As the wheel spins, and the white ball bounces across different coloured pockets with distinct numbers, Bahlu Jai Singh waits with bated breath.

He's hoping lady luck will be on his side this time after having lost $900 (Â£590) over the past two nights playing his favourite game - roulette. But as the ball settles in slot number four he realises he's lost another $200.
"I don't come here to win, but just to have some fun," he says. The 37-year-old businessman claims he is not an active gambler but comes to the casino for the experience. And that's the story of most people who visit Goa's casinos.
Goa is often referred as the Las Vegas of India.
It's one of the three places in India that allows legal casinos to operate, and the only state that permits live gaming, though with restrictions.
Live gaming, which means there's a person dealing you the cards, is allowed only on offshore casinos - so the gambling dens are onboard ships anchored on the Mandovi river overlooking Panaji, Goa's state capital. The casinos on land are only permitted to operate electronic games.
Today, the state's 15 casinos - four of them offshore - receive some 15,000 visitors every day. Most of them are domestic tourists - who are in Goa on a holiday to enjoy the famous beaches, but end up visiting an offshore casino for the experience.
The age group of these guests ranges from 25 to 40; working professionals, couples, businessmen or just a family from a small Indian city, can all be spotted here.
The casinos consciously market themselves as entertainment destinations - providing unlimited food, alcohol, live performances and gaming - all at one ship - for an entry fee that costs around $40. This helps them draw a lot more people, who otherwise would be wary of visiting.
"We are catering to the mass market, not the high rollers," says Jaydev Mody, chairman of Delta Corp, which operates two offshore casinos.
An average player spends $200-300 on gambling, with roulette and blackjack being the most popular games - and 20% of the visitors are serious players who come here just to gamble like Senthil from Bangalore.
He says: "Previously I used to travel to Macau twice a year, but now I come here every two months."
Casino visitors have been rising 30% annually - and casinos are now a significant revenue generator for Goa. It's estimated the industry contributes more than $30m a year to the state's exchequer in the form of taxes and levies.
But despite their rising popularity, casinos have been facing political heat and opposition in the state.
The licences of the four offshore casinos will expire next year on 31 March, and there's pressure on the government not to renew them - till they move out of the river Mandovi and relocate in the deep sea, away from the city.
There are two key reasons for this opposition.
Political parties and non-government organisations say that casinos are a bad influence and they are making many people gambling addicts.
"It is an evil affecting Goan society. Many young Goans are falling for this culture, ruining their life and destroying the families," Luizinho Faleiro, local leader of the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, said earlier this year.
Critics also say the casinos are polluting the Mandovi river.
Ironically, the campaign to shut these casinos was initiated by the Bhartiya Janta Party, which is now ruling the state, when it was in the opposition. There is also a proposal to ban local residents from entering casinos altogether.
It's a suggestion that the state's chief minister, Laxmikant Parsekar, admits would be hard to implement.
"It will probably be difficult to screen and check the all entrants," he says.
Casino owners deny the allegation and argue that the industry is creating jobs for locals.
Senior officials in the government say that any move to ban local residents from entering the casinos is unlikely.
"Any such move will be unconstitutional and will be counterproductive," says William Britto, owner of Chances casino and resorts.
Currently officials are scouting for an alternate location where the ships can be shifted after their licences expire. But like the last few times, the casinos are expected to get an extension again.
Among all this cacophony, the industry is also worried about future growth. With footfalls rising sharply every year, offshore casinos are worried that they will need more capacity to meet the growing demand.
Adding more ships won't help, they say, but if they were allowed to operate live games on land then that would help expand the market.
"We can create a destination just like Singapore or Macau. Create resorts and casinos and fill them up," says Mr Mody.
The current situation has left the local government in a dilemma - it is difficult to publicly acknowledge the crucial contribution made by casinos to the treasury, and on the other, it cannot create unfriendly policies that will harm casinos.
For now the industry is hoping that opposition voices will die down in the future, paving the way for their expansion. And given that there is a huge dearth of places in the country where people can gamble legally, Goa may just still turn out to be a winning bet for investors.


The president of Wrexham FC supporter's trust has stepped down, questioning whether the fans' ownership was good for the future of the club.

Bryn Law posted on social media he had resigned from the role with a "heavy heart" on Friday evening.
In a statement Mr Law said the club was in a "poor state" and performances were short of what fans deserved.
Wrexham Supporters' Trust, which took over the club in 2011, has been asked to comment.
Wrexham lie 15th in the National League - the fifth tier of English football - with only nine wins in their 28 games so far this season.
They face North Ferriby United at the Racecourse on Saturday.
Mr Law wrote in his resignation letter: "I remain a supporter of the trust ideal, the notion of the fans being the best people to run football cubs, however I am now beginning to wonder whether it is working in the best way for the betterment of our club?"
Mr Law, whose presidency role has no involvement in the running of the club, said he had great pride in what the Trust had achieved.
"We all want the very best for the club we love, as we know, Wrexham is for life," he wrote.
The trust board signed a deal to take on the 99-year lease for the Racecourse Stadium last year.


A massive attack that exploited a key vulnerability in the infrastructure of the internet is the "start of ugly things to come", it has been warned.

Online security specialists Cloudflare said it recorded the "biggest" attack of its kind on Monday.
Hackers used weaknesses in the Network Time Protocol (NTP), a system used to synchronise computer clocks, to flood servers with huge amounts of data.
The technique could potentially be used to force popular services offline.
Several experts had predicted that the NTP would be used for malicious purposes.
The target of this latest onslaught is unknown, but it was directed at servers in Europe, Cloudflare said.
Attackers used a well-known method to bring down a system known as Denial of Service (DoS) - in which huge amounts of data are forced on a target, causing it to fall over.
Cloudflare chief executive Matthew Prince said his firm had measured the "very big" attack at about 400 gigabits per second (Gbps), 100Gbps larger than an attack on anti-spam service Spamhaus last year.
In a report published three months ago, Cloudflare warned that attacks on the NTP were on the horizon and gave details of how web hosts could best try to protect their customers.
NTP servers, of which there are thousands around the world, are designed to keep computers synchronised to the same time.
The fundamentals of the NTP began operating in 1985. While there have been changes to the system since then, it still operates in much the same way.
A computer needing to synchronise time with the NTP will send a small amount of data to make the request. The NTP will then reply by sending data back.
The vulnerability lies with two weaknesses. Firstly, the amount of data the NTP sends back is bigger than the amount it receives, meaning an attack is instantly amplified.
Secondly, the original computer's location can be "spoofed", tricking the NTP into sending the information back to somewhere else.
In this attack, it is likely that many machines were used to make requests to the NTP. Hackers spoofed their location so that the massive amounts of data from the NTP were diverted to a single target.
"Amplification attacks like that result in an attacker turning a small amount of bandwidth coming from a small number of machines into a massive traffic load hitting a victim from around the internet," Cloudflare explained in a blog outlining the vulnerability, posted last month.
The NTP is one of several protocols used within the infrastructure of the internet to keep things running smoothly.
Unfortunately, despite being vital components, most of these protocols were designed and implemented at a time when the prospect of malicious activity was not considered.
"A lot of these protocols are essential, but they're not secure," explained Prof Alan Woodward, an independent cyber-security consultant, who had also raised concerns over NTP last year.
"All you can really do is try and mitigate the denial of service attacks. There are technologies around to do it."
Most effective, Prof Woodward suggested, was technology that was able to spot when a large amount of data was heading for one destination - and shutting off the connection.
Cloudflare's Mr Prince said that while his firm had been able to mitigate the attack, it was a worrying sign for the future.
"Someone's got a big, new cannon," he tweeted. "Start of ugly things to come."
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A shortbread version of Grayson Perry's "A House for Essex" has been named the winner of a baking competition.

The structure was one of the entries for the "edible masterpieces" challenge at Norwich Castle.
Its creator, Alison Newbery, 28, said she had been inspired by artist Perry's building in Wrabness, Essex.
"It took me about 14 hours to make, which was longer than I thought. But I did take a break to watch the Great British Bake Off final," she said.
The challenge was started by charity Art Fund, which supports museums and galleries across the country.
Miss Newbery, who works as an administration and finance officer at Norwich Castle, said she and her colleagues had been inspired by the BBC One baking series, which finished this week.
Norfolk Museum's head of service acted as the competition's own Mary Berry and declared Miss Newbery's biscuit creation the winner.
The BBC has contacted Perry to see what he made of the cake, but he is yet to respond.
Miss Newbery said she had grown up in north Essex, near the site of Perry's art work, and thought it would be the easiest of his creations to try to render in biscuit form.
Organisers said a "big favourite" was an edible version of Norwich Castle, which included cake at the bottom and top, and contained 16 eggs.
Another baker made a model of Kings Lynn town hall out of marzipan, while someone else created a cake covered in sugar work brooches, inspired by Norfolk finds in the museum's collection.
Miss Newbery said all the money raised during the bake sale would go to Art Fund and the museum.
She said the competition had left all the participants feeling "very happy and slightly high on sugar".


"I'm fed up with mince pies," joked retired ambulance worker, John Jones who has worked as Father Christmas for seven years in a row.

The 72-year-old is among the hundreds across Wales who personify the season of goodwill in red robes and tireless smiles as professional Santas and elves.
But why apply for a job spreading yuletide cheer? And what do Christmas workers do for the rest of the year?
The BBC spoke to some seasonal workers to discover the perks, privileges and professional challenges connected with clocking in at the grotto.
Mr Jones, of Llanelli, a former county councillor and magistrate, has worked five days a week over the past month at the town's St Elli Centre.
"It's a pleasant job, you see the children, you make people happy - what more do you want," he said.
"A few hours a day I get out, I leave the wife in the house and I'm free to come here."
And when his two-and-a-half hour shift is over, there is the carefully-timed operation of passing on the tinselled baton to successor John Kirkhouse, 76, who waits in the changing room in his own beard and boots.
It would not do for children to see two Santas simultaneously at the shopping centre.
"It's all right for a few weeks - you get so hot," Mr Kirkhouse said, gesturing to his outfit.
The retired postman, who has been pulling on the stocking cap and gold-rimmed spectacles for 13 years, said - the heat notwithstanding - he "loves" the job.
"It's an easier job than working as a postman because you're out all weathers there, but you're indoors here."
But what makes a good Santa?
"It's the way you talk to the children and the way the children come back and talk to you. You've got to make them want to know you," Mr Kirkhouse said.
However, if a would-be Kris Kringle is not a natural, how do you ensure they are up to the task of filling his fur-lined boots? With training, of course.
Great Grottos Ltd, which runs the Santa stop at St Elli Centre, gives all their staff a day of hints, tips and role-plays to ensure they know how to jingle the right bells.
Grotto manager or head elf, Amy Powell, 22, said: "Before our training we get a slideshow that tells us all about the tricks of the trade and the responsibilities we have of being an elf, what our costume should look like, all the dos and don'ts.
"Head office comes down for the day and we have training here in the grotto and we make sure that everyone is comfortable with what they are doing."
Ms Powell, of Swansea, is taking a break from her career as a nursery practitioner and brushing up on skills she learned as an entertainer at holiday camps.
"It's not a normal job where you're sat in an office, we just get to do exciting stuff," she said. "I get to be an elf - it's something different to put on the CV."
Junior Elf Marie-Julie Cnydde, 17, is studying her A-levels at Gower College and hopes to become a doctor, working with children.
She said: "The hours are quite nice. It's a weekend job for me, and because I'm still at school it allows me to carry on with my studies, and it's just a really fun job to have."
Her employers say the grotto jobs offers "flexible shifts" and "good hourly rates of pay".
Last month, it was the Santa salary at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort which caused a stir after the advertisement for its own Father Christmas vacancy included a Â£12-an-hour wage while that of Mrs Claus had an hourly rate of just Â£6.70. The hotel said the roles were "very different".
However, in his 2013 paper, Being Santa Claus: the pursuit of recognition in interactive service work, Prof Philip Hancock, of the University of Essex's business school, said hardly any of the Santas he had spoken to were doing it for the money.
After interviewing a number of "elite Santas", he discovered many found a deeper meaning. "Most of them had a genuine passion and belief in what the role could achieve," he said.
Outside the network of grottos across Wales, the range of seasonal Christmas jobs is seemingly widening; Tesco Extra in Wrexham this year recruited a Christmas light untangler - believed to be Britain's first.
Anya Mugridge, 21, who is studying illustration, graphic novels and children's publishing at Glyndwr University, said the job has dovetailed well with her studies.
But has she been stumped by any Gordion knots brought in by customers?
"The closest I had to that was when a gentleman came in and he had about three sets of lights bundled into one big ball of doom," she said.


A 28-year-old man has been charged after another man was left in a critical condition after being attacked in the centre of Aberdeen.

The victim, who was also 28, was assaulted by two men on Union Street at about 05:30 on Saturday. Police said they were still trying to trace a second man.
The attack happened between St Nicholas Street and Broad Street.
Police have asked anyone who witnessed the attack to come forward.
The arrested man is expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
After the incident part of Union Street was closed to pedestrians while police carried out inquiries.
Det Insp Norman Stevenson, who is leading the inquiry, said: "It was necessary as part of our investigation to close a small section of Union Street and I fully recognise the disruption this caused to some businesses and the general public frequenting the area.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank those affected for their patience whilst we carried out this necessary work."


Colombia's Farc rebel group has formally ended its existence as an armed group, putting an end to half a century of violent conflict.

In a ceremony which ended the disarmament process, President Juan Manuel Santos said the "peace was real and irreversible".
The former guerrillas will now work on forming a political party.
"Farewell to war. Farewell to arms, welcome to peace!" said Farc leader Rodrigo LondoÃ±o, known as Timochenko.
President Santos is now trying to strike a similar deal with the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's second-largest left-wing rebel group.
The handover of 7,132 weapons was a key demand in the peace process signed last year, which marked the end of the Farc's 52-year conflict in which 260,000 people were killed.
In the event in Mesetas, a small central town in an area that was once the group's stronghold, Timochenko said the Farc would continue to exist, but in a different legal and democratic form as it enters a new phase in its history.
They are expected to change their name, as the long-standing acronym stands for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
"Today, we are not letting Colombia down. Today, we are laying down our weapons," he said.
President Santos, who won a Nobel Prize for his efforts in securing the agreement, hailed it as a "very special day" and "the day weapons became words."
The fact that more than 9,000 Farc fighters and militiamen are not armed any more represents a crucial landmark in the implementation of the peace process between the government and the group.
President Santos said this was the best news for Colombia in 50 years. He gave an AK-47 rifle that an artist had transformed into a shovel as a present to Timochenko to "cultivate peace".
When Timochenko spoke, he said that the Farc had not failed Colombia, because they had handed over their weapons.
After his speech, hundreds of small white butterflies were released. Hundreds of Farc members and dozens of government officials were watching the ceremony here. Most of the rebels and officials were wearing white shirts and t-shirts, a symbol of peace.
United Nations monitors in the country said on Monday that the arms handover had been completed a day ahead of a revised schedule. The weapons have been registered and boxed away, they added.
Speaking at the ceremony, Jean Arnault, the head of the UN's mission in Colombia, said the disarmament process was an example to the rest of the world.
The monitors said they had also found and emptied 77 out of the Farc's 900 arms caches hidden around the countryside.
However, US monitors have warned that the task of locating and emptying the Farc's remaining caches could take many months because of the difficulty in reaching them.
Some of them are reachable only by river or foot through dense jungle and mountain terrain. Many are booby-trapped and need to be painstakingly dismantled.
Many Colombians are concerned that if there is any delay, these weapons could fall into the hand of criminals, paramilitaries or the ELN.
There are also worries over the fate of territory and drug-trafficking operations that were previously controlled by the Farc.
Two Dutch journalists were abducted, then released a week later, by the ELN this month.
At the weekend, nine members of the self-styled People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP) were arrested in connection with the bombing of a shopping mall in BogotÃ¡, also in June.


In only three years, the relative novice English coach had worked at two of the most famous clubs in Europe and trained the world's greatest players. His CV was impressive, and his stature was growing - life was perfect. But then he received news this year that even he found hard to comprehend.
"My knees started to shake at the possibility that I could work at Real Madrid," the 41-year-old told BBC Sport.
That golden carrot was dangled in front of him by his mentor Carlo Ancelotti, under whom he was working at Paris St-Germain and alongside whom he had worked at Chelsea. The experienced Italian accepted Real's approach, signed on the dotted line in the summer and asked Clement to join him.
"When I came with Carlo that first day I felt the magnitude of the club," continued Clement. "The support for Madrid in the country and worldwide. They have incredible infrastructure. Then there are the sponsors involved with the club.
"It feels bigger than a club, it's an institution."
Clement, who worked as a PE teacher in Sutton from 1995 to 2000, is from a football family. His father is the former QPR and England full-back Dave, who took his own life at the age of 34, and his brother is the ex-Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion defender Neil.
Paul never played the game professionally, though. While working as a teacher he studied for his coaching badges and helped with Chelsea's Football in the Community programme.
After obtaining his Uefa 'A' licence, he managed to secure his first full-time football role, at Fulham, before returning to Chelsea in 2007.
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He steadily rose up the ranks before being picked out by interim manager Guus Hiddink to become a member of his backroom staff.
"[Hiddink] really knew how to capture an audience and was a great motivator and influencer of people," says Clement.
However, it was was when Ancelotti replaced the Dutchman at Stamford Bridge in June 2009 that his career took off. The Italian, who won the Serie A and two Champions League crowns at AC Milan, made Clement one of his assistants, and in their first season together they secured the Premier League and FA Cup double.
Clement has huge admiration for his Italian boss.
"He treats the players like men," he explains. "He expects respect in both directions. He also loves to coach on the field - he's very active day to day.
"Carlo carries out the practices and does the work. He's very good in the classroom - with a flip chart, on the tactics board and with the video.
"He's really good to work for - over time he's given me more and more responsibility."
The duo went their separate ways when Ancelotti was sacked by Chelsea in 2011. Clement teamed up with Steve Kean at Blackburn, while the Italian joined Paris St-Germain.
However, in January 2012 they were reunited when Ancelotti asked his trusted assistant to join him at the big-spending Ligue 1 side.
One player that really stood out for me was Deco when I was at Chelsea. When he was fit and playing at the top of ability he was one of the best players
More success came their way with the French championship and a good run in the Champions League. Then Los Blancos came calling.
Real finished a distant second to Barcelona last season and bowed out at the semi-final stage of the Champions League for the third year running. It's been 11 years since they were last kings of Europe.
The Londoner is adamant that Real have found their saviour.
"The list of top players at Real Madrid is endless," adds Clement. "These stars are under an incredible amount of pressure - especially at this club - and what Carlo does well is understand the pressure they are under.
"His calm temperament is a help to that, especially during the week in training - the way he manages them individually."
Clement's career has been very closely aligned to that of Ancelotti so far, but would he ever consider going it alone?
Winger Stephen Hunt said this week that the Englishman should be considered as the next Republic of Ireland manager, following the departure of Giovanni Trapattoni.
Clement has said that he hopes there was "a chairman out there who will look at me and think 'he's had a good apprenticeship'".
Until then he is content to continue learning his trade from one of football's all-time great managers at one of its finest schools.


The Treasury has claimed that Scottish government plans to increase borrowing under independence would be incompatible with retaining the pound.

Danny Alexander said boosting borrowing to fund higher spending would set Scotland on a different path from the rest of the UK.
The Treasury chief secretary expressed his concerns to Alex Salmond in a letter.
The first minister said initial borrowing would boost the economy.
He added that this would allow for a sustainable cut in the deficit.
He also said an independent Scotland would start out being more prosperous per head than the UK, France or Japan.
Following a "Yes" vote in September's referendum, the Scottish government plans to increase public spending by 3% in each of the first three years after independence to drive economic growth. This contrasts with the 1% planned by the UK chancellor.
According to Finance Secretary John Swinney, this extra spending would be funded by borrowing.
But in his letter to Mr Salmond, Mr Alexander said this amounted to an admission that a currency union would not be created since the economic policies of the two states would "diverge".
Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Mr Alexander called on the Scottish government to be "transparent and open" about alternative currency plans.
He said: "John Swinney's plans for massive extra borrowing basically show that the Scottish government is now assuming that there won't be a currency union.
"One of the biggest reasons why I think a currency union wouldn't work, and have said no to it, is because inevitably policies would diverge between Scotland and the rest of the UK under independence."
He added: "The Scottish government, as we already know, would start off with a larger deficit than the rest of the UK, would face higher borrowing costs because of the setting up of a new country and the extra risks that involves.
"By adding yet more borrowing to that position you create a pretty precarious position, financially, for an independent Scotland.
"You can't have massive extra borrowing and claim that a currency union is going to take place."
However a spokeswoman for Mr Swinney described Mr Alexander's comments as "more misbriefing".
She said: "Scotland will continue to use the pound, just as we do today because, in the words of Alistair Darling, that is the 'logical' and 'desirable' arrangement for an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.
"We have made clear that we oppose Westminster's austerity measures and believe the best way to reduce the deficit in the long term is to invest in public spending, to grow the economy and reduce the deficit in a sustainable way, ensuring there is less need to borrow in the future by boosting revenues in the long term."
She added: "Even with a 3% increase in spending growth, Scotland's deficit is forecast to fall to 2.2% of GDP in 2018-19, significantly below the current level of 8.3% and would ensure that the country's debt was falling as a share of GDP.
"Indeed, the Scotland Institute report, referred to by Mr Alexander, underlines Scotland's economic strength by highlighting that an independent Scotland stands to have 'a smaller debt to gross national product ratio than the remaining UK'."


Lewis Hamilton says he was "affected" by British teenager Billy Monger, who had to have both his legs amputated after a Formula 4 crash.

Formula 1 teams and drivers are showing their support at this weekend's Russian Grand Prix with #BillyWhizz stickers on their cars and helmets.
An online fundraisier for the 17-year-old has raised more than £760,000.
"It really hit home," said Hamilton. "Just to see a kid, I've been there, been in that position of racing."
The three-time world champion added: "He was doing well fighting to get to Formula One and then such a horrific incident.
"I think I was affected more by Billy's incident than I probably have been by most, with the exception of what happened in Formula One."
Monger hit the back of another car on 16 April during the Formula 4 British Championship at Donington Park in Leicestershire and had to be airlifted to hospital.
Mercedes driver Hamilton, 32, pointed to the example of former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who had both legs amputated after crashing in the American Memorial 500 CART race at Lausitz, Germany, in 2001.
The 50-year-old Italian returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the World Touring Car Championship.
He then took up hand-cycling and won four Paralympic gold medals.
"My mind just shines onto Zanardi and showing what he was able to do," added Hamilton. "I have all the belief, or hope, that Billy will be able to do something similar."


Martin McGuinness has reiterated that he had limited knowledge of the controversial process around the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio.

The property loan portfolio was sold to the Cerberus investment fund in 2014 for more than £1bn.
The Deputy First Minister was giving evidence to the Irish parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Mr McGuinness told the PAC he had been "excluded" by Peter Robinson.
He said the events surrounding the sale were at a time when relationships between the DUP and Sinn Fein were "appallingly bad".
Nama is the Irish government agency set up to manage loans acquired from Irish banks after the property crash.
Ireland's auditor general found there were shortcomings in the sales process of the Northern Ireland portfolio.
Mr McGuinness said he had not been informed about meetings and contacts between Nama, bidders for the portfolio and DUP ministers in the run up to the sale.
He said a "determined effort" was made to prevent access to information.
Mr McGuinness made similar remarks when he gave evidence to Stormont's Finance committee last year.
He faced criticism from some PAC members for what they said was his "hands off approach" to the portfolio sale.
There were tetchy exchanges when Labour member Alan Kelly accused Mr McGuinness of "wilful neglect" and steering clear of the issue in case it would be "toxic" for Sinn Fein.
Mr McGuinness said that was "total and absolute rubbish" and accused Mr Kelly of "grandstanding for the TV cameras".
Representatives from Cerberus are due to give evidence to the PAC on Thursday.
The Public Accounts Committee also said it has couriered an invite to Peter Robinson to invite him to give evidence to the Nama inquiry.
It said it had previously tried to contact the former First Minister via the DUP but Mr Robinson said he had not received an invite.
In a statement to the Press Association, Mr Robinson said he is not answerable to the PAC.
However the statement added that he "would want to be helpful".


Humanist weddings, which were first held exactly a decade ago, could be Scotland's most popular type of belief ceremony by the end of the year.

Gordon MacRae, of the Humanist Society Scotland, said humanist weddings, which are not allowed in England and Wales, were a "great Scottish success story".
He estimates there will be 4,200 humanist weddings this year, more than Church of Scotland ceremonies.
The Kirk said it was not convinced the figures were correct.
It said weddings in the Christian faith, including Roman Catholic and other denominations, were still well ahead of humanist weddings.
About half of all weddings in Scotland are civil ceremonies carried out by an official registrar. The others are classed as religious or belief ceremonies.
Religious marriages in Scotland were never restricted by location, unlike civil ceremonies which were always in a register office before a 2002 change allowed other "approved places".
In 2005 the Registrar General for Scotland decided, after considering the European Convention on Human Rights, to allow humanists to conduct weddings as "authorised celebrants" - giving them equal status with ministers of religion.
Karen Watts and Martin Reijns were the first couple in Scotland to be married by a humanist celebrant, when they tied the knot at Edinburgh Zoo on 18 June 2005.
Ms Watts said the pair would not have been comfortable with a religious ceremony and a civil registration seemed a "bit cold".
She said at the time: "Neither of us are religious and it would have felt hypocritical to get married in a church.
"But at the same time we wanted something more meaningful than the legal civil ceremony."
Mr MacRae, chief executive of the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS), said its ceremonies allowed people to celebrate in a way that suited them, free from religious dogma.
He said humanism was a "rational, ethical and democratic approach to life" and that was put "front-and-centre" in its approach to marriage.
Mr MacRae said the change in the rules on belief weddings were a "great Scottish success story".
"It is shocking discrimination against humanists elsewhere in the United Kingdom that they are denied that outside of Scotland," he said.
The last year for which the National Records of Scotland published full figures on marriage was 2013.
In that year there were 3,185 humanist ceremonies, a massive increase on the 82 in 2005.
Humanist ceremonies overtook Roman Catholic weddings in number in 2010 and if the Church of Scotland has continued the steady decline of the past decade it could conduct fewer weddings this year than the humanist society.
In 2013 the Church of Scotland conducted 4,616, down from more than 10,000 a decade earlier.
Mr MacRae said: "At this rate we would anticipate being the largest provider of legal weddings of any of the religious or belief groups within Scotland by the end of the year."
The Church of Scotland's Acting Principal Clerk George Whyte questioned the figures but said the Kirk was not in the habit of competing for business.
The Reverend Dr Whyte said: "We are not selling ourselves as an exercise in earning money from people's weddings."
He said the HSS would charge Â£390 for a wedding celebrant plus the cost of becoming a member of the society.
"They offer a service people can buy and perhaps feel in the buying of a service they can tailor it in ways they want," Dr Whyte said.
"Perhaps that is more in tune with our consumerist society."
Dr Whyte said Kirk ministers were forbidden from charging a fee although the Church asked for payment for the use of its buildings.
He said: "We are not in competition but we are more than happy to discuss all sizes and locations of weddings and can be very flexible about the services we offer. Maybe we should have been shouting about that more loudly."


Ashiq Masih has the look of a hunted man - gaunt, anxious and exhausted.

Though he is guilty of nothing, this Pakistani labourer is on the run - with his five children.
His wife, Asia Bibi, has been sentenced to death for blaspheming against Islam. That is enough to make the entire family a target.
They stay hidden by day, so we met them after dark.
Mr Masih told us they move constantly, trying to stay one step ahead of the anonymous callers who have been menacing them.
"I ask who they are, but they refuse to tell me," he said.
"They say 'we'll deal with you if we get our hands on you'. Now everyone knows about us, so I am hiding my kids here and there. I don't allow them to go out. Anyone can harm them," he added.
Ashiq Masih says his daughters still cry for their mother and ask if she will be home in time for Christmas.
He insists that Asia Bibi is innocent and will be freed, but he worries about what will happen next.
"When she comes out, how she can live safely?" he asks.
"No one will let her live. The mullahs are saying they will kill her when she comes out."
Asia Bibi, an illiterate farm worker from rural Punjab, is the first woman sentenced to hang under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law.
As well as the death penalty hanging over her, Asia Bibi now has a price on her head.
A radical cleric has promised 500,000 Pakistani rupees (Â£3,700; $5,800) to anyone prepared to "finish her". He suggested that the Taliban might be happy to do it.
Asia Bibi's troubles began in June 2009 in her village, Ittan Wali, a patchwork of lush fields and dusty streets.
Hers was the only Christian household.
She was picking berries alongside local Muslim women, when a row developed over sharing water.
Days later, the women claimed she had insulted the Prophet Muhammad. Soon, Asia Bibi was being pursued by a mob.
"In the village they tried to put a noose around my neck, so that they could kill me," she said in a brief appearance outside her jail cell.
Anarchy threat
Asia Bibi says she was falsely accused to settle an old score. That is often the case with the blasphemy law, critics say.
At the village mosque, we found no mercy for her.
The imam, Qari Mohammed Salim, told us he cried with joy when sentence was passed on Asia Bibi.
He helped to bring the case against her and says she will be made to pay, one way or the other.
"If the law punishes someone for blasphemy, and that person is pardoned, then we will also take the law in our hands," he said.
Her case has provoked concern abroad, with Pope Benedict XVI joining the calls for her release.
In Pakistan, Islamic parties have been out on the streets, threatening anarchy if she is freed, or if there is any attempt to amend the blasphemy law.
Under Pakistan's penal code, anyone who "defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet" can be punished by death or life imprisonment. Death sentences have always been overturned on appeal.
Human right groups and Christian organisations want the law abolished.
"It was designed as an instrument of persecution," says Ali Hasan Dayan, of Human Rights Watch in Pakistan. "It's discriminatory and abusive."
While most of those charged under the law are Muslims, campaigners say it is an easy tool for targeting minorities, in this overwhelmingly Muslim state.
"It is a hanging sword on the neck of all minorities, especially Christians," says Shahzad Kamran, of the Sharing Life Ministry, which ministers to prisoners, including Asia Bibi.
"In our churches, homes and workplaces we feel fear," he says.
"It's very easy to make this accusation because of a grudge, or for revenge. Anyone can accuse you.
"Even our little children are afraid that if they say something wrong at school, they will be charged with blasphemy."
Asia Bibi's story has sparked a public debate in Pakistan about reforming the law, but it is a touchy - and risky - subject which many politicians would prefer to ignore.
Campaigners fear that the talk about reform of the blasphemy laws will amount to no more than that.
When Pakistan's Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, raised the issue six months ago, he was threatened with death.
"I was told I could be beheaded if I proposed any change," he told us.
"But I am committed to the principle of justice for the people of Pakistan. I am ready to die for this cause, and I will not compromise".
Mr Bhatti, himself a Christian, hopes that Asia Bibi will win an appeal to the High Court, or be pardoned by Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari.
He says she is one of dozens of innocent people who are accused every year.
"I will go to every knock for justice on her behalf and I will take all steps for her protection".
But even behind bars Asia Bibi may not be safe.
Several people accused of blasphemy have been killed in jail.
Thirty-four people connected with blasphemy cases have been killed since the law was hardened in 1986, according to Pakistan's Justice and Peace Commission, a Catholic campaign group.
The death toll includes those accused, their relatives, and even a judge.
In a neglected graveyard by a railway track in the city of Faisalabad, we found two of the latest victims of the blasphemy law.
They are brothers, buried side by side, together in death, as they were in life.
Rashid Emmanuel was a pastor.
His brother, Sajid, was an MBA student. They were gunned down in July during their trial  - inside a courthouse, in handcuffs and in police custody.
Relatives, who asked not to be identified, said the blasphemy charges were brought because of a land dispute.
After the killings, the extended family had to leave home and move to another city. They say they will be moving again soon.
"We don't feel safe," one relative told us.
"We are shocked, like an electric shock. We are going from one place to another to defend ourselves, and secure our family members."
Once a month they come to the cemetery to pray at the graves of their lost loved ones.
They are too frightened to visit more often.
They bow their heads and mourn for two men who they say were killed for nothing - except being Christian.


South African striker Kermit Erasmus has joined Rennes from Orlando Pirates, the French side said on its website.

Rennes revealed the 25-year-old has signed a contract with the Ligue 1 side for two-and-a-half years.
Erasmus, who has had spells playing in Europe for Dutch sides Feyenoord and Excelsior Rotterdam, leaves Pirates after playing 51 games and scoring 13 goals over three seasons with the club.
He has won eight caps for South Africa, having made his debut in 2010.


A suicide bomber has attacked a church in Nigeria, capping a week in which more than 200 people died in Boko Haram violence.

At least five worshippers were killed in Sunday's attack as they were entering the church in Potiskum in the north-east of the country.
The Islamist extremists of Boko Haram have carried out a six-year campaign of violence in Nigeria's northeast.
The recent attacks have brought condemnation from Nigeria's president.
Muhammadu Buhari, speaking on Friday, described as a "heinous atrocity" the latest wave of violence.
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Sunday's attack was carried out at the Redeemed Christian Church of God on the outskirts of Potiskum in Yobe state.
Witnesses and the police told AFP news agency that the pastor, a woman and her two children were among those killed.
Boko Haram took control of a large area of north-eastern Nigeria last year and declared a caliphate (a state governed in accordance with Islamic law).
However, Nigeria's military, backed by troops from neighbouring countries, has recaptured most of the territory.
In an effort to counter the growing violence, Nigeria is leading a military effort with neighbouring countries. Mr Buhari called for the regional military force to be deployed more rapidly.
According to Amnesty International, at least 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since 2009, when Boko Haram launched its violent uprising to try to impose militant Islamist rule.
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The group is still holding many women, girls and children captive, including 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.


The eastern Caribbean nation of Barbados was historically heavily dependent on the export of sugar as its main revenue earner, but in recent decades the economy has diversified into tourism and offshore finance.

Known for its beaches and cricket - its national sport - the former British colony has a dual heritage: English - evident in its stone-built Anglican churches and Saturday race meetings - and African, reflected in its music and dance.
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Barbados is one of the more populous and prosperous Caribbean islands. Political, economic and social stability have given it one of the highest standards of living in the developing world. As well as being a centre for financial services, it also has offshore reserves of oil and natural gas.
However, the economy took something of a knock in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. The country's public debt rose sharply in 2009-11, mainly because of a slowdown in the tourism and financial services sectors.
Prior to the economic crisis there was a construction boom, with new hotels and housing complexes springing up. The trend accelerated as the island prepared to host some of the key Cricket World Cup matches in 2007.
However, a shortage of jobs has prompted many Barbadians - more often known as Bajans - to find work abroad. The money that they send home is an important source of income.
Most Barbadians are the descendants of African slaves who were brought to the island from the 17th century to work the sugar cane plantations.
Limestone caverns, coral reefs and a warm climate tempered by trade winds are among the island's natural assets. Barbados is relatively flat, with highlands in the interior.


The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, said it is "right and proper" that her MPs support the Conservative government's first Queen's Speech next Wednesday.

Mrs Foster said that she hopes that talks on a Tory-DUP arrangement will conclude as soon as possible.
She said it should be no surprise that the DUP wants a reference to the devolution of Corporation Tax in the deal.
The Stormont Executive has long aspired to reduce its Corporation Tax rate.
Previous Northern Ireland executives have wanted to bring it down to 12.5%  to match the corresponding rate in the Irish Republic.
Previously, the Treasury has argued that Stormont would need to pay for such a move by taking a cut to its block grant from London of several hundred million pounds a year.
However, Mrs Foster told the BBC's Inside Politics programme that her party wants to explore whether that remains the case because, in the light of Brexit, they argue that European Union (EU) state aid rules should no longer apply.
The DUP leader believes there is "a very good chance" of devolution being restored at Stormont.
She pointed out that the DUP had just achieved its greatest ever election result and said the party would not countenance anything regarding Sinn FÃ©in deciding who the DUP's nominee for first minister should be.
On abortion, Mrs Foster said there is a broad swathe of consensus that the 1967 Act should not apply to Northern Ireland.
However, she said her party would go back and look at an expert report on the issue of fatal foetal abnormality which is understood to recommend legal changes.
The DUP leader noted that her party no longer has the numbers on its own to launch a petition of concern in the Stormont Assembly blocking same-sex marriage.
Asked if it would no longer seek such a veto, Mrs Foster said she would not tie her party down in relation to that matter and discussions about the Petition of Concern system were continuing between the parties.
Questioned about the DUP's relationship with loyalist paramilitaries, Mrs Foster said her party had never sought any endorsement from any group.
She repeated that she would have "no truck" with anyone engaged in paramilitarism or criminality.
Asked about the political rollercoaster which has seen her removed from office as first minister then become the Kingmaker at Westminster, Mrs Foster said she had been kept going by the support of ordinary people.
She said the mark of any politician is how they stay the course when things are tough.
On Brexit, the DUP leader said she believes high tech equipment to monitor goods crossing the Irish border will be ready in time for the UK's departure from the EU. She said developing such a capacity would involve cooperation between the private and public sectors.
Asked what she meant by a "sensible" Brexit, Mrs Foster said her party is talking to Northern Ireland's ports to see how they think trade should be handled.
Noting that 73% of goods coming through Belfast port are going to or coming from Great Britain, Mrs Foster said one thing which would not work would be a border down the middle of the Irish Sea.


The US Federal Reserve is moving towards an interest rate rise later this year.

It would be the first increase since the rate was cut to near zero during the 2008 financial crisis.
However, the bank said conditions in the labour market and inflation did not yet warrant an increase.
In a press conference the Fed chair Janet Yellen said that "most [policy-makers] are anticipating a rate increase this year".
She added that once rates started to rise, any increases would be gradual.
The US central bank is trying to find a balance between giving clear guidance to the markets about what will prompt a rise, while not restricting its freedom to react to new economic data.
The bank said it would raise rates when it had "seen further improvement in the labour market" and was "reasonably confident" that inflation would reach its target of 2% in the "medium term".
Many economists expect the first rate rise to come in September, though the projections released by the Fed today show less certainty about how far rates will rise before the end of this year.
Policy makers are equally split between one, two or three rate increases this year, according to the bank's "dot plot", which shows where individual policy makers think the economy is heading.
Ms Yellen said that "sometimes too much attention" was placed on the timing of the first increase - and that the entire trajectory should be considered.
"It seems likely that some cyclical weakness in the labour market remains," she continued, "although progress clearly has been achieved, room for further improvement remains".
The jobless rate is currently at 5.5%, close to where the policy makers said it needed to be to consider raising rates.
But it is thought that this number does not reflect the full picture with many people not being counted because they are not looking for work, but would still like a job.
Ms Yellen said that, although the Federal Reserve saw the factors behind the disappointing first quarter as transitory, they "would like to see more decisive evidence that a moderate economic growth will be sustained".
"In the grand scheme things doesn't mark a big shift in their thinking," said Charles Seville, North America director at the ratings firm Fitch.
"They're sticking to their script. We expect a rate rise in September."
Mr Seville added that the emphasis on the slow and gradual rate rises was also reassuring.


A 36-year-old man has appeared in court in Dundee accused of child grooming offences.

Ross Ottaway faces two charges of sending an indecent communication and of having communicated with a child with the intention of making arrangements to meet them.
He made no plea or declaration during a hearing in private at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Mr Ottaway was released on bail ahead of further court dates.


Police in Myanmar have for the first time decided to give protection to Aung San Suu Kyi after a death threat.

A police chief told BBC Burmese that a special unit had now been assigned to protect the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), which has just taken power in Myanmar (Burma).
The threat was issued over a possible constitutional change enabling Ms Suu Kyi to become president.
She spent many years under house arrest under the former military dictatorship.
A liberalisation process has been under way  in recent years, leading to a landslide victory by Ms Suu Kyi's NLD in elections in November.
The man who made the death threat against Ms Suu Kyi has since apologised but the threat, made in a Facebook post, was taken seriously.
"I told the local police office straight away to take care of her security when I saw the post. We cannot afford anything to happen to a person of her stature," the police chief told the BBC.
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Up until now, Ms Suu Kyi has been protected by her own security detail, who will continue to guard her.  Police units will provide extra protection outside her home.
The threat against her life was made amid reports Ms Suu Kyi aims to sidestep a clause in the constitution that bars her from becoming president because her two sons have foreign passports.
The man said he would kill her if the constitution was changed and had also posted pictures of himself carrying an assault rifle.
BBC Myanmar correspondent Jonah Fisher says Ms Suu Kyi appears to be planning to get her MPs to temporarily suspend the clause.
She has also reportedly been negotiating the issue with military chief General Min Aung Hlaing, whose support she would need.
The clause can be legally scrapped only through a 75%-plus-one vote in parliament but the military holds 25% of the seats - all unelected.
Ms Suu Kyi's father, national hero General Aung San, was assassinated in 1947, months before the country gained independence.
Does the NLD now control Myanmar?
Not really - it has enough seats in the upper and lower house to choose the president but the army has 25% of seats and controls key ministries, so they will need to work together.
Will Aung San Suu Kyi be president?
No - the constitution, written by the military, bars people with foreign spouses or offspring, as she does, from the top job. Clause 59(f) was widely seen as being written specifically to prevent her from taking office. But Ms Suu Kyi she said repeatedly before the election she would lead the country anyway if the NLD won.
Can the NLD just change the constitution?
No - the military can veto any moves to change it.
Was the election free?
"Largely," said Ms Suu Kyi. But hundreds of thousands of people, including the minority Muslim Rohingya, were not allowed to vote, and no voting took place in seven areas where ethnic conflict is rife.


Anyone buying a tech gift for their older relatives this Christmas may live to regret it as they find themselves on 24-hour tech support for the rest of the year.

It is a flippant point and one bound to anger the horde of increasingly tech-savvy over-60s but it remains the case that older people are the ones most likely to be disengaged from technology.
It is something that Matthew Adam sees a lot.
"We hear all the time about how someone in the family has bought an older person a computer or an iPad and then aren't around to show them how to use it," he said
He runs Silver Training, a tutoring service aimed at older consumers. There are 31 tutors around the UK helping people with a range of tasks, from basic training in how to use a mouse and keyboard, to setting up email, sending attachments and saving documents.
At 80 my mum is actually pretty tech-savvy.  She has a computer, albeit an old one, and can Skype, send emails, search the net, print off photos and even do a bit of internet shopping.
Last week she had a tutorial with Silver Training tutor Pat Cunningham.
She enjoyed the lesson and learned some useful shortcuts for closing windows etc, as well as tips on how to send attachments.
It was, she told me afterwards, a lot more useful than the course she had been on which "taught me things about Word that I just didn't need to know".
She hasn't yet progressed to a smartphone and says she has no need for one. But at least she always has her phone turned on - unlike my mother-in-law.
However  I'm not sure even an e-book reader under the Christmas tree would go down well.  Nothing will beat a real book in her eyes.
As the proportion of people aged 65 and over climbs to record highs in many countries, technology companies that fail to take account of the older consumer will be missing a trick, thinks Chris Millington.
He is the UK managing director for Doro, a Swedish telecoms firm that designs mobiles specifically for the older consumer.
It has just launched a smartphone which he hopes gets away from the image of an oversimplified handset.
"Just because a person is older doesn't mean they are all the same or that they just want a big-buttoned phone," he said.
"We know that while many just want ease of use and simplicity, most want a stylish and modern device with many more interested in features such as a camera, email and the internet too."
The main thing is not to assume knowledge, he said.
In a recent focus group conducted by Doro, 40 older consumers were challenged to add a contact to an Android handset - 38 failed to complete the task.
And iPhones are also ill-adapted to an older generation, says Mr Millington.
"The average response time for the icons on the screen is 0.7 seconds but the average response time of someone aged 65 or over is one second. Every single touch activates the wobble, so Apple is excluding a whole audience."
Annika Small is chief executive of Nominet Trust, a charity that funds socially useful technology projects. She thinks industry needs to do more.
"We need to ensure that the technology sector places more emphasis on co-design, involving and engaging older people in the design of the services which they might want to use," she said.
Some argue that the next generation of older people will be more tech-savvy because they will have worked with technology but this won't eliminate the need for specially adapted devices, says Mr Millington.
"There are things that you can't change, such as eyesight, hearing, circulation and memory loss," he said.
But persuading older people to use gadgets is only half the battle. Then they need to be persuaded to use the internet.
According to Ofcom, more than 7.5 million adults have never used the internet. Many of these are older - two-fifths are over 75.
For Ms Small the key lies in persuading older people about the human face of technology.
"It is critical that we find ways to motivate older people to get online by demonstrating how the internet can strengthen vital social ties that will help them to remain active and engaged," she said.
Crowd-sourced services are offering to do just that and heal one of the biggest threats facing older people - loneliness.
Casserole, for example, is a web service that promises to pair up people who like to cook with others in their area who might not always be able to cook for themselves. Funded by FutureGov, it is currently being run by councils in Surrey.
It also runs a secondary service, Pair Up, that supports regular meal-sharing. All of the diners currently in the scheme are over the age of 80.
Meanwhile The Amazings is a website keen to dispel the myth that the older generation need help.
The site aims to put older people back at the centre of their communities and reignite the long-lost tradition that saw elders regarded as the most important members of a society.
It currently has more than 200 people on its books, from journalists to wood turners. Each offers a real-life class on their chosen skill, either as a one-off or as a course.
The most popular courses are those that feed into the current love of nostalgia. said spokesman Liam Fay-Fright.
"Knitting does well, so does crochet, curtain-making and anything that is about making do," he said.
Tapping into the knowledge of an older generation has huge potential for benefiting the whole of society, he thinks.
In return, perhaps we shouldn't begrudge our older relatives a little bit of tech support.
Anyone wanting to know more about the web can visit the BBC WebWise page


Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has won the snap general election he called a month ago amid corruption allegations concerning his wife.

The full results have yet to be announced. But Mr Muscat claimed victory based on projections and the opposition's Simon Busuttil conceded.
The Labour PM called the poll on 1 May saying the corruption allegations risked undermining the economy.
He and his wife deny claims she owned a secret offshore company in Panama.
The issue of the company, alleged to have received payments from Azerbaijan's ruling family, was first brought to light by a well known Maltese blogger.
Projections based on preliminary results gave Mr Muscat's Labour Party a lead of 10%. More than 340,000 people were eligible to vote in Saturday's poll.
Opinion polls in the run-up to the vote had suggested a 5% lead for Mr Muscat, who is now set for a second five-year term in office.
The election was called a year before the end of his first term.
Mr Busuttil, leading the National Party into an election for the first time, said on Twitter that he respected the decision of the electorate.
Malta is enjoying growth of 6% and low unemployment - a performance that was central to Mr Muscat's campaign.
The prime minister, 43, said: "The people have clearly chosen to stay on the road to even greater results".
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A judicial investigation is under way into the allegations of improper business transactions by his wife, Michelle, and associates.
Mr Muscat rejected opposition calls to step down and has described the allegations as "the mother of all lies".
A total of 224 candidates stood for seats in the 65-member parliament.
Malta - population 400,000 - currently holds the European Union's rotating six-month presidency.


The UK's nuclear submarine refit base is to remain in special measures amid safety concerns.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has also warned Devonport in Plymouth might need enhanced monitoring until 2020 unless improvements are made.
Special measures, including monthly inspections, were predicted to last two years when first imposed in 2013.
Babcock, which carries out the refitting for the Ministry of Defence, said safety was its "highest priority".
The ONR said its "enhanced regulatory attention" meant the once-a-month inspections of HMNB Devonport had "more effort and managerial attention".
Its latest annual report blames safety concerns on "ageing facilities" and "increasing demands" as well as "stretched resources" for an unscheduled refuelling of HMS Vanguard later this year.
Last December, Babcock was warned of legal action after a worker received a dose of radiation amid a series of safety breaches.
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When Devonport was first placed under special measures in 2013, the ONR said the base was "expected to receive enhanced regulatory attention for around two years, as we anticipate the issues to be resolved during that time".
It added with "sustained commitment over the next three to five years", Devonport "has the potential to move to a routine attention position".
Peter Burt, of the Nuclear Information Service, said: "The nuclear safety improvements required at Devonport have not been completed within the expected two year timescale, and we will apparently have to wait for several more years before the situation improves.
"Babcock is clearly unable to deliver the improvements it is being paid to complete. It is time for the MoD to cancel the current management contract for the dockyard and bring the site under the control of a new, competent management team."
Source: MoD
Babcock said in a statement: "The continued safety of our operations at Devonport remains the highest priority.
"We have developed a comprehensive long term safety improvement programme to address the points raised by ONR. That work is progressing to plan and has the full visibility of the regulators."
The Ministry of Defence said: "Safety at HM Naval Base Devonport, as with all Ministry of Defence sites, is of paramount importance.
"The MoD supports Babcock's commitment to address the issues raised in the report, and we continue to work together to deliver the necessary investments at Devonport, which includes a site-wide nuclear safety programme with sustained commitment over the coming years."


Labour leadership contender Owen Smith gave a speech in Salford on Monday, criticising the government's record on the NHS.

The claim: The use of private contractors in the NHS has doubled since the end of the last Labour government.
Reality Check verdict: In cash terms, the amount of money has indeed doubled. Although, as a proportion of NHS spending, it has not.
"They've started spending more money in private provision in the NHS than ever before," he said.
"It's gone up from £4bn at the tail-end of the last Labour government, now to £8bn - it doubled."
It is certainly true to say the proportion of NHS money going to private providers has been rising.
In 2009-10, 4.4% of NHS spending in England went to the private sector, according to a parliamentary answer.
NHS spending that year was £98.4bn, which means about £4.3bn went to private providers.
The figure Mr Smith gives is for 2014-15, when the figure was £8.1bn, which was 7.3% of NHS spending (although the government previously gave a figure of 6.3%).
We have now had the figures for 2015-16, when £8.7bn went to private providers, which was 7.6% of the total.
So, in cash terms the amount of money has indeed doubled. Although, as a proportion of NHS spending, it has not.
Another criticism of the Conservatives from Mr Smith was: "The reality is they have cut the funding to the NHS. NHS spending as a proportion of GDP has dropped in every year under the Tories."
GDP stands for gross domestic product and is a measure of all the goods and services provided by an economy.
While NHS spending has been going up in cash terms, it is not keeping pace with the growth of the economy,  meaning spending as a share of GDP has indeed not been going up.
Spending as a share of GDP is a commonly recognised measure of a country's investment in its citizens' health, and is used to make international comparisons.
There was a steady increase in spending as a percentage of national income from 1992-93 until 2009-10.
Since then, it has either fallen or remained static every year until 2014-15.  Although, there was a 0.1 percentage points increase in 2015-16.


More than 150 complaints about Kanye West's language during his performance at the Brit Awards have been dismissed by broadcasting regulator Ofcom.

Although parts of the US rapper's song were muted by ITV, Ofcom still received 151 complaints about offensive language and race discrimination or offence.
Ofcom has assessed the complaints but said it will take no further action.
ITV tried to cut out offensive language by airing February's ceremony with a short delay, the regulator decided.
An Ofcom spokesman said: "We received a number of complaints that Kanye West's language, shortly after the watershed, was offensive.
"But we will not be taking the matter forward for investigation.
"Having carefully assessed these complaints, we noted that before the programme ITV took steps to ensure that offensive language was not used, and during the programme to mute the majority of it."


Mexican authorities say they have arrested the top money launderer for the Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo" or "Shorty".

Juan Manuel Alvarez Inzunza, nicknamed "King Midas", was detained while on holiday in the southern state of Oaxaca.
Guzman, a former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is currently awaiting extradition to the United States.
He was recaptured in January after breaking out of a high-security prison.
Mr Inzunza is suspected of laundering $300m-$400m a year for the Sinaloa cartel through a network of companies and currency exchange centres.
A US federal court in Washington had requested Mr Inzunza's arrest and he is likely to be extradited.
Guzman himself is also facing extradition to the US on charges of drug trafficking in California, and murder in Texas.
Earlier this month, he asked for the extradition process to progress rapidly so he could receive better treatment in prison.
Since Guzman's recapture in January, six months after he escaped from prison, he has been subject to a stricter regime.


There was some disorder at a controversial bonfire in the Bogside area of Londonderry on Tuesday night.

British, American, Israeli, Ulster and some loyalist flags as well as poppy wreaths were burned on the bonfire near Lecky Road.
Some bottles and stones were thrown onto the walls. People around the fire also came under attack from some spectators on the walls.
The police moved people from the area, and the disorder ended within minutes.
Bonfires are lit in some nationalist areas on 15 August each year to mark the Catholic Feast of the Assumption.
The Lecky Road fire was built on council-owned land without permission.
Foyle DUP MLA Gary Middleton said that thankfully nobody was seriously injured.
"Once again poppy wreaths have appeared on the bonfire which is the ultimate offence caused to people right across the community.
"It is deeply offensive."
Sinn FÃ©in councillor Patricia Logue said that the burning of flags, emblems and poppy wreaths is wrong.
"Given the events of the night before, I would imagine that the walls should have been closed off last night."
The Housing Executive installed fencing beside nearby houses a day before the fire was lit, in order to protect the properties and residents.
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There was a significant police presence in the area after trouble near the Lecky Road site on Monday night.
During Monday's disorder, petrol bombs were thrown at police and rocks and bottles were used to attack people who had gathered to watch the bonfire from the city walls.
A PSNI spokesperson said Tuesday night's situation was "brought quickly under control and calm is now restored".
The blaze was one of three large 15 August bonfires set alight in the city on Tuesday night.
A controlled bonfire, without any flags, was organised as part of a community festival - the Gasyard Feile.
Crowds of families with young children attended the event, which included a set by the Irish folk band, Kila.
However, on the outskirts of the Creggan estate, another bonfire was covered with flags.
In recent years, efforts have been made to replace nationalist bonfires in Derry and Belfast with family fun days and live music.
However, attempts by community workers to encourage other bonfire builders to attend the Gasyard Feile broke down last week.


Barack Obama has become the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima since the World War Two nuclear attack.

Mr Obama said the memory of 6 August 1945 must never fade, but did not apologise for the US attack - the world's first nuclear bombing.
Mr Obama spoke to two survivors and in an address called on nations to pursue a world without nuclear weapons.
At least 140,000 people died in Hiroshima and another 74,000 three days later in a second bombing in Nagasaki.
Mr Obama first visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum before walking to the Peace Memorial Park, accompanied by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Both men stood in front of the eternal flame. Mr Obama laid a wreath first, followed by Mr Abe.
"Death fell from the sky and the world was changed," Mr Obama said in his address, noting that the bombing had shown that "mankind possessed the means to destroy itself".
Mr Obama said the memory of Hiroshima must never fade: "It allows us to fight complacencies, fuels our moral imagination and allows us to change."
Of nuclear weapons, he said: "We must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them."
Mr Obama then spoke to two survivors, hugging 79-year-old Shigeaki Mori.
"The president gestured as if he was going to give me a hug, so we hugged," Mr Mori said.
Mr Obama also talked to Sunao Tsuboi, 91.
The image of President Obama hugging a survivor will resonate deeply with the Japanese public. Opinion polls show that the majority of people welcome this visit and most, it seems, do not mind either about the absence of an apology.
The deep symbolism is enough; the leader of the only country ever to have used an atomic weapon laying a wreath in a city that has become a monument to the perils of our nuclear age.
But others will point out that, while his speech was long on lofty idealism, he remains the commander in chief of one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals, one that he has approved billions of dollars to modernise.
Standing just a few rows away from the president, as he always does, an officer could be seen holding the briefcase containing the nuclear launch codes.
Mr Obama had earlier flown into the nearby Iwakuni Marine Corp base nearby, after leaving the G7 summit.
Mr Obama told service personnel at the base: "This is an opportunity to honour the memory of all who were lost during World War Two."
Mr Obama praised the US-Japan alliance as "one of the strongest in the world", with his visit "a testament to how even the most painful divides can be bridged - how our two nations, former adversaries, cannot just become partners, but become the best of friends and the strongest of allies".
Many in the US believe the use of the nuclear bomb, though devastating, was right, because it forced Japan to surrender, bringing an end to World War Two.
The daughter of one survivor, who was visiting the memorial on Friday, said the suffering had "carried on over the generations".
"That is what I want President Obama to know," Han Jeong-soon, 58, told the Associated Press news agency. "I want him to understand our sufferings."
Seiki Sato, whose father was orphaned by the bomb, told the New York Times: "We Japanese did terrible, terrible things all over Asia. That is true. And we Japanese should say we are sorry because we are so ashamed, and we have not apologised sincerely to all these Asian countries. But the dropping of the atomic bomb was completely evil."
China responded to the visit by saying that Japan's six-week attack on the Chinese city of Nanjing, which began in December 1937, was more worthy of reflection.
The Chinese say 300,000 people were killed, although other sources say the figure was lower.
"Victims deserve sympathy, but perpetrators should never shirk their responsibility," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
The Chugoku Shimbun urges Mr Obama to "hear the voices of Hiroshima". "The people of Hiroshima will be watching the president closely, eyeing to what extent he is truly resolved to advance the abolition of nuclear arms," it said.
The Asahi Shimbun carries an article saying Mr Obama's "gestures will shape the visit", with the "most powerful gesture" being to "just listen to the bomb victims' memories of suffering and activism".
The Japan Times says: "To truly pay homage to those whose lives were lost or irrevocably altered by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Obama's visit must galvanise the international community to move without delay toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The fact that these weapons have not been used over the past 70 years does not guarantee a risk-free future for our children."
Source: BBC Monitoring
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An injured paratrooper from Doncaster, who lost both legs in combat, has been appointed an MBE.

Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson received the honour from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
L/Bombardier Parkinson, who carried the Olympic flame last year, said he was moved to be described as an "inspiration" by Prince Charles.
The paratrooper suffered more than 40 injuries in a bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2006.
As well as brain damage which affected his memory and speech, he also broke his pelvis, his back in four places, shattered his arm and chest, and lost both legs.
After receiving the honour, he said: "I was surprised at how much Prince Charles knew about me.
"He said I was an inspiration. It made me feel so proud."
In July he took a turn in carrying the Olympic flame through his hometown on his prosthetic legs. The paratrooper was flanked by hundreds of people as he walked for nearly half an hour with an assistant, who supported his arm.
He was also one of a group of injured veterans who took part in a charity trek in Norway earlier this year.
Along with other amputees and severely injured servicemen, he travelled 65 miles (105km) across the Hardangervidda mountain in winds of up to 80mph (130km/h) and temperatures of -30C.
The expedition, organised by the charity Pilgrim Bandits, retraced the footsteps of World War II heroes of Telemark to mark the 70th anniversary of the mission.


Louis Laing's stoppage-time equaliser earned Notts County an FA Cup replay as they came from two goals down to draw with 10-man Peterborough United at Meadow Lane.

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It had looked to be plain-sailing for Posh as they took an early two-goal lead through goals from Leo Da Silva Lopes and Gwion Edwards.
But Adam Campbell pulled a goal back for League Two County, who sit a division below Posh, before Lee Angol saw red for the visitors just before the break.
The drama began after just three minutes as Da Silva Lopes, who turned 18 in the week, found the corner of the net from 25 yards.
It was 2-0 after 15 minutes when Edwards scored from Paul Taylor's cross, but Campbell's 20-yard effort halved the deficit three minutes before half-time.
The momentum of the game shifted once again, however, as Angol saw red after putting his arm into Matt Tootle's face.
The Magpies had several second-half chances, but the decisive moment fell to Laing, who fired home after the ball dropped invitingly from a corner to earn a replay.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Notts County 2, Peterborough United 2.
Second Half ends, Notts County 2, Peterborough United 2.
Foul by Adam Campbell (Notts County).
Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Adam Campbell (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Notts County 2, Peterborough United 2. Louis Laing (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael O'Connor following a corner.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Shaquile Coulthirst (Peterborough United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Michael Smith.
Louis Laing (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Louis Laing (Notts County).
Shaquile Coulthirst (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Aaron Collins (Notts County) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Adam Campbell (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United).
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United).
Tom Nichols (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Louis Laing (Notts County).
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Forte (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Luke McGee.
Attempt saved. Adam Campbell (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Gwion Edwards (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Notts County. Aaron Collins replaces Vadaine Oliver.
Attempt saved. Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Substitution, Notts County. Jon Stead replaces Graham Burke.
Foul by Graham Burke (Notts County).
Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaquile Coulthirst (Peterborough United).
Attempt saved. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United).
Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United).
Luke McGee (Peterborough United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Graham Burke (Notts County).


A Christian-run bakery that refused to make a cake bearing a slogan supporting gay marriage could not in conscience produce a cake that they felt would be sinful, their lawyer has said.

Last year, Ashers Baking Company was found to have discriminated against a customer who placed the order in 2014.
The owners of the Belfast shop are seeking to overturn that judgement.
The McArthur family has said their case has implications for freedom of expression across the UK.
A barrister for the family told Belfast's Court of Appeal on Monday there was no contractual obligation to provide the cake.
"This was not a refusal to sell a cake, it was about the refusal to sell this particular cake," he said.
"They could not, in conscience, provide a product with a message that was inconsistent with their deeply held religious beliefs in circumstances where the evidence was clear that they believed that to do so would be sinful.
"If a heterosexual person had bought the cake, they would have had the same response."
He told the appeal judges the crucial question was why the order was not fulfilled.
"The issue is the extent to which those who hold such religious convictions can be required by the law to act in a manner inconsistent with their convictions," he added.
He said it would be "extremely difficult" for businesses to run bespoke services "if faced with the position that someone could... order something which is clearly objectionable".
LGBT activist Gareth Lee placed the order for the cake featuring the Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie and the logo of the QueerSpace campaign group exactly two years ago on Monday.
He paid for the cake in full but was later told the company could not fulfil his order.
He claimed this made him "feel like a lesser person".
The Northern Ireland Equality Commission, which oversees the region's equality laws, brought a case against Ashers on his behalf.
A judge said religious beliefs could not dictate the law and the company agreed to pay damages of Â£500.
Arriving at the appeal court on Monday, Daniel McArthur, the general manager of Ashers, said he hoped the judges would not require the company to "endorse a view that goes against our conscience".
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage remains illegal.
"Two years ago today we were asked to help promote a campaign to redefine marriage in Northern Ireland," said Mr McArthur.
"We never imagined that two years later we would find ourselves still living with the consequences of that request.
"This was never just a case about one little bakery in Belfast.
"It's always had implications for freedom of expression throughout the UK."
The hearing is set to take place across four days before Northern Ireland's lord chief justice and two other senior judges.


Free-scoring Monaco moved back to the top of France's Ligue 1 with a thumping win against bottom club Lorient.

Brazilian midfielder Boschilia hooked in the opener after a weak punch by Lorient keeper Benjamin Lecomte.
Boschilia scored again by placing through Lecomte's legs from 15 yards after a mazy run from Bernardo Silva.
Valere Germain steered in when Radamel Falcao's effort cannoned back off the post before half-time, capping the win by poking in before the hour mark.
It was the ninth time in 21 league matches this season that Monaco have scored at least four goals, having struck a total of 64, at a rate of more than three per game.
Leonardo Jardim's side moved two points clear of nearest rivals Nice with their fifth win in six league games, and a further point ahead of defending champions Paris St-Germain.
Nice were held 1-1 at struggling Bastia on Friday, while PSG won 2-0 at mid-table Nantes thanks to Edinson Cavani's two goals.
Match ends, Monaco 4, Lorient 0.
Second Half ends, Monaco 4, Lorient 0.
Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Steven Moreira (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Michael Ciani.
Attempt saved. Majeed Waris (Lorient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Walid Mesloub with a through ball.
Boschilia (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Romain Philippoteaux (Lorient).
Offside, Lorient. Benjamin Lecomte tries a through ball, but Romain Philippoteaux is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Walid Mesloub (Lorient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Lorient. Conceded by Djibril Sidibe.
Corner,  Lorient. Conceded by Jemerson.
Boschilia (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alhassan Wakaso (Lorient).
Attempt missed. Boschilia (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe-Lottin.
Substitution, Monaco. Kylian Mbappe-Lottin replaces Valère Germain.
Foul by Boschilia (Monaco).
Vincent Le Goff (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Monaco. João Moutinho replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
Attempt missed. Romain Philippoteaux (Lorient) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Majeed Waris.
Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
Mathieu Peybernes (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Boschilia (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alhassan Wakaso (Lorient).
Substitution, Monaco. Thomas Lemar replaces Bernardo Silva.
Attempt missed. Alhassan Wakaso (Lorient) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sylvain Marveaux with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Lorient. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
Corner,  Lorient. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Walid Mesloub (Lorient).
Goal!  Monaco 4, Lorient 0. Valère Germain (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe.
Attempt saved. Majeed Waris (Lorient) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sylvain Marveaux.
Offside, Lorient. Sylvain Marveaux tries a through ball, but Romain Philippoteaux is caught offside.
Corner,  Lorient. Conceded by Jemerson.
Jemerson (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Walid Mesloub (Lorient).
Foul by Fabinho (Monaco).
Majeed Waris (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Monaco 3, Lorient 0.
Substitution, Lorient. Romain Philippoteaux replaces Jimmy Cabot.


Today wasn't World Yoga Day but World Modi Day, sniped some critics this morning.

They said the Indian prime minister stole the show when he rolled out his yoga mat and eased uncomfortably into the lotus position to help break the world record for what is claimed to be the largest yoga session in history.
Narendra Modi boasts that he does yoga for an hour every morning but he looked a little stiff as he joined 37,000 other people to perform a series of asanas - yoga positions - on the lawns outside the Indian parliament in celebration of the first UN World Yoga Day.
Mr Modi had consistently said he wouldn't be taking part in the record attempt but in the event he stretched and puffed his way through the 35-minute routine with the rest of them.
Some say he simply couldn't resist the opportunity for an image that will undoubtedly appear in newspapers around the world tomorrow morning.
And that's in keeping with the real spirit of this event, because this is all about public relations.
The Indian government's new-found enthusiasm for yoga can be traced directly back to Mr Modi.  He's already created a ministry of yoga with its own dedicated yoga minister, and his personal intervention is said to have been decisive in persuading the UN to designate June 21st as World Yoga Day.
The official publicity presents today's festivities as a humble celebration of an ancient Indian tradition of exercise.  It is India's second greatest gift to the world after the number zero, according to Mr Modi's PR machine. But there was always much more to the government's agenda than that.
It isn't about propagating Hindu nationalism, as some in India's Muslim minority complained. The government quickly stripped out anything that could be described as "Hindu" from today's event in response to these criticisms, purging the Om chant and sun salutations from the menu.
But Mr Modi has recognised that yoga can do more for India than just encourage health and happiness through regular exercise.
The Indian prime minister has always had a talent for publicity and he has spotted that with yoga India has a unique "brand" that can deliver huge economic benefits for the country.
According to one estimate the worldwide yoga industry has boomed into a $30 billion-plus business. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit ashrams and undertake yoga classes in India every year. Mr Modi is hoping tens of thousands more can be persuaded to come.
But he's also got an eye on the country's wider image abroad. He sees yoga as a wonderful way to promote India in the world. What better badge of nationhood than this ancient tradition of health and harmony?
And if that enhances the image of Mr Modi himself along the way, all the better, will be Mr Modi's likely judgement.


Nicky Clark, Nicky Law and David Templeton will leave Rangers when their contracts expire at the end of May, the club have announced.

Winger Templeton, 27, is the longest-serving Rangers player of the trio, having joined in 2012.
Forward Clark, 24, and midfielder Law, 28, arrived the following year.
Rangers wished the players "every success in their future careers, and thanks them for their efforts during their time at the club".
Former Hearts player Templeton helped the club win the fourth tier in his first season and all three players were involved as Rangers won Scottish League One in 2014 and the Championship this term.
Clark, who netted more than 20 times for the Ibrox side, was previously with Queen of the South while Law joined Rangers from Motherwell.


A holidaymaker had to be rescued from the sea two days running after drifting away on an airbed off the Kent coast.

Folkestone Rescue said a crew went to help him "some distance" off Folkestone Warren on Saturday afternoon.
Rescuers then realised it was the same person who had been blown on to rocks on an airbed the day before.
Earlier reports said the man was thought to be an illegal immigrant but the Home Office has said he was an Albanian national on holiday in the UK.
Folkestone Rescue said it was called out to help by Dover Coastguard at about 15:00 BST.
The stricken man, who had been taken out to sea by the tide and was having difficulty paddling back to shore, was again given safety advice before being escorted to Sunny Sands.
Folkestone Rescue said he was then handed over to Kent Police, given "further advice" and released.


A play area in Bristol is to be torn down, after residents who complained about noise and anti-social behaviour won a court case against the city council.

14 February 2017 Last updated at 17:48 GMT
People living in Manor Farm, Horfield, say there's nowhere else nearby for young people to play and that its removal risks further anti-social behaviour.
Children who use the Multi-Use Games Area (Muga) say they will be very sad when it goes.
Magistrates ordered the local authority to take steps to reduce noise in the area - but the council decided the cheapest option was to demolish it.


Richard 'Kip' Carpenter, the creator of cult children's TV series Catweazle, has died at the age of 82.

Carpenter wrote all 26 episodes of the 1970s show - about an "eccentric, dishevelled" time-travelling wizard - winning him international recognition and a Writers Guild award.
He later wrote the 1980s hit ITV show Robin of Sherwood, first starring Michael Praed and then Jason Connery.
Author Anthony Horowitz, who worked with Carpenter, called him a "mentor".
Speaking in the Guardian
 last year, Horowitz recalled how Carpenter gave him his first job in television.
"I had absolutely no experience, had never written for TV, and really had no inclination to be a television writer.
"But Richard took me on. I was an apprentice to him really; he was my mentor.
"Working with Kip on Robin of Sherwood was the high point of my career, in terms of the fun and sheer energy," said Horowitz.
Carpenter later established production company Gatetarn, along with producer Paul Knight and Sidney Cole, co-creating series including Dick Turpin, and its New Zealand-based follow-up The Adventurer.
With a portfolio of work which included The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Famous Five and a TV adaptation of The Borrowers, he was honoured with a Children's Bafta in 2000.
Plans for a big screen adaptation of Catweazle are understood to be under way.
Carpenter also wrote novelisations of his many TV series including The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Smuggler.
He is survived by his wife, Annabelle, two children and two grandchildren.


The family of footballer Ched Evans have said they may take legal action after a discussion of his rape acquittal on ITV's Loose Women.

The Chesterfield striker was cleared of rape at Cardiff Crown Court after a retrial.
A statement on his website said his family were "considering their legal options" after comments on the chat show on Monday.
A Loose Women spokesperson said they were responding to a complaint.
In 2012, Mr Evans was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, the previous year. He then served half of a five-year prison term
But that conviction was quashed on appeal last April, and on Friday he was found not guilty of the same charge, at Cardiff Crown Court.
The player's website said he had served "30 months for a crime he always denied and has now been exonerated of," and he had "always acknowledged his behaviour was morally unacceptable but consensual".
It added that "opinion is acceptable" but went on to criticise comments by Gloria Hunniford.
A spokesperson for Loose Women said: "We've received a complaint from the father of Ched Evans' partner, to which we are responding."
In a separate incident, North Wales Police is investigating allegations of the complainant in Mr Evans' case being named on social media, despite having the right to lifelong anonymity.


Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes have launched a fresh offensive against rebels south of the country's second city, Aleppo.

A military source told Reuters news agency that "hundreds" of troops from Hezbollah and Iran were also involved.
Control of Aleppo has been divided between government forces and various rebel groups since 2012.
The Syrian army has launched at least four ground offensives since Russia began air strikes two weeks ago.
They are in a wide stretch of mostly rural territory north of the cities of Homs and Hama, in the rugged northern parts of Latakia province along the coast and now the villages and countryside south of Aleppo.
In a statement the Syrian army said that it had inflicted "heavy losses" on rebel groups, with the help of Russian strikes.
Russia says it is targeting "terrorists", primarily jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS), but Western governments say many strikes have hit civilians and moderate rebel groups.
Despite the intervention of its Russian and Iranian allies, the Syrian regime is unlikely to be able to sustain major offensives on several fronts at the same time, the BBC's Jim Muir reports from Beirut.
It is more likely that the multiple attacks are aimed at keeping the rebels under pressure and off balance, while Russia drops bombs and the Syrian army inches slowly forward, our correspondent says.
In a separate incident, Turkey said it had shot down a drone that intruded into its airspace near the border with Syria.
BBC Defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the aircraft in question seemed to be similar to military drones of Russian origin.
A US official said they believed the drone was of Russian origin, but Russia says that all their drones have been accounted for and that non had violated Turkish airspace.
Earlier this month Turkey accused Russian jets - which have recently joined the air battle against Syrian rebel group - of entering its airspace.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said the Syrian army was carrying out a "broad military operation" across a 10-mile (16km) front south of Aleppo.
"This is the promised battle," a Syrian military source told Reuters news agency.
"The main core is the Syrian army", the source said, but added that hundreds of fighters from Iran and Hezbollah were taking part.
There are unconfirmed reports that hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join assaults on rebel positions in northern and central Syria by government forces and fighters from the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah.
An unnamed US official told AFP that as many as 2,000 Iranian-backed fighters were helping the Syrian army near Aleppo.
"We are now seeing a coordinated effort between Iran and Russia to assist Assad with fighting opposition groups", the official said.
Iran, a staunch ally of President Bashar al-Assad, has long acknowledged sending military advisers to Syria, but has denied the presence of any ground forces.
Several high-profile Iranian advisers have been killed in the past month as the fighting continues.


A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Merseyside as part of an investigation into bomb hoaxes and threats made to US airports, schools and media companies.

The teenager was arrested in Bidston, Wirral, at 07:00 BST in a joint operation between police and the FBI.
The alleged offences are believed to have been committed using Skype, Twitter, MSN Messenger and email.
Several computers and mobile phones were also seized from the boy's home, Merseyside Police said.
The alleged offences took place between September 2014 and April this year, with the majority of the threats made on Twitter in January.
A large number of bomb hoax communications were sent to schools and universities in Michigan, as well as American airlines, airports and news organisations, police said.
Several flights had to be grounded in January and two others escorted by military jets due to the threats.
The teenager remains in custody, where he is being question by specialist cyber crime detectives from Titan, the North West regional organised crime unit.
Police said he will also be spoken to about a series of "swatting" offences committed against US police departments and airports between October 2014 and March this year.
"Swatting" is a term used in the US to describe malicious phone calls or other communications in which the offender provides false information about a fictitious threat or incident at a specific location.
The common aim is to provoke an armed tactical response from the police.
Det Supt Jason Hudson, head of operations at Titan, said the arrest was "proportionate and necessary".