Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, has published the second part of his self-titled "masterplan".

He said Tesla would be branching out into creating a "solar-roof-with-battery product" that people can have fitted to their homes.
He wants the Tesla electric car range to cover all types of ground vehicles, specifically buses and lorries.
And once the cars have full autonomous driving capability, Mr Musk said Tesla would allow owners to add their cars to a shared fleet, meaning the vehicles can be making money for their owners when they are not using them.
Mr Musk had teased the publication of the plan on Twitter for several days, recently saying he'd pulled an all-nighter in order to finish it.
His ambition, he wrote, was to "accelerate the advent of sustainable energy".
"We must at some point achieve a sustainable energy economy or we will run out of fossil fuels to burn and civilization will collapse.
"Given that we must get off fossil fuels anyway and that virtually all scientists agree that dramatically increasing atmospheric and oceanic carbon levels is insane, the faster we achieve sustainability, the better."
Mr Musk's plans have, though, drawn criticism from analysts, who suggest they are too vague.
"As is typical, Elon Musk has laid out a grandiose plan for the future with no timeframes and few specifics, and no mention of how and when Tesla will be profitable," Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at Autotrader, said.
She added that while Tesla's latest plan included expanding its electric vehicle product line to cover all major segments, "it hasn't been meeting production targets with the limited product line it has now and in the next couple of years".
The masterplan comes comes at a time when Mr Musk is facing criticism for the roll-out of Tesla's Autopilot feature, in which cars autonomously travel along motorways, changing lanes and speeding up or down in keeping with traffic.
US road safety regulators are investigating whether Autopilot was at fault in a crash which left one man, the driver, dead. The software appears to have failed to spot a white lorry driving across the Tesla's path.
Mr Musk stressed in his masterplan that Autopilot was in beta mode, and that all drivers are warned of that.
He wrote: "It would no more make sense to disable Tesla's Autopilot, as some have called for, than it would to disable autopilot in aircraft, after which our system is named.
"It is also important to explain why we refer to Autopilot as 'beta'. This is not beta software in any normal sense of the word. Every release goes through extensive internal validation before it reaches any customers.
"It is called beta in order to decrease complacency and indicate that it will continue to improve (Autopilot is always off by default). Once we get to the point where Autopilot is approximately 10 times safer than the US vehicle average, the beta label will be removed."
Mr Musk was also under pressure to explain the reasoning behind Tesla's purchase of SolarCity, a solar-power company that many considered to have been struggling. Mr Musk was its chief executive, and some investors said Tesla's purchase was essentially bailing out the ailing SolarCity.
However, Mr Musk rationalised his thinking by saying his vision of sustainable energy in our homes required the two companies to be joined.
"We can't do this well if Tesla and SolarCity are different companies, which is why we need to combine and break down the barriers inherent to being separate companies."
Mr Musk also seemed to suggest his company would one day compete with the likes of Uber and Lyft for personal transportation.
Once the cars had achieved full, safe autonomy, he said, a service would be set up that allowed owners to make their cars part of a fleet others could summon via an app.
In cities where there were too few Tesla owners to satisfy demand, Mr Musk said Tesla would "operate its own fleet, ensuring you can always hail a ride from us no matter where you are".
Shares in Tesla were marginally up during out-of-hours trading.
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With the release of the latest film adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd, the locations that inspired its famous writer will once again be seen on the big screen.

Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts and Michael Sheen are the latest stars to bring Thomas Hardy's characters to life against the backdrop of Dorset's villages, farms, homes and coastline.
Although the location names in his stories and poems were fictional, many of them were based on real places the author knew well.
Those locations still draw legions of Hardy enthusiasts.
With much of rural Dorset having changed little since Hardy's time, a sizeable proportion of the filming for Thomas Vinterberg's version of Far from the Madding Crowd was done on location the county, including at the 16th Century manor Mapperton House.
Hardy's romantic epic about Bathsheba Everdene unfolds from her farm in Weatherbury - thought to be Puddletown.
One of her suitors, Sergeant Troy, gambles in the port of Budmouth - what Hardy called nearby Weymouth.
The map of Dorset is peppered with other places which Hardy gave alter-egos to in his novels, short stories and poems.
Thomas Hardy's Wessex Place names
Dorchester - Casterbridge (The Mayor of Casterbridge)
Bridport - Port Bredy (Fellow Townsmen)
Beaminster - Emminster (Tess of the d'Urbervilles)
Melbury Bubb - Little Hintock (The Woodlanders)
Sherborne  - Sherton Abbas (The Woodlanders)
Puddletown - Wetherbury (Far from the Madding Crowd)
Athelhampton -Athelhall (The Waiting Supper)
Kingston Maurward - Knapwater House (Desperate Remedies)
Bournemouth - Sandbourne (Tess of the d'Urbervilles)
Source: Visit Dorset's Hardy Trail.
Alistair Chisolm, Dorchester's town crier who also runs Thomas Hardy walking tours, said the author was reluctant to reveal the exact locations referred to in his works.
"Hardy described his locations as 'part real, part imagined',
"It's a great game to try and guess the places mentioned in the books."
His tour around Dorchester takes in the sights of Casterbridge - of Mayor of Casterbridge fame.
The Kings Arms pub appears in the novel and the Barclays bank branch in South Street even has a blue plaque commemorating it as the "home" of the mayor.
In Evershot - referred to as Evershead in Tess of the d'Urbervilles - a thatched cottage is still known as Tess' Cottage where the heroine stopped for breakfast on her journey from Emminster (Beaminster).
The Sheaf of Arrows pub mentioned in Interlopers at the Knap was one of the author's regular haunts.
Mr Chisolm said: "With hundreds of thousands of people seeing the film around the world, some will undoubtedly get hooked on Hardy and will inevitably come and visit the places and his houses."
Hardy was born in a secluded thatched cottage in Higher Bockhampton in June 1840 where he lived for most of the first 30 years of his life.
It was the inspiration for the inspired fictional village of Mellstock in Under the Greenwood Tree.
His later works were written at Max Gate, the Dorchester townhouse where he lived from 1885 until his death in 1928.
Both Max Gate and the Higher Bockhampton cottage are currently overseen by the National Trust.
The trust's Martin Stephen, said: "Hardy was a complex man as well as a brilliant writer. He managed to pack so much into his life and his writing is full of insights into human nature.
"It's not surprising that there is still so much interest in him."
Hardy was also a founder member of Dorset County Museum which holds more than 7,000 of his items, including a first edition of Far From The Madding Crowd from 1874.
Landmarks in Hardy's family life are also popular attractions - his parents married in Melbury village church 1839.
Hardy's first wife Emma was buried at St Michael's parish church in Stinsford, and following Hardy's death in 1928 his heart was also buried with her.
A stained glass window designed as a memorial to Hardy in 1930 can also be seen in the church, while a statue was erected in his honour in 1931 and is located at Top O'Town in Dorchester.
Secretary of the Thomas Hardy Society Mike Nixon said: "The film features some of the most stunning scenery in Dorset.
"When watching the film, you are made aware that the fields, hills and woods, become a further character in the story, just as Hardy wanted it to be."
With West Dorset already enjoying a boost from location-tourism following ITV drama Broadchurch, there are hopes the worldwide exposure will further increase visitor numbers.
In Sherborne, 10,000 leaflets have been printed for the influx of tourists expected after Sherborne Abbey and surrounding streets were transformed into a 1870s market square by the film crew.
Amanda Park, tourism development manager for West Dorset District Council said: "There is a real buzz about Sherborne at the moment with lots of media attention surrounding the release of Far From the Madding Crowd."


Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich thrashed third-tier Chemnitzer to reach the second round of the German Cup.

Lewandowski scored a deflected free-kick, with Kingsley Coman firing home a second before a Lewandowski tap-in.
Franck Ribery scored a free-kick, with Mats Hummels adding a late finish.
Elsewhere, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as holders Borussia Dortmund beat Rielasingen-Arlen of the sixth division 4-0.
Marc Bartra scored their opener before Aubameyang's treble, but Ousmane Dembele - who is a target for Barcelona - did not play.


Cash is still the most popular form of payment in UK shops but the popularity of vouchers and coupons is on the rise, research has suggested.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) analysed 10 billion retail payments in 2012 - 60% of all UK retail sales.
Cash accounted for about 54% of all transactions, but non-cash, non-card payments rose from less than 2% to 5% of the total.
Debit cards also remained popular, the figures showed.
Use of cash in terms of the number of transactions and money spent in shops was down on the previous year. This was the first time in the survey's 13-year history that both measures recorded a fall.
Alternative means of payment, such as online payments and money-off coupons, grew, although these remained a fraction of the total.
"These methods will be the 'ones to watch' in the future, and retailers are investing heavily to make sure their customers have choice and convenience in ways to pay, whether in-store, at home or on the move," said Helen Dickinson, director general of the BRC.
Debit cards accounted for 30% of transactions, while credit cards or charge cards were used in nearly 11% of cases.
The BRC repeated its concern that credit card transactions cost retailers significantly more to process than cash.


Former Premier League footballer Robbie Savage has donated his trademark blond locks to the National Football Museum in Manchester.

The former Wales international and Blackburn midfielder gave his long hair the red card after nearly missing his flight to the World Cup in Brazil.
He had picked up his wife's passport mistaking it for his own, as they both had the same hairstyle.
"I thought I've got to make a change," he said.
Savage, who sported long blond hair throughout his football career, explained: "I said I'm going to donate my hair to the National Football Museum. They said 'are you serious' and I said well I wasn't but I am now."
Sally Hawley, collections officer at the museum, said: "As Robbie's now a pundit, his hair will go alongside John Motson's coat and Jim White's tie,"
Savage retired from professional football at the end of the 2010/11 season, after playing for Crewe Alexandra, Leicester City, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County and Brighton and Hove Albion.


Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed announcements of 16,000 new apprenticeships, saying he wants the qualifications to be "level pegging" with university degrees.

Morrisons says it will train 9,000 apprentices over the next five years; and Premier Inn and Costa Coffee owner Whitbread plan 6,000 by 2020.
There were also commitments from National Grid and Dairy Crest.
The PM promised three million new apprentices under a Tory government.
Mr Cameron, who launched the Costa Coffee apprenticeship scheme, said: "We want apprenticeships to be level-pegging with a university degree giving millions more people the dignity of work and a regular pay packet.
"We've already created 2.2 million apprenticeships since 2010 but a future Conservative government is committed to opening up three million more high quality apprenticeships - to help strengthen our economy and communities and give millions more people financial security."
This election issue includes funding for schools, university tuition fees and early years education.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Labour says it would guarantee apprenticeships for every school leaver in England who "gets the grades" by 2020, while the Lib Dems have been keen to claim a share of the credit for those created in the last Parliament.
Nick Clegg's party says it would offer an extra Â£1 an hour for the lowest paid apprentices.
Andy Harrison, chief executive of Whitbread, said: "I firmly believe that investing in apprenticeships is essential to Whitbread's future success and to the health of the UK economy, as well as helping the next generation to achieve their full potential."
National Grid is taking on 500 new apprentices and Dairy Crest will take 200, as well as opening a new training academy.
Also on Thursday, Labour said it would guarantee teenagers face-to-face individual careers advice if it forms the next government.
The party's education manifesto also includes a pledge "to protect the entire education budget in real terms".
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Force India chose not to run their cars in the second practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix so they could return to their hotel before dark.

The decision came after four team mechanics narrowly avoided being hit by petrol bombs during a clash between protesters and police on Wednesday.
Team boss Bob Fernley said: "We have to ensure the crew are comfortable."
"It would have been wrong not to go ahead with the race because it would mean in the future when there is any unrest, you would have to do the same thing. I was here in the dark, my sons went to various villages because they wanted to see what was going on, my wife was out shopping. There is so much unrest in other parts of the Middle East, far beyond anything you're seeing here."
In a separate incident on Thursday, Sauber became the second team involved in a roadside incident.
A bus containing 12 of their mechanics took to the hard shoulder after encountering a burning bottle in the road and seeing masked men running towards their lane.
Sauber confirmed that nobody from the team was hurt and they did not regard it as an attack on their vehicle.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said he had offered Force India a police escort from the track following their incident on Wednesday.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Ecclestone said: "I said if they were the slightest bit concerned, whatever time they would normally leave the circuit, I will be here and travel in their vehicle back to the hotel, without any escort or police.
"If they want an escort, they can have police, I am happy to travel without. I don't think they have any need to be concerned."
Ecclestone and the Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have worked hard to present the Gulf state as safe.
The incident on Wednesday came as the Force India team members were returning from the track to their hotel at about 2000 local time on the main highway from the track to the capital, Manama.
Ecclestone said he did not want to comment on the incident because he was not there.
He insisted it was "absolutely 100%" the right decision to go to Bahrain, pointing to recent riots in Spain and crime in Brazil as examples that other countries had problems.
Asked if he felt Bahrain were blurring the boundaries between sport and politics by using a "UniF1ed" slogan to promote the grand prix, Ecclestone said it was "not for us to decide how somebody wants to use the race. We're not here to give an opinion on how this country should be run - or any other country".
Fernley told BBC Sport Force India fully supported the Bahrain Grand Prix but safety was paramount.
He said: "We are doing the best we can to make sure the crew is safe. There will be protests, it was an unfortunate incident and when it happens to your team you have to deal with it in a proper manner."
Asked how he felt about the teams being told Bahrain was safe, Fernley said: "We all know there is a very slight risk with coming here."
Not all the teams are staying in central Manama - McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes are all in a resort complex about two miles (3km) from the track.


An aerospace engineering firm is to create 80 jobs at a new factory in Newtownabbey, County Antrim.

RLC will be the first tenant of Global Point Business Park, Invest NI's largest industrial development site.
The company makes components for some of the best-known names in the aerospace sector, including Martin Baker and Rolls-Royce.
RLC, which is based in the Isle of Man, already employs more than 250 people at its facility in Crumlin, County Antrim.
The Crumlin facility will stay open.
RLC will also use it as the base for a research and development project focusing on engine components.
The company is investing Â£35m with Invest NI providing Â£6.5m in job creation and research and development grants.
The location of the factory, Global Point, was supposed to begin operating as a business park more than 10 years ago.
However, it was hit by the withdrawal of a private sector developer, planning issues and the economic downturn.


The Nicky Henderson-trained Simonsig was put down after he broke a leg during the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham on Sunday.

The 10-year-old grey sustained the injury when he fell at the third fence.
"You all know what the game is like. It tests us, and it is one of those things," said Henderson.
It happened on the same day the Henderson-trained Sprinter Sacre - winner of nine Group One races - was retired after a tendon injury.
Simonsig won eight races from 13 starts, including the Neptune Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March 2012 and the Arkle Trophy a year later.
The gelding had struggled with injury since that victory and only returned to the track at Aintree in November 2015, after which he only raced three more times.
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A man has died in a crash involving two cars on one of Dorset's busiest routes.

The 68-year-old from Bournemouth died when his Vauxhall Astra hit a Nissan Juke on the A31 near Corfe Mullen.
The road, near the Coventry Arms pub, was closed for more than five hours after the crash happened at 13:20 BST.
The driver of the Nissan, a 49-year-old woman from Waterlooville, was seriously injured and airlifted to Southampton General Hospital but police said her condition was not life-threatening.
Three men who were travelling in the Nissan sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries and were taken to Poole Hospital.
Sgt Mark Scammell said: "I would like to thank motorists for their patience during the road closures which are necessary to allow emergency services to deal with the incident."


The body of a school teacher was found covered by carpet underlay in a room of her village home, an inquest has heard.

Bernice William, 50, from Lutton, Lincolnshire, was found on 9 April and later indentified by her DNA.
The find came two days after her husband, Lawrence William, was found dead in a stable block at the family home, near Spalding.
Police believe Mr William, 49, may have taken his own life, but are treating his wife's death as suspicious.
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An inquest at Boston Coroners' Court was opened and adjourned while police investigations are completed.
Home Office post-mortems and toxicology tests have been ordered on both bodies.
Det Sgt Andy McWatt, of Lincolnshire Police, told the hearing the body of Mrs William - a teacher at a local school - was found after extensive searches by specialist teams at the house on Colley's Gate.
She was discovered two days after Mr William was found in a stable block at the property by the couple's eldest son, who was home from university at the time.
Her family believed she had been away staying with friends, but a missing person's appeal was launched after this was found not to be the case, police said.
A post-mortem proved inconclusive as to the cause of her death.
The inquest is due to resume at a later date.


Mohammad Amir took a hat-trick for Karachi Kings in their Pakistan Super League victory over Lahore Qalandars.

The 23-year-old seamer, who was booed on his return for Pakistan in January after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, finished with figures of 3-27.
Amir removed Dwayne Bravo, Zohaib Khan and Kevon Cooper in the second game of the inaugural Twenty20 tournament.
Karachi chased 126 to win by seven wickets with 4.1 overs to spare after Chris Gayle made six in Lahore's 125-8.
Amir was released from prison in 2012 after serving half of a six-month sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam also involving Pakistan team-mates Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif against England at Lord's in 2010.


A pristine beach in New Zealand bought through a crowdfunding campaign has been handed to its new owners - the public.

Nearly 40,000 people donated almost NZ$2.3m (Â£1.3m, $1.7m) to buy the Awaroa beach in the Abel Tasman National Park, on the South Island.
Campaigners snubbed a businessman who offered them money in exchange for private access to part of the beach.
The seven-hectare site will now be run by a national park.
The previous owner, businessman Michael Spackman, agreed to sell the beach after the online crowdfunding campaign reached its target in a little more than three weeks.
The purchase ensured the beach will remain out of private hands.
"It's a great day," campaigner Duane Major told the BBC. "Sometimes you can feel powerless, so for us, it's been a marvellous experience of empowerment.
"There's been a real feeling of coming together. People in other countries have recognised what it's been all about too.
"We're in an age with various forms of technology that can pull people apart. But in this case it brought people together."
New Zealand's government made a small contribution to the crowdfunding campaign, which Mr Major said was started because of "gut instinct".
But another offer to contribute by a prominent businessman and philanthropist, who said he would make up any shortfall in exchange for exclusive access to part of the beach for his family, was rejected.
The campaign also negotiated with local Maori groups, who had argued the beach should be handed over to them.
Mr Major said the Maori community would be involved in the future of the land.
While the land is on a remote part on the north coast of the South Island, the land also offers access by air via a nearby airstrip.


Romaine Sawyers scored his first goal for Brentford as they beat Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road for the first time in 52 years.

Josh Clarke opened the scoring, moving past Nedum Onuoha before squeezing a shot under QPR keeper Alex Smithies.
Sawyers met a Maxime Colin pass with a fine first-time effort into the top left-hand corner to add a second.
Idrissa Sylla went closest to a QPR response, only for John Egan to nod his goal-bound header over the bar.
Victory lifted Brentford to within a point of the Championship play-off places after 15 games, but Lewis Macleod was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after suffering a knee injury.
Defeat leaves Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's QPR 13th in the table with only one win from their past seven home league matches.
In a high-tempo start to the west London derby, Brentford carved out several chances with Sawyers forcing Smithies into the first save of the match after 20 minutes.
Scott Hogan twice threatened for the Bees, while Conor Washington was the first to test Brentford keeper Daniel Bentley before Clarke put the visitors ahead.
QPR looked brighter after the interval, with Tjaronn Chery a particular menace, but it was Sawyers' neat side-footed finish that ensured victory for Dean Smith's side and ended a four-match winless run.
QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told BBC Radio London:
"It was frustrating and painful, as I did not see it coming. We made Brentford look very good.
"We made them counter-attack us and that is not what we set out to do. They won the midfield.
"We have taken a step back. It was not the performance I was looking for or the kind of performance we have put in in the last six games.
"I am disappointed for the fans as well. We have to put our hands up, say sorry, and try to put it right."
Brentford boss Dean Smith told BBC Radio London:
"In the first half we were outstanding, with the intensity of our pressing and our intensity on the ball. The only disappointment was we weren't out of sight at half-time.
"We played deeper in the second half but our counter-attacking at pace was a joy to watch, and it created a number of chances.
"We had four warriors at the back and we defended our box well. We were the better team in both boxes."
On Lewis Macleod's injury: "I'm not too sure at the moment. He told the medical staff he heard a click in his knee, which doesn't sound nice.
"It didn't look good but I'm hoping it is not too serious."
Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2.
Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2.
Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ryan Woods.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Attempt blocked. Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Attempt missed. Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
Attempt saved. Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Brentford. Konstantin Kerschbaumer replaces Josh Clarke.
Attempt missed. Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lewis MacLeod because of an injury.
Delay in match Lewis MacLeod (Brentford) because of an injury.
Foul by Lewis MacLeod (Brentford).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ben Gladwin replaces Ariel Borysiuk.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Tjaronn Chery tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside.
Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by John Egan.
Attempt blocked. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
Substitution, Brentford. Lewis MacLeod replaces Josh McEachran.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Sebastian Polter replaces Conor Washington.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Tjaronn Chery.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Clarke.
Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Pawel Wszolek replaces Jack Robinson.
Harlee Dean (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Jack Robinson tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Ryan Woods (Brentford).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Jordan Cousins tries a through ball, but Conor Washington is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at a Jewish prayer house in Liverpool.

Two swastikas etched into doors at the Springwood Jewish Cemetery in Allerton were discovered by members of the Allerton Hebrew Congregation on Monday.
Merseyside Police has opened an investigation.
Rabbi Dan Lieberman said following the terrorist attack in Paris on Wednesday "the Jewish community is very aware that there are people out there who want to cause us harm".
He added: "We don't expect to see it on the streets of Liverpool, but it's come to visit us as well."


Calls for the Welsh Assembly to be recalled have been made after Tata confirmed it is considering selling its UK business.

The decision was announced after the Indian company held a board meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday.
AMs are currently on an Easter break but with the election campaign under way there are no plans for the Senedd to meet until after polling day.
Tata said it would "explore all options", including "divestment".
In a joint statement, the Welsh and UK governments said they were both "working tirelessly to look at all viable options to keep a strong British steel industry at the heart of our manufacturing base".
The decision puts the jobs of thousands of UK workers under threat - including those in Port Talbot, Trostre in Llanelli, Llanwern in Newport and Shotton in Flintshire.
It came after Tata announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs - 750 at Port Talbot - in January.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said "no stone will be left unturned" in supporting Welsh steelworkers and their families.
Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood both backed the idea of recalling the assembly.
Any recall would need the approval of Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler and would need to happen before 6 April - the pre-election point at which members are no longer officially AMs.
Commenting on reports of the sale, Mr Davies said it was "quite clear that the assembly must now be recalled prior to dissolution".
He said the issue "goes above party politics" and that "all parties will have to work together" to ensure a successful sale and "a sustainable future for the industry in Wales".
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood said: "If it proves to be true that Tata intends to sell the Port Talbot steelworks, politicians from all parties and from within the Welsh and UK governments must work together to secure the future of the plant."
The priority now was to seek out a reliable potential buyer, she added.
In a statement, the first minster said: "Whilst we have serious disagreements with the UK Government on many issues at the moment, we will work with them, and anyone else, who can help to secure a sustainable steel industry in Wales.
"Wales has faced up to tough times before, and we will always stand in solidarity with our brilliant, skilled workforce and with our communities."
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock told the BBC he was "very disappointed that the turn-around plan was not accepted".
"The fundamental point is that the fight is always on to ensure that we continue to make steel in Port Talbot.
"If that's under the ownership of Tata Steel or another company will remain to be seen."
General secretary of the Community union Roy Rickhuss, who was in Mumbai as part of the delegation meeting Tata, said their "worst fear" had not been realised.
"We believe we have got a position that is better than we expected, in regards to the strong indication and rumours before we came here that the potential closure not just of Port Talbot but potentially of other assets within the UK is not being considered," he said.
"It's not an ideal situation. Nobody is saying it's what we wanted. What we wanted was for the Tata board to buy into the turn-around plan."
The Tata board said in a statement it had "noted with deep concern the deteriorating financial performance of the UK subsidiary in the last twelve months".
It said global steel demand had remained "muted", while trading conditions in the UK and Europe had "deteriorated".
The board had come to the "unanimous conclusion" that a transformation plan put forward was "unaffordable", the statement said.
"Following the strategic view taken by the Tata Steel Board regarding the UK business, it has advised the Board of its European holding company... to explore all options for portfolio restructuring including the potential divestment of Tata Steel UK, in whole or in parts," it added.


At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on an opposition-held town in northern Syria.

Activists said warplanes had bombed a fuel market in Abu Dhuhour in Idlib province, straining a partial truce that began on 27 February.
The attack was described as a "massacre" by the co-ordinator of the opposition High Negotiations Committee.
Riad Hijab said such incidents would inform the HNC's decision on whether to attend peace talks in Geneva.
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura wants the talks to resume later this week.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, warned that the death toll from the air strike in Abu Dhuhour was likely to rise.
It added that it was too early to tell if the casualties were civilians or armed combatants because their bodies were burned beyond recognition.
The Local Co-ordination Committees, an opposition activist network, said they were all civilians.
In a conference call with journalists, Mr Hijab condemned what he called "a massacre committed by the air forces of the Russians and the regime".
There was no immediate comment from the government, which has said it is respecting the truce.
But Russia, which has been conducting air strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's opponents since September, said on Monday that it had continued to target the jihadist groups Islamic State (IS) and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in line with the agreement on the cessation of hostilities.
Mr Hijab said mainstream rebel groups, some of which are part of an alliance with al-Nusra that controls much of Idlib province, had also been bombed by Russian jets in the past nine days.
The HNC, he added, would consult rebel commanders and other opposition leaders about whether to attend the UN-brokered talks aimed at negotiating a political settlement to the conflict in Syria.
"It will be before the end of this week. There will be a clear decision about this."
Mr Hijab also complained that the government had neither released any detainees nor allowed the flow of aid to besieged opposition-controlled areas to increase in line with the truce deal.
Also on Monday, activists said al-Nusra fighters had broken up a protest against President Assad by opposition supporters in the city of Idlib, threatening to open fire if they did not disperse.
The Syrian Observatory reported that members of al-Nusra and an allied Islamist group, Jund al-Aqsa, had attacked government forced near the village of al-Ais in the neighbouring province of Aleppo.
Meanwhile, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator in Syria told the BBC that the truce was beginning to make some positive differences in the lives of civilians who were desperately weary of the conflict.
Yacoub El Hillo said a sustained improvement would require commitment from the warring parties.
But he added that it might also take a "popular push" from the Syrian people that would see them declare that they would not accept a return to all-out war.


Steel firm Tata has confirmed that it is to close its two plants in Scotland with the loss of 270 jobs.

The company said 225 jobs would go at the Dalzell plate rolling works in Motherwell and 45 posts at the Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang.
Both facilities will be mothballed and a further 900 posts will go at Tata's facility in Scunthorpe.
The firm blamed the cuts on a flood of cheap imports from China, a strong pound and high electricity costs.
Karl Koehler, chief executive of Tata's European operations, said: "I realise how distressing this news will be for all those affected. We have looked at all other options before proposing these changes.
"We will work closely with affected employees and their trade union representatives.
"We will look to redeploy employees, wherever possible, and minimise employee hardship."
Mr Koehler said the UK steel industry was "struggling for survival in the face of extremely challenging market conditions".
Tor Farquhar, human resources director of Tata Europe said the firm did everything it could for the two Scottish plants.
He told the BBC that the collapse in steel prices due to cheap Chinese imports meant there was no way to make the plants profitable.
A buyer for the sites had not been found, he said, and it would be "extremely difficult" to do so.
Mr Farquhar said he was "pessimistic" that both mothballed Scottish plants would ever reopen.
The decision to close the two Tata plants in Scotland effectively ends production at the country's last two major steelworks.
The Dalzell Steel and Iron Works opened in 1872, and Clydebridge in 1887.
The plants became two of the giants of Scottish industry, with Clydebridge providing steel plates which were formed into many of the most famous ships built on the River Clyde.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government would establish a Scottish Steel Task Force "to fight for a future for our steel industry".
"This is a very anxious time for Tata Steel employees and their families and is deeply concerning for everyone involved," she said.
"My government is determined to fight for a future for our steel industry.
"That is why I have established a Scottish Steel Task Force - to be chaired by my Business Minister Fergus Ewing - that will bring together all the key representatives to work to keep the Dalzell and Clydebridge plants open."
The first minister, who is expected to visit Tata's Scottish plants later this week, added: "We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to keep the plants open and support the 270 staff affected by today's announcement."
Britain's steel competes in a worldwide market. It has successfully sought out high-value, high-quality markets, and become much more efficient than in the days when 200,000 were employed in it.
But it faces three major disadvantages. One is that China is accused of dumping cheap, subsidised steel into western markets, because demand for China's vast output has dropped sharply with the nation's downturn.
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Workers at the Dalzell plant told the BBC that the decision to close the site would impact the whole community.
One worker who had been with the company for more than 34 years described the closures as "pretty devastating".
He said: "It's a big blow to the community. There are a lot of sub-contractors and firms around here that rely on us buying from them; it's going to kill them as well. Long term it'll be a terrible thing."
Neil Gregory, who has worked at the Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang for nine years, told the BBC that the future for Scottish steel workers was now very uncertain.
"Everybody knew it was coming this morning, but when they actually tell you what's happening you're down," he said.
"There's 45 days minimum consultation for the guys, but it could go on longer we just don't know.
"We're just hoping that an investor comes in or the Scottish government do something to try and help us to keep these plants open."
Ross Clark, trade union Community's lead representative at the Dalzell plant, said: "Everybody's devastated and worried by today's news. We've faced a lot of challenges in this business and we've overcome them but now our future is uncertain.
"We welcome the fact the Scottish government is going to set up a taskforce and Community will play a full role in that.
"The taskforce must deliver on the promises the Scottish government has made in recent days to save our steel. It needs to come up with real, practical solutions that protect the workforce, the skills and the assets until we can find an alternative and sustainable future."


A union has called for 17,000 teaching assistants in Wales to have a national structure for pay and conditions to end unfairness.

Unison says the role of assistants has increased in recent years but they have different pay and conditions depending where they work, unlike teachers.
There are claims some are qualified at a more senior level but paid at a lower grade.
The Welsh government said it does not have the power to set conditions.
But Unison says ministers could use their law-making powers and specifically the Education (Wales) Bill to standardise conditions.
Where teachers are paid over 52 weeks of the year, teaching assistants are only paid in term time.
Their salaries can also vary as pay is set by each of Wales' 22 local authorities unlike a nationally-agreed rate like teachers.
Jessica Cromie, the Unison schools lead for Wales, says the inconsistency of what was expected from different grades of support staff "exposes a deep unfairness of the way support staff are treated".
She says although the issue of assistants' conditions is not devolved, the Welsh government's Education (Wales) Bill could help as it was currently looking to improve standards across the school workforce.
"What they could do as an interim measure even if they weren't going to look at pay and conditions is they could look at this issue of role inconsistency," she told BBC Radio Wales.
She claimed some staff qualified to work at a senior level were employed on split contracts across the week - and paid to work at both the lower and top grades although they were using the same skills across the week.
Amanda Thomas, a lecturer in early years education at the University of South Wales, says in the past she taught college students looking to become teaching assistants.
She found some being used to cover work above their grade, probably because they were about £100 a day cheaper than a supply teacher.
Ms Thomas also said she knows of newly qualified teachers unable to find work as supply teachers which she believes is due to schools using teaching assistants.
Local government consultant Jeff Jones, a former leader of Bridgend County Borough Council, said with councils could only do so much as they are looking to make further austerity budget cuts in the years to come.
"If you give more money to classroom assistants it means less money for other people," said Mr Jones, a former education spokesperson for the Welsh Local Government Association which acts for all councils.
Simon Thomas, education spokesman for Plaid Cymru, said teaching assistants had become "essential" and suggested devolving pay of teachers to Wales to enable a national package to be put together to manage the terms of all education workers.
In a statement, the Welsh government said: "We do not have the power to act with regards to pay and conditions of support staff.
"Where we do have responsibilities for support staff we are working hard to help them with their training and development to deliver a highly skilled school workforce through the support staff action plan.
"We want to raise standards of teaching and leaning by ensuring learning support workers are appropriately qualified and skilled.
"The Education (Wales) Bill creates the framework to enable us to start to address this."


Former Defence Secretary Lord Reid has warned UK warships will not be built in Scotland if there is a "Yes" vote in next year's independence referendum.

It comes after BAE Systems announced plans earlier this week to cut 1,775 jobs at its UK yards.
Lord Reid said the Type 26 vessels earmarked for the Glasgow yards would not be built in "a foreign country".
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the Clyde is the only place where the ships can be built.
On Wednesday BAE confirmed job losses at its sites across the UK.
Shipbuilding will end at Portsmouth in the second half of next year and hundreds of jobs will be lost in Scotland at the Govan and Scotstoun yards in Glasgow, as well as at Rosyth in Fife.
The firm also announced work on the new Type 26 vessels was earmarked for the Glasgow yards, giving workers there a vital lifeline.
Writing in the Scottish Sunday Express newspaper, Lord Reid said: "The wider lesson from the last few days is that the only way to secure the future of Scotland's shipyards is to remain in the UK.
"This is not a matter of political opinion, it is a matter of fact.
"It is a fact that since the Second World War no UK government of any political stripe has ever commissioned the building of a warship in a foreign country.
"It is a fact that for security, as well as economic and political, reasons we build these ships here at home in the UK."
He added: "In short, we don't build warships abroad now - and what's left of the UK wouldn't do so if Scotland separated."
The Scottish government has dismissed suggestions that a "Yes" vote would put future shipyard orders in doubt and has said joint procurement of Type 26 vessels could be possible.
Writing in the Sunday Herald, Nicola Sturgeon, said: "The current UK government has just agreed with BAE Systems that Portsmouth will cease building ships in 2014, and that Glasgow is 'the most effective location for the manufacture of the future Type 26 ships'. That will remain true, whether there is a 'Yes' next year or not."
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has called on the deputy first minister to "admit she is wrong" on the assertion that an independent Scotland could still build UK warships.
He said: "Nicola Sturgeon is looking pretty isolated on this.
"Is she really saying that everyone else is wrong and she is right? Is she telling us that the people who build the warships and the people who place the contracts know less about this than she does?"
He added: "The future of the Clyde yards is sustainable as part of a large and successful United Kingdom. Brilliant workers and the best complex warships in the world, it is a great combination and we should not break it."
Ms Sturgeon rebuffed suggestions that Scottish yards would not get the work if the country became independent.
She said: "Our support for the Clyde is unconditional, whatever the people decide next year - as the shop steward of the Govan yard has demanded it should be - but the support of Mr Carmichael and his colleagues seems conditional on Scots doing what Westminster wants.
"The Scottish Secretary needs to tell people - does he support this work staying on the Clyde whatever the result of next year's referendum or is he actively engaged in undermining the future of one of our great industries?"
The UK's chief of defence staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, stepped into the debate when he was asked by the BBC's Andrew Marr if the newly announced Clyde contract would have to be revisited in the event of Scottish independence.
He believed there might have to be "some reconsideration".
But the general added: "I think that we live in a world now where it is not the purpose of the defence budget to underwrite elements of industry. We will go and get our ships in the place where it makes the most sense for the British taxpayer in terms of getting the right capability for the armed forces."
Sir Nicholas also told the Marr Show: "I certainly don't hold to the view that the decision on the future of British ship building was one born of a political mandate.
"It was very much a matter of a business rationalisation. In terms of raw business sense it makes sense that the place that they have the greatest capacity and the best depth of skills, which is on the Clyde, that is driven by a business decision."


England seamer James Anderson is a doubt for July's first Test against South Africa after he sustained a groin tear playing for Lancashire.

England's all-time leading wicket taker suffered the problem in the Roses match against Yorkshire and is expected to be out for between four to six weeks.
The first Test against the Proteas at Lord's starts on 6 July, in six weeks.
Anderson, 34, will be assessed by England's coaching staff this week to examine the injury.
The paceman has not played in four of England's last 10 Test matches after picking up a shoulder injury last summer which forced him to miss the winter tour to Bangladesh.
England face South Africa in the first of three one-day internationals starting on Wednesday at Headingley, followed by three Twenty20 games before the Test series begins, although Anderson was in neither squad.
Lancashire have four County Championship games in June, starting with the return Roses match in Leeds on Friday, 2 June.
May
24 1st ODI, Headingley (d/n) (14:00 BST)
27 2nd ODI, Southampton (11:00 BST)
29 3rd ODI, Lord's (11:00 BST)
From 1-18 June, England and South Africa take part in the ICC Champions Trophy, hosted in England and Wales.
June
21 1st Twenty20 international, Southampton (d/n) (18:30 BST)
23 2nd Twenty20 international, Taunton (17:00 BST)
25 3rd Twenty20 international, Cardiff (14:30 BST)
July
6-10 1st Test, Lord's (11:00 BST)
14-18 2nd Test, Trent Bridge (11:00 BST)
27-31 3rd Test, The Oval (11:00 BST)
August
4-8 4th Test, Old Trafford (11:00 BST)


A man has died and thousands of homes have been evacuated or left without power as a fierce storm battered large parts of England.

The man was riding a mobility scooter when he was struck by a falling tree in Retford, Nottinghamshire on Thursday.
The Environment Agency said the North Sea tidal surge was set to be the worst in 60 years.
Philip Rothwell from the organisation said he was "very concerned" about what may happen overnight.
"We think it will be equal to, if not worse than that which we saw in 1953, which was a disastrous flood causing many casualties," he said.
An agency spokesman said that in the "worst-case scenario" 6,000 properties could be flooded.
In Lincolnshire, emergency planners said up to 18,000 homes in the Boston area could be affected by flooding.
In Norfolk, the army was called in to help build temporary flood barriers in Gorleston, the Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth, Brandon Lewis, said.
Members of the the Light Dragoons helped erect the barriers to protect homes and the telephone exchange in Great Yarmouth.
Flooding was also reported in Blakeney and Wells-next-the-Sea.
Earlier, 20,000 homes across Cumbria and Teesside were left without power as the heavy winds and tidal surge made its way down the east coast from Scotland.
The River Tyne and River Tees burst their banks in the North East as heavy rain forced dozens of major road closures from about 16:30 GMT.
Dave Cocks from the RNLI in Redcar said the tide on the River Tees was the highest measured "for 150 years".
In Lincolnshire, people were warned to leave their homes and members of public were asked not to attend the accident and emergency department of Pilgrim Hospital in Boston unless absolutely necessary.
In Essex, the 2,500 householders in the town of Jaywick were being asked by police to sign a declaration saying they had been warned to evacuate but had decided not to heed police advice.
BBC Look East's Gareth George said: "If the householders say they staying, they are asked to sign a declaration saying they have had the risks explained to them."
In the Midlands, a pilot trying to land a plane at Birmingham Airport was forced to abort the manoeuvre at the last moment due to heavy winds.
A separate Flybe flight from Jersey, due to land at the same time, was diverted to East Midlands Airport because of the same problem.
The storm was forecast to move south throughout the evening with emergency services urging homeowners to take precautions.
It was expected to drift down the east coast into Suffolk with Lowestoft, Southwold and surrounding marshes expected to be under threat at about midnight.
High winds had earlier caused lories to overturn in Greater Manchester and on the Redheugh Bridge in Newcastle during the morning rush hour.
An Easyjet flight from Bristol to Edinburgh was diverted to Newcastle due to the high winds, but was struck by lightning on approach to the airport.
In New Brighton, Merseyside, flooding took place during high tide on the seafront.
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High winds and heavy rain led to long delays for commuters during the evening rush hour.
Network Rail said it had attempted to keep as much of the network open as possible but there were reports of passengers being stranded at stations including Manchester Piccadilly.
East Coast said it hoped to run a normal service on Friday after severe disruption on Thursday.


A woman has won a court battle for a share of her mother's £486,000 estate which she had left to animal charities.

Heather Ilott, 50, of Great Munden, Hertfordshire, fell out with her mother Melita Jackson after leaving home when she was 17.
Mrs Illot challenged the will of her mother, who died aged 70 in 2004, and was awarded £50,000 in 2007.
That ruling was reversed before Appeal Court judges ruled she was entitled to a share of the money.
In 2002, Mrs Jackson made her last will with a letter to explain why she had disinherited her only daughter, referring to the fact that she had walked out of her home in 1978 to live with her boyfriend.
She instead left everything to the RSPCA, RSPB and the Blue Cross animal welfare charity.
Mrs Ilott challenged the will, claiming "reasonable provision" from her mother's estate.
She was awarded the £50,000 but that was later reversed by a High Court judge and she was left with nothing.
However, the Appeal Court has now ruled she is entitled to a share of the money.
Mrs Justice Black, sitting with President of the Family Division, Sir Nicholas Wall and Lady Justice Arden,  said it had been "unreasonable" of Mrs Jackson to cut her daughter out of her will in favour of charities to which she had no prior connection.
The ruling means Mrs Ilott can now return to the High Court for a bigger payout from her mother's estate.
The court was told Mrs Ilott, who has five children, lives largely on benefits in a housing association home.
Earlier Mrs Ilott's barrister, John Collins, argued Mrs Jackson's decision to disinherit her daughter was not because she supported any of the charities "but out of spite".
Lawyers for the animal charities argued that Mrs Ilott and her husband made a number of "lifestyle choices" which had left them in financial difficulty.
They told the court that Mrs Ilott had managed to live completely independently of her mother for 26 years and could not now expect maintenance.
James Aspden, a solicitor representing the three charities, said his clients were hugely disappointed at the ruling.
He said: "The Court of Appeal has re-interpreted 30 years of law and left in its place a lack of clear guidance, which creates further uncertainty about a person's right to leave money to people or organisations of their choice."
Kim Hamilton, chief executive of Blue Cross, said: "We rely on the generosity of our loyal supporters who leave us legacies to provide for many thousands of animals in need.
"We are therefore deeply concerned about the impact of this judgement on our future income as it opens the floodgates to legal challenges from any aggrieved relative who, for whatever reason, has been left out of someone's will."
David Bowles, from the RSPCA, said: "Legacy income pays for one out of every two animals we save and, without it, much of our work would not be possible.
"We are immensely grateful for the kindness of people like Mrs Jackson who chose to remember the needs of animals in her will."
The charities said they were continuing to take legal advice on the matter.


Gareth Thomas, star of '70s BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7, has died aged 71.

As Roj Blake in the cult series, the Welsh actor led a group of rebels on their Liberator space ship against an evil federation that ruled the galaxy.
Thomas was also an accomplished stage actor who appeared in several Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions.
His later television appearances include playing Nathaniel Clegghorn in ITV's Heartbeat and David Baddiel's father in Sky's Baddiel's Syndrome.
Born in 1945, Thomas attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1960s and later became a Rada associate.
His roles at the RSC included Orsino in Twelfth Night, Cassio in Othello and Mat Burke in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie.
Yet he remains best known for Blake's 7, which ran on BBC One from 1978 to 1981.
At its peak, the series was watched by 10 million viewers and was sold to 40 countries.
Thomas claimed never to have watched a single episode of the show, which was derided by some for its shaky sets and basic special effects.
The show also had a distinctly pessimistic tone - typified by the final episode, in which all the main characters were apparently killed off.
Reports of the actor's death began to circulate after a Blake's 7 fan site announced he had died on Wednesday from heart failure.
"Our thoughts are with his wife Linda, and his family and friends," the message continued.
His death was confirmed by a friend who worked on a Blake's 7 remake, according to the Press Association.
Fans, friends and former colleagues have been paying their respects on Twitter, among them an actress who said she had appeared with him on stage in Salisbury.
"Our characters hated each other but he was a lovely actor and a lovely man," tweeted Ruth Mitchell.
Scottish broadcaster Muriel Gray, meanwhile, said she had "adored" Thomas and called the news "miserable".


A champion horse from Wrexham is in with a chance of winning the The Grand National.

Ten-year-old thoroughbred Al Co has been given odds of 25-1 after his shock 40-1 win at the 2014 Scottish Grand National.
His owner, Bangor-on-Dee businessman Frank Lloyd, said he hopes his horse stands a good chance despite his usual jockey suffering a broken leg.
It has been 110 years since a Welsh-trained horse won The Grand National.
"Al Co is a good horse who jumps well but he has his own wild racing," said Mr Lloyd, who owns a warehousing and transport company in Wrexham.
"If we can get a place I would be delighted and if we can win it would be fantastic," he added.
Mr Lloyd has been involved in the sport for 40 years but it is the first time one of his horses has raced at the Aintree Grand National.


Irish citizens living outside the Republic of Ireland should be granted the right to vote in Irish elections, according to a parliamentary committee.

The recommendation included voters in Northern Ireland.
The issue was examined by members of the Irish parliament's Joint Committee of European Union Affairs.
It recommended extending voting rights in both parliamentary and presidential elections and discussed the option of a new "Northern Ireland constituency".
The committee has now called on the Irish government to set up a new electoral commission, to take the proposal forward and investigate in detail the necessary infrastructure and constitutional changes required to extend the vote.
Committee members discussed a range of potential scenarios, including the possibility of a Northern Ireland constituency that would have the power to elect its own representatives to the Irish parliament (Dáil).
The idea was not mentioned in the final report, but the chair of the committee, Dominic Hannigan, said the issue emerged during their meetings.
He said they discussed a range of options for potential northern voters, such as whether a new, separate constituency should be created north of the border, or whether Northern Ireland's 18 Westminster MPs should simply be given dual speaking and voting rights in both Dublin and London.
Mr Hannigan, from the Irish Labour Party, said the latter option was suggested by Sinn Féin members of the committee.
Sinn Féin currently has five MPs who do not take their seats at Westminister, in line with the party's long-standing policy of abstentionism.
Mr Hannigan said it would mean that for the first time, unionist MPs would have the right to debate and vote in the Dáil, although he accepted that "not all MPs" in Northern Ireland would take up the offer.
He also said that decisions about who would be allowed to vote in the elections would have to be fully examined by any new electoral commission, but he suggested that holding an Irish passport could be used as one example of eligibility criteria.
Mr Hannigan said it was important that Irish citizens living outside the state were given a stake in the affairs of their homeland.
The committee was given the task of examining voting rights after the European Commission criticised the Republic of Ireland for failing to provide voting rights for Irish citizens living in other EU countries.


A flood-hit bridge in North Yorkshire has reopened after being closed for more than a year.

The listed 18th Century bridge over the River Wharfe in Tadcaster partially collapsed on 29 December 2015.
The town was cut in two to traffic, with the only crossing being a temporary footbridge built a year ago.
The reopening had been slightly delayed with  "unusual and persistent" high river levels adding to the construction problems.
However, North Yorkshire County Council said repairs of this kind would normally take about two years and it had been "extremely challenging" to get the bridge open.
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Work to paint road markings on the new surface of the bridge section of the A659 was going on until minutes before the official ribbon-cutting.
Patricia Ford, who lives in the town and was among crowds of onlookers, said: "The opening means the world, everybody is together again and it's an exciting day.
"I hope we don't get flooded again."
There was huge sense of anticipation in Tadcaster this morning ahead of the reopening of the bridge.
By my calculation, it's been 401 days since the bridge partially collapsed following flooding caused by the Boxing Day storms.
Since then local residents have faced massive detours to simply get from one side of the town to the other.
A short time before the bridge opened, the final stone was laid and engineers resurfacing the carriageway put the final layer of tarmac onto the road.
Road traffic was allowed to drive over the bridge for the first time shortly after the official reopening.
The bridge was repaired and widened with about Â£4m of funding, the council said.
The last stone was put in place on the bridge's parapet wall earlier, it said.
With the bridge closed, motorists have faced a long diversion along the A64 to reach the other side of town.
First stone bridge crossing the river built around 1200
The present bridge was built around 1700
Parts of town hit on 26 December 2015 during severe winter floods
Bridge partially collapsed 29 December 2015
Temporary footbridge opened 12 February 2016
Repaired and widened bridge opened 3 February


A council says it will no longer use dye in its swimming pools after turning the water "blood red" for a Halloween party led to a norovirus outbreak.

Scores of people fell ill with a sickness bug after the party at Splashes in Rainham, a report said.
Medway Council said it had had to lower the amount of chlorine in the water for the dye to work, but within guidelines.
Public Health England (PHE) said in a report the bug was likely to be linked to the lower chlorine levels.
It said chlorine checks that day at the pool had failed.
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A PHE spokeswoman said: "Our investigation revealed failures in pool maintenance procedures on the day of the outbreak, in relation to monitoring and recording of chlorine levels."
Medway councillor Howard Doe said: "We have worked closely with Public Health England to look into how customers could have become ill after visiting Splashes. I would like to say again on behalf of the council that we are sorry to those who felt unwell after enjoying the pool party."
The council said it would no longer use dye in its pools, as a precaution.
The report said it was not possible to say how many people became ill, but 93 people responded to a questionnaire and 68 people met the outbreak definition.
It said the outbreak had a "moderately high attack rate".
Investigators said it was not possible to work out how or where the norovirus was introduced or spread.
But they said people who put their head in or swallowed the water were at higher risk and the outbreak ended "abruptly" after the chlorine returned to normal which suggested it was "linked to reduced chlorine levels" on 28 October.
Recommendations included that the council should take remedial actions, review risk assessments over dye use, consider additional training and look at improving customers' "low compliance" over showering before and after swimming.


An articulated lorry has been freed after becoming stuck for several hours in Cardiff city centre on Friday.

The vehicle, which had been making a delivery, became wedged at the junction of Crockherbtown Lane and Park Place, close to the New Theatre.
After getting assistance, the driver was able to eventually manoeuvre the lorry free.
A Cardiff council spokesman said: "This wasn't your normal three-point-turn, it was more like a 23 point-turn".
There was no damage to the nearby buildings or disruption to traffic on major roads.


The Brussels metro and schools are due to reopen after they were shut four days ago in a security crackdown following the Paris attacks.

But the Belgian capital remains on the highest alert level, with hundreds of armed police and soldiers on patrol.
Authorities fear Paris-style attacks may be carried out, as at least one Paris gunman had lived in Brussels.
France says 130 people died in a series of attacks in Paris. At least one suspected attacker is still at large.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says it carried out the attacks.
Five people have been charged in Belgium with terrorism offences in connection with the attacks in the neighbouring country.
In Brussels, public transport was due to start running again from 06:00 (GMT) though some metro lines will remain closed.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader who was killed in police raids in the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis, was near the Bataclan theatre during a deadly siege there, it has emerged.
French officials say mobile phone data also show he returned to cafes and restaurants targeted in the attacks. They say there is evidence that Abaaoud was planning an attack on the La Defense business district.
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On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued in Belgium for a man named Mohamed Abrini over the attacks.
Prosecutors say that two days before the attacks, he was seen driving a car with suspect Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station on the motorway to Paris.
Abrini is described as "dangerous and probably armed".
Abdeslam is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the attacks.
The Renault Clio that Abrini was seen driving was later used in the attacks, prosecutors say. Police say he should not be approached by the public.
Belgian prosecutors also said on Tuesday that they had partially identified two other men taken into custody.
The men, named as Ali O and Lazez A, are both from the Brussels district of Molenbeek, and both will appear separately in court during the course of this week.
Also on Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande met US President Barack Obama in Washington where the two leaders re-iterated their commitment to eradicating IS.
Mr Obama said there would be increased co-operation with France to hit IS targets in Iraq and Syria, and called on the EU to finally implement an agreement that would require airlines to the share passenger information.


Dubai Police have revealed their first robot officer, giving it the task of patrolling the city's malls and tourist attractions.

People will be able to use it to report crimes, pay fines and get information by tapping a touchscreen on its chest.
Data collected by the robot will also be shared with the transport and traffic authorities.
The government said the aim was for 25% of the force to be robotic by 2030 but they would not replace humans.
"We are not going to replace our police officers with this tool," said Brig Khalid Al Razooqi, director general of smart services at Dubai Police.
"But with the number of people in Dubai increasing, we want to relocate police officers so they work in the right areas and can concentrate on providing a safe city.
"Most people visit police stations or customer service, but with this tool we can reach the public 24/7.
"It can protect people from crime because it can broadcast what is happening right away to our command and control centre."
The robot, a customised Reem model from Pal Robotics, was unveiled at the Gulf Information and Security Expo and Conference on Sunday.
At present it can communicate only in Arabic and English, but there are plans to add Russian, Chinese, French and Spanish to its repertoire.
A second Reem robot could join it on patrol next year depending on funding, the government in Dubai said.


Buildings close to the Glenchamber wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway will receive a discount on their electricity bills.

About 350 homes, businesses and community facilities within 4 miles (6.5km) of the turbines will qualify.
They will receive a £200 discount every year for the operational lifetime of the wind farm, renewable energy company RES said.
Payments will begin when it becomes operational in late 2016.
The 11 turbine scheme will be built between New Luce, Kirkcowan and Glenluce.
The fuel bill discount will be in addition to a community benefit fund expected to be worth about £3.4m over the life of the project.


A new Â£8m lifeboat station on the Dorset coast has been officially opened.

The boathouse and slipway in Swanage is the RNLI's first premises to be designed specifically for the new Shannon class of lifeboat.
It includes training areas, changing facilities and a workshop and will allow quicker emergency launches.
Hundreds of people attended a ceremony to dedicate the boathouse and name the town's new lifeboat.
The boathouse replaced the 140-year-old building on Peveril Point Road.
The new Shannon Class lifeboat - George Thomas Lacy - has been operating out of Swanage for the past year, but was kept on a mooring while the new lifeboat station was built.
The station also houses the inshore D class lifeboat, Phyl & Jack, which was first brought into service in 2012.
More than Â£465,000 of the total cost of Â£8m was raised locally. Finance also came from legacies and the charity's central funds.
Patron of the Swanage Lifeboat Station Appeal, John Whybrow, said the station was "state of the art".
"This is a lifeboat station which all involved can be proud of. It has been made a reality because of the generosity our supporters, donors, fundraisers and station volunteers," he said.


A £9.5m museum to commemorate the Battle of Britain in the RAF's headquarters of the time has been given the green light in north London.

Bentley Priory, in Harrow, was home to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding's Fighter Command in the summer of 1940.
On the 70th anniversary of the decisive clash - in which the RAF repelled a German bid for air supremacy - Harrow Council permitted the museum.
A developer will also be allowed to build 103 homes on the site.
The rooms of Bentley Priory's Grade II-listed mansion house will now be open to the public for the first time in 80 years.
The museum is intended to pay respect to the Battle of Britain's RAF pilots, of whom Winston Churchill said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Bill Stephenson, leader of Harrow Council, said: "This decision will mean the spiritual home of the few is preserved for all.
"We must never forget the courage and sacrifice of the RAF pilots and ground staff during the Battle of Britain.
"Their actions truly changed the course of history in Europe and helped give each and every one of us the freedoms we enjoy today."
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, chairman of the Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust, said: "This represents the culmination of five years' hard work to ensure the priory and all it stands has a future as a museum.
"There is now much work to do in fundraising - and Churchill would have recognised that, 'This is not the beginning of the end, merely the end of the beginning'."


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a woman on the Isle of Wight.

The 45-year-old woman was found in a "seriously ill" state, according to police, who were called to The Avenue, Gurnard, shortly after 16:10 GMT on Thursday.
She was taken to St Mary's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Hampshire Constabulary said a 60-year-old man from Sandown was being held on suspicion of murder.


Child asylum seekers arriving in Cardiff are being put at risk due to "substantial" delays in checks to verify their age, an advocacy agency has said.

The National Youth Advocacy Services (Nays) said some youngsters are waiting weeks for assessments, with some placed in adult accommodation while they wait.
A report said this raised "safeguarding issues" for unaccompanied children.
Cardiff council said it did not believe there was a delay in the process.
The authority said young people were placed in suitable accommodation while assessments were being completed.
The Cardiff Nays team, which acts as a guardian for the unaccompanied children, raised concerns about the support given by the council's children's services department.
Between August 2016 and January 2017, Nays saw an increase in referrals from unaccompanied young asylum seekers looking for advocacy during the age check process.
The report pointed to "inconsistencies" where young people are housed while the age checks are carried out, with some getting support from the service while others do not.
"Some of these young people are then later assessed as children and have not been in receipt of looked-after services whilst other unaccompanied asylum seeking young people are accommodated pending assessment and get the full ambit of services," the report said.
"Such a practice also raises safeguarding issues for this vulnerable group of young people who find themselves placed in adult accommodation."
The report, considered by the council on Tuesday, also highlighted issues with children seeking support from the department during their asylum claim.
It said feedback from the service pointed to "capacity issues" in attending solicitors appointments, court hearings and if they are detained in an immigration centre.
"Whist we recognise that children's services have limited resources they have a duty of care for this extremely vulnerable group who urgently require robust intervention and support at this difficult and traumatic point in their lives," the report said.
Last year, Monmouth Conservative MP David Davies came under fire from dentists after suggesting unaccompanied child migrants entering the UK should be given mandatory teeth checks to reassure people about their age.
In a joint statement, Cardiff council cabinet members Susan Elsmore and Sue Lent said they were "surprised" by Nyas' concerns as they had not previously been raised.
They said the authority had a sufficient number of social workers undertaking the age checks and young people were placed in suitable accommodation while assessments were completed.
"City of Cardiff Council is proud of its commitment to supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children," they said.
"Indeed at very short notice, in October and November last year, we were the only Welsh authority to set up reception facilities for children arriving from Calais.
"We continue to support the most unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Wales."
The council has asked Nyas for specific examples of age check delays.
Nyas was asked to comment.


Broadway hit musical Hamilton has come under fire for a casting call on its website seeking "non-white" performers.

Since opening last year the show has been celebrated for casting African-American, Asian and Latino actors.
However, the Actors' Equity Association said the language of the notice did not comply with their rules.
Hamilton's producers say they regret the confusion, and have since amended their wording.
The musical, which has been watched by the likes of US President Barack Obama, Sir Paul McCartney and Dame Helen Mirren, tells the story of America's birth, featuring the characters of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
Created and written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, it stresses the orphan, immigrant roots of one of America's founding fathers Alexander Hamilton.
The controversial casting notice was posted on the musical's website and on the trade site backstage.com.
Its producers said in a statement: "It is essential to the storytelling of Hamilton that the principal roles - which were written for non-white characters (excepting King George) - be performed by non-white actors.
"This adheres to the accepted practice that certain characteristics in certain roles constitute a 'bona fide occupational qualification' that is legal.
"This also follows in the tradition of many shows that call for race, ethnicity or age specific casting, whether it's The Colour Purple or Porgy & Bess or Matilda. The casting will be amended to also include language we neglected to add, that is, we welcome people of all ethnicities to audition for Hamilton."
The updated casting call no longer capitalises the phrase "non-white actors".
Hamilton is expected to open a production in Chicago this autumn, and a US national tour will begin in 2017.


A man accused of shooting dead a Liverpool teenager is among nine "most wanted" suspects believed to have fled to the Netherlands.

David Ungi, 24, is accused of killing Vinny Waddington, 18, in July 2015.
The teenager was found with gunshot wounds following a crash between a car and a scrambler bike in Banks Road.
Suspects from Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham are also wanted. Several were involved in drugs-related offences.
Merseyside Police said David Ungi is the son of David Ungi Senior, who was killed in a notorious gangland shooting in the Toxteth area of Liverpool in 1995. The killing prompted a spate of other shootings in the city.
Also on the list of suspects, drawn up by the National Crime Agency and Crimestoppers, is alleged murderer Shane O'Brien, 28.
He is accused of killing Josh Hanson in front of his girlfriend in the RE Bar in Hillingdon, west London, in October 2015.
A Â£10,000 reward is on offer for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Officers are also looking for Shazad Ghafoor, 29, who allegedly stole a car from a Land Rover dealership in Manchester in August 2013 using a false name, sparking a high-speed police chase with his wife and children in the car.
The pursuit ended with him rolling the car in Halifax, West Yorkshire, before police found up to Â£100,000 in cash in the vehicle.
He is accused of a string of offences for the chase, and supplying cannabis.
David Walley, 40, is alleged to have smuggled MDMA and cocaine into the UK in parcels delivered to Manchester.
Ahmed Dervish Omer, 45, from Nottingham, is wanted after fleeing in the middle of his trial for drugs offences in November last year. He was found guilty in his absence and sentenced to 10 years.
The remaining suspects are Michael Moogan and Robert Gerrard, both 52 and from Liverpool, who are accused of being part of an international drug trafficking ring; and Mark Liscott, 55, from Birmingham, who is wanted for allegedly dealing drugs while out on licence for a jail term for dealing cannabis.
Convicted rapist Rezgar Zengana, 33, is also on the list for posing as a minicab driver in Glasgow in 2006, and picking up a 25-year-old woman who he attacked. He was convicted for rape but has yet to be sentenced.
There were 904 arrests under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) between 2009 and 2015, data from the National Crime Agency reveals.
Spain accounted for the most arrests overall in that period, 245 in total, with 49 in 2014-15.
The Netherlands saw 129 arrests of people wanted by the UK since 2009.
The most common reason for arrest was drugs trafficking, with 154 for such offences.
The Metropolitan Police, the biggest force in the UK, made the most arrests abroad under the EAW in 2014-15, with 16 out of 161 arrests that year.
Dave Allen, from the NCA, said: "Those who believe they can use the Netherlands to evade capture or continue illegal activities soon find out that it is not a safe haven."


Nick Mwendwa has been voted in as the new president of the Football Kenya Federation.

He won 50 of the 77 votes cast, to beat out his only rival Ambrose Rachier, the chairman of top Kenyan side Gor Mahia.
Mwendwa is the chairman at a a lower league side, Kariobangi Sharks.
Incumbent Sam Nyamweya withdrew from the elections just before the voting began, three other candidates withdrew in the days before the polls.
"I've made this decision [to withdraw from the elections] out of love for the game, passion and appreciation and that no good leader should be pushed to give up power," Nyamweya explained.
Investigations are still being made into allegations of corruption against Nyamweya, charges he has denied.
He and two other officials are being investigated for "conspiracy to defraud".
Kenya's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions began looking into the case in December following a recommendation from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
The case centres on how almost US$170,000, set aside for Kenya's trip to Cape Verde for a 2018 World Cup qualifier in November, was actually used.


Ministers must outlaw all forms of psychological abuse if attempts to tackle so-called "revenge porn" are to be meaningful, campaigners say.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has said the government is "very open" to the idea of changing the law to tackle what he said was a "growing problem".
But charity Women's Aid urged the government to go further and support victims through the justice system.
Lib Dem peers are attempting to make the practice a criminal offence.
Ministers may take "appropriate action" in the autumn, the justice secretary has said.
The term "revenge porn" is used to describe the phenomenon of people posting explicit images of former partners online - either obtained consensually or stolen - to humiliate them following a break up.
Mr Grayling told MPs the practice was becoming a more significant problem in the UK.
He was responding to a question from fellow Conservative Maria Miller.
The former culture secretary has called for a change in the law to tackle the "appalling" practice, saying the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill could be used to toughen up the necessary legislation.
Mr Grayling said Mrs Miller had "done a very important job in raising this issue".
"It's clearly becoming a bigger problem in our society," he told her.
"What I'd say to you today is the government is very open to having a serious discussion about this with a view to taking appropriate action in the autumn if we can identify the best way of doing so."
But Polly Neate, chief executive of the Women's Aid charity said: "To be meaningful, any attempt to tackle revenge porn must also take account of all other kinds of psychological abuse and controlling behaviour, and revenge porn is just another form of coercive control.
"That control is central to domestic violence, which is why we're campaigning for all psychological abuse and coercive control to be criminalised. We urge Mr Grayling and the Home Office to go further, and ensure victims can get the support of the criminal justice system for all the abuse they experience."
She said it was "hard to know how many people are affected" but that anecdotally  it was thought those "experiencing domestic violence will face the threat or reality of revenge porn".
Laura Higgins, of the UK Safer Internet Centre, said she supported the suggestion of criminalising "revenge porn" and that the organisation was frustrated with the current lack of cohesion surrounding the issue.
But she pointed out that there were already laws in place that had failed to prevent abuse because of how they are applied.
Sarah Green, of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: "The impacts of revenge porn can be devastating, from the impact on your everyday life of work and relationships, to the feeling of violation and abuse.
She said it was critical that victims were able to "access support services whether or not they report to the police".
The issue demonstrated how schoolchildren should be educated in issues such as respect, equality and consent in relationships, through compulsory sex and relationships education - she added.
Lawyer Rupinder Bains told BBC Radio 5 live there are provisions within existing legislation to tackle images posted online.
"If the police are onside - and this is where a big issue currently lies, the education for the police in recognising this is a real issue - they can proceed under harassment legislation.
"We have things in place that control electronic images being used for a purpose to cause alarm and distress.
She said it was possible to take out injunctions to get images removed from the web but that this was costly and time consuming.
Hannah, 21, told BBC's Newsbeat how her ex-boyfriend posted explicit photographs of her on Tumblr.
She said that when she went to the police about it she was told "the most they could do was file a domestic incident report in case his behaviour escalated".
Two peers, Lord Marks and Baroness Grender, have put forward an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill which would allow for a one-year jail term for publishing these kinds of images.
The proposal follows a campaign by Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert who has highlighted the issue in the Commons.
He said: "We need to make a criminal sanction available when people share indecent images in the knowledge that consent would not have been given."
Lord Marks said he and Baroness Grender hoped to work closely with the Ministry of Justice "to ensure that this offence reaches the statute book".
But Gabrielle Guillemin, legal officer of international free speech campaign Article 19, has cautioned against "revenge porn" legislation.
She told the Lords Communications Committee: "We have seen a lot of legislation, for example in the United States, to address this particular issue, but you would question whether it is for the criminal law to get involved in what is very often, ultimately, the fallout of failed relationships.
She questioned whether "civil remedies" were not "more appropriate to deal with these kinds of issues".
Legislation criminalising the practice has been introduced in the US states of Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, New York, Maryland, California and New Jersey.
However, the laws in California do not cover self-taken shots, which some campaigners claim may represent up to 80% of all revenge porn.


Much of the UK will be hit by Storm Abigail on Thursday, bringing lots of rain and strong winds.

Abigail is the first storm to be given a name by the Met Office who keep track of our weather.
The storm will hit Northern Ireland with strong winds on Thursday afternoon, and move towards the west coast of Scotland and northern England on Friday.
As if one storm wasn't enough, the UK will also be battered by ex-hurricane Kate, which is the end of a hurricane from the Atlantic Ocean. Kate will bring lots more rain for Scotland, Wales and northern parts of England.
Weather forecasters have told people to make sure they are prepared for strong winds, especially in Scotland. Several schools have already shut in the Western Isles in Scotland because of the bad weather.


Rotherham council is recruiting 40 new social workers to try to reduce its agency staff bill.

The move, which will cut costs by Â£1.3m over the next five years, comes after damning criticism in reports following the child exploitation scandal in 2013.
Commissioners who were sent in to run the council's failing children's services launched the recruitment drive earlier this year.
They have already recruited 22 social workers and aim to recruit 19 more.
The authority was taken over in February 2015 after it was declared "not fit for purpose" over its handling of child sexual exploitation in the town.
Agency social workers were brought in to bring caseloads down for social workers. But now the authority wants to recruit its own social workers to "reduce cost" and to create "a permanent stable workforce."
Council director Ian Thomas said Rotherham had "real serious issues" following Professor Jay's report into the scandal and Ofsted inspections.
"It's a thankless task in many respects," Mr Thomas said.
"You are damned if you do, damned if you don't, to coin a phrase.
"Children's social workers can often be labelled as child snatchers when they remove children, but then when children aren't removed and something goes wrong, they're vilified as well."
Mr Thomas said the council had a "national challenge" to attract social workers and added the government was introducing initiatives to help.
He added: "We have worrying national statistics - a third of new entrants into children's social work will leave in the first two years. That rises to 58% in five years, so we need to reverse that trend."
Mr Thomas added that they would like to keep some of the agency staff to help "facilitate" the new recruits.


Worcester Warriors have taken their total of new signings for next season to 15 after agreeing deals to bring in Gloucester hooker Dan George and Leicester loose-head prop Ryan Bower.

George, 27, only signed for Gloucester a year ago after suffering relegation with London Welsh.
Bower, 23, has spent two loan spells at Championship side Nottingham since making his Tigers debut in 2010.
Worcester have also extended current prop Rob O'Donnell's contract.
INS - Andries Pretorius (Cardiff Blues), Matt Cox, Ryan Mills, Dan George (all Gloucester), GJ Van Velze (Northampton), Charlie Mulchrone, Dan Sanderson, Ben Sowrey (all Rotherham), Joe Rees (Ospreys), Heath Stevens (Plymouth Albion), Sam Smith (Harlequins), Niall Annett (Ulster), Nick Schonert (Cheetahs), Tom Biggs (Bath), Ryan Bower (Leicester)
OUTS - Josh Matavesi (Ospreys), David Lemi, Chris Brooker (Bristol), Mariano Galarza (Gloucester)
Liverpool-born O'Donnell, 28, who arrived from Rotherham on a two-year contract in 2012, has signed a new, unspecified-length contract.
With two matches left this season, and Warriors still in with a slim chance of staying in the Premiership, director of rugby Dean Ryan and assistant Carl Hogg have now brought in an entire new team - with the prospect of more signings and departures to come.
"I am pleased with how the forward pack is shaping up ahead of next season," said Ryan. "The arrival of Ryan and Dan, who both received international recognition in the early part of their career, will see us strengthen our options further.
"Rob has made the most of the opportunities he has been presented with this season and will continue to be an important part of the squad next season."
George, who will be Worcester's third summer signing from Gloucester, following back-row forward Matt Cox and centre Ryan Mills, is the more experienced of the latest two additions.
He played for Llanelli and Carmarthen Quins before joining London Welsh.
"It's exciting times ahead for the club," said George. "Having met with Dean and Carl, they have a very specific view in which direction they want the club to go in. Under their guidance the future of Worcester rugby looks good."
Nuneaton-born Bower, a product of the Leicester Tigers academy, also admitted that Ryan had sold the club well to him, as he follows in the footsteps of Tigers stand-off Ryan Lamb, who arrived from Welford Road in February.
"Dean's vision is something that really appealed to me," said Bower. "I jumped at the chance to be part of it and play a role in the long-term success of the club.
"I have immensely enjoyed my time at Leicester and must thank Richard Cockerill and the rest of the backroom staff, who have helped me develop my game during my time at Welford Road.
"I would also like to thank all involved at Nottingham. I really appreciate the opportunity they gave me to play regular Championship rugby and develop as a young player."


The prime minister of Iraq has urged the Islamic State group to surrender as government troops close in on its last urban stronghold in the country, Mosul.

Haider al-Abadi appeared on state TV wearing combat fatigues and said: "They have no choice. Either they surrender or they die."
Iraqi special forces are now about 1km (0.6 miles) away from Mosul's eastern edge and preparing to enter.
Units of the army are meanwhile advancing from the south.
Using another name for IS, Mr al-Abadi said: "We will close in on Daesh from all angles and God willing we will cut the snake's head. They will have no way out and no way to escape."
Mr al-Abadi is the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces.
The BBC's Ian Pannell, who is travelling with Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops, says there was some resistance to their advance on Monday.
He said IS car bombs targeted the convoy.
When Daesh (a term for IS) entered Mosul, they killed my father because he was a police officer. I got away - they didn't come after me.
My village was besieged for two years and a couple of months. If I had spoken to anyone about being in the police or army, Daesh would have killed me.
It happened to many of my close friends. They would go to their homes and Daesh would just take them away.
Daesh are just beards. They force you to attend all the prayers at the mosque. If your woman is not wearing a hijab, they will whip you - they have complete control.
Units of the Iraqi military recaptured some villages to the east, north and south of Mosul on Monday, according to the army.
It is unclear when the final offensive on Mosul will begin, and resistance from IS in the city has intensified.
About 50,000 Iraqi security forces personnel, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are involved in the offensive, which began more than two weeks ago, to drive IS militants out of their last major urban stronghold in the country.
Mosul fell to the jihadists in June 2014 and their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, chose a mosque in the city as a place to proclaim the establishment of a "caliphate".
Before the offensive began on 17 October, there were believed to be between 3,000 and 5,000 militants remaining in Mosul, along with up to 1.5 million civilians.
More than 17,700 residents have fled so far and, according to the UN's worst-case scenario, as many as 700,000 others could follow suit.


Belfast-born writer and scholar CS Lewis is to be officially inducted into Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey.

A memorial stone to The Chronicles of Narnia creator will be unveiled later, to mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
He is the first Belfast writer to receive such an honour.
Lewis will join such greats as Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, John Keats, William Blake and TS Eliot in a tradition going back 600 years.
It coincides with a day of literary celebration in Belfast, that includes a CS Lewis mayoral reception at the city hall.
The event is part of the week-long CS Lewis festival designed to celebrate and enjoy the work and life of one of Belfast's greatest literary sons.
Belfast Lord Mayor MÃ¡irtÃn Ã“ Muilleoir said:  "I feel honoured to host a reception for the finest modern Belfast writers, who follow a proud local literary heritage which the likes of CS Lewis helped to build.
"It is also fitting that the best Belfast writers should get together to read on the very day that CS Lewis is interred in Poets corner in Westminster Abbey - the first ever Belfast writer to receive that honour.
"This is a great day for our city and our wealth of writers past and present".
Lewis (1898-1963) is best remembered for writing The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of books that has sold more than 100m copies worldwide.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first instalment in the saga, was published in 1950 and has been adapted since for stage, TV and film.
Other works by the Belfast-born novelist, essayist and literary critic include The Screwtape Letters, The Space Trilogy and the non-fiction titles Mere Christianity and Miracles.
Former poet laureate Ted Hughes was the most recent writer to be commemorated at Westminster Abbey with a posthumous memorial stone.