The contest for Republican and Democratic contenders to become presidential candidates in the United States has entered its third round.

Polls have already opened in the Republican primary vote in South Carolina, where frontrunner Donald Trump will try to fend off Ted Cruz.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could face a close race in the Democratic Party caucus in Nevada.
The votes could be key ahead of the "Super Tuesday" round on 1 March.
On that day, about a dozen states will choose their candidates for the 8 November presidential election, with about a quarter of all nominating delegates up for grabs.
Before that, the two parties swap around in these two states - Republicans holding a Nevada caucus on Tuesday and the Democrats a South Carolina primary on 27 February.
These rounds could be crucial in particular for Republican candidates who have been lagging behind the leading pair.
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Polls opened in South Carolina at 07:00 local time (12:00 GMT).
The leading Republican pair split the first two rounds - Mr Trump winning in New Hampshire, a week after Mr Cruz had triumphed in Iowa.
Mr Trump has continued his colourful campaign this week with a public spat with Pope Francis on Christian values.
At a rally in North Charleston on Friday, he told supporters: "It's crunch time, folks."
Referring to his self-funded campaign, he added: "I don't want your money. We want your vote."
He called for a "big mandate", aware that a win in South Carolina could propel him to victories in important southern states that vote on Super Tuesday.
Mr Cruz has enlisted an army of volunteers to try to haul back Mr Trump's lead in the state - put at about 28% to 23% in an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll of Republican voters.
That poll suggested Senator Marco Rubio was third on 15%, followed by Jeb Bush on 13%.
Both are under massive pressure to generate support for their campaigns. Whoever loses this personal battle could face tough questions about the future of their candidacy.
The lagging John Kasich and Ben Carson face even tougher fights to rouse support.
In Nevada, Democrats will gather at about 200 caucus meetings across the state from 11:00 local time (19:00 GMT) to show their support for Mrs Clinton or Mr Sanders.
The pair also split the first two rounds - Mrs Clinton winning narrowly in Iowa, before being soundly beaten in New Hampshire.
Nevada represents the most racially diverse battleground so far, though, with both candidates trying to court the vote of African-Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, who make up about 50% of the state's population.
Veterans of the first Obama campaign in 2008 painted a picture of an inspirational candidate who had gone astray once in power.
"Where he failed is not sustaining that movement. He just dropped the ball on that," said Debra Mayes of Los Angeles.
Sanders supporters focused on what they see as the shortcomings of the Obama administration, and of moderate Democrats beholden to their corporate donors.
The establishment Democrats, they said, essentially wasted the majorities the party had built during the years leading to Mr Obama's sweeping victory.
If Democratic leaders, including Mr Obama, had been more ambitious, they would have been able to establish a lasting congressional majority, the argument goes.
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Mrs Clinton had hoped to use the strength of her support among minority communities to pull away from Mr Sanders.
She has accused him of "pie in the sky" ideas on immigration reform.
However, although the caucus system makes accurate opinion polling difficult, the contest could be closer than initially thought.
Mr Sanders' socialist message has generally energised the youth vote and a win here, or even a narrow loss, could be a huge boost ahead of Super Tuesday.


Sir Jackie Stewart is to provide expert advice for a motorsport safety review ordered in the wake of the deaths of three rally spectators.

Iain Provan, 64; Elizabeth Allan, 63; and Len Stern, 71, died at the Jim Clark Rally in the Borders last month.
After the accident, near Coldstream, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill ordered a safety review.
The Scottish government has now confirmed that Sir Jackie has agreed to take on a role in the study.
The review will focus on safety, in particular spectator safety, at all types of motorsport races, events and competitions that take place in Scotland, including bike races, kart and car rallies.
Sir Jackie will provide "expert input based on his decades of expertise of improving motorsport safety around the world".
Ministers have asked for interim recommendations prior to the Isle of Mull rally in October, with final recommendations by December 2014.
Sports Minister Shona Robison said: "The review of motorsport event safety is critical to make sure we learn lessons and never again have to witness the tragic events of last month, where three spectators sadly lost their lives.
"Sir Jackie Stewart has a distinguished record of improving safety for drivers in Formula 1, so I am very pleased that he has agreed to share his experience to ensure that all those who want to enjoy motorsport events in Scotland are as safe as possible."
Organisers of the Jim Clark Rally have also been informed that, as part of conditions for next year's rally, they must demonstrate to the satisfaction of Scottish ministers how any recommendations made by the review will be implemented.


A funnel cloud lifted an inflatable slide into the air at a Lincolnshire country show.

Eyewitnesses at the Friskney Show, near Skegness, reported the inflatable taking off at about 13:20 BST and sailing about 30ft up in the air before landing on a nearby road.
No-one was on the slide at the time as it had already closed when the weather started to change.
Several stalls were damaged and a car's rear windscreen was smashed.
Sam Stanhope, who was at the show, said: "It got extremely windy, it was very weird. We saw people screaming and I turned around and saw the slide going up into the air.
"It landed slap bang in the middle of the road and we ran over as we weren't sure if there was anyone on the slide."
Vanessa Butler, who owns the inflatable, told BBC Look North the slide was cleared as it was raining and "a sudden gust" took it into the air despite it being "securely fastened".
She said: "We had two bouncy castles there, the other was still there, absolutely fine."
Mr Stanhope, from Wrangle, Boston, said organisers decided to allow the show to carry on after no-one was reported injured.
"In true British fashion they decided to continue and ten minutes later that had the belly dancers on," he said.
A Met Office spokesperson said it was most likely to be a funnel cloud, with "severe convection" seen in east Lincolnshire on Sunday.


An endurance race held in Glen Coe for the first time this year will form part of an international mountain running competition next year.

The Salomon Glen Coe Skyline was one of six races in the 2015 Skyrunning UK calendar.
The other events include races in the Lake District in England and Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
It has been announced that it will be part of the 2016 Skyrunner World Series, which will start in Norway.
Other events in the series will be held in China, the USA, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland and Andorra.
The Glen Coe event will be held on 18 September.
Joe Symonds, who lives in Glasgow, won the men's race and was first overall in August's inaugural event. He finished the course in a time of seven hours, 36 minutes and 21 seconds.
Sweden's Emelie Forsberg won the women's event and was placed second overall with her time of seven hours, 44 minutes and 19 seconds.


The biggest academy chain in England has been accused by Ofsted of "failing too many pupils".

Inspectors say that almost half of pupils at secondary schools run by the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) are in schools that are "less than good".
Ofsted warns that poorer pupils do "particularly badly" in AET schools.
In response the trust said it was disappointed that its "significant achievements" had "not been sufficiently recognised".
The Department for Education is threatening that unless standards are raised there will be "further action".
AET runs 67 academies across England.  Such academy chains are independent but publicly funded to run schools. AET has charitable status and a financial report up to August 2014 said there was annual expenditure of £333m.
Inspectors say that 40% of pupils in primary schools run by AET are in "academies that do not provide a good standard of education".
"It is even worse in secondary, where 47% of pupils attend academies that are less than good," says Ofsted.
The performance of AET's secondary schools is described as "mediocre" and there has been a lack of progress since Ofsted highlighted weaknesses in the chain's schools two years ago.
The report says there is a particular weakness in the progress of disadvantaged pupils.
Inspectors also warned about "unacceptably low" attendance levels.
And there was criticism of "insufficient detail" about how the trust is governed.
Ofsted cannot give a judgement on an academy chain, but inspectors can carry out multiple inspections of individual schools it runs.
In this "focused inspection", inspectors visited seven academies and there were discussions by telephone with a further 18 schools.
AET runs schools across a wide geographical area - including the Isle of Wight, Hull, Birmingham, Essex, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire.
The trust's financial report says its expenditure of £333m included more than £9.5m on "fundraising expenses and other costs".
Ofsted's breakdown says four academies are rated outstanding, 35 are good, 20 require improvement, seven are inadequate and one has still to be inspected.
In response to Ofsted's findings, a statement from AET said that its "strong leadership" had seen a doubling in the number of good or outstanding academies and a reduction in those rated as inadequate.
The academy trust says the improvements made so far will be a "springboard which we are confident will enable us to achieve our vision to ensure all our pupils receive an excellent education. We have robust systems in place to sustain and accelerate progress".
Two years ago a report from inspectors accused the academy chain of "low expectations" and said that too many pupils were "not receiving a good enough education".
The chain had responded in 2014 by criticising inspectors' findings as "unfairly negative" and that "turning a school around takes time".
In response to this latest report, AET says the inspection process has "fallen short" in terms of the "consideration of achievement" by the academy chain.
Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, said the academy chain had been allowed to expand too quickly and "this speaks to a wider problem with the chaotic system of academies and academy chains".
"The government continues to promote the expansion of academies and the growth of chains against all the evidence."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "While Ofsted's findings show that AET has made some progress, particularly in its primary academies, the trust is letting down too many of its pupils.
"The academies system allows us to spot and intervene in underperformance far more quickly than in council-run schools.
"AET must now show us how they will address the issues identified by Ofsted and we are working with them to raise standards. If we are not satisfied we will take further action."


The A48 is closed in both directions after a lorry hit a bridge in Monmouthshire.

Structural engineers are trying to remove the vehicle following the incident on Thursday morning between Crick Road and Dinham Road in Caerwent.
While it was affecting traffic  between Newport and Chepstow, minimal delays were reported at 07:00 BST.
Police said the road was likely to remain closed some time as the lorry is removed.


Six Russian cross-country skiers have had their provisional doping bans upheld after a failed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

The body said the suspensions - based on evidence from the McLaren report into state-sponsored doping in Russia - should stand until 31 October.
The six, including Sochi medallists, were named as having had urine samples tampered with at the 2014 Games.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) imposed the original ban in January.
"In the absence of any anti-doping rule violation having been assessed against any of the athletes so far, the temporary suspension shall lapse and the athletes shall be allowed to compete again," Cas said in a statement.
"A further provisional suspension may be imposed on the athletes by the International Ski Federation after that date, and would be subject to appeal."
The decision relates to athletes Alexey Petukhov, Evgenia Shapovalova, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexander Legkov, Evgeniy Belov and Julia Ivanova.
Legkov won gold in the men's 50km freestyle at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, with Vylegzhanin taking silver. The pair were also in the men's 4x10km relay team that won silver for Russia, while Vylegzhanin won a further silver in the men's team sprint.


Liverpool Ladies have completed the signing of Scotland international Caroline Weir from Bristol City Women.

Weir, a highly-rated midfielder, joined Bristol during the mid-season break in 2015 but could not prevent the Vixens from being relegated from WSL 1.
The 20-year-old previously lifted the FA Women's Cup with Arsenal in 2014.
"Liverpool Ladies are a really ambitious club and I am confident that we can win more trophies over the next few seasons," told the club website.
"It is a great move for me. There are so many talented players here and I am really looking forward to playing alongside them in order to develop my game."


Fe allai'r gost gynyddol o dalu am wasanaethau gofal orfodi rhai awdurdodau lleol i uno, yn ôl prif weithredwr Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru.

Dywed Steve Thomas fod disgwyl i gost gofal ddyblu dros y 15 mlynedd nesaf.
Yn y cyfamser, meddai, bydd cyllidebau cynghorau yn parhau i ostwng.
Yn  ddiweddar fe wnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru gyhoeddi y bydd £10m o arian ychwanegol ar gael er mwyn sicrhau fod y sector gofal cymdeithasol "yn gynaliadwy."
Fe fydd canran uchel o'r arian hwn yn cael ei wario ar y gost ychwanegol sy'n cael ei gysylltu gyda chyflwyno'r polisi Cyflog Byw Cenedlaethol.
Cyn yr etholiad diwethaf roedd Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi eu bod am uno cynghorau, gan leihau'r nifer o 22 i wyth neu naw.
Ond ar ôl i Lafur fethu a sicrhau mwyafrif o seddi yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ar ôl etholiad 2016 bu ail feddwl.
Nawr mae gweinidogion am i gynghorau fod yn fwy effeithiol drwy weithio gyda'i gilydd mewn partneriaethau.
Fis Mai fe fydd etholiadau yn cael eu cynnal ar gyfer ethol cynghorwyr ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol Cymru.
Dywedodd Mr Thomas wrth raglen Sunday Supplement BBC Radio Wales mai pwnc gofal cymdeithasol oedd "yr eliffant yn yr ystafell" a'r pwnc y bydd yn rhaid i gynghorwyr newydd ddelio gydag ef.
Dywedodd y bydd y cyfyngu a gwasgu ar gyllideb awdurdodau lleol yn parhau: "Fe fydd yr awdurdodau yn ei chael hi'n anodd pe bai'r dyfalu presennol ynglŷn â'r sefyllfa ariannol yn parhau.
"Mae yna bwysau aruthrol, yn enwedig ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithas.  Fe fydd costau gofal cymdeithasol yn dyblu o fewn y 15 mlynedd nesa.
"Fe fydd yn dod yn rhywbeth cyffredin dros y cyfnod nesa fod yna gryn drafod ac ystyried,  un ai i uno cynghorau neu o leiaf uno gwasanaethau rhai cynghorau."
Doedd Mr Thomas ddim yn barod i ddyfalu pa gynghorau fyddai'n ystyried uno.
Ychwanegodd weithiau ei fod ef hyd yn oed yn ystyried pam fod rhai pobl am fod yn gynghorwyr.
"Mae'n anodd, mae'n ddiddiolch," meddai.
"Dyw pobl ddim fel rheol yn sefyll i fod yn gynghorwyr er mwyn torri gwasanaethau, ond dyna sydd wedi digwydd dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf, dyna beth oedd eu gwaith a dyna be fydd eu gwaith."
Y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yw'r ail wasanaeth fwyaf o fewn llywodraeth leol.  Mae'r sector yn rhoi cymorth i 125,000 o bobl fregus, ac mae'n cyflogi 70,000.


Wales coach Rob Howley expects Taulupe Faletau to react to the pressure of missing out on a starting place against Scotland.

Howley has stuck with the back row of Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty with Bath number eight Faletau on the bench.
"Ross Moriarty was outstanding against England and deserves to start," he said.
"This is the right back row to start the game which puts pressure on Toby."
Howley added: "That's good pressure. He'll become a better player and it's a 23-man squad.
"To name a strong bench as we have going up to Murrayfield is the key, and for many sides around the word it is the strength of their bench which counts.
"We were disappointed with the impact of our bench against England, it's an area that we've talked about and we're looking for better this weekend."
The 63-times capped Faletau, 26, replaced Moriarty after 55 minutes of the 21-16 defeat by England, but was playing for the first time since injuring a knee playing for Bath in December.
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The 22-year-old Gloucester forward Moriarty's eye-catching performance against England means Howley is expecting 2013 British and Irish Lion Faletau to make his mark if he comes on.
"When we need to call upon our bench we feel we have a strong bench, we need to develop competition within that and people coming on have to make a better impact than they did against England," he said.
"The contact area is going to be vital, and in (John) Barclay they have a player who puts pressure on the contact area and we feel it will be vital in terms of speed of ball. We want to play.
"I'm sure the weather will have a big impact in Murrayfield so we have to be adaptable and flexible."
Both teams go into the match off the back of defeats with Scotland losing in Paris after their impressive 27-22 win over Ireland in the opening round of matches.
Wales have made just one change while Scotland have made five, with Scarlets flanker Barclay named captain in place of the injured Greig Laidlaw.
George North's return in place of Alex Cuthbert is the one Welsh change, with Howley expecting the Northampton wing to make a big impact.
"For me he's a player that gets supporters off seats whenever he gets the ball," added Howley.
"He's improved immensely in the last 18 months in terms of his defence. We want George with the ball in hand as often as possible.
"I suppose his try against Scotland 12 months ago sums up how he can change games and I'm certain he'll be looking to have a huge influence against Scotland."


Promotion-chasing Ayr United proved too strong for Stenhousemuir with a convincing display.

Michael Donald put the visitors in front before Craig Moore and a brace from Jordan Preston sealed the win for the rampant visitors.
Donald struck in the first minute before Moore's effort flew beyond the helpless goalkeeper Colin McCabe.
Preston scored from the spot after Ciaran Summers tripped Robby McCrorie and added a fourth late on.


The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 467, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Sixty-eight of the deaths had been recorded since 23 June, the WHO said.
The number of cases had risen from 635 on 23 June to 759, a 20% increase, the WHO added.
It is the largest outbreak - in terms of cases, deaths and geographical spread - to affect Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever, has no cure and is spread by contact with the fluids of infected people or animals, such as urine, sweat and blood.
Most of the deaths have been centred in the southern Guekedou region of Guinea, where the outbreak was first reported in February.
The rise in infections will increase pressure on the health ministers of 11 West African countries when they meet in Ghana on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the growing crisis, correspondents say.
The WHO has called for "drastic action" to tackle the outbreak.
"Containment of this outbreak requires a strong response in the countries and especially along their shared border areas," it said in a statement.
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On Monday, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warned that anyone caught hiding suspected Ebola patients will be prosecuted.
She told state radio that some patients had been kept in homes and churches instead of receiving medical attention.
Sierra Leone issued a similar warning last week, saying some patients had left hospital and gone into hiding.
Health workers fighting the outbreak say they have encountered resistance throughout the region, and that some of them have even been attacked.
Liberia's health ministry has set up treatment centres and launched a public service campaign that includes training health professionals to use protective clothing, and forbidding hospitals to turn away patients with Ebola symptoms.


Inspectors have once again expressed concern about the care of highly vulnerable prisoners at Maghaberry Prison.

They said care plans for some men at risk of suicide and self-harm remained unacceptable.
The Criminal Justice Inspection (CJI) said the cases required urgent attention.
It added that important lessons have not been learned from inquiries into deaths of prisoners in custody.
The prison service said the criminal justice system is not equipped to deal with people with serious mental health problems.
Inspectors said progress has been made since a report in May 2015 which described Maghaberry as being in a state of crisis and labelled it one of the most dangerous prisons in western Europe.
The latest in a series of of follow up reports published on Tuesday welcomed "the drive, determination, innovation and creativity shown by the leadership team and staff to stabilise the prison and improve the outcomes for those committed to their care".
It said healthcare and educational provision is improving.
The day-to-day regime is described as stable and reliable, with fewer restrictions around movement and activity than during previous inspections.
The inspection team also praised efforts to tackle the drugs problem within the prison.
But that progress does not extend to the management and care of vulnerable prisoners.
This is an issue CJI and others have raised before.
Nine months ago, CJI chief inspector Brendan McGuigan told the BBC he was frustrated at the lack of action over recommendations made two years previously.
He has again raised issues.
"I am concerned that despite the critical reports into deaths in custody and serious self harm, some important lessons have not been learnt," said Mr McGuigan.
"I probably do sound like a broken record on this issue, but this is about the lives of prisoners and their lives count just the same as everybody else's."
He added: "These are extremely vulnerable people who deserve the care and attention, and I believe that for as long as people are being sent to the prison, then that responsibility lies on the prison service.
"The management and delivery of effective Northern Ireland Prison Service care plans for some men assessed to be at risk of suicide and self-harm remains unacceptable and requires urgent attention."
The chief inspector said further work was required by the wider criminal justice and healthcare systems to provide alternatives to custody for highly vulnerable prisoners.
Last November, the then justice minister Claire Sugden told the BBC a dedicated secure facility in Northern Ireland for people with serious mental health problems would be considered as part of a review of care for vulnerable prisoners.
The review was to be carried out by the departments of justice and health.
Since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly, that review has been on hold.
However, Mr McGuigan said he was frustrated at the lack of progress because Maghaberry was not an appropriate environment for people with serious mental health problems.
"I haven't seen any progress in relation to to that so I am extremely disappointed," he said.
"It's a wasted opportunity.
"Maghaberry Prison does not provide a therapeutic environment."
The head of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Ronnie Armour, welcomed the positive aspects of the report.
"By and large the report paints a very positive picture," he said.
"It is encouraging that the inspectorate is no longer using words like 'crisis' or 'unstable', in fact they're saying the opposite."
He accepted that more needed to be done to improve the care of vulnerable prisoners, and said the prison service had an action plan with implementation targets.
Mr Armour also agreed that prison was not an appropriate place for people with mental health problems.
"There is also now a wider recognition in judiciary and inspectorate that the criminal justice system is not equipped to deal with people who suffer mental health difficulties," he said.
"This is not an issue which the prison service can resolve alone but we can and will contribute to work as recommended by the inspectors."


North and South Korea are holding high-level talks in the Kaesong joint industrial zone on the North Korean side of the border.

It is the latest in a series of steps to improve relations after a tense standoff in August.
The confrontation began when two South Korean soldiers were seriously hurt by landmine explosions along the border.
It escalated to threats of war and a brief exchange of fire across the border.
Tension only eased when the two sides met for lengthy discussions at which they agreed to resume previously suspended talks and restart family reunions.
Those reunions were restarted in October, with talks beginning again in November.
As Friday's meeting will only be attended by vice-ministers, it is unlikely that they will discuss the most serious issues in the two countries' often tense relationship.
The official agenda of the meeting has not been made public however, analysts suggest they may discuss more regular reunions between families separated by the Korean War.
The resumption of South Korean tours to the North's Mount Kumgang resort, suspended in 2008, may also be discussed, reports said.
Because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, the two countries remain technically at war.


School has just finished but instead of going home, children stand in their uniforms on a stage asking politicians for help to clean up London's air.

They are standing next to a road which 45,000 vehicles use every day. Many of those are polluting diesels.
When you talk to them, the children are very aware of pollution and what it is doing to them. They worry about the effect it has on their lungs.
Parents stand around and clap and cheer.
This group in Kennington is part of a growing movement where schoolchildren and parents are trying to get the air in London cleaned up. I have filmed groups in north London, in Soho and in Kennington.
All of them say they do not feel they are being listened to and will not vote for parties that don't take this issue seriously.
So what is different now?
Well these children in Kennington managed to get Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and the Women's Equality Party to attend their event and get them to sign up to a Clean Air Pledge.
The Conservatives did not attend the event and as yet the children have not had a response from Theresa May.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says with the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) due to charge more polluting vehicles in 2019, he can clean up 50% of the pollutants in the capital's air.
But he says he needs help from central government to clean up the rest.
As yet we haven't seen the manifestos, but Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and the Women's Equality Party agree that there should be a new Clean Air Act to clean up diesel fumes.
Most want a diesel scrappage scheme. Labour seems to be saying it would be willing to charge dirtier more polluting vehicles to enter polluted areas in cities - similar to the mayor's approach.
As yet, the Conservatives have not mentioned a Clean Air Act and say they would only charge as a last resort.
Air quality campaigners say that approach is "ineffective" and accuse the Conservatives of not engaging with this issue.
It's also interesting as the previous Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson was an advocate of charging polluting vehicles when he started the ultra-low emission zone policy.
The law will also probably play a part in clean air policy due to the work of the environmental lawyers Client Earth.
They have already taken the previous government to court over its plans. The courts agreed the government's policy was not good enough and it had to put together a new plan.
So whoever wins the election, if their air quality policy is not effective, the lawyers will probably drag them back before the judges.
The founder of Client Earth James Thornton said recently: "We are going to have to oblige the government to do things, not ask them".


Actor Robbie Coltrane has launched a fundraising campaign to restore one of the last remaining Clyde-built turbine steamships.

TS Queen Mary was withdrawn from service in 1977 and has been in a dockyard near London for seven years.
It was bought and towed to Greenock in May by the Friends of TS Mary.
The charity needs to secure Â£2m to restore the vessel and open it to the public as an exhibition and an arts and culture venue.
The friends have already raised Â£250,000, which was needed to bring the ship back to Scotland.
Coltrane said: "She will be a wonderful addition to Scotland. We're certainly not going to let her sit there like an ornament, that's why we're determined to raise enough money to restore her.
"When you see her polished up, you will be staggered with how beautiful she looks. I know Â£2m is an awful lot of money but then we'll have a wonderful asset for Glasgow and for the whole of Scotland."
The restored ship would host school children on educational visits and the charity plans to hold festivals and events on board.
Charity trustee Iain Sim said: "We want to restore the TS Queen Mary using the Clyde's shipbuilding expertise and, crucially, apprentices who will help to continue Scotland's maritime legacy.
"It's a tremendous amount of money to raise, but we're more determined than ever."
RMS Queen Mary, a steamship also built at Clydebank, is now permanently moored at Long Beach, California. It is a tourist attraction which features restaurants, a museum and a hotel.


Pregnant patients could have to prove they are eligible for free NHS treatment by showing ID such as a valid passport, under plans being considered by one London hospital.

St George's says the checks would help tackle health tourism and would only be for non-urgent patients - emergency cases would get automatic care.
It says such a move is in line with what guidelines recommend.
But critics say the checks could be potentially dangerous.
St George's says it has a duty to use resources wisely, as well as provide care and treatment to patients requiring the hospital's services. The hospital has a high number of patients from overseas who are not eligible for NHS treatment.
The government said a pilot was a good idea and it would be keen to see the results.
The trust's board papers from October make clear that "if no action is taken, from December 2016 the cost of health care given to non-eligible patients could be Â£4m-Â£5m per annum".
Currently, antenatal ward staff ask patients to fill in forms with proof of eligibility, including passport details or other ID, when they book in for care. But some patients leave these parts of the form blank.
The hospital says it wants to tighten up its checks.
A spokesman for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: "Like many London Trusts, we treat a high number of patients from overseas who are not eligible for NHS treatment.
"The guidelines state that hospitals should endeavour to check patients for their eligibility when accessing non-emergency NHS treatment. We are not doing this effectively enough at present, and are looking at ways in which we can improve this."
Others are not convinced.
Cathy Warwick of the Royal College of Midwives said: "I would ask the trust to clarify their policy and to give assurances that all pregnant women who need care will receive it, no matter what their immigration status.
"To be clear, the law says, and government policy states, that trusts must offer care to women in labour, irrespective of their immigration status in the country."
She said the move could be dangerous because "it could deter women from seeking care in a timely fashion. This could potentially have a serious impact on the health of the mother and their baby and the outcome of the pregnancy."
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts in England are legally obliged to check whether patients are eligible for non-emergency NHS treatment free at the point of use, and recover costs from the overseas patients who are not normally resident in the UK where charges apply. We welcome St George's pilot to test new processes to recoup costs from overseas patients and look forward to the results."


Three companies have been convicted of health and safety breaches in relation to the Buncefield oil depot explosion in Hertfordshire in December 2005.

TAV Engineering Ltd, of Guildford, Surrey, was found guilty earlier of failing to protect its employees.
Hertfordshire Oil Storage Limited and Motherwell Control Systems 2003, Liverpool, were convicted of breaches at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday.
The blast injured 43 people and homes and businesses were destroyed.
The explosion, which could be heard 125 miles away, happened when a massive vapour cloud ignited after 250,000 litres of petrol leaked from a tank, the court heard.
Motherwell Control Systems 2003 Ltd, which is in voluntary liquidation, was found guilty of failing to protect its employees.
HOSL was found guilty of failing to prevent major accidents and limit their effects - a verdict which could not be reported on Wednesday for legal reasons.
The company pleaded guilty on Friday to causing pollution to enter controlled waters underlying the vicinity around Buncefield, contrary to the Water Resources Act.
TAV Engineering Ltd had denied committing a breach between 1 October 2003 and 12 December 2005.
Total UK and the British Pipelines Agency Limited had already pleaded guilty to offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The verdicts follow a joint prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency (EA).
They said in a joint statement: "This was the biggest and most complex criminal inquiry we have worked on together - the product of many hundreds of hours of painstaking forensic investigation.
"When companies put workers and members of the public at risk and cause environmental damage we will prosecute.
"When the largest fire in peacetime Europe tore through the Buncefield site on that Sunday morning in December 2005, these companies had failed to protect workers, members of the public and the environment.
"The scale of the explosion and fire at Buncefield was immense and it was miraculous that nobody died. Unless the high hazard industries truly learn the lessons, then we may not be that fortunate in future."
Sentencing of the companies by trial judge Mr Justice Calvert-Smith will take place back at St Albans Crown Court next month.


Leighton Baines got the winner against Bournemouth to end Everton's poor recent run and ease the pressure on manager Roberto Martinez.

The hosts had taken an early lead when Tom Cleverley drove in a low shot.
But Everton's defensive frailties resurfaced within seconds when Marc Pugh equalised for the Cherries.
Baines struck from the left of the box to seal a first league win in nine matches for the Toffees but some home fans protested against Martinez.
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The winless streak in the league, coupled with last weekend's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester United, had stirred significant discontent amongst Everton fans about their Spanish boss.
The ex-Wigan manager had said he was "ready to fight more than ever" in the build-up to the match, a week after a last-minute loss at Wembley that itself followed a 4-0 humbling by Liverpool.
A banner saying "Time to go Roberto" was flown over the ground during the match, and a number of anti-Martinez banners were seen inside Goodison Park.
Cleverley's goal from the edge of the penalty area and Bournemouth's swift equaliser showed the good and bad of Everton's approach.
The build-up to and the execution of the former Manchester United midfielder's effort showed the kind of neat, attractive football that Martinez is known to encourage.
But within seconds the game was all square, Callum Wilson shaking Premier League debutant Matthew Pennington off the ball before putting in a cross that the home defence failed to deal with, allowing Pugh to strike.
The positivity of the early lead quickly evaporated, but it wasn't until near half-time that a few murmurings of discontent were heard around a subdued Goodison.
The home team were on the front foot from early in the second half, but after reclaiming the lead they were given several nervous moments by a spirited Bournemouth.
Substitute Benik Afobe missed a header from close range, and Wilson claimed a penalty after a clash with John Stones.
It didn't feel like an Everton performance to answer the doubters.
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For Bournemouth it was a third consecutive defeat and a result that left them them nine points and four places above the relegation zone with two games to go.
The Cherries can look back on their first season in the top flight with some pride, but despite playing attractively at times at Goodison, this was a fifth loss in their last six outings.
Only Newcastle and Aston Villa have conceded more than the 63 that Eddie Howe's side have let in, and the Bournemouth manager will rue how Everton were allowed to reclaim the lead.
Aaron Lennon's cross bobbled all the way across Bournemouth's box before it was emphatically converted by Baines.
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Margaret Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, and Jenni Hicks were among several relatives of victims of the 1989 disaster who were presented to the crowd just before kick-off with Mrs Aspinall embracing Martinez on the touchline.
The campaigners were given a long ovation by the crowd at the end of an emotional week for the city of Liverpool after an inquest concluded that the 96 fans who died had been unlawfully killed.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez: "The win was very important - it has been an emotional time. We had to win. We had to dig deep, we showed we're a team and that we have character.
On Everton fans protesting about his reign: "In football you have to concentrate on affecting the game and just winning. The winning feeling allows you to move on. That's what we can take from today.
"Those aspects (fans organising banners to be flown over Goodison) are not for me. My concentration is preparing the players and preparing for the game."
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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "I think we were worth a draw, the two goals we conceded were out of context.
"We were solid and our keeper was a spectator for most of the game. When chances came we weren't clinical enough."
Everton visit Leicester next Saturday (17:30 BST), which could be a title-winning celebration for the Foxes, while Bournemouth host West Brom (15:00 BST).
Match ends, Everton 2, Bournemouth 1.
Second Half ends, Everton 2, Bournemouth 1.
John Stones (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Grabban (Bournemouth).
Corner,  Bournemouth. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
Corner,  Bournemouth. Conceded by Leighton Baines.
Attempt missed. Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benik Afobe.
Substitution, Everton. Kieran Dowell replaces Ross Barkley.
Attempt blocked. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Daniels.
Hand ball by James McCarthy (Everton).
Substitution, Bournemouth. Lewis Grabban replaces Callum Wilson.
Attempt missed. Benik Afobe (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Callum Wilson with a cross.
Attempt missed. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrew Surman.
Offside, Bournemouth. Matt Ritchie tries a through ball, but Simon Francis is caught offside.
Corner,  Bournemouth. Conceded by Darron Gibson.
Attempt missed. Tom Cleverley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benik Afobe.
Attempt blocked. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Benik Afobe (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Francis with a cross.
Offside, Everton. Leighton Baines tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Benik Afobe replaces Joshua King.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Junior Stanislas replaces Marc Pugh.
Attempt saved. Tony Hibbert (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt saved. Aaron Lennon (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darron Gibson.
Goal!  Everton 2, Bournemouth 1. Leighton Baines (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Darron Gibson (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Darron Gibson (Everton).
Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Everton. Romelu Lukaku replaces Oumar Niasse.
Attempt missed. Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Simon Francis.
Attempt missed. Joshua King (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Wilson.
Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Steve Cook (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Corner,  Everton. Conceded by Simon Francis.
Oumar Niasse (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth).
Attempt missed. Joshua King (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Wilson with a headed pass.
Tom Cleverley (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Isle of Man racer Dan Kneen has signed a deal with the Penz13.com BMW Racing Team to race at 2017 TT.

The 29-year-old from Onchan joins Danny Webb and Italian Alessandro Polita in riding BMW S100RRs for the German team.
Kneen said: "They take their racing seriously, which is what it's all about for me. I'm confident that the bikes I'm racing will be very competitive."
All three riders will represent the team at the TT as well as other road races during the season.
Team boss Rico Penzkofer said: "We have been in talks with Dan Kneen for a couple of years now but it hasn't happened until now so we are really happy that he's joining us for 2017 season.
"Dan is as hungry for the next step as we are. He is a proper Manxman and will be prepared for the fortnight in the best possible way - he literally lives the track."


Scarlets fly-half Steven Shingler is out of action for around eight weeks.

In a blow to the Scarlets' Pro 12 title ambitions, head coach Wayne Pivac confirmed that Shingler damaged his medial knee ligament in the dramatic win over Edinburgh last weekend.
"We had thought it was worse than it is, but it could be anywhere in the range of eight weeks," Pivac confirmed.
"It is unfortunate. Steve earned the right to start and he did well against Edinburgh before the injury."
Ulster host Scarlets in the Pro12 on Sunday, the first game Shingler will miss as the Welsh team battle to remain among the competition's main contenders.
Coach Pivac feels the Scarlets' victory over Edinburgh last time out could be a defining result.
"It could be a season changer for us. A defeat would have pushed us out of the top four. So it was a very, very good win for us," he said.
"It is pleasing to come out with the win in many tight games this season, at the death we have done especially well."
Pivac also confirmed that flanker James Davies is closing in on his comeback, having been injured since the end of November.
"James is running well, he has had another scan, which has been really positive and he is not far away," he said.


The governor of China's Sichuan province, Wei Hong, is suspected of "severe disciplinary violations", according to a senior official.

"Discipline violations" is a term often used to refer to corruption.
Beijing's corruption crackdown has seen dozens of officials jailed in recent years, a drive criticised by some who see a political motive.
Earlier this week Chinese President Xi Jinping said the anti-corruption drive was proving an effective deterrent.
Wu Yuliang, deputy chief of the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, made the announcement about Wei Hong at a press conference on Friday.
Mr Wei has been governor of the populous south-western province for three years. Before that he was vice governor, since 2007, according to state media.


Rory McIlroy has signed a new "10-year plus" clothing contract with Nike despite the company's recent departure from the golf clubs market.

McIlroy moved to Nike on a multi-million dollar deal in 2013 which included golf equipment and apparel.
The company announced last August that it would no longer produce clubs, balls and bags but instead concentrate on golf clothing and footwear.
"I'm really happy to continue this journey with Nike," said McIlroy, 27.
"I've loved this company since I was a kid."
In a further tweet, McIlroy said that he was "looking forward to the next 10 plus years as a Nike athlete".
McIlroy will aim to complete the career Grand Slam at this week's Masters in Augusta.


S4C needs to do more to ensure viewers tune in to the channel more often and for longer, the chair of the S4C Authority Huw Jones has said.

S4C's annual report showed it had 578,000 viewers in 2013 each week, down from 599,000 the previous year.
Senior figures said a change in the way figures are calculated and budget cuts limiting the channel's  bids for sports rights were mainly behind the drop.
Huw Jones said S4C had produced high-quality programmes despite the cuts.
The weekly 'reach' figure is the number of viewers across the UK in an average seven-day period.
The annual reach - the number of viewers watching across the whole year was up, from 5.3m to 6.5m, although that figure can be skewed by popular one-off broadcasts.
But the report showed a decrease in the numbers watching within Wales.
The average weekly number of viewers in Wales was 404,000 in 2013-14, down from 458,000 in 2012-13 and 483,000 in 2011-12.
There was also a fall in the number of Welsh speakers watching over the same period, from 226,000 in 2011-12 to 216,000 in 2012-13 and 194,000 in 2013-14.
Mr Jones said: "It is necessary for us constantly to revisit the question of our audience's programme priorities, and the primary aim must be to entice more of those who use the service occasionally to discover recurring reasons to tune in regularly.
"We must also be prepared to question our own ability to continue to deliver, on a regular basis, programming across the whole range of desired genres."
He argued the channel had "done well" to produce high-quality programmes in the face of funding cuts since 2011.
Chief executive Ian Jones said there had been "significant and far-reaching changes at S4C over the last two years" and there were many more "creative and practical challenges to come".
"Our key challenges are to ensure that we continue to provide the highest quality service possible to the widest audience possible on a wide range of platforms and devices, to continue to innovate and to build sound foundations for a strong, national, independent organisation for the future and strive to turn casual viewers into more regular viewers," he said.
"I look forward to working with the independent production sector, BBC Cymru and S4C's staff to ensure that all of this becomes a reality and that we set a firm foundation for the next stage in the history of S4C beyond 2017."
Most of S4C's budget now comes from the BBC licence fee, with a much smaller contribution coming from the UK government.
The funding system for channel after 2017 will be reviewed after the general election.
The BBC contributed Â£76.3m from the licence fee to S4C in 2013-14.  That figure will fall to Â£74.5m by 2016/17.


In some parts of Northern California it's hell on earth.

Wildfires are rampaging through California, destroying homes. Officials here say there could be worse to come.
As if the struggle wasn't great enough, the vast Valley fire containment effort is being hampered. Drones being flown near the huge blazes are disrupting the flights of aircraft being used to control the fires.
On Sunday, the LA Times reported, several wayward drones forced "two fire retardant-dropping air tankers and three helicopters to abandon their efforts".
A spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - or Cal Fire, for short - blasted the "irresponsible" drone operators.
"Someone will lose their home," Karen Kanawyer told the newspaper.
"All their memories - everything is going to burn up because we don't have that other tool from our toolbox. A fire can turn catastrophic in the blink of an eye."
On Friday, Cal Fire posted a public service announcement to YouTube urging hobby drone users to stay away from the fire. The slogan is simple: "If you fly, we can't."
A dedicated tip line - 1-844-DRONE11 - has been set up for Cali residents to report suspected drone pilots.
But aside from asking nicely, what else can authorities do?
Not much else, but that could change dramatically in the next couple of weeks.
A bill hurried through by California State Senator Ted Gaines aims to give greater powers against drone use.
Specifically, it wants to make it possible for firefighters to knock drones out of the sky by using electronic jamming, without fear of being sued for compensation.
The bill, if passed, would mean California's drone operators would face six months in prison if found to be flying a drone in a manner that hindered the efforts of emergency services.
Before it can become law, it has to be signed off by California governor Jerry Brown.
It has unanimous political support - the California State Senate voted 40-0 in the bill's favour (the full text of which can be read here).
But that doesn't quite make it a done deal.
Just last week Governor Brown slapped down a separate proposed law (SB-142), which sought to restrict drone use.
Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson - who represents Santa Barbara County - wanted to make it illegal to fly a drone below 350ft (107m) above private property.
Governor Brown said the law in its proposed form would give rise to "burdensome litigation", and called for more discussion on the subject before a decision was made. The drone community welcomed the delay over that particular issue.
But Governor Brown has until 11 October to make a decision on this latest bill - though given the scale of the crisis, he could sign it off sooner.
If he passes it into law, an urgency clause added because of the current state of emergency means the new powers would come into effect immediately.
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A teenager was stabbed in the leg and left in the road in Cornwall.

The victim, who has serious injuries and is being treated in hospital, was found by a passer-by in Truro shortly before 17:00 GMT.
Devon and Cornwall Police have cordoned off an area by Baynards Close and James Place and an investigation has begun.
Sgt Paul Kelly said eight officers had attended the scene and were working to "make sure things were forensically secure".
"We believe this to be an isolated incident and would reassure the public that there's not increased levels of danger to them," he said.
Officers have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.


Thousands of people in ill-health have been mis-sold pension annuities - an annual retirement income - and will be compensated, a regulator says.

An estimated 90,000 people were not told they could shop around or receive an enhanced annuity, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.
Enhanced annuities give people in poor health a better deal owing to their shorter life expectancy.
Compensation amounts to Â£120 to Â£240 for each year they had the product.
The FCA said it had unearthed concerns when firms spoke to customers on the phone. This led some customers to buy a standard annuity when they may have been eligible for an enhanced product that offered a better deal.
Those eligible would include people with health problems such as smoking related illness.
Despite the failures, the FCA review did not reveal a major systematic problem, it said.
The FCA reviewed non-advised sales of annuities made by pension providers to their customers between May 2008 and April 2015.
"Annuities play an important role in providing an income for retirement. It is important that consumers get the right information at the right time in order to make the right decision for their retirement," said Megan Butler, from the FCA.
"While we have found particularly poor behaviour at a small number of firms, there is no evidence that firms have systemically failed to provide customers with the information required by our rules."
Annuity rates - which determine the value of pension incomes - fell sharply after the UK's vote to leave the EU, although they had been falling for many years before that.
Sales were also knocked by new rules that allow people to take their pension pot in cash from the age of 55, subject to income tax.
Jackie Spencer, from the government-backed Money Advice Service, said: "Getting access to the right information at retirement is vital so that people can decide whether an annuity is the right option for them.
"Shopping around for an annuity and comparing the options will ensure that people are making the most of the money they have, and their money lasts for the full length of retirement."
Yvonne Braun, from the Association of British Insurers, said: "The industry has been focused on improving people's experiences of making retirement choices in recent years."


An e-fit of a man wanted after a 95-year-old woman was the victim of a distraction burglary has been ridiculed on social media.

Northamptonshire Police issued the image of the man after the woman had her handbag stolen in Rothersthorpe.
"I know where he's hiding the handbag," wrote one person, while others said "his father was a platypus" and "looked like he was eating a banana sideways".
Police defended the picture and said it was "grabbing attention".
The e-fit, showing the beanie hat-wearing suspect with "the widest lips ever seen," was posted on the force's Facebook page on Wednesday and has attracted hundreds of shares and comments.
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Although most responses have mocked the man's appearance, some people have questioned why police released an image more akin to the Joker from the fictional superhero Batman series.
"Poor old lady. What did the police give her to create that e-fit? A box of Mr Potato Head features," posted one.
Other comments sympathised with the victim, targeted in her Banbury Lane home at about 13:00 BST on Saturday.
As the man in the e-fit talked to her after trying to force his way in, another person got in through a side door and stole her handbag with money inside before fleeing in a large white car.
"Let's make this go viral so we can see these evils put away," someone commented, while another said, "totally awful what happened to this lady".
Some likened the suspect to "Zippy from Rainbow", while another said: "I hope they find him just to see what he really looks like!"
Northamptonshire Police said: "This was a despicable crime against a vulnerable, elderly lady and if the e-fit helps jog somebody's memory and this goes on to help catch the offender then it's done its job."


Andy Murray will face Novak Djokovic with the ATP World Tour Finals title and year-end number one ranking at stake on Sunday.

The 35th meeting between the pair will also be the first time the season finale has ended with the number one spot on the line.
Murray replaced Djokovic as number one earlier this month, and the Briton is on a 23-match winning streak.
"I'm really privileged to be a part of history on Sunday," said the Serb.
Djokovic has won the last four titles in London and will overtake Murray with another win.
He added: "We've known each other for so many years. This is maybe one of the biggest matches we will ever play, so let's enjoy it."
Murray said: "Sunday is the last day for a while, we get a break after that. I'll just give my best of what I've got. Hopefully it's enough."
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Murray has spent nearly three and a half hours more on court than Djokovic this week, and twice set a record for the longest match in tournament history. So his renowned resilience, fitness and mental strength will be sorely tested in the final against an old foe who is starting to play with real conviction again.
The two have not met since June's French Open final, where Djokovic beat Murray for the 13th time in 15 matches. Since then, Murray has been by some margin the better player. He has won four titles in four different cities in the past six weeks: a fifth might just be considered his most remarkable triumph of the season.
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Saturday's semi-final win over Milos Raonic brought Murray his best ever winning run of 23 matches, but it also came at a cost.
At a gruelling three hours and 38 minutes it set a tournament record, and came just four days after Murray spent three hours and 20 minutes on court with Kei Nishikori.
The Scot, 29, has spent a total of nine hours and 54 minutes on court during his four matches this week, compared to six hours and 31 minutes for Djokovic.
"I don't know how I'll feel on Sunday," said Murray, who headed to a nearby hotel rather than his Surrey home after the win over Raonic.
"The physical side, obviously the body is a bit sore after such a long match, but mentally it was tiring too."
Murray will at least hope to enjoy the same rapturous reception each time he has stepped on court this week, with crowds of 17,000 eager to salute the new number one.
"When you're out there competing, the atmosphere helps for sure," he said.
"Playing in front of a pretty packed crowd at this stage of the year definitely gives you an extra boost, helps you to keep pushing right to the end."
If Murray has been the leading force on the tour in the last six months, Djokovic has been utterly dominant at the O2 Arena for the last four years.
The 66-minute semi-final victory over Nishikori took his record to 22 wins in 23 matches at the O2, and he is going for a fifth straight season-ending title and sixth overall, to tie Roger Federer's record.
After beating Murray to win his first French Open title in June, the Serb suffered a slump in form, but he feels his best is not far away now.
"It's been going in the right direction," said Djokovic. "I'm very glad that I get to experience this feeling on the court.
"The last couple of matches have been pretty much flawless, and now we're coming up to the last match of the year that everyone anticipated and wanted."
Djokovic leads the head-to-head 24-10 and has won 13 of their last 15 matches, including victories in the finals of the Australian Open, Madrid Open and French Open this year.
However, Murray beat the Serb to win his first Italian Open title in May and surged past him in the rankings by winning his last four tournaments.
Speaking earlier in the week, three-time Finals champion John McEnroe told BBC Sport: "Novak still has a decided edge in the bigger matches and a much better head-to-head.
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"That would lead me to believe that if they walk on the court on Sunday in the finals, he'd have a real chance to get things right in his mind and finish the year world number one.
"But Murray has done a lot of really great things to get to this place, and has been playing the best overall the last six months, so if there was a time when he's ready to finally make this step, it would be a hell of a place to do it."


Recovery of the RAF helicopter which burst into flames shortly after the crew was forced to make an emergency landing began on Monday.

A Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham in Hampshire was sent to recover the wreckage.
Five people were on the training aircraft when it was forced to land on Yr Aran in Snowdonia on 9 August.
All five escaped unhurt, but black smoke could be seen billowing from the peak for miles around.
Five people - four military and one civilian - were on board the Griffin helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey when it made what the Ministry of Defence called a  "precautionary landing".
A sixth person involved in the training exercise was already on the mountain when the crew had to land.
The exercise involved the helicopter picking people up and putting them back down on the peak.


Hundreds of vulnerable jobseekers may have been conned out of money as part of a recruitment scam, a BBC investigation has uncovered.

A man using the name John Phillips is alleged to have offered non-existent jobs and charged applicants up to £480 in "accreditation fees".
The BBC found many victims went on to unwittingly recruit further applicants.
Safer Jobs, an agency which fights fraud, said it was the "biggest scam of its kind".
"It's exploitation of vulnerable job seekers," said Keith Rosser from the agency, which was set up with the help of the Metropolitan Police in 2008.
"The fact they'd have to be asked to pay money is terrible in its own right. The fact the job doesn't exist is even worse."
Mr Rosser added it was "the biggest scam we have seen of this kind, where unsuspecting jobseekers are used to perpetuate this fraud further."
The BBC's Inside Out London programme found Mr Phillips - who is believed to have used a number of names - created at least 10 bogus companies which had realistic-looking websites to orchestrate the scam.
Many of the victims described how they were offered positions as human resources assistants at various "companies" after being interviewed in cafes or hotels.
£500,000
Amount of fraud reported in 12 months to September 2016
1,240
Reports of scams received in 12 months to September 2016
£50,000 Amount of fraud reported in 12 months to September 2015
250 Reports of scams received in 12 months to September 2015
They were told they had to pay the "accreditation fee" before they could start work and the money would be reimbursed in their salaries.
Some were never given employment start dates, while others worked for months without ever being paid.
Some of those who did start work helped recruit other alleged victims.
Mr Phillips is alleged to have been carrying out the scam since at least 2012.
The BBC believes there may be hundreds of victims, with scores of reports on the Scamradar website and online message boards devoted to trying to catch him.
One victim, Lucille, said she worked for Mr Phillips for two months, taking about £2,000 in payments from other applicants.
As well as losing out on potential earnings, she was asked to pay for renting office space and for business cards. She said she was not reimbursed.
Atiya Ahmed resigned from another job to work for Mr Phillips.
"I'm very sad and disappointed in myself for falling for something like this, but when you're desperate for a job you have no choice but to believe what someone promised," she said.
When confronted by the BBC, Mr Phillips said he had no knowledge of the claims and refused to comment further.
The Met Police said it was not aware of any investigation being carried out into the dealings of Mr Phillips.
Watch the full report on BBC Inside Out London on Friday 21 October at 19:30 on BBC One.


Kenya's schools exam board has been dissolved over "irregularities" in last year's secondary school exams, which saw 5,000 results cancelled.

The BBC's Ruth Nesoba in the capital, Nairobi, says that exam papers were shared on WhatsApp before exams.
She adds that many Kenyans are now questioning the credibility of the results.
The chief executive and eight other KNEC officials have been ordered to make police statements.
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Questions were being sold for 1,000 Kenyan shillings ($10; £7), The Kenyan newspaper The Nation reported in October.
KNEC (Kenya National Examinations Council) head said in reaction that the questions were fake.
He urged students not to trust the questions being shared on WhatsApp and went ahead with the exams which he insisted were credible.
However, when the results were released at the beginning of March Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i announced that more than 5,000 exams had been cancelled, local media reported.
He said that was a 70% rise in the number of cheating cases witnessed compared to 2014, reported Kenya's Capital FM.


Aston Villa have told the BBC that almost half the clubs in the Premier League are interested in reintroducing standing at their stadiums.

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Villa have offered to conduct a trial of 'rail-seats' at Villa Park.
Their football operations manager Lee Preece said: "We'd be interested in a trial at Villa Park if that would help.
"We've identified areas we could use for a small-scale trial so the rest of football could see if it works within a Premier League environment."
He added: "There's at least seven or eight clubs that have come forward to say they are also interested in furthering the debate."
Preece was speaking at Ashton Gate where League One Bristol City plan to become the first club in the United Kingdom to install rail seats, which have been pioneered in the German Bundesliga.
The seats can either be unlocked or locked to create a standing or seated area inside a stadium.
Regulations currently prohibit their use in English football, so they will initially be used for rugby games at Ashton Gate.
"The desire to further the debate is moving quickly," said Preece.
"But we're keen to support the Football Supporters' Federation and advance the debate so we can get to the point where we can decide if we're going to do this or not.
"The supporters will see the benefits of their own matchday experience in terms of atmosphere.
"For us as a club, perhaps the biggest advantage is around the issue of fans standing in areas that are licensed for seating only. "
The Football League has agreed to lobby the Government in a bid to permit "safe standing" areas in the game.
I just wish the 96 could have been at an all-seater stadium
All-seater stadiums have been compulsory in the Premier League and Championship since an inquiry into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans.
The disaster occurred when 96 supporters died after being crushed within Sheffield Wednesday's stadium during their FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
Margaret Aspinall, who lost her son James in the tragedy and is the chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, called the timing of the trial "insensitive" and claimed the idea was a backward step.
The group is currently preparing for new inquests into the tragedy to start and Aspinall said they would be writing to every league club to urge them to reject any plans to introduce safe standing areas.
"I find it very insensitive at this moment in time because obviously the most important thing for the families is these inquests," said Aspinall.
"We've got the 25th anniversary coming up, now we feel as if this is like another battle. We feel as if 'why bring it up at this time when we've not had any accountability whatsoever for the 96 deaths'.
"I just wish the 96 could have been at an all-seater stadium. It cost them their lives for us to try and make it safe for everybody else, so please try and understand our position. We are not opposing. We are not against you. All we want is your safety."
Standing is allowed in League One and League Two, but Championship grounds must be all-seater if clubs have played in the second tier for at least three consecutive seasons.


The Scottish government has suspended some of its online advertising amid concerns that it may appear next to inappropriate material.

It comes after the UK government, The Guardian, Channel 4 and the BBC removed its adverts from YouTube citing similar worries.
A spokesman for the Scottish government said it was putting its "current programmatic advertising" on hold.
YouTube owner Google said it would review its controls.
Programmatic advertising allows companies to target specific audiences with their digital adverts.
It means a father in his 30s might see adverts for children's toys, while a keen gardener might be targeted by horticultural companies.
But a recent investigation by the Times found adverts were appearing alongside content from supporters of extremist groups, making them around Â£6 per 1,000 viewers, as well as making money for the company.
The Scottish government told BBC Scotland it was taking steps to address the concerns.
A spokesman said: "We strongly oppose all forms of extremism, intolerance and hate speech and take all steps possible to ensure our advertising appears in appropriate settings, including blacklisting and filtering out inappropriate websites.
"We have put our current programmatic advertising on hold until we are confident that this issue has been dealt with.
"We have also made it clear to the agencies who purchase advertising space on our behalf that we expect them to continue doing all they can to put robust barriers in place."
In a lengthy statement Google said it had "strict policies" which prevent adverts from appearing on websites with "hate speech, gory or offensive content".
But it added: "However, with millions of sites in our network and 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, we recognize that we don't always get it right.
"In a very small percentage of cases, ads appear against content that violates our monetization policies. We promptly remove the ads in those instances, but we know we can and must do more."
The statement went on to say Google has begun a "thorough review" and it will be making changes in the coming weeks.


A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering his brother at their mother's home.

Peter Moore, 28, from Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire, fatally stabbed 25-year-old Derek Moore at the flat in Glasgow's Govan area on 3 January.
The victim was stabbed four times and had a total of 75 injuries to his body.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Moore was told that he must serve a minimum of 18-and-a-half years before he can apply for parole.
Jailing him, judge Lady Wolffe told Moore: "You stand convicted of the murder of your own brother in the house of your mother.
"In convicting you the jury rejected your defence of self defence."
Lady Wolffe told Moore that although his brother was initially the aggressor by punching him, he had used a knife on him as he lay on the ground.
The court previously heard that Derek Moore suffered 70 wounds - many of them defensive.
He was stabbed four times and the fatal wound which caused massive internal bleeding was to his abdomen.
The court heard that a trail of blood leading from the flat to the common close was consistent with Derek Moore having been dragged out of the house and on to a downstairs landing.
Lady Wolffe told Moore: "You left him there to die. This was a prolonged and vicious attack.
"The crime of murder is a most egregious crime. You have doubly punished your family."
Moore's trial heard that on a previous occasion Derek Moore had broken his brother's jaw.
That fight took place in front of a six-year-old boy, who was also present at the early stages of the fatal fight before being taken away by his mother.
Peter Moore's partner Ashley Picken, 24, told of how she was woken up by the sound of the brothers arguing and fighting.
When asked how Derek Moore had been earlier that night she replied: "He was angry."
She told prosecutor Paul Kearney: "I looked out into the hallway and I saw Peter standing over Derek with a knife in his hand hitting Derek. He was hitting Derek in the legs and the side of his body with the knife.
"Derek was lying down on the floor on his back."
Moore later told police: "When we fight, we fight for hours. I can't remember arguing with him. He's pure evil when he's been drinking. He started it."
He also said: "I said I wasn't going to fight with him again."
Moore, who has a number of previous convictions, including some for violence, did not give evidence during the trial.


Melbourne may have been named the world's "most liveable city" again but should it expect fierce competition from China next year?

"Not a chance", according to China's vocal netizens - who have expressed scorn and scepticism about the Economist Intelligence Unit's improved rankings for Chinese cities in 2015.
According to the annual report, Beijing and other Chinese cities have climbed up the table "largely due to a lower threat from civil unrest".
"Let me tell you all a joke: Chinese cities are among the most liveable in the world," commented Weibo user Xiang Xueyee.
"Don't take this list seriously. The men who made it probably never lived in China," said another.
Here's what else Chinese netizens had to say.
The Chinese capital rose five places this year, to become the world's 69th most liveable city.
"Beijing is our most liveable city? They must be joking. Maybe for someone functioning without lungs," remarked Guangdong Weibo user Liew Jia Kit.
"Pollution everyday? This must be black humour," said another.
Other Weibo users like Jeff Chang felt there were Chinese cities "more deserving" of making the list.
"Why not Hainan island? It's beautiful. And definitely free from smog," he said.
China's north-eastern port city of Tianjin, which was hit by deadly chemical explosions last week, also made an appearance on the 2015 list.
But its surprise entry took many Chinese netizens by surprise.
"How did Tianjin even make the list? Where were the surveyors last week? Mars?" asked one Weibo user.
Other users felt that even with the ongoing recovery efforts, Tianjin city was still an unexpected choice.
"Devastation aside, transportation in Tianjin is terrible! What a strange choice," remarked another user.
Other Chinese cities ranked in the report include the coastal cities of Qingdao, Dalian, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and the inland cities of Suzhou and Guangzhou.
Reporting by Heather Chen


A truck driver who saved a baby from a motorway fireball is trying to find the boy's Devon family so he can send them a Christmas card.

Dennis Clift, from Chelmsford, Essex, grabbed two-week-old Charlie O'Sullivan from the wreckage of a BMW on the M6 in Warwickshire in 1999.
Ever since he has received a Christmas card from the O'Sullivans and wants to return the gesture.
Searches with local authorities and on social media have come to nothing.
"I've tried everything, Facebook, Devon County Council, but I can't find them," he said.
Mr Clift, who was a breakdown recovery man at the time, was travelling back from Birmingham when he saw Jane O'Sullivan's car in flames on the hard shoulder of the motorway.
"Jane had been in the car with her two children and a baby was still on the back seat," he said.
"I went and rescued him.
"I've received a Christmas card every year since and I'd like to send a card back and they've asked me to come down, but I don't where they live."
Mr Clift parked his truck across the carriageway to stop the traffic until police and fire crews arrived.
Mrs O'Sullivan was treated in hospital for shock and minor burns. Mr Clift, Charlie and Mrs O'Sullivan's 14-week-old daughter Rosie were uninjured.


The government should take "decisive action" and support a third runway at Heathrow, the head of one of the UK's biggest business groups has said.

CBI president Paul Drechsler will tell the group's annual conference on Monday that ministers should "get on" with it.
In July the Airports Commission published a report backing a third runway, saying it would add Â£147bn to the economy and 70,000 jobs by 2050.
A final government decision is expected by the end of the year.
Mr Drechsler will also tell the business group that he welcomes a move by Chancellor George Osborne to launch the National Infrastructure Commission to oversee Â£100bn of spending on infrastructure projects.
"The commission is a chance to end the cycle of politicisation and procrastination that has plagued British infrastructure for decades," he will say.
"However, we must not duck infrastructure decisions which must be made right now.
"On airport capacity, we need strong political leadership and decisive action from government. Britain needs that new runway, so let's get it built."
The issue of Heathrow's expansion has been a long-running and contentious issue.
In 2009, while in opposition, David Cameron ruled out Heathrow expansion, saying "no ifs, no buts".
The Airport Commission's recommendation in July was criticised by competing airport Gatwick, and by London Mayor Boris Johnson, who has argued for a whole new airport.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that the most senior member of the civil service in the UK, Sir Jeremy Heywood, wrote to government ministers in the run up to the party conference season, warning them against speaking out about the matter.
Environmentalists and residents who live near the flight path of the proposed third runway have also campaigned against it.
On the subject of Europe, Mr Drechsler will tell the 1,000 delegates at the CBI's London event that he hopes the UK will remain part of a reformed European Union.
"The majority of our members think that, on balance, the advantages of EU membership outweigh the disadvantages.
"And when we see the reforms the prime minister achieves and expects to achieve over time, we will ask you again for your views.
"Of course we know that Europe is far from perfect. New regulation must be a last resort, not a first response."


Young children's maths, English and communication skills improve if they use iPads in school on a regular basis.

That is one of the key findings of the most in-depth research of its kind ever carried out in Northern Ireland.
The study - Mobile Devices in Early Learning - was carried out over two years and involved about 650 pupils in five Belfast primary schools and five nursery schools.
Schools which took part were in some of the most deprived areas of the city.
They were each supplied with sets of iPads for nursery, primary one, primary two and primary three classes.
Researchers from Stranmillis University College then assessed how pupils, parents, principals and teachers used them over the course of two years.
Among their key findings were that:
IPads helped young children to be more motivated and engaged in class, said Dr Colette Gray from Stranmillis, who was one of the study's authors.
"It's not a panacea or the holy grail, but is another method to reach children who might otherwise underachieve," she said.
"For many children it does seem like a playful learning activity. Children, even if working alone, would talk to each others or talk to the teacher.
"There was actually an increase in communication in the classroom, which we didn't initially anticipate."
The five primary schools which received ipads and took part in the study were Black Mountain PS, Donegal Road PS, Gaelscoil na MÃ³na, Holy Trinity PS and Elmgrove PS.
The primary three teacher at Elmgrove PS, Hannah Maxwell, said that using iPads had helped to engage many of her pupils.
"We don't replace pen and paper with the iPad," she said.
"It's all about having a balance between using the iPad and using old school methods.
"They're using different methods and trying different things to learn.
"It does take planning but the benefits are shown at the end of it."
The principal of Elmgrove, Jayne Jeffers, said using iPads had improved many pupils' academic performance.
"We have found that attainment has increased in a lot of areas because the children are more engaged," she said.
"All of the children we have in school now have been born knowing about smartphone technology and mobile technology.
"We have a duty as a school to prepare children for their future and that includes digital learning.
"We have two nursery units and the children are using iPads there right the way up to P7.
"We are situated in inner east Belfast and there would be a lot of deprivation in the local area, but we're trying to give them every advantage we can."
The study also found that although some teachers were initially nervous, many had developed their own confidence by using iPads extensively in class.
There were concerns, however, that parents needed to know more about the safe use of technology if young children were using one outside school.
The total cost of the project, which was funded by Belfast Regeneration Office, was Â£299,400.


US Vice-President Mike Pence has reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the security of the Baltic states if they face any aggression from Russia.

Speaking in Estonia, he called Russia their biggest security threat, telling the Nato allies: "An attack on one of us is an attack on us all."
The remarks come amid growing tensions as Russia orders a cut in US diplomatic staff numbers.
The move was in retaliation for new US sanctions against Russia.
The Baltic states - Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia - all achieved independence as a result of the break-up of the Soviet Union.
They have grown increasingly wary of Russia since it annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014, and count on Nato allies coming to their aid in the event of any Russian action.
There had been doubts about President Trump's commitment to the key Nato principle of mutual defence, after he did not mention it during a visit to Nato's Brussels headquarters in May and instead lambasted fellow members for not spending enough on defence.
But he re-committed the US to it during a Washington press conference in June, and more symbolically at a speech in Poland in early July.
After meeting the presidents of all three Baltic states, Mr Pence said that the message of President Donald Trump to them was: "We are with you."
"Under President Donald Trump, the United States stands firmly behind our Article 5 pledge of mutual defence," he said at a news conference in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.
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"A strong and united Nato is more necessary today than at any point since the collapse of communism a quarter-century ago," he said.
"And no threat looms larger in the Baltic states than the spectre of aggression from your unpredictable neighbour to the east."
Russia is preparing to hold large-scale military exercises with its ally Belarus in the next month.
Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent
Russia's decision to significantly reduce the number of US diplomatic staff marks the end of any immediate hope for a fresh start between Moscow and Washington. Indeed, it could usher in a new and uncertain period of competition between the two capitals.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin seized upon US President Donald Trump's election victory as offering the potential for a very different relationship.
Mr Putin appears to have misjudged what was on offer. Relying upon clear signals from the Trump campaign that a reset in the US relationship was both possible and desirable, Moscow intruded into the US campaign to an extent which US intelligence agencies believe was unprecedented.
Quite how far Russia intruded into the US campaign in actually backing candidate Trump is currently under investigation and this, of course, provides an important element of the backdrop to the worsening diplomatic relationship.
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The US is currently holding its biggest ever joint military exercises with Georgia, a country which fought a war with Russia in 2008 and seeks to join Nato.
Mr Pence is scheduled to attend the drills in Georgia on Tuesday. He will later go to Montenegro, Nato's newest member.
In Estonia, the US vice-president also warned that Moscow continued to "seek to redraw international borders by force, undermine democracies of sovereign nations and divide the free nations of Europe, one against another".
His visit to the region comes as Moscow announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions in Russia, in retaliation over new sanctions imposed for Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Russian interference in the US election.
Reacting to the move, Mr Pence said: "We hope for better days, for better relations with Russia.
"Recent diplomatic action taken by Moscow will not deter the commitment of the United States of America to our security, the security of our allies."


Three men have faced a court charged with terrorism offences over alleged arson attacks on an Australian mosque.

The two alleged attacks in Melbourne were inspired by so-called Islamic State and targeted a Shia Islamic centre, according to police.
No-one was hurt in the fires in November and December last year.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) alleges the attacks were designed to intimidate those who attend the mosque and the wider Islamic community.
"We are not saying these are just arson attacks," said Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney on Sunday.
"What we are going to allege is that these were Islamic State-inspired attacks. They were inspired and designed to influence, [to] put fear into a particular group in the community."
Two men, aged 25 and 27, were charged over both fires at the Imam Ali Islamic Centre, while a third man, 29, was charged over the December incident. They cannot be named for legal reasons.
Police allege the suspects "adhere to an extremist Sunni ideology".
The three men faced the Melbourne Magistrates' Court late on Monday.
The hearing was told a large amount of material would need to be translated from a foreign language, before the matter was adjourned until 27 November.
If convicted, the men face a maximum penalty of life in prison.


A GP surgery that closed suddenly last month will reopen part time, NHS England has said.

Harbottle Surgery, situated in a remote part of Northumberland, shut after the doctor running it withdrew from her contract.
Its 800 patients were advised to sign up with other practices up to 30 miles (48km) away.
Residents said they still planned to fight for a return of the service they had previously.
They had campaigned for the surgery to reopen and had accused NHS England of being reluctant to replace the GP and reopen the surgery.
A practice in neighbouring Rothbury will now provide a GP and nurse in Harbottle for two half days a week each from 19 October.
Patients who do not live within its catchment area will need to register with an alternative practice, Northumberland County Council said.
The new service will run for an initial 12 months, while an assessment of local primary care needs is carried out, it said.


The number of rubbish bags piling up on Weymouth town centre's streets following changes to collections is unacceptable, according to residents.

Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) said it would only collect refuse left in new authorised blue bags, and not traditional black sacks.
It said it stopped commercial waste being left out for free collection.
Some people say they have not received the blue sacks, while others claim some are refusing to use them.
Areas in the town affected include East Street and Bath Street.
Steve Burdis, director of DWP, said it was "working hard" to resolve the issues.
He residents had been sent letters about the changes to collections, which came into force last week.
John Gough, the manager of the Cutter Hotel, said many residents had not received blue bags.
He said the commercial waste collection was good, but that the domestic one "leaves a lot to be desired".
A Bath Street resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, described the situation as "disgusting".
She said although residents in her street had received blue bags, some were not using them.
She added discarded black bags were being opened by seagulls, leading to dirty nappies and other waste being "strewn across the streets".
Mr Burdis said DWP would visit residents "for the rest of the week" and advise them about the changes, as well as deliver more blue sacks.
A DWP joint advisory committee meeting will be held later to discuss its predicted Â£2m overspend.


A woman's attempt to become the first person to swim non-stop around Anglesey has been called off after she was stung by jellyfish.

Liane Llewellyn Hickling, 34, from Bradford, was pulled out of the water in the Menai Strait on Wednesday night.
She had suffered an allergic reaction after being stung by at least six Lion's Mane jellyfish.
She was treated at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, and is now recovering at her base in Holyhead.
Mrs Llewellyn Hickling had set off from Moelfre on Wednesday morning and had hoped to complete the 70 mile (112km) course in less than 48 hours.
Following British Long Distance Swimming Association rules, she was wearing just a swimsuit, swimming hat and goggles.
Her husband Chris Hickling said: "She was stung two or three times as she crossed Red Wharf Bay and again when she got to Penmon. She suffered more stings in the Menai Strait and that's when we decided to pull her out.
"The stings can be really nasty and we think she's had a bad allergic reaction. It's going to take her a few days to recover fully.
"It's too early to say whether she'll attempt the swim again."
Mrs Llewellyn Hickling, an NHS physiotherapist, had been raising money for a new RNLI lifeboat to be stationed at Barmouth.
It will be named in honour of crewman Craig Steadman, who died in a motorbike accident last year.
"She really wants people to continue to donate, even though the swim had to be called off," added Mr Hickling.
As one of the UK's most-experienced long distance open water swimmers, Mrs Llewellyn Hickling has swum the length of Windermere, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and, in 2009, became only the third British woman to swim the English Channel, there and back.
As part of her preparation for the rough waters and tides of Anglesey, she completed the first recorded swim around St Kilda in Scotland's Outer Hebrides in June 2016.


Former Swansea City boss Bob Bradley has been named as the first manager of MLS team Los Angeles FC.

The 59-year-old was the first American to manage a Premier League club, but lasted just 85 days before being sacked by the Swans in December 2016.
They won just two of the former USA and Egypt manager's 11 games in charge.
Los Angeles, who are led by an ownership group of 27 people including Hollywood actor Will Ferrell, will join the MLS for the 2017-18 season.
The team, also co-owned by basketball legend Magic Johnson and former Cardiff City chairman Vincent Tan, will play at the purpose built 22,000-seater Banc of California Stadium.
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Scientists have discovered a winged dinosaur - an ancestor of the velociraptor - that they say was on the cusp of becoming a bird.

The 6ft 6in (2m) creature was almost perfectly preserved in limestone, thanks to a volcanic eruption that had buried it in north-east China.
And the 125-million year-old fossil suggests many other dinosaurs, including velociraptors, would have looked like "big, fluffy killer birds".
But it is unlikely that it could fly.
The dinosaur has been named Zhenyuanlong, meaning "Zhenyuan's dragon" - in honour of the man who procured the fossil for the museum in Jinzhou, allowing it to be studied.
The University of Edinburgh and the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences collaboration is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Lead researcher Dr Steve Brusatte said it was "the single most beautiful fossil I have had the privilege to work on".
"It has short arms, and it is covered in feathers [with] proper wings with layers of quill-pen feathers," he said.
"So even though this is a dinosaur, even though it is a close relative of velociraptor, it looks exactly like a turkey or a vulture."
Dr John Nudds, a senior lecturer in palaeontology at the University of Manchester, told BBC News the find was part of an "increasingly complex picture" of emerging evidence "that certainly a lot of [dinosaurs] and possibly even all of them had feathers or at least downy hair".
Dr Brusatte said: "It will blow some people's minds to realise that those dinosaurs in the movies would have been even weirder, and I think even scarier - like big fluffy birds from hell."
He said its large body made it unlikely Zhenyuanlong would have been able to fly.
"So maybe [wings] did not evolve for flight - perhaps they evolved as a display structure, or to protect eggs in the nest," he said.
"Or maybe this animal was starting to move around in the trees and was able to glide."
Dr Bill Sellers from the University of Manchester said this revealed fascinating detail about the origin of birds.
"It doesn't look like [this dinosaur] could fly, although that needs more investigation," he told BBC News. "However it does mean that we now know about a huge range of these early bird-like dinosaurs; some species are running around on the ground and some are experimenting with early flight.
"[This] gives us a snapshot of what life was like at the earliest stages of bird evolution."
Dr Brusatte added: "China is the epicentre of palaeontology right now.
"There are [museum] storerooms full of new dinosaur fossils that have never been studied before.
He added: "This is the most exciting time maybe in the history of palaeontology."
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Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in protest at a months-long political crisis and lack of reform.

Supporters of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched towards the Green Zone, where the government is based.
He wants Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to press ahead with a plan to replace ministers appointed on the basis of political affiliation with technocrats.
Powerful parties in parliament have so far refused to approve the reshuffle.
Systemic political patronage has aided corruption in Iraq, depleting the government's resources as it struggles to cope with declining oil revenue and the cost of the war against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
The BBC's Ahmed Maher in Baghdad says this is one of the country's worst political crises since the US-led invasion and downfall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
For the past three weeks, MPs have been unable to agree on a new line-up of non-partisan ministers proposed by the embattled prime minister as a key element of his programme to tackle corruption.
More than 100 MPs have been staging a sit-in in parliament since mid-April to express their frustration at others who have blocked votes on the reshuffle.
They even voted to sack the speaker of parliament, Salim al-Jabouri.
On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Mr Sadr's supporters heeded his call to "frighten" MPs from the main political parties, which rely on control of ministries for patronage and funds, and "compel" them to agree to the prime minister's reforms.
"Our participation in the demonstration aims to reject this government for being sectarian," protester Abu Ali al-Zaidi told AFP news agency.
The government "did not bring the country and Iraqis anything but poverty and killing", the taxi driver from the southern province of Maysan added.
Waving Iraqi flags and chanting that politicians "are all thieves", the protesters marched from Tahrir Square towards the Green Zone, where parliament had been expected to convene to hold a vote on Mr Abadi's proposed cabinet line-up.
However, more than a dozen MPs disrupted proceedings, clapping, slamming their hands on desks and chanting slogans like "invalid" and "treachery" for almost half an hour before the session was adjourned, according to Reuters news agency.
A second session was then held in another room in the parliament building, but the protesting MPs were reportedly barred from attending.
Those present approved Mr Abadi's nominees for the ministers of health, labour and water resources, but rejected his candidates for justice and education.
Parliamentary sources told the BBC that Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari also submitted his resignation, but that the prime minister had refused to accept it.
An MP and former national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, acknowledged that the political system was "not working" and that "radical change" was necessary. But he told the BBC that Tuesday's protest was "not terribly helpful".