"Alarming gaps" in knowledge about abuse within families mean "substantial numbers" of children are not adequately protected, England's deputy children's commissioner Sue Berelowitz has said.

Her warning comes as a report based on an analysis of 57,226 research studies into child sexual abuse is published.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner has launched an inquiry into how best to tackle the problem.
The two-year inquiry will look at sexual abuse within the family.
The report, entitled It's a Lonely Journey, was carried out for the Office of the Children's Commissioner by researchers at Middlesex University.
It showed there were "glaring omissions" in what was known about abuse in family environments, said Ms Berelowitz.
These include an "almost complete lack" of research directly looking into children and young people's experiences of what would help to prevent the abuse or to support those who have been abused.
The report highlights a particular lack of knowledge about the experiences of disabled children and those from minority ethnic groups.
It also finds that most services to support people who have experienced child sexual abuse within a family context are targeted at adult survivors rather than at children.
Moreover, little is known about the prevalence of long-term psychological and physical harm caused by sexual abuse in family environments and almost nothing about the economic cost this places on society.
Ms Berelowitz said: "Some studies suggest as many as one in 20 children and young people experience sexual abuse, the majority of it perpetrated by people within the family or family circle.
"We know that at any one time, around 43,000 children have child protection plans, only around 5% of whom are on a plan for sexual abuse. These figures do not add up."
Report author Dr Miranda Horvath said: "Child victim-survivors' voices and first-hand experiences were absent from the vast majority of the research we reviewed for this rapid evidence assessment.
"It is imperative that future research and the work of the inquiry brings these to the fore using ethical but innovative methods, with the well-being of the child at the centre.
"At the same time, we need to know more about programmes that are focused on preventing family-based child sexual abuse before it occurs, in order to take a preventative rather than reactive approach."
Announcing an inquiry into the problem, Maggie Atkinson, the Children's Commissioner for England, said: "Society is rightly horrified by child sexual abuse.
"Most of our children are raised in secure, loving homes but I am sure very many of us will be disturbed by how much abuse within the family environment goes unreported and how little is done to support the children who suffer.
"As adults we are morally and socially obliged to protect children from harm. As children's commissioner, I also have a legal responsibility to promote their right to protection."
Ms Atkinson's office has vowed that "the experiences and voices of children and young people will be at the heart of this inquiry, and driving all that we do".
Javed Khan, chief executive of children's charity Barnardo's, welcomed the inquiry, saying: "There are few crimes more abhorrent than the sexual abuse of children but when those perpetrating this vile act are relatives, people who are supposed to love and protect, it can be all the more harrowing."


British former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno wants to return to the ring at the age of 54.

Bruno, who has not fought since being knocked out by Mike Tyson in 1996, has been suffering with bipolar disorder in recent years.
However, he told ITV's This Morning: "I've been in the gym all the time, that's why I want to come back into boxing."
Asked if it was a good idea, Bruno replied: "I haven't got a choice."
Bruno, who made his professional debut in 1982, says he returned to the gym to burn off energy and does not like to be "mugged off" when challenged by younger boxers.
"I can't sit down and let these so-called promoters say Anthony Joshua can knock me out in two rounds when I'm not even dead," Bruno added.
However, Bruno later said that his agent had been told by the British Boxing Board of Control that it would not accept his application for a licence.


Thirty-two years of policing in Northern Ireland exposed me to all sorts of sensitive and challenging situations, including the most serious and violent of crimes.

But there are few areas of crime, in my experience, where the police approach has changed so radically than in domestic abuse.
For me, it was always an area of crime that struck at the very heart of community safety - if you can't feel safe in your own home, where and when can you ever feel safe?
It was an area of huge complexity, where the response needed to be joined up and effective and it was a crime that affected so many people, not just the obvious victim, but the hidden victims too - children.
It was also an area that did not discriminate; anyone could be a victim and anyone could be a perpetrator.
So I jumped at the opportunity to make a television programme on a subject so close to my heart.
The focus of the documentary is on women as victims and survivors, but that is not to say that violence against men does not happen.
In a 40-minute documentary, it was impossible to cover every aspect of this complex and deeply personal crime.
Three remarkable women told me their stories in detail, and without their courage to appear on camera, the documentary would not have been possible.
I spoke to a perpetrator of domestic abuse who also chose to tell his story, without disclosing his identity.
He was undergoing a programme which sought to help him address his violent behaviour before the matter reached court.  And I spoke to representatives from some of the agencies working directly with victims and perpetrators.
It is clear to me that while there has been huge progress, the journey of responding to domestic abuse is far from over.  Official police figures show that more and more victims are coming forward.
There is now a domestic incident reported to the PSNI every 19 minutes.
Society and, importantly, professionals have learnt more about this phenomenon, and policy and laws have changed.
More and more victims are pointing to emotional abuse in the form of totally unreasonable and controlling behaviour by perpetrators, with some saying that the long term psychological effects of such abuse are as grave as physical assault.
However, unlike in England and Wales, the law in Northern Ireland has not yet specifically recognised coercive and controlling behaviour. The programme highlights other discrepancies in protections for victims here compared to other parts of the UK.
Much has been said about domestic abuse, but in my view there could never be enough said about a crime which has been hidden for generations, and the full extent of which we may never truly know.
I wanted to highlight that there are many avenues of help and support for those suffering domestic abuse, that our laws need to catch up with developments elsewhere, and finally that children need to know what healthy and appropriate relationships look like.
If this programme achieves nothing other than delivering these three messages, it will have been a success.
Gillespie investigates... Domestic Terror is on the BBC Iplayer


Three Britons injured in Friday's terror attacks on Paris are out of hospital and have returned to the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

A further 15 were being supported for trauma by the Foreign Office and Red Cross, Mr Cameron told MPs.
Near simultaneous attacks, linked to Islamic State (IS) militants, were carried out on bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France.
The 129 people killed included Briton Nick Alexander, from Essex.
The French government has said all the dead have now been identified. A further 400 people were wounded in the attacks, with 221 still in hospital -  57 of them in intensive care.
Mr Cameron said the government would make sure it provided the necessary support to all those left injured or traumatised by the events.
In the aftermath of the attacks, British minsters are increasingly confident they can get MPs' approval to launch airstrikes against IS in Syria, the BBC has been told.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has begun talking to Labour MPs to try to get the vote through the Commons. Downing Street insists there is no timetable for a vote yet but it is thought it could happen before Christmas.
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Stories from Britons caught up in the attacks are still emerging.
One couple from Leeds have described how they escaped through a skylight when the Bataclan concert hall was attacked.
Tony Scott and Justine Merton climbed onto the roof when heavily-armed gunmen stormed the building, during an Eagles of Death Metal concert.
The engaged pair, who first met at a rock concert, usually watched gigs at floor level but they had arrived late so headed up to the balcony for a good view.
Mr Scott told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the "insignificant" decision to go upstairs ended up being "the difference between life and death".
From there, they were able to escape into the stairwell, climb up a grate and out onto the roof. They were then ushered to an apartment where they hid with others, before armed police eventually found them.
Another couple, also at the concert, described how they went back inside to rescue a friend hurt in the crush to escape.
Maria and Patrick Moore, from Southampton, were unharmed but they walked to hospital with their friend, who had a broken collarbone.
"I don't feel different but there's guilt that we got out and other people didn't," Mrs Moore, now back home, told the Southern Daily Echo.
The three gunmen at the concert hall killed 89 people, among them Mr Alexander, 36, who was selling merchandise at the gig.
His friend, David Gray, said Nick "didn't stand a chance of getting out" because his stall was by the front door and the emergency exits were at the sides of the stage.
Band members of Eagles of Death Metal tweeted: "Our thoughts and hearts are first and foremost with our brother Nick Alexander."
They said the band, now back home in the US, were "horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened".
Friends of Mr Alexander have paid tribute to a clever and charming man.
Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain has taken out an advert in the Daily Telegraph, saying the "barbaric acts" have no sanction in the religion of Islam and British Muslims were united in condemning them.


Brazil winger Douglas Costa has joined Juventus from Bayern Munich on loan.

The 26-year-old Brazil international will initially join the Italian champions on a season-long loan costing 6m euros (£5.3m).
Juventus will then have the option to buy Costa for 40m euros (£35.4m) at the end of his loan spell.
Costa joined Bayern from Shakhtar Donetsk in July 2015, scoring 14 goals in 77 appearances and winning two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup.
On Tuesday, Bayern signed Real Madrid forward James Rodriguez on a two-year loan deal.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


The US military and state department are recommending sending at least 3,000 more US troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, US media report.

Military leaders would also regain the authority to target Taliban leaders with air strikes under the proposals.
President Donald Trump has not approved the plan, unnamed officials say. It may include a request that other Nato countries send 3,000-5,000 soldiers.
There are 13,000 Nato troops currently in the country, 8,400 of them US.
US combat operations against the Taliban officially ended in 2014, but special forces have continued to provide support to Afghan troops.
In February, the commander of US troops in Afghanistan Gen John Nicholson told a Senate committee there was "a shortfall of a few thousand".
He said he needed more troops to break a "stalemate".
Last month, the Taliban announced the start of their "spring offensive" a week after killing at least 135 Afghan soldiers in a military compound near the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif.
The group said it would use military alongside political tactics and that its main target would be foreign forces.
On Saturday Taliban militants seized a district just a few kilometres to the west of Kunduz in their continuing attempts to take the northern city. Thousands of families have been forced to leave their homes.
Latest reports suggest the Taliban now also control the main road to the east of the city which links the province to the north-east and is also the main supply route for the capital, Kabul.
If you want to know why the Trump team is considering deploying more troops in Afghanistan, look no further than the city of Kunduz.
Another Taliban assault on the strategic stronghold is under way, the first major operation of the "spring offensive" the insurgent movement announced two weeks ago.
The BBC has learned that three top commanders have been drafted in to take charge of this latest siege on a city the Taliban have successfully occupied twice in the last two years.
It is further evidence of the steady advance of the movement since the official end of the Nato combat mission two and a half years ago.
In March Taliban fighters retook the key district of Sangin in the southern province of Helmand, consolidating their already tight grip on a region hundreds of British and US troops died trying to protect.
The Taliban is now reckoned to control up to a third of the entire country. Indeed, the big question is whether a few thousand additional foreign troops will be enough to turn the tide.
US officials said the new plan would significantly expand the combat role for US troops, and authorise the Pentagon, not the White House, to set troop numbers.
President Trump is expected to make a decision before he attends a Nato summit in Brussels on 25 May.
The previous US President, Barack Obama, set deadlines for cutting the numbers of US soldiers in the country and removed the Pentagon's authority to directly target Taliban leadership.
However, he was forced to abandon the troop reduction target.


New Aston Villa signing Adama Traore has indicated he wants to commit his international future to Mali.

Villa signed the 19-year-old from Barcelona on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be around £7m (US$11m).
He has represented Spain at under-16s, under-17s and under-19s levels.
The Mali Football Federation confirmed to BBC Sport it has met with Troare who said he wanted to swap national allegiances to his parents' homeland once his club future was secured.
His brother Mohamed, who plays for Spanish club Cordoba in their B team, has already played for Mali Under-23s this year.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, has told BBC Sport as yet it has received no official request for a change of allegiance.


Tensions between Guatemala and Belize over a border dispute have risen sharply after a shooting incident in which a Guatemalan teenager died.

Guatemala says the 13-year-old boy was attacked by Belizean soldiers. Belize says its troops shot in self-defence after coming under fire.
Belize also accuses Guatemala of "amassing" troops along the border.
Guatemala's claim to parts of territory governed by its neighbour dates back to when Belize was a British colony.
Belize's government said the Guatemalan teenager was shot dead on Wednesday in the Cebada area of the Chiquibul National Park, on the western border with its larger neighbour.
Guatemala said the incident happened in a community which is on the border between the Guatemalan department of Peten and Belize.
Guatemalan President Jimmy Moralles later described the incident as a "cowardly and excessive attack", and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Defence Minister William Mansilla said Guatemala had deployed 3,000 troops on the border, according to the AFP news agency.
"It is a preventive measure, it is not a declaration of war," he was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, Belize's government said Mr Moralles' comments were "inflammatory".
Belize said its patrol came under fire and was forced to shoot back in self-defence.
It added that the body of the teenager was found just inside Belizean territory.
The territorial dispute between the two Central American nations dates back more than 150 years.
Belize became independent in 1981, however Guatemala did not recognise it for another decade because of the land dispute.
Earlier this week, Luis Almagro, the head of the Organization of American States, visited both countries in an effort to resolve the situation.


A man who had to be rescued from a river in Aberdeen by the emergency services after crashing his mobility scooter has been charged.

The incident happened on the River Dee near Gray's School of Art at about 18:20 on Monday.
Police Scotland said a 64-year-old man had been charged with culpable and reckless conduct.
He was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary but his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.


Student housing at the University of Sussex could more than treble as part of a £500m revamp of its Falmer campus.

The university announced plans to increase the number of student beds from about 600 to more than 2,000 as part of a new campus village.
It said it wanted to house more students in university accommodation rather than private residential properties in Brighton and Hove.
Detailed plans are yet to be submitted to the city council.
Outline planning permission was granted last year.
The new student accommodation will replace outdated 1970s buildings with a mix of town houses and flats.
If approved, work will begin on the site in January with the first phase of accommodation ready in autumn 2018.
About 2,400 new permanent jobs could be created as a result of the campus redevelopment, the university added.


Four people have escaped from a burning house after an arson attack in Londonderry.

The police said furniture appeared to be deliberately placed against the front door and set alight.
The emergency services were alerted to the fire at Drumard Park at about 03:00 BST on Tuesday. The people in the house escaped through the backdoor.
The family said they are distressed and do not know why they have been targeted.
Annie Stokes said her 63-year-old mother was asleep in bed when the alarm was raised.
"My brother smelled the smoke and he came down the stairs running. Everybody just took running out the back door," she said.
"He managed to get them all out."
Ms Stokes said her family were lucky to be alive.
"It's shocking. My mother is here nearly 40 years, her family were reared here. For this here to happen, it would make anybody cry.
"There could have been lives taken in that house last night. There could have been a death in that house.
"She's in there crying her eyes out, she's in shock from what happened. Thank God nothing happened to them.
"Whoever done it should show their face and apologise for what they done," Ms Stokes added.
Police have yet to establish a motive for the blaze and have appealed for information.
The premises was badly damaged in the attack.


A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody after a so-called one-punch attack on a Londonderry footballer.

Matthew McDermott is accused of assaulting Niall Grace, who plays for Institute Football Club, at 00:45 BST on Sunday.
Mr Grace remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr McDermott, from Cornshell Fields in the city, is accused of grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of the Class A drug ecstasy.
A police officer said he could connect the defendant to the charges.
A defence barrister said a fight between the victim and the defendant outside a city centre bar had been caught on CCTV.
She said it showed both men throwing a punch before the victim fell and hit his head on the pavement.
Londonderry Magistrates Court was told Mr Grace was taken to Altlagelvin hospital before being transferred to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital, where he was placed in an induced coma.
Remanding Mr McDermott in custody, the judge said said there were potential safety concerns, given the public reaction to the case.
Institute FC has expressed support for Mr Grace in a tweet, saying the club's "thoughts and prayers" were with him.
In another message of support on Twitter, Harland and Wolff Welders football club said: "Our thoughts are with Niall Grace and the wider @Institute_FC family and hope Niall makes a full and speedy recovery from his injuries."


An advert featuring a "menacing" clown with glowing red eyes was likely to distress children and was "irresponsibly targeted", a watchdog has ruled.

PrimEvil's poster for its Halloween attraction near Norwich was displayed around the city, including near schools, in September and October.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints about it.
Goymour Properties, which ran PrimEvil, has apologised.
More on this story and other updates from Norfolk
The 6ft-high adverts featured the head and shoulders of a white-faced clown under the heading "PrimEvil. Screaming won't help!"
Some of the 23 complainants reported their children became "very distressed on seeing the image", the ASA said.
The watchdog's findings noted the clown's "menacing  expression", red glowing eyes, blood-soaked face and the fact it was "leaning towards the camera".
"The overall presentation of the image was likely to distress young children, particularly but not only in combination with the text - which was presented as though it was written in blood," it said.
It concluded the advert was likely to cause fear or distress without justifiable reason and had been irresponsibly targeted.
The ASA ruled the advert must not appear again, and said Goymour Properties must ensure its marketing does not cause fear or distress without justifiable reason.
It acknowledged one poster, outside a shop in Rackheath, had been removed and 12 others replaced after complaints were received.
Mother-of-three Johannah Martin, of Rackheath, had faced a backlash on Facebook when she complained about the advert and urged others to do the same.
"I got so many negative comments from lots of parents saying I was really over-the-top and my daughter was a sissy for being scared," she said.
"I'm really glad an external body that sees that kind of imagery all the time has agreed with me."
Martin Goymour said his firm would submit adverts to the ASA before distributing them.
The firm had previously said the poster did not contravene advertising standards.
The attraction, for over-12s, featured themed zones, such as a haunted hotel, at the Lenwade Dinosaur Park.


A "starter kit" designed to spur on the invention of internet-connected gadgets has been announced as part of a tie-up between two leading tech firms.

Chip designer ARM and cloud services giant IBM say it can take just five minutes to unbox the equipment and start sending readings to online apps.
They suggest this will make it easier to test smart home, smart city and other "internet of things" prototypes.
One expert said small start-ups would be among those that could benefit.
The IoT Starter Kit consists of two parts:
These two components fit together and can be attached to the net via an ethernet cable and to other computer equipment via a USB link.
This provides a way to take readings about the kit's surrounding environment and the state of physical objects it is attached to.
Instructions contained in the box guide the owner to visit an IBM website.
If the owner enters the device's credentials on this site they can see the data it is recording in real-time.
In addition they can access a variety of tools created by IBM and other firms to analyse the information and/or funnel it through online programs that in turn control other internet-connected equipment.
One example the firms gave for how this might be used in real-life involved using the kit to send information about local conditions to a remote data centre, which in turn would send back commands to a smart lighting system made up of internet-connected bulbs.
Another more grisly suggestion was to connect a set of smart mousetraps to the internet, allowing a building janitor to know which ones had been triggered and avoid having to check each one in person.
"Frankly the use cases are bounded only by human imagination," said IBM's vice president of development Rob Lamb.
Zach Shelby, ARM's vice president of marketing, added: "[It's for] anybody who is into making products, whether they are makers who have a Kickstarter idea...all the way up to the device engineers for the big companies."
The boxed kit will be manufactured by another company, Freescale. The price has yet to be set, but ARM said it should be somewhere between $50 (Â£32) and $200.
The components in the starter kit are not new, but by bundling them together ARM and IBM hope to tempt developers to their ecosystems rather than those of rivals.
Nearly five billion internet-connected "things" - including fridges, sprinkler systems and cars - will be in use by the end of the year, and that figure is set to rise four-fold by 2020, according to the tech consultancy Gartner.
ARM makes money by both licensing its chip designs to computer manufacturers and charging firms using its forthcoming "internet of things" mbed operating system to securely transmit readings back to data centres.
IBM provides a range of compatible cloud services, including the Bluemix platform, which allows online apps to be built and run, and Watson, an artificial intelligence-enhanced analytics system.
Its goal is to entice developers who buy the kit with free trials of these products and then convince them to pay for their regular use and associated storage.
"This is a very sensible partnership for the firms to have because they can offer a complete start-up kit," said Ruari McCallion, a writer for trade magazine The Manufacturer.
"But the lower the price comes the better."
ARM said the kit would be on sale within "months not quarters" but could not be more exact.


US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning tried to kill herself in prison last week, her lawyers have confirmed.

Ms Manning, who is transgender, is serving a 35-year sentence at an all-male military facility.
Her lawyers accused the US military of violating her privacy by revealing that she had been admitted to hospital.
The army had not disclosed the reason for the hospital admission but it was linked to a suicide attempt in media reports.
Ms Manning's legal team said in a statement: "Last week, Chelsea made a decision to end her life.
"She would have preferred to keep her private medical information private, and instead focus on her recovery.
"She knows that people have questions about how she is doing and she wants everyone to know that she remains under close observation by the prison and expects to remain on this status for the next several weeks."
A tweet was sent from Ms Manning's account on Monday, reading: "I am okay. I'm glad to be alive.
"Thank you for all your love. I will get through this."
Tweets on the account are sometimes sent by Ms Manning's representatives but are usually dictated over the telephone by the prisoner herself.
Ms Manning was convicted in 2013 of leaking more than 700,000 secret files to Wikileaks.
She had been working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.
She was convicted under her previous name, Bradley, and shortly thereafter announced she would start living as a woman.
Last year she was approved for hormone therapy after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria - the sense of one's gender being at odds with the sex assigned at birth.
She will remain a soldier in the US Army for the duration of her sentence.


Three Neolithic houses built at Old Sarum to test out prehistoric building techniques have been demolished.

The prototype huts, made of chalk and straw daub and wheat-thatched roofing, were based on a settlement found at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge.
Project leader Luke Winter said: "It took nine weeks to put them up and about three days to take them down - so it's been quite quick."
The huts are due to be re-built at Stonehenge visitor centre next January.
The temporary Neolithic huts were completed and open to the public during the two May bank holidays.
But last week the volunteers who built them began to dismantle the reconstructed buildings.
Despite the dwellings being "experimental and temporary", Mr Winter said he had not expected the demolition to be emotional.
"We're scientists so I didn't think it would be," he said.
"But it is the first time I've built something and taken it down almost immediately."
Based on the foundations of buildings, discovered as part of a large settlement under earthworks 3km (2 miles) from the stone circle, one hut has been left partially intact.
"We've removed the roof that's it and we've left the walls intact and the floor to see how they erode over time," said Mr Winter.
"It's an ongoing experiment to try and find out if Durrington Walls fell down or was taken down."
Having learnt from building the prototypes, the recreated Neolithic huts are due to be re-built at the new visitor centre at Stonehenge next year.
The buildings will form part of an "interactive and experiential" external exhibition at the 3,500-year-old World Heritage site.


Blackburn reached the fifth round of the FA Cup with a comfortable victory over 10-man Blackpool at Ewood Park.

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A Sam Gallagher header and a long-range Elliott Bennett strike had Rovers in control by the interval before the second-half dismissal of Kelvin Mellor ended Blackpool's hopes of a fightback.
League Two Blackpool, managed by former Rovers boss Gary Bowyer, saw Tom Aldred's header ruled out for offside.
Will Aimson also hit the bar as the visitors exited with a valiant display.
There were protests outside at Ewood Park before kick-off, with fans of both sides uniting to voice dissatisfaction with their respective owners.
Tennis balls - a method of protest often deployed by Blackpool fans - were thrown on to the pitch from outside the stadium, but there was no disruption to play.
Rovers, currently second-bottom of the Championship, went ahead when Jason Lowe's cross into the area was met by the head of Gallagher for his 10th goal of the season.
The lead was doubled in superb style by Bennett, who collected the ball from Lowe and played a one-two with Craig Conway before lashing in an unstoppable effort from outside the area.
Rovers have now prevailed in all three FA Cup meetings with Blackpool. Their previous meetings - also in the fourth round - came in 1925 and 1960.
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Blackpool 0.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Blackpool 0.
Foul by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers).
Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Will Aimson (Blackpool).
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Sam Slocombe.
Attempt saved. Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Jamille Matt (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Andy Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Darragh Lenihan.
Attempt missed. Jamille Matt (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Darragh Lenihan.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Ryan Nyambe.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor Mahoney replaces Danny Graham.
Will Aimson (Blackpool) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the box.
Attempt saved. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
Attempt blocked. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Danny Guthrie replaces Hope Akpan because of an injury.
Delay in match Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) because of an injury.
Second yellow card to Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) for a bad foul.
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool).
Substitution, Blackpool. Mark Yeates replaces Jack Payne.
Attempt saved. Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Jim McAlister (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.


A 91-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Bristol.

Avon Fire and Rescue Service was called to a two-storey property in Sylvan Way, Sea Mills, at 19:55 BST on Tuesday.
Firefighters managed to rescue the woman from the fire but paramedics were unable to save her and she died at the scene.
The fire caused extensive damage to the ground floor. An investigation has found the cause was accidental.


The corpses of up to 20 people have been found in two roadside graves on the outskirts of Tripoli.

Forensic experts are investigating the deaths, thought to have occurred last month.
The graves are located just off the 11th June highway, in the Souk al-Jumua area to the east of the capital.
Separately, the charred remains of two bodies were uncovered on airport road in Tripoli.
The corpses were found near the oil tanks of a site known as the Hadba Project, a witness has told the BBC. Local residents in the area said the men were killed on the 22 August.
Libyan rebels captured Tripoli about three weeks ago. Areas of pro-Gaddafi resistance to the rebels remain, notably in Sirte and Bani Walid.
Anti-Gaddafi forces have resumed their attack on Bani Walid, supported by Nato air strikes. Rebel officials says their forces are now within reach of the centre of the town.
The whereabouts of Col Gaddafi and several of his sons remain unknown, though some of his family have fled to Algeria.
Several convoys of former Gaddafi loyalists are also said to have recently streamed over Libya's southern border with Niger.
Local people said there were around 15 bodies buried at one grave site.
By Peter BilesBBC News, Tripoli
A mechanical digger was brought in to clear the area initially, then workers with picks and shovels set to work. Many wore surgical masks and gowns.
We saw mobile phone video from a local man who said it showed people in the neighbourhood burying the bodies because of the smell. The smell today was extreme as the bodies were exhumed.
The four bodies at the site down the road had been exhumed and placed in plastic body bags. Locals said one site contained approximately 15 bodies - one Libyan, and others African mercenaries.
It is not clear who killed them or how they died.
They were said to be mostly the remains of African mercenaries who had been fighting for Col Gaddafi.
A few hundred metres away, at a separate site, another four bodies had already been dug up.
Daily, the search goes on for thousands of Libyans still unaccounted for as a result of the conflict, says the BBC's Peter Biles in Tripoli.
But speaking in Tripoli this weekend the head of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, said this was not the time for retribution.
On Saturday, Mr Jalil was greeted by hundreds of cheering, flag-waving supporters when he arrived in the capital for the first time since rebels took over the city.
Until now he had remained in the eastern city of Benghazi. His presence in the capital is aimed at sending a message about his authority.
Correspondents say he now faces big challenges as he tries to stabilise the country and form an effective national administration.


Drowning has been confirmed as the cause of death of a boy who was rushed to hospital from a holiday park swimming pool.

The four-year-old died on Tuesday, a day after emergency services were called to Old Park Wood holiday park in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.
His name has not been released, but he was from South Gloucestershire.
Cumbria Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and the file had been passed to the coroner.
The force said in a statement: "Police can confirm that the four-year-old boy who died following an incident on Monday at Old Park Wood Caravan Park died as result of drowning."


Searches are continuing for the bodies of two men who died in an explosion at a Cardiff steelworks on Wednesday.

Peter O'Brien, a 51-year-old married father of six, from Llanishen, Cardiff, and Mark Sim, 41, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, were killed in the blast in the basement of the rod and bar mill at Celsa Steel in Splott.
Five men were also injured.
The company is working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and police to determine the cause of the blast.
Search dogs were seen being taken to the site on Thursday while specialist search teams have also been involved.
The alarm was raised at about 10:30 GMT on Wednesday and dozens of emergency services vehicles were sent to the scene.
Firefighters tackled an "extremely difficult" fire in the basement of the building, where five people were injured.
One was treated at the scene and four were taken to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Three of them have since been discharged.


The Chinese manufacturer of a drone that crashed into the White House lawn earlier this week is taking action to prevent repeat incidents.

DJI said it would publish a firmware update in the "coming days" that would prevent its kit flying inside Washington DC's restricted airspace.
It added that a later update would stop aircraft crossing national borders.
Last week, one of its quadcopters was found on the ground of a car park close to the Mexico-US divide.
Bags containing methamphetamine had been taped to its body, leading to the suspicion that traffickers had tried to use it to smuggle the illegal drug into the States.
Owners of the Phantom 2 family of drones will need to download the firmware and install it for the restrictions to take effect, and it is possible that programmers will be able to de-activate the limitations in new models, which will come with the code pre-installed.
But the Shenzhen-based firm said it would tell customers that the update was "mandatory", making it impossible for them to add other future features if the firmware was not already in place.
"With the unmanned aerial systems community growing on a daily basis, we feel it is important to provide pilots with additional tools to help them fly safely and responsibly," said Michael Perry, a DJI spokesman.
"We will continue co-operating with regulators and lawmakers to ensure the skies stay safe and open for innovation."
He added that the firm had already intended to expand the kit's no fly zone system - which works by checking a drone's GPS location data to ensure it is not taking off from or flying into a restricted area, such as an airport runway.
But he told the BBC that the safety features were being "pushed out a bit earlier" than originally planned following the recent incidents.
On Monday, the US Secret Service launched an investigation after one of DJI's Phantom drones was found on the grounds of the White House in the early hours of the morning.
It later emerged that the device had been flown by another government worker - an unnamed member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - while drunk, operating the device through the window of a nearby apartment.
He was not arrested, but the incident prompted calls for new rules to safeguard the President and others.
"The eagle has crash-landed in Washington," declared Senator Charles Schumer. "There is no stronger sign that clear FAA guidelines for drones for needed."
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently working on controls to govern the commercial use of small drones, but there have been reports that it might not be ready to issue them until 2017 or later.
In the meantime, DJI's firmware should prevent at least some of its drones from being able to take flight within the 25km (15.5 mile)-radius zone of restricted airspace centred on the Washington Monument.


First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has expressed her concern for those caught up in the terrorist attack at Westminster.

She spoke of a "sense of solidarity" felt in Scotland for people in London.
Four people have died after a car was driven at pedestrians near the UK parliament before the occupant jumped out and stabbed a police officer.
The Scottish Parliament suspended a debate on an independence referendum following the attack.
Ms Sturgeon said: "My thoughts, as I'm sure the thoughts of everybody in Scotland tonight, are with people caught up in this dreadful event.
"My condolences in particular go to those who've lost loved ones.
"My thoughts are with those who've sustained injuries and we all feel a sense of solidarity with the people of London tonight."
She said Scotland would consider whether there were any wider lessons for public safety.
The first minister added: "I convened a meeting of the Scottish Government's Resilience Committee to review what is currently known about the incident at Westminster and also to review any implications for Scotland.
"(But) it is important to stress that there is no intelligence of any risk to Scotland."
The Scottish Parliament had been close to concluding its debate on a call for a referendum on Scottish independence when Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh announced that the sitting would be suspended.
He said the incident in London was affecting the contributions of MSPs, and that the debate would resume at another time.
A vote had been due to be held at 17:30, but politicians including Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson called for the session to be suspended.
Parliament officials initially ruled that the debate should continue as planned, before Mr Macintosh decided that it should be halted.
The presiding officer said: "The fact that our sister parliament has had a serious incident is affecting this particular debate, and is affecting the contribution of members. And so it is for that reason we are deciding to suspend the sitting.
"We will resume this debate and we will be able to do so in a full and frank manner, but I think to continue at the moment would not allow members to make their contributions in the manner they wish to."
A decision on when the debate will resume is expected to be made on Thursday morning.
Conservative MSP Fin Carson tweeted ahead of the presiding officer's ruling that he had left the parliament chamber, saying: "I can't understand how this debate can go on. At least a suspension would have shown some respect."
However, some politicians were unhappy about the decision to suspend the debate.
Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles was among those to argue it was a "mistake", telling BBC Scotland that had huge sympathy for those affected by the attack, but that: "We should not be giving in to terrorism, and I believe we've done that".
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham was also unhappy with the decision - but was later said to agree entirely after learning the full details of the London attack.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had been expected to win the backing of a majority of MSPs for her plan to ask the UK government for a section 30 order, which would be needed to hold a legally-binding referendum on independence.
The UK government has already said it will block the move, and will not enter into any negotiations until after the Brexit process has been completed.
An increased police presence could be seen in and around the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood on Wednesday afternoon.
An email to MSPs, staff and Holyrood pass-holders from the Scottish Parliament chief executive's office said: "While there is no intelligence to suggest there is a specific threat to Scotland, Edinburgh or Holyrood, we have increased security with immediate effect at the Scottish Parliament as a precaution."
Police vehicles were seen outside the parliament building, with a spokesman for Police Scotland saying the force was "liaising with colleagues in London and will ensure appropriate safety and security plans are in place based upon what we know".


A marathon runner who set up his own club after having open heart surgery and having to learn to walk again has won the 2015 BBC South West Unsung Sporting Hero award.

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Scott Allen set up Storm Running Club in Plymouth in April and numbers have already reached 300 members.
The club's aim is to get people more active and many of the members had never ran before joining Storm.
"It's absolutely unbelievable," Allen said when he was given the award.
Allen had a pig's valve inserted into his heart after suffering illness and had to learn to walk again after a blood clot in his leg meant he needed 100 staples in it after an operation.
"When you look at Scott's personal journey and the health issues he's had to overcome, it's been absolutely amazing," said Paul Elliott, who nominated Allen for the award.
"He's got his own personal journey that he's on at the moment, but when you see him out on the streets and he's with the runners you can just seen how proud the group makes him."
One of the people he inspired to take up running was Anita Outlaw, who wanted to run a marathon to raise money for a hospice after the death of the grandson.
From having never been running before, Scott and the group managed to get her into shape in just two months as she completed the Bath to Bristol marathon.
"Scott believed in me to help me get across that finish line," she said.
"He instils motivation, but he instils values into this team and it's not just about running, it's about the social aspect and supporting people and I've not seen anyone instil those values into a running club."
Allen will represent the South West at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards in Belfast later this month after being named ahead of four other South West nominees and will compete to be named the National Unsung Sporting Hero.
"I'm truly honoured to represent these people and the South West," he said.
"I want to thank all the other people that do great things, the other finalists were amazing, so I'm ever so proud and I feel so humble."


Drone footage has captured the aftermath of a suspected gas explosion at a house in Manchester that left five people injured.

16 January 2017 Last updated at 18:55 GMT
The blast was in an end terrace house in Cecil Road, Blackley and reduced much of the property to rubble.
A man with "major trauma" injuries was taken to Salford Royal Hospital and another person was taken to Wythenshawe hospital.
Three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.


"I believe if I had gone to the Commonwealth Games it would have been me coming home with that gold medal."

Ebbw Vale Boxer Ashley Brace is not shy in telling you about the unfinished business from Glasgow 2014.
After being told she was ineligible to compete at the Commonwealth Games just two weeks before her fight, she quit amateur boxing and turned professional.
At the time, she was banned over suggestions she had fought professionally as a kick boxer, which ruled her out of the amateur-only event.
Now unbeaten in her first five professional boxing bouts, with two knock-outs, next month she is set to become the first Welsh woman boxer to fight at a major event in Cardiff.
Ms Brace, 25, will fight an as yet unnamed opponent on the undercard of the Craig Kennedy versus Matt Askin fight on March 11 at the Motorpoint Arena.
It is a far cry from 2014, when she could only watch at home as Nicola Adams won gold for England.
Boxing's world governing body ruled her ineligible for the Glasgow games because of her kickboxing background.
But now Adams has turned professional too, there is speculation they could finally meet in the ring in future.
"We've got a little bit of something to sort out. I believe If I had gone to the Commonwealth Games it would have been me coming home with that gold medal," she said.
"I respect her and I think she's a fantastic boxer, but that's what I want - I want to be the best," Ms Brace added.
"There's no point wanting to be second in this game."
Former world champion Barry McGuigan said it could be a good match up some way down the line.
"Nicola Adams is 34, whereas Ashley's only 25," he said.
"[Ashley] is a fighter as opposed to a boxer, whereas Nicola was more of a boxer and you never know - they could fight.
"She's going to have to fight somebody for the British title, she's going to have to fight somebody for the European title and Ashley Brace could be the perfect opponent.
"We want to develop more young ladies in the boxing game and hopefully she can be one of the shining lights - certainly in this part of the country."
There have been other battles for Ms Brace too over the past few years, including sexism.
Before her first professional fight in 2015 she told BBC Wales she had been told by coaches "on a regular basis" that she should "stay at home doing the cooking and cleaning" and did not belong in a boxing gym.
She took little notice, and 18 months on, she said things were very different.
The support she now gets at fights, she said, is "crazy".
"When you go to fights, there's people tapping you on the back - people who are there to support the boys," she added.
Ms Brace admitted to being nervous about next month's fight in front of her biggest crowd yet but said she is there on merit.
"I did say the last time I was there 'I want to be on a big show like this'," she said.
"I didn't think it would come this soon but it's making me train harder."
So can we expect more women's fights at big professional events in future?
"We should be on the bills if our talent is good enough," Ms Brace said.
"I'm a good boxer, I deserve to be there but I'm willing to wait my time."


Britain's Elena Allen won team gold and individual silver in the women's skeet at the Shooting World Championships in Granada, Spain.

Allen, Amber Hill and Sarah Gray won GB's first women's skeet team gold with their combined qualifying scores.
Allen progressed to the individual gold medal match where she lost to Brandy Drozd of the USA by a single score.
The Newport-based shooter's silver guarantees another place for Team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
"I'm ever so pleased to get the silver - I did not want another bronze medal," Allen, who won bronze in Lima in 2013, told BBC Sport.
"And getting the quota place for the Olympics is fantastic."
Allen's qualifying total of 73 - dropping just two clays over three rounds - was good enough for direct entry to the semi-final.
Once there, she came through a shoot-off to guarantee a place in the gold/silver match, where she shot 13 of 16 clays - one fewer than her American opponent.
She added: "It's been tough, during training it gets extremely stressful as the competition nears but I'm so pleased with how I handled the pressure today."
Hill, 17, scored 72 in qualifying but fell at the semi-final shoot-off stage, while Gray's 68 was a new personal best.
Crucially, hers and Allan's final qualifying round perfect scores of 25 sealed the team gold after GB and Slovakia both ended on combined totals of 213.
"To come away with a team gold for Great Britain is absolutely incredible - it's the first time it's ever been done," said Hill.
Allen's individual success brings the number of Olympic spots secured by Team GB in Granada to two after Ed Ling's silver medal in the men's trap.
The GB medal total at the championships, which runs until 20 September, now stands at four with Steve Scott also winning a bronze in the double trap.


If one of the world's biggest car manufacturers decides not to attend one of the world's most prestigious motor shows, should the organisers be getting worried?

The Mondial de l'Automobile, also known as the Paris Motor Show, gets under way today. For 16 days, it will play host to the great and good of the global motor industry.
First held in 1898, it now takes place once every two years, alternating with the equally high-profile Frankfurt Motor Show.
Traditionally, it provides an opportunity for manufacturers to wheel out their gleaming new models, indulge their engineers' flights of fancy by producing outlandish and futuristic concept cars, and generally bask in the media spotlight.
But this year, the Detroit giant Ford will not be going. Nor will Mazda or Volvo. A whole host of luxury brands, including Rolls Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini and Aston Martin will also be giving it a miss.
So what's going on? Cost is likely to be a major factor.
The big motor shows are certainly spectacular - BMW even had an elevated test track running through its stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, for example - but they certainly don't come cheap.
Accurate figures are hard to come by, but the big brands can spend millions in an effort to upstage their rivals.
On top of that, although journalists flock to the show, there's a great deal of competition for headlines. So rather than simply hold press conferences, carmakers host elaborate "media evenings" at exotic venues around the city.
Ford clearly thinks it can spend its money better. Instead of attending the show, it will be hosting its own media event at its European headquarters in Cologne in late November.
It says it will be able to use the occasion to "show new vehicles and talk about our move from being an auto company to being an auto and mobility company".
Volvo has also moved away from car shows, preferring to focus on marketing its cars through online channels, as well as hosting its own events.
And let's not forget that as the distinction between car and technology companies becomes increasingly blurred, more and more vehicles are being launched at tech fairs, like the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Nevertheless, the Paris Motor Show should still provide plenty of hype this year - and much of it will surround the continuing development of electric cars.
Volkswagen, for example, says it will be presenting an electric car that has "the potential to make history with its completely new vehicle concept".
Details are pretty sketchy, but it is expected to look rather like a futuristic VW Golf.
More importantly, VW's brand CEO Herbert Diess recently told the German magazine WitschftsWoche it would have a range of 400-600km (250-370 miles) and would be capable of taking a full charge in 15 minutes.


A judge in Brazil has blocked access to messaging service WhatsApp for 72 hours, the latest suspension to hit the hugely popular application.

The judge, Marcel Montalvao, issued the order because WhatsApp owner Facebook failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation.
WhatsApp was temporarily shut down in December for similar reasons.
The service is widely used in Brazil, where mobile phone owners face some of the highest charges in the world.
The order was due to come into place from 1400 local time (17:00 GMT) and applies to Brazil's five main mobile operators.
A rival service, Telegram, reported a surge of applications after the block came into place.
WhatsApp said it was "disappointed" by the move, saying it had co-operated fully with the local court.
"This decision punishes more than 100 million Brazilians who rely on our service... in order to force us to turn over information we repeatedly said we don't have," a statement said.
In March the same judge ordered the arrest of a Facebook executive based in Brazil for failing to comply with an attempt to block WhatsApp.
He was released the next day.


Polar bears involved in a Scottish captive breeding project are sharing an enclosure and mating.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has placed male bear Arktos in with female Victoria at its Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore.
Polar bear cubs were last born in the UK almost 25 years ago.
Arktos is one of two male bears at the park at Kincraig in the Cairngorms National Park. The pair could remain together for about two weeks.
Arktos will eventually return to an enclosure he shares with the other male, Walker.
RZSS said captive breeding was an important part of a wider effort to conserve polar bears, which are classified as "vulnerable" on the International Union Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.
However, animal welfare organisations OneKind Scotland and Born Free Foundation have said tackling climate change to better protect wild bears should be the focus of conservation efforts rather than captive breeding.
RZSS, which also manages Edinburgh Zoo where efforts have been made to breed giant pandas, said Arktos and Victoria have mated several times so far.
The society said the pair would live together for the next week or two "mimicking what would occur naturally in the wild".
Vickie Larkin, head carnivore keeper at the park, said the pair had appeared to have bonded well since being introduced.
She said: "Both polar bears have really warmed to each other and all the signs are really positive.
"From the first moment they met, Arktos has been really gentle with Victoria and their bond has been immediate.
"Polar bear breeding is inherently complex as the species are induced ovulators, meaning that the female only releases an egg after initial mating occurs. They also practice delayed implantation, where the egg doesn't implant into the uterine wall until some months later."
Ms Larkin added: "If successful, Victoria will not fall pregnant until August to September time.
"Other key stages are her entering the birthing den in October to November and potentially giving birth in December to January. Any cubs would then not come out of the birthing den until March to April 2017."
Arktos arrived at the park in April 2012 from a zoo in Hannover, Germany.
When being given health checks, park staff talk to Arktos in German, the language he heard when he was in the zoo in Hannover.
Victoria, who was brought to Scotland from Aalborg Zoo in Denmark last year and is kept in an enclosure about a mile away from the males, previously raised cubs in 2008.


US health insurer Banner Health has written to 3.7 million customers and healthcare providers to warn that their data may have been stolen, after a cyber-attack.

The breach could have targeted data on patients, physicians and health plans.
An investigation revealed that attackers may have also accessed payment-card data at Banner Health food and drink outlets.
The firm says it has hired a forensics team to help it secure its systems.
According to Banner Health, patient and health plan information potentially stolen in the breach could contain:
Personally identifiable information, including addresses and social security numbers, belonging to physicians and healthcare providers may also have been leaked.
The payment data that may have been stolen includes cardholder names, card numbers and card expiration dates.
Customers at certain locations who made food and drink payments in the two weeks between 23 June and 7 July might be affected.
"Banner Health immediately launched an investigation, hired a leading forensics firm, took steps to block the cyber-attackers and contacted law enforcement," the company said in a statement.
It is offering a free one-year membership in monitoring services to customers and healthcare providers affected by the breach.
"There are mandatory data breach notification laws in the US, that is why they are writing to all these people," said Nicola Fulford at law firm Kemp Little.
Ms Fulford said there was a trend of US health records being targeted by hackers.
"Health data is right up there in terms of sensitive data," she told the BBC.
"It is perfect for ID theft. You have everything you need to make fraudulent health insurance claims, for example."
Health insurance data has been stolen and sold on the dark web in the past.
In the UK, the NHS in England is expected to spend Â£1bn on cybersecurity and data consent - a quarter of the budget for a new paperless service.
"In the black market for personal information, the records with the most data are the most expensive," said Jonathan Sander at cybersecurity company Lieberman Software.
"Healthcare information usually offers the bad guys the highest concentration of personal information per record, and therefore is the stolen goods they can sell for the most money."


Plans that will see a disused football stadium replaced with a four storey hotel, cinema, restaurants and a food store have gone out to consultation.

The proposals for Nene Park in Irthlingborough, the former home of Rushden and Diamonds, also include a community football facility.
Planning documents submitted to East Northants Council say 300 jobs could be created if the scheme is approved.
A date is yet to be set for the council to discuss the application.
The proposals have been submitted by Rose Property Consultants on behalf of site owners Conalgen Enterprises SA.
They say the development will "breathe life back into a vacant site that was once a thriving football club serving the local community".
The plans would see the stadium demolished and replaced by seven retail units, consisting of six restaurants and a large food store, an 80-bed hotel, eight screen cinema and 650 car parking spaces.
The community football facility would include the existing, vacant training pitch and former Sports and Exhibition Centre. It would feature 500 fixed seats and changing facilities.
Rushden and Diamonds was founded by Max Griggs in 1992 by the amalgamation of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds.
After building a 6,500-seat stadium in Irthlingborough, the club was half way up the third tier of football when Mr Griggs pulled out in 2005 for financial reasons.
The club was sold to a supporters' trust but it eventually folded in 2011.
Shortly afterwards, Kettering Town played at the ground for 18 months but could not afford its long term upkeep.


Sean McConville scored a stoppage-time winner to earn Accrington a dramatic win over Doncaster.

League Two new boys Rovers should have had a dream start in the first minute when Stanley goalkeeper Aaron Chapman bundled over Matty Blair in the area.
But the keeper redeemed himself, diving low to his right to save Andy Williams' penalty and then scrambling away the follow-up.
Stanley, who finished fourth in the last campaign, edged ahead on eight minutes when Scott Brown played through Rommy Boco, who was one-on-one with keeper Ross Etheridge, and he slotted home the opener.
Rovers had not been behind for long when Tommy Rowe weaved his way into the area before firing home from 10 yards on 12 minutes.
Doncaster should have been comfortably ahead, with Andy Butler squandering two great chances.
Stanley made them pay on 29 minutes when defender Matty Pearson got the ball 30 yards out and unleashed a fierce shot into the bottom.
Doncaster dominated possession after the break but it was Stanley's McConville who came close, heading against the post.
With eight minutes left, sub Liam Mandeville's cross was slotted home by Williams as Doncaster thought they had rescued a point.
But there was more drama as former Manchester United and Burnley midfielder Chris Eagles sent McConville in for the winner, which he curled into the far corner of the net in the first minute of added time.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 3, Doncaster Rovers 2.
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 3, Doncaster Rovers 2.
Attempt missed. Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley).
Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Eagles (Accrington Stanley).
Foul by Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers).
Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.
Goal!  Accrington Stanley 3, Doncaster Rovers 2. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Seamus Conneely.
Corner,  Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Sean McConville.
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matty Blair (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley).
Attempt saved. Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers).
Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.
Foul by Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!  Accrington Stanley 2, Doncaster Rovers 2. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Mandeville with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Callum Jones replaces Janoi Donacien because of an injury.
Delay in match Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Chris Eagles (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) hits the left post with a header from the left side of the six yard box.
Foul by Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers).
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Liam Mandeville replaces Jordan Houghton.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Chris Eagles replaces Jordan Clark.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shay McCartan replaces Romuald Boco.
Delay in match Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Harry Middleton replaces James Coppinger.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Cedric Evina replaces Riccardo Calder.


The biggest running event in Scotland has seen up to 25,000 competitors and fun runners hit the streets of Glasgow.

The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run passed some of the city's best known landmarks, including the Clyde Arc and the Finnieston Crane.
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro won the men's half-marathon in one hour two minutes 18 seconds.
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat successfully defended her women's title in 1:08:21.
The event, which started at George Square, also featured a wheelchair race and 10k events.
Meanwhile, more than 3,000 children and adults took part in the Great Scottish Run's Super Saturday opening events yesterday.
The two Family Mile races were started by Commonwealth Games 10,000m gold medallist Moses Kipsiro, Kenya's Japheth Korir and Team Australia's Collis Birmingham.
Andy Mitchelmore, of event organisers Great Run Company, said: "It was great to see George Square packed with excited kids taking part and enjoying sport, not to mention all the parents, grandparents, friends and families lining the routes to support them.
"Seeing elite athletes like Moses Kipsiro and Edna Kiplagat will hopefully inspire the kids to continue running, and maybe one day take part in our 10k and half marathon events in the years to come - we might even have a baby Bolt or a junior Jess Ennis in our midst!"


The Church of England and the National Trust have written to the government saying recent policy changes put community solar power schemes at risk.

They fear the changes "signal a retreat" in government plans to move towards localised renewable energy.
This week, the High Court ruled that a plan to halve subsidies for solar panels was "legally flawed", and MPs' committees said it was "panicky".
The church and the charity want a UK target for community energy.
Both organisations have tried to take a leadership role in developing community energy schemes.
They believe this type of project is being unfairly penalised by proposed changes to the feed-in tariff (FiT), the scheme that pays householders and communities a subsidy for producing solar electricity.
Their letter, to Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, is also signed by think-tank Forum for the Future and charitable consultants Carbon Leapfrog.
"I don't think anyone could argue with the fact that the way FiTs were set up created a bit of a market bubble, and economies had to be made," said Patrick Begg, the National Trust's director of rural enterprises.
"But the way the government has chosen to change the models has really shaken confidence - and it's very difficult to be certain that when commitments are made about support for renewables, they're going to stick," he told BBC News.
The letter contrasts the "sudden lurches" in policy and support that the UK has seen with the long-term stability that underpins the success of community-scale solar electricity in Germany.
"Twenty years of solid support has led to 18% of [Germany's] national energy supply now coming from renewable sources, with 45% of schemes owned by co-operatives and farmers," it reads.
"In the UK, this is just 1.5%."
The organisations are urging the government to establish and maintain higher FiTs for community schemes.
The National Trust has about 150 renewable energy projects across the properties it owns, and has set a target of supplying half of its energy needs through renewables by 2020.
It is particularly concerned that in villages it owns, where communities have come together on insulation projects, enthusiasm for extending into solar power has rapidly waned.
The Church of England, meanwhile, says that about 300 churches have so far invested in solar energy, many spurred by the FiTs.
"It's not always straightforward, but a lot of churches thought it was a good opportunity to get involved, to be a good example to the local community," said David Shreeve, environmental adviser to the CoE's Archbishops' Council.
"The changes could affect the financial implications for churches going ahead."
The extent of support for household and community FiTs is currently unclear, with the government having said it would challenge Wednesday's High Court ruling.
It was planning to drop the subsidy from 43p per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 21p from 12 December. The cut will probably come, but at a later date.
A consultation on other changes closes today.
Among other things, it proposes toughening the criteria on home insulation necessary to qualify for FiTs - a move that was described on Thursday, in a joint report from the Environmental Audit Committee and the Energy and Climate Change Committee, as likely to deal a "fatal blow" to the UK's domestic solar power industry.
Meanwhile, a report from consultants Cambridge Modelling predicts that the changes to FiTs mean it will take longer for solar systems to become competitive with electricity supplied from the national grid.
"In the absence of the changes, small solar photovoltaic installations are set to achieve grid parity by 2019," said Mark Hughes, the organisation's director.
"The changes to the scheme will delay grid parity and extend the need for feed-in tariff support by approximately three years."
Critics have said the cut in solar power support undermines the coalition's claim to be the "greenest ever government".
Mr Begg agreed that it does raise the question.
"The government set out quite a good agenda; and this kind of thing does start to shake our confidence that they are going to make good on their agenda," he said.
In a recent YouGov opinion survey, solar emerged as the UK's most popular energy technology, with 74% of respondents wanting the government to increase the amount in use.
The figure for wind was 56%. Only 16% wanted the use of coal to increase, while 43% preferred a reduction.
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Plans for a £200m overhaul to ease congestion on the A55/A494 dual carriageway in Flintshire are to go out to public consultation.

Proposals to tackle hold-ups on the Deeside corridor between Queensferry and Northop date back over 10 years.
One option includes a new link road to the A55 at Northop via Flintshire Bridge on the A548, and the second involves improving the existing road.
The 12-week consultation starts in March, the Welsh Government announced.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: "The road is consistently carrying more traffic than it was designed to do and this is causing regular congestions issues.
"There is clear need for the road to be upgraded and brought up to modern standards.
"Both options in this consultation will deliver a safer, more sustainable, better connected road, with improved capacity, reliability and journey times."


The cyber-attack that disrupted computers in most of Scotland's health boards on Friday has been isolated, the Scottish government has said.

Health Secretary Shona Robison said there was no evidence that patient data had been compromised.
Most NHS computers are expected to be operational by Monday, the minister added.
Other public bodies are checking their systems over the weekend as a precaution.
The Scottish government said in many NHS areas the number of computers affected was in single figures.
The worst hit health board appears to have been NHS Lanarkshire where the ransomware attack disrupted hospital computer systems.
BBC Scotland understands that at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride doctors had to rely on pen, paper and mobile phones as they treated patients.
First minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish health secretary have been kept updated on developments.
Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson joined a session the UK government's Cobra emergency committee on Saturday afternoon.
The ransomware attack hit a range of organisations in at least 99 countries.
Ms Robison said: "This has been a global cyber-attack which has impacted on countries across the world and clearly any incident of this nature is hugely concerning - but it's important to stress that there is no evidence to suggest patient data has been compromised.
"This week's incident emphasises the importance for all of us - the public and private sectors as well as the general public - to have the appropriate measures in place to protect against these kinds of attack.
"We have taken all necessary steps to ensure the cause and nature of this attack is identified and have managed to isolate the issues within the NHS in Scotland.
"Boards are currently working on protecting and restoring those systems where possible, with a view to getting most operational by Monday."
The ransomware used in the attack is called WannaCry and attacks Windows operating systems.
It encrypts files on a user's computer, blocking them from view, before demanding money, via an on-screen message, to access them again.
The virus is usually covertly installed on to computers by hiding within emails containing links, which users are tricked into opening.
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A young man has attacked people with a chainsaw and an axe at a shopping centre in Belarus, killing one woman and injuring another.

Officials said the attack happened at the Europa shopping centre in the capital Minsk.
Eyewitnesses spoke of a masked man chasing terrified shoppers on Saturday evening.
Police later arrested the 18-year-old suspect. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.
"When he took out a chainsaw, shoppers first thought it was some kind of game," police spokesman Alexander Lastovsky told Reuters.
"Then he cut one woman badly with the chainsaw and hit her with a hammer. She died. He also attacked others."
The injured woman was taken to a local hospital.
The attacker had brought the chainsaw and the axe to the shopping centre in a guitar case.


Two people accused of falsely claiming nearly £10,000 in a so-called crash for cash scheme have denied lying about accidents.

Seven people deny conspiracy to defraud at Cardiff Crown Court after six insurance claims worth £144,000 were made between 2009 and 2011.
Stephen Pegram, 49, of Blackwood, Caerphilly county, was paid £4,200 when his car was written off.
Nicola Cook, 41, of Hengoed, received £5,500 in a separate injury claim.
Mr Pegram said he "was shocked" to discover claims had been made for other accidents on High Street, Pengam, where he crashed in July 2009.
After prosecutor Christopher Clee suggested the crash he was involved in did not happen, he said: "It was a genuine accident.
"I don't know if he drove into me or if it was an accident. But it happened."
Ms Cook received her money after claiming for neck and back injuries when she was a back seat passenger in a crash in Oakdale in August 2009.
She told the court she needed physiotherapy afterwards, saying "it was a genuine collision".
"I heard a thump on the vehicle... I was shocked."
Mr Clee said all seven defendants were involved in insurance fraud following collisions "that did not happen".
The case continues.


Thirty years ago, Prince was at a turning point in his career.

The film Purple Rain and its soundtrack had made him a star in 1984. But the following two years saw, by commercial expectations, three flops: The albums Around The World In A Day and Parade, as well as the ill-conceived, self-directed movie bomb Under The Cherry Moon.
He decided to cut loose. He split from his band, The Revolution, and planned a triple album - Crystal Ball. But his label, Warner Bros, put their foot down and the project became the double disc Sign O' The Times, released on 31 March, 1987.
It would become one of the most acclaimed albums of the second half of the 20th century, and remains Prince's masterpiece - encompassing all of his musical personas: bedroom balladeer; penitent Christian;  one-track-mind loverman; modern-day Basie-style bandleader; whimsical storyteller; meticulous orchestrator, guitar-wielding axeman and pop craftsman.
Prince, then 29 years old, created it in a period of feverish activity, making copious use of a new Linn drum machine, and a state-of-the-art Prophet-5 synthesiser, borrowed from his keyboard player Matt "Dr" Fink.
"Just to be clear, he really did a lot of stuff on that album on his own," recalls Fink. "[Two] years later, he did Batman with no help in the studio, as far as I know."
Even engineer Susan Rogers, his closest collaborator at the time, was banished to another room when Prince recorded vocals in the basement of his house.
"He may have been feeling a bit constricted and hemmed in by the familial," reflects Jill Jones, who sang with Prince from 1982 to 1990.
The title track, as well as Housequake, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, It, Hot Thing, Forever In My Life, U Got The Look, The Cross and Adore "all emanated from him", Fink adds.
Others were reworked from sessions for a clutch of abandoned albums - Dream Factory, planned as the fourth album by Prince and the Revolution; and Camille, a disc of songs recorded by Prince in the sped-up voice of an androgynous alter-ego.
For good measure, while making Sign O' The Times, Prince also wrote and recorded for other people, including The Bangles, George Clinton, Taja Sevelle, Sheila E, Sheena Easton and Jill Jones.
This time-frame of his career remains the most exciting to students of The Vault, the collection of hundreds of unreleased songs housed at Paisley Park and the subject of much debate since his untimely death last April.
Brent Fischer, who alongside his late father Dr Clare Fischer wrote orchestral accompaniments for Prince's albums from 1985 to 2010, estimates "about 70 per cent of the songs we worked on with Prince remain unreleased".
Eric Leeds, his saxophonist from 1984 to 2003, reckons the figure is "over 90 per cent... And those were just the songs with horns".
"It is as creative a period," argues Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, "as The Beatles from Rubber Soul to The White Album; or Stevie Wonder from Music of My Mind to Songs in the Key of Life".
Taylor ranks Sign O' The Times in his "top four favourite" albums, alongside The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, The Beatles' White Album and Sly & The Family Stone's There's a Riot Going On.
"But I'm not afraid to group it as the best," he adds.
"What I like about it is it's a personal-sounding record, quite a dark record. It doesn't have his biggest hits on it and that might not reach out to quite so many people."
The title and opening track was not for faint-hearted radio pluggers. It addressed Aids ("a big disease with a little name"), social inequality, drugs, gun crime and mothers struggling to feed their children. The "O" of the title was rendered as a peace sign.
Although Fink recalls that "Prince didn't talk politics very much", Van Jones, a former special advisor to President Obama and Prince's friend from 2009, reckons otherwise.
"He was incredibly socially aware. You can put on Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and feel like you're living through the late '60s and '70s. Put on Sign O' The Times and you can get a sense of how the '80s and '90s were playing out. It still has that timeless quality."
Sign O' The Times and U Got the Look, recorded with Sheena Easton, laid the commercial groundwork for fans to accept what was, in part, an experimental record.
According to notes Prince wrote for his 1993 Hits album, the latter track was deliberately written in the style of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love - as a challenge to a friend who would only dance to his songs when they became popular.
Although he laboured for hours over the tempo and structure of the song, "the friend didn't like the song until it was in the Top 10".
"This relationship in itself reveals a touch of his business acumen," says Jill Jones, hinting at Prince's pragmatism, "because at that time he managed to parlay himself back into the pop sphere. He also needed a hit record."
Elsewhere, Prince wasn't afraid to use bandmates or even strangers for inspiration.
It's Going To Be a Beautiful Night, seen as an affectionate tribute to The Revolution, was "a live / studio jam" according to one of its co-writers, Eric Leeds.
"It was rather spontaneously written at the soundcheck before a gig in Paris. We recorded the song live during the concert that evening. Weeks later we added additional parts in the studio."
One of the album's more enigmatic tracks is The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker, a psychedelic funk track about a waitress who mocks Prince when he orders a fruit cocktail ("Sounds like a real man to me").
Although it borrows the name of the wisecracking journalist, Prince had no idea who she was; telling Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of TLC (who would later cover the album's If I Was Your Girlfriend) it was inspired by a real-life encounter.
"He told me it was about this waitress he met," she says. "He had a crush on her and they were flirting but [Prince] told her he had a girlfriend.
"That's why he said in the song he wanted to have a bath with her - but keep his pants on."
That girlfriend (or even fiancee) for much of recording was Susannah Melvoin, who inspired and took a writing credit on the playful playground song Starfish and Coffee.
According to Matt Fink, it originally had a much different title.
"It was basically a story about when she was a schoolgirl and elementary school, she and Wendy (Melvoin, Prince's ex-guitarist and Susannah's sister) had a girl in their class who was mentally challenged and she used to talk about Starfish and Pee-pee.
"She told Prince the story. He was fascinated and felt for her disability and they worked on a song which became Starfish and Coffee."
The prodigious inventiveness of Sign O' The Times won Prince five star reviews from Q Magazine and Rolling Stone, which named it one of the top 500 albums of all time. But to this day, the album provokes debate.
Jones and Leeds both question Prince's former head of security Gilbert Davison, who claimed in GQ that Prince wrote the first of the two discs "in a three-and-a-half-hour plane ride."
"I recognise some of the songs on this album as having been written other times" maintains Jill Jones. "Like Strange Relationship, The Cross and others. (A studio version of I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man originates from 1982). Not so sure it all happened in one go."
T-Boz hails it as her favourite record. "When I first heard If I was Your Girlfriend, I almost lost it. I would play it eight to 10 times a day. My mom was ready to kill me. Or Prince."
Asked about U2 beating Prince in the best album category at 1988's Grammys, she snarls: "No disrespect to U2, but you don't wanna get me started on thatâ€¦"
Jones is more relaxed, calling it "no skin off Prince's nose".
Sign O' The Times remains Prince's "high water mark" among critics and musical commentators, according to both Fischer and Leeds.
Leeds claims: "It displays perhaps more than any other of his albums the range of his musicality. If someone just getting into his music was to ask me for the best place to start, I would direct them to Sign O' The Times."
The Roots' bandleader Questlove, disagrees: "I never tell Prince newbies to start their listening with it," he wrote on Instagram last year.
"I tell 'emâ€¦ 'Save it for last'. Most come back to let me know I was correct. Man, that's cool."
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More than 14,000 Everton fans have signed an online petition criticising the football club's "embarrassing" newly-launched badge.

The club's motto - Nil Satis, Nisi Optimum - and a pair of wreaths have been removed from the badge.
An Everton spokesman said it was "more modern, cleaner and dynamic".
However, the petition states the "awful" crest would lead to losses "due to no-one wanting to buy any merchandise with that printed on it".
The Latin motto, which translates as "nothing but the best is good enough", was added to the club's crest in 1938, though it did not appear on a kit until 1978.
It was removed from the kit badges from 1982, but returned to the crest following a redesign in 1991.
The club spokesman said the new design combined "four historic elements of the previous badge - the tower, the shield, our name and the year of our formation - to form a concise, modern and dynamic representation of Everton".
Commercial director Dave Biggar said the club had met with "various fan entities" including "supporters' clubs, fans' forums [and] representatives of shareholders" during the design process.
He said the idea had been to create a "logo device which is easily recognisable, easily replicated and easily communicated".
Fans' forum chairman Tony Bott said he had been won over by the new design, although comments on the petition described it as "amateurish", "poorly designed", "ridiculous", "clownish" and "not fitting a club of Everton's rich history and stature".
Meghan Westerside, from Liverpool, said on the petition that the motto was "an important part of the club [and] taking it away is a disgrace", while Ellen Smith, from Formby, described the new design as "too plain".
Merchandise using the new design, which is the 10th version in the club's history, went on sale for the first time on Sunday.


A close-up photograph of snoozing piglets taken by a teenager from Bangor is among the winning shots in an RSPCA award.

People aged between nine and 18 were asked to capture animals on camera for the Young Photographer Awards.
Lily Edwards, 16, photographed the moment a piglet snoozed with its siblings, which she called "Nap Time", earning her a runner-up place.
She said it looked "so peaceful and happy".
"I took this photo at a local farm. As I was taking a photo of the piglets sleeping, one opened its eyes," she said.
Springwatch presenter Chris Packham who judged the entries said: "These young people are going out and experiencing the environment around them and in their local area. It is just fantastic."


Birmingham City's exciting teenage winger Demarai Gray has made headlines with his form this season but he is unconcerned by transfer speculation linking him with bigger clubs.

Championship leaders Bournemouth have reportedly had two bids turned down for the 18-year-old, who has scored four times in 22 appearances this season, while a number of Premier League clubs have also been linked.
"I have to say he's been very level-headed about it all," Blues manager Gary Rowett told BBC Sport.
"He's really humble in the way he works and in how he approaches the game.
"I can't see any sign of it affecting him, which is testimony to his family and the way he's been brought up."
Since getting an extended run in the first team following Rowett's arrival in late October, England Under-19 forward Gray has flourished, peaking with a hat-trick in the 6-1 home win over Reading.
That performance helped to earn him the honour of being named the Football League's Young Player of the Month for December.
"The last trophy I won was the man of the match award at home to Leeds earlier this season," he said. "I won quite a lot of things as a kid, mostly top scorer awards, but this is the best yet.
"I'm still young and I'm still learning but overall I'm happy with the way I'm playing. I just want to keep playing games. It would be easy to be stuck back in the under-21s. The biggest difference is the physicality and the tempo. You've always got to be concentrating, but I'm getting more comfortable and feeling more used to it.
"I played nine games last season. I was in and out and it was tough. I knew I had to keep my head down and work hard to keep pushing and now I'm starting regularly. I feel like I've improved every week and I've just got to aim to be as consistent as possible."
Gray has played wide on the left, often switching to the right, in a 4-2-3-1 formation behind main front man Clayton Donaldson.
They have been part of a resurgent Blues side who have lost just two of their 13 league and cup games since the new manager took over, and Gray is quick to credit the return of former defender Rowett to the club as the catalyst to his progress.
"Gary coming in has given me a massive confidence boost," Gray told BBC Sport. "He and his backroom staff have worked on me one-on-one. Lots of little things, but still things that are important."
Rowett added: "I'd seen him come on against Leeds in the last 15 minutes of a live game earlier this season and his pace was blistering. He tore Leeds apart. It's hard to miss. You see his ability to go past players in training, and he does it against a lot of good Championship footballers.
"You'd want that in your team. The big test was whether he could have the same impact starting games as he'd done coming on as a sub and he's done that. He's started a lot more games, which has helped him. When a young player starts games, they either sink or swim and he's swum very fast in terms of his development."
The former Burton boss continued: "The way he has trained and his match performances have not highlighted that he might be getting carried away by any speculation.
"He's a huge talent. He's shown great composure and ability to score the goals he has, have the impact that he has had at such a good age, and at such a high level in the Championship. We've got to make sure that he continues to work very hard.
"We see it as a huge compliment to our academy and all the work we've done at the club in bringing on the likes of Demarai Gray.
"You want progression, but first and foremost you want the points. You want to build a team that can bring success. And, if you can bring through your own players with the potential of Demarai Gray and Koby Arthur in the matchday squad at the age of 18, then that's a real testament.
"Look at Mitch Hancox and Callum Reilly who have come through the ranks too. That will help us build something sustainable, and we hope Demarai remains a huge part of that."
For now, Gray's feet are firmly on the floor. "Obviously, I want to play at the top level," admitted the boyhood Blues and Manchester United fan, who idolises Cristiano Ronaldo. "And, if I keep working hard, one day hopefully I will."


Bangladesh claimed their first Test win over England as the tourists lost 10 wickets for 64 runs after tea on day three of the second Test in Dhaka.

Chasing 273, England collapsed from 100-0 to 164 all out, with Mehedi Hasan taking 6-77 and Shakib Al Hasan 4-49.
They earlier dismissed the hosts for 296 after dropping four catches.
Bangladesh had only beaten Zimbabwe and a weakened West Indies team in 95 previous Tests, but the 108-run win means the series finished 1-1.
England needed their highest successful run chase in Asia and looked well set after a century opening partnership between Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett.
But they lost all 10 wickets in 22.5 overs in the final session as Bangladesh secured the biggest win in their history.
Bangladesh had lost 72 of their previous Tests and last played in August 2015 because of security concerns in the country.
Duckett (56) scored his first Test half-century but was bowled by 19-year-old off-spinner Mehedi with the first ball after tea, prompting the stunning collapse - the third worst in history by a team who had been 100 without loss.
Joe Root was lbw in the following over to Shakib, before Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali were dismissed in the same Mehedi over shortly afterwards.
Cook made 59 but, despite successfully overturning one dismissal, the England captain was caught off Mehedi by Mominul Haque at silly point.
Shakib then dismissed Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari in quick succession.
Fittingly, Mehedi took the final wicket of Steven Finn to finish with six in the innings, 12 in the match and 19 in the series.
Openers Cook and Duckett, who batted together for the first time in the first Test in Chittagong, had only managed a best partnership of 26 in their previous three innings.
Duckett, 22, impressed with an aggressive 56, hitting seven fours and a six, and played a number of reverse sweeps and pull shots.
Bangladesh bowled all four spinners in the session leading up to tea but they took no wickets in helpful conditions.
Cook had scored four, 12 and 14 in the series but also batted fluently in a period that seemed to swing the game in England's favour.
England will rue their failure to take early wickets as Bangladesh added 116 runs in the morning session and Cook's side dropped four catches.
Imrul Kayes scored 78 but was dropped at leg slip by Cook off Ansari, and then by Root off Moeen in the first 10 overs of the day.
Both were difficult catches but Duckett dropped a simple chance at deep mid-wicket later in the session with Shakib the batsman to benefit.
Finn also put down a difficult diving chance, while England chose not to review the umpire's decision on two occasions when replays showed the batsman would have been given out had they done so.
Kayes' innings and 41 from Shakib helped Bangladesh to 268-7 at lunch, but Stokes (3-52) and Rashid (4-52) helped England knock over the tail in 26 balls after lunch.
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Former England spinner Vic Marks on BBC Test Match Special
That was extraordinary. I don't think I've seen a series where it's been impossible to know who's winning.
At tea time we were praising Duckett and Cook, but less than two hours later the match was over. I've not seen the mood change between sessions like that before.
Ex-England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent
I feel emotional for Bangladesh. There were all these issues about security and there were doubts about the series taking place. The people here were all so happy that England came. This is unbelievable.
Former Bangladesh all-rounder Athar Ali Khan
That was a very special win for Bangladesh. I think 160 million people in Bangladesh will have been glued to the TVs, radios and phones. I feel privileged to be here to have seen it.


Secret Cinema has opened its Back to the Future show a week after the opening night was cancelled at short notice.

Their screening of the 1980s Michael J Fox film went ahead at the Olympic Park in east London on Thursday.
The organisers have created an immersive experience using actors and replicas of buildings from the film.
Media reviews of the event have been positive, while it was also well-received by audience members.
Satisfied fans took to Twitter. "Seriously impressive," wrote Holly Hunter. "Incredibly ambitious and totally brilliant! Fantastic evening!"
Ally Sinyard said the screening was "so brilliant, especially when everyone got up and danced during Johnny B Goode".
And Kat Brown said the show was "really wonderful".
The "only downside(s) were food queues and the prom photos breaking down. Everything else pure joy", she added.
Their responses contrasted sharply with the hundreds of angry messages that ticket-holders posted on Secret Cinema's Facebook page last week when they discovered shows had been cancelled with just a few hours notice.
Tickets for the event cost Â£53.50 each and, encouraged by the organisers, many had spent more money on 1950s-style fancy dress.
Some said they had travelled from as far away as the United States to see the show and would not be able to re-book.
Despite the one-week delay in opening the show, reviews in the Independent and the Guardian both gave it four out of five stars.
"Sometimes the immersive experience was so good that it blurred the line between fiction and reality," said the Independent.
"So many audience members dressed up in 1950s clothes which were as authentic as those of the actors employed by the production, [so] that everyone was a co-contributor," wrote the Guardian.
The Evening Standard talked of a "celebratory mood" at the screening, and The Public Reviews blog said "scenes from the movie are recreated as they play out on the giant screen. All of these are masterful".
The set for the event included 1950s-styled burger bars and a replica of the clock tower that featured in the film.
There was also a record shop, comic shop and a barber's - for anybody who wanted to leave with a 1950s-style haircut.