creatures," says Dr Yolanda Melero, who is based at the University of Aberdeen but is working with the University of Barcelona to carry out desman research.
"It's very well adapted to its environment: it is a very good swimmer."
Mysterious mammal
Very little is known about the Pyrenean desman. But this team of researchers is trying to change that to answer some of the most basic questions.
"The first thing we are trying to find out is their distribution: to see how many there are and where they are," explains Dr Melero.
"There was some data collected in the 1980s and 1990s, but this isn't reliable."
Wildlife biologist Pere Aymerich, who works with Joaquim Gosalbez from the University of Barcelona, says there has been a dearth of research partly because the creature is so tricky to study in the wild.
"They are very difficult to see due to their nocturnal activity and aquatic habitat," he explains.
But this team is getting better and better at tracking down desmans in the wild, and their research is overturning some commonly held beliefs about the animal.
Mr Aymerich explains: "We conducted a study based on radio-tracking, and we were surprised that our results on behavioural aspects and social relations of the desman did not coincide with what had long been assumed to be correct: the desman is not an aggressive, solitary and territorial animal, but is tolerant with other individuals of the species and seems quite sociable."
Last in line
One reason that the team is trying to shed more light on this creature is because it provides a window into our ancient past.
Millions of years ago, there were many aquatic species just like the desman - all belonging to a group of animals known as the Desmaninae.
But now, the Pyrenean desman is one of the very last in its evolutionary line. Only this species, and a creature called the Russian desman (Desmana moschata), which is larger and furrier than its Iberian counterpart, are left.
Jose Castresana, from Barcelona's Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), explains: "This is a relic species - for some reason only these two species survived."
While much of the behavioural research takes place in the dead of night, during the day the field work takes a less glamorous turn, and Dr Castresana spends the time looking for desman excrement.
He explains: "If they are fresh, then we can extract the DNA. This is an extraordinary species - its genetics has not been very well studied until now."
The researchers are keen to build up a clearer picture of the desman. This has been driven by the fact it may be under threat.
"Although the data is scarce and difficult to compare, we know of some places where the desman has disappeared," says Dr Castresana.
"One area is in the southern part of its distribution - there for sure, it is endangered or almost extinct. Our data also indicates that there are some other places where it may be slowly disappearing as well."
Changes to the streams and rivers, such as the construction of dams, are thought to have an impact on the small invertebrates that the desmans feed on. Some studies also suggest that the creature may be particularly sensitive to water pollution.
This, says Juan Fernandez, a biologist at the Alt Pirineu Natural Park, makes it all the more important to safeguard the areas where the creatures are doing well.
"We have an important habitat - mountain rivers and fast-running, clean waters, rocks and a lot of macroinvertebrates for the desman," he says.
"For us, it is wonderful to have this marvellous creature in the park. But it is also a big responsibility to protect this animal because we have one of the best preserved populations in all the distribution area"
Back in the mountain stream, the scientists' work is done and they are ready to return the animal to its watery home.
These researchers are doing everything they can to shed light on this creature - they say that this is the key to safeguarding the future of this unique species.
Mr Aymerich explains: "To conserve or save any species, it is essential to know how it 'works' and interacts with the environment.
"It is only with this information that we can plan a proper conservation plan for this rare and singular species."


Plymouth Argyle have signed ex-Rangers midfielder Jamie Ness after his release by fellow League One side Scunthorpe.

The 26-year-old made 17 appearances for the Iron last season as they were beaten in the play-off semi-finals.
He played 18 times for Rangers before joining Stoke in 2012, where he managed just one substitute appearance.
Ness, capped by Scotland at under-21 level, had been at Scunthorpe since July 2015 after loan spells in League One with Leyton Orient and Crewe.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


If you, like me, were born with red hair, the chances are you grew up experiencing all manner of creative name-calling.

"Irn Bru! Carrot top! Ginger minger! Duracell!"
Even former equalities minister Harriet Harman got in on the act in 2011, when she called Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander a "ginger rodent".
Now Edinburgh's copper tops have decided enough is enough, and taken to the streets to march for Ginger Pride.
But is "gingerism" really that serious?
Singled out
Among the hundred or so red heads at the march was Fiona Inglis from Edinburgh.
She loves her ginger hair now - but says school was a different matter.
"You don't want to be singled out, and having bright orange hair you definitely feel different," she said.
"That Prodigy song Fire Starter was a nightmare! I remember at school walking into the library and all the sixth years bursting into song with 'I'm a fire starter, twisted fire starter'.
"It's almost like ginger is a bad word. It's like any discrimination really. It's just picking on people, and it's not right."
Laura-Ann Horne from Stirling said she came to the march because her nine-month-old daughter Ivy has red hair.
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She said: "My experience growing up was horrible. As a teenager, it was quite hard to live with - the names you get are things too rude to say.
"I do worry about it for my children. Hopefully by the time Ivy goes to school it will be less of a problem."
Serious message
According to the ScotlandsDNA project, only about 0.6% of the world's population has red hair.
In Scotland, the figure is thought to be about 13% - approximately 650,000 people.
The Edinburgh Ginger Pride rally was organised by Canadian comedian Shawn Hitchins, who is performing his show, Ginger Nation, at the Edinburgh Festival.
There's no doubt it has generated valuable publicity for him: a large gaggle of photographers and journalists turned up for the march. Gingers make good pictures.
And he's not the only one cashing in on the ginger gene.
Later this month dozens of gingers will take to the skies as Flybe attempts to break an unofficial record for "most redheads on a plane". Even the crew will be redheads.
Irn Bru have run a series of ginger-themed advertising campaigns.
But Hitchins insisted there was a serious message behind his stunt.
"Gingerism does exist, people do experience bullying, and people do feel discriminated against," he said.
"They are very few and far between in Canada, so for me it was one more thing that added to my sense of isolation as a gay kid.
"It was that one more thing where I felt I just don't belong."
And there have been reports of incidents where "gingerism" has gone beyond a bit of name-calling.
In 2007, a family from Newcastle said they were forced to move home by a gang who targeted them over their ginger hair.
Kevin and Barbara Chapman said they and their four children endured more than three years of taunts, smashed windows, graffiti and violence.
"The abuse we get is unbelievable," Mr Chapman said at the time.
"They've been punched and kicked and thrown over a hedge. Every time they go out these gangs get to them."
'Ginger and proud'
But not everyone with red hair has had such a bad experience.
Back at the march, crowds of tourists gathered to take photographs of the flame-haired procession up the Royal Mile.
Heather Hughes from Paisley was among those waving a Ginger and Proud banner. She said she has always loved having red hair.
"My family were always saying 'your hair's fantastic', or you'd get little old ladies coming up to you in the street, so I've always loved it.
"There was picking on, but I think it makes you tough. If I was a brunette, I'd probably be a very shy brunette, as opposed to a very loud ginger.
"I'll definitely be here again, it was fantastic."
Next year, Hitchins promises the march will be even bigger - and even redder.


A passenger aircraft narrowly avoided a collision with a drone over central London, according to a report.

The Airbus A320, which was carrying around 165 passengers as it approached Heathrow Airport on 18 July, was within 66ft (20m) of the device.
The report, based on the pilot's observations, described the incident as a "very near miss".
The plane was at an altitude of 4,900ft (1,494m) when the drone was seen from the right-side flight deck window.
The crew said the drone - described as black and about 50cm (20in) wide - "probably" passed above the right wing and a horizontal stabiliser, which is found on the tail of the plane.
The UK Airprox Board report said: "Members agreed that this incident appeared to be a very near-miss and that the drone operator should not have been flying in that location at that altitude."
It added that the account of the incident "portrayed a situation where a collision had only been narrowly avoided and chance had played a major part".
The incident was deemed to be in the "most serious" category of risk. The drone operator has not been traced.


Darren Young is the new player-manager of Albion Rovers, replacing James Ward at Cliftonhill.

The 35-year-old former Aberdeen and Dunfermline midfielder has spent the last three seasons at Alloa.
And he will be assisted by Sandy Clark, who occupied the same role at Kilmarnock last season.
Ward was made manager in May 2013, having been the assistant coach, and signed a new contract in April after an impressive Scottish Cup run.
Rovers, who finished seventh in League Two, reached the quarter-finals and drew with Rangers at Ibrox before losing out in a replay.
"The board have decided to end the club's contract with James Ward," the club said via a brief statement. "We thank him for his contribution and wish him every success for the future."


Children who are exposed to abuse, domestic violence or other stresses are far more likely to develop long term health problems, says new research.

The Public Health Wales study looks at adverse experiences in childhood (ACEs) which include parents separating.
Children with four or more ACEs, around 14%, are three times more likely to get lung or heart disease later in life.
One senior health figure said instead of "mending broken adults" a focus was needed on "building stronger children".
The findings are being published to coincide with a major international public health conference, hosted by PHW in Cardiff.
It is the last of three PHW studies looking at the first 1,000 days of life. More than 2,000 adults in Wales were interviewed.
The importance of giving children the best start in life has long been appreciated.
But this research looks at the long term impact of bad experiences in those crucial early years and how it could mean more chronic illness and more pressure on frontline services further down the line.
Those having had four or more ACEs are also:
Prof Mark Bellis, director of policy and research at Public Health Wales said: "Most of us have the odd shock in childhood and after that we relax and we're comforted by parents and our bodies develop at that lower, more relaxed level.
"But if you get constant exposure to adverse childhood experiences, your body develops at a higher state of tension, it's always looking out for more threats.
"That means as your body develops, it's used to being ready to be injured or hurt in some way and it wears out quicker.
"You're also more ill at ease, you may develop poorer metal health, you're more likely to use alcohol and drugs - and they increase your risks of ill health later on in life. All that adds up to you developing poor health, earlier."
But a child can experience adverse incidents even from within the womb.
NSPCC midwife Nikki Rhys-Jones said: "In the second trimester [the period from 13 to 27 weeks] of a woman's pregnancy, the baby can hear - so the baby will be aware of the sounds around her.
"So the baby can start relating and connecting to parents, however things like domestic abuse, violence in the household, shouting - a baby will experience that and those things will cause stress to a baby and impact on its development."
Emerging research suggests the effects could also be passed on from one generation to the next.
Genomic expert Dr Tom Connor, consultant for Public Health Wales and senior lecturer at Cardiff University, said: "As individuals, we're almost a symphony of genes, firing off at different times.
"Epigenetics [which looks at changes in genes] actually controls expression of genes - and so things like smoking and drinking can actually affect the expression of genes, which can be passed on to our children.
"There's growing evidence that the lifestyle choices we make ourselves have an effect on our children. That's an immediate effect when they're born and potentially if we do things, for example smoking which can do damage to our children's DNA, that can be a long term effect for their entire lifetime."
But this is not just a challenge for the NHS.
Children who have had four or more adverse incidents are also 15 times more likely to be a perpetrator of violence, and 14 times more likely to be a victim.
If everyone shrinks into their core responsibilities, the cracks get bigger and more and more people fall down the cracks
Alun Michael, South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner said the force was being made more aware of the impact of domestic incidents on children in the background - and it can only improve with all agencies working better together.
"There's tended to be an attempt to deal with those things by making referrals - pieces of paper passing from one organisation to another. You're never quite sure where they go," he said.
But a coordinated approach is not always easy to achieve, he argues, at a time when public spending is being squeezed.
"If everyone shrinks into their core responsibilities, the cracks get bigger and more and more people fall down the cracks and the consequences are more complex and dangerous further down the line," said Mr Michael.
"There's been a general feeling within Wales we must shrink together and not shrink apart. It's more important that we don't allow those gaps, that we don't let people fall down the cracks; we work together for a joined up approach."
The Welsh Government said the evidence on the negative impact of ACEs was "overwhelming" and it was  "working relentlessly" to prevent and reduce the long term impact on children who have experienced them.
A spokesperson pointed to the Flying Start, Families First, and Supporting People programmes, as well as investing directly in children's health and well-being programmes.
For Prof Bellis it is crucial for the future to get it right.
"The long term costs of leaving these things untreated are enormous," he said. "What we've got to focus on is instead of mending broken adults we must build stronger children."


A tidal power scheme in the Inner Sound of Scotland's Pentland Firth has generated electricity for the first time.

A single turbine in Atlantis Resources' MeyGen project off the Caithness coast has been exporting electricity.
The device is the first of four 1.5MW tidal stream turbines that are to be installed in the Inner Sound.
Atlantis hopes to expand the project to have dozens of turbines generating about 400MW of electricity.
The generation of the first electricity follows work last year to lay subsea cables from the tidal power site to the shore, and the installation this year of four foundations on the seabed for the devices.
It also comes just months after Nova Innovation said its two-turbine Bluemull Sound project in Shetland had become the first offshore tidal array in the world to deliver electricity to the grid.
The company's Tim Cornelius said: "This is the moment we have been working towards since we first identified the MeyGen site back in 2007.
"I am immensely proud of and grateful for the remarkable team of people who have contributed to this milestone - our suppliers, our funders, our supportive shareholders, and of course the project team, whose commitment, tenacity and belief have been without equal.
"I look forward to bringing more news of the project development over the coming weeks and months as we move into the full operational phase."
Mr Cornelius added: "It's especially exciting to be making this announcement on the morning after the first 'super moon' in 68 years - last night, those of us with clear skies were able to get a good view of the powerhouse behind tidal energy, and be reminded that even in times like these there are still predictions we can rely on."
MeyGen has been described as the world's first large-scale tidal energy farm.
The first phase of the MeyGen project has been funded through a combination of debt, equity and grants from Atlantis, which is the majority owner of the scheme, and also Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Crown Estate and the former Department for Energy and Climate Change
The Scottish government's has provided Â£23m of funding to help develop the tidal stream farm.
Atlantis hopes to eventually expand the project to up to 269 turbines, with completed turbines being transported north by sea from the Nigg Energy Park on the Cromarty Firth to the tidal stream farm site in the Inner Sound.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled a turbine at Nigg in September.
WWF Scotland has welcomed the announcement of the first electricity to be generated at the MeyGen site.
Director Lang Banks said: "News of the first electricity to come from what will hopefully become one of the world's largest tidal power schemes is a really exciting moment. Well done to all those involved.
"Coming only a few months after turbines off Shetland generated their first power, it's a sign that Scotland is really starting to make progress in harnessing the power of our seas."


It was doing a favour for his mother that gave entrepreneur Matt Barrie the idea for setting up a business that is now worth  more than A$400m ($300m; Â£243m).

His company and website Freelancer has a simple concept - it connects people who have work they need doing with others who compete to do the task by submitting the fee they would charge.
Founded just eight years ago in Sydney, today the website has more than 22.5 million users around the world, both freelance workers and those seeking their services.
Jobs advertised on Freelancer include everything from help with building a mobile phone app, to writing a company report, designing a tattoo, and help with gaining publicity for something.
US space agency Nasa has even used the website since 2015, allowing people to bid to help design items for the International Space Station, including a new robotic arm.
It is a pretty good success story for a 43-year-old who admits that when he came up with the idea for Freelancer he was "a broken man".
In 2006 Mr Barrie had walked out of his first start-up - a Sydney-based firm called Sensory Networks that made computer chips for security equipment. He was not feeling good.
"People used the product but everything was wrong with how we sold it," he says.
Despite a blaze of publicity and the support of venture capitalists (VCs), the marketing proved too tough, and the company was struggling. So Mr Barrie quit.
"You feel you have left your VCs down, the board, your friends that you hired, your family," he says.
Sensory Networks went on to survive without Mr Barrie, and was eventually bought by chip giant Intel in 2013 for $20m, but he says that back in 2006 he "really felt like a failure".
After a few months of "decompressing", Mr Barrie was beginning to think about his next move when the 2007 global financial crisis swept in.
"The whole world was collapsing. Businesses weren't getting funded anymore. I thought, 'what am I going to do with myself?'" he recalls.
He decided to take advantage of the enforced downtime to build a website for his mother, a wholesale art and craft supplier.
He wanted to include a directory of the stores she supplied, thinking it might encourage others to want to be included. The first Excel spreadsheet had 1,000 rows.
Faced with that, Mr Barrie decided to outsource the data entry side of things to local kids. But even offering A$2,000 overall, nobody came running.
"I looked around, asked a few people, and they'd say, 'oh it's boring.' I'd reply, 'I know it's boring! That's why I want you to do it.'"
After four months Mr Barrie started searching online in desperation for cheap data entry, and stumbled upon a site based in Sweden called Getafreelancer.
"It was the ugliest site you have ever seen in your life. I eventually figured out how to post a job," he says.
"I went to get lunch, and came back to 74 emails from people saying you're offering A$2,000, I'll do it for A$1,000, A$500 and so onâ€¦ I thought it was a scam."
He eventually hired a team in India who did the job in three days for A$100.
"I thought was incredible, a whole army of people out there, many from emerging markets. I looked at all the projects on the website. It was like an ebay for jobs. I thought wow.
Mr Barrie was so impressed by the concept that he decided to set up his own version.
The VCs who had flocked to his first start-up were far more cautious this time round, and banks were unwilling to loan to a web-based business with no physical, recoverable assets in the event of failure.
In the end a friend who had sold his own firm stumped up the money, and Mr Barrie first secured workers via Getafreelancer, before then buying that business.
Freelancer, whose entire operation is cloud-based using Amazon Web Services, has since gone on to buy up 18 other rival sites. Its directly employed workforce now totals 570 people.
Sites like Freelancer have faced criticism for driving down prices for professionals trying to sell their services, but Mr Barrie counters that the company has had a huge, positive impact on millions of people in developing countries.
"You can be somewhere where your average wage is A$2 a day," he says.
"The average project [on Freelancer] pays A$200.
"You can make your month's salary in a few days. It's the ultimate meritocracy. It's up to you to figure out what you want to do."
And it is also not necessarily the lowest bidder who wins the job - Freelancer says that 47% of the projects on its site are awarded to "the median bidder or higher".
Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair, co-founder of human resources software business Enterprise Jungle, says firms are increasingly looking to hire non-staff to complete projects rather than carry out the work in-house.
"Nearly 35% of today's total workforce is comprised of non-employee workers and this is set to continue to grow," she says
"Sites like Freelancer are therefore very well-placed to service both the growing on-demand labour force looking for work, as well as the corporates who are hiring them.
"It is an invaluable marketplace for talent, with an all-important rating system to weed out the poor or unreliable performers."
On a day-to-day basis Mr Barrie is, by his own admission, a workaholic.
"I live this, I breathe it. I get up in the morning and start work. I'm often in the office until 10pm.
"I've had several offers to sell - one formal. I had a good think, and said I couldn't think of doing anything else."


The fourth dog attack in a year on a flock of sheep in Sussex has "wiped out years of work", a farmer has said.

Almost a third of Susan Harmer's prize-winning flock were left dead or injured at her farm in Offham, near Lewes.
Twenty-five were mauled, including a ram and pregnant ewes, in the overnight attack earlier this month.
"Sheep were strewn everywhere, with a pile of them in one corner where the dogs had trapped them and attacked them," Ms Harmer said.
"These are sheep which we have for their whole breeding lives - about 10 years - and we get very fond of them.
"They're not just a commodity, they're our livelihood. This is a huge emotional loss."
Ms Harmer said the attack was the worst her farm had faced this year.
She appealed to dog owners to put their animals on a lead before entering a field and to not put them out at night.
Sussex Police are investigating the attack, which happened overnight on 4 December, and have urged anyone with information to contact them.


Stevenage picked up their first away win of the season as Morecambe slipped to a fifth successive home defeat, losing 2-0.

Matt Godden gave Stevenage, who did the double over the Shrimps last season, the lead in the 37th minute after Stevenage took full advantage of some shocking Morecambe defending.
Dale Gorman was given time and space down the right to pick his spot and cross perfectly for Godden to head past Barry Roche from six yards out.
Ben Kennedy then added a second just before the hour with a special strike. The midfielder tried his luck from 30 yards with a left-footed curler that gave home keeper Roche no chance as it dipped under the crossbar and ended up in the back of the net.
Morecambe were given a late chance to get something from the game when they were awarded a penalty with three minutes to go. Liam Wakefield's right-wing cross hit the top of Charlie Lee's arm and the referee pointed to the spot but Paul Mullin's effort hit the left post and the chance went begging.
It was the second time the Shrimps hit the woodwork as Lee Molyneux's 25th-minute shot crashed against the crossbar after a mistake from Jamie Jones.
The same player saw an effort cleared off the line moments later by Fraser Franks but after Stevenage opened the scoring the visitors took control.
The home side forced a save from Jones in injury time as Kevin Ellison's shot looked set for the top-left corner but it was too little too late from Jim Bentley's side.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Morecambe 0, Stevenage 2.
Second Half ends, Morecambe 0, Stevenage 2.
Foul by Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe).
(Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Peter Murphy (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Peter Murphy (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Attempt saved. Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe).
Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul Mullin (Morecambe).
Jack King (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Henry Cowans (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fraser Franks (Stevenage).
Ronnie Henry (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty missed! Still  Morecambe 0, Stevenage 2. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
Penalty conceded by Charlie Lee (Stevenage) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Jake Hyde (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Jake Hyde (Stevenage) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Stevenage. Rowan Liburd replaces Matt Godden.
Substitution, Stevenage. Jake Hyde replaces Ben Kennedy.
Attempt saved. Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Dale Gorman (Stevenage) because of an injury.
Peter Murphy (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Lee (Stevenage).
Substitution, Morecambe. Peter Murphy replaces Michael Rose.
Corner,  Stevenage. Conceded by Barry Roche.
Attempt saved. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Stevenage. Conceded by Luke Conlan.
Attempt missed. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Alex Whitmore (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alex Whitmore (Morecambe).
Matt Godden (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Morecambe. Paul Mullin replaces Lee Molyneux.
Substitution, Morecambe. Luke Conlan replaces James Jennings.
Goal!  Morecambe 0, Stevenage 2. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Jack King (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Henry Cowans (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.


Wales and Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale has become a father for the second time following the birth of his daughter Nava Valentina.

The winger, from Cardiff, announced news of her arrival on Twitter on Tuesday.
Last week it was reported he could miss Wales' Euro 2016 warm-up game in Ukraine to be with partner Emma Rhys-Jones for the birth.
Bale said he was "delighted to welcome another beautiful baby daughter".


The vast majority of UK internet users are not taking advantage of net censors designed to filter out pornography and other content, according to the communications regulator Ofcom.

Parental controls are offered to users to prevent children seeing unsuitable material.
Sky customers were most likely to implement the filters and BT customers least likely, Ofcom reported.
Some 97% of those who had adopted filters said they were useful.
The UK's largest internet service providers (ISPs) are required under a semi-voluntary agreement with the UK government to adopt network-level filtering via a scheme known as Active Choice Plus.
Between 30% to 40% of Sky customers enabled filters, Ofcom's report said.
That compared to 14% for TalkTalk, 12% for Virgin Media and 6% for BT.
Sky automatically enables the feature even if the original request is ignored, which likely explains why it has the highest take-up rate. All ISPs allow users to disable the filters whenever they want.
New users were more likely to enable the filters than existing ones, said Ofcom.
The report also indicated that awareness of ISP content filters had increased among parents of children aged five to 15, from 50% last year to 57% this year.
Some 76% of parents said that they knew enough to help their children manage online risks, with the vast majority - 78% - saying that they trusted their children to use the internet safely.
Reasons given for not using filters were threefold:


Hubble has probed a clutch of monster stars about 170,000 light-years away on the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Some two dozen behemoths were identified, all with masses in excess of a hundred times that of the Sun.
Four were known previously, including the remarkable colossus catalogued as R136a1, which is 250 times as massive as our home star.
But the new survey finds many more of the super-objects in a tight patch of sky within the Large Magellanic Cloud.
"In just a tiny bit of this satellite galaxy, we see perhaps a couple of dozen stars with more than a 100 solar masses, of which nine are in a tight core just a few light-years across," explained Prof Paul Crowther from Sheffield University, UK.
"But that two dozen number - that's probably more than are in the entire Milky Way Galaxy for this type of star," he told BBC News.
The observations are to be published shortly in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
They build on earlier work reported in 2010 that first described R136a1 - the most massive and most luminous star identified to date.
That study used data gathered principally by a ground-based telescope in Chile.
This follow-up research employed the pin-sharp resolution and ultraviolet sensitivity of the orbiting Hubble telescope to tease out yet more detail.
In 2010, astronomers saw four monster stars including R136a1 in the central core. Thanks to Hubble, they detect a further five.
The stars are not only extremely massive, but they are also extremely bright. Together, these nine stars outshine our Sun by a factor of 30 million, said Prof Crowther.
"Because they are so massive, they are all close to their so-called Eddington limit, which is the maximum luminosity a star can have before it rips itself apart; and so they've got really powerful outflows. They are shedding mass at a fair rate of knots," the astronomer added - up to an Earth mass of gaseous material per month.
The question is why this tight corner of space, located in the Tarantula Nebula of the LMC, harbours so many giants.
Prof Crowther thinks it is because the gas and dust in the region has become compressed as the Large Magellanic Cloud has skirted the edge of the Milky Way. One thing is for sure - none of these monster stars will be around for more than a few million years. To burn so bright is to burn briefly.
"A lot of these stars will be in binaries (in pairs), and when they die they'll produce black holes, which will merge at some point in the dim and distant future. And when they do they'll produce gravitational waves.
"The first detection of gravitational waves [reported by Advanced LIGO last month] was from the merger of a pair of 30-solar-mass black holes. They probably came from 100-solar-mass stars."
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


The Turkish parliament has approved a controversial bill that will strip MPs of their immunity from prosecution.

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers say this is essentially a move to expel opposition members from parliament.
The measure is seen as targeting the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as well as the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Turkey has led an offensive against the insurgent PKK, accused of being a terrorist group.
A ceasefire ended weeks after elections in June 2015. The renewed conflict has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides, particularly in the south-east.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for pro-Kurdish MPs to face terrorism charges and this vote could be a first step towards making that happen.
The bill was backed by 376 MPs in the 550-seat legislature, which means it will become law directly without being put to a referendum, parliamentary Speaker Ismail Kahraman said.
The pro-Kurdish HDP party says the government is using trumped-up charges to push their party out of parliament and allow President Erdogan to change the constitution and boost his own powers.
The government rejects that claim, saying MPs should be accountable before the law. In a country with faith in its democracy and judicial independence, that would be the accepted view.
But in Turkey there are deep misgivings about both and Mr Erdogan is seen by critics as increasingly authoritarian - hence the concerns.
If several HDP MPs are arrested, there are fears it could spark worse violence in Kurdish areas, where people could feel deprived of a voice in parliament. And so this is a dangerous moment for Turkey and a test of how far Mr Erdogan is willing to go to secure his position.
Violent scuffles marred parliamentary debates this month, with frustrated lawmakers exchanging fisticuffs and kicks.
Friday's vote was not without incident as CHP lawmakers walked out in protest.
Mr Erdogan said the vote was "historic" during a televised speech in his hometown of Rize.
"My people do not want to see guilty lawmakers in this parliament," he said as lawmakers voted.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said she would raise concerns over the state of democracy in Turkey when she met Mr Erdogan next week.


UK manufacturing output grew at the fastest pace for nearly four years in April, according to official figures.

Manufacturing output grew by 2.3% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, the biggest monthly rise since July 2012.
The wider measure of industrial output increased by 2.0%, also the biggest rise since July 2012.
The pharmaceutical industry helped to drive the increase, with output in the sector up 8.6%.
That was the biggest increase since February 2014.
"Anecdotal evidence suggested increased exports were the main contributing factor to the rise" in the pharmaceutical sector, the ONS said.
Industrial output in April was up 1.6% compared with a year earlier, while manufacturing output was 0.8% higher compared with April 2015.
Zach Witton, deputy chief economist at the EEF manufacturers' organisation, said: "Whilst the size of the gain is surprising, it generally fits with the picture that the worst may now be behind the sector.
"It also backs up the feeling that there are no concrete signs that uncertainty associated with the upcoming referendum has had a major impact on manufacturing.
"While month-on-month data can be volatile, today's data suggests that manufacturing is turning the corner, and looks set to return to growth in the second half of this year."
Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said the latest figures suggested the economy might not have slowed as much as feared in recent months.
"Alongside April's strong increase in retail sales, and continued growth in car registrations pointing to a decent performance from the services sector, today's industry numbers suggest that previous fears of a sharp slowdown in the economy in the second quarter may prove overly pessimistic."
The official output figures contrast with recent surveys that had indicated weak growth in the manufacturing sector.
The Purchasing Managers' Index survey from Markit/CIPS suggested manufacturing activity contracted in April, before recording slight growth in May.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, warned that the revival suggested by the official figures, could be short-lived.
"Even the ONS cautioned about reading too much into the buoyancy hinted at by the data," he said.
"The monthly data are often volatile and April was no exception.
"The improvement in the official data also contrasts with deteriorating survey evidence on the health of the economy, and manufacturing in particular, in recent months, suggesting the April upturn may be reversed in May."


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Two people have been taken to hospital after their car overturned on the M74 just outside of Glasgow.

The white Fiat Punto flipped onto its roof near Junction 12 southbound at Uddingston at about 15:30 on Saturday.
A man and a woman were freed from the car and taken to Wishaw General Hospital.
No other vehicles were directly involved in the crash, but two other cars were damaged by flying debris.
The motorway was closed in both directions for a time but the northbound carriageway later reopened.
The southbound carriageway remained closed with diversions in place.


Former world 100m champion and convicted doper Tyson Gay has ended his attempt to join the United States bobsleigh team for the 2016-17 season.

The 34-year-old, who tested positive for steroids in 2013, pulled out of the US Push Championships, a key part of qualifying for the team.
"It was decided that it was in Gay's best interest to focus on learning and to watch," said a Team USA spokesman.
Gay's Olympic team-mate Ryan Bailey won his category to close on a team spot.
Bailey was part of the United States 4x100m relay team that were stripped of their Olympic silver medal from London 2012 because of Gay's positive test.
Bailey, 27, said in August he was "not over" the quartet's disqualification and admitted there is "still some tension" between him and Gay.
Bailey also won August's preliminary Push Championships on dry land in Lake Placid, New York, but Wednesday's event was his first attempt on ice.
He said: "It's a lot faster on ice. It wasn't too much different at the start, but once it hit the crest and started going downhill the sled picks up speed really fast. I tried to think to myself, 'Run faster, run faster.'
"I knew it would be tough, but after the first few pushes I thought, 'alright, I might have a good shot'. To actually win the first year, it's a pretty good feeling."
Gay, who has competed at the last three Olympics, is the joint second fastest 100m sprinter in history.
Only three-time Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt has run quicker than Gay's 9.69 seconds - a time matched by Bolt's fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake.
At the Rio Games Gay was part of the US team that finished third in the 4x100m relay, only to be disqualified for an illegal baton exchange. Bailey failed to qualify for the team.
Legendary 400m hurdler Edwin Moses and Lauryn Williams, the first American woman to win a medal at both the summer and winter Games, have also tried to move into bobsleigh after an athletics career.


Motherwell have signed goalkeeper Russell Griffiths on a one-year deal.

The 21-year-old was on loan at Fir Park from Everton for the second half of last season, playing four games in May.
Griffiths, who has also had loan spells at Halifax and Cheltenham, is the sixth summer arrival at Motherwell.
"Russell showed a tremendous attitude towards the tail end of last season and put in some terrific performances for us in an important run of games," said manager Stephen Robinson.
"We're delighted to have secured Russell's signature and to have that competition for the number one jersey is crucial."
Goalkeeper Trevor Carson, 29, joined the club earlier this month after leaving Hartlepool United.


Malta has bowed to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, saying applicants will now be required to spend at least a year in Malta in order to qualify.

The new condition was announced by Malta in a joint statement with the European Commission.
Applicants will still have to invest at least 1.15m euros (Â£944,000; $1.57m) in Malta to get a passport.
MEPs have condemned the Maltese scheme, saying it cheapens EU citizenship.
Earlier Malta had not set any residency requirement for rich foreigners wishing to get Maltese passports.
The new stipulation says "no certificate of naturalisation will be issued unless the applicant provides proof that he/she has resided in Malta for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding the day of issuing of the certificate of naturalisation".
It followed talks between EU Commission officials and the Maltese government. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said applicants should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay.
Malta, like most of the EU's 28 countries, is in the Schengen zone, where citizens can mostly travel without passport checks. The EU single market has made it much easier for citizens to settle in another member state.
Owning an EU member state's passport entitles the holder to EU citizenship, with all the rights guaranteed under EU law.
Malta's scheme, called the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), was initially to be limited to 1,800 people - not including their close relatives, who could also buy passports, for a lower fee.
But Malta is now considering raising that cap, so that more passports could be issued.
The scheme is being managed by a Jersey-based company, Henley and Partners. On its website the company says applicants will be subject to strict vetting and "only highly respectable clients will be admitted". The scheme is aimed at "ultra-high net worth individuals and families worldwide".


Under the shadow of Ben Bulben in the Dartry Mountains of County Sligo lies the Streedagh beach peninsula.

Up the coast and visible from Streedagh's sands is Classiebawn Castle, the home of Lord Mountbatten before he was murdered by the IRA.
But out at sea are the wrecks of Spanish Armada ships, La Lavia, La Juliana and the Santa Maria de Vison.
All three were destroyed in fierce storms on 21 September 1588, while returning to Spain after their failed attempt to invade England.
In February, after another bout of stormy weather, local man Declan Bruen made a chance discovery.
"I was out walking on the beach as I do most days, when I spotted a piece of timber," he said.
"We brought it in and it turned out to be part of the rudder from The Juliana."
Declan's discovery re-sparked interest from the underwater archaeology unit and the National Museum in Dublin.
Because of the danger that the bad weather could force the wrecks further out to sea, divers immediately began to explore the area.
In all, nine cannon and other items in remarkable condition were discovered and brought ashore.
The artefacts were brought to the National Museum in Collin's Barracks in Dublin where other Armada cannon are on display.
It is hoped they will soon go on show to the public.
Lar Joye, the museum's curator of military history, believes the finds are a real treasure trove.
"What's great about the ones found recently is that there are so many of them," he said, "And they are in excellent condition.
"Once those involved in conservation in the National Museum start working on them all the fine details on the cannons will survive."
Not all those on board the Spanish ships perished in the fierce storms off the Sligo coast.
Franciso De Cuellar one of the survivors at Streedagh, wrote about his experiences.
He described the sea as reaching "the heavens", drowning more than 1,000 men over an hour-long period and leaving barely 300 survivors.
Eddie O'Gorman, a local historian and the chairman of the Grange and Armada Development Association, says De Cuellar landed at a time when local Irish clans, like the O'Rourkes, were daggers drawn with the the English who were based in the nearby Sligo town.
"What a swashbuckler that man was", he adds, "He entertained chieftains like McClancy and O'Rourke who wanted to recruit him to their side so that he could train up their soldiers in the art of continental warfare.
"But he was determined to get back to Spain and eventually he did through Scotland."
But before that return, he sought refuge in an abbey close to Streedagh, but found that the "Lutheran English" as he called them had got there before him.
The abbey was in ruins, the monks had fled and 12 Spaniards had been hanged.
The local community in Grange now want to establish an interpretive centre to tell De Cuellar's story and that of the Spanish wrecks.
But Donal Gilroy, a local campaigner, says there's more to north Sligo than the Armada.
"We want to make it a centre for the culturally-curious tourist", he said.
"We want to promote not just the Armada, but also Lisadell House, Ben Bulben, Mullaghmore and Lord Mountbatten and all the other places of interest in the area."
In September there will be an ecumenical event on Streedagh beach to remember the 1100 men who lost their lives far from home in stormy weather off the wild Irish coast.


A double-decker bus has been blown up on a central London bridge as part of a stunt for an upcoming movie.

7 February 2016 Last updated at 16:25 GMT
Footage of the bus crossing Lambeth Bridge was captured by London Fire Brigade who were on standby in case anything went wrong with the explosion.
The bridge was closed to all traffic for the filming, which is believed to have been for the forthcoming Jackie Chan movie, The Foreigner.


A fire in Nicaragua has destroyed part of a traditional market in the centre of the capital, Managua.

More than 60 stalls and shops at the Mercado Oriental have been lost to the blaze, which began in the early hours on Sunday.
Shopkeepers and market workers rushed to the area to try to rescue their belongings and minimise their losses.
It took firefighters four hours to control the fire. There were no casualties, the authorities said.
The fire began before 06:00 local time (13:00 BST).
Firefighters struggled to reach the central area of the market, according to Nicaragua's Disaster Prevention Agency.
Access to many hydrants has been blocked by shops built illegally over the years as the market expanded without proper planning, local media reported.
An estimated 100,000 people visit Nicaragua's biggest market every day.


A row has erupted over the inclusion of an anti-abortion debate at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival.

Liz Nelson of the Belfast Feminist Network resigned as chairwoman of the festival's organising group in protest at the decision.
She said the proposed lecture and Q&A in December "promoted the criminalisation of women".
The Evangelical Alliance helped organise the debate and a spokesperson said it was surprised and disappointed.
"Shutting down debate is contrary to some of the most basic human rights such as freedom of thought, conscience, expression and speech."
In Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only allowed if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health.
The Human Rights Consortium, which is behind the annual festival, said while they understood the inclusion of the event may be unwelcome, it was a space for different arguments and positions on human rights issues to be set out and considered.
The majority decision to include the Do Both Lives Matter event was taken by the board of the Consortium.
Its director Kevin Hanratty said: "The festival is a place for different human rights arguments to be made and considered, even on the most contested subject."
"We must be clear that inclusion in the festival programme of particular views, events, speakers or participants does not constitute an endorsement by the consortium or reflect the consortium's or individual board members' own views, opinions or positions,"
Ms Nelson, who will remain on as a board member said "I couldn't stand over it."
"There is a lot of good work being done by the consortium and we believe these groups offer the opportunity to bring reproductive rights to the forefront of human rights discourse in Northern Ireland."
The Evangelical Alliance said they wouldn't be protesting pro-choice events at the festival.
"We have invited a leading QC to address some of the legal concerns around the competing rights raised by abortion. We believe discussion and persuasion provide a better path than 'no platforming' and silencing those we disagree with."


A whale bone that once belonged to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton has been sold for £1,200.

The bone was among the contents of Torbay convent Stoodley Knowle School, which has now closed.
It will stay in Torbay after it was bought by a local man, jeweller Martin Travis.
"There was clapping and cheering in the room," said the Honiton auctioneers Chillcotts who put a guide price of £300 on the whale bone.
Shackleton, perhaps best known for his expedition aboard the ship Endurance that became trapped in an ice floe for nine months in 1915, gave the unusual item as a gift to his sisters.
They later presented it to the sisters of Les Filles de la Croix who had bought the house owned by the Shackleton family in Anstey's Cove Road, in order to turn it into a school for girls.
The relic was kept for many years in the fireplace with a commemorative plaque stating simply Shackleton's Whale Bone.
Mr Travis said: "I am a Torquay boy and I've always liked natural objects.
"It's nice to keep it in Torquay where it has been for more than 100 years."
Shackleton stayed at the family house for three months in 1907 when his ship, Nimrod, was moored in Torquay harbour before setting out on Antarctic expeditions.
Another ship, Quest, on which Shackleton took his final voyage, was anchored in Anstey's Cove below the school before setting sail for South Georgia in 1921.


SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has announced that the party will go into opposition in Northern Ireland.

They are the second party to announce that they will not join the DUP and Sinn FÃ©in in the Stormont executive.
Last week the UUP said they would do the same.
Earlier, the First and Deputy First Minister accused the SDLP of being "dishonest" during Stormont's programme for government negotiations.
It followed Mr Eastwood saying he was "very disappointed" over the talks.
Making his announcement on Thursday, Mr Eastwood said: "It is clear that the DUP and Sinn FÃ©in are determined to put forward a framework that includes no action, nothing that they can be held accountable for or to."
Stormont has just become a much more open political battleground.
With the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists both choosing to go into opposition rather than government the assembly is a very different place.
Up to now, most rows have been within the family of the all-encompassing power-sharing government. Which is not to say that at times the disputes weren't bitter. Then again most in-fighting within families is.
But now there will be big parties openly heckling and challenging decisions from the outside.
That is a major change and some commentators will claim that it could lead to better politics and policy being more aggressively tested.
However, that all depends on getting the executive working again and the Alliance Party's decision to turn down the justice ministry is a problem.
The DUP and Sinn Fein need to find a mutually acceptable candidate to take up the politically sensitive post.
In Northern Ireland which politician takes responsibility for policing and prisons is important.
The fact that the first and deputy first ministers have had conversations with an independent MLA and the Green Party indicates they are looking at every option.
He said the SDLP would work with anyone who was happy to work with them but "this will be a positive and constructive opposition, not opposition for opposition's sake."
In a statement, UUP Leader, Mike Nesbitt, said he was "delighted" that the SDLP had chosen to go into opposition.
He said: "I am confident it will lead to new beginnings and possibilities for devolved government.
"We have been heartened by the extraordinary level of support which we received since we made our decision last Thursday and I am sure the SDLP will receive similar praise and encouragement."
Sinn FÃ©in MLA, Conor Murphy, said the SDLP had "walked away" from its responsibility to the electorate and had been led by the UUP into opposition.
"By walking away from the executive, it is clear the SDLP has abandoned its responsibility to the electorate," he said.
"On the back of yet another poor election, the SDLP has now turned its back on the Good Friday Agreement.
"Their excuse that they did not understand the Programme for Government process is both dishonest and contradicted by their engagement in that process since December."
DUP leader, Arlene Foster, said the smaller parties were searching for "relevance" following the election on 5 May.


Venezuela's interior minister has given out his personal mobile phone number on live television, and urged police officers to call him directly to report cases of corruption within the force.

Miguel Rodriguez said rooting out corruption was the only way for the police to regain public trust.
Police corruption is seen as one reason why Venezuela has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
His comments come amid public anger after the murder of Monica Spear.
The popular former beauty queen and her ex-husband, Thomas Berry, were gunned down in their car in front of their five-year-old daughter, who was wounded.
Seven people have been arrested in connection with the crime.
"New police officers will always have some great superiors, well-prepared ones," Mr Rodriguez said at an official ceremony in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
"But they also are going to get some bad eggs. Report them fearlessly because their (corruption) undermines police authority for the Venezuelan people.
"Just give me the information right away, and we will rip the head off that  immoral police superior," the minister warned, after giving the officers his mobile number.
The BBC tried to ring the number but calls were not immediately answered.
The murder of Ms Spear, thought to have been a botched robbery, has reignited debate about insecurity in Venezuela.
Experts often cite police corruption as part of the crime crisis; most homicides go unpunished.
Last year, nearly 25,000 people were killed in the South American country, according to the Venezuelan Violence Observatory, a non-governmental organisation.
The government disputes these figures.
On Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro met the governors of all 23 states and mayors from the most violent cities to co-ordinate action against crime.
He urged all politicians to put their differences aside and work together to end rising violence.
He announced he would act "with an iron fist," saying that the full weight of the law would be brought to bear on the perpetrators of the crime.
The Venezuelan opposition leader and former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles also met Mr Maduro - the first time since last year's disputed election.
Ms Spear and her former partner were buried on Friday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
Hundreds of fans, fellow artists and relatives formed long queues at the cemetery to pay their respect.


Coventry City midfielder James Maddison is keenly awaiting Steven Pressley's return to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday as he 'owes his old boss a lot'.

Pressley, now manager of Saturday's opponents Fleetwood, gave Maddison, 19, his Sky Blues debut in 2014.
His subsequent development earned a seven-figure fee in January when they sold the Academy product to Norwich, since when he has been loaned back.
"He was the first manager I had. He trusted me," Maddison told BBC Sport.
"I owe Steven Pressley a lot. I've a lot of respect for him and (his assistant) Neil McFarlane. He threw me in there because he knew I'd be able to cope.
"I'm not going to hold back at the weekend. Of course I want to smash Fleetwood but, in my development, he was massive."
Maddison's debut for City came in a League Cup home defeat by Cardiff City in August 2014. He then enjoyed two Football League Trophy wins under Pressley and two league appearances from the bench before his first League One start in October, when he scored on his full debut in a 4-1 defeat at Oldham.
In their first game since the 6-0 home win over Bury on 13 February, City's best league victory since 1963, Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray is already mindful of the threat presented by a Fleetwood side one place above the relegation zone.
The Cod Army, who have not beaten Coventry in three previous meetings, are managed by Pressley, who is making his first return to the Ricoh Arena since being sacked in February 2015.
"I fully understand the previous manager coming back to his old club," Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. "He's put together a nice team. He'll have them fired up.
"Whether there's extra spice in it for him, I'm not sure. It's a game that he would like to win and get a positive performance. We'll be mindful of that, but we're mindful against every opposing team who come here that we have to be at our best."
Pressley's first game as Fleetwood Town manager was against Coventry in October, and was spoiled when a last-minute own goal by former Sky Blues defender Richard Wood handed the visitors the three points.
Pressley told BBC Radio Lancashire he still has some warm thoughts for his former club, admitting: "I loved my time there. I had a really good rapport with the supporters and I've got some fond memories.
"I was disappointed with the way it ended, but I understand football and the way it can be driven by results and I did a lot of work that can sometimes go overlooked.
"I reduced the budget by 60% in two years, which is almost unheard of, and had to develop young players and play a very young team.
"To be honest, if we had not done some of the things we did, like the sale of Callum Wilson, there might not be a Coventry City."
Steven Pressley was talking to BBC Radio Lancashire's Phil Cunliffe.


Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of 24-year-old Carly Lovett who died in the Tunisian beach attack.

The funeral, held in Gainsborough, included a tribute to Ms Lovett from her fiance Liam Moore, who was on holiday with her when she was killed.
He described her as the "love of his life" and said he felt "lost and empty" without her.
Mr Moore also spoke about their last moments together on the beach in Tunisia.
"She told me she loved me, I told her I loved her. I hope she took comfort that I was there with her," he said.
Ms Lovett's family said they were praying that the "evil" seen in Tunisia would end, to spare others the heartbreak they had experienced.
They said the couple's future together had been "cruelly taken away".
Canon Mike Cooney, who delivered the eulogy at All Saints' Parish Church, said: "She was a fantastic individual. She was bright, she was talented, she was creative, she was witty and amusing.
"She was great company and good with people - she was simply a lovely person."
One mourner at the church said: "It is just awful what has happened, and it is hard to believe something happening so far away can affect a small town like Gainsborough.
"We've got to show that things like this can't carry on."
Several people attending the funeral also said there should be a permanent memorial to Carly in the town.
Ms Lovett, a fashion blogger, also worked for an e-commerce company called Fizzco Ltd in Fillingham, based near Gainsborough.


Royal Marines from 42 Commando have returned to Devon after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

During the tour in Helmand Province, the unit lost seven men.
The marines, based at Bickleigh Barracks near Plymouth, have been training the Afghan National Police and building relations with local people.
The aircraft carrying the 100 marines arrived at Exeter Airport at about 23:00 BST. The unit was deployed on 8 April.
Lt Col Ewen Murchison said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of our seven brothers-in-arms who have tragically been killed during the tour: Lt Ollie Augustin, Sgt Barry Weston, L/Cpl Martin Gill and Marines Sam Alexander, Nigel Mead, James Wright and David Fairbrother.
"Their deaths are felt deeply across the commando and a sad reminder of the daily dangers we faced, they will be sorely missed," he added.
The marines have helped to develop two schools and clinics for women and children and have also trained and handed over two patrol bases to the Afghan National Police.
The majority of the unit were deployed to northern Nad-e Ali District in Helmand Province, the Royal Navy said.
About 80 marines from 42 Commando remain in Afghanistan, the Royal Navy added.