Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Dubai for medical treatment, days after the Supreme Court lifted a travel ban.

His lawyers say he needs urgent spinal treatment unavailable in Pakistan.
Mr Musharraf returned from self-imposed exile in 2013 to fight elections, but soon found himself fighting an array of charges relating to his time in power.
Before he left the former president told reporters that he would return to face all pending cases against him.
"I am a commando and I love my homeland. I will come back in a few weeks or months," he said according to local media.
BBC correspondents say observers are sceptical about his promised return.
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The charges relate to the former general's imposition of a 2007 state of emergency and the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto the same year.
Mr Musharraf, 70, denies all the charges and has called them politically motivated.
The way for Mr Musharraf's departure to Dubai was cleared by the Supreme Court earlier this week when it struck down a court order restricting his travel. Legally, the government could have issued fresh orders to continue those restrictions, but chose otherwise.
This is in sharp contrast to its attitude in November 2013 when, shortly after coming into power, it charged the former president with treason, ruffling feathers in Pakistan's powerful army, of which Mr Musharraf is a former chief.
Initially upbeat about a civilian-led process of normalisation with India - traditionally the military's domain - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government was nearly brought to its knees by protests in Islamabad in 2014, which many blamed on the military. Since then, Mr Musharraf's trial has been on the back burner and relations with India have cooled.
Mr Musharraf had ended his exile in March 2013 to contest election and face court cases pending against him. His departure on Friday is seen by many as the end of an era. But some believe he may still return to face his cases, just as he did three years ago.
Mr Musharraf seized power in a coup in 1999, when he was army chief. He remained president until 2008, when a democratically elected government came into power.
He left the country soon afterwards to live in self-imposed exile in Dubai and London.
However, he returned in 2013, hoping to lead his party into elections - but was disqualified from standing.
He faces a murder claim for failing to prevent the assassination of Ms Bhutto. Other charges relate to events in the same year - the state of emergency, his suspension of judges during that period and the death of a cleric during a siege at the Red Mosque in Islamabad in 2007.
In January he was cleared over the 2006 killing of Baloch rebel leader Akbar Bugti, his first acquittal in the cases in which he is charged.
General Musharraf's departure dominates broadcast and print media. "The general is free to walk away" says Pakistan Today newspaper. "Nawaz surrenders to Gen Musharraf," declares The News daily.
The government's decision to give a him a safe exit was a "cruel joke" that "badly exposed the hollowness of the system", Ansar Abbasi writes in The News, warning that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "has further weakened himself and left the door wide open for future military interventions".
Other papers criticise the leeway shown by courts to the general, with Pakistan Today asking whether there is genuine rule of law in the country. It adds that Gen Musharraf's pledge to return is not worth more "than the constitution which he violated".
Urdu-language daily Pakistan notes that the general cannot now complain about the government "taking revenge", adding that "it is now his duty to fulfil the promise to come back".


An 11-year-old boy who raises money by acting as a human statue has received the first Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year Award.

Lauchlan Muir, from Bo'ness, West Lothian, was presented with the award by Sir Terry's son Mark during the Children in Need television programme.
Sir Terry, who died in January, presented the programme for 35 years.
This year's appeal raised a record £46.6m on the night, £4.6m of it from Scotland.
Lauchlan has raised more than £3,500 for this year's appeal, and over the years has raised £10,000.
He travelled to London to receive the award - and explained how he was inspired by Pudsey.
"I won a Pudsey Bear in a raffle in Primary One, when I was five - and that year I watched the Children in Need show," he said.
"And when I saw everything on it, I decided to fundraise the following year."
Lauchlan had only discovered he had won the award earlier in the day.
"I only found out I'd won this morning when my brothers woke me up with confetti cannons," he said.
Mark Wogan said: "Dad always said Children In Need was the thing he was most proud of in his entire career. He said he was just one player in a massive team and that you at home were the real stars.
"It was always about helping the children, for him."
He said the new award in his father's memory aimed to recognise the spirit behind Children in Need.
"It is about people who have gone above and beyond for charity, who have raised not necessarily enormous amounts, but who showed determination and creativity and people who inspire other people to do great things," he said.


Doctors have called for the introduction of a tax on sugary food and drinks to tackle what they describe as an "obesity epidemic".

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh warned that being overweight may now be considered "the norm".
It claimed a tax would help fund the "spiralling" healthcare costs associated with the problem.
The British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA) insisted that the case is "not compelling".
It cited research which suggested a 20% tax would save just four calories per day.
Liverpool University chair of clinical epidemiology, Simon Capewell, is due to speak at a conference on the issue in Edinburgh later, entitled: "Obesity: A 21st Century Epidemic".
Professor Capewell will cite Mexico as one example where a 10% sugary drinks tax is believed to have contributed to a 10% reduction in the consumption of such beverages while Finland, France, Hungary, Latvia and the USA have also introduced sugar taxes.
He said: "The revenues raised can then be invested back into initiatives to increase children's health in these countries, as is happening in Mexico.
"Scotland has an excellent track record in addressing public health issues. Notable achievements include smoke-free public places and proposals for minimum unit pricing for alcohol. We need to explore how these developments could be repeated with sugary drinks."
Gavin Partington, BSDA director general, said: "The efforts by soft drinks companies including product reformulation, smaller pack sizes and increased promotion of low and no-calorie drinks have led to a 7% reduction in calories from soft drinks in the last three years.
"It's also worth noting that politicians in Belgium and Denmark rejected the notion of a tax in 2013 and the experience in France shows that while sales of soft drinks initially fell after a tax was introduced in 2012, they have increased since."


Gervonta Davis scored a controversial stoppage win over Francisco Fonseca 24 hours after losing his IBF world super-featherweight title at the scales.

The 22-year-old American could not make the 130lbs limit at Friday's weigh-in, forcing him to relinquish his title - and Fonseca would have claimed the belt with victory in Las Vegas.
Davis showboated early on before being rocked in the seventh round.
But a left hook in the eighth left the Costa Rican unable to answer the count.
However, it seemed to land on the back of Fonseca's neck.
Davis had set his man up with a good straight right moments earlier, but his telling punch drew boos when replays were shown.
To add to the hostility, he knelt next to Fonseca as he lay on the floor.
Davis, who needed three attempts to make weight when he defended the IBF strap against Britain's Liam Walsh in London in May, tweeted an apology to his fans for missing the weight.
The Baltimore-born fighter, one of the sport's most promising talents, put the error down to being "young" and "growing", adding he would win the title again.
Some of his repertoire was on show against Fonseca, producing savage uppercuts and hooks in round three before weaving with his hands behind his back in round four.
Fonseca, 23, had never lost in 20 bouts before arriving at the T-Mobile Arena and he battled gamely, notably when a savage right hook flustered Davis to the ropes in the seventh.
But Davis recovered, the straight right and a body shot softening his rival up for the finish and a 19th win in 19 fights.


With Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions squad announcement soon approaching, who could make the flight to New Zealand and who might be disappointed?

Who is the pick of the Welsh talent who might force their way into the starting line up when the tour starts in June?
BBC Radio Wales Sport asked an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman to find out.
Former Wales and British Irish Lions scrum-half Dwayne Peel understands the pressure the players will be feeling as they wait to hear the squad announcement after being a part of the tour to New Zealand in 2005.
"It's the biggest honour you can get as a rugby player. To be named in the squad is a fantastic achievement and it's a moment to remember forever," Peel told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"There will be a few nerves but the 30 or so that are lucky enough to be named will be elated."
There will be fierce competition for places in Gatland's squad but Peel knows who he would pick for the number nine shirt.
"I think you go with [Ireland's] Conor Murray, I think he's got a better balance to the game but [Wales'] Rhys Webb is outstanding and was a better number nine in the Six Nations," he continued.
"[Webb] was the best nine in the Six Nations without a shadow of a doubt but then [England's] Ben Youngs has played very well over the last two years.
"You have to say in pole position it will be Murray but Webb was outstanding in the Six Nations. His performances against Scotland and France in particular was second to none."
Another tourist in 2005, former Ireland hooker Shane Byrne, does not think Gatland should opt for too many Wales players in his squad, despite coaching them to Six Nations Grand Slams in 2008 and 2012.
"I don't think it should be Wales-heavy. If there was a 50/50 call then he'll probably go with what he knows," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"You could see the likes of Jamie Roberts travelling because he knows exactly what they're going to do, they are hugely experienced.
"Another thing I think he will weigh up is have they travelled with the Lions before? I think he will go for a player who has been there and experienced the unique atmosphere on a tour."
Scarlets hooker Ken Owens has made 50 appearances for Wales since making his debut in 2011 and is yet to join a Lions tour but Byrne says this could be his year at the expense of England's Dylan Hartley.
"Right the way through the campaign, he [Owens] has been very consistent. There has been some questioning about his scrummage abilities which is going to be something will be sought after," Byrne added.
"As a player he's hardly put a foot wrong. Hartley you'd have to say is certainly under pressure because I would almost certainly agree he's not the best hooker in England.
"If he doesn't travel then [Ireland's] Rory Best will definitely travel so I can see the three hookers being Best, Owens and [England's] Jamie George on the plane."
It is 46 years since a Lions side last beat New Zealand on home ground in 1971 and former England and Coventry wing David Duckham, who was part of that tour, believes Gatland will stick to what he knows when it comes to appointing a captain.
"At one point Alun Wyn Jones looked as if he should have got the job but I think it will go to Sam [Warburton] as there is no player Gatland knows better than him," Duckham told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"Although he's been injured and will be out of the game for a while, I think he will be there."
Former Scotland back Scott Hastings also has experience of facing the All Blacks and was a member of the 1993 tour that was defeated 2-1 and says Gatland has a task to decide who should captain the side.
"From what I can understand, the only person who knows they're going on the tour is the captain and that in itself is an interesting dynamic," Hastings told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"Sam Warburton's been touted as well as Alun Wyn Jones or will it be someone out of the establishment?"


The EU has set out a package of measures to try to ease the migrant boat crisis in the Mediterranean.

Its Triton patrolling service will be strengthened and a military mandate sought to destroy people-smugglers' boats. An emergency summit of EU leaders will be held on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Italian police arrested two survivors from a sinking off Libya on suspicion of people trafficking.
A coast guard vessel carrying survivors arrived in Sicily late on Monday.
It is believed the two were the captain and a crew member from the boat that foundered on Sunday, Italian media reported.
The boat docked at Catania, bringing a group who had originally been taken to Malta after being rescued.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the 10-point package set out at talks in Luxembourg was a "strong reaction from the EU to the tragedies" and "shows a new sense of urgency and political will".
"We are developing a truly European sense of solidarity in fighting human trafficking - finally so."
The measures include an increase in the financial resources of Frontex, which runs the EU's Mediterranean rescue service Triton, and an extension of Triton's operational area.
The EU had been criticised over the scope of Triton, which replaced the larger Italian operation Mare Nostrum at the end of last year.
The "civilian and military" operation to destroy the people-smugglers' boats would need a mandate signed off by the European Council.
Other points include:
Ms Mogherini stressed the need for action on Libya, where there was "no state entity to control borders".
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Some EU ministers have argued that patrols have to be expanded again, that funding should be increased. Others suggest that camps could be set up in North Africa to allow migrants to apply for asylum before they have to cross the Mediterranean.
If there were easy answers they would have been found already, but if the goal is to save lives there really are only two choices.
Either you have to prevent people leaving in the first place, or you have to rescue them when the people-smugglers have cast them adrift.
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Human smugglers are taking advantage of the political crisis in Libya to use it as a launching point for boats carrying migrants who are fleeing violence or economic hardship in Africa and the Middle East.
Ms Mogherini said: "We discussed all possible means of support for the formation of a government of national unity in Libya."
UK PM David Cameron said Sunday was a "dark day for Europe", adding that "search and rescue is only one part. We need to go after traffickers, help stabilise these countries".
Reacting to the new EU plan, Save the Children condemned what it said was a failure to set up a European search and rescue operation.
CEO Justin Forsyth said: "What we needed from EU foreign ministers was life-saving action, but they dithered. The emergency summit on Thursday is now a matter of life and death."
As the ministers met, Italy and Malta said they were working on rescues of at least two boats in distress.
Italian PM Matteo Renzi said one of the vessels was a dinghy off the Libyan coast with about 100-150 people on board. The other was a larger boat carrying 300 people.
Earlier, the Greek coastguard said a vessel carrying dozens of migrants had run aground off the island of Rhodes. Three people were killed and 80 rescued, it said.
In a joint news conference with Maltese PM Joseph Muscat in Rome, Mr Renzi said military intervention in Libya was "not on the table" but that there could be what he called "targeted interventions" against people-smugglers.
13,500
Migrants rescued 10-17 April
1,600
Feared to have died attempting the crossing so far this year
35,000 Migrants have arrived from North Africa in 2015
218,000 Estimated to have crossed the Mediterranean in 2014
3,500 Migrants died attempting the crossing last year
Mr Muscat said Sunday's disaster off Libya, in which only 28 of some 700 migrants were rescued, was "a game changer", adding: "If Europe doesn't work together history will judge it very badly."
It has also been revealed that representatives of the shipping industry had warned in a letter on 31 March of "a terrible risk of further catastrophic loss of life" on migrant boats in the Mediterranean.
The UN says the route from North Africa to Italy and Malta has become the world's deadliest.
Up to 1,500 migrants are now feared to have drowned this year alone.
Rescue operations in the Mediterranean
Oct 2013-Oct 2014: Mare Nostrum search-and-rescue Italian operation aimed to keep 24-hour watch over the Mediterranean, especially the Sicily Strait, after more than 300 migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa
Nov 2014: Operation Triton, a cheaper and more limited EU-led operation, began, based in Italian waters, focusing on patrolling within 30 nautical miles of the Italian coast


The firm behind smash-hit game Pokemon Go has promised to "fix" an error that suggested it had been granted full access to users' Google accounts.

In a statement, developer Niantic Labs said that it had only ever logged user IDs and email addresses.
A privacy row erupted when iOS users who signed up via their Google accounts were told that the game had "full access" to their information.
It appears Niantic may have used outdated user agreements.
The Android version of the game did not appear to have the same problem.
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Pokemon Go is a newly-released augmented reality smartphone game that allows players to search the real world to find Pokemon creatures.
It became the top-selling app on both iPhone's app store and Google Play just days after its release in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
According to app monitoring firm App Annie it has already generated well over $1m (£760,000) of revenue for Niantic Labs.
Full access to Google accounts could, in theory, have allowed Niantic Labs to read and send email, access, edit and delete documents in Google Drive and access browser and map histories.
Niantic Labs sought to reassure users that it "only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your user ID and email address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected".
"We recently discovered that the Pokemon Go account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user's Google account," it said in a statement.
"Once we became aware of this error, we began working on a client-side fix to request permission for only basic Google profile information, in line with the data that we actually access.
"Google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokémon Go or Niantic. Google will soon reduce Pokémon Go's permission to only the basic profile data that Pokémon Go needs, and users do not need to take any actions themselves."
Google did not offer comment on the story.
Meanwhile, security firms have warned users keen to get hold of the game in countries where it is not yet released, not to download it from third parties.
Doing so could actually be installing an infected version of the app which contains a backdoor called DroidJack, which grants hackers access to the victim's phone, experts said.


Steroid abuse is "off-the-scale" in Welsh grassroots and semi-professional rugby, it has been claimed.

UK Anti-Doping figures reveal players from Wales make up 33% of all sportsmen and women serving drugs bans.
An ex-player, who took drugs, told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme he is surprised more have not been banned.
But WRU chief Martyn Phillips is not "overly concerned" because the number tested is proportionately higher than in other rugby unions and sports.
The player, who would not be named, said: "It's totally off-the-scale. I think people are probably blind to it and if the truth came out I think there would be probably a lot more players who are banned from playing."
The numbers caught are a small percentage of the thousands that play rugby, however 17 Welsh rugby union and league players, from grassroots to semi-pro, are currently banned, with the majority found to have traces of anabolic steroids in their systems.
Ten of those banned are from rugby union and form the majority of the 16 players banned from the sport across the UK.
UK Anti-Doping said the other seven are among 14 players banned from rugby league.
The programme questioned 100 players from grassroots rugby union clubs and found 15 admitted to using some form of performance enhancing drug.
Only five of that 100 said they had been drug tested in the past three years.
Anti-doping expert Prof Yannis Pitsiladis, from the University of Brighton, said: "They can be quite confident when they go into testing that they won't be caught because the current testing will not be able to detect those drugs, because they are no longer in the system."
But he said improvements in anti-doping technology and the ability to now keep samples for up to 10 years means athletes currently cheating may be caught in the future.
UK Anti-Doping's chief executive Nicole Sapstead admitted keeping up with drug cheats is a constant battle.
"I think if people really want to cheat the system they'll find a way," she said.
"In an ideal world we'd be testing all sports all the time but that's not a reality for any anti-doping organisation in the world."
Last week Merthyr Rugby Club player Owen Morgan, 25, and Glynneath RFC's Greg Roberts, 28, were banned for four years and two years respectively.
Mr Morgan tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone and the stimulant benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
Mr Roberts tested positive for tamoxifen, which can be used for cancer treatment.
WRU's Mr Phillips said: "It's a problem in society to start with.
"I wouldn't sit here and say that it's not an issue in rugby because the fact that one player getting banned is one too many as far as I'm concerned.
"So the challenge for us, not just in rugby but in sport generally, is we've got to try and get it out of the game. I don't think that's going to be easy.
"The fact that we've caught people suggests there's an issue. So my job now is to get closer to that and to make sure we just become the best we can be to try and remove the problem."
Chris Thair, chief operating officer of Wales Rugby League, called the figures a "wake-up call".
He said: "It's a spike in the figures compared to previous years and it's not a great situation for the sport to be in.
"It's not just a rugby issue, it's a huge global issue for all sports, and it's a challenge for everybody and we've got to do more."
Week In Week Out, Rugby: Dirty Steroid Secret? Tuesday, 24 November, at 22:35 GMT on BBC One Wales


The number of private security staff has been increased at Wimbledon this year in the wake of recent terrorist attacks abroad, organisers have said.

The measure is part of heightened security for the tennis championships, which start next week.
Armed police would again be on patrol but "deployed in a different way", Scotland Yard said, though it did not give any details.
The Met said security at Wimbledon had been "thoroughly reviewed".
The review followed events including the explosions at the Stade de France in November 2015 - part of the attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead.
A spokeswoman for Wimbledon organisers, the All England Club, said: "There will be more security in place than before.
"A level of armed police will be in evidence. The level of security and policing is commensurate with the threat and multi-layered, and it has been heightened as you would expect with everything that has been going on.
"We work with the Metropolitan Police all year round and with other authorities to formulate the plans, and people queuing outside Wimbledon are included in the overall plan."
Source: Wimbledon
A Met Police spokesman said: "We will not discuss specific security arrangements that will form part of our policing operation.
"However, in light of events around the world, the operation has been thoroughly reviewed. A range of tactics will be put in place, some highly visible and some that the public will not notice and that includes a dedicated deployment of armed officers.
"Armed officers have supported the policing operation in previous years, but this year will see them deployed in a different way."
The force would not give any more details on this deployment.
Other sporting events, including Euro 2016, Royal Ascot and the Tour de France, have recently reviewed their own security.
There would be "extensive searches of the person, bags and vehicles" on entry to the All England Club grounds, Wimbledon said.
Bags must be soft and no bigger than 40cm x 30cm x 30cm (16in x 12in x 12in), with banned items including anything that could be used as a weapon, like knives or corkscrews.
Wimbledon begins on Monday, with the queue for the championships opening at 08:00 BST the day before.


Former newspaper owner Eddy Shah has said under-age girls who engage in consensual sex can be "to blame" for the abuse they experience.

Mr Shah was recently cleared of raping a schoolgirl in London hotels when she was between 12 and 15.
He said charges of rape involving girls under 16 who "threw themselves" at celebrities could be "technical".
But the NSPCC and National Association of People Abused in Childhood said rape was always a crime.
Mr Shah, the 69-year-old founder of the newspaper Today, who lives in Chippenham, Wiltshire, was found not guilty at the Old Bailey last month of raping a girl at upmarket London hotels when she was between 12 and 15.
After the case he called for a review of how rape cases are dealt with by police, saying: "Anybody walking down the street can point at a celebrity and say, 'he raped me'.
And on Saturday he told BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan rape charges involving girls who "threw themselves" at celebrities were a legal technicality.
Mr Shah said: "If we take the pop groups and people of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, who everybody knows that women were throwing themselves at them - young girls who looked 17, 18, 19 and 20...
"Rape was a technical thing - below a certain age. But these girls were going out with the pop groups and becoming groupies and all the rest of it, and throwing themselves at them. You cannot put that down to the fact they've been abused.
"Young girls and young men have always wanted a bit of excitement when they are young. They want to appear adult and do adult things."
When asked if he was implying that under-age victims could themselves be at fault, he said: "If we're talking about girls who go out and just have a good time, then they are to blame.
"If we talk about people who happen to be out and actually get 'raped' raped, then I feel no - and everything should be done against that."
Mr Shah also commented on Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree investigation, set up in the wake of  allegations of sexual abuse by BBC DJ Jimmy Savile and other television stars from the 1970s and 1980s.
He added that he had been helping a "very well-known person" charged under Operation Yewtree deal with the "horrible, horrible feeling" of "emptiness about everything", which Mr Shah said he had experienced when he was wrongly accused of rape.
Asked if he thought the investigation was in danger of becoming a witch-hunt, he said: "I think it's developing into that. It's easy policing and it's easy prosecutions...
"In a civilised society there's got to be more checks and balances before these sort of accusations are used."
He also talked again about the suicidal thoughts he had experienced after his arrest.
"Every night I worked out different ways of committing suicide to help me go to sleep, actually," he said.
His comments come after another case, in which a prosecutor was suspended and a judge placed under investigation after it emerged a 13-year-old girl was labelled "predatory" and "sexually experienced" during the trial where a man admitted abusing her.
The NSPCC's Jon Brown said there was "nothing valid" about Mr Shah's comments.
He told BBC News: "If we start talking about gradations of rape, it's extremely concerning.
"Mr Shah's also completely incorrect. A young person under the age of 16 cannot give consent to sexual activity.
"We are talking about child abuse or we're talking about rape, it's as simple as that."
Mr Brown also called for more education and training to help judges with sentencing in child sex abuse cases.
Mr Shah's comments were also criticised by Pete Saunders, chief executive of the National Association of People Abused in Childhood.
Mr Saunders said: "I'd like to meet with Eddie, and to have him explain to me, and maybe explain to some rape victims, what he means by 'raped raped', because my understanding is there is rape, or there is not rape, and rape is always a crime."
His views were echoed by Jim Gamble, the former chief executive of Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP).
Mr Gamble said: "At the end of the day, a child is a child, and the law is configured to protect a child, and there's an assumption made that adults, you know, will respect that, because they will want to protect children themselves."


Mae Aelod Cynulliad Ceidwadol Mynwy, Nick Ramsay, wedi dweud wrth BBC Cymru nad yw'n gwybod bellach a yw'n aelod o grŵp Ceidwadol yn y Cynulliad yn dilyn digwyddiadau'r wythnos ddiwethaf.

Ddydd Iau, cyhoeddodd un o aelodau UKIP yn y Cynulliad, Mark Reckless, ei fod yn gadael y blaid, ac yn ymuno â grŵp y Ceidwadwyr.
Ond ddiwrnod yn ddiweddarach, dywedodd ffynhonnell o Geidwadwyr y DU fod ACau'r blaid wedi "peryglu" eu safleoedd wrth ganiatáu i Mark Reckless ymuno â nhw.
Fe adawodd Mr Reckless y Blaid Geidwadol er mwyn ymuno ag UKIP yn 2014, gan fynd ymlaen i gadw gafael ar ei etholaeth, Rochester a Strood mewn isetholiad ym mis Tachwedd y flwyddyn honno, cyn colli'r sedd yn etholiad cyffredinol Mai 2015.
Ar raglen Sunday Supplement ar BBC Radio Wales fore Sul, dywedodd Mr Ramsay fod y sefyllfa'n ddryslyd: "Ydw i'n aelod o'r Grŵp Ceidwadol Cymreig neu a ydw i'n aelod o ryw fath o grŵp annibynnol hybrid?"
"Mae wedi codi'r un faint o gwestiynau ac y mae wedi ei ateb, ac yn fy marn i, dwi'n credu bod angen eglurder ar hyn achos bydd yna ddryswch fel arall.
"Mae gyda ni nawr aelod yn y grŵp Ceidwadol sydd ddim yn aelod o'r blaid - mae honno'n sefyllfa ryfedd."
Dywedodd hefyd na fyddai gweinidog o Swyddfa Cymru'n fodlon cwrdd â'r grŵp Ceidwadol tra bod Mr Reckless yn aelod.
Mynnodd arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Andrew RT Davies nad oedd y cyfansoddiad wedi ei atal er mwyn croesawu Mr Reckless i'r grŵp, a bod y grŵp wedi cytuno'n "unfrydol" i'w groesawu.


Injured scrum-half Rhys Webb is to have ankle surgery and will be out of action until the New Year.

The 27-year-old has been released from the Wales squad to Ospreys.
He was taken off after turning his right ankle during the 32-8 defeat by Australia.
The Ospreys player missed much of the 2015-16 season after damaging ankle and knee ligaments playing for Wales against Italy in a pre-World Cup match.
A Welsh Rugby Union statement read: "It is expected that Webb will undertake a period of rehabilitation of at least 12 weeks."
In Webb's absence, Scarlets' Gareth Davies starts against Argentina on Saturday.
Scarlets scrum-half Davies is one of six Wales changes for the match at Principality Stadium.
In addition to Argentina, Wales face Japan and South Africa in Cardiff before the end of November.


Twenty five people have been arrested across Northern Ireland as part of an investigation into online child abuse.

The arrests took place during the past five months in a joint operation between the PSNI and the National Crime Agency (NCA).
It is the first joint operation of its kind since the NCA began operating in NI in May.
Four people have been charged, and action taken to protect 32 children deemed to be at risk.
Codenamed Operation Jarra, the investigation targeted people using the internet to access indecent images of children.
Det Ch Supt George Clarke, head of the PSNI's Public Protection Branch, said it was a "despicable crime".
"What we are talking about here is people viewing imagery of children being raped, being brutalised, and being physically abused," he added.
"This criminal activity touches every part of Northern Ireland, and every part of society here, and we have some very dangerous offenders here."
He also had this warning for those involved in this kind of crime.
"Offenders need to know the internet is not an anonymous place, it is not a safe place, it is a place where law enforcement is looking for them, where law enforcement is going to find them, and they will face the full rigour of the law when caught," he said.
Dr Zoe Hilton, Head of Child Protection for the NCA, said more arrests will follow.
"We want to send a very clear message that people are not safe anywhere on the internet if they are looking at indecent images of children," she said.
"They are leaving a forensic trail and we will find them. There is no hiding place."
Dr Hilton said the sexual exploitation of children on the internet has a serious and long lasting impact on the victims.
"Online images are not a 'lesser' form of abuse," she said.
"Every child in those images has been sexually abused, and every time someone looks at an image that child is victimised again.
"Knowing those images are out there has a devastating impact on victims."


Ex Machina is your standard film script of boy meets girl.

Except that this girl is a robot: a robot girlfriend programmed by a sociopathic billionaire.
And she is a robot who may just want a mind of her own - with a master who won't relinquish control.
The film is out in UK cinemas now.
Written by Alex Garland, author of The Beach, it's a thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson as computer programmer Caleb, Alicia Vikander as robot Ava and Oscar Isaac as Nathan, the billionaire.
It explores some of our deepest fears about artificial intelligence (AI).
Ex Machina's robot, Ava, is not the only type of AI we should find unsettling, Garland told Newsbeat.
He said: "AI that is in control of stock markets, in control of healthcare systems, factories, maybe military drones. It is different from Ava but you can be scared of that."
These are the type of AI that led inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk to declare AI as "the most serious threat to the survival of the human race".
The SpaceX boss has donated $10m (Â£6.6m) to keep AI friendly.
Dr Stuart Armstrong is a member of a research centre which looks into the big questions surrounding AI - the Future of Humanity - at Oxford University.
He is also an adviser to the Lifeboat Foundation, which is tasked with a small matter: safeguarding humanity.
He told Newsbeat about a future world which he says is far more likely to happen than anything shown in Ex Machina.
It is potentially far more terrifying, he reckons.
"AI could outsmart us technologically, it could come up with designs of things far beyond what we could come up with and then build them.
"It could outsmart us on the internet; say hack into every single computer in the world and copy themselves into it.
"It could outsmart us socially which is a particularly scary avenue.
"Maybe humans' social skills are not nearly as special or uncrackable as we like to think. It could seduce us.
"It could have super economic skills.
"It could guess the stock market better and accumulate quantities of cash.
"It doesn't need to have all these skills.
"If you have a general intelligence in one area it is often transferable to other areas.
"If you can accumulate huge amounts of money then you can buy lots of hackers or buy lots of computing power or technological research.
"Similarly if you have technological research you can sell this and accumulate financial resources."
Meanwhile, he says films portraying AI in human terms, particularly portrayals of AI like the Terminator, are "ridiculous".
He explains: "If you want to build a mechanical army to destroy the world, the human frame is probably one of the worst designs that you could go for. I would go for mosquito-sized drones with legs or something like that.
"Every single AI in movies I've ever seen is a human mind with some minor modification. They seem to be emotionally repressed humans. That's the model."
Much of what we might expect AI to be like will be beyond human experience, argues Armstrong.
"It is very possible that we will end up with AI that have no concept of personal identity or nothing that we could recognise as human. Humans are absolutely tiny in the pool of possible minds.
"AIs may be without personal names, of the concept of peer group, of status maybe. They may have different kinds of emotions.
"Emotions that we have no idea or relation to."
He said when people think of the possible risk of AIs to the future of the world "they think of slave AIs and then imagine they might revolt. They think of human-like minds and with human-like reactions to being enslaved".
However, he sees the risk to humanity originating elsewhere.
"The risk is not that these minds will react in this way, the risk is that these super-intelligent minds may have goals that are incompatible with ours, so they extinguish the human race along the way while doing something else, something that might be profoundly uninteresting."
But before you start worrying about how smart your smartphone really is, experts stress that it is hard to predict the future. There are so many variables.
Plus as anyone who has had their car break down, or broadband fail, technology can sometimes be pretty crummy.
Writer Alex Garland's worry is more immediate.
"At the moment in terms of really bad things happening in the world, it is humans who are doing all the running.
"We manage to do the bad stuff pretty well all on our own. We should be looking harder at us. We're doing plenty of bad things without looking at AIs."
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Somerset fought back with three Yorkshire wickets late on the first day, after Liam Plunkett's 4-73 had put the Tykes on top at Scarborough.

Having opted to bat first, the visitors promptly slipped to 67-4 after Plunkett combined with Tim Bresnan (2-43) to tear through the top order.
Only Adam Hose (62) passed 50, while last man Tim Groenewald hit 41 off 24 balls to drag Somerset to 268 all out.
But Yorkshire then slipped to 42-3 at stumps, trailing by 226 runs.
Craig Overton (2-17) saw off openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees inside the opening 10 overs, before Marcus Trescothick took a smart catch at second slip to dismiss Peter Handscomb off the bowling of Groenewald.
Earlier in the day, it was only Groenewald's eye-catching performance with the bat that prevented Somerset from struggling to a smaller first-innings total, blasting four sixes as he shared 51 with Craig Overton (35) for the last wicket.
Adam Hose was also impressive in compiling his 128-ball half-century, striking 10 fours before being bowled by England spinner Adil Rashid (2-74)


There was applause for the French security services and police in the National Assembly on Thursday when it was announced that they had caught - and killed - the planner of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

But the focus on the manhunt - and the shock and grief inspired by the attack - cannot hide the fact that there are also major questions about the atrocities and the response which lie unanswered.
One set of questions relate to whether France could have detected such a large plot.
After attacks in the UK, there are often questions about "intelligence failures". The 7/7 attacks in 2005 sparked multiple investigations after it emerged that some of those responsible had been "on the radar" of the security services and police. Similar questions were asked after the killing of Lee Rigby in May 2013.
The cell behind the Paris attacks appears to have been built around individuals who had gone from France and Belgium out to Syria, received training and then been sent back.
Former French intelligence officials acknowledge in this case that there was a failure. Men who were known to the authorities managed to travel and plan and then carry out a deadly attack.
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But the reasons for this partly lie in the scale of the challenge France faces. The authorities say they are dealing with 11,000 extremists on their radar. Working out who to follow amidst so many is a challenge for any security service.
The problems with travel into and inside Europe's Schengen area pose an additional challenge, along with that of weak information-sharing amongst countries.
In the past, attacks were inspired by the so-called Islamic State (IS) but this one was different - it was directed and organised by the group.
From the start it was clear that it was highly organised and sophisticated - not the work of so-called "lone actors", but a group working together.
Abaaoud may have been the ringleader but it is not clear yet if there was further supervision and direction from the top of IS. Learning that could help the process of discovering whether there are other cells who have been sent to undertake similar operations in France or other countries.
France does have experienced security services because it has been dealing with the threat of jihadism longer than most. The legacy of the conflict in Algeria always made it a target.
In the mid-1990s, a series of attacks rocked Paris with bombs on the subway. These were linked to Algerian groups whose reach often extended to the UK.
With figures like Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza radicalising and preaching, the French christened the British capital "Londonistan" and chided it for offering a safe haven so long as no violence was directed its way.
France sent its spies undercover to try to penetrate the groups in Britain and pushed for more action. British officials only understood the danger after 9/11 though and belatedly began acting.
Meanwhile France managed to successfully avoid major attacks in those years at the same time as London and Madrid were hit.
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The French Security Service enjoyed a robust reputation for running extensive networks of informers across mosques and the Muslim community and keeping an eye on emerging problems.
But at the same time, the lack of integration and the sense of alienation and discontent in some parts of France's large Muslim community was also a worry to security officials.
The French tradition of secularism and integration is often contrasted to what used to be thought of as British multiculturalism, but both countries have had their own challenges.
The arrival of the Syrian conflict drove the problem to a new level. The estimates are that around 1,000 people have gone from France to Syria - a figure higher than the UK (where the estimates are 750-800).
The number of attacks was rising before Paris - with shootings in Toulouse and stabbings before this year, when the scale of the threat became apparent with the Charlie Hebdo killings and now these atrocities.
The use of neighbouring Belgium as a base is another challenge. The Belgian state is weaker, its security services less experienced.
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And this highlights the wider issue that France's security situation cannot be separated from the challenges of Europe - particularly when it comes to border controls which allow the movement of jihadists and also weapons.
Closing these loopholes has now become a top priority for the French government. We are also likely to see much more sharing of information from all security and intelligence services to try to chase down leads.
All security services across Europe are on edge now. They are all asking whether this was one network or if there are more. They will all be looking again at those who have gone out to Syria and come back.
IS has been under pressure on the ground in Iraq and Syria with heavier air strikes and pushes by Kurds and others on the ground. That may make it harder for the group to organise but it could also drive it to further so-called asymmetric attacks in the forms of terrorism.


Grimsby have signed Gateshead attacking midfielder Sam Jones for an undisclosed fee and Everton striker Calum Dyson on loan until the end of the season.

Jones, 25, joins on a two-and-a-half year deal after scoring nine goals in 18 games for the National League club.
Gateshead turned down three bids during the transfer window from Grimsby for Jones before eventually agreeing a deal to secure a move to Blundell Park.
Dyson, 20, has agreed a loan until the end of the season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.


Two people have been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty in connection with an investigation into the South Herefordshire Hunt.

West Mercia Police questioned a 37-year-old man and a woman, aged 27, about suspected cruelty to foxes.
The hunt's kennels in Wormelow, near Hereford, have been closed and all horses and hounds moved elsewhere.
A message on the hunt's Facebook page says salaried staff have been suspended and an internal inquiry will begin.
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The gates at the kennels are shut and nobody was on site earlier. West Mercia Police says the investigation is continuing.
The man and the woman have since been released on bail.
The RSPCA said it is helping the police with its investigation.


Morton and Falkirk could not be separated as they played out their third Championship draw this season.

Defender Thomas O'Ware headed in his 10th goal of the campaign to put Ton ahead but James Craigen equalised with a superb strike from distance.
After the break Aaron Muirhead's penalty gave the Bairns an advantage but Ross Forbes slotted his 11th of the season under Danny Rogers.
Both sides also had a goal ruled out in an action-packed contest.
The one Morton had chalked off was converted by Lawrence Shankland from close range but referee Greg Aitken spotted a handball in the build-up.
Nathan Austin's tap-in was disallowed for the same reason in a result that follows two 1-1 draws between the teams in the league this season.
Falkirk remain ahead of Morton on goal difference in the play-off spots, but the Greenock side have a game in hand.
The value of O'Ware and Forbes to their cause was evident here. The latter supplied the cross for O'Ware to head in at the far post, taking the centre-back's impressive goal tally to 10.
Forbes' goal to bring them level at 2-2 was all about composure after a neat through ball by substitute Luke Donnelly.
Goal of the game award went to Craigen though - his 22-yard rocket into the top corner, via the underside of the crossbar, was an important equaliser when the Bairns were trailing.
Muirhead's penalty to put Falkirk 2-1 up arrived when Mark Russell felled Lee Miller, a foul the hosts did not dispute.
Morton manager Jim Duffy:  "You want to be a bit greedy and go for the three points but I thought it was an outstanding game.
"Four goals, a couple of magnificent saves from either goalkeeper, misses and contentious decisions from the referee - I think that's what Scottish football's about.
"It's incredible for Thomas O'Ware and Ross Forbes - a defender and a midfielder - to be so instrumental in our season with goals.
"The disallowed goal was a ricochet that landed to Shankland who put it in the back of the net and the referee said it was a handball leading up it, but I believe it was very harsh."
Falkirk manager Peter Houston: "A draw was probably a fair result. I could turn to the two chances we had when we were 2-1 up and the goal that we had disallowed.
"I've seen the video again and I don't know - I think the far-side assistant said it was because of a handball, but the video shows that ball didn't go near his hand.
"James Craigen has got that kind of goal in his locker. He connected with it sweetly and it got us a goal in a first half that we hadn't been at it.
"We're 10 points ahead of Queen of the South [in fifth place] and I'd much rather be 10 points ahead than having to chase."
Match ends, Morton 2, Falkirk 2.
Second Half ends, Morton 2, Falkirk 2.
Attempt saved. Kudus Oyenuga (Morton) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Tom Taiwo (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Lawrence Shankland (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Grant (Falkirk).
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Danny Rogers.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Danny Rogers.
Attempt saved. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Michael Tidser (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Mark Kerr.
Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kudus Oyenuga (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Fraser Aird replaces James Craigen.
Substitution, Morton. Kudus Oyenuga replaces Aidan Nesbitt.
Attempt blocked. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ross Forbes (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Mark Kerr replaces Myles Hippolyte.
Substitution, Falkirk. Robert McHugh replaces Lee Miller.
Attempt saved. Lawrence Shankland (Morton) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lee Miller (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Luke Donnelly (Morton).
Tom Taiwo (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Thomas O'Ware (Morton) because of an injury.
Ricki Lamie (Morton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Mark Russell (Morton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Goal!  Morton 2, Falkirk 2. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Donnelly.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Paul Watson.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Peter Grant.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Peter Grant.
Attempt blocked. Michael Tidser (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Aaron Muirhead.
Michael Tidser (Morton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).


An Algerian man who was shot after attacking a policeman with a hammer at Notre Dame cathedral has appeared before a judge in Paris.

Farid Ikken, 40, was officially charged with the attempted murder of law enforcement officials and association with terrorists.
The journalist was studying in France for a doctorate in communications.
He was described by the Paris prosecutor as a novice jihadist with an atypical profile.
Francois Molins described Mr Ikken as a professionally successful man, an intellectual, who had never given anyone who knew him the slightest sign of radicalisation.
Last Tuesday in front of Notre-Dame cathedral, Mr Ikken attacked a policeman with a hammer while shouting "This is for Syria", and was then shot and wounded.
He was jailed ahead of a hearing. He had previously been receiving hospital treatment under armed guard for a gunshot wound to the leg.
Mr Ikken told investigators he had radicalised himself over a period of 10 months, Mr Molins said.
At his home outside Paris, the prosecutor added, investigators found a laptop computer and four USB keys which contained:
"He had never shown any sign of radicalisation to those close to him, he had never been convicted, he was unknown to the intelligence services and so far, no signs of contact with anyone in Iraq or Syria have been found," Mr Molins said.
"He therefore appears to have the profile of a neophyte that the services fighting terrorism fear as much as hardened cases. It shows the diversity of profiles and that anything is possible."
How France is wrestling with jihadist terror


A Russian cargo rocket carrying food and supplies has docked with the International Space Station - just in time for the New Year.

It launched on Monday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Progress 62P took two-days to arrive.
It docked automatically.
Once the crew completed leak checks, the hatches opened, and they unloaded the cargo.
On Monday, British astronaut Tim Peake helped a successful space walk  to fix a broken part to make sure the cargo could arrive safely.
US crew members Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra moved a "rail car" on the outside of the ISS a few inches away from the position where it had stalled.
Tim Peake arrived at the ISS on 15 December in a Soyuz spacecraft and is on board for six-months.
He is the first UK astronaut to fly to the ISS.
According to the Russian Space Agency, the unmanned Progress cargo ship carried 2,436kg of supplies, including oxygen, water, and food.


Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has rejected claims he is trying to "buy" Scottish votes with money "expropriated" from London.

Mr Murphy has pledged that a UK-wide "mansion tax" would allow a future Labour government to create 1,000 new nursing posts in Scotland.
He said most of the money raised would come from London and the south east.
Labour MP Diane Abbott accused him of "unscrupulous" behaviour, but Mr Murphy insisted his plan was "sensible".
Mr Murphy compared the plan to spend money levied on English homes on Scottish nurses with the way the oil wealth from the North Sea was shared around the UK.
"It's part of pooling and sharing your resources across these islands, it's pretty sensible," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, and pointed out the property tax was Labour Party policy.
Labour has pledged to impose what it calls a "mansion tax" - a levy on homes worth more than Â£2m across the UK to fund the NHS - if leader Ed Miliband wins the general election.
In his first major policy announcement, Mr Murphy said he would use Scotland's share of the money, allocated under the Barnett formula, to pay for extra nursing staff, if Labour wins May's UK General Election and then the Scottish Labour Party wins the Holyrood election in 2016.
But Ms Abbott, the Labour MP for Hackney who hopes to run for London mayor, told the World at One she was very surprised that Mr Murphy was "making these boasts".
With phrases like "fiscally vindictive" and "highly unscrupulous" being hurled around, it's clear that a political row is playing out which is as bitter as it is old.
It is being contested on familiar turf: does the rest of the UK, and particularly wealthy London, subsidise Scotland?
The front pages of the London editions of The Times and The Daily Telegraph both concentrate on a "pledge" from the Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, made as he kicked off his campaign for the general election.
"Mansion tax to fund nursing in Scotland" is The Times' headline. "Labour tax on 'wealthy English' to fund nurses in Scotland" is the Telegraph's take.
Believe it or not, those headlines will suit Mr Murphy. The new leader of the Scottish Labour Party has a tough task.
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"Jim Murphy is saying that he's going to be recruiting nurses from day one on the basis of this mansion tax.  You can't recruit people on the basis that money that hasn't even been raised yet," she said.
She added: "Jim Murphy is jumping the gun in a highly unscrupulous way."
While supporting the mansion tax "in principle", Ms Abbott said a lot of discussion was needed as to how to implement it fairly, warning it amounted to a "tax on Londoners".
She said the policy would affect people who bought homes many years ago which have since increased substantially in value, while the wealthy would try to "evade" the tax.
"That's all got to be thought through - Jim Murphy isn't waiting for that. He just thinks he can buy Scottish votes with money expropriated from London," she said.
Mr Murphy - who Ms Abbott mistakenly called 'John' at the start of the interview - hit back by saying he did not have to consult Ms Abbott or clear things with Labour leader Ed Miliband over what he does in the Scottish Labour Party.
"When it comes to issues that are devolved - so health and education in Scotland - I am in charge. I am the leader of the Scottish Labour Party."
Reserved issued such as foreign affairs and welfare, he added , were the responsibility of the Labour leader, who he said he looked forward to campaigning alongside for a Labour victory at the general election.
Ms Abbott, he suggested, should get behind Labour Policy "rather than either forgetting my name or attacking my approach to what I do in Scotland".
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Murphy's comments showed "once again that Ed Miliband simply does not command the respect of his party".
A Labour spokesman said the "overwhelming majority" of money raised would be spent in England, "but as with any UK-wide tax, Scotland will receive a share of the proceeds under the Barnett formula".
"It is up to the Scottish Government how to spend this revenue," they added.
Scottish National Party MP Angus Robertson said: "Fickle attempts to win back trust by playing an arbitrary numbers game with nursing staff and proposing oil funds that Labour should have supported decades ago are wide off the mark - and people will see straight through them."
The policy announcement, made by Mr Murphy on Monday, has also faced criticism from some other London-based politicians.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, described the plan as "fiscally vindictive" to the south east of England and amounted to trying to "bribe the Scots to vote Labour", while Labour's Dame Tessa Jowell said London should not be treated as a "cash cow".


Brexit should be delayed if no trade deal can be struck with the EU by the end of the two-year negotiating process, business leaders have said.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) also wants businesses to continue to be allowed to recruit skilled and low-skilled EU workers after the UK leaves.
The business organisation is holding its annual conference on Tuesday.
Theresa May has said she will trigger Article 50 by the end of March which would start the process of leaving.
The BCC said completing a trade deal within the two years allowed by Article 50 would be the "ideal outcome".
But it continued: "Should this prove impossible, we should seek an extension to the negotiating period to enable completion of both agreements concurrently."
However, such an extension would only be possible if all EU member states agree.
Business Secretary Greg Clark and shadow chancellor John McDonnell will be among those addressing the conference in London.
BCC director general Adam Marshall said: "Business communities across the UK want practical considerations, not ideology or politics, at the heart of the government's approach to Brexit negotiations.
"What's debated in Westminster often isn't what matters for most businesses.
"Most firms care little about the exact process for triggering Article 50, but they care a lot about an unexpected VAT hit to their cash flow, sudden changes to regulation, the inability to recruit the right people for the job, or if their products are stopped by customs authorities at the border."
BBC business correspondent Jonty Bloom
It's on immigration that the BCC is most likely to be disappointed.
It's calling for its members to be able to recruit across the EU after Brexit with minimal bureaucracy, costs or barriers.
But it's difficult to see how that is compatible with the government's stated aim of bringing immigration down to tens of thousands a year.
Or how it could square with the prime minister's recent declaration that Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe.
The BCC's comments come after former Prime Minister Sir John Major warned that the chances of no agreement being reached within the time limit were "very high".
In a speech, he warned that an "unreal and over-optimistic" vision of Brexit was being put forward.
Downing Street said the government was determined to make a success of Brexit.


European Council President Donald Tusk has warned illegal economic migrants against coming to Europe, during a new push to solve the EU migrant crisis.

He said illegal economic migrants were risking "lives and money" for nothing.
Mr Tusk visited Greece and Turkey on Thursday to discuss ways to reduce the flow of migrants travelling west.
More than 25,000 migrants have been left stranded in Greece by a tightening of border controls to the north, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis.
On Thursday, a group of migrants blocked a railway line on the Greek side of the border with Macedonia to protest at the restrictions.
They were imposed after several Balkan countries decided only to allow Syrian and Iraqi migrants across their frontiers. Austria also decided to limit numbers.
The move effectively barred passage to thousands of people seeking to reach western Europe, including Afghans as well as some more likely to be regarded as economic migrants.
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After meeting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on Thursday, Mr Tusk said he was appealing to "all potential illegal economic migrants", wherever they may be from.
"Do not come to Europe," he said. "Do not believe the smugglers. Do not risk your lives and your money. It is all for nothing."
He also said EU member states must avoid taking unilateral action to deal with the migrant crisis.
Separately, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande discussed security and migration issues in the French city of Amiens, including conditions at the French port of Calais, where thousands of migrants hoping to enter the UK have been living rough.
After the talks Mr Hollande warned of "consequences" for management of migrants heading to Britain if the UK voted to leave the European Union in a June referendum.
Earlier, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said his country could allow migrants to travel unchecked to the UK in the event of a so-called "Brexit".
He told the Financial Times newspaper that an exit vote could end a bilateral deal allowing the UK to vet new arrivals on French territory.
Authorities in Calais have been clearing part of a sprawling camp known as the Jungle, from where many migrants are trying to enter the UK illegally.
Ahead of an EU-Turkey summit on the issue on Monday, Mr Tusk travelled to Turkey later on Thursday for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Mr Davutoglu said that the flow of Syrian refugees would lessen if the cessation of hostilities in the conflict held, adding that violations by Syrian government and Russian forces had left it vulnerable.
Turkey already accommodates over 2.5 million Syrian refugees - at an estimated cost of €7 (£5.4bn). The EU has pledged €3bn to Turkey, which is calling for more support.
Mr Davutoglu repeated that they expected the opening of new chapters for Turkey's longstanding EU membership bid and progress on visa-free travel to the EU for Turkish citizens.
Turkey has already offered to sign readmission agreements with 14 countries, a move that could enable it to take back migrants rejected by the EU more efficiently.
Turkish officials also say they have managed to prevent almost 25,000 migrants from travelling to Europe this year. But almost 130,000 have made their way to Greek islands during the same period.
In the EU summit in Brussels next week, there will be calls on Turkey to do more to reduce the numbers of migrants.
Mr Tusk said earlier this week that Europe was ready to grant "substantial financial support" to countries neighbouring war-torn regions such as Syria and Iraq.
"But at the same time we expect a more intensive engagement from our partners as an absolute precondition to avoid a humanitarian disaster," he said.
Turkey has expressed frustration at the lack of a common position from the EU on the crisis.
BBC Europe Correspondent Chris Morris, who is on the Greek island of Lesbos where 75,000 migrants have already arrived so far this year, says the EU wants to see arrivals in Greece drop below 1,000 a day.
New figures suggest last year's total of one million seaborne migrants arriving in Europe could be matched well before the end of the year.
The number of migrants stuck in Greece has soared, after Macedonia began restricting passage to all but a small number. More migrants are en route from Athens.
Earlier this week, the European Commission adopted plans to distribute €700m (£543m; $760m) of emergency humanitarian funding between 2016-18 to help tackle the crisis.
Greece has asked the European Commission for nearly €500m in assistance to help care for 100,000 asylum seekers.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said nearly 129,500 migrants had arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2016, plus another 1,545 by land. It said 418 had drowned or were missing.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


Syphilis and gonorrhoea sexually transmitted infections are continuing to rise in England, new figures show.

Between 2012 and 2015, cases of syphilis increased by 76%, from 3,001 to 5,288, while gonorrhoea infections rose by 53%, from 26,880 to 41,193, Public Health England data reveals.
The rise was notable among men who have sex with men.
At the same time, rates of genital warts decreased, thanks to a vaccination campaign.
Rates of sexually transmitted infections as a group also went down slightly, totalling 434,456. But experts say this could be because fewer people came forward for testing.
Chlamydia was the most commonly diagnosed STI, accounting for nearly half of the cases diagnosed in 2015.
Young people are routinely offered chlamydia screening, but only 13% of young men and 32% of young women were tested in 2015.
The large fall in genital warts - a 7% drop - was seen in young women, and experts say this was probably because of the national human papilloma virus vaccination programme.
All girls aged 12 to 13 are offered the jab as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.
The FPA charity's chief executive, Natika Halil, said boys should be offered the vaccine too, which is something ministers are considering.
Genevieve Edwards, of Marie Stopes UK, said the statistics should "set alarm bells ringing" about the availability of sexual health services for young people and men who have sex with men.
"We have to keep a focus on preventing sexual ill health, and providing prompt diagnosis and treatment to those who need it," she added.
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said the continued rise of gonorrhoea was extremely disturbing, given the further spread of drug-resistant infections.
Dr Gwenda Hughes, head of STI surveillance at PHE, said: "We need to do more to raise awareness about STIs and how they can be prevented, especially the effectiveness of using condoms.
"We recommend that anyone having sex with a new or casual partner uses condoms and tests regularly for HIV and STIs."


A handwritten rejection of marriage from US president John F Kennedy's widow to a Welsh peer is among a lot which sold at auction for £98,500.

Private letters from the UK's former US ambassador David Ormsby-Gore, Lord Harlech, proposed "a secret marriage" between him and Jackie Kennedy.
Lord Harlech's wife Sylvia died in a car crash four years after the death of his close friend JFK in 1963.
It was sold at an auction at Bonhams in London on Wednesday.
The "Kennedy Harlech Papers" - which had a guide price of £100,000 to £150,000 - also say how much JFK "appreciated" his advice.
Lord Harlech, a close advisor of JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, travelled to the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia on a much-publicised trip with Mrs Kennedy just after the death of his wife in 1967.
At the time, there was huge speculation about their romantic connection.
And letters uncovered in locked red British Government dispatch boxes at the family home in north Wales have revealed the truth.
"You and I have shared so many lives and deaths and hopes and pain - we will share them forever and be forever bound together by them," Mrs Kennedy wrote on stationery that belonged to Onassis' yacht.
"If ever I can find some healing and some comfort - it has to be with somebody who is not part of all my world of past and pain. I can find that now - if the world will let us."
She also wrote: "You are like my beloved, beloved brother - and mentor - and the only original spirit I know - as you were to Jack."
President Kennedy is said to have asked the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that his old friend from his London School of Economics days became Britain's US ambassador in 1961 after Lord Harlech stood down as MP for Oswestry.
He was Britain's top diplomat in Washington between 1961 and 1965 and played a key role in the Kennedy administration as foreign policy adviser and helped in discussions of Vietnam and nuclear disarmament.
"Kennedy said he admired his wisdom and abilities," said auctioneer Antony Bennett. "He said he was an immensely intelligent man."
Years after both he and Mrs Kennedy suffered tragedy, Lord Harlech proposed to her.
But she married Aristotle Onassis in 1968 and wrote that Onassis was "lonely and wants to protect me from being lonely.
"And he is wise and kind. Only I can decide if he can, and I decided. I know it comes as a surprise to so many people. But they see things for me that I never wanted for myself."
The 18 letters were sold as part of a collection by the current Lord Harlech Jasset Ormsby-Gore, the grandson of David Ormsby-Gore, and the entire 531-item lot sold for a total of £2.6m in a 10-hour auction in London
It also includes a draft Lord Harlech wrote in response to Mrs Kennedy's rejection.
"All the pathetic plans I had brought with me for visits to Cyrenaica, holidays near one another and a whole variety of solutions to our marriage problem, including one for a secret marriage this summer," he wrote.
"Plans which I saw us eagerly discussing, calmly and with complete frankness as we did at the Cape and in Cambodia for the next wonderful ten days - all had become irrelevant trash to be thrown away within a few hours of my landing in New York.
"As for your photograph I weep when I look at it. Why do such agonizing things have to happen? Where was the need for it?"
Mrs Kennedy attended Lord Harlech's funeral in Oswestry in 1985 after he died in a car crash aged 66.
The box of letters between Lord Harlech and members of the Kennedy family, including JFK's brothers Robert and Edward, were included in the lot which went under the hammer at Bonhams auction house.
The collection is among a selection of more than 400 "treasures" to be sold including regency furniture, paintings, works of art and old cars.
The current Lord Harlech inherited the possessions from his father Francis Ormsby-Gore following his death aged 61 in February 2016.
Money from the sale will be used to restore Glyn Cywarch, the Grade II-listed family estate of more than 400 years on the outskirts of Harlech in Gwynedd.


The US has been given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.
The tax cut was provided by the state of Washington in 2013 to ensure that wings for Boeing's new 777X jetliner were made only there.
The tax cut was "prohibited" under its rules, said the WTO.
The WTO decided that the measure, giving Boeing a special and very low "business and occupation" tax rate, was unlawful because it hinged on the aeroplane company being required to use local rather than imported materials - the wings - which in turn would distort trade.
"The Panel has found that the European Union has demonstrated that the B&O aerospace tax rate for the manufacturing or sale of commercial airplanes under the 777X programme... is a subsidy contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods [and is] prohibited," said the WTO in its ruling.
"Accordingly, taking into account the nature of the prohibited subsidy found in this dispute, the Panel recommends that the United States withdraw it without delay and within 90 days," it added.
However an EU complaint about six other tax measures was rejected, although they were still deemed to be subsidies.
Boeing downplayed the impact of the WTO ruling against it.
"In total, the EU claimed that Boeing had received $8.7bn in subsidies. This claim was rejected by the WTO, which found future incentives totalling no more than $50 million a year to be impermissible," Boeing said.
The aerospace company added: "The WTO found that to date Boeing has received no benefit from the 777X (tax) rate incentive, and will not until 2020, because the first airplane will not be delivered until then."
However the EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, adopted a different interpretation of the WTO ruling.
"The panel has found that the additional massive subsidies of $5.7bn provided by Washington state to Boeing are strictly illegal," she said.
"We expect the US to respect the rules, uphold fair competition and withdraw these subsidies without any delay".
Tom Enders, chief executive of Boeing's big rival Airbus, which in September was on the receiving end of a similar WTO ruling about EU subsidies - a complaint initiated by Boeing - held out an olive branch.
"I continue to think that the only way out of the ridiculous series of disputes initiated by the US is to agree on a set of globally applicable rules for the support of the civil aircraft industry, which would benefit both sides of the Atlantic," he said.
Either side in the Boeing subsidy dispute - the EU or the US - can appeal against the WTO ruling.


A Scottish security contractor has been killed in Afghanistan.

Mark Duffus, 41, from Forres in Moray, was among at least seven people who died in a suicide attack on the Kabul base of a logistics firm supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan.
He was employed by international security management group Blue Hackle.
Five guards, four of them Nepali, were among those killed in the gun and bomb attack, which happened early on Tuesday.
In his profile on the LinkedIn social media website, Mr Duffus said he had been employed by Blue Hackle since 2005, and was working as a site security manager.
He had previously served in the armed forces for nine years.
The Kabul police chief told the BBC the four insurgents, who were all killed, had a truck full of explosives.
Smoke was seen rising above the scene of the attack in the north of the city.
Reports suggested the bombers' vehicle was stopped outside the facility by guards.
When the explosives were detonated, gunmen began shooting at guards in a 30-minute battle, officials said.
As well as the Nepali guards, two Afghan truck drivers who were waiting to enter the compound were killed and an Afghan guard.
Kabul police chief Gen Ayub Salangi said all four attackers were killed and the blast from the truck left a large crater in the ground.
This is the latest in a series of attacks on targets in the Afghan capital in recent months.
Moray SNP MP Angus Robertson said: "The loss of anybody whether military or civilian in a conflict is terrible for their family, friends and the wider community.
"My sympathies are very much with those family and friends in Forres and elsewhere at this sad time."


A 23-year-old man has been arrested following what police described as the "violent" death of a man in Hamilton.

Joseph McMenemy's body was found at a flat in the town's Donaldson Street at about 23:55 on Tuesday.
Police launched a murder investigation following a post-mortem examination.
The man who has been arrested is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday.


Bath fly-half Rhys Priestland has backed the Welsh Rugby Union's selection policy, despite being omitted from the latest national squad.

The new rule means only three players who play for clubs outside Wales can be picked in the squad.
Priestland, 29, was not one of the three wildcards selected for the autumn Tests.
"If all the best players left without any consequence, Welsh rugby would be in a pretty tough position," he said.
Priestland's club-mate Taulupe Faletau, who is a doubt for the four Tests, joins George North and Jamie Roberts as the wildcard picks.
Ospreys pair Dan Biggar and Sam Davies, along with Gareth Anscombe of Cardiff Blues, are the fly-half options in Rob Howley's squad.
Priestland said: "It hasn't helped that I haven't played, so If I was picking the squad I wouldn't have picked me - I would have picked the other three as well.
"It's no real surprise and it will be nice for me to get some game time at Bath and hopefully hit a bit of form."
Priestland, capped 48 times, joined Bath from Scarlets after the 2015 World Cup, announcing soon after that he would take an 18-month break from playing for Wales.
He reversed his decision two months later, featured in all five games of the 2016 Six Nations, and went on the summer tour to New Zealand.
He still wants to play for Wales, despite being overlooked for the autumn Tests against Australia, Argentina, Japan and South Africa.
"It's going to be a tough ask for me but never say never," he said.
"I might hit a bit of form again and you never know."


A man has died and four others are in a critical condition after taking a "particularly potent" form of the drug MDMA, Greater Manchester Police said.

Ten people were admitted to hospital after taking the drug over the weekend, with four remaining in intensive care.
Police said the drugs were known locally as "magic" or "pink champagne" and come in crystal form.
A 26-year-old man, held on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs, has been released while inquiries continue.
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Four men were taken to hospital on Saturday, with another five men and one woman taken to hospital on Sunday after taking what is believed to be the same MDMA-based drug.
One of those admitted, a 26-year-old man from Rochdale, has since died.
Four men are currently in a critical condition and receiving treatment in intensive care.
Three people received treatment and have been discharged from hospital.
Det Insp Jim Faulkner said the situation was "incredibly worrying".
He said: "We are doing all that we can to warn people against taking the drug and help those who may have taken it.
"So please, if you believe that you or somebody you know has taken the drug and begins showing symptoms then get yourselves to the hospital immediately."
He said symptoms to watch for include rigid muscles, shallow breathing, a fast-racing pulse, hyper-aggression, seizure, foaming at the mouth and unconsciousness.


After more than two decades without any regulations, Somalia's media is now bound by a new law which could put many journalists out of a job.

It stipulates that they must all have a university degree in journalism - and also pass a government test when they register with the media commission, which will soon be set up.
Some feel this is far too harsh a regulation given that during the anarchy of the long civil war, no universities offered journalism qualifications.
A university specialising in media has been established as the country emerges from years of conflict, but its students will not graduate until at least 2018.
And one-year journalism master courses are not yet available.
"We could all be put in jail for being illegal journalists in Somalia," one colleague in the capital, Mogadishu, said.
The new regulations fail to take into account the years of experience a journalist may have on reporting on Somalia's complicated clan-based and religious violence.
However, others believe that given the danger of reporting in Somalia, journalists should be well qualified.
According to the global media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists, 59 journalists have been killed in Somalia since 1992 - three last year.
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The law was drawn up in consultation with those involved in the media at home and in the diaspora, and is an attempt to tame web and social media content - some of which has been libellous or based on unverified information.
Anyone can set up a website and claim to be a journalist.
In some cases, stories have been published in order to blackmail public figures and businessmen and other members of the public.
There will now a fine of between $1,000 (£700) and $3,000 for anyone found guilty of libel.
Though some question whether this will work as a deterrent given the large sums some are believed to extort.
There are more than 1,000 websites operated by Somalis in the diaspora - and the new media law will affect them too.
Some of them have representatives in the capital - and the authorities will have the authority to block sites that fall foul of the law.
Other aspects of the media act, which came into effect this week, have been welcomed, including the section on freedom of speech.
It says the media, including government-owned radio, television and websites, cannot be censored.
But it warns against spreading lies and encouraging ethnic and clan rivalry.
The media commission will include three members from the government media stations, three from the private media and three from human rights organisations as well as representatives from women's groups and the Lawyers' Council.
The most contentious part of the law may end up being the regulation that all households with a television will have to pay for a TV licence.
The ministry of finance will set the price, yet to be announced - and everyone with a TV will have to register with the information ministry and media commission.
It is not clear how this will be enforced, and it may not be a huge revenue earner for the UN-backed government in the short term.
Televisions are mainly found in hotels and in a few thousand households, some of which are in areas the government does not control.


A 175-year-old time capsule discovered in Londonderry has been opened to reveal a collection of coins and a damp scroll of paper.

A lead cylinder was found earlier this month in the foundations of a building as part of a planned excavation at Brooke Park.
It contained a glass bottle plugged with a red wax seal.
But the paper inside the bottle was soaked and will now be dried out before it can be unfurled and deciphered.
Conservator Stefanie White prised open the containers, which date from 1839, in front of an audience at the city's Tower Museum.
She removed the coins, one of which was dated 1817, but said the roll of parchment was wet and swollen and would be damaged if it was removed too soon.
The museum's curator Roisin Doherty said the wait would have to go on to read the parchment.
"We have literally unearthed a bit of history," she said.
"We don't know what's on the paper. It's in pretty bad condition, we just need to wait until we stabilise it and then we'll get a bit more information as to what it contains.
"It's a bit frustrating but because it is part of the process of conservation we need to take our time."
The capsule was discovered within the north-east foundation of Gwyn's Institute, a former orphanage that once stood in the park.
The children's home was built with part of a Â£40,000 endowment from wealthy city businessman John Gwyn.
According to an article in the Derry Journal in 1839, the paper is thought to contain a list of signatures of local dignitaries, a copy of the act of parliament that established the institution and a copy of a will left by Mr Gwyn.
Ms Doherty said that it was not uncommon for time capsules to be buried with the foundation stone of old buildings in Ireland.
The city council says extensive work will now be carried out to preserve the contents of the capsule, and that they would form a valuable piece in its archive collection.
They will go on display as soon as possible.


A North East water company will soon start producing gas from sewage to feed into the grid.

Northumbrian Water already generates electricity from waste through advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) at Howdon in Tyneside and Bran Sands at Tees Port.
Now it is finishing an Â£8m purification plant at Howdon, which will produce biomethane suitable for the gas grid.
The firm said the plant could produce enough gas to supply demand from 5,000 homes.
Biogas released by bacteria digesting the sewage sludge is currently used to fuel engines to create electricity, which Northumbria Water says reduces the company's carbon footprint by 20%.
Once methane has been produced by the AAD plant, it is cleaned in water towers to remove impurities and propane is added so that it matches the existing gas in the grid.
An artificial odour is added, giving it the characteristic gas smell so it can be detected for safety.
Richard Warneford, Northumbrian Water's wastewater director, said: "We are doing all we can to use the waste flushed down the toilet as a fuel and turn it into electricity and gas which people use to light their homes and cook their meals."
The firm said it would look at installing a gas production system in Bran Sands in the future.


The proportion of Team GB medal winners who were state-school educated has grown since London 2012, says an education charity.

Just under a third (32%) of Team GB's medal winners went to private school, down from 36% four years ago, suggests analysis by the Sutton Trust.
The new generation of state-educated athletes is challenging private school dominance, says the charity.
Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl described the findings as "fantastic".
The Sutton Trust, which campaigns to increase social mobility through education, analysed the school background both of medal winners and Team GB members overall.
Fewer than a third of the 130 Team GB medallists at the Rio Olympics attended fee-paying schools.
While the 13 most successful Olympians - those who won multiple medals at Rio - were more likely to come from state schools, says the charity.
But this still means that compared with the general population, Team GB members are still four times more likely to have been privately educated, says the charity.
For the team as a whole, whether medal winners or not, the numbers privately educated rose from 20% in 2012 to 28% this year.
And when it comes to rowing and hockey the proportion of privately educated players is 52% and 50% respectively, says the charity.
It points out that an old Etonian has won a medal for team GB every year since 1992.
These include Matthew Pinsent in rowing in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004  and William Fox-Pitt in equestrian eventing in 2008 and 2012, as well as Constantine Louloudis with rowing golds in London and Rio.
The charity says a growing trend for partnerships between state and private schools has helped boost the prospects of athletes like swimming gold medallist Adam Peaty who attended state school but used training facilities at Repton public school.
Sir Peter Lampl described the success of Team GB in Rio as "a national triumph".
"It's been fantastic to see a growing number of our national heroes coming from comprehensive and other state schools," said Sir Peter.
"But alumni of private schools are still over-represented among our medallists.
"Although some state schools have improved support for competitive sport over the last decade, they're still more likely to benefit from ample time set aside for sport, excellent sporting facilities and highly qualified coaches."


A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly £50m ($77m).

James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, admitted 10 counts of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.
Southwark Crown Court was told the amount he stole from the people of Delta state was "unquantified".
Ibori, who evaded capture in Nigeria after a mob of supporters attacked police, was arrested in Dubai in 2010.
He was extradited to the UK, where he was prosecuted based on evidence from the Metropolitan Police.
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Police officers stood, their arms crossed, in front of the courtroom door. Admission was for press and family only. Crowds of supporters and critics pushed and shoved and tutted about not being able to get into the hearing.
But the court authorities were taking no chances after events on Monday when people surged into the hearing knocking the prosecutor off her feet.
Protesters outside chanted slogans celebrating Ibori's sentence. Supporters glared at them.
Despite admitting stealing tens of millions of pounds from state coffers meant to help some of the poorest people in Nigeria, he still has some important friends.
But two much bigger questions hover over the whole trial.
First, when a man who has an official salary of £4,000 a year buys a house in Hampstead worth £2.2m, why did no-one smell a rat?
Second, why did some of the best known banks in the world not ask questions about where the cash he deposited with them came from?
One of the counts Ibori admitted related to a $37m (£23m) fraud pertaining to the sale of Delta State's share in Nigerian privatised phone company company V Mobile.
He was governor of Delta State between May 1999 and May 2007.
Sasha Wass, QC, prosecuting, told the court Ibori "deliberately and systematically" defrauded the people he was elected to represent.
The court heard he came to the UK in the 1980s and worked as a cashier at a Wickes DIY store in Ruislip, north west London.
He was convicted in 1991 of stealing from the store but then returned to Nigeria and began his climb up the People's Democratic Party (PDP) network.
When he ran for governor he lied about his date of birth to hide his criminal conviction in the UK - which would have prevented him standing for office.
Ibori, whose address was given as Primrose Hill, north London, claims to be 53 but police in London say he is 49.
Sentencing him, Judge Anthony Pitts told Ibori: "You lived modestly in London in the 1990s and no-one I think hearing at that time would imagine the multi millionaire high profile governor that you became some eight or nine years later."
He became governor in 1999 but soon began taking money from state coffers.
Judge Pitts said: "It was during those two terms that you turned yourself in short order into a multi-millionaire through corruption and theft in your powerful position as Delta state governor."
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After the hearing Sue Patten, head of the Crown Prosecution Service central fraud group, said it would bid to confiscate the assets Ibori had acquired his riches "at the expense of the some of the poorest people in the world".
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said: "James Ibori's sentence sends a strong and important message to those who seek to use Britain as a refuge for their crimes.
"Corruption is a cancer in developing countries and the coalition government has a zero tolerance approach to it."
On Monday, the BBC's Newsnight revealed an equity fund backed by the UK Department for International Development's private enterprise arm, CDC Group, was being investigated by Nigerian officials.
It uncovered claims suggesting CDC Group put $47.5m (£29.9m) in to the private fund, which invested in Nigerian companies allegedly linked to Ibori.
DfID said the allegations dated to 2009 and that CDC, which is overseen by Mr Mitchell, always carried out "full and thorough" checks before investing in a fund manager.
CDC had investigated the claims at the time, finding "no indication that British funding had been misused", it said.


Capt Humayun Khan - a US soldier who died fending off a suicide bomber in 2004 - has become an unlikely player in the 2016 election.

But who was the Army officer whose parents are now locked in public battle with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump?
Khan was born in 1976 and his Pakistani family immigrated to the US two years later.
They settled in Silver Spring, Maryland, where Humayun grew up with two brothers.
His father has described him as a patriotic child with a fascination for Thomas Jefferson, one of America's founders.
While in secondary school, Humayun volunteered to give swimming lessons to disabled children.
After joining the University of Virginia, he signed up for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, which prepares university students to become officers in the US military.
His father, who is a lawyer, was opposed to the move. But the younger Khan persisted.
"He wanted to give back. That's what he wanted to do," his father told the Washington Post.
After graduating from university in 2000, he served in the Army for four years and rose to the rank of captain.
Before terrorists attacked New York and Washington in 2001, he had planned to leave the Army to attend law school.
But 9/11 changed his plans, and in 2004 he travelled to Iraq to support the post-war effort there.
During a phone call in May of 2004, his mother urged him not to be a hero and to return safely.
"Of course I will," his parents remembered him saying. "But Mother, you should know I have responsibility for these soldiers, and I cannot leave them unprotected."
A month later, Khan, 27, was dead.
While serving at Baqubah base, north-east of Baghdad, one of his duties was to inspect soldiers in the early morning near the compound's entrance gate.
On 8 June 2004, an inspection turned deadly when a taxi sped towards Khan's line of troops.
Acting quickly, he told his soldiers to step back and hit the ground as he moved towards the approaching car. He walked with his arm outstretched in a halt gesture for 10 to 15 seconds.
Just before reaching him, the driver detonated a suicide bomb.
The explosion killed Khan. But in blocking the vehicle, he succeeded in saving countless colleagues, including more than a hundred soldiers eating breakfast close to the gateway to the base.
Khan was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star - two US military honours.
He was buried in Arlington Cemetery, near Washington, in a funeral attended by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.


A lifeguard from north Wales has appeared in court in the US state of Oregon accused of raping and kidnapping a 10-year-old girl.

Gareth Vincent Hall, 22, from Talysarn near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, was arrested in Chicago on 2 May.
He faces charges of rape, serious sexual assault and kidnap. A trial date has yet to be set.
A separate investigation is under way in Wales, where Mr Hall worked at a leisure centre in Caernarfon.
North Wales Police said it arrested a man in October "on suspicion of offences committed online" and he was bail.
He was suspended by Gwynedd council from his post at the Arfon Leisure Centre, where he also taught children to swim, pending the outcome of the inquiry.
Appearing in court in Eugene on Wednesday, reporters from local TV station KMTR TV described Mr Hall as being "sombre" and "staring at the ground".
Local newspaper, the Register-Guard, said a Welsh interpreter was in court to help him understand the process.
According to the newspaper, lawyers acting for Mr Hall asked for more time to prepare their case before a trial later in the year.
Following his arrest, the Federal Bureau of Investigation appealed for more information about Mr Hall amid concerns that he had travelled to other parts of the United States.


Scotland's Education Secretary John Swinney has told the SNP conference that students from EU countries starting in 2017/18 would pay no fees.

In July the minister said there would be no change to funding in 2016/17.
Guarantees were being sought by students after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Mr Swinney also urged the UK government to "guarantee their [students] right to stay here during their studies and work here after their studies".
He announced the funding pledge during his keynote address to the Glasgow conference, attended by 3,000 delegates.
The MSP said: "We have already confirmed tuition fee funding to support EU students studying here, or preparing to start this year.
"Now, we will extend that guarantee to those starting next year in 2017/18.
"And, unlike Labour and the Tories, that's tuition-free education we are guaranteeing - not the massive fees they impose on students wherever they come from."
He added: "We will guarantee their funding. But what I demand is that the Tory-Brexit government guarantee their right to stay here during the studies and work here after their studies.
"They are not cards to be played. They are human beings."
Education was a strong theme in Mr Swinney's speech.
He said his task to "close the attainment gap for our poorest pupils" was simple.
Mr Swinney added: "And our ambition is equally straightforward: we will make significant progress in closing the gap within the next parliament and substantially eliminate it within a decade.
"It may be a simple objective. It may be a straightforward aim. But it will not be easy. We do not underestimate the scale of our ambition."
He also spoke about the desire to "re-invigorate local government" by "reconnecting it with communities".
A review is already under way on the role of councils in the delivery of education.
Mr Swinney will now review the relationships between local authorities and health boards.
He said: "We aim to achieve nothing less than to transform our democratic landscape, protect and renew public services and refresh the relationship between citizens, communities and councils."
"We do this not because it is radical - and it is - but because we believe it is right.
"We do it not because it is easy - it's not - but because it is in the national interest.
"We believe that national interest lies in placing power in the people of this country's hands. It is why I believe in independence."