Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon says he is unconcerned about the personal nature of the potential relegation triangle thrown up at the wrong end of the League One table.

Crewe are already relegated, Colchester United are on the brink of going down and, unless Doncaster Rovers win their final three matches, they also face the drop.
But the fourth relegation place could be between Shrewsbury, Blackpool and Fleetwood.
For Mellon, that pits him in a personal way against two of his old clubs.
He was manager of Fleetwood, as recently as December 2012, until being sacked just seven months after leading a Cod Army side featuring Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy into the Football League.
Added to that, not only is he a former Blackpool player, but he still lives in the Lancashire seaside town.
"It's an irony," said Mellon with a laconic smile. "These things crop up at times.
"They're immediately around us, that's fair to say, and of course I'm very aware of how the other teams do. But there's nothing personal. The important thing is that we focus on Shrewsbury."
Shrewsbury were nine points clear of trouble on Good Friday - but a winless seven-match run has sucked them back into a relegation fight.
Tuesday's 2-1 home defeat by Sheffield United leaves them now just two points clear of Blackpool, who now meet Steven Pressley's Fleetwood at the Highbury Stadium this Saturday.
Shrewsbury will simultaneously be heading for Gillingham, the first of two matches against sides in the top six, followed by Tuesday's trip to local rivals Walsall.
"We're frustrated," Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire. "But we'll dust ourselves down and get ourselves going again.
"My job as a manager is to help the players, to lift my boys ahead of another massive game at the weekend."
Shrewsbury might still have a lot to do as they bid to avoid an immediate return to League Two - a year on from being promoted.
But they were much heartened by the return of injury-hit midfielder James Wesolowski, who lasted the full 90 minutes against Sheffield United on his return after seven months out with the second of two long-term knee injuries.
"I thought his performance was wonderful, from first minute to last," said Mellon. "We all know what he's gone through but he showed us all the qualities that we've missed.
"He was terrific - him and Abu Ogogo - but he deserves special praise because we all know the situation."


The roads of central Juba, the capital of South Sudan, bear witness to the British colonial town it once was: They are lined with neem trees, tall and narrow-leafed, their seeds transported from India.

In their broad shade, there is another familiar sight: Lines of men, in plastic chairs, most of them jobless. They wait and talk, scouring the thin pickings of the local newspapers.
Victor Lajar is one of them. He is 51 - his purple-striped shirt is perfectly pressed; his grey trousers have crisp vertical creases.
Over a cup of clove-laced tea, he tells me he used to be a local government official.
He was from the northern city of Malakal. He fled, during the civil war.  He has a family to support and no job.
I ask my first guileless question: "The war's over; why don't you return?"
Mr Lajar answers with his own question: "You don't know about Malakal?" he asks. "It's ashes," he tells me.
Few journalists go to Malakal. There are horrors aplenty elsewhere, and for long periods, the airport at the town has been inaccessible because of the fighting.
I arrive, on a tiny United Nations charter, at Malakal airfield. We swiftly have company.
A queue of large Russian-made transport planes, with no tail markings, land: Three in one hour, to re-supply the government forces, the SPLA, who currently hold the city.
Before I head to Malakal itself, though, I visit the UN camp, just to the north-east. It is where 45,000 former residents of the city now live.
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I am lucky - the rainy season is almost over. All I have to contend with is the broiling sun and the clouds of mosquitoes.
When it is wet, the ground is awash with mud and human waste.
The place carries the marks of the refugee camp. The new arrivals, strung out, hollow-eyed at its entrance.
The tents and shacks for long-term residents crammed into a crazed puzzle; the attempts to winnow a bit of extra cash: Men selling heaps of rusty nails; children selling single cloves of garlic; women selling small piles of clothes.
And there are the stories from their time in Malakal town: Of mothers and brothers shot, their bodies left to rot; of children lost in the chaos of fleeing.
So many stories, so much trauma, that by the end of my first afternoon, I have to check my notebook to pick out Nyabed's misery from Teresa's from Mary's from Nyangit's.
In the morning, I get a rare tour of the city, in a UN military patrol, with an SPLA escort. It is unlike any place I have ever visited.
Malakal is - was - South Sudan's second city. In the decades of war with the north, it thrived. Now it is empty.
Parts have been razed to the ground in the rage of warfare.
But much has been wrecked simply by looting and vandalism, as rival forces allied to rival ethnic groups swept back and forth.
Malakal has changed hands 12 times during this civil war.
The children's hospital was built as a prize of independence. Now it is a shell, scorched, roofless, slowly strangled by the returning bush.
But I could see no bullet holes, no splashes of shrapnel. It, like the Red Cross headquarters, had been wrecked and pillaged by fighters not battling for a front line, but drunk on ownership.
Inside the Red Cross offices, amid the dust and destruction and fug of faeces, I find a discarded notebook.
"Rules for the Red Cross", a neat hand has written.  Avoid "real or perceived breaches of neutrality and impartiality for multiple reasons, including ethnicity".
I have seen places wrecked by war, but never a city vanish like this.
Back at the UN camp, plans are quietly under way to be ready to deal with another 40,000 people who may yet cross over the White Nile to seek sanctuary and food.
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And I ask my second guileless question.  It is addressed to one of the UN workers - he is a local, from Malakal.
Is he going to watch the football that afternoon on TV? South Sudan is playing its first World Cup qualification match.
"How can I cheer for this country?" he asks.
"We were so happy at independence.  I remember the moment. My father - he'd been an agricultural scientist, who'd joined the struggle, and been killed in the struggle.
"But what was it for? Now, I only feel shame. We are so much worse off now."
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Brazil says it will demand an explanation from the US after allegations that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Brazilian government communications.

The allegations were made by Rio-based journalist Glenn Greenwald in a programme on TV Globo on Sunday.
Mr Greenwald obtained secret files from US whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
Communications from the Mexican president were also accessed by the NSA, Mr Greenwald said.
The US ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, was briefly summoned to the Brazilian foreign ministry, "to explain" the claims made by the American journalist.
He did not speak to reporters when he left, and there have been no comments from the foreign ministry either.
Mr Greenwald, a columnist for the British Guardian newspaper, told TV Globo's news programme Fantastico that secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden showed how US agents had spied on communications between aides of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil's Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said that "if these facts prove to be true, it would be unacceptable and could be called an attack on our country's sovereignty".
According to the report, the NSA also used a programme to access all internet content that Ms Rousseff visited online.
Her office said the president was meeting top ministers to discuss the case.
The BBC's Julia Carneiro in Sao Paulo says that the suspicion in Brazil as to why the United States is allegedly spying Brazilian government communications is because Brazil is a big player and there are lots of commercial interests involved.
The report also alleges that the NSA monitored the communications of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, even before he was elected in July last year.
Mr Greenwald said that a document dating from June 2012 showed that Mr Pena Nieto's emails were being read.
A spokesman for the Mexican foreign ministry told the Agence France Presse news agency that he had seen the report but had no comment.
The documents were provided to Mr Greenwald by ex-US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who was granted temporary asylum in Russia after leaking secret information to media in the US and Britain.
Mr Greenwald was the first journalist to reveal the secret documents leaked by Mr Snowden on 6 June. Since then, he has written a series of stories about surveillance by US and UK authorities.
The detention last month for nine hours at London's Heathrow airport of Mr Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, caused widespread controversy in the UK and abroad.
Mr Greenwald said the detention of his partner amounted to "bullying" and was "clearly intended to send a message of intimidation" to those working on the NSA revelations.
The British government said that it was right for the police to act if they believed that someone had "highly sensitive stolen information".


The death of Princess Diana in 1997, and the public's response to it, shook the House of Windsor.

Twenty years on, there's been a coup at the palace. It was bloodless. All the royals remain standing. But the power has shifted.
The departure, earlier this month, of the Queen's dedicated senior official Sir Christopher Geidt has meant her eldest son can exert more control over the monarchy's direction of travel.
The comings and goings of courtiers excite those on the inside and leave outsiders cold.
However, recent changes should cheer Prince Charles. The heir who's waited and waited is more content and less anguished.
He's still driven by a desire to deliver change but the royal prophet in the wilderness on climate change has been embraced by the mainstream.
A prince once derided for talking to plants is praised for trying to save the planet.
With each year that passes, his mother will do less and he will do more.
There are fewer clouds on his horizon. It's a horizon that was once obscured by the War of the Waleses: his televised admission of adultery, and his leaked comments about tampons.
And yet, and yet. Whatever accommodation he reached with his first wife in life hasn't survived her death. Diana haunts Charles.
A recent YouGov poll commissioned by the Press Association suggested that the number of people who believe the Prince of Wales has made a positive contribution to the Royal Family has fallen over the past four years, down from 60% to 36%.
This polling took place at a time when it was hard to escape references to Charles's painful past.
Newspapers and television channels have reflected at length on the influence of Diana, Princess of Wales, an influence that stretched from fashion to the British monarchy.
It's been a month of coverage that must have perplexed anyone under the age of 25 and would have confused a visiting Martian.
Charles's many supporters will argue that Diana's adverse impact on his popularity will recede with each passing year. But 20 years on, her influence still registers.
The Queen was the first to feel it, in the days before the funeral in 1997.
The status quo of an empty flagpole at Buckingham Palace and continued residence at her Scottish bolthole of Balmoral couldn't be maintained.
The monarch returned early to London.  "She relented," was how one of her former officials put it in a BBC documentary. "I was surprised."
The Queen promised in a live televised address to the nation to learn lessons from Diana.
The abiding one for the ancient institution has been to try to avoid ending up on the wrong side of public opinion. The week after the princess's death was the worst of the Queen's reign.
She doesn't want a second such week.
The princess's supporters would maintain that such self-preservatory moves have also been accompanied by a desire for Diana's memory to fade and not dominate the agenda.
No royal attended the opening in 2000 of a garden in her memory. For two decades it was accepted that a woman who'd died aged 36 couldn't be captured in stone.
Now her sons are acting. A Diana statue will be erected. The princes who grieved in private as boys are, as adults, trying to shape how she is remembered.
William and Harry have talked in interviews about Diana's qualities as a mother and as a campaigner for causes she cherished, causes they have chosen to embrace.
Those seeking signs of Diana's ongoing influence and relevance seize upon how comfortable her sons appear to be in their own skins, and in front of the public.
It's not without cost. The two princes who live in a palace and who ate burgers outside with their mum have struggled to accept they can't lead a "normal life".
Early on, the Queen embraced the fact that her private life had to be lived within the confines of her vast estates. Her grandsons still occasionally kick out against such constraints.
As well as a desire to experience life on the outside, Diana's sons share her ambivalence towards the media. For the princess, the press was something she courted and tried to tame. She failed.
For the princes, one fact will never fade. Photographers pursued their mother into a Parisian underpass as a drunken chauffeur transported her to an early grave.
At the moment, Diana's influence on the monarchy appears to remain strong. It may well have abated by the time we enter the reign of King Charles, whose wife could yet be crowned Queen Camilla.
The 30th anniversary of her death might not register as intensely as this year's milestone has done.
For now though, she continues to be mourned both by those close to her, and those who never met her: the princess, who - in the words her brother Earl Spencer used in his eulogy - was "the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana".


Scotland forward Ross McCormack has been disciplined by Aston Villa and dropped after "continually missing training", says manager Steve Bruce.

The 30-year-old was left out of Villa's match-day squad for Saturday's 2-2 Championship draw at home to Preston.
"He is nowhere near fit enough to play and be involved," Bruce told BBC WM 95.6. "I don't think he's in a physical shape or state to contribute.
"Unless his attitude towards everything changes, he's not going to be picked."
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Former Leeds and Fulham front man McCormack, who signed for Villa for £12m in August, last scored on Boxing Day.
"It is fair to say disciplinary measures have been made against him because of his attitude and continually missing training," Bruce added.
"Not in 20 years in management have I ever gone down this route but I feel I have to take a stance because I will not put up with it. There has been too much indiscipline at Villa.
"He has decided the team has picked itself. How can I pick him when he doesn't come to training?
"His failure to turn up for training has happened more than once. Everyone can have an excuse but when it is more than once I will not accept it."
McCormack, who began his career as a trainee at Rangers, has netted three goals so far this season.


Ten-month-old Joshua is one of hundreds of children admitted to hospital each year after being burned by hair straighteners.

He was injured by straighteners that fell off a table and on to his arm. They had just been turned off but were still extremely hot.
UK burns units say one in 20 of all admissions for children's burns last year involved hair straighteners.
They are warning parents to be extra careful.
Figures from the international burns injury database show there were 392 child admissions to specialist units in the UK in 2015 for injuries that involved hair straighteners.
And charity Electrical Safety First says the majority of incidents occur when toddlers touch, grab or tread on hot hair straightener plates.
It says hair straighteners and curling irons can reach temperatures of 235C and can stay hot for up to 40 minutes after being switched off.
Emma Apter from Electrical Safety First, said: "Parents have to juggle many tasks in the morning and while we don't want to add to that list, it is vital that hair straighteners are kept out of reach of small hands and feet.
"We are urging manufacturers to play their part in protecting consumers by providing safe storage for their products."
Paul Fuller, of the Children's Burns Trust, warned that children are at greater risk of burns as their skin can be 15 times thinner than that of adults.
He added: "A burn or scald at this age could need years of repeated surgery as the child grows, because scarred tissue does not grow with them."
Luckily for Joshua after three weeks in bandages, his arm is healing well.
His mother Josie (whose full name we are not using) says doctors will keep an eye on her son's arm and watch for any scarring.
She is relieved he is now playing as usual and using it happily.
She says she was shocked and panicked when the accident happened.
"It happened in a split second. I was getting ready for work and had turned the straighteners off and put them on a table he couldn't reach.
"Joshua had only just started to crawl and I underestimated how quickly he could get across the room to the table.
"He pulled at the cord and they fell.
"I had no idea they could stay so hot when they were switched off. More people need to be aware of this."
Advice from the Children's Burns Trust


Patients are being asked to wait several years for some specialist mental health treatment, figures obtained by BBC Wales have shown.

While many patients with acute and chronic problems get treatment within weeks, some areas have current waiting times of up to 50 months.
The British Medical Association in Wales called the delays "unacceptable".
Welsh Labour, who have run the NHS in Wales since 1999, said mental health spending went up Â£3m last year.
The longest delay was within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area, where patients can wait for up to 50 months to see a clinical psychologist.
A board spokeswoman put this down to "long-term sickness issues" and said it was "currently seeking to appoint more staff".
British Medical Association in Wales spokeswoman Charlotte Jones said: "It's unacceptable. It's not right for the patients of Wales. We need to see more investment - we need to see a true commitment to resolving this once and for all.
"We continue to highlight it as a problem in general practice, but secondary services are also overwhelmed with demand.
"We are talking a lot more money, but it's worthwhile."
Mental health charity Gofal said it was frustrated that despite investment, waiting times were still too long in many areas.
It wants more counselling provision and better data monitoring.
In England, treatment and waiting times data is collected quarterly from mental health service providers but most Welsh health boards initially said this information was not available.
The Liberal Democrats said it was time mental health was treated "as seriously as physical health".
A spokesman added: "We would introduce a core set of mental health data, and would work with mental health experts to introduce new waiting time standards for mental health, including for access to psychological therapies."
A UKIP spokesman said their party would increase health care spending with Â£100m saved "elsewhere from the Welsh budget" and would implement an 18-day referral target for cognitive behavioural therapy.
Plaid Cymru said it would increase funding by 2%  - or Â£68m - a year until 2020/21, and the current poor standards of data meant "increased investment in our mental health won't be as effective as patients deserve".
A spokesman for the Conservatives said the party would create a new 28-day target for access to talking therapies, and increase spending on mental health.
But Labour maintained it had made significant improvements to mental health care in Wales, including the introduction last October of a 28 day-treatment target for 80% of mental health patients.
"The majority of treatment following emergency and urgent referrals will start immediately following assessment," a spokesman said.
"The National Psychological Therapies Management Committee action plan includes a target time for treatment in secondary care of 26 weeks - the same as for treatment for physical conditions."


The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the "rapid deterioration" of the humanitarian situation in Syria and demanded immediate access for aid.

It is the second time it has shown a united stance on Syria in under a week, following last Friday's resolution on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons.
Disarmament experts began their work inside Syria on Tuesday.
But they will be hampered by ongoing fighting around the country - including clashes between anti-regime factions.
At least 19 troops and pro-government militiamen have been killed since Monday in rebel attacks on Barzeh district, to the north of Damascus, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
And in the town of Azaz on the border with Turkey, the UK-based activist group reported heavy clashes between al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Western-backed rebels on Wednesday.
The clashes, between militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA), have erupted since ISIS forced FSA rivals out of Azaz last month.
The discord - driven by claims over territory and resources as well as ideological differences - adds a new layer of complexity to the conflict which has killed over 100,000 people in two years.
More than two million Syrians have fled the conflict in their country, and many more have been displaced internally.
The statement agreed by the Security Council on Wednesday highlights those displaced and trapped by the "unacceptable and escalating level of violence" in Syria.
The nearly six million of internally displaced, "nearly half of whom are children, are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance" without which "their lives will be at risk".
It condemns "widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities", as well as "any" such violations by armed groups.
And it deplores the heavy price paid by civilians caught in the conflict, saying Syrian authorities "bear the primary responsibility to protect their populations" - urging them to provide safe and unhindered access to populations in need of assistance.
Aid agencies complain that the Syrian government has hindered access to visas and tried to limit the number of foreign groups operating in the country.
Following the adoption of the statement, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said the Council's task was now "to turn these strong words into meaningful action".
Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, said the Syrian government would study the council statement before responding.
On Tuesday, the opposition Syrian National Coalition warned that thousands of families around Damascus, in an area under siege from pro-government forces, were at risk of starving to death.
It said seven people had already died of starvation in the suburb of Moadamiye, and called for aid to be delivered to them.


Salford Red Devils back Niall Evalds has signed a new "long-term contract" at the Super League club.

Evalds, 23, is a product of the Salford academy and has been at the club since the age of 15.
The Red Devils' 2015 player of the year signed his first deal in 2013, before extending in 2014, and is Salford's leading try-scorer this season with 11.
Salford chief executive Ian Blease said Evalds had received "good offers" from other clubs but had decided to stay.


Jordan Spieth won the Travelers Championship by edging out Daniel Berger in a play-off with a chip shot from the bunker for his 10th PGA title.

The 23-year-old becomes the second youngest player after Tiger Woods to reach the landmark total since 1945.
Berger began three shots behind Spieth but hit birdies in his last six holes for a three-under-par 67.
Spieth, Masters and US Open champion in 2015, saved a par 70 with a superb chip that set up an easy putt on the 18th.
The American then holed from the same bunker in the first round of the play-off to go one shot ahead.
Berger had a chance to level and force another hole with a challenging putt, but the 24-year-old shot wide.
"It was a battle. I got really lucky, but that was awesome," said Spieth.
"The putter kind of let me down a little through the round but Michael (Greller, Spieth's caddie) kept me in it when I was losing it out there."
Berger described the closing stages as "Jordan doing Jordan things".
"I've played great today, but obviously I wanted to win. I'm kind of speechless right now," he added.
England's Paul Casey scored a one-under-par 69 for a share of fifth, while Northern Ireland's four-time major winner Rory McIlroy capped a mixed showing over the four days with a six-under-par 64 for joint 17th.
Defending champion Russel Knox of Scotland scored a final-round three-over-par 73 to finish level overall.


Labour is to announce a new "fiscal credibility rule" which will oblige any future Labour government to balance "day-to-day" spending with the amount it raises in taxes.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC that over a five-year Parliament borrowing would only be allowed for investment.
Labour sources said it was aimed at regaining "economic credibility".
But the government said it was clear Labour had not learned its lesson.
Mr McDonnell said the deficit on "current spending" would be eliminated. Labour insisted that the new rule was not a commitment to spend more money than the present government.
Chancellor George Osborne has put in place rules saying that the government will create an overall budget surplus "in normal times".
Labour voted against the rule in Parliament, and Mr McDonnell said any future Labour government wanted to invest more than the Conservatives.
Which could mean more borrowing.
The Office for Budget Responsibility - the government's economic watchdog - will be given new powers to "whistle blow" when it believes that the "credibility rule" has been breached.
And under the Labour plans it will also report to Parliament rather than the Treasury.
"We know now from the world's central banks that the world economy is looking at stagnation, and there needs to be a new rule," Mr McDonnell told me.
"And we want people to have confidence in a Labour government. That means we are introducing a new fiscal credibility rule.
"First, that a Labour government will always balance day to day expenditure.
"Second, that we will only borrow for the long term, and that means for investment - investment in our infrastructure, in the homes that we need, the railways, the roads, the renewable energy.
"And in new technology to grow our economy.
"Third, debt will fall under a Labour government over a five year period.
"And then finally all this will be supervised independently by the Office [for] Budget Responsibility, reporting directly to Parliament.
"This is a new iron discipline for a Labour government," he said.
Labour Party sources have admitted to me that "economic credibility" is one of the key reasons why people did not support the party at the last election.
I am told that internal polling reveals concerns that Mr McDonnell says he wants to tackle.
The Chancellor has made it clear that he believes that a Labour government would put the public finances at risk.
Mr McDonnell says that it is only by allowing more borrowing for capital investment that the British economy can grow to its full potential.
I have just received some extracts from a speech John McDonnell is making on Friday, laying out this new rule.
"There is nothing left-wing about excessive spending," Mr McDonnell will say. "There is nothing socialist about running up too much debt.
"When governments do not manage their finances responsibly, it is ordinary working people who eventually suffer.
"When governments try to disguise their spending, it is accountability and democracy that suffer.
"The Fiscal Credibility Rule is not about making spending commitments. It is about providing a framework for the responsible management of public finances.
"We must be a party that thinks first about how we earn money, not only how we spend money."
This is clearly a significant attempt to re-position Labour as one of economic responsibility. It will be for the public to decide if they are convinced.
The government has responded to Mr McDonnell's new fiscal rule.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said: "Labour spent and borrowed too much last time they were in power.
"It's clear they've not learned their lesson and can't be trusted with the economy.
"At a time of uncertainty in the global economy, Labour is a serious threat to our economic security and it's working people who would pay the price," Mr Hands said.


American gymnast Simone Biles has won the 2016 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award.

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The 19-year-old broke new ground with a series of dazzling routines as she secured four gold medals at the Rio Olympics.
Victory in the floor event added to her all-around, vault and team titles.
Described by some observers as the best of all time, she was the first American and fifth female to win four gymnastics gold medals at a single Games.
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The 4ft 8in gymnast from Texas was placed into foster care because of her mother's struggles with drugs and alcohol and adopted when she was five by her maternal grandfather and his wife.
Since starting her senior career in 2013, she is undefeated in all-around competitions.
Biles became the first black gymnast to win the all-around title at the World Championships in 2013 and, after retaining her crown in 2014, she won an unprecedented third successive all-around gold in Glasgow in 2015.
She has 10 world golds to her name, more than any other woman in history - and 14 medals in total.


The Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) has accused ministers of demonstrating "mistrust" in their response to a rare reef being damaged.

In a letter, the SFF said the government's emergency measures undermine confidence in marine protection.
The flame-shell reef in Loch Carron was damaged when a scallop dredger dragged its gear right through it.
The incident had been investigated by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
It concluded that the damage was consistent with scallop dredging and that there was a "viable" chance of recovery.
On Friday, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham gave Loch Carron emergency protection by designating 16 square kilometres of it a Marine Protected Area (MPA).
But in a letter to Ms Cunningham and Rural Affairs Secretary Fergus Ewing, the federation's chief executive, Bertie Armstrong, raised concern about the process.
He said five similar reefs were already closed to fishing and that MPAs were designed to protect "examples" of rare sea features, not all of them.
He added that the move was a "de facto statement of mistrust" in the process of Marine Protected Areas.
The letter continued: "You will know that this logical, sequential, evidence-based endeavour is one that we, as directly affected stakeholders, have not only participated in but directly promoted on the international stage as an exemplar for others, balancing well the relevant Scottish government policies of healthy and productive seas.
"Stepping outside the process undermines confidence in a balanced government approach to MPAs."
On Friday, the environment secretary said the MPA was an emergency measure and that steps would be taken to make it permanent.
Roseanna Cunningham confirmed that the damage was consistent with scallop dredging but that there was a "viable prospect of recovery" for the reef.
The campaign group Open Seas said the move was "too little, too late" and that MPAs should be imposed on even more reefs.


Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice, including a stunning 25-yard strike, as Stoke comfortably won at Hull to move out of the relegation zone.

The Switzerland midfielder cut inside on his left foot and found the top right corner with a sublime finish.
He doubled the lead with a free-kick from the edge of the area just after half-time.
The result sees Mike Phelan's side drop into the bottom three, after a fifth consecutive Premier League defeat.
The game ended on a strange note as Shaqiri appeared to grab Sam Clucas by the throat after being pushed by the full-back. Stoke trio Shaqiri, Phil Bardsley and Joe Allen were then all booked after the final whistle.
Stoke's first away victory of the season also brings them back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since March - and moves them to 16th place on nine points.
Hull, meanwhile, have conceded 19 goals in their past five league games and are without a league win since 20 August.
Shaqiri's goals were two moments of magic in a match largely unmemorable otherwise.
The 25-year-old's past four Premier League goals have all come from outside the box and his two against Hull were his first since the opening day of the season.
His first came from his own corner, which was cleared by Hull as far as Ryan Shawcross, who passed the ball back to Shaqiri.
The former Bayern Munich winger then cut inside before unleashing a curling 25-yard shot, which left David Marshall no chance in the Hull goal.
He then won the free-kick for his second on 49 minutes and stepped up to send the ball over the wall and into the bottom right corner, beyond Marshall.
Shaqiri also created wonderful chances for Marko Arnautovic and Wilfried Bony, having three shots in all and making five key passes in the match.
Former England midfielder Danny Murphy on Match of the Day:
"Xherdan Shaqiri hasn't done enough of this in a Stoke shirt. He was outstanding. He had that strut around him and produced moments of brilliance. His first goal was unstoppable.
"He's got the ability to open up defences from anywhere on the pitch - not many players can do that. If he can stay fit, along with Joe Allen and Marko Arnautovic,  then Stoke will be up the table before you know it."
The optimism of Hull's wins in the first two games of the season has faded at the KCOM Stadium, where plenty of empty seats could be seen among a crowd of only 18,522.
The hosts did not manage a shot on target until Abel Hernandez came on after 55 minutes.
Their best attacking efforts came with the game already won for Stoke and the home side still struggled in front of goal despite their late burst.
Stoke dominated the midfield, with Shaqiri and Arnautovic given too much space.
Hull also had returning captain Michael Dawson to thank for some crucial tackles. Playing in his first game of the season after a knee injury the 32-year-old stopped Bony and Shaqiri from scoring in the first half.
Phelan, upgraded from his caretaker role nine days ago, is yet to taste victory since and will have his work cut out to address the slide in form - something not helped by Robert Snodgrass limping off with an ankle injury late on.
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Hull boss Mike Phelan: "We were edgy and we gave the ball away too easily. There are lessons to be learned by all of us.
"We are under no illusions and we shouldn't be. We need to rebuild confidence and set our sights for the battle ahead. We need to do more. We are not here to lie down and let teams beat us.
"Robert Snodgrass got stood on - he's got a bruised ankle and we will assess that in the morning."
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "Xherdan Shaqiri missed some games but since he came back he's been really positive and we are really pleased with him.
"We have been playing well for a number of weeks. We are building performances. From start to finish we were in control.
"People questioned us at the beginning but now we are allowing people to see our level.
"I didn't see what happened after full-time - there were afters from both sides."
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Hull travel to Championship side Bristol City in the fourth round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday before a trip to Watford on Saturday.
Stoke host Swansea on Monday 31 October.
Match ends, Hull City 0, Stoke City 2.
Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Joe Allen (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half ends, Hull City 0, Stoke City 2.
Sam Clucas (Hull City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Adama Diomande (Hull City).
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ryan Mason (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sam Clucas with a cross.
Attempt saved. Abel Hernández (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Adama Diomande.
Corner,  Hull City. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Attempt missed. Abel Hernández (Hull City) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Clucas with a cross.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Harry Maguire (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Curtis Davies.
Offside, Hull City. Robert Snodgrass tries a through ball, but Adama Diomande is caught offside.
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abel Hernández (Hull City).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ryan Mason (Hull City) because of an injury.
Ryan Mason (Hull City) is shown the yellow card.
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Mason (Hull City).
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Mason (Hull City).
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by David Marshall.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Livermore (Hull City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf replaces Wilfried Bony.
Attempt missed. Jake Livermore (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Abel Hernández.
Substitution, Hull City. Adama Diomande replaces Will Keane.
Substitution, Hull City. Harry Maguire replaces Tom Huddlestone.
Foul by Joe Allen (Stoke City).
Jake Livermore (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Attempt saved. Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Sam Clucas.


The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is hoping to replicate the success of its David Bowie exhibition with a major retrospective of Pink Floyd.

The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, marking 50 years since the release of the band's first single, will include a laser light show and previously unseen concert footage.
The "immersive" show will feature 350 objects and artefacts, including instruments and original artworks.
It will run from May to October 2017.
The V&A promised "an immersive, multi-sensory and theatrical journey through Pink Floyd's extraordinary world" which will "chronicle the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band, from the underground psychedelic scene in 1960s London to the present day".
Pink Floyd were formed in 1965 by four students - Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Waters, Wright and Mason had met while studying at the Regent Street Polytechnic.
Barrett left three years later after one album and was replaced by guitarist David Gilmour.
The band has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide - including 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade.
Drummer Mason attended the launch at the London museum, which flew a giant inflatable pig over its roof for the occasion - like the one pictured above Battersea Power Station on the cover of the 1977  album Animals.
Mason said the other remaining members of the band are collaborating with the show - despite the fact he was the only one present at the launch.
"There was a school of thought that I'd been not enormously excited about it but that's not quite true," he said. "Maybe it was one of the others. I'd always seen it as possible.
"I did think we'd be short of material. That's turned out to be entirely incorrect. I can't tell you how much stuff won't fit in.
"We seem to have a bit of everything. My favourite drumkits. Quite a lot of the old machinery that we used for recording - that's now completely obsolete with all the digital technology."
Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd's creative director which designed the cover for The Dark Side of the Moon, and Stufish, which created the band's sets, are working on the show.
V&A director Martin Roth said: "The V&A is perfectly placed to exhibit the work of a band that is as recognisable for its unique visual imagery as for its music.
"Pink Floyd is an impressive and enduring British design story of creative success. Alongside creating extraordinary music, they have for over five decades been pioneers in uniting sound and vision, from their earliest 1960s performances with experimental light shows, through their spectacular stadium rock shows, to their consistently iconic album covers."
The exhibition will also include items from stage performances, as well as instruments, handwritten lyrics, architectural drawings and psychedelic posters.
After it was announced in 2012, the V&A's David Bowie exhibition became the fastest-selling in the museum's history.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains runs from May 13 to October 1 next year. Tickets are on sale now.
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US hotel company Starwood has become the first American firm to agree a deal with the Cuban authorities since the revolution of 1959.

Starwood will renovate and run three hotels in the Cuban capital, Havana.
A spokesman for the company said they would be making a "multimillion-dollar investment to bring the hotels up to our standards".
The news comes on the eve of President Obama's visit to the island - the first by a US president in almost 90 years.
The BBC's Will Grant, in Havana, says the deal is a welcome reminder of how far things have come between the two nations since they decided to normalise ties.
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With this visit, and such economic steps, the two sides hope the new ties will soon be irreversible, our correspondent adds.
Tourism in Cuba is at an all-time high, including a sharp rise in the number of US visitors, especially since travel restrictions were eased by President Obama.
Starwood is currently the target of potentially the biggest takeover of an American company by a Chinese business.
Anbang Insurance, which already owns New York's Waldorf Astoria, has made a $13bn bid for Starwood, trumping an offer by America's Marriott International.
Anbang's founder, chairman and chief executive Wu Xiaohui is married to Zhuo Ran, grand-daughter of Deng Xiaoping, the country's former leader who is credited with engineering China's economic reform.


Did someone say this was going to be easy?

Nine months earlier Swansea City had arrived in Manchester as Premier League new boys as apprehensive as a new kid starting his first day at school.
Exciting times were ahead, but it was not going to be an easy ride.
A 4-0 defeat at Manchester City in their opening game reaffirmed that.
But Brendan Rodgers's side slowly settled into life among the elite, claiming one or two notable scalps along the way.
With their top flight safety already secure, Swansea would end their away days for this season at Old Trafford.
No team visiting the Theatre of Dreams, especially in the throes of a title finale, would expect an easy afternoon.
Caught up in the Manchester title race, Swansea started confidently, no doubt fired up by City manager Roberto Mancini's easy jibe aimed at United.
The travelling fans too were making themselves heard with the rather subdued home supporters still no doubt mulling over City's win at Newcastle.
It was a far from easy start for the Red Devils during the opening 20 minutes.
But the home side soon found their rhythm. Michel Vorm was forced into a double save before Paul Scholes lifted the pressure with barely half an hour gone.
Maybe now Mancini's predictions of an easy game would be realised.
Like they had done back in August a few miles away at Eastlands, Swansea looked comfortable going forward but on too many occasions the final ball let them down.
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But Swansea's success this season has also been based on a solid defence and they had to stand firm as United pushed forward to add to their tally.
Acutely aware of the title being decided on goal difference on the final weekend, United pushed for more goals and Ashley Young added a second five minutes before half-time.
The interval came at the wrong time for United, giving time for Rodgers's men to regroup.
They emerged for the second half showing the same attacking intent as they had during the opening 45 minutes. They had no intention of meekly surrendering.
They continued to frustrate United and had chances of their own, most notably through Gylfi Sigurdsson, who has been pivotal during the second half of the season.
As the game reached its conclusion those Manchester United fans electing to leave the ground early were almost resigned to the fact this was not likely to be their season.
Swansea fans, as you would expect, stayed until the end - celebrating not only a credible first season in English football's top division but how far they've come during the last decade.
It's easy to forget that things haven't always been easy for Swansea City.
Nine years ago the very thought of playing at Old Trafford on the penultimate weekend of the season with Premier League safety already assured would have been unimaginable.
On that day in May 2003, when Manchester United came within touching distance of their eighth Premier League title, Swansea were battling for Football League survival.
A 4-2 win over Hull City on the final day of the Third Division season at their old Vetch ground saved Swansea from non-league oblivion and marked the beginning of a remarkable journey.
Under the leadership of Huw Jenkins and an astute board, the Swans have made steady progress on and off the field and have slowly ascended the English leagues.
They have risen to the top flight playing a brand of attractive football which has won many admirers this season and, crucially, enough points to ensure safety.
As he reflected on the afternoon and the season while pitchside at Old Trafford, Rodgers spoke of his side's "fantastic" season but acknowledged the work ahead.
"I feel that the players have really coped and how they've represented us in terms of the football, their commitment, personality, desire and passion has been phenomenal," he said.
"It's a great privilege to lead the club this first season in the Premier League and hope to now continue our work to improve and move forward."


World indoor 1500m champion Abeba Aregawi has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.

The Ethiopia-born Swede, 25, failed an out-of-competition test conducted by governing body the IAAF.
Aregawi, who won gold at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, has requested a B sample be tested.
Britain's Hannah England finished fourth behind Aregawi in Moscow.
There is no suggestion Aregawi's performance in that race is under scrutiny.
Aregawi ran for Ethiopia at the 2012 London Olympics but began competing for Sweden later that year after being granted citizenship.
She was due to defend her title at next month's World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon.
Her suspension also means her place in the Swedish team for the Rio Olympics in August is in doubt.
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) has already withdrawn its financial support for Aregawi.
"The situation regarding her place on the Olympic team is in quarantine as we wait for the result of the B test," added SOC chief executive Peter Reinebo.
Her Dutch manager, Jos Hermens, told the Expressen newspaper that the news had come as a surprise.
"We can't understand it," he said. "We are trying to work out what has happened. It's very strange."
But Sweden's athletics chief has been pretty scathing.
"It is with dismay and extreme disappointment we have to make this statement," said Stefan Olsson.
"We are totally opposed to all forms of cheating, doping and illicit substances. We have zero tolerance and this is totally unacceptable."
American Jenny Simpson, who was second behind Aregawi at the 2013 World Championships, expressed her "grief" at the news.
In a statement to the New York Times, she wrote: "I'm grateful that the sport is taking steps to catch cheaters and meaningfully deter others from violating the rules in the future.
"Justice begins when someone that stole from the sport isn't going to just get away with it. But I grieve the decision that was made by a skilled athlete, capable of greatness, to take a shortcut."
She added: "I'm hopeful that things might really be changing for the better in our sport and I'm sad it didn't start changing sooner."
It has not been a very good few days for Aregawi.
She has been caught up in a tax row in Sweden after telling authorities she had never lived in the country and therefore was not liable for tax.
She was ordered to pay 11,112 Swedish crowns (£932, $1,299) in back taxes.


Premiership side Sale Sharks will sign Scotland and Glasgow back row forward Josh Strauss on a three-year deal from next season.

It had already been announced the 30-year-old would leave the Warriors when his contract expires this summer.
The South Africa-born forward becomes Sale's first new signing for next season.
"Josh is a world class ball-carrying forward," said Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond.
"He has been performing well for both Glasgow and Scotland over the past five years and will complement the squad in the ball-carrying department."
Strauss joined Glasgow from Super Rugby side Lions in 2012 and, after three years of residency, qualified to play for Scotland in time for the 2015 World Cup.
Number eight Strauss has been sidelined by a kidney injury sustained during the Six Nations defeat by France, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament.
"Since coming to the UK I always had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to play in the Premiership," said Strauss.
"I have really enjoyed my time with the Warriors, but I asked my agent to look around for me. He came back with Sale Sharks who have a good name, a good record in the Premiership and looked an attractive proposition."


Doctors have expressed "huge concern" that super-gonorrhoea has spread widely across England and to gay men.

The new superbug prompted a national alert last year when it emerged in Leeds, as one of the main treatments had become useless against it.
Public Health England acknowledges measures to contain the outbreak have been of "limited success".
Doctors fear the sexually transmitted infection, which can cause infertility, could soon become untreatable.
Cases of super-gonorrhoea have now been detected in the West Midlands, London and southern England.
Only 34 cases have been officially confirmed in laboratory testing, but this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg of an infection that can be symptomless.
The outbreak started in straight couples, but is now being seen in gay men too.
"We've been worried it would spread to men who have sex with men," Peter Greenhouse, a consultant in sexual health based in Bristol, told BBC News.
"The problem is [they] tend to spread infections a lot faster simply as they change partners more quickly."
They are also more likely to have gonorrhoea in their throats. There further resistance is more likely to develop as antibiotics get to the throat in lower doses and the area is also teeming with other bacteria that can share the resistance to drugs.
The bacterium that causes gonorrhoea is extremely adept at shrugging off our best antibiotics.
So two drugs - azithromycin and ceftriaxone - are used in combination.
But now resistance to azithromycin is spreading, doctors fear it is only a matter of time before ceftriaxone fails too.
The disease is caused by the bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
The infection is spread by unprotected vaginal, oral and anal sex.
Of those infected, about one in 10 heterosexual men and more than three-quarters of women, and gay men, have no easily recognisable symptoms.
But symptoms can include a thick green or yellow discharge from sexual organs, pain when urinating and bleeding between periods.
Untreated infection can lead to infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease and can be passed on to a child during pregnancy.
England's most senior doctor has already warned gonorrhoea is on the cusp of becoming untreatable.
And Dr Gwenda Hughes, the head of the sexually transmitted infections unit at Public Health England, said: "We cannot afford to be complacent.
"If strains of gonorrhoea emerge that are resistant to both azithromycin and ceftriaxone, treatment options would be limited as there is currently no new antibiotic available to treat the infection."
She is encouraging people to practise safe sex to minimise the risk of sexually transmitted infections.
There is also a concerted campaign to find the sexual partners of people who have the superbug.
But a Public Health England report acknowledges this has been of "limited success" so far.
Of 50 sexual partners reported, only 22 were successfully followed up, but, worryingly, 94% of partners tested had the infection.
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said there needed to be a rapid response to the infection and has warned its members to be on the lookout.
Its president, Dr Elizabeth Carlin, said: "The spread of high level azithromycin-resistant gonorrhoea is a huge concern and it is essential that every effort is made to contain further spread.
"Failure to respond appropriately will jeopardise our ability to treat gonorrhoea effectively and will lead to poorer health outcomes for individuals and society as a whole."
But Mr Greenhouse warned that sexual health services were facing their "biggest restriction ever" due to funding cuts.
The emergence of a dangerous superbug was creating a "perfect storm scenario", he said.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health has announced a new tool to help GPs cut the number of antibiotics they prescribe.
It will allow practices to see how their antibiotic prescribing habits compare with other practices.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "I want to see antibiotics being prescribed only when necessary and hope this will be a new weapon to help GPs cut the numbers of antibiotics needlessly being given out."
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Armenia has maintained a special relationship with Russia since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, but a recent hostage siege revealed an undercurrent of anti-Russian feeling.

For two weeks last month gunmen held hostages at a police compound in the capital Yerevan.
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied every night in support of the gunmen and many accused Russia of meddling in Armenia's affairs.
"Today all the processes in our country are governed from outside. I am speaking about Russia," said Tigran Khzmalyan, addressing a crowd on the steps of Yerevan's Opera House on 31 July.
With a loudspeaker in one hand, and his smartphone in the other, he was reading a message published online by the armed group known as the Daredevils of Sassoun.
Armenia hosts a Russian military base and considers itself Russia's strategic ally in the Caucasus. Armenian-Russian friendship, based on common Christian roots, dates back centuries.
Much of the Armenian economy is Russian-owned or controlled, including the energy sector and railways.
Daredevils of Sassoun - named after a medieval Armenian epic poem - seized a police compound on 17 July, killing one policeman and barricading themselves inside with hostages.
"We want the people, and the international community, to realise that this is a national liberation movement against Russian colonialism," their message said.
Soon after that Mr Khzmalyan told the crowd that the group had surrendered. "Heroes, heroes!" people cheered.
Many of the Daredevils are veterans of Armenia's 1990s war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. The disputed mountainous territory is officially part of Azerbaijan, but held by Armenian separatists.
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Now in custody, the war veterans can expect long jail sentences. But their supporters continue daily demonstrations.
Many Armenians sympathise with their cause, including a call for President Serge Sarkisian to resign. He was rumoured to be willing to surrender some Armenian-controlled territory to Azerbaijan in exchange for a peace deal.
For Tigran Khzmalyan, the group's call to fight against "Russian colonialism" was the most important message to emerge from this crisis.
He said many Armenians "realised that the real enemy is not the local administration, which is manipulated by Moscow - the real target is the Kremlin, it's the KGB [Soviet-era secret police]".
There was renewed fighting in April between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in which an estimated 200 people - soldiers and civilians - died. It was the worst outbreak of violence in more than 20 years.
The Kremlin helped to broker a ceasefire on 5 April, but Russia's supply of arms to both Armenia and Azerbaijan has reignited a debate about Armenia's relationship with Russia.
On 14 April demonstrators marched on the Russian embassy in Yerevan and threw eggs at it, angered by what they considered Russian duplicity.
Russia has sold more than $4bn (£3bn) worth of weapons to Azerbaijan in recent years. But Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has argued that supplying arms to both sides acts as a deterrent, creating a "balance of forces" in the region.
In a deal earlier this year Russia agreed to provide a $200m loan to Armenia to buy Russian weapons, including multiple-launch rocket systems and anti-tank missiles.
Political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan says the Armenia-Russia relationship continues to yield benefits.
"Russia sells gas to Armenia far below market prices, and we buy arms from Russia at their internal market prices, which is very important for us."
President Sarkisian is expected in Moscow for talks on Wednesday. He may come under pressure to do a peace deal with Azerbaijan.
But wary of growing unease at home he has publicly stated that there is no room for compromise.
"Nagorno-Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan. Never. I repeat again - it is out of the question," he said recently.


Frauds committed by those aged 26-35 were up 285% in the first half of the year - to just over £62m - according to research by accountants KPMG.

The figures suggest a shift in profile of fraudsters from rogue executives to younger people funding extravagant lifestyles, said the researchers.
Overall, however, there was a 39% drop in fraud during the period to £317m.
The decline was helped in large part by a 72% drop in frauds committed by those aged 46 and over, to £88m.
According to the research, more than 400 people were conned into handing over sums ranging from £20,000 to £2m, yet their funds were used to purchase a Lamborghini and 5-bedroom house with a swimming pool among other things.
In one case a 30-year-old man convinced his victims to invest in vintage wine, which they believed would increase in value.
"Where once it was the jaded executive who relied on unquestioned seniority and authority to get away with dipping their hands in the till, it seems we are witnessing a changing of the guard," said Hitesh Patel, UK forensic partner at KPMG.
"Today's fraudster is younger and just at ease with using technology and data as selling promises," he said.
Another case involved a crooked financial adviser who bought a fleet of supercars, invested in a racehorse and sponsored two Premier League football clubs with the proceeds of his con artistry.
His scam involved the creation of a bogus investment fund for which he persuaded investors to hand over large cash sums, which he simply spent.
One victim was so convinced that he parted with £3.7m, none of which has been recovered.


Pianist Tokio Myers has been named the winner of Britain's Got Talent.

He beat off competition from the likes of eight-year-old magician Issy Simpson and comedian Daliso Chaponda to become the winner of the ITV talent show.
Tokio's performance in the final was an emotional version of Rag'n'Bone Man's hit Human, which impressed the judges.
He wins Â£250,000 in prize money and will get to take part at the Royal Variety Performance.
Before appearing on BGT, Tokio had previously supported artists such rapper Kanye West.


The flooding of a Gwynedd village to provide drinking water for Liverpool was "a shameful chapter in Welsh history", a UK minister has said.

Capel Celyn was flooded 50 years ago to create the Tryweryn reservoir.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said it marked "some of the darkest and some of the most regrettable days in modern Welsh history".
Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts warned another Tryweryn could happen unless Wales got control of its water.
Leading a Westminster debate, the Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP expressed concerns that the UK government still had ultimate control of Wales' natural resources.
She highlighted a clause in the law which gives the Welsh secretary the right to intervene in any assembly legislation which could have a "serious adverse impact" on water supplies in England.
Responding to the debate, Mr Cairns quoted the slogan on a wall near Aberystwyth.
"Let me say from the outset that the whole situation was a shameful chapter in Welsh history and should not be forgotten.
"In fact the words 'Cofiwch Dryweryn' - remember Treweryn - painted on the wall in Llanrhystud, outside Aberystwyth, are instantly recognisable by people across Wales as they travel from north to south.
"But those words remind us all about some of the darkest and some of the most regrettable days in modern Welsh history."
Liverpool City Council apologised in 2005 for the "hurt" and "insensitivity" of the drowning of Capel Celyn in 1965.
Seventy residents of the village, near Bala, had to leave their homes to make way for the controversial scheme which fuelled Welsh nationalist feeling and calls for devolution.
In 1963, two men were jailed for bomb attacks on power installations in protest at construction of the reservoir.


Hundreds more Britons went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s than had previously been thought, newly released files show.

MI5 recorded the names of about 4,000 people from Britain and Ireland suspected of travelling to join the war, National Archives files show.
The previous estimate stood at about 2,500. Many volunteers were communists and of interest to MI5.
One name on the list is Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell.
His experiences in the Spanish Civil War were documented in his book Homage to Catalonia.
The details of those who had joined the fight against General Franco's forces between 1936 and 1939 continued to be updated by security service MI5 up until the mid-1950s.
The record for Orwell covers the period in which he published the bestselling novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, until his death in January 1950.
The files, which can be downloaded free for a month, comprise more than 200 pages detailing the movements of the men and women who left British ports for the Spanish front line - as well as a "roll of honour" of some of those killed in action.
James Cronan, the National Archives' diplomatic and colonial records specialist, said it was not clear how many of those who left actually reached Spain, but he added that "we know that hundreds never returned".
"The International Brigades and associated militia brought volunteers together from all over the world in defence of democracy but few, if any, records exist of their service," he said. "That's why uncovering a document like this is so exciting."
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the war in July 1936.


When a new fitness coach started working with England before the Women's World Cup in 2015, he was "shocked" by how little strength and conditioning work was being done amongst the squad.

Ben Young, who had worked in rugby union with Saracens and England, was drafted in as an assistant before England's historic third-place finish in Canada.
Immediately, he knew how quickly he could improve the overall condition of the squad. "There were so many easy wins," he said.
Now, as England prepare for a European Championship for which they are one of the favourites, he says the squad's fitness has improved by 23% since August, adding weight to Sampson's claim his side will be the fittest in the Netherlands.
But how did Young make so many gains so quickly, and will it impact on England's performance as they begin their campaign against Scotland on Wednesday?
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According to Sampson, and players such as Karen Bardsley and Casey Stoney, England have never looked leaner or more defined.
Players are lifting weights three or four times a week - pictures on the FA's Twitter account show full-back Demi Stokes lifting 135kg - body fat percentages have dropped to 11% in some cases, and post-training speed runs have been so gruelling, players have been wracked with anxiety even before taking part. "They are gruelling and just horrible," says Stoney.
A sea change has occurred. And it was necessary, according to Sampson, who admits his side would "run out of legs" in games and suffered in the World Cup because they had "so many players carrying knocks".
Young knew he could improve speed and injury reduction through a better strength programme, but he needed to supply the players with evidence so they would buy into what he was attempting.
So he tapped into data used by the Great Britain and United States hockey teams to see how their fitness compared. As Sampson told BBC Sport: "We were so far behind."
Young tailored the system, in which players would take 10 fitness tests - measuring everything from speed to power - to reach an individual fitness score. Those scores would then be added together to measure the overall fitness of the team.
Young also created four measures: world-class, future England, current England and below standard. These showed players where they needed to improve.
"Within the first three months, we had 76 personal bests in the squad," he told BBC Sport. "There was massive room for improvement, but the players bought into it and we've gone from the majority of the squad in the 'current England' bracket to 40% of them pushing or within 'world-class' standards."
Young, who had never previously worked in women's sport, says he initially encountered a brick wall when trying to convince players and clubs about his methods. As Stoney said: "People don't like change."
But, over time, all parties bought into the shift in culture, and Young says the relationship between clubs and country is now more "harmonious".
Part of the problem was England training was a lot more physically intense than at club level.
"We've had to work with clubs to ensure their programmes are close to ours so it's not such a shock when players join England camps," said Sampson.
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To bridge that gap, Young mimicked other sports, such as basketball, where players can top up different aspects of their fitness.
"The weights and fitness culture was already on the back burner, and when you chuck in a few games, it falls by the wayside," he said. "But you look at the NBA, where they play four games a week and do lifts before and after a game.
"My experience in the year beforehand was not to go anywhere near the players two days before a game, because they want to be fresh, but if you're always trying to be fresh, then you can't work them to capacity or improve them. Now we can, and the clubs have helped us do this."
As part of that culture shift, Young has tried out new techniques in the build-up to England games. Rather than spend a relaxed day before an evening kick-off, he has introduced what he calls a "priming session" at which, five hours before kick-off, players will meet to do explosive activities - such as using a watt bike, jumps or weights - for 30 minutes.
"The players don't feel tired during the game, it's completely the opposite," Young added. "They feel energised and up for it. You're trying to create a hormone spike so they are ready for action and it's used a lot in other sports like rugby union."
Debate has long raged in rugby union about whether too much time in the gym can leave players short on developing their skills, but Sampson believes his team can match any of their rivals on a technical level.
Of more concern at Euro 2017 is the fact England could play six games in 19 days - and players could become fatigued. Young and Sampson have worked together to create training sessions during which technical and tactical aspects can be delivered at a high intensity, and games have been organised against England youth teams.
"I had to demonstrate to Mark that the training sessions were a lot less intense than games, but by putting constraints on games like getting the ball back in play within three seconds, we increase the intensity by 40%," Young said. "If we do that for 10 minutes, during the last few minutes the players are making decisions under fatigue, which helps for tournament time."
Sampson added: "Whatever happens in football, speed, power, and aerobic endurance are always going to be important. There will always be races and physical duels and whoever wins the majority of them will give themselves a foothold in the game.
"So we decided that part of our DNA is our physical fitness and our ability to outwork opponents. We want a team that can stop defensive problems at source, which means pressing high up the pitch at the right times. And when we get the ball, we want to do things quickly so they can't be defended."
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England are among the favourites for the European Championship, but for all the talk about how their World Cup victory over Germany would catapult them into the top tier of football, they have not beaten either the European champions or France in six subsequent outings.
They won bronze in Canada after a psychological and social evolution in the squad, with players encouraged to share their personal stories and what motivated them. The thinking was if you knew what your team-mate had been through, you'd be more likely to run that extra yard for her.
This time, England have had a physical evolution, but questions remain about their technical capabilities.
"I wouldn't say England are the strongest technical team in possession at the Euros, but they more than make up for that in their physical and mental capabilities," said former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis. "What Sampson has done in the last three years in terms of the psychological conditioning is far more likely to make an impact than anything else."
Sampson is not one for style over substance, and prides himself on building a side that can adapt to every scenario.
"I don't get paid to play entertaining football," he said. "I couldn't look my players in the eye if we played a good game and lost."
Winning is all that matters, and by adding to their mental fortitude with a stark physical improvement, Sampson can genuinely say his team have the tools to go the distance.
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A mother-of-two found dead at a block of flats has been described by her sons as "the most awesome and everything mummy".

Kerri McAuley, 32, died at a property in Southalls Way, Norwich, on Sunday evening.
Joe Storey, 26, appeared at Norwich Crown Court earlier charged with her murder.
In a statement, Ms McAuley's mother described the loss of her daughter as "untimely" and "horrific".
She said: "Words can't describe the pain we are feeling.
"The love and support displayed by her family and friends is overwhelming and immensely comforting.
"[It] is giving us the strength to help carry Kerri's two beautiful boys through their loss, in their words, of the most awesome and everything mummy."
Mr Storey, of Murrells Court in Norwich, was remanded in custody until a plea hearing on March 21.
A provisional trial date has been set for June 5.
The results from a post-mortem examination were inconclusive but Norfolk Police said there was evidence Ms McAuley had been subjected to a "severe blunt force assault".
A fundraising page set up to raise money for her funeral and two sons has so far raised more than Â£10,000.


Tyrrell Hatton believes controlling his emotions is a key to future success after another lucrative week's work.

Having banked the biggest cheque of his career as Scottish open runner-up, a tie for fifth at the Open at Royal Troon earned him a further £235,557.
He now heads for Springfield, New Jersey for the US PGA in 10 days' time.
Hatton admits he still needs to work on keeping a cool head, saying: "It's something I needed to get better at and I'm slowly getting there."
His finish at Troon was the best by an Englishman at the Open since Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood tied for third behind Phil Mickelson at Muirfield three years ago.
He acknowledges, however, that his emotions can still get the better of him on the course.
"The fire is still burning inside and I'll show that from time to time," said 24-year-old Hatton, from Marlow, who plays at Harleyford.
"I try my best not to, but I'm only human, and I'm going to make mistakes every now and then.
"I'm so passionate about wanting to do well, and sometimes that just overspills."
As well as the support of his father, who is his coach, this year's change of caddie, when he brought in the calming influence of a new bagman in Chris Rice, has been a big factor.
"We started working together at the beginning of this year, and it's been a great year for me so far," added Hatton, who has risen a further 13 places to 55th in the world rankings.
"We make a good team. He's helped me a lot."
As well as earning 429,468 Euros at Castle Stuart, prior to moving on to Troon, he also secured a place in the field for the USPGA for the second year running, giving him a chance to build on last year's tie for 25th at Whistling Straits.
"I can't wait," Hatton told BBC Sport. "I really enjoyed my time at Whistling Straits. I'm going to enjoy a week off to get ready for a return to the States.
"I got a lot of confidence from last week and I took it into the Open and it's great that I now don't have to try and qualify again (following his Top 10 finish) for Royal Birkdale next year."
Hatton's surge in form also means he is now within reach of a Ryder Cup place, but after the USPGA his main interest is the holiday he has planned afterwards in New York with his girlfriend.
Aside from a double bogey on the par-five 4th on the second day, Hatton only dropped four other shots all week at Troon, fewer than champion Henrik Stenson.
"My best performances are on links courses," points out Hatton, who had not previously made the Open cut in four attempts.
"I played a lot of links as an amateur. When conditions get tough, I can grind out a decent score and thankfully my short game helped me out and was the reason why I finished as well as I have.
"I holed a lot of putts out there. That was the only downside from the previous three rounds but this time the big thing was the par putts I holed.
"I holed a really good par putt on the eighth after pulling it left into the bunker. Then I holed a really good par putt again on nine, and that sort of just kept the momentum going. The only blip was on 11, but that was the hardest hole on the course."
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Vogue Arabia launches this month - and Gigi Hadid has been revealed as its first cover star.

Writing on her Instagram page, the model said: "Being half-Palestinian, it means the world to me to be on the first-ever cover(s) of Vogue Arabia."
Two different editions of the magazine's first issue have been produced - one in English and one in Arabic.
Different images of Hadid in a sequined headscarf feature on the two covers.
"I think the beautiful thing about there being international Vogues is that, as a fashion community, we are able to celebrate, and share with the world, different cultures," Hadid said.
Saudi princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the new magazine by its publisher Conde Nast International.
"In one poised photograph, [Hadid] communicates a thousand words to a region that's been waiting far too long for its Vogue voice to speak," Abdulaziz said.
The reaction to the two covers has been broadly supportive - but some Instagram users left comments encouraging the publication to use Arabian models for their future issues.
"Such a gorgeous image, though I wish they'd have used an Arabian model - those girls are so beautiful," wrote one follower of the Vogue Arabia account.
Another said: "Been waiting for this for so long ðŸ˜


Former elite referee Dave Pearson has defended World Rugby's enhanced high tackle sanctions, saying players are in increasing need of protection from the rigours of the professional game.

The directive aims to "lower the acceptable tackle height" to help reduce the number of concussions.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall fears more players will face cards or suspensions due to "accidents".
His counterparts at Ulster and Ospreys have also voiced concerns.
Contact with the head in "reckless tackles" will be penalised with at least a yellow card.
"Players get bigger over the years, creating bigger impacts," Pearson said.
"Unfortunately the laws haven't changed a lot. We have to be looking more and more to protect players within the current laws."
In September 2015, World Rugby's chief medical officer Dr Martin Raftery told the BBC laws may have to change to help reduce the number of injuries to the brain and head.
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The new sanctions took effect officially from 3 January, with players at Ospreys, Scarlets and Ulster sin-binned in the Pro12 last weekend, while Saracens duo Richard Barrington and Brad Barritt have been cited for a dangerous tackle that knocked out Exeter Chiefs lock Geoff Parling.
Barrington was sent off for his role in the collision.
Pearson, who refereed 29 Tests, officiated at the 2007 and 2011 World Cups and works as the Scottish Rugby Union's match officials high performance manager, argues officials are not seeking to punish all forms of head contact.
"We all have to realise accidents will happen on the rugby pitch," the 50-year-old told BBC Scotland. "What we're trying to do with these is get the guy who is targeting the player's head.
"That's the major message - protect the head. There will be tackles where the head contact is made - a player going in low to the ground is pretty difficult to tackle without getting contact somewhere around his upper body.
"That's the kind of tackle that wouldn't be targeting the player's head. The tackles we're after are where players are stood up and you can see the big swinging arm coming in around the upper shoulders, neck, chin, and head area."
The application and timing of the tighter punishments have also drawn criticism, with former Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies saying inexperienced referees have "gone berserk" with their policing of the tackle.
Rugby Players Association chairman Christian Day argues the "massive" mid-season changes have come with "little education or explanation" for players, with the decisive rounds of European Champions and Challenge Cup pool fixtures coming later this month and the Six Nations Championship beginning on 4 February.
Pearson accepts the game may have to endure short-term controversies to provide its players with a safer future.
"This isn't really new", he said. "The directives have come out in the press recently as new, but the referees right back to November had this kind of message.
"One thing that has to be clear is they're not really law changes, they're just enforcing the law a bit tighter than previously. The analogy we're using is, if you're driving and you're caught speeding, the speed limit's the same - all that happens now is the fine's a little bit more hefty.
"We've had November, December, and we're halfway through January - we've had a fair bit of time to be able to adjust to them.
"There were a lot of examples [of players adjusting] over the weekend where rather than going in high to hit a player, one tackler goes in round the legs, another player stands off and tries to jackal the ball as soon as that player hits the floor.
"The professional players are training four or five times a week, they'll adapt pretty quickly. I would imagine in a couple of months' time, we'll not be talking about this subject. We'll have moved on to something else."


Powerful Igbo leaders in Nigeria have rejected calls for the breakaway state of Biafra to be created for their ethnic group in the south-east.

Their intervention is seen as an attempt to defuse escalating tensions between rival communities in Nigeria.
However, a pro-secessionist group says it will press ahead with its campaign.
Security forces have killed at least 150 people since August 2015 to quell pro-independence protests, Amnesty International says.
The campaign has also fuelled tension in northern Nigeria, where some youth groups have retaliated by threatening to expels Igbos who live there.
So, the statement by Igbo leaders pledging loyalty to Nigeria could help ease tension in the north, says the BBC's Naziru Mikailu in the capital, Abuja.
Following a specially convened meeting in the Igbo heartland of Enugu city to discuss the crisis, state governors, lawmakers, traditional and religious leaders issued a statement on Sunday to give their "full support" to a "united Nigeria".
However, the statement called for the vast and oil-rich West African state to be "restructured" to achieve a "a just and equitable society".
Many people in the south-east accuse successive governments of failing to develop their areas.
The pro-independence Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) said the meeting failed to reflect the views of the Igbo people.
"We want Biafra and nothing but Biafra. Nigeria must disintegrate. Her faulty foundation has broken beyond repair," Massob said in a statement.
Massob is one of the main groups leading the independence campaign.
On 30 May, many people in cities and towns across the south-east stayed at home to mark the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the breakaway state of Biafra.
The 1967 declaration led to a brutal civil war, which claimed the lives of up to a million people, before the secessionist rebellion was defeated by government forces.


A man has been arrested after a 32-year-old woman was seriously assaulted in Glasgow.

The victim was attacked in a flat in Southdeen Road, Drumchapel, at about 00:30 on Tuesday 13 December.
Police issued an appeal for information at the end of December.
They have now said that a 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident. He is expected to appear from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday.


Laura Massaro's 14-match unbeaten run came to an end as Nicol David produced a scintillating performance to win the Hong Kong Open for a record 10th time.

Malaysia's David beat the Englishwoman 15-13 11-5 11-3, hitting 30 winners in 39 minutes to claim the title.
"It was one of my best performances in quite a while," said David.
Despite defeat, US Open and Qatar Classic champion Massaro, 32, will replace Raneem El Welily as world number one in January.
"It was a high quality match and I tried to fight for every point but it was just too much in the end," said Massaro, who was aiming to win a third successive PSA World Series title.
"The first game was crucial and it could have been a different match if I'd taken that one but Nicol was playing at her best, and I was a little off my best, and that was ultimately the difference."
Massaro secured the number one ranking with her semi-final win in Hong Kong over Egypt's El Welily.


The parents of Nicola Payne said they still have hopes of finding their daughter as they mark the 25th anniversary of her disappearance.

The 18-year-old mum-of-one went missing while walking across wasteland near her parents' house in Coventry on 14 December, 1991.
Two men were cleared of her murder last year.
Her body has never been found but West Midlands Police said they are continuing to search for her.
A new search of land around Coombe Abbey began last month after new information came to light.
Timeline: Nicola Payne disappearance
John and Marilyn Payne, both 71, said they will "never give up hope" of finding their daughter and "putting an end to our suffering".
They said: "She was our little girl and our hearts break when we look back at family photos.
"We want closure and to be able to lay our daughter to rest before we leave this life ourselves."
West Midlands Police said a Â£10,000 reward for any information that helps to find Ms Payne is still active.
Det Insp Martin Slevin, leading the investigation into her disappearance, said: "We remain as committed as ever to achieving justice for Nicola, her family and the wider community and vow to pursue those responsible for Nicola's death."


Courtney Lawes says the competition for places in the England squad is driving him to new heights as an international player.

With George Kruis injured, Lawes and Joe Launchbury have started in the second row so far this Six Nations, with Maro Itoje switching to the flank.
"I've had to raise my game," Lawes, 27, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I've had to push myself a lot harder in the last year and a half than I have done previously in my career."
The Northampton lock added: "It's really good for me because I get to really find out where my potential is and how far I can go."
And while he says he is playing "near enough" the best rugby of his 55-cap England career under Eddie Jones, Lawes feels there is still more to come.
"I'm just really looking forward to pushing on, keeping on going, because I still have a lot more to give," he said.
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In his 13 appearances under Jones, Lawes has excelled in terms of tackling and ball-carrying, with the head coach citing a marked improvement in his performances.
"I've just started ball-carrying again," Lawes said.
"I've always been pretty solid in defence, but the biggest change has been getting my hands on the ball and being effective there.
"Eddie told me from the start he wanted me to be a big hitter and a big ball carrier, and that's what I am going to be for him."
Defending champions England beat France and Wales in their opening 2017 Six Nations games and face Italy at Twickenham next - on 26 February - as they seek extend their national record of 16 Test victories in a row.


Police in South Ayrshire are treating an incident where a man was found seriously injured in the street as attempted murder.

Officers responded to reports of a man lying in Bridge Street, Girvan, at about 02:30.
The 23-year-old was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock then later transferred the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Det Insp Alan Sommerville said: "We understand that there was a disturbance on Bridge Street in the early hours of Monday morning which has left a man seriously injured.
"Anyone who witnessed any suspicious behaviour on Bridge Street at the time of the incident is asked to contact Ayr Police office."


Tigers from India could be relocated to Cambodia as part of a plan to increase the animal's global population.

The decision to relocate tigers was agreed to in principle at a ministerial meeting in Delhi of 13 Asian nations with tiger populations.
The animals will be moved from countries where they are thriving to nations where they are almost extinct.
The estimated number of wild tigers worldwide has risen for the first time in a century, conservationists say.
The global tiger population is now estimated to be nearly 3,900 - up from 3,200 in 2010.
India alone has more than half the world's tigers with 2,226.
An international campaign aims to double the global population of the big cat by 2022.
Apart from Indian tigers, Amur tigers from Russia could also be relocated to Kazakhstan which has lost all its big cats.
"The meeting has identified relocation of tigers as one of the effective measures for the recovery of population," Rajesh Gopal, secretary general of the Global Tiger Forum, an inter-governmental organisation established to save tigers from becoming extinct, told the BBC.
"Relocation will take place after necessary preparation of habitat and securing enough prey species for tigers."
Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told the BBC that the government was "ready to cooperate with all countries" to conserve tigers.
Keshav Varma, CEO of the Global Tiger Forum, said tigers could also be relocated within India.
"In Corbett national park, for instance, there are 260 tigers and the density is 20 tigers per 100 sq km (38 sq m) and there are national parks like Rajaji where just two or three female tigers are found."


A woman from Bournemouth conned out of £14,000 in a dating scam has had her case closed by police.

The 56-year-old will lose the money she handed over to the man who claimed he was a Syria-based UN medic, as police could not track him down.
The victim said she knew there was "little chance" of getting her money.
Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill said: "Cybercrime is the emerging threat and that's why we are putting more resources into tackling it."
The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, met the man on an online dating site and developed a "close friendship".
In March he told her he was sending a package for her to keep which he had been given by a Syrian sheikh.
According to fake customs papers, the package supposedly contained 34 gold bars, which he was sending with his personal possessions.
She was sent a video of the gold bars supposedly being unpacked at Heathrow by customs officials.
She paid a £1,770 handling charge that was fake and also a £7,400 government tax bill that was also fake, to release the package.
She then agreed to pay £4,000 for a flight from Syria for him to get home.
The money had in fact gone to a company based in the West Midlands.
Her son spotted the same video of the gold being unpacked on YouTube and realised his mother had been duped.
She said: "It was a horrible experience and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I want to report my experience in order to help raise awareness so other people don't fall victim to the same crime."
Her case was referred to Action Fraud, which passed it on to West Midlands police.
A spokesman for the force said: "Significant enquiries were conducted into the alleged fraud, which determined that the suspect had used a legitimate, unsuspecting overseas business in order to fraudulently receive and spend the victim's money.
"The suspect has not been identified and, with enquiries exhausted to date, the case has been filed pending any new information coming to light."
Speaking of her experience, the woman said: "It has put me off using the internet as you don't know who you are talking to.
"When you're a vulnerable woman, people can tell you anything and get you around their little finger."