Thousands of people who could not use their water because of an abnormally high level of chlorine have been told it is now safe to do so.

Severn Trent had warned customers in Derbyshire and Leicestershire on Friday after finding high levels of the chemical at Castle Donington reservoir.
About 3,700 properties were affected.
"Before using your water, run your cold tap at full flow for five minutes, but after that it will be fine to use," the company said.
"As our network gets back to normal there may be times when your water supply is interrupted or you have discoloured water.
"This shouldn't persist and everything should settle down shortly, but you may see tankers travelling through the area."
It said although discoloured water was "unappealing" there was "no reason to believe there is any risk to your health".
The company said it was still investigating what caused the problem and "identifying how we can compensate" customers who were "directly affected for an extended period of time".
The latest advice came after Severn Trent said it had flushed the network and tested the water.
On Saturday, it had handed out free bottles of water to affected customers at Sainsbury's in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, and Tesco in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Some of those affected criticised the way the situation had been handled and said bottles should have been distributed at more places than just the two supermarkets.
Severn Trent tried to reassure customers who may have drunk the water, saying the warning was a precautionary measure.
It told customers that, if they did not notice a strong chlorine smell or taste in the water, it was "unlikely to have caused you any harm".
But it added that anyone with concerns should speak to a doctor.


Since the dawn of time, nature has been working hard, engineering everyone and everything to the highest standards on Earth.

Dragonflies that can propel themselves in any direction, sharks with skin with tiny scales that help them swim faster, termites able to build dens that always keep a steady and comfortable temperature inside - those examples are just a drop in the ocean of amazing nature-designed solutions.
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Granted, there have been a few individual attempts to copy nature's designs.
For instance, back in the 15th Century, Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci looked at birds' anatomy while sketching his "flying machine".
His device never took off, but the Wright brothers did manage to build the first aeroplane in 1903 - after years of observing pigeons.
Still, several decades had to pass before businesses began realising that nature could really help them too.
Probably one of the most notable nature-inspired technologies of the last century is the well-known hook-and-loop fastener, Velcro. The man who invented it, Swiss George de Mestral, is said to have been inspired by burrs he constantly removed from his dog's fur.
But it wasn't until the late 20th Century, that many firms really started to devote time, money and often an entire team of designers, specifically charged with looking at biological solutions to technological hurdles they came across.
"It is important to look at nature - after all, it has had 3.8 billion years to come up with ideas," says Janine Benyus, a natural history writer who coined the term "biomimicry" in 1998.
Ms Benyus was the first person to really describe this emerging science in her book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.
She says that after the book went viral, entrepreneurs from all over the world started calling her, seeking advice on resolving a particular issue in a non-traditional, nature-copying way.
So the world's first Biomimicry Institute was set up in 2005, with a team of consultants trained to help businesses.
"They come in, we learn what it is they're trying to do, and we look for that same function in the natural world - we do huge biological literature searches," says Ms Benyus.
"And then we say: 'Well, that's how nature has done it for 3.8 billion years!'
"And it's always a lot less energy, a lot less material, no toxins - a lot better."
Ms Benyus's clients range from Nasa to a multitude of companies of many different domains.
According to a well-known economist Lynn Reaser, on the global scale by 2025, biomimicry could affect about $1tn (£621 bn) of annual gross domestic product, and account for up to 1.6 million US jobs.
"There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and the third is mimicking at an ecosystem's level, like building a nature-inspired city," says Ms Benyus.
Businesses are usually interested in the first two categories, she adds - and a great example of the shape-based type is the Mirasol displays produced by a US mobile phone chip maker, Qualcomm.
Unlike regular screens with backlight or e-ink, these displays, which are still being developed, create colour by mimicking the way a butterfly's wings reflect sunlight.
The displays play video just like any other tablet or smartphone, but have a much longer battery life and softer-for-the-eyes effect of e-ink readers.
"The innovation has been inspired by the same natural principles that enable the reflective shimmer you see from a butterfly's wings or a peacock's feather," says Cheryl Goodman, senior marketing director of Qualcomm.
She explains that all the displays need for illumination is ambient light, thus being "both low power and viewable in a variety of lighting environments, including direct sunlight".
The company says that the products are pretty much ready and just need some final touches before appearing on the market - with a number of firms already toying with idea of using them in their products.
Ms Benyus says that besides Qualcomm, many other companies call her team of consultants on a daily basis, asking them to sift through the lengthy archive of our planet's extensive history.
She lists just a few examples.
For instance, a Canadian firm Whalepower mimics humpback whale flippers and uses the principle on wind turbines and fans, reducing the drag and increasing the lift.
A paint company Lotusan applies the lotus effect, mimicking the shape of the bump on a lotus leaf.
Lotus leaves are self-cleaning - they have tiny bumps that help remove the dirt when it rains.
Lodafen uses the principle in architecture designs - and in Europe, there are more than 350,000 buildings that have this kind of paint.
"And of course the high-speed train, Shinkansen bullet train in Japan - instead of having a rounded front, it has something that looks like a beak of a kingfisher, a bird that goes from air to water, one density of medium to another," she adds.
"So as the train enters a tunnel, it's quieter because there is no pressure wave as with ordinary trains; and it uses 15% less electricity, too."
She pauses momentarily, and then goes on to describe in detail a process-based type of biomimicry - solar cells that copy the natural process of photosynthesis, or creating energy from sunlight, in leaves.
When Professor Michael Graetzel from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland applied it to solar cells, he won the 2010 Millennium Prize.
He called his creation a dye-sensitized solar cell, or DSSC.
The main difference from a traditional solar cell is that DSSC does not require high-energy consuming silicon, but is instead made of titanium dioxide, used in white paint and toothpaste.
The dye in cells absorbs light just like chlorophyll in photosynthesis, releasing an electron that is conducted by the chemical electrolyte in the cell.
And while silicon solar cells require direct sunlight to generate electricity, DSSC uses any light, and works even in very low light conditions indoors or outdoors, and regardless of the panel's orientation.
It can then power a broad range of electronic devices such as remote controls, wireless keyboards, mobile phones, e-readers, and much more.
"Nature possesses infinite patience in developing and perfecting processes, including those to produce energy such photosynthesis, and by mimicking and adapting [them] we can develop technology that is useful, low cost and aligns to our fragile environment," says Marc Thomas, CEO of Dyesol Inc., the company that makes the cells.
Glass is a well-known hazard for birds, continues Ms Benyus.
A US glass maker Ornilux decided to tackle this problem by observing spiders.
Certain species of spiders, in particular the Orb Weaver, have certain ultraviolet-reflective materials in their webs' silk, to warn birds about the web's presence.
Birds may not see a regular web, but they spot UV-reflective materials very clearly, thus avoiding destroying the web and the spider's prey.
"It is the reflective and transparent properties of glass that make it dangerous for birds," says Lisa Welch of Ornilux.
"Birds do not 'see' the glass, but instead respond to reflections of sky and vegetation on the glass, seeing a tree to land on or a flight path to the sky.
"The way to make glass visible to birds is to create visual markers on the glass, alerting them to the presence of a solid object."
Using UV-reflective materials on the glass was a solution - the window stays transparent to people, but not to birds.
A number of buildings around Europe and North America now sport this ingenious glass, possibly saving many birds' lives.
"I'm sure all of the answers to what we are wanting to solve exist in some form or another, in nature," says Ms Welch.
"Inherently, nature provides balanced, symbiotic solutions.
"Human beings have demonstrated a terrible track record of maintaining environmental balance in trying to solve 'problems'.
"So copying nature may just be the way to go."


A man has been sentenced for downloading indecent images of children - some aged just five - on his laptop.

Carlisle Crown Court heard how Robert Jackson, of Alexandria Street, downloaded 62 photographs between 2010 and 2014.
The 32-year-old admitted three counts of making indecent images of children - 20 of which were classed as being category A - the most serious.
He was given an eight-month jail sentence suspended for two years.
The hearing was told that Jackson had tried to get help for his offending before getting caught.
He was also made the subject of an 18-month supervision order and will be on the sex offenders' register for 10 years.


A driver has died a month after a crash in Conwy county in which a woman was also killed.

A silver Renault Clio and a black Mercedes SLK collided on the A543 near Pentrefoelas just before 15:45 GMT on 27 February.
The female passenger from the Mercedes, who was in her forties, died at the scene.
North Wales Police said the driver of the car - also in his forties - died at hospital in Stoke  on Wednesday.
The driver of the Renault Clio was also taken to hospital but has since been discharged, police said.


A man has been jailed for the hit-and-run death of a four-year-old girl who was struck by his speeding car when it mounted a pavement in Merseyside.

Violet-Grace Youens died after Aidan McAteer's car struck her on Prescot Road, St Helens, on 24 March.
McAteer pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing at Liverpool Crown Court.
He was handed a jail sentence of nine years and four months.


Police have launched an investigation after a number of people apparently tried to sell their votes in the independence referendum online.

Votes for the 18 September ballot were listed on internet auction site eBay, which has since removed the items.
The Electoral Commission said both the selling and buying of votes was illegal.
One online listing offered buyers a "unique piece of British history".
The Glasgow-based vendor wrote that he was selling his vote - with a starting price of 99p - because he did not "give a flying monkeys [sic] about any of this".
He went on: "This is my very own unique piece of British History!
"This could be the deciding vote. Who knows? I am a hard working Scottish citizen with a house, a gorgeous wife and 2 beautiful kids who are my world.
"This vote will not change anything in our lives so I have decided not to vote."
The listing was signed off: "Happy Bidding."
A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said it had made an agreement with eBay that any such "votes for sale" listings would be taken down and referred to police.
She added that selling and buying votes was a criminal offence that could lead to a year in prison or a "substantial" fine.
"Anyone that believes an offence may have been committed, for instance because bids were made on a vote advertised as 'for sale', should refer this matter to the police," she told the BBC.
"We advise eBay to refer any such cases to the police themselves."
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We will respond appropriately to any issues which arise.
"We are investigating these incidents and therefore cannot comment on the outcome of these incidents until all inquiries are concluded.
Where other incidents are reported they will be investigated and appropriate action taken."


Jess Varnish will not appeal against her omission from Great Britain's cycling team for Rio 2016, saying it would be a "pointless" process.

Varnish, 25, was dropped from the squad in April after finishing fifth in the team sprint at the World Championships.
She later said she was the victim of sexist comments from technical director Shane Sutton, who has since resigned.
The sprinter says she will now "move on" with her life but believes she will compete for Great Britain again.
The squad for August's Rio Games was announced last Friday but Varnish said she did not hear from new British Cycling technical director Andy Harrison until the following Tuesday.
While Harrison revealed a new process of appeals alongside the squad details, Varnish believes nothing has changed.
"No reason for my non-selection was given," she said. "It is heavily weighted in favour of British Cycling, puts significant financial risk on the athlete, and ultimately comes down to selectors' discretion.
"It's pretty plain to see that selectors' discretion would not be in my favour and appealing would be a pointless process.
"It's sad that an organisation that once prided itself on fact and data, now pick and choose riders on discretion. I know I'm not the only rider to feel like this."
Friday's squad announcement came after a tumultuous few months for the sport in Britain in the run-up to the Olympics, which start on 5 August.
A number of reviews are ongoing at the sport's national governing body after Sutton quit amid claims of sexism and use of derogatory language towards Para-cyclists.
Allegations against Sutton - which he denies - are being investigated, while a wider review into whether there are "fundamental behavioural issues" in British Cycling's World Class Programme will report back after the Olympics.
A third inquiry is also underway into claims official British Cycling kit was available to buy online.
Varnish had said in May she believed she was "a world-class athlete" and had "the ability to win more medals".
However, at the time of her dropping from the squad, Sutton told the Daily Telegraph: "There is no point carrying on and wasting UK Sport's money on someone who is not going to medal going forward."
The 2011 world silver medallist is now pursuing a career in personal training, and is hoping to study sports nutrition at university.


A website glitch has meant many people trying to buy some of the first tickets for the new Borders to Edinburgh railway were unable to do so.

Most of the new stations were not recognised by the ScotRail website.
Galashiels to Edinburgh tickets could be booked but at almost three times the previously announced price.
ScotRail said it was due to a technical glitch with the Thetrainline website which they were working to correct as soon as possible.
The 30-mile rail route between Tweedbank and Edinburgh is due to take its first passengers on 6 September.
It was expected that tickets would go on sale on Sunday but the website issues left many people unable to make their purchases.
A number took to social media to voice their concerns at the situation.
ScotRail stressed that the price currently being quoted for the trip from Galashiels to Edinburgh was not representative of those which would be charged to travel on the Borders line.
"We are working with Thetrainline to get that fixed," a spokeswoman said.
"It is a technical glitch on the Thetrainline website."
Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker said he understood public frustration and said he had contacted ScotRail to seek a swift solution.
"I think it is fair to say it could have gone better from ScotRail's point of view - it's not good that we have had this hiccup," he said.
"Certainly on the first day that tickets go on sale I can totally understand the Borders public's frustrations.
"What I can say is that we have contacted ScotRail and we are asking them to get it changed as quickly as possible and make sure the correct information is out there.
"Hopefully that will be done in the very imminent future."
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The German state of Bavaria has announced plans to ban the full-face veil in government workplaces, schools, universities and while driving.

"Communication happens not only via language but also looks, facial expressions and gestures," said state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
But critics say the ban will have little practical impact in a state with only a small number of Muslims.
They say the regional government is eyeing upcoming federal elections.
The state's ruling conservatives, the Christian Social Union (CSU), are wary of a challenge from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the polls in seven months' time.
The draft law introduced on Tuesday evening would see the niqab (face-covering veil) and burka (face and body veil) banned in public institutions as well as places such as when dealing with police and in polling stations where identity is key.
The CSU - sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - holds an absolute majority in the regional parliament, so the legislation looks set to be passed before the summer break.
Communication is the "foundation of our interactions with each other and it's the basis of our free and democratic order", Mr Herrmann said.
"Concealing your face is at odds with this culture of communication," he added.
When asked by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper how many state civil servants would be affected by the ban, he said none. But he said it was important that legislation was in place to keep the veil out of such public spaces.
The newspaper quoted Green deputy Ulrike Gote, who is opposed to a ban, as saying it "solved a problem we don't have" and was merely a political gesture that implied that Islam posed a threat to German society.
Bavaria was targeted in several of the bloody attacks which hit Germany last year - some carried out by Muslim migrants.
That prompted its prime minister to urge the government to address immigration-related concerns.
Germany has accepted more than a million migrants, mostly from Muslim nations, into the country over the past 18 months.
On Wednesday, the German cabinet agreed draft rules on deportations. They mean rejected asylum seekers will be deported more quickly and more will be sent home.
The new rules would also, controversially, allow authorities to check asylum seekers' phones and computers for data if there are doubts about their nationalities.
Germany has not pursued a total ban on full-face veils as it is acknowledged this would violate its constitution.
But Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has proposed a ban in public buildings and Mrs Merkel has urged state governments to ban them where possible.
There has been a rise in the number of European nations banning the full-face veil over recent years.
France, Austria, Belgium and Turkey have all imposed a ban in certain public spaces. Legislation supporting a ban is in progress in the Netherlands, while local bans apply in other nations including Denmark, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.


A French diplomat, who has been charged with raping his three-year-old daughter, has been released from an Indian prison on bail.

Pascal Mazurier, who was a consular official in the southern city of Bangalore, was arrested in June after complaints from his Indian wife.
The court has ordered Mr Mazurier to surrender his passport and pay 100,000 rupees ($1,895; £1,175) for his bail.
The envoy has made no comment on the charges yet.
Mr Mazurier was held in the crowded Parapanna Agrahara jail, on the outskirts of Bangalore, which houses more than 4,000 convicts and under trials.
His wife Suja Jones Mazurier, who accused him of sexually abusing their daughter, has appealed to the French ambassador in India and the Indian government to not allow her husband to leave the country until all legal proceedings are complete.
She has also asked the French embassy for financial support for herself and her three children, who are French citizens.


Nearly 20 million people in China could be exposed to water contaminated with arsenic, a study suggests.

Scientists used information about the geology of the country to predict the areas most likely to be affected by the poison.
The report is published in the journal Science.
Arsenic occurs naturally in the Earth's crust, but if it leaches into groundwater, long-term exposure can cause serious health risks.
These include skin problems and cancers of the skin, lungs, bladder and kidney.
Geological maps
Until now, estimating the scale of arsenic contamination in large countries has been difficult.
China is thought to have more than 10 million drinking wells, and each needs to be screened to establish whether any toxic compounds are present. This process could take decades.
Instead, researchers from Switzerland and China looked at geological maps of the country.
Dr Annette Johnson, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) and a co-author of the study, explained: "In the last few years the amount of geospatial information - electronic maps - that's become available is large. You have information such as climate data, land use, and distance to the river or elevation."
Using this information, and by looking at the types of rocks present in the country, and in particular their age, the researchers pinpointed the regions where the toxic element is most likely to be found.
Their findings suggest that 19.6 million people in China could be exposed to unsafe levels in their drinking water, including some living in areas areas not previously thought to be at risk.
Dr Johnson told the BBC World Service programme Science in Action: "They are areas along river basins where there is irrigation and agriculture, including areas that were known previously such as the Huhhot basin in Inner Mongolia, but there are also new areas in the central Sichuan province and along the east coast."
The researchers say the findings could help the Chinese authorities with their well-screening programmes.
Dr Johnson explained: "What it is very important to do is to go to the areas that are hotspots and screen those first. The chances are you will find more contaminated wells than wells that are not contaminated.
"And in the other areas, you still have to make sure you do screening for arsenic, but it is probably not such a high priority."
Wells that are contaminated could be either treated or taken out of use, she added.
The researchers believe this new prediction method could used elsewhere around the world.
Arsenic contamination of groundwater is found in central Europe, South America, parts of the US and Asia.
But one country that could benefit is Bangladesh, where arsenic poisoning has been described by the World Health Organization as a "public health emergency".
It is estimated that between 35 million and 77 million people there are at risk of drinking contaminated water.


Eilish McColgan won gold and silver medals at the British indoor team trials, which help to determine places for the European Indoor Championships.

McColgan was runner-up to Sarah McDonald in the 1500m, but had already edged out Steph Twell to win the 3000m.
Eilidh Doyle looks certain to be racing at the Belgrade event in March as she won the 400m on Sunday in Sheffield.
Guy Learmonth won the 800m and Allan Smith leapt to the high jump title for the second time in three years.
Lasswade's Learmonth led from start to finish and crossed the line in one minute 48.19 seconds, while Paisley-born Smith's jump of 2.25m earned him the British indoor title once again.
Three other Scots were on the podium, all winning bronze medals - Mhairi Hendry in the 800m, Courtney MacGuire in the pole vault and Grant Plenderleith in the 200m.
The team announcement is not due until 21 February, after next weekend's Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham.


England winger Jack Nowell could be out for more than two months after surgery on his thumb.

The 23-year-old Exeter Chiefs player featured in all three of England's wins over Australia in June.
Nowell will miss Exeter's three pre-season games and their opening Premiership fixtures against semi-finalists Wasps and champions Saracens.
"It is potentially something like an eight-to-10-week injury," Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told the club website.


Croatia have been deducted a point from Euro 2016 qualifying Group H as punishment for a swastika painted on the pitch before a match against Italy.

Uefa also fined the Croatian Football Federation (CFF) 100,000 Euros (£70,000) and ordered their next two games to be played in an empty stadium.
Croatia are also barred from holding qualifiers in Split, which hosted the 1-1 draw with Italy on 12 June.
The CFF claim the incident was an act of "sabotage" and can appeal.
Croatia remain top of Group H, a point above Italy, even with the deduction.
The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for next summer's finals in France.
See all of the qualifying tables here.


Motherwell captain Keith Lasley is keen to avoid the Premiership play-offs, having experienced them two years ago.

With four games remaining, the Steelmen occupy 11th place in the Premiership table, a position Lasley describes as "a pressure situation".
Well beat Rangers 6-1 over two legs in the play-off final in 2015.
"The aggregate scoreline looked great, but the actual experience itself was not very enjoyable, I can assure you," Lasley told BBC Scotland.
"The play-offs are something I don't want to experience again and I know the other guys who were involved don't want to be.
"The message for the guys who weren't involved is certainly loud and clear. We would take a nice boring eighth- or ninth-place finish right now."
Motherwell are seven points ahead of bottom side Inverness Caley Thistle, with only one point separating them from 10th-placed Hamilton Accies and Dundee in ninth.
As well as using their previous play-off experience to help to ensure they retain their Premiership status, the Motherwell players have also been told to consider the futures of other staff at their club who will be affected should the team be relegated.
"As a player you're so focused on your own training and preparing for each game so you kind of forget everything that's going on round about you," said Lasley.
"There is such good work going on at this football club, such as season ticket initiatives and the Well Society, so we know the primary driver for all of that is what happens on a Saturday, so it's time for us to stand up and do our bit."
Lasley revealed that Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson has made it clear to the players that the onus is on them.
The midfielder continued: "Players will always get another chance, managers and coaches get opportunities somewhere at some stage, but other people don't, so we know the importance and we value that importance."
Robinson says he listened to the impassioned interview given by Raith Rovers manager John Hughes earlier in the week, during which he too spoke about the players' responsibilities.
"I listened to the interview and he was 100% right about humility and about the people's lives it affects," said the manager.
"So we've made that clear to everyone and we've asked everyone to pull that together because this is a club that is important to everybody's hearts."


British number one Johanna Konta missed out on a first WTA final by losing her semi-final against Karolina Pliskova 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-3 at Eastbourne.

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Konta, 25, edged a tie-break in the first set, but the quality of the Czech's relentless serving told.
Hometown favourite Konta had beaten 2010 champion Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 earlier in the day in a rain-delayed quarter-final.
Konta is seeded 16th at Wimbledon and plays Monica Puig in the first round.
After defeats in the second rounds of the Birmingham and Nottingham grass-court events, Konta's run to the last four provides valuable preparation ahead of her arrival at the All England Club as the first British female seed since Jo Durie in 1984.
It was also one better than last year's run to the quarter-finals as the world number 146.
Since then though Konta has risen into the world's top 20 and her frustration at being unable to break down world number 17 Pliskova was clear in her on-court discussions with coach Esteban Carill.
The Briton's failure to convert three break-back points from 0-40 up in the fifth game of the second set proved costly as  Pliskova served out and she never recovered after losing her first two service games in the decider.


England manager Gareth Southgate says he wanted his side to wear poppies on their shirt against Scotland on Friday.

Players from both sides will defy a Fifa ban on wearing poppies on their armbands when they meet in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Armistice Day.
World governing body Fifa has banned symbols with "political, religious or commercial" meanings.
"The poppy commemorates a lot more than that, it is a history of what we are as a team," said interim boss Southgate.
"It represents the team. It is a very important part of history and tradition of what we are as a nation, to have freedom of speech to make statements as we see fit, owes to those people who gave their lives in two wars.
"It was important that we can wear the armbands and it was great to get that resolved last week and for it not to be a distraction."
Southgate expects another "fantastic atmosphere" when England and Scotland meet, but does not wish to see a return to regular fixtures between the two countries.
The annual Home Internationals, featuring England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, were abolished in 1984 and Southgate says his players already encounter enough "British-type" games in their respective leagues.
"I think both sides would like to test themselves against South American opposition, African opposition, other European countries," he added.
"You need to give players that different type of experience.
"Where everything fits into place about fixture planning and playing different types of opposition, for Scotland and ourselves we get lots of British-type matches every week in our leagues."
Southgate has named a 25-man squad for the games against Scotland on Friday and Spain next Tuesday, 15 November.
Forward Theo Walcott's wife is expecting their second child and Southgate is aware the Arsenal forward could "disappear at any time", but Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere has been recalled to the squad after making a successful start to his season-long loan at Bournemouth.
"There has never been any questioning his quality, I feel he is a player that can play at the highest level," said Southgate.
Tottenham forward Harry Kane is also available after returning to first-team action on Sunday, but team-mate Dele Alli missed out because of injury.
"The first thing I have to do with Harry is check how he is," added Southgate. "It is great to see him back scoring and back scoring and with a smile on his face.
"He [Alli] is a super player, I like him a lot and have worked with him since he was in the Under-18s. It is a shame for us for him to miss two matches with England."
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Ten-man Bury let slip a two-goal lead - and missed out on a seventh straight league win - as they drew with Wigan.

Nathan Cameron opened the scoring with a bullet header into the top corner before Shakers substitute Tom Pope headed in Reece Brown's cross.
Bury had Chris Hussey sent off for a second bookable offence, and a Cameron own goal then gave Wigan hope.
Their comeback was complete when Craig Morgan drove in an equaliser from the edge of the box to earn a point.
Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"I'm looking at the game overall and we certainly did enough out of possession to win the game, we were in control.
"I never felt threatened until the sending off. I never felt they laid a glove on us, they got up to our 20-metre win and then if fizzled out.
"The inconsistency of the referee's performance - he was making it up in the end.
"Wigan's not beaten us, the situation of poor officiating has just ripped the heat out of the result."
Wigan boss Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"It wasn't great to be honest. When you're coming away from home you want to be solid and not give anything away.
"We said we wanted to be brave on the ball and dictate the game and I thought we were outstanding at that.
"We had a lot of composure, we played our game, but we can't defend our box the way we did and give teams a two-goal start.
"I know a lot about the character of the group, that's there in abundance, they never know that they're beat, but we need to be more ruthless in both boxes."


What would be the repercussions if Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish MPs were barred from voting on laws that only apply in England?

The issue - dubbed the West Lothian question - is being discussed during a House of Commons debate about further devolution to Scotland and UK-wide constitutional change following September's independence referendum.
Currently MPs from the devolved nations can vote on English laws, even if they do not affect their own countries.
So what would the changes actually mean for Wales?
Prof Richard Wyn Jones, director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, explains.
There are some tricky technical issues around implementation of English votes for English laws, but assuming they can be overcome then here are two obvious reasons why people in Wales should care.
Firstly, implementing the change would reduce the role of Welsh MPs at Westminster.
It is not clear that this is a huge concern for the Welsh electorate. The recent ICM/BBC poll suggested that a narrow majority in Wales actually support preventing Welsh MPs voting on England-only matters.
But it is a matter that some of the MPs involved care passionately about.
Secondly, any moves towards recognising England as a distinct unit within the UK would be simplified if the boundary between Wales and England became more clearly delineated.
At the moment it remains significantly more fuzzy than the England-Scotland legal and administrative border.
So, for example, it seems clear that English votes for English laws would be easier to implement if Wales were to move to a "reserved powers" model of devolution (as now supported by all the parties in Wales) -  with the law clearly setting out what is reserved to Westminster and what is not to avoid legal disputes.
It is also likely that any move towards the England-only votes would be another nail in the coffin of the unified England and Wales legal jurisdiction.
When David Cameron raised the spectre of English votes for English laws in the immediate aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, he was responding to several different developments.
A widespread belief among the English population that their country is not fairly treated in the aftermath of devolution is clearly one of them. A sense shared by many Tory members and backbench MPs.
Supporting the change in voting is also part of the prime minister's response to the growing threat of UKIP.
Quite simply, Cameron cannot afford to allow UKIP to be the only party articulating English resentment about their place in the post-devolution UK.
But it's also pretty clear that talking about England makes the current Labour leadership very uncomfortable, and that is also something that will not have escaped the prime minister's attention.
Labour is torn on the English question.
On the one hand there are some English Labour MPs - John Denham is a good example - who have been arguing for a long time that the party needs to embrace a distinctive English agenda.
On this reading, Labour simply cannot afford to be left behind on this issue.
But on the other hand, many Welsh and Scottish Labour MPs are vitriolically opposed to any development that would lead to a diminution in their influence.
At the moment it appears that Ed Miliband's instinct is to side with the latter.
But given the lack of support for Labour's alternative, namely stronger regional government within England, the party may eventually find itself forced to take England seriously as a political community in itself.
A lot depends on the actual form of English votes for English laws implemented - it's a term that covers a very wide spectrum of possible arrangements.
But clearly, their influence at Westminster would be reduced.
Some might argue that the number of roles that Welsh MPs might play in government would also be reduced.
My own view, however, is that we've reached that point already.
Even now, is it really possible to imagine a Welsh MP becoming health secretary in a UK government given that health has already been devolved to Wales? Probably not.
But certainly not after any scheme of English votes for English laws were put in place.


A 52-year-old man has died after crashing his motorbike on an Edinburgh road.

The incident happened at about 17:20 on the eastbound carriageway of the city's West Approach Road.
A female passenger who also fell from the motorbike was uninjured.
The carriageway remains closed while police officers carry out crash investigation work. Police Scotland urged anyone who saw the incident to come forward.
In particular, officers want to trace a male cyclist who was seen in the area, having joined the West Approach Road at its junction with Roseburn Street.
Insp Brenda Sinclair, of Police Scotland, said: "Tragically, a man has passed away as a result of this incident and my thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
"Our inquiries into this matter are ongoing and I ask anyone with relevant information to contact police on 101.
"I also appeal directly to the male cyclist to contact police immediately."


Google did not infringe patents owned by software developer Oracle, a jury in a California court found on Wednesday.

The Silicon Valley giants had fought over whether Google used Oracle's Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system.
Two weeks ago the same jury ruled that Google infringed Oracle's copyright, but could not agree whether Google's actions constituted "fair use".
The internet search giant maintains Android was built "from scratch".
Oracle sued Google in August 2010, saying Android infringed its intellectual property rights.
Google said it does not violate Oracle's patents and that Oracle cannot copyright certain parts of Java, which is an "open-source", or publicly available, software language.
Without a finding against Google on the "fair use" issue, Oracle cannot recover the up to $1bn (Â£637m) in damages it was seeking.
The case focused not on using the Java programming language itself, but rather the use of 37 application programming interfaces (APIs) which help developers create software on the platform.
With internet innovation moving fast, it is common for software writers to adapt APIs that mini-programs use to "talk" to one another.
The jury concluded that Google infringed on 37 copyrighted APIs but it also agreed that Google demonstrated that it was led to believe it did not need a license for using Java.


Crowds of Jeremy Corbyn worshippers were turned away from an overflowing anti-austerity rally at the Quaker Meeting House in Brighton on Monday night.

In the end, the man himself did not appear, but they stuck around anyway to witness a display of the kind of old-time socialist religion that was meant to have died out with the advent of Tony Blair.
Impromptu speeches by trade union leaders on the steps of the meeting house, to the distant sound of wild cheering and applause from the hall. Calls for unity and solidarity. Warnings about establishment conspiracies.
This was the kind of politics that you don't see on television any more.
And there was plenty of scorn for the media among those waiting to get in.
"When are you going to report something positive about Jeremy?," asked one woman on learning I worked for the BBC. She was quickly joined by others.
My protestations about impartiality cut little ice with them.
"The attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell over the past few weeks in the media are just the start of what's going to come," warned Fire Brigades Union leader Matt Wrack.
"They are lies!" cried a voice from the crowd.
Corbyn and McDonnell "represent a serious challenge to the establishment, in reality to the British ruling class" he told the crowd.
"MI5, Special Branch and the CIA are all watching this conference, and watching what is going on in the shadow cabinet, with the aim of undermining it."
Wrack's union is no longer affiliated to the Labour Party. Like many others at Monday night's event they walked away during the Blair years when the party abandoned their traditional brand of socialism.
They backed Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid but "didn't expect to get very far".
Now, said Wrack, to the amazement of many people who had given up on politics, they had "the beginnings of a genuine mass political movement of the left for the first time in decades".
Katy Clark, who lost her North Ayrshire and Arran seat to the SNP in May, said she still couldn't believe John McDonnell was actually the shadow chancellor. She told a story about Jeremy Corbyn that cast him in a saintly light - he had donated his shoes to raise funds for the Palestinian solidarity campaign and cycled home in his socks.
Inside the hall, Ian Hodson, president of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, was battling a faulty microphone as he rallied the crowd with the kind of speech that makes words like "barnstorming" and "firebrand" redundant.
"No factions, in-fighting or division!" he shouted, echoing the message of many speakers.
"The difference between a worker and a slave is the right to withdraw your labour," he said as he launched an attack on the government's Trade Union bill.
"We will fight. We will fight against these people who want to take our human rights, we will work with those people who believe in democracy. We will take the necessary action, which includes civil disobedience."
John McDonnell's speech was more measured, but no less clear in its message: The Labour Party was firmly on the side of the workers again. He repeated his call for non-violent direct action to defend trade union rights and fight cuts, praising disabled activists who had occupied the offices of fitness-to-work test company Atos.
He ended with a call for solidarity and was greeted by a standing ovation and a chorus of "the workers, united, will never be defeated".
McDonnell's left has spent so long on the margins of the Labour Party that they had given up hope of wielding real influence, let alone being elected to the leadership.
The Labour Representation Committee, which organised Monday night's event, was formed by McDonnell and a tiny group of supporters frustrated by Labour's direction under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Taking its name from a precursor of the Labour Party, set up by Kier Hardie in 1900, the idea had been to form a new party to represent the working classes and trade unionists in Parliament.
But it hadn't really worked, explained founding member Gordon Nordell to the crowd outside the Quaker Meeting House.
Instead of cheering crowds, the same "six, seven, eight, nine, ten" people turned up to meetings - and that was "no fun".
That has all changed now though. They can't quite believe it, but they have got their party back.


The world's most commonly-used Type 2 diabetes drug could be used to treat non-diabetic conditions, according to Dundee University researchers.

An international study led by the university said there was "strong evidence" of metformin's anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers said this "may prove significant" in relation to non-diabetic cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Metformin has been in use for more than 50 years.
The study said the drug "continues to reveal significant possibilities for treatments other than those for diabetes."
The drug is also undergoing new clinical trials to determine if it can promote healthy ageing.
The study is being led by Professor Chim Lang and Dr Graham Rena, from the university's division of molecular and clinical medicine.
Professor Lang said: "The anti-inflammatory effects of the drug were observed, not only in those with diabetes, but also in a cohort of non-diabetic heart failure patients."
Dr Rena said: "We found that this drug acts differently to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by inhibiting a different target."
Dr Rena said the next step would be to establish exactly how the drug inhibits this target and to identify "specific non-diabetic" patient groups that benefit from the anti-inflammatory properties.
Prof Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart Foundation said: "These findings offer further evidence that old drugs can perform new tricks.
"Repurposed medicines can much more quickly benefit patients.
"If this existing and affordable drug can be repurposed as a heart disease treatment, then this is excellent news for the 2.3 million people in the UK living with the condition.
"We look forward to seeing how the research progresses in patient studies."


England women will play Italy and Austria in April in their last home games before this summer's European Championship in the Netherlands.

Mark Sampson's side will host Italy at Port Vale's Vale Park on Friday, 7 April, three days before meeting Austria at MK Dons' Stadium MK.
Their opening match of Euro 2017 is against Scotland in Utrecht on Wednesday, 19 July.
England are in the United States for the SheBelieves Cup.
There they will face the three top-ranked teams in the world - the USA, Germany and France.
They face France in their opening match, in Pennsylvania on 1 March
They will then face the hosts and world champions in New Jersey on 4 March, and European and Olympic champions Germany in Washington on 7 March.


The Liberal Democrats have shown they have "the mettle to take the tough decisions but the right decisions" in government, their Welsh leader says.

Launching the party's Welsh manifesto in Talgarth, Powys, Kirsty Williams said it had "opportunity at its heart", with  more money for public services.
Higher spending on English education would mean an extra £150m for Wales over the next five years, she said.
The Welsh NHS could also get an extra £450m, Ms Williams added.
The Welsh Lib Dems would seek to spend the extra money for education on the poorest pupils.
Ms Williams said the introduction of the Welsh pupil premium "has been my proudest achievement".
Additional Lib Dem health spending in England would also generate an additional £450m for the Welsh NHS, Ms Williams said.
The Welsh government would decide how to spend the money, but the Welsh Lib Dems would urge it be spent on their health priorities of safer nurse staffing levels on hospital wards and equal status for mental health.
The party also wants to see the the full implementation of the Silk Commission proposals on further Welsh devolution and a "proper fair funding system for Wales".
The Lib Dems have already announced plans to make it easier for young people to rent homes and review the way the Welsh government is funded.
Elsewhere on the campaign trail on Wednesday, Labour has announced that firms getting major Welsh government contracts will have to offer apprenticeships.
Plaid Cymru argued that "equality of funding" for Wales with Scotland offers the "best hope" for protecting public services such as the NHS.
The Conservatives are focusing on their manifesto commitment to pass a law to guarantee a Tax Free Minimum Wage.
Launching UKIP's manifesto, party leader Nigel Farage promised to reform the formula used by the UK Treasury to decide the budget for the devolved governments, to give Wales and England a "better and fairer deal".


A man has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle 35 Afghan Sikhs into the UK in a shipping container.

One of the migrants, Meet Singh Kapoor, died in the overnight crossing from Belgium to Tilbury Docks last August.
Taha Sharif, 38, of High Cross Road, Tottenham, was convicted following a seven-week trial at Basildon Crown Court.
The jury is yet to reach a verdict on three other defendants, who are all from Northern Ireland.
Stephen McLaughlin, 34, of Limavady, Londonderry; Timothy Murphy 33, of Elmgrove, Londonderry; and Martin McGlinchey, 47, of Derryloughan Road, Coalisland, County Tyrone, deny conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The container was discovered on 16 August last year when docks staff heard "screaming and banging" coming from inside, Essex Police said.
The group of Afghan Sikh migrants, which included 15 children, is believed to have fled Afghanistan after suffering persecution.


Williams are to part company with chief technical officer Pat Symonds.

The 63-year-old, who joined the team in 2013, is "stepping down at the end of 2016", the team said in a statement.
Symonds' departure precedes the expected arrival at Williams of Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe, who is to join next season.
Lowe's departure - from the team whose technical side he has overseen for three consecutive world titles - has not yet been officially confirmed.
Williams paid tribute to Symonds for his efforts in "overseeing a strong turnaround in the team's performances on the race track".
Williams finished ninth in the constructors' championship in 2013, followed by third in 2014 and 2015, and fifth this year.
Symonds has been in F1 for 25 years and won a total of four world titles with Michael Schumacher at Benetton in 1994-95 and Fernando Alonso at the team's successor Renault in 2005-6.
But he was also found guilty for his part in fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in the 'crash-gate' scandal and was banned from F1 for five years.
He returned as a consultant for the Marussia team - now Manor - before joining Williams.


Almost 80 years after getting his first taste of driving in an Austin 7, John Wright from Pembrokeshire is still going strong behind the wheel.

At 92, he boasts no driving convictions, a 35-year no claims discount on his insurance and dreams of driving a Formula 1 racing car.
Mr Wright, who lives with his wife Maureen in Hazelbeach, near Neyland, is one of almost 5,900 drivers in Wales aged 90 or over.
He confidently drives his car three or four times a week to play at his local tennis clubs and has no qualms about travelling in traffic or at night.
Figures obtained by the BBC through a Freedom of Information request to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) show the number of motorists over 90 across the UK has surpassed 100,000.
The number of drivers who are 80 or over in Wales is 72,000, with Swansea, Cardiff and Carmarthenshire having the highest proportion - each with more than 5,000 who are 80 or over and more than 400 in each area are 90 or over.
Mr Wright's first experience of driving was in his friend's Austin 7, who let him drive home after a night out in Southampton during World War Two.
"It was before the age I should have been driving, but I managed alright," he said.
"I fumbled a bit with the gears and clutch, but we got home safely, mainly because there was nothing on the roads, just a few tanks."
Mr Wright said his first car was a Wolseley, followed by many more, but his favourite was an Essex-Terraplane.
"It was a fantastic car," he said, "it had tremendous acceleration, an aluminium body and two huge doors which opened forward.
"I remember I was taking a friend's father home from the pub and we went around a right hand corner and he hadn't closed the door properly. He decided to open it while we were turning and of course he flew out!"
At 15, Mr Wright was taken on by the Merchant Navy as a deck boy and did trips with troops heading to north Africa.
On one trip he recalled a collision with the battleship HMS Revenge and spent about two months in Singapore waiting for their ship to be repaired.
Mr Wright said he had lots of different jobs during his working life, joking "no one would have him for long".
They included business advisory, printing and keeping pubs with his wife Maureen.
Mr Wright said he used to take great pleasure from driving, but not so much these days.
For more than 20 years, he was the proud owner of a Scimitar - a sports car produced by British car manufacturer Reliant.
He said Prince Philip and Princess Anne had one and "she was always getting into trouble for speeding".
"When she had a police escort she used to outrun them and they used to get very peeved about that," he added.
But Mr Wright said he had to give up the car as he could not longer maintain it.
"It was an old car and it needed a lot of work and it was so expensive to find a good mechanic who knew what they were doing with a car like that," he said.
Mr and Mrs Wright said they would both be lost without driving.
"It's a life support in a sense," said Mr Wright, "there wouldn't be much left if I wasn't able to drive."
Asked what he thought made a good driver, he said is was all about being smooth: "Once you learn how to drive smoothly, you're much safer.
"When I was young, if I hadn't had an accident within 12 months I was looking for where it was coming from, but as I grew a bit older, I learned how to drive smoothly."
He added that a good driver understands the mechanics of the car, how it works and what it responds to.
"When Nigel Mansell was learning how to drive, his father said to him 'you've got to learn how to drive smoothly before you can ever drive fast', and that is absolutely true."
Mr Wright said he was patient and sympathetic to people who make mistakes on the road.
"If you can think of a mistake that's been made on the road, I've already made it, so I don't look at someone else and say you're a bit of a fool, because I've been that fool.
"I don't even know where my horn is to honk at people!"
When he turned 90, Mr Wright drove an Aston Martin around Silverstone, clocking up speeds of 124mph, but was disappointed he could not go faster.
"Silverstone apparently has two tracks," he explained, "they have the Formula 1 track which is one of the straightest and fastest in the world, where you can do 200mph plus, and I was really looking forward to that.
"But I was put on the inner track which they allow people like me to drive around and it's really not possible to do more than 120-odd because of the bends."
Mr Wright said there was "a chap sitting next to me" and when he approached a corner far too quickly he was "bouncing in his seat yelling 'brake, brake!'
"I didn't hear a thing as I was wearing a helmet with ear pads and I'm not too good at hearing anyway," he added.
Mr Wright said he had no fear of speed and would love to drive a McLaren Formula 1 race car, which can do 240mph.
He thinks it would be a great way to mark his 100th birthday.


Talks to restore Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions are continuing, with just nine days left before the government's deadline.

To focus minds, the government gave the parties a discussion paper setting out key areas for agreement.
They were given until lunchtime on Tuesday to respond to the draft paper.
It includes changes to the petition of concern, equality and respect around the Irish language, Ulster Scots and an armed forces covenant.
It also suggests a public consultation on plans to deal with the legacy of the Troubles, and details ways of making Northern Ireland's government more accountable. Details of the paper were published by journalist Brian Rowan.
Shadow secretary of state Owen Smith has said the government still has to convince the Stormont parties it will be impartial in the talks.
"I've not yet had that reassurance from [secretary of state] James Brokenshire or heard it from the other parties," said Mr Smith.
"In the conversations I had with parties last week when I took on the post, they were still concerned that it would be difficult for the British government to illustrate impartiality and I still think they've got a job of work to do persuade people of that."
Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March and without a first and deputy first minister since January.
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement and have been warned that if they cannot, direct rule could follow.
The deadline was set by Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
Speaking at a press conference at midday on Tuesday, Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly said it was Sinn Féin's intention to re-establish the institutions but that "that has to be on the basis of integrity and respect and a number of outstanding issues."
"This is about implementation of previous talks," he added.
He said that the continuing talks between the DUP and the Conservatives in London "could have an impact" on the talks at Stormont.
"Of course, what happens in Britain, and the DUP are hitching their wagon to the Tory government, will have on impact on what's happening here, we just don't know what it is yet," he said.
Mr Kelly also made it clear that Sinn Féin was not prepared to drop its demand that DUP leader Arlene Foster cannot become first minister while the inquiry into the RHI scandal continues.
Meanwhile, the DUP will resume negotiations with the Conservative Party in London on supporting a Tory minority government.
The party has been locked in negotiations with the Tories for more than week but it is still not clear when they might sign off on a deal.
It was thought an agreement might be reached before the Queen's Speech on Wednesday, but the parties have refused to be drawn on a timeframe.


Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has retired from playing after being named assistant to new coach Louis van Gaal.

Giggs, 40, made a club record 963 appearances for United and played 64 times for Wales.
He is the most decorated player in the English game, having won 13 league titles, four FA Cups and two Champions Leagues, among 34 trophies.
My dream was always to play for Manchester United
He said: "Today is a new chapter filled with many emotions - immense pride, sadness, but most of all, excitement."
Giggs never managed to reach a major international tournament with Wales. But he did skipper Team GB at London 2012, only to lose in the quarter-finals to South Korea on penalties.
He made his last appearance in the 3-1 win over Hull on 6 May, when he replaced youngster Tom Lawrence for the last 20 minutes of the game.
"My dream was always to play for Manchester United," he said.
"Although it saddens me to know I won't be pulling on a United jersey again as a player, I have been lucky enough to have fulfilled that dream playing with some of the best players in the world, working under an incredible manager in Sir Alex Ferguson and, most of all, playing for the greatest fans in world football.
"I am immensely proud, honoured and fortunate to have represented the biggest club in the world 963 times and Wales 64 times.
"United fans, I hope, will share and echo my belief that the club, the management and owners, are doing everything they can to return this great club to where it belongs. I hope to be there every step of the way."
Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward added: "Ryan Giggs has been one of the greatest players ever to wear the red shirt of Manchester United. What he has achieved will never be equalled in the English game."
Appearances: 963
Goals: 168
Trophies:
13 Premier League titles, 2 Champions League, 4 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 1 Uefa Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 Fifa Club World Cup, 8 Charity/Community Shields
Long-time team-mate Rio Ferdinand added on Twitter that Giggs had "so many gold medals he puts B.A. Baracus to shame".
Ferdinand, whose own United career ended last week, added that "no player" had adapted their game as well and as effectively "as Giggsy".
From making a goalscoring debut against Everton in 1991, the Cardiff-born player has remained at the very top of English football.
In addition to the huge number of medals, Giggs also has a host of personal accolades to his name.
His sensational goal against Arsenal in the 1999 semi-final replay has been voted the greatest FA Cup goal of all time.
He was voted the number one player in the Premier League era and, in 2009, was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Failing to reach the finals of a major tournament with Wales was a source of regret - the nearest he got was the 1994 World Cup.
His international retirement in 2007 was aimed at winning more honours at club level and he went on to collect a further four titles and the European Cup, when United defeated Chelsea on penalties in 2008.
Giggs, who was interim United boss for four matches following the sacking of former manager David Moyes, said: "Today is a fantastic day for Manchester United.
"Louis van Gaal is a great appointment and I am delighted to be working with someone of his calibre.
"His credentials are second to none and I'm positive the club will thrive under his leadership over the coming years."
After the downturn this season, when United failed to secure European football of any description, slumping to their lowest league finish in 24 years, Woodward will be hoping for a swift return to the style Giggs is so famous for.
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"In the way he played, he was the embodiment of a Manchester United player - fast, skilful, entertaining and determined to win by playing exciting football," said Woodward.
"His progress from the ranks of the famous Class of '92 to the most decorated player in this or any club's history is down to his hard work, ability and attitude.
"He is at the start of an exciting new chapter in his and the club's life but now is the right moment to reflect on the achievements of the finest British player of the last 25 years."
While Giggs's retirement marks the end of an era given he is the only player to have appeared in all 21 seasons of the Premier League, it does seem to pave the way towards taking the manager's seat himself at some point in the future.
Giggs has never made any secret of his managerial ambitions and former United assistant boss Mike Phelan feels he has the right credentials.
"He definitely has experience on his side and he has the name and the clout behind him because of who he is and what he has achieved," Phelan told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I think [Premier League management] is the natural progression for Ryan, and I think it will happen in the next two or three years."


Two social workers who were found in contempt of court after stopping a mother's contact with her children have had the finding against them quashed.

The pair, who both work for Edinburgh council but were not named in court, were found guilty of contempt in 2013.
A sheriff ruled they were in contempt for failing to obey a court order for a mother to have weekly contact with her sons, who had been taken into care.
But a judgement from the Court of Session has overturned that decision.
Three senior judges found there had been serious concerns for the wellbeing of the children and that the social workers, who were in a "difficult situation", had the best interests of the youngsters at heart.
In his ruling, judge Lord Malcolm said that a decision made by the social worker to suspend contact "out of a genuinely held concern" of risk to the children, could not be categorised as contempt of court.
The social workers, named in court papers as AB and CD, are "senior and experienced" employees who were found in contempt over their failure to obey a court order from May 2013.
Earlier that year, a children's hearing reduced contact between the mother and her boys, who were in care, from weekly to monthly.
But she appealed to the sheriff, who granted weekly contact with each child.
In July 2013, AB suspended contact, a decision approved by CD, her immediate superior.
AB referred to the boys being "distressed, distraught and at times traumatised" and wrote that it was her view" that the weekly contact could not be continued in good conscience, knowing the dire effect it has been having on both children".
Following a complaint letter from the mother's solicitor, the sheriff ultimately found that both social workers had failed to obey the court and found them guilty of a contempt of the authority of the court.
No penalty was imposed but they were found liable for the expenses of the proceedings.
The three Court of Session judges unanimously ruled in favour of the social workers on Friday.
Quashing the contempt ruling, Lord Malcolm said: "The court should be sensitive to the difficult situation in which these, and no doubt the other social workers involved, were placed.
"In the context of their long involvement in the case, and the burden of a duty to safeguard the welfare of the children, they adopted a precautionary approach."


Arsenal centre-back Shkodran Mustafi will be out for at least three weeks after injuring a hamstring during his side's 3-1 win over Stoke.

The German, 24, was forced off after 25 minutes at Emirates Stadium.
"It's a bad one. The minimum is 21 days," said Gunners boss Arsene Wenger of Mustafi's expected absence.
Arsenal have three games in that period, facing Everton away on Tuesday, Manchester City away on 18 December, and hosting West Brom on 26 December.
Mustafi joined Arsenal from Valencia in August for a fee in excess of £32m.
The victory over Stoke took Wenger's men top of the Premier League on goals scored over Chelsea, who face West Brom on Sunday at 12:00 GMT.
Charlie Adam's penalty gave the visitors the lead before Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and substitute Alex Iwobi made it 12 goals in three games for Arsenal.
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US President Barack Obama is to meet members of Nelson Mandela's family during his visit to South Africa, the White House says.

But officials confirmed that the president will not see the ailing leader himself, who is in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Obama is in Pretoria as part of his three-country tour of Africa and held talks with President Jacob Zuma.
They discussed economic co-operation as well as conflicts in the region.
Mr Mandela, who is 94, is critically ill in hospital, where he was admitted on 8 June with a recurring lung infection.
His ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, said on Friday she felt it would not be right for President Obama to visit him while he was in a critical condition.
"I'm not a doctor but I can say that from what he was a few days ago there is great improvement, but clinically he is still unwell," she said.
Mr Obama, who is travelling with his family, arrived in South Africa from Senegal on Friday evening.
In a joint news briefing on Saturday morning, President Zuma thanked the US for its historic anti-apartheid movement, and Mr Obama for his role in it.
He said Mr Obama and Mr Mandela were "bound by history as the first black presidents of your respective countries, thus you both carry the dreams of millions of people in Africa and in the diaspora who were previously oppressed".
Mr Zuma said Africa was rising, and that Mr Obama's visit was "well timed to take advantage of this growing market", calling for greater US investment in South Africa.
Mr Obama said the "moral courage" of Mr Mandela was an inspiration to many regions of the world which are divided by conflict.
During his weekend trip, the US president will visit Robben Island, where Mr Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
He is also expected to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu and give a major speech at the University of Cape Town. The address is due to take place on Sunday night.
On Friday, Mr Obama had said it was unlikely he would see Mr Mandela, saying he did not "need a photo op" with him.
Speaking on board Air Force One after leaving Senegal, he told reporters: "The last thing I want to do is to be in any way obtrusive at a time when the family is concerned with Nelson Mandela's condition."
"I think the main message we'll want to deliver is not directly to him, but to his family - is simply profound gratitude for his leadership all these years, and that the thoughts and prayers of the American people are with him, his family and his country."
The White House later confirmed that he and First Lady Michelle Obama will later "meet privately with members of the Mandela family to offer their thoughts and prayers at this difficult time".
"Out of deference to Nelson Mandela's peace and comfort and the family's wishes, they will not be visiting the hospital," said the statement.
Mr Obama met Mr Mandela in 2005 when he was still a US senator. Both men became the first black presidents of their nations and have received the Nobel Peace Prize.
His wife and daughters had a private meeting with Mr Mandela in 2011.
The US president has described Mr Mandela as a "hero for the world", whose "legacy will linger on through the ages", and who had inspired his own activism as a student.
Mr Obama will finish his Africa tour in Tanzania. It is his first prolonged trip to the continent since he became president in 2009.


What motivates armies of volunteers to brave the weather to trudge the streets in search of local election votes which will make the crucial difference for their party's chances?

Most people are not members of political parties and many treat politics as a spectator sport rather than something they actually participate in.
But the activist is different, giving their time and their energy for the cause of their party.
As a member of the Labour party for almost 35 years, Aberdeen GP Clare Wilkie knows a thing or two about pounding the pavements.
But she was not always what you might call an "active" activist.
Although she was a party member she did not go to meetings or go out campaigning.
So what changed?
"Politics is the way that we live together," she says.
"If we don't all participate and decide who we want to run things we really have no way of complaining when they are badly run.
"Politics formalises people's motivation to look after each other."
When I met her, Labour activists were out and about in Bridge of Don.
The party has been running Aberdeen City Council in a coalition with the Conservatives and independents.
They go into the election with one more council seat than their main rivals, the SNP, and they want to keep it that way.
Dr Wilkie says it is an area where you have to fight for every vote.
She says that while the 2014 Independence referendum and last year's EU referendum have left lasting divisions they have also energised more people to get involved in the political process.
A few miles up the Aberdeenshire coast is one such person.
Electrician Billy Sangster, from Newburgh, became an SNP activist in the run-up to the Independence referendum.
He had been a member of the party since 2007 but his involvement had not gone beyond reading the various newsletters he was emailed.
But he has now been involved in every campaign since 2014 and the local elections are no exception.
In the name of the party he has been bitten by a dog, wears special joiner's gloves to avoid letterbox blisters on his knuckles, and even once had his canvassing documents ripped up by an angry old lady.
But he says what irks him the most is trying to explain to the unconverted that the SNP is not just about a second independence referendum.
"We're fighting this on a local agenda with local issues," Billy says.
"You have to explain that your local councillor has very little influence over Nicola Sturgeon and that this is to do with the lighting in your street, potholes in the road, and who solves the dispute about the fence at the bottom of your garden."
In central Edinburgh going up and down seemingly endless flights of stairs in the city's tenements is a particular challenge facing canvassers.
For Lorna Slater of the Scottish Greens the trick is to trudge all the way up to the top and then work her way down.
It gets the climb, and therefore the worst part, over with.
And as for the leaflets she distributes, she is a roller rather than a folder as she reckons they are easier to get though letterboxes.
She says she always believes trudging the streets and plodding up and down tenement stairs is worth it, although she accepts that some people cannot be won over.
She got involved in the run-up to the 2014 referendum, with fighting climate change being her main motivation.
"I took environmental philosophy as part of my engineering degree and it made me see the world in a different way," she says.
"If we are to have a future as a species we can't be complacent.
"You can't have a working planet without a working human society."
In Midlothian, retired print worker David McDonald has now been pounding the pavements for the Liberal Democrats for nearly three decades.
He folds his leaflets rather than rolling them up, and says he is not bothered with getting his knuckles scraped on letterboxes, but has been bitten by dogs lying in wait behind front doors.
He says he finds the Lib Dems a good fit for the way he sees the world.
"I just felt that the community politics, the agricultural policies, all those things gelled together and said this is the party for me," he says.
"The pavement politics was the thing that clicked.
"So that's when I joined up to deliver leaflets. That was 1979."
He says he's been around long enough to see that politics goes in cycles with ups and downs and believes that the secret of being an activist is to hang on in there.
On Perth High Street the Conservatives have their gazebo set up and are targeting weekend shoppers.
After a career working internationally in the oil industry, Norman Grieve is now back in Perthshire campaigning in an area where the SNP has usurped what had traditionally been Tory territory.
He accepts they have a fight on their hands but insists they are up for it.
"I see a lot of people not really living in good conditions," he says.
"I don't like that.
"It makes me feel uncomfortable.
"I want Scotland to do well, I want people here to prosper and for the country to flourish."
Norman says he finds talking to people fascinating and that often the best conversations are with people he did not expect to want to engage.
Like most canvassers he has had his moments with cut fingers on letter boxes and dogs shredding leaflets he has put through.
His secret technique is using a kitchen spatula to get things through letter boxes without incident.
None of our five activists need to do what they do.
They are not paid, and there is no direct personal gain, and in some cases some real personal pain in terms of scraped knuckles, sore feet and dog bites.
Their political views might divide them, but to a woman and a man they are united in being a fundamental part of the glue which holds democracy together.
They might not realise it but without them it really wouldn't be the same.


The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is the world-famous Christmas Eve service held at King's College, Cambridge.

24 December 2016 Last updated at 09:14 GMT
It is broadcast on BBC radio, but unless you work at King's the only way to be there in person is to queue.
For more than 40 years, Ian de Massini has camped outside for three nights to ensure his place in the chapel.
He has been captivated since the first time he did it at the age of 16.
Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday when he first joined the queue, he said: "I had never experienced such ecstasy of being in a building of such beauty and simplicity. Coming home to this thing once a year reminds you of why we're here."
The Festival is separate to that of Carols from King's, which is broadcast on BBC TV on Christmas Eve but is recorded earlier in December.
The footage of carol singers used in this clip was shot during the TV rehearsal on 16 December.


Manchester United fans have been reacting to manager Louis van Gaal's sacking from the club.

23 May 2016 Last updated at 18:35 BST
He's been given the boot after two years.
United finished fifth in the Premier League this season, which means missing out on the Champions League.
Winning the FA Cup on Saturday wasn't enough to save van Gaal.
Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is now expected to take over at Old Trafford.


Some £23.6m has been lost in a year to a phone scam that encourages people to put money into a fraudster's account.

The con is the most widespread phone scam in the UK, according to Financial Fraud Action (FFA).
Victims receive a call from somebody pretending to be from their bank, claiming their accounts have been hit by fraud.
They are then encouraged to switch funds to a "safe account" which is then drained by the fraudster.
The story sounds more plausible because the con-artist uses technology to put a false caller number on the victim's phone display, matching a bank's phone number.
Account information stolen from elsewhere might also be used to make the call seem more genuine.
"More and more people have heard about the dangers of phone scams and how they work, but unfortunately there is still a significant number who are unaware that highly professional criminals are systematically targeting members of the public to deceive them out of their savings," said Katy Worobec, director of Financial Fraud Action UK.
Volunteers from Neighbourhood Watch are talking to residents in their areas during the week to raise awareness of these scams.


The Peruvian government has sent indigenous culture specialists to help a community in the Amazon rainforest after a man was killed by a member of a reclusive tribe.

The man was shot with an arrow when members of the isolated Mashco Piro tribe invaded his village, Shipetiari, in the rainforest.
It is the third time this year that the Mashco Piro people have been seen.
Anthropologists say they were probably looking for tools or food.
However, it is not known why the Mashco Piro attacked.
The group is estimated to number around 600 and they live in separated  groups, constantly moving through the forest.
They occasionally make makeshift shelters along river banks and dig for turtle eggs.
Peru's government has forbidden physical contact with them and another dozen or so "uncontacted" indigenous tribes because they have little immunity or resistance to illnesses that other humans carry.
Anthropologists say that in the area of jungle where they have been seen, near the Madre de Dios river in southern Peru, some locals have been trying to tempt the Mashco Piro out of the forest with rewards, pitying what is seen as a primitive existence.
The Peruvian government has been financing a group of indigenous specialists for some time in the area to deal with contacts between settled communities and isolated tribes.


Staff looking after young offenders at a detention centre in Northamptonshire were under the influence of drugs, an Ofsted report has said.

The findings follow an inspection at the G4S-run Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre near Rugby.
Inspectors rated the unit "inadequate"- the lowest grading - and said young people suffered degrading treatment.
G4S said what had happened there was "completely unacceptable" but claimed it took swift action at the time.
The training centre, which opened in 1999, houses up to 87 boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18.
The unannounced joint Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Care Quality Commission inspection of the unit was carried out in February.
Inspectors said: "Poor staff behaviour has led to some young people being subject to degrading treatment, racist comments, and being cared for by staff who were under the influence of illegal drugs."
The report also found delays in children receiving essential medical diagnosis and treatment, and said on one occasion, a young person did not receive treatment for a fracture for about 15 hours.
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "This is the worst report on a prison I have ever seen because it is a catalogue of abusive practices that have been inflicted on young children who have no escape.
"These child jails run for profit are secretive and should never have been set up in the first place. Rainsbrook should be closed immediately. No child is safe in this jail."
A G4S spokesman accepted the report was "extremely disappointing".
However, he said it was the first time in 16 years the centre had been found by any inspecting body to be less than "good" or "outstanding".


A man believed to be the first person convicted of hogging the middle lane of a motorway claims he has been made a scapegoat because he is a white van driver.

Ian Stephens was fined Â£940 for driving without due care and attention in the middle lane of the M62 last August.
He told the BBC he has "done nothing wrong" and was merely driving on a steep section of the motorway in high winds.
He is considering appealing.
Mr Stephens, 42, of Shevington, near Wigan, said all three lanes of the motorway were busy and denied making other drivers behind him swerve and brake.
He claimed he has been targeted because he is a white van driver.
"There were a lot of lorries in the inside lane and it was uphill and very windy. I was going faster than the vehicles in the inside lane," he said.
"I do not feel as if I am guilty of lane hogging and that I've been made a scapegoat as I drive a white van."
Mr Stephens said he was travelling with ladders on top of his van at around 60mph and "honestly didn't believe" he had done anything wrong.
He did not attend the hearing at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Monday and rang ahead to say his business would suffer as he is self-employed.
He said he hoped the case would have been adjourned to a court closer to his home
"I couldn't afford a day off and I couldn't afford the money in diesel to get there," he said."
"I thought the offence was so minor and I didn't realise I would be given a fine of almost Â£1,000."
He insists he was travelling faster than the traffic in the inside lane.
"It was not as if I was dawdling on my own in the middle lane," he added.
Mr Stephens, who has had a driving licence for three or four years, was also given five points on his licence.
The government made it illegal two years ago to hog the middle lane of the motorway but it is understood to be the first reported offence.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was believed to be the first such conviction for lane hogging.


An "obsession" with witchcraft and sorcery led a couple to brutally murder a 15-year-old boy at a flat in east London.

Eric Bikubi, 28, and his partner Magalie Bamu, aged 29, have been convicted at the Old Bailey of killing Kristy Bamu after accusing him of being a sorcerer who practised witchcraft.
The couple, who live in Newham, acted after accusing Kristy of controlling and adversely influencing a young boy, the jury was told.
They originally came from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where witchcraft is called Kindoki, and exorcisms are carried out in some churches.
In 2010, Unicef reported 20,000 children accused of witchcraft were living on the streets of DR Congo's capital Kinshasa.
In the DR Congo, accusing a child of being possessed is a criminal offence, a law that has been in place for several years.
But in 2008 I travelled to Kinshasa to see if it was making any difference and, at that time, the answer was not at all.
Which is why I found myself in one of the city's slums late at night knocking on the door of tin-roofed shack that doubled as a church.
Pastor Tsimba let me in and showed me three children who he had diagnosed as having Kindoki.
The youngest was probably six, the oldest no more than 12. They had been in the church for days, deprived of food and forced to work. Their parents were paying for the privilege.
The only light came from flickering candles and storm lamps. The pastor began to shout and pray.
One by one he brought the children up to the front of the church. He ordered them to lie down and, still shouting and chanting, began slapping their stomachs, one, two, three times. Each harder than the last.
Then he took a candle and poured burning hot wax on them, leaving them grimacing and squirming but making almost no sound. Their eyes were wide and staring.
Finally, as a bizarre conclusion to the ritual, Pastor Tsimba produced a length of pipe and held it hard against their belly buttons.
One after another, he made a play of sucking hard on the pipe and in triumph then spat a lump of meat he claimed to have sucked out of them into a bowl.
The meat he claimed had been been fed to them by a witch, infecting them with Kindoki. The children, bewildered and quiet, were now in his words "delivered".
I alerted a social worker to the plight of the children. An extraordinary and dedicated man, he said he would do all he could to help them.
But his unit had not paid him for months, there was no money for petrol or even a bus fare. So he did his work on foot.
He walked miles each day, visiting as many churches as he could, in this sprawling city of nine million people.


A woman has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism after she retweeted a speech by the so-called Islamic State (IS) leader.

Mary Kaya, 57, from Batley, West Yorkshire, had denied posting a link to an audio clip by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
She was found guilty after a week-long trial at Leeds Crown Court of dissemination of a terrorist publication likely to encourage people to participate in terrorism.
Kaya will be sentenced on 27 March.
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The court had heard the Twitter account had been monitored after Kaya's previous address in Dewsbury was searched by counter terrorism police, who arrested her husband in May 2014.
The Twitter account, "Justice", @GardenofGold, retweeted the link to al-Baghdadi's speech, Even If The Disbelievers Despise Such, in November 2014.
Prosecutor Simon Davis told the jury: "The message was aimed at encouraging anyone who listened to or read it to participate in terrorist activity."
Kaya, who was arrested in October 2015, told police she used the account "to see what was going on in the world" and said no-one had access to the account but her.
She would later insist the account must have been hacked and she had not posted anything.


A university building in Peru designed by a female-led Irish firm has won the first Royal Institute of British Architects global architecture prize.

The Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia (UTEC) in Lima was described by Riba as "inspirational" and a "bold new addition to the city skyline".
The engineering university was chosen from a shortlist of six, including work by the late Dame Zaha Hadid.
The prize is open to any qualified architect in the world.
It was set up to "celebrate civil architecture that empowers people and societies to innovate and progress", Riba said.
The high-rise UTEC building, designed by Dublin-based Grafton Architects, was described by the Riba jury as "a series of landscaped terraces with clefts, overhangs and grottos" which resembles a "modern day Machu Picchu".
The panel, chaired by Lord Rogers, said it was "an exceptional example of civil architecture - a building designed with people at its heart".
The jury added: "Grafton Architects have created a new way to think about a university campus, with a distinctive 'vertical campus' structure responding to the temperate climatic conditions and referencing Peru's terrain and heritage."
The university is situated on the edge of a ravine in the Barranco district of Lima and is said to blend into its surroundings by "mirroring the organic curve of the landscape" while also "accommodating itself in the city".
Other buildings on the shortlist for the Riba International Prize were the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan - an imposing curved conference centre designed by Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha, who died earlier this year.
Stormen concert hall in Bodo, Norway, by London-based DRDH Architects, and the Arquipelago Contemporary Arts Centre in Ribeira Grande, Portugal, from Menos e Mais Arquitectos Associados, were also shortlisted.
Contenders also included the Museo Jumex in Mexico City from British architect David Chipperfield - a gallery to showcase the largest private art collection in Latin America.
The Ring of Remembrance International WWI Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, by the Agence d'Architecture Philippe Prost, was also a competitor.
The imposing design in Arras, France commemorates the thousands who died in the region during World War One.
Riba president Jane Duncan said UTEC was "an exceptional addition to the city of Lima" which would "inspire other architects and universities all over the world".
She said: "UTEC stood out from all other entries from around the world, clearly demonstrating its understanding, engagement with and concern for those who are lucky enough to live near, visit, teach and learn in it."
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, directors of Grafton Architects, said they were "honoured to be in this group with such esteemed colleagues", adding of the project: "We found that the educational aspirations of the client together with the unique climatic conditions of Lima gave us the opportunity to 'invent' a new vertical campus for their new University of Engineering."
They also thanked local partners Shell Arquitectos for playing an "important role" in the creation of the campus building.
UTEC's chief executive Carlos Heeren said: "Its open spaces push their ideas to new limits, its solid structure makes them feel safe to explore and take risks, and its elegant lines remind us all that beauty can be found even in concrete."
This year's Riba Stirling Prize, celebrating the best UK architecture, was won by Caruso St John last month for the Newport Street Gallery.
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Superfast quantum computers could transform the world of finance, advocates say.

In a world where how fast you can assimilate and analyse data, then act on it, makes the difference between profit and loss, computing speed is key.
This is why banks, insurance firms and hedge funds invest millions on technology to give them an edge when trading and to offset human error.
Quantum computers, that owe more to quantum mechanics than electronics, promise to be exponentially more powerful than traditional computers, holding out the tantalising prospect of near-perfect trading strategies and highly accurate forecasting and risk assessments.
"Financial services is a data-rich environment," says Kevin Hanley, director of design at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). "Time is money and the ability to process data fast could have a huge potential benefit for our customers."
Classical computing relies on binary digits or bits - ones and zeros representing on/off, true/false states.
Quantum computing, on the other hand, features qubits, which can be both 0 or 1 at the same time - a state known as superposition. It all goes back to Schrodinger's cat, but that's another story....
Subatomic particles such as electrons, photons or ions can be made to behave in this mysterious way.
And because of this flexibility, qubits can do a lot more - a quantum computer could theoretically carry out trillions of calculations per second.
But these computers aren't easy to build or operate. Quantum processors from one of the leading manufacturers in this field -  D-Wave -  need to be cooled to just above absolute zero (-273.15C). They also need to be free from any electromagnetic interference.
This makes them bulky and costly; D-Wave's computers cost about $10m-15m.
Ironically they're also a bit limited in the kinds of calculations they can currently do, and many observers are still sceptical about how fast they really are.
So it's fair to say we're still at the very early stages of quantum computing.
Goldman Sachs, RBS, Guggenheim Partners and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have all invested in quantum computing, with the aim of stealing a march on their competitors.
"This is interesting to the financial world because if you can find an algorithmic advantage to solve a problem, that can give you a great competitive advantage," says Colin Williams, director of business development for D-Wave.
Google, Nasa, Lockheed Martin, the US Department of Energy and the University of Southern California have all used D-Wave's systems so far.
Other tech companies, such as Cambridge Quantum Computing, QxBranch and Rigetti, are also rushing to develop the hardware and software needed to make quantum computing a reality.
Quantum computers could solve problems in a day that would take classical computers thousands of years to solve.
So in the world of investment, they could consider millions of different global investment scenarios and calculate which ones have the best chance of success over the long-term.
"We can build an optimal portfolio today, but tomorrow it won't be optimal and needs to be rebalanced, which is expensive," says Marcos Lopez de Prado, a senior managing director at Guggenheim Partners.
Quantum computers could, in theory, give investment firms much better visibility over the longer-term to make more accurate predictions and reduce this need to tinker with their portfolios, saving costs and possibly boosting profits.
"If you can predict the US dollar/Swiss franc exchange rate a tenth of a cent more reliably, then the value isn't in the computer, it's in the cost saving," says Mr Williams.
Better forecasting could also reduce the prevalence of high-frequency trading, which has been accused of creating market volatility.
High-frequency traders have also been blamed for raising the costs of trading for ordinary investors by swooping into purchases nanoseconds before an interested party and reselling the stocks at a higher price.
So how soon will quantum computers be readily available?
D-Wave's Mr Williams reckons businesses will have access to quantum computing functionality by 2018, whereas RBS's Mr Hanley thinks it will be "five to 10 years before quantum computing comes of age".
But this isn't stopping financial institutions getting excited.
Blu Putnam, chief economist for the CME group - a US-based derivatives market - says quantum computing has led to a "mind-set change" where financial services "now seek out the nearly impossible to solve problems" in asset and risk management.
Before then, there is a lot of preparation to do.
Quantum computers can't be interrogated in the same way as traditional computers. The algorithms - sets of complex mathematical rules - used for classical computing need to be reworked to fit into the quantum system.
And finding and training computer scientists to understand and use these systems effectively is another big challenge for the financial services industry.
But Mr Hanley says: "Rather than observe these changes from a distance or be last in the queue, I'd rather be at the front and have a seat at the board."
Quantum computing may offer potential benefits to the financial services industry, but it also poses risks.
Banks rely on encryption to keep their transactions and customer data secure. This involves scrambling and unscrambling data using keys made of very large numbers - tens, if not hundreds, of digits long.
A hacker would have to find the right key by trial and error and test it in order to unlock the data - a process that could take hundreds of years even with the most powerful of today's supercomputers.
But quantum computers could crack the code with relative ease, potentially undermining the security of the entire global financial services industry.
Such a possibility leads Mr Lopez de Prado to fear that governments might outlaw quantum computers entirely.
"Governments could say they should be banned because otherwise there would be no secrets, but they can't be un-invented.
"We need a new mathematical breakthrough that creates an unbreakable encryption," he says.
Cryptographers are busy working on new algorithms to block attacks from future quantum computers and many believe this will be possible.
But the industry needs this breakthrough fast. The processing power of quantum computing is growing with each generation.
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A former Shropshire hotel set in eight acres, which was severely damaged in an arson attack, has sold at auction for almost twice the guide price.

The Mill Hotel, in Alverley, which had a recommended guide price of £250,000, sold for £490,000.
The hotel was damaged by fire on 18 May, causing most of the building's roof to collapse.
Cottons auctioneers, which sold the property on behalf of the receivers, said the property was "unique".
The hotel, formerly a popular wedding venue, closed unexpectedly last September following financial problems of its owner, Elysian Care.
The building dates to the 16th Century and was once a working flour mill. It was restored and turned into a 41-bedroom hotel.