More than a quarter of people globally still do not have access to banking facilities, a report shows.

The World Bank's Global Findex report said more than half of adults in the world's poorest areas still have no access to the financial system.
This is despite a global increase of 11% in the last three years of adults owning bank accounts.
The increase in account ownership has been driven largely by developing countries and the role of technology.
Broader access to the financial system can "boost job creation, increase investment in education" and is "critical to ending global poverty", said the report.
It also found that the gender gap in financial inclusion is not narrowing. The largest gap was in South Asia, where 37% of women have an account, compared with 65% of men.
Mobile money accounts - making and receiving electronic payments via a mobile phone - in Sub-Saharan Africa contributed to the growth in account ownership, which now stands at 62% of adults globally, up from 51% three years ago. The World Bank said this presents "big opportunities for boosting financial inclusion among women and poor people".
World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim said: "Access to financial services can serve as a bridge out of poverty. We have set a hugely ambitious goal - universal financial access by 2020."


A Northern Ireland Electricity worker got more than he bargained for when he went to take a meter reading in County Armagh.

He was checking the box in a house at Belleeks when he was confronted by a swarm of angry honey bees. They had built a nest around the meter.
He was stung up to 10 times on his face and neck and had to run for safety.
NIE's meter reading manager said the incident could have been more serious if the worker had a bee sting allergy.
"Obviously we have a duty of care to our staff member, but we didn't want to see the bees destroyed." Cormac McCamphill told the BBC.
Instead, NIE called in an expert from the Ulster Beekeepers' Association.
Darren Nugent used a homemade suction device to remove the bees.
He cut out the comb and transferred it to a hive at his home in Kilkeel, County Down.
"I just sucked up every bee I could see and took a chance that the queen was in there," Mr Nugent said.
Luckily, she was and now the bees have successfully relocated.
"They're none the wiser that they were moved and they're as happy as they were in the meter board," he added.
Mr McCamphill said his staff sometimes had to deal with animal hazards like livestock and dogs, but this was the first time that they had encountered bees in a meter box.
Mr Nugent said the bees appeared to have been in the box for about eight weeks.
"There was a fair bit of honey in there. I shared some with the farmer who owned the house and and took the rest home.
"I'd say we got half a dozen jars of honey out of it."
"They were doing well in there.  In fact, they were doing better than some of the bees in the hives outside my house."


Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell carded a 63 to take a one-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the PGA Tour's OHL Classic in Mayakoba, Mexico.

The 36-year-old former US Open champion has fallen to 85th in the world rankings after only one top-10 finish in 25 events this year.
But he had nine birdies to reach 12 under, one ahead of Derek Fathauer.
Scot Russell Knox, who sealed his first Tour win in Shanghai last week, had six birdies in a 65 and is five shots back.
It is an impressive recovery from McDowell, who made a double bogey at the first hole on Thursday after sending his opening tee shot out of bounds and was within a fraction of doing the same with his next attempt.
"I hit my second ball further right than I hit my first - I figured I could be going home very, very soon. Thankfully, my second ball kicked in-bounds," said the Ryder Cup player, who also bogeyed the first hole in his second round, which he began from the 10th.
McDowell birdied four successive holes at the El Camaleon Golf Club after making his solitary bogey of the day.
"I drove the ball much, much better today than yesterday and putted just as good, really seeing these greens well, putting decisively and making a few," he said.
"It's been a frustrating year but that's the game of golf we know and love and you've got to take the rough with the smooth and keep trying."
Justin Leonard, the 1997 Open champion, shares fifth after mixing six birdies with three bogeys in a 68, but Englishman Greg Owen's 70 left him at one under, which was one too many for the halfway cut.


Sony has confirmed plans to sell two stand-alone lenses that connect to smartphones by wi-fi, allowing them to take higher-quality photos.

The devices are compatible with Android and iOS handsets and mark the creation of a new product category.
The Japanese company announced the products alongside a new smartphone which features a 20.7 megapixel camera and a larger-than-normal image sensor.
The launches should help the firm challenge Nokia's top-end handset.
The Finnish company - which is in the process of being taken over by Microsoft - unveiled the Lumia 1020 in July. Reviews have suggested that it has the best smartphone camera on the market, but were critical of its price,
Sony told the BBC it would target its Z1 handset at a wider audience than what it called the Lumia 1020's "super-premium category".
It confirmed details of the devices at the Ifa consumer tech show in Berlin - much of the information had already leaked via tech news sites.
One analyst suggested the lenses in particular would struggle to find buyers.
"The concept is interesting, but when you think about using it, will users want to carry them around?" asked Francisco Jeronimo, mobile devices research manager at tech consultancy IDC.
"The problem is that for those wanting top-quality photographs, the experience of having a DSLR [digital single lens reflex] offers a better experience than a phone with an add-on camera.
"Meanwhile having the lens attached to a phone makes it feel quite bulky compared to a compact camera or stand-alone handset.
"If the lenses were priced under £100, then I could see photography geeks buying it, or operators bundling it with the phone, but these lenses will be quite expensive."
Sony itself acknowledged that it did not know how strong demand would be.
"Always we're discussing: 'How many pieces should we prepare,'" Yosuke Aoki, a digital imaging spokesman for the firm, told the BBC.
"We're waiting for after the Ifa announcement to see what the feedback will be to the models."
The QX10 lens offers a 10x optical zoom and 18.2MP resolution which Sony says makes it ideal for taking shots of distant landmarks or close-ups of people. It will cost about £170,
The QX100 features a smaller 3.6x zoom but a bigger sensor with a resolution of 20.2MP. Its aperture goes as wide as f1.8 - allowing more light in - meaning it should be more adept at taking photos in low light or with a very shallow focus. It also offers manual focus as an option which is not possible on the other lens. It will cost about £380.
Once fitted with a battery and memory stick, the QX10 weighs 105g (3.7oz) and the QX100 179g (6.3oz).
Both devices:
Neither has a built-in screen.
Sony Mobile's head of sales and marketing said they were intended to send a message to consumers, including those who would never buy them.
"It's a statement as one piece of many things that are starting to come together under the umbrella of Sony," said Dennis van Schie.
"The PlayStation 4 is coming out. In 4K [ultra-high resolution] TVs, we're the leader - from the formats to the cameras to recording capabilities [that will appear] quite soon in mobile.
"Now we're the first ones to dare to create a lens-type camera with a new kind of user interface. It contributes to what Sony is standing for."
Sony posted a 3.5bn yen ($35m, £23m) profit in the April-to-June quarter, reversing a 24.6bn yen loss the previous year.
Stronger sales of smartphones helped achieve the turnaround.
However, IDC says the firm still only had a 4.1% share of global smartphone shipments over the three months, putting it behind Samsung, Apple, LG, Lenovo, Huawei and ZTE.
Sony is hoping the new water-resistant Z1 handset will help it boost that figure.
It says the device features an exclusive sensor which is the same size as that found in its Cybershot cameras.
It also features new software including the ability to provide live video streams to Facebook, and Info-eye - an app that provides information about books, wine and landmarks among other objects the phone is pointed at.
The company is also taking advantage of its other assets to help the device stand out from the Android crowd. UK shoppers are promised five Sony movie downloads and a selection of free PlayStation mobile games.
"They've done quite a good job of differentiating the phone," said Mr Jeronimo.
"That's what operators want - to be able to provide additional value from what Sony offers.
"That's why they are looking at Sony as a better prospect for the future than other vendors like Blackberry and HTC."


Former Northampton Saints rugby player William West, who died days after being hurt on the last day of the Battle of the Somme, has been remembered a century on.

18 November 2016 Last updated at 17:03 GMT
Events across Europe have marked the 100th anniversary of the final day of the battle, which saw millions of people killed during the 141-day World War One offensive.
In this tribute, former Saints rugby player Lennie Newman visits William West's grave and tells the story of the shoemaker who never made it back home.


Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted on the social network.

In a letter describing the plan, he said algorithms would eventually be able to spot terrorism, violence, bullying and even prevent suicide.
He admitted Facebook had previously made mistakes in the content it had removed from the website.
But he said it would take years for the necessary algorithms to be developed.
The announcement has been welcomed by an internet safety charity, which had previously been critical of the way the social network had handled posts depicting extreme violence.
In his 5,500-word letter discussing the future of Facebook, Mr Zuckerberg said it was impossible to review the billions of posts and messages that appeared on the platform every day.
"The complexity of the issues we've seen has outstripped our existing processes for governing the community," he said.
He highlighted the removal of videos related to the Black Lives Matter movement and the historical napalm girl photograph from Vietnam as "errors" in the existing process.
Facebook was also criticised in 2014, following reports that one of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby spoke online about murdering a soldier, months before the attack.
"We are researching systems that can read text and look at photos and videos to understand if anything dangerous may be happening.
"This is still very early in development, but we have started to have it look at some content, and it already generates about one third of all reports to the team that reviews content."
"Right now, we're starting to explore ways to use AI to tell the difference between news stories about terrorism and actual terrorist propaganda."
Mr Zuckerberg said his ultimate aim was to allow people to post largely whatever they liked, within the law, with algorithms detecting what had been uploaded.
Users would then be able to filter their news feed to remove the types of post they did not want to see.
"Where is your line on nudity? On violence? On graphic content? On profanity? What you decide will be your personal settings," he explained.
"For those who don't make a decision, the default will be whatever the majority of people in your region selected, like a referendum.
"It's worth noting that major advances in AI are required to understand text, photos and videos to judge whether they contain hate speech, graphic violence, sexually explicit content, and more.
"At our current pace of research, we hope to begin handling some of these cases in 2017, but others will not be possible for many years."
The plan was welcomed by the Family Online Safety Institute, a member of Facebook's own safety advisory board. The charity had previously criticised the social network for allowing beheading videos to be seen without any warning on its site.
"This letter further demonstrates that Facebook has been responsive to concerns and is working hard to prevent and respond to abuse and inappropriate material on the platform," said Jennifer Hanley, Fosi's vice president of legal and policy.
"I also really like the ability for users to customise their own experiences with these developments. It's important to give users power over their online experiences, and additional tools and controls will be helpful."
Read Kamal Ahmed's interview with Mark Zuckerberg


A family syndicate from Monmouthshire is celebrating after winning more than £61m in the EuroMillions jackpot.

Friday's winning numbers were 01, 21, 26, 40 and 50 and the winning Lucky Star numbers were 02 and 04.
The winner matched all seven numbers to scoop £61,102,443 - one of the largest lottery wins in the UK.
The biggest was when Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, won the £161,653,000 EuroMillions jackpot in July 2011.
The name of the winner has not yet been announced by the National Lottery, whose operator Camelot runs Euromillions in the UK.


Kostas Mitroglou gave Benfica a one-goal advantage in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie with Borussia Dortmund.

Mitroglou scrambled in the decisive goal for the Portuguese champions from Luisao's header in the second half.
Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit a penalty straight at keeper Ederson after Ljubomir Fejsa handled.
The German side were the top scorers in the group stage, but failed to find a way through a stubborn home defence.
Dortmund will host the second leg on 8 March, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.
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The Bundesliga side were expected to pose a greater threat to Benfica after scoring 21 goals in the group stage.
Gabon international Aubameyang had contributed four of those strikes but epitomised an out-of-sorts Dortmund, scooping a close-range chance over the bar and missing his penalty before being substituted after an hour.
Dortmund's form has faltered since December, with the German side winning just two of their last seven league matches.
Thomas Tuchel's side suffered a shock defeat by the Bundesliga's bottom club Darmstadt on Saturday, and the malaise continued as they were held at bay by a stubborn Benfica display.
The Portuguese club have never lost a last-16 tie in the Champions League - having reached that stage three times - and will have a lead to defend in Germany after scoring with their only shot on target.
Benfica coach Rui Vitoria: "We fought, gave our best, and victories are also made of that.
"Congratulations to Ederson too, a keeper who showed his quality once again, this time against a team that scored so many goals in the group stage."
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel: "Aubameyang is not fully fit after the Africa Cup of Nations and his body language did not suggest that he would do better after missing the penalty.
"We played an outstanding game and conceded a goal with their first shot in the second half.
"It is an extremely complicated result, but I am very proud of how we played tonight. Even though I am very disappointed, I am proud of how we presented ourselves."
Match ends, Benfica 1, Borussia Dortmund 0.
Second Half ends, Benfica 1, Borussia Dortmund 0.
Foul by Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).
Ederson Moraes (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Eduardo Salvio.
Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund).
Raúl Jiménez (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Eliseu.
Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Filipe Augusto (Benfica).
Attempt missed. Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Weigl.
Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund).
Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Ederson Moraes.
Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eliseu (Benfica).
Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Gonzalo Castro replaces Raphael Guerreiro.
Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Christian Pulisic replaces Marco Reus.
André Schürrle (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Filipe Augusto (Benfica).
Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).
Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica).
Hand ball by Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund).
Attempt missed. Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Franco Cervi.
Corner,  Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Eduardo Salvio.
Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Rafa.
Attempt missed. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro with a cross.
André Schürrle (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Benfica).
Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ousmane Dembélé (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.


Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor has been excluded from the Winter Olympics after failing a doping test.

The 30-year-old, 58th in both sprint qualification and the 10km classic, tested positive for trimetazidine.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee said Lisogor told an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing her breach had been unintentional.
Latvian ice hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs has also failed a drugs test.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said 24-year-old Pavlovs tested positive on February 19 for methylhexaneamine and had also been thrown out of the Olympics.
German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Italian bobsleigh brakeman William Frullani have already left Sochi 2014 after failed drugs tests.
Trimetazidine has been on the forbidden substances list since 1 January 2014.
The IOC said Lisogor would be disqualified from the women's team sprint classic semi-final B event, along with her team-mates.
They also stated Lisogor "shall be excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, and shall have her Olympic identity and accreditation card immediately cancelled".


Vodafone says it will actively recruit women on career breaks, many of whom have left their jobs to have children.

The telecoms giant says it wants to boost its proportion of female staff.
About 10% of its new management hires will be women who have taken a break from work, perhaps to start a family.
Women face challenges when coming back to work including a "pay penalty", according to think tank the Resolution Foundation.
"We do have a gender imbalance which we are working very hard on," Vodafone's chief executive Vittorio Colao told the BBC.
"We need to do it because these are very talented individuals, but also this is an amazing way to get to more equality in the company."
In the 2015-16 financial year, just 24% of senior management at Vodafone were women.
It has committed to make its workforce more balanced, ensuring women hold at least 30% of senior roles.
The company will also give hiring managers "unconscious bias training".
"There are women who think that if they lose their career momentum it cannot be recovered," said Mr Calao. "This is a waste for society. It's unjust for them."
In a pilot of the scheme, Mr Calao said they had found women "who thought there was no opportunity for them because after a two or three year break, maybe after a baby, they would not be sought after because their competencies were obsolete or not right."
Fiona Packman, a partner at the executive headhunters Egon Zehnder, said women who return to work after having a child faced many hurdles.
"They face a lot of challenges. Not all organisations, both public and private sector, have been very adept at how they help those women overcome those challenges."
Recent research from the Resolution Foundation found women who leave work to have children faced a severe "pay penalty" when they returned to work.
It said women born between 1981 and 2000 can expect to be paid 9% less than men when they hit their 30th birthday.
Challenged on this, the Vodafone chief executive said "there shouldn't be a pay deferential for the same job and the same position".
The government-backed Davies review wants 33% of all board seats at Britain's 100 biggest publicly-listed companies to be held by women by 2020.
In June 2016, women held 26% of such boardroom roles, according to the review.


Joe Allen is not likely to forget 2016 in a hurry - it was an eventful year for the Welsh midfielder.

The 26-year-old played a pivotal role as Wales reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and was named in Uefa's team of the tournament.
At club level Allen featured in the Europa League final for Liverpool before leaving the Reds for Premier League Stoke City in July.
Allen reflects on a busy 12 months with former Wales and Swansea City team-mate Owain Tudur Jones in a programme which will be broadcast on Radio Cymru on Boxing Day.
Allen played in all six of Wales' games at the European Championship finals in France, their first appearance at a major tournament in 58 years.
"It was an incredible experience and one of those things I find myself thinking back to almost all of the time," Allen said.
"Going into the opening game against Slovakia, everyone knew this was our time. I remember going out to warm up and seeing red everywhere in the stadium.
"The fans were special and made so much of a difference to all of the players.
"The memories I have are all fond memories."
Allen had joined Liverpool from Swansea for £15m during the summer of 2012 but had mixed fortunes at Anfield.
Even though he had one year of his contract remaining, Allen opted to move on after starting only eight Premier League games during the 2015-16 season.
His substitute appearance in Liverpool's Europa League final defeat to Sevilla proved to be his final game for Jurgen Klopp's team.
"It's not an easy decision to leave a huge club like Liverpool," Allen added.
"I was there for four years and had the experience of playing in Champions League games and the Europa League final.
"I remember after the final in Basel, as well as feeling disappointed about losing the game, I felt it was possibly the last game I'd played for Liverpool.
"I knew the time was right for me to move on and get my career up and running at another club."
Following his performances for Wales at Euro 2016, Allen was linked with clubs from the Premier League and abroad.
Former club Swansea City declared their interest in re-signing the player but he joined Stoke City, managed by fellow Welshman Mark Hughes.
"I'd heard in the press that there was possible interest from Swansea in me going back there but it was Stoke that came in for me," Allen said.
"A whirlwind summer ended with me signing for Stoke.
"I was really excited to get things underway after the Euros and to start a new chapter in my career with Stoke.
"The results at the start of the season weren't great but we've picked up and I've had chance to play in a number of games. I'm enjoying my time here."
Allen has never been noted for his goalscoring prowess, netting only 15 goals prior to the current season and failing to find the net for Wales.
He scored his first international goal in September's 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Moldova, followed by a stunning volley in the next game against Austria in Vienna.
Playing in a more advanced role for Stoke, Allen hit a rich vein of goalscoring form for his club with four goals in three games and has scored five so far this season.
"It's a great feeling scoring for your country. It's a really proud moment," Allen said.
"It had been a long while coming after 30-odd caps but it didn't make it any less sweeter and in some way there was relief to get it.
"The goal against Austria showed the confidence I had at that time after scoring my first goal against Moldova and had scored a couple for Stoke.
"I didn't think twice. I just hit it with my left foot - which is strange in itself - and it's one of the best goals that I've scored."
Allen's performances for Wales were recognised and, along with fellow Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey, he was named in Uefa's Euro 2016 team of the tournament.
He was also named the players' and fans' player of the year at the annual Football Association of Wales awards, much to his surprise.
"It means so much but it was such a shock," Allen said.
"To get those awards meant so much to me and I will treasure both of them very much.
"I had a couple of difficult years at Liverpool and been a laughing stock a few times so things have changed a bit."
Allen and his Stoke City side have a busy festive schedule, including a return to former club Liverpool on 27 December.
Wales resume their World Cup qualifying campaign in the New Year.
Chris Coleman's side are third in their group and four points behind group leaders the Republic of Ireland, who they face in Dublin on 24 March.
"A good start to 2017 with a win out in Ireland would be perfect," he said.
"We're confident we can do it and get things back on track to qualify for Russia."
Listen to the full Welsh language interview on Blwyddyn Joe Allen (Joe Allen's Year) on BBC Radio Cymru on Boxing Day at 12:00 GMT


Lung cancer rates in women have almost doubled in Scotland over the past 40 years, according to a charity.

Cancer Research UK said the number of females diagnosed with the disease had climbed 97% since 1975.
Although more men still die from lung cancer there has been a 40% drop in the rate among males over the same period.
The charity said the figures reflected smoking trends in the UK, with the number of male smokers falling from the 1950s.
It was not until two decades later that the number of female smokers began dropping significantly.
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Scotland and also the biggest killer of all the cancers, according to the charity.
About 4,200 people die of the disease every year in Scotland, and about 86% of all cases are linked to tobacco.
It also has one of the lowest survival rates, with more than two-thirds of patients diagnosed too late for them to be offered successful treatment.
Cancer Research has called for an increased awareness of the disease and more fundraising to help fight it.
Director of early diagnosis Sara Hiom said: "We need to improve awareness of the possible signs and symptoms of lung cancer and urge people - especially those at increased risk - to go to their doctor without delay if they spot any symptoms.
"We know that if people go to their GP as soon as they're aware of symptoms it can make all the difference and save lives.
"Look out for feeling more breathless than usual or for much of the time, a cough that has lasted longer than three weeks, an existing cough that has changed or got worse or coughing up blood. If you notice any of these or have worries about unusual changes, make an appointment to see your doctor."
Claire Cameron, from Bathgate, West Lothian, lost her mother Jane Liddell to lung cancer in February 2012, aged 59.
Ms Cameron, 33, said the non-smoker had suffered from a severe, persistent cough and was referred to a specialist who gave her the news.
She said: "Mum was ill for such a long time and we had to push her to go back and back to the doctor as she was one of those people who didn't want to waste her doctor's time. No-one suspected lung cancer, mum wasn't a smoker.
"When I look back now after all the recent TV advertising urging people with a cough to see their doctor, it all adds up. I only wish that things had been different for mum and that we had all been as aware.
"I urge anyone who has even the slightest of symptoms to keep getting it checked and, if you see no improvement, keep going back to the doctor."
Health Secretary Alex Neil said the Scottish government was running a high-profile campaign to encourage people to get checked early.
"We are also the first country in the world to trail a new ground-breaking test to detect lung cancer earlier," he added.
"If it works, it could lead to lung cancer being diagnosed, not just months, but in some cases years earlier."


MPs have voted in favour of a new "Helen's Law" to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are.

They gave early support for a bill after a debate and there will be now be second reading before it is made law.
Ian Simms was convicted of the murder of Helen McCourt, 22, in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988, but has never said where her body is.
Her mother Marie McCourt said she had lived a 30-year "nightmare".
The "Helen's Law" bill has received the backing of 340,000 people.
Mrs McCourt said: "To take a life is bad enough, but to then hide the body and refuse to disclose where it can be found is an act of pure evil."


Rebekah Tiler aims to show UK Sport were wrong to doubt her Olympic medal credentials, beginning with the European Championships in Croatia.

Tiler, 18, finished 10th at Rio 2016, but UK Sport cut all funding for British Weightlifting as they did not believe they possessed a 'credible' medal chance for Tokyo 2020.
"I want to prove to them I can still be the best," Tiler told BBC Sport.
The championships run from 1-9 April, with Tiler competing on the fifth day.
UK Sport stopped funding for the male weightlifters in 2014, but continued supporting the women's programme for Rio 2016 on the basis that they had the potential to attain success at future Games.
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However, after injury saw leading British candidates Zoe Smith and Jack Oliver ruled out of the Olympics, the results achieved by Tiler and Sonny Webster were not enough to convince UK Sport of the athletes' long-term potential.
Tiler, who won European bronze medals in 2016, moved from her family home in Keighley, West Yorkshire, last year to live full-time in Loughborough and be close to the sport's training base.
"It's been really hard and losing the funding has had a really big impact on me," said Tiler,
"I'm not sure what's going to happen and I may have to get a job, which is not something I want to do as I just want to continue training and making improvements."
British Weightlifting chief executive Ashley Metcalfe said the funding loss will "inevitably" cause disruptions, but insisted he will work to "minimise" the impact on the GB athletes.
"We will continue to maximise the investment that is available to us, which includes increased funding from Sport England, in order to give our lifters the best possible opportunity of competing at the highest level," he said.
Find out how to get into weightlifting with our special guide.
Tiler will compete in the -69kg division and is part of a five-strong British squad - made up of all-English lifters - for the Europeans.
Sarah Davies (-63kg) and Emily Godley (-69kg) complete the women's line-up with Rio Olympian Sonny Webster (-94kg) and Owen Boxall (-105kg) in the men's team.
London Olympian Zoe Smith has been ruled out of the event as she continues her injury rehabilitation following shoulder surgery.
The European Championships offer athletes the opportunity to record a top-12 result, which would put them in contention for Team England selection for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.


"The first time we tried to cross the sea, our engine failed," Iman said, "and the Turkish authorities took us back to Turkey.

"They kept us in detention for three days and took our fingerprints. Then they released us, so we tried again."
Iman and her family had just disembarked from a Greek coastguard vessel, en route (they hope) from Syria to Germany.
As winter turns into spring, the coastguard has begun picking up hundreds of refugees and migrants every day, as soon as their flimsy rubber boats enter Greek territorial waters.
It marks a change in policy. Previously the coastguard would intervene only if migrants were clearly in danger, or boats were about to sink.
It is one sign that the management of the migration crisis in the Greek islands is, gradually, becoming more organised.
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Desperate migrants plead to escape
But as EU leaders prepare to hold a summit meeting with Turkey, there is no evidence on Lesbos that the number of arrivals is about to fall.
"We haven't seen any significant changes in the attitude of the Turkish coastguard - we haven't seen more boats patrolling the area from their side," said Lt Comm Antonis Sofiadellis.
"It's a big concern for us," he added, "and if nothing changes, I think the flows will increase again."
That is one of the reasons why the political focus is beginning to shift, from a policy of prevention to a policy of swift return.
Asked on Friday if the plan was to send back all non-Syrians to Turkey in a systematic fashion, the EU's Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopolous said: "This is one of the main goals we have to achieve.
"The ones who come over to Europe and are in need of international protection will have it. The others will have to be returned," he said.
If that means Iraqis and Afghans are to be included, roughly half the arrivals so far this year would no longer be eligible to stay in Greece at all.
That would represent a much tougher European policy, as governments across the continent struggle to come to terms with the scale of the migration crisis.
But agreeing such an ambitious repatriation policy may be a lot easier than implementing it.
At every step, Turkey's full co-operation will be essential.
The Turkish authorities say they have already prevented some 24,000 migrants from leaving the country illegally in the first six weeks of this year.
But even if they are taken into custody, as Iman and her family were, most will simply try to cross the Aegean again as soon as they are released.
So in order to ease the mounting strains on the system, a large-scale readmissions policy needs to be part of a much broader package.
In particular, EU leaders are being urged to speed up the relocation to other parts of the Union of refugees who have already arrived in Greece.
Such a policy is already in place on paper. But it has barely got off the ground.
Countries like Hungary and Slovakia are in open revolt against a mandatory measure that was agreed last year under EU voting rules.
It is not the only issue that could make this summit a fractious affair.
The bottleneck in Greece, caused by border restrictions further north in the Balkans, has already provoked some sharp public exchanges. Thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded.
EU leaders will also have to wrestle with one chicken-and-egg conundrum in particular.
If the number of arrivals on the Greek islands were to fall significantly, Germany and others may be prepared over time to resettle hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees directly from camps in Turkey.
But the Turkish authorities appear to want to see evidence that the resettlement programme really will happen, before they commit extra resources to take on the smugglers in remote areas of the Aegean coast.
It is a time for hard bargains. But that time is running short.


An uninhabited island in the South Pacific is littered with the highest density of plastic waste anywhere in the world, according to a study.

Henderson Island, part of the UK's Pitcairn Islands group, has an estimated 37.7 million pieces of debris on its beaches.
The island is near the centre of an ocean current, meaning it collects much rubbish from boats and South America.
Researchers hope people will "rethink their relationship with plastic".
The joint Australian and British study said the rubbish amounted to 671 items per square metre and a total of 17 tonnes.
"A lot of the items on Henderson Island are what we wrongly refer to as disposable or single-use," said Dr Jennifer Lavers from the University of Tasmania.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described how remote islands act as a "sink" for the world's rubbish.
In addition to fishing items, Henderson Island was strewn with everyday things including toothbrushes, cigarette lighters and razors.
"Land crabs are making their homes inside bottle caps, containers and jars," Dr Lavers told the BBC.
"At first it looks a little bit cute, but it's not. This plastic is old, it's sharp, it's brittle and toxic."
A large number of hard hats of "every shape, colour and size" were also discovered, the marine scientist said.
Henderson Island is listed by Unesco as a coral atoll with a relatively unique ecology, notable for 10 plant and four bird species.
It is 190km (120 miles) from Pitcairn Island, about 5,000km from Chile, and sits near the centre of the South Pacific Gyre - a massive rotating current.
The condition of the island highlighted how plastic debris has affected the environment on a global scale, Dr Lavers said.
"Almost every island in the world and almost every species in the ocean is now being shown to be impacted one way or another by our waste," she said.
"There's not really any one person or any one country that gets a free pass on this."
She said plastic was devastating to oceans because it was buoyant and durable.
The research was conducted by the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and the Centre for Conservation Science at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Reporting by the BBC's Greg Dunlop


England pair Jack Nowell and George Kruis were both injured on Saturday, but Manu Tuilagi returned to action after well over a year out injured.

Exeter wing Nowell twisted his knee against Gloucester, while Saracens lock Kruis was concussed against Harlequins and taken off on a stretcher.
But, in front of new England boss Eddie Jones, Tuilagi came off the bench for Leicester as they beat Northampton.
Saints hooker Dylan Hartley missed the game because of a "bang to the ribs".
England's Six Nations campaign begins against Scotland on 6 February and Jones is due to reveal his first England elite squad squad since taking over from Stuart Lancaster on Wednesday.
He now has more injury worries to add to centre Henry Slade, back row Dave Ewers, lock Ed Slater, prop Kieran Brookes and wing Jonny May, who is out for the season with a knee injury.
Nowell injured his knee in the 19-10 victory over the luckless May's club, Gloucester, although the extent of the injury is not yet known.
Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher said Nowell had picked up a "twisted knee" and would be "assessed in the week", but added: "Sometimes the least painful ones can be the longest out."
Kruis was struck by the swinging arm of James Horwill just 90 seconds into the 29-23 defeat by Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop and was tended to by medics for eight minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said: "George is fine. There is nothing wrong other than the concussion. He was knocked out. He'll do the normal checks."
He will now be assessed ahead of Saturday's Champions Cup match with Ulster.
Tuilagi played his first game since suffering a serious groin injury in October 2014.
The 24-year-old managed 20 minutes after coming on in the second half of the thrilling 30-27 win against Northampton.
He was a late inclusion on the Leicester bench, with his appearance in the match-day squad only announced less than an hour before kick-off as Leicester looked to dampen down excitement ahead of his return.
And Leicester boss Richard Cockerill urged caution over the block-busting centre's fitness for the Six Nations opener at Murrayfield.
He said: "I will speak to Eddie [Jones] in the next few days. Manu will keep improving, but the start of the Six Nations is unrealistic because we need to make sure he is 100% right."
Northampton hooker Hartley, a contender for the England captaincy, was forced to withdraw from the Saints replacements shortly before the game with a rib injury.
Northampton boss Jim Mallinder said: "He got a bang to his ribs last week. He trained a little bit in the week but at the last minute, he was just too sore to play today. He is not going to be out for a long time."


Two cars and a lorry have been involved in the collision in an area of road works on the A9 south of Aviemore.

A man has been airlifted to hospital, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash at about 15:20.
Road works are being carried out along a five mile (8km) stretch of the A9 between Kincraig and Dalraddy to upgrade the road to dual carriageway.
The A9 was closed for several hours before it was reopened.
Traffic Scotland said the A9 was closed in both directions around the scene of the accident.
The A9 was also closed for several hours between Pitlochry and Dunkeld because of an accident at the Kindallachan junction.


Boris Johnson has been urged to take foreign governments through the international courts to make them pay London's congestion charge after they racked up a bill topping £105m.

Transport for London has written to the foreign secretary, a former London mayor, to help end the 13 year impasse.
In total 145 nations have outstanding charges. The worst offenders include the US, Japan, Nigeria and Russia.
The Foreign Office insists diplomats are not exempt from paying the charge.
According to Transport for London (TfL), around three quarters of embassies in London do pay the charge, "but there remains a stubborn minority who refuse to do so, despite our representations through diplomatic channels".
The US Embassy, which argues it is a tax and so covered by diplomatic immunity, owes the most, at more than £11.5m, while the Australian High Commission is among nations that owe the least, at £120.
Top 10 congestion charge embassy debtors:
Following legal advice, TfL's view is that the matter should be taken to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, but this needs government support, which is why it has been raised with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Paul Cowperthwaite, TfL's general manager for congestion charging, said: "We are clear that the congestion charge is a charge for a service and not a tax. This means that foreign diplomats are not exempt from paying it.
"We continue to pursue all unpaid congestion charge fees and related penalty charge notices.
"In October we wrote to the foreign secretary to ask him to take up the matter with the relevant embassies and the International Court of Justice."
Solution sought
TfL figures suggest that London-based embassies owe £105,258,715 for the period since the congestion charge was launched in 2003 and 31 December 2016 - up from £58m in 2012.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "Our position is clear: there are no legal grounds to exempt diplomats from paying the London congestion charge. This is not a tax, and the majority of diplomatic missions in London recognise this and pay.
"We are committed to working with TfL to find a solution to the problem of non-payment by some missions."
The congestion charge was introduced by former London mayor Ken Livingstone in February 2003, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion in and around the city centre between 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays. The current charge is £11.50 per day.


At least half of all UK banknotes in circulation are held overseas or used in the black market, a Bank of England report suggests.

The Bank, which is the main issuer of banknotes in the UK, said only about a quarter of cash in circulation is being used to buy and sell things.
Some is being hoarded, outside of bank accounts.
Much is held for travel money overseas or used illegally in the "shadow economy", the Bank said.
Banknotes with a value of £62.6bn were estimated to be in circulation at the end of July, according to the latest figures from the Bank.
That is the equivalent of £1,000 for every person in the country.
Recent industry figures showed that the number of cashless payments in the UK had overtaken the use of notes and coins for the first time. Card use, such as contactless payments, and digital transactions using smartphones are on the rise.
Yet, the value of banknotes in circulation has tripled over the last 20 years, according to the Bank's report.
"Over the next few years, consumers are likely to use cash for a smaller proportion of the payments they make," it said.
"Even so, overall demand is likely to remain resilient. Cash is not likely to die out any time soon."
48%
of payments made by consumers, businesses and financial firms were in cash
34%
of consumer payments are expected to be in cash by 2024
4.4% of adults “rarely” use cash at all
£67 is the average ATM withdrawal
1% of consumer payments were made by cheque in 2014
The Bank report suggested that between 21% and 27% of total UK cash was being used for transactions at any one time last year.
The rest was in various places including being "buried in the garden".
"People may choose to save their money in a safety deposit box, or under the mattress, or even buried in the garden, rather than placing it in a bank account," the Bank warned.
Some UK currency is hoarded by overseas visitors - either keeping it after returning from a trip to the UK, or as a store of value.
Cash is also used in the darker side of economic activity, the Bank added.
"The evidence available indicates that no more than half of Bank of England notes in circulation are likely to be held for use within the domestic economy for legitimate purposes," it said.
So a chunk is used in the "shadow economy" - either legitimate activities concealed from the authorities, or illegal activities and transactions. Some is also kept by criminals and tax evaders.
The report suggests that the size of the shadow economy has not mushroomed.
"Activity in the shadow economy has not seen significant growth, so transactional holdings of cash in the shadow economy are unlikely to have been the primary driver of the growth in banknote demand in recent years," it said.
Cash will see a significant overhaul in the coming years, with a new 12-sided £1 coin entering circulation in 2017 and plastic £5, £10 and £20 notes being introduced by the Bank of England in the next five years.
Banknotes are not only issued by the Bank of England in the UK. Seven commercial banks have permission to issue banknotes in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In Scotland, they are: Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, and The Royal Bank of Scotland. In Northern Ireland, they are: AIB Group (UK) plc (trading as First Trust Bank), Bank of Ireland (UK), Northern Bank (trading as Danske Bank), and Ulster Bank.


The Isle of Man's A18 Mountain Road has been converted into a one-way system in preparation for the TT fortnight, the government has said.

The system was introduced in 2007 as a safety measure to reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions on the road.
The road will remain as a one-way system until 13 June.
The first Isle of Man TT practice session will be held on the Mountain Course on Saturday with the opening Superbike race next week.
About 43,000 fans visited the Isle of Man during last year's festival.
The full practice and race schedule is available online.


Thousands of civilians have left rebel-held eastern Aleppo districts, as the Syrian army continues its offensive to take full control over the city.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said as many as 10,000 residents fled to government-controlled western areas and a Kurdish-run northern district.
Syrian state media put the number at more than 1,500, while Russia said that 2,500 civilians had left.
The army wants to split the rebel-held east, after seizing several districts.
It is hard to get a clear picture of how events are unfolding in eastern Aleppo, but it is being reported that:
Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who has gathered thousands of Twitter followers with her tweets from Aleppo, said on Sunday that her home in the east of the city had been bombed.
She tweeted hours earlier: "Last message - under heavy bombardments now, can't be alive anymore. When we die, keep talking for 200,000 still inside. BYE.- Fatemah"
Ishmael, a volunteer with the White Helmet civil defence non-governmental organisation in eastern Aleppo, told the BBC that Sunday was "the worst day ever in Aleppo... because of the bombing".
Ishmael said more than 20 people had been killed, adding: "I'm scared, really scared of what is going to happen... tomorrow".
Some 250,000 people are believed to remain in eastern Aleppo, where food and medical supplies have all but run out.
The Syrian army's offensive to retake eastern Aleppo is now into its 14th day.
Around 225 civilians, including 27 children, have been killed in the assault so far, the observatory says.
Retaking all of Aleppo would be a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after five years of conflict.
Once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, Aleppo has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with the government controlling the west and rebels the east.
In the past year, Syrian troops have broken the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes.
Russia says its air force is active in other parts of the country, but not operating over Aleppo.


Train services were halted after a fire at a scrap yard closed the neighbouring railway line in Suffolk.

Ten cars were alight when six fire crews arrived at 17:40 BST at Sackers yard in Great Blakenham near Ipswich.
Greater Anglia said Suffolk Fire Service had advised services should be suspended on the main line and trains could not run between Ipswich and Stowmarket.
Services resumed at 19:00 BST after nearly two hours of disruption.
Passengers on the 17:30 from Norwich were told via the train's public announcement system that the driver on the service in front had heard "an explosion" next to the railway line.
Adrian Dodds, managing director of Sackers, said: "The fire broke out while staff were on site, but they were unable to contain it.
"People may have heard a series of bangs as airbags, tyres and shock absorbers burst in the heat."


Nearly half the schools run by the UN in the Middle East have been attacked, damaged or rendered inoperable in the past five years, according to a new report obtained by the BBC.

The report by UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, warns that the education of thousands of children has been disrupted.
More than 300 UN schools were attacked or shut down.
In Syria, more than half of the UNWRA schools are no longer in use.
Some are destroyed, some cut off by fighting, others are shelters for displaced families.
Most schools have been looted and more than 400 teachers have fled Syria.
Source: UNWRA (the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
UNWRA head Pierre Kraehenbuehl called on all warring parties to respect the civilian character of schools, and to spare the lives of children, teachers, and aid workers.
The report emphasises how schools can provide stability and hope for children but this disruption has been having a profound impact.
The document, which also looks at damage to schools in Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, will be presented on Monday at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul where education will be a special focus.


Croatia have sacked coach Niko Kovac after a 2-0 defeat by Norway left their chances of qualifying automatically for Euro 2016 in the balance.

Croatia are third in Group H with two matches remaining, but are just a point behind second-placed Norway.
The top two qualify automatically while the team in third are guaranteed at least a place in the play-offs.
Kovac, 43, had a public falling-out with Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric after the loss to Norway.
Modric, who was unhappy to be substituted during Thursday's 0-0 draw with Azerbaijan, angrily dismissed Kovac's claim the players were not "dedicating themselves sufficiently".
Kovac, who was appointed in 2013, took Croatia to last year's World Cup in Brazil, where they failed to progress from a group containing the hosts.
With games against Bulgaria and Malta to come, they have secured at least a place in the play-offs to qualify for Euro 2016 in France.
Davor Suker, the head of the Croatian Football Federation, said Kovac's successor will be chosen at a meeting on 21 September.


Fourth seed Richard Gasquet was knocked out in the first round as rain disrupted the first day of the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club.

Play was scheduled to begin at 12:30 BST but was regularly delayed because of intermittent showers over London.
Frenchman Gasquet lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to American Steve Johnson in a stop-start match that finished after 19:30 BST.
British number four Dan Evans was due to face France's Paul-Henri Mathieu but they will now play on Tuesday.
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In Monday's other completed matches, South Africa's Kevin Anderson and Canada's Vasek Pospisil won second-round qualifiers to reach the main draw.
Top seed Andy Murray faces Frenchman Nicolas Mahut - the world number 49 - in his first-round match, which is scheduled for Tuesday.
Mahut, 34, comes into the tournament having claimed the fourth ATP title of his career at the Ricoh Open in the Netherlands.
He retained his title with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in a rain-interrupted final that was completed on Monday.
Meanwhile, rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem became the first player to win titles on three different surfaces this year when he won the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart.
The French Open semi-finalist won 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4 against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber after Sunday's final had been stopped by rain before the first-set tie-break.
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Wrexham have signed striker Jordan White from Scottish Championship side Livingston on a one-year deal.

The 24-year-old joined Livingston from Stirling on a free transfer in 2014 and made 44 appearances for the club in 2015-16, scoring 16 goals.
White scored twice in the Scottish League One play-offs against Stranraer which saw the club relegated from the Scottish Championship to League One.
He scored 31 goals in two seasons for Livingston in 88 appearances.


Tottenham cruised to a comfortable victory against League One Gillingham in the third round of the EFL Cup.

Christian Eriksen opened the scoring with a stunning 25-yard strike and added a second just after half-time.
Dutch striker Vincent Janssen then got his first for the club from the penalty spot since his £17m summer move.
Strikes from Erik Lamela and Josh Onomah completed the rout for Spurs, who are rewarded with a trip to Liverpool in the fourth round.
Mauricio Pochettino made 11 changes from the side that beat Sunderland 1-0 on Sunday, with American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers, 18, and English midfielder Harry Winks, 20, handed a first start.
English attacker Marcus Edwards, 17, was also handed a senior debut from the bench and almost capped it with an injury-time goal, but his stinging shot was palmed over the bar by goalkeeper Stuart Nelson.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino:
"Now that Harry Kane's injured Janssen is our main striker and it's important for his confidence for the next few games.
"That goal was important for him, to feel the love from the supporters.
"For a striker, always the difficult thing is to create chances but he has a lot of chances to score today. He was unlucky.
"The important thing is that he got into the box and he created a lot of chances and for the future it's important that he feels confidence and for the team it will help a lot for us."
Gillingham boss Justin Edinburgh:
"I had a fantastic time here as a player and I am disappointed because it was not the score I visualised, but the gulf in class came through in the end.
"We thought at 1-0 we might have a chance of staying in it but they put on the burners, got to 3-0 and it was damage limitation from then on."
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0.
Attempt missed. Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Josh Onomah.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Stuart Nelson.
Attempt saved. Marcus Edwards (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Carroll.
Foul by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur).
Emmanuel Osadebe (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mark Byrne (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks tries a through ball, but Kieran Trippier is caught offside.
Corner,  Gillingham. Conceded by Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Substitution, Gillingham. Billy Knott replaces Bradley Dack.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Anton Walkes replaces Ben Davies.
Attempt missed. Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marcus Edwards.
Attempt missed. Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bradley Dack.
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Marcus Edwards replaces Vincent Janssen.
Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Wright (Gillingham).
Attempt blocked. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bradley Dack.
Foul by Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur).
Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham).
Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
Goal!  Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincent Janssen.
Attempt blocked. Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal!  Tottenham Hotspur 4, Gillingham 0. Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
Attempt missed. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Carroll.
Attempt blocked. Bradley Dack (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur).
Cody McDonald (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Gillingham. Scott Wagstaff replaces Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou replaces Christian Eriksen.
Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) because of an injury.


US President Donald Trump has told Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Iran will never have nuclear weapons.

He suggested the Iranians thought they could  "do what they want" since negotiating a nuclear deal with world powers in 2015.
Mr Trump arrived in Israel from Saudi Arabia, where he sought to win Arab states' support for fighting extremism.
He has called for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
However, he has been vague about what form it should take, saying he prefers to leave it to both sides to decide between them in direct talks.
The two-day visit to Israel forms part of Mr Trump's first foreign trip as US president.
Speaking in Jerusalem, he said Iran had negotiated a "fantastic deal" with his predecessor, Barack Obama, winning "a lifeline and prosperity".
But "instead of saying thank you", the Iranians were backing terrorism, he said. In a speech earlier on Monday, he accused Iran of "deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias".
"Iran will never have nuclear weapons, that I can tell you," Mr Trump told Mr Netanyahu.
In a deal with world powers in 2015, Iran accepted curbs on its nuclear programme in return for tangible economic benefits, and the White House confirmed last month that the deal was still holding.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected for a second term last week, championed the 2015 deal but on Monday he appeared to sweep aside international concern about Iran's missile programme.
"The Iranian nation has decided to be powerful," he said on state TV. "Our missiles are for peace and for defence... American officials should know that whenever we need to technically test a missile, we will do so and will not wait for their permission."
Mr Rouhani also played down Mr Trump's strong criticism of Iran at a summit in Saudi Arabia at the weekend, saying: "Who can say regional stability can be restored without Iran?"
Forging an anti-Iranian alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia may prove an easier task for President Donald Trump than bringing peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Having focused on a bitterly contested election, Iranian leaders are now at least ostensibly playing down the emerging threat from a new US administration that has virtually put Iran back in the "axis of evil" box.
President Rouhani described Mr Trump's massive arms deal with Saudi Arabia as having "no practical value" and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif questioned rhetorically whether the push by the Americans constituted a new foreign policy or just "milking Saudis" for hundreds of billions of dollars.
Even though any possibility of a military confrontation is not imminent, a tough US stance against Iran could make it much more difficult for the moderate Hassan Rouhani to do business with the outside world, and therefore deliver on his promise of a better economic future for the country.
Speaking about the prospect of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Mr Trump said, "I've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all".
But he added that he had a "feeling that we're going to get there eventually".
President Trump believes he is the world's greatest dealmaker and making peace between Israelis and Palestinians after a century of conflict would be the world's biggest deal, writes Jeremy Bowen, the BBC Middle East editor.
During the US election, candidate Trump expressed views that seemed to fit neatly with those of the right-wing Israeli government of Mr Netanyahu - favouring expansion of Jewish settlements on occupied territory and a tough line towards Palestinian aspirations for independence.
But in office, President Trump has been more nuanced - so there has been some nervous speculation on the Israeli right that he might demand concessions from their side, our editor says.
But most people, on both sides of the argument, are deeply sceptical about the chances of any progress, no matter what President Trump says or does while he is here, our editor adds.
Israel and the Palestinians have not held direct talks in just over three years.
Mr Trump is due to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday.
Before meeting Mr Netanyahu, he visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where - site of Jesus's burial and resurrection, according to Christian tradition.
Then, wearing a Jewish skullcap as a mark of respect, he visited the Western Wall, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism.
The wall is a remnant from the time of the Second Jewish Temple, which stood on the plateau above it and was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Mr Trump could be seen placing what appeared to be a written note between its stones, as is the custom among visitors to leave notes with prayers and requests to God.
The president's visit was overshadowed by political difficulties at home.
Speaking to Mr Netanyahu on Monday, he sought to dispel suggestions that he had passed on sensitive Israeli intelligence to Russian diplomats at a recent meeting, saying he had not mentioned the word "Israel" at the meeting.
Latest reports from the US say Mr Trump's former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, will refuse to give evidence to the Senate Intelligence Committee after being subpoenaed in connection with Moscow's possible involvement in last year's presidential election.
He will be in Rome to meet Pope Francis and Brussels to see Nato leaders.
On Friday, he will return to Italy for to meet other world leaders at a G7 summit in the Sicilian town of Taormina, where climate change is expected to be discussed.


Police have asked the BBC to provide a copy of an interview with a self-confessed IRA bomb-maker who said he was part of the group responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings.

Twenty-one people were killed on 21 November 1974 when two bombs exploded in bars in the city's centre.
Michael Hayes told the BBC last week that he took "collective responsibility" for the IRA's actions.
West Midlands Police has written to the BBC to request the full interview.
The force's Chief Constable Dave Thompson told a meeting of the West Midlands Policing and Crime Board on Tuesday that comments by Hayes screened in a BBC documentary had been "carefully reviewed".
"Our approach is where new facts come to light they are scrutinised to see if people can be brought to justice," Mr Thompson said.
"We have written to the BBC requesting the full footage to enable us to assess the full interview as part of our evidential process.
"Michael Hayes is outside the UK and a decision on what additional action can be taken will be assessed by the Crown Prosecution Service."
Mr Thompson added that while the police inquiry is not active it has not been closed and the victims' families will be kept informed.
The BBC said it had received the police request for the interview and "will consider it in accordance with our editorial guidance and policies for requests of this nature".
No-one has been brought to justice for the double attack, which was one of the worst single losses of life during the Troubles.
Six men - known as the Birmingham Six - were wrongfully convicted of the murders and spent 17 years in jail before they were released in 1991 when their convictions were quashed.
In last week's interview with BBC News NI reporter Kevin Magee, Hayes said he had been in the IRA for more than 30 years and was "a participant in the IRA's activities in Birmingham".
The 69-year-old, who lives in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, said two people planted the bombs in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern In The Town, although he refused to say who they were.
He also issued an apology to the families of the victims, adding: "My heartfelt sympathy to all of you for a terrible tragic loss that you have been put through."
That was rejected by one woman whose 18-year-old sister was killed in the attack.
Julie Hambleton described the former IRA man as "gutless and spineless" and said his apology was offensive.
Hayes said he was speaking out to give "the point of view of a participant".
When asked if he had planted the gelignite explosives, he replied: "I'm not telling you."
Hayes said he had been arrested and questioned in 1974 by West Midlands Police about the Birmingham bombings, but was released.
Birmingham MPs have called for Hayes to be extradited and face questioning by police.
Inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims are due to resume later this year.


Aberdeenshire councillors have agreed to move forward with plans to relocate the authority's headquarters from Aberdeen to Inverurie.

The current offices at Woodhill House in Aberdeen and Gordon House in Inverurie would be moved to a purpose-built facility at Harlaw in Inverurie.
Councillors instructed officers to negotiate a deal and a masterplan will be drawn up.
The aim is smaller, more flexible and cheaper offices.
Plans will also be considered to consolidate existing offices in Ellon and expand facilities in Stonehaven.
Aberdeenshire is the only local authority authority in Scotland to have its headquarters outside its boundary.


A paedophile doctor was able to abuse young cancer patients undetected after clues to his offending were missed, an investigation has found.

Myles Bradbury was jailed for 16 years after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Bradbury manipulated the system to perform "criminal, intimate examinations", the report found.
Staff noticed he was seeing patients out-of-hours, but presumed he was doing it to help them out.
The hospital had a rule that a chaperone should be present for these examinations but it was often ignored.
A doctor confronted Bradbury, from Herringswell, Suffolk, when she noticed he was seeing a boy on his own, but he said it was at the patient's request.
He told families it was "essential for him to see their child alone" and they should learn to trust doctors, the independent investigation found.
Bradbury, who used a "spy pen" to secretly capture pictures of his partially-clothed victims, was arrested in December 2013. He admitted 25 offences dating between 2009 and 2013, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.
However, the report found there had been several clues to his offending prior to this.
The 42-year-old, who worked as a blood cancer specialist at the hospital for five years, phoned families on his personal number to make appointments.
He saw some children more often than necessary but failed to record these consultations, according to the report by Verita, a consultancy which specialises in public sector investigations.
Other key points from the report, commissioned by Addenbrooke's, included:
Doctors explained he spent a lot of time "ingratiating himself" into families' affections and his office wall was covered in letters from children.
Dr Jag Ahluwalia, medical director of the trust, told the investigation his staff were also "duped" by Bradbury.
"To a degree I have beaten myself up over it, and so have his paediatric oncology colleagues, but I think they were all groomed along the way," he told the investigation.
Myles Bradbury always had a plausible answer whenever he was challenged. Always quick with a cover story, his lies kept him safe for years.
The exact number of children he molested is unknown. He abused the trust of everyone, twisting and manipulating hospital policies and systems.
When he drew a curtain around his young patient, he knew no professional or parent would invade his privacy.
It gave him confidence to carry out his attacks, as parents stayed just feet away, unaware of what was going on.
The Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, was praised for acting decisively after a concern was raised in November 2013.
A woman complained her 11-year-old grandson, who was in remission from leukaemia, was asked to strip naked and touch his own genitals.
She rang the paediatric day unit and told the receptionist. Bradbury was then suspended and never returned to the hospital except for formal interviews.
Addenbrooke's contacted Suffolk police, which had two weeks previously been independently alerted to a Canadian police investigation into Bradbury after he purchased an online video of naked children.
Bradbury was initially jailed for 22 years but this was later reduced on appeal to 16 years' imprisonment and six years on licence.
Report authors Lucy Scott-Moncrieff and Barry Morris interviewed Bradbury in prison. He told them he "knew that what he did was wrong" and was "very sorry".
Bradbury said that he "did not want to excuse his behaviour" and was willing to talk in the hope that this would reduce the risk of other children being harmed in the future.
The trust said it wanted "to say sorry again" to its patients and families who "placed their trust" in Bradbury.
"This has been a deeply distressing case and the NHS must learn from it," said David Wherrett, acting chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
"My message to other organisations is that as well as enforcing robust policies, we need to raise awareness of much more manipulative behaviour by individuals like Bradbury.
"Greater rigour and checks will make it more difficult for abuse to take place."


Sorry I am late, the traffic is back with a vengeance in Delhi.

No prizes for guessing why. The capital's much-hyped two-week trial - private cars with even and odd number plates were only allowed on alternate days - to curb air pollution ended on Friday. The headlines over the weekend said it all:  Traffic in Delhi back to square one, moaned one.
The whinge is not without basis.
Despite many exemptions, the drive, say officials, took more than 100,000 cars off the roads every day, six days a week. That's a lot of vehicles, and so not surprisingly, traffic eased and commuting time - and road rage - shrunk.
One report said peak hour traffic was down by a third. More than 9,000 drivers were fined $29 (Â£20) each for driving a wrong numbered car - a not very substantial number considering the volume of traffic.
People carpooled and public transport, including the efficient metro, managed to soak up many commuters who had given up cars. A high decibel campaign by the local government meant that air pollution becoming a talking point among the city's generally apathetic citizenry. Despite reports of some volunteers being harassed by churlish law-breakers, the experiment was widely described as a success.
Now the not-so-good news. By all accounts, the jury is still out on whether the trial had any impact on the city's toxic air.
Many studies show there is scant data to support the government's claim that the experiment improved air quality.
To be sure, tricky weather conditions - low wind speeds did not help in clearing pollutants, for example - were possibly responsible for actual deterioration of air quality during the trial period.
It is not even clear, despite some cavalier opinion, whether cars are mainly responsible for the spiralling air pollution - car journeys comprise less than 15% of trips in Delhi, less than half the number in London and Singapore.
The tens of thousands of diesel trucks that enter Delhi every day, along with smoke-spewing coal-fired power stations, construction dust, and mass burning of rubbish to keep the homeless warm also contribute handsomely to keep the air foul.
Yet, nobody believes cars are not a problem. Sunita Narain of Delhi's Centre for Science and Environment fervently believes cars - especially the diesel-engine ones which are legally allowed to emit more - are an "important part of the pollution story", and the car rationing experiment actually helped moderate air pollution.
An unprecedented scaling up of public transport is the only "long-term solution" to clean up the city's odious air, she says.
Buoyed by the hoopla over the drive, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that an "improved version" of the car rationing scheme will be announced soon. But does the "success" of the trial tell us anything about a behavioural change - read calm compliance - among the car-loving residents of Delhi?
Possibly not, says India's best-known transportation expert Dinesh Mohan.
Keep in mind, he says, that all schools were closed during the drive, thus taking off a quarter of the daily trips; many used their old motorcycles for the alternate day; others may have printed fake natural gas stickers- cars running on natural gas were exempt from the trial -  or bought false registration plates. Most importantly, all car owners knew in advance that the trial would last only two weeks.
"The experiment tells us nothing about how people would react if it was a permanent measure. My suspicion is that if everyone knew this is here to stay, they would not only buy cheap vehicles and become more inventive but also much more angry," he told a newspaper.
"It is quite clear that the odd-even experiment has not had a major influence on the overall environment in the city. Therefore, it only serves as a publicity gimmick. There is no city in the world where such a measure has worked over any length of time, nor has it reduced pollution significantly as an isolated intervention, says Dr Mohan.
Surely car use in Delhi needs to be minimised. Parking must cost more, engine-size based pollution tax should be imposed to fund public transport, and the city must be made friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists. Environment groups claim a tax on diesel trucks entering Delhi has already led to a 20% reduction of truck traffic. The government's decision to upgrade to higher fuel standards for vehicles - Euro VI - by 2020 should also be welcomed.
Still this will be not enough.
Air pollution is a fiendishly complicated subject - and much more than vehicular emissions.
At its heart, it is mainly a symptom of shambolic urban planning and the inability of the government to deliver basic and essential services to its people.
As Sarath Guttikunda, who heads an independent research group, UrbanEmissions.Info says, lack of power supply leads to use of diesel generators, lack of public transport leads to higher demand for private vehicles, and the lack of uncluttered and clean sidewalks and cycle paths lead to more motorised transport.
Bad traffic management and on the road parking leads to more congestion. Garbage gets burnt because it simply doesn't get picked up in the first place. Builders are not even pushed to use bowsers to check construction dust. Introducing natural gas, upgrading fuel standards, and pushing out polluting industries will fetch short-term gains - Delhi is living proof of this.
Delhi - and India - needs institutional change to fight air pollution. Neither Mr Kejriwal, who rules Delhi, nor Narendra Modi, who rules India, have shown very little stomach for such reform.


Germany's top two divisions have sold their domestic media rights for 4.6bn euros (£3.6bn), almost double their previous deal.

The deal covers four seasons from 2017-18 and is an 85% increase on the amount raised by the same rights in 2013.
Terrestrial broadcasters ARD and ZDF will show highlights and a small number of live games.
The Premier League's sale of domestic rights for three seasons from 2016-17 raised £5.14bn in February 2015.


MPs have accused one of Europe's biggest retailers of not treating its workers like humans.

A report by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee states Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley must be held accountable for company failings.
Evidence suggested Sports Direct's working practices were similar to those of a Victorian workhouse, one MP said.
In response, Sports Direct said in a statement that its policy is to treat all people "with dignity and respect".
It comes after Mr Ashley recently told MPs the firm was being investigated over staff being paid below the minimum wage.
Union officials told MPs that in one case an employee had given birth in a toilet at the company's warehouse base in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, because she feared losing her job if she called in sick.
Allegations also surfaced of some workers being promised permanent contracts in exchange for sexual favours.
Committee chairman Iain Wright said evidence heard by MPs last month suggested Sports Direct's working practices "are closer to that of a Victorian workhouse than that of a modern, reputable High Street retailer".
"It's seems incredible that Mike Ashley, who visits the warehouse at least once a week, was unaware of these appalling practices," Mr Wright said.
"This suggests Mr Ashley was turning a blind eye to conditions at Sports Direct in the interests of maximising profits, or that there are serious corporate governance failings which left him out of the loop in spite of all the evidence.
"Mike Ashley had to be brought kicking and screaming to answer the committee's questions.
"To Mr Ashley's credit, when he gave evidence he was open and willing to engage and he is now setting out some of the steps which Sports Direct needs to take to stop these practices recurring."
The committee said it would visit the firm's base and "continue to hold Mr Ashley's feet to the fire".
Speaking to the Today programme, Mr Wright said: "Mike Ashley founded the company, it's made in his image and he's very hands-on.
"He has a desk in the warehouse and goes there at least once a week. We can't believe that he wasn't aware of the practices that were going on.
"HMRC is currently conducting an investigation. It'll be up to HMRC whether they take into account prosecutions but it's really important that the buck stops with Mike Ashley."
Union officials said HMRC has now announced it will extend its inquiry into the non-payment of the minimum wage to include the company's shop workers.
"The way to put things right at Shirebrook is simple - put the workers on fixed-hour, permanent contracts. Give them some security and the dignity they deserve," Steve Turner, Unite's assistant general secretary, said.
"However, Shirebrook is not an isolated incident. The sad truth of the matter is that where people can be hired and fired at whim, bad bosses are never far away.
"If the Prime Minister is serious about tackling corporate abuse, then she should start in our workplaces by restoring security, decency and fairness to working life."
The report also stated workers who do not have a bank account are given pre-paid debit cards onto which their wages are paid.
It said workers are charged a £10 one-off fee, a monthly management fee of £10, 75p for cash withdrawals, 10p for texts to the card holder of any transactions and £1.50 for a paper statement.
Transline Group, one of two agencies used to supply Sports Direct staff, denied it deducts money from employees' wages for using the cards and said fees go straight to Contis, a banking firm which administers the cards.
But the report said evidence from the firm said it manages the application and delivery of cards and, for that service, it receives £3 per card issue and £1.96 per week for each card user from Contis.
"The fees received by Transline seem disproportionate to the services offered. The effect of this arrangement is to place further financial pressure on workers," the report adds.
"It is not clear if this is an unlawful deduction from wages, and the costs incurred by the workers seem totally unjustified."
Mr Ashley gave evidence to MPs following a Guardian report last year that workers at the warehouse had been subjected to rigorous searches and surveillance, leading to staff receiving less than the minimum wage.
A BBC investigation also found ambulances had been called to the sportswear retailer's base 76 times in two years.
In a letter to MPs on 12 July, Mr Ashley said work had begun on a review into working practices and a written update would be ready in 90 days.
The Newcastle United owner said he had contacted Unite "with a view to opening a constructive dialogue".
Mr Ashley confirmed all workers - permanent and agency staff - were now paid above the National Minimum Wage (NMW), but said these pay rises were not "back pay" - which relates to HMRC's investigation.
Some of the disciplinary penalties revealed in our BBC Inside Out investigation last October and then raised in the committee hearing are highlighted in the opening paragraph of the report.
That's because it gets to the heart of whether workers are being treated fairly or not. The "six strikes and you're out" policy - where a strike is given for getting a drink of water or being off sick - is part of Mike Ashley's review of working practices, being carried out by RPC solicitors, Sports Direct's independent legal advisors.
The committee says it wants the local health and safety enforcement authority for retail warehouse - Bolsover District Council - and the Health and Safety Executive to step up and is critical of the lack of preventative steps by the council to reduce the number of accidents. Is this too big a job for a local district authority?
As for the competitive world of quick-turnaround online orders, Mr Ashley said he just didn't see it coming when he built the first of two warehouses, initially just for his shops. We're talking 2005, not 1985, when he moved to Shirebrook, at a time when consumers were already well versed in shopping from their sofa.
Has the penny dropped that pressure to meet agreed targets for orders like any commercial operation, including the use of an agency disciplinary system for workers maintaining attendance, has had consequences for which Mr Ashley is now being held to account?
If so, will this fundamental question be addressed by Sports Direct? Parliament isn't about to let up.
A HMRC spokesman said individual cases were not discussed but "we always investigate businesses where we believe the NMW is not being paid".
Sports Direct said in a statement: "We will study the contents of the committee's report very carefully.
"It is our policy to treat all our people with dignity and respect.
"We are pleased to see the committee has recognised Mike Ashley's commitment to engage in addressing any shortcomings in the working practices at Sports Direct."
Transline Group said in a statement: "Transline representatives attended the committee to give a transparent account of our operations at Shirebrook.
"No incorrect or misleading information was given, and we will respond to the committee on any and all issues raised within the report within the two-week deadline stipulated.
"Transline remains committed to ensuring a safe working environment and fulfilling its duty of care to our employees."
Bolsover District Council was unavailable for comment when contacted by the BBC, and The Best Connection declined to comment.


Great Britain secured their first win in the Hockey World League Final with Helen Richardson-Walsh scoring the only goal against Australia.

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GB lost their opening game 2-1 against the hosts Argentina before a 1-1 draw with China.
Australia had won their two previous fixtures in the tournament.
Britain's victory on Tuesday means they are now likely to avoid facing World and Olympic champions the Netherlands in Thursday's quarter-finals.
"We're up and running now and I thought that was a fantastic performance from us," Richardson-Walsh told BBC Sport.
"That's the number two side in the world and, although the score didn't suggest it, we dominated. That's set us up well for the quarter-finals."
Against Australia, Crista Cullen made her first competitive appearance for GB since retiring after winning bronze at the London 2012 Olympics.
The GB women have struggled to find breakthroughs with their penalty corner routines during the competition and were again thwarted with eight attempts.
At the other end Britain were indebted to keeper Maddie Hinch who pulled off two crucial saves to deny Australia.
However, Alex Danson - who made her 250th international appearance on Sunday - was in inspired form.
Her darting run from the left and subsequent shot during the second quarter would have seen her open her account for the tournament - had Richardson-Walsh not claimed the goal with a touch inches from the goalline.
Britain will learn the draw for Thursday's quarter-finals once the Pool A and Pool B fixtures are completed on Wednesday.


National League side Dover Athletic have signed winger Kadell Daniel on an undisclosed-length contract after a successful trial period.

Former Crystal Palace trainee Daniel was a free agent after leaving Isthmian League side Leatherhead in April.
The 23-year-old has prior National League experience from spells with Torquay, Woking and Welling.
Dover start the new National League season with an away trip to Hartlepool on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Plans for a huge offshore wind farm project off the East Yorkshire coast has been given the green light by the government.

The development includes three wind farms and up to 332 turbines and will be 64 miles off Hornsea.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey said the Hornsea Project One scheme would create 2,500 local jobs and bring millions of pounds into the UK economy.
It is expected to be start operating by the year 2020.
The project is a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power, Siemens Project Ventures GmBH and Dong Energy.
Consent for the scheme has been given on the condition that it has an employment and skills plan approved by North Lincolnshire Council, including local advertising of jobs and supply chain opportunities.
Friends of the Earth campaigner Simon Bowens said it was "fantastic news for the blossoming offshore wind industry on the North Sea coast".
"The UK could be an offshore wind powerhouse, but the Government must show much greater ambition if we are to reap the full benefits and continue to drive down costs in the years ahead."


Missed target times for ambulance emergency calls can be turned around but there is "no imminent fix", warns the new head of the service in Wales.

The target is for 65% of ambulances to reach high priority calls inside eight minutes but that has been missed for most of the last two years.
September's figures are out next week but BBC Wales can reveal a slight improvement up to 58.9%.
Chief executive Tracy Myhill said it needs to satisfy the public.
Speaking to BBC Radio Cymru's Manylu programme, Ms Myhill, who is in an interim role, said targets rightly focused the mind and the emergency target had received a lot of attention.
"There's a huge focus on the one target - but my own view is until we can satisfy people we are continuing to improve that target, it's hard to talk about other things."
Ms Myhill said there were other good things going on towards transforming the service, which include:
"It's a do-able target. It's not an imminent fix, it's a really complex system," said Ms Myhill.
"I can't say to you tomorrow or a next month that 65% target will be hit. What I'm aiming to do is to ensure there is continuous improvement and continuous movement towards that target.
"The whole way this service works, commissions and delivers is different and we need to change with that, to give people the service they deserve," she said.
As for getting rid of the target, Ms Myhill said she was in favour of reviewing it only once it was hit.
"We need to look at this target and we need to make sure it's the right target for the safety, the quality and service for the population but it's hard to do that when you're not meeting it," she said.
"We've got to collectively show improvement before we can change the target to be more meaningful."
September's figure of 58.9% compares to August when just 56.9% of ambulances arrived at the scene within eight minutes.
But it is above the 58.3% figure for July.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the August targets times were disappointing, adding that he hoped the new acting ambulance chief along with extra paramedics would be able to make a difference.
There is more on this story on Manylu, BBC Radio Cymru Thursday 23 October, 12:30 BST.


A woman and a boy have been killed after a car being chased by police mounted a pavement and crashed "into a family" in south-east London.

The car was being pursued along Lennard Road, Penge, when it struck the group at about 14:05 BST, witnesses said.
The woman and boy died at the scene, while three girls were taken to hospital with "multiple injuries", London Ambulance Service (LAS) said.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The 23 year-old remains in custody in a south London police station, the Metropolitan Police said.
A witness said the car was being chased by two police BMWs when the driver "lost control and ploughed into a family".
"People were trying to lift a car off a little girl," the man said.
Another witness, Venissa Vassell, said about 20 people lifted the car and the girls "crawled out".
One girl who was taken away by ambulance was screaming, "I can't feel my legs", Ms Vassell said.
Ilya Baxter, 23, saw the police chase from a window in his flat.
He described seeing a white man aged between 18 and 25 running across the road around the corner from the crashed car, before police caught him.
He said: "I heard the cars and saw someone pointing to the police where he went. I knocked on the window and pointed."
He said that the man was hiding in the bushes. Police then caught the man, handcuffed him, and then went to help the injured, he added.
The majority of police pursuits in London take place at relatively low-speed and end quickly when the driver pulls over.
But there's been concern about a recent rise in the number of people killed in car chases.
The police watchdog says there were 13 deaths in the UK in 2015/16 - during or after police chases - up from six the previous year.
In London in 2015/16 there were three deaths, up from one the previous year.
The Metropolitan Police philosophy is that no pursuit is worth risking the safety of the public; that travelling through built-up areas at more than 40 or 50 mph is simply not worth it.
With the amount of CCTV on the streets of the capital, tracing vehicles is easier than ever, although watching a suspect get away is clearly galling for officers, and a great worry if the suspect poses an immediate threat.
Sources say it's become increasingly common for a senior officer - monitoring events in real-time in the police control room - to call off a chase if they feel the risk to the public has become too great.
Often, the control room will try to scramble the most highly-trained pursuit officers to take over. They are in the minority, though, and the body that represents rank and file officers, the Police Federation, has said a reduction in specific road policing officers nationally has led criminals to think they can get away.
With fewer specialists on the roads, more chases will be allocated to officers who don't have the daily experience of high-speed pursuits.
The details of what happened in Penge are still not clear. But this crash shows once again how devastating the consequences of police chases can be.
Police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has sent investigators to the scene, and appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Over the last 10 years, 252 members of the public have died following road traffic incidents involving the police in England and Wales, according to the IPCC.
In London there were 498 crashes involving a pursuit by Met officers in 2015-16.


A boy with a brain tumour taken from Southampton Hospital by his parents without telling staff was put at risk by their actions, a report has found.

Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board has studied how the authorities reacted to the case of Ashya King.
The report also said the hospital should have acted sooner to get a second opinion about different treatment plans for the five year old.
His story received global attention in 2014 when his parents took him abroad.
Brett and Naghemeh King, of Southsea, were later arrested and held in a prison in Madrid.
They had wanted him to undergo proton beam therapy in Prague, which had not been recommended by his care team in Southampton.
The couple were later released and the therapy took place.
In March, the King family said Ashya was cancer free.
The report recommends that the government review the options available to professionals when children they are concerned about are taken abroad.
It said the medical professionals involved "worked hard to ensure the best outcomes for the child and his family".
But it added: "Unfortunately, the parents felt that their wishes and feelings about his treatment were not being given sufficient priority and they chose to disengage from the medical professionals and remove him from the hospital placing him at risk of serious harm if anything untoward had happened with regard to the nasogastric tube [through which he was fed].
"Professionals in the hospital attempted to accommodate the parents' wishes but did not respond speedily to their request for a second opinion.
"Additionally the parents were not happy... that the National Clinical Expert Group would not fund Proton Beam Therapy as it did not meet the criteria for financial support ."
It described the "limited options" available to agencies after the family fled the UK as "partly a result of the parents concealing the actions they had taken to ensure his safety and were compounded by them failing to respond to attempts to contact them".
It concluded the management of the situation across these different agencies "could have been stronger".
"This was particularly important because of the significant degree of media interest which... risked a loss of public confidence in child safeguarding in circumstances such as this."


A rollercoaster ride had to be stopped mid-ride when someone put their leg outside the cart.

The Colossus at Thorpe Park, Surrey, was halted when staff saw on CCTV that someone had "ignored restrictions". Riders were walked to safety.
"We e-stopped the ride as soon as possible and evacuated all guests," a spokeswoman said.
No-one was hurt and the Colossus was "back up and running" a short time later.