The Green Party has launched a national billboard campaign urging people to "vote big, vote brave".

To mark the poster launch Natalie Bennett, the party leader for England and Wales, met up with parliamentary candidate Caroline Lucas in Brighton.
Ms Bennett warned voters "the time for half measures is over" and urged people to "vote for what you believe in".
She said a Green vote would ensure big firms and rich individuals would pay their "fair share".
Ms Lucas, who became the UK's first Green MP when she was elected in 2010, added: "We have a bold message that will resonate with the people of Brighton and Hove, and across the country.
"Only the Green Party is willing to stand up to the establishment parties on issues like climate change, a resilient economy and protecting the NHS."
The Green Party has vowed to put up the top rate of tax to 60p in the pound, which Ms Bennett said would bring in an extra £2bn a year for public services while acting as a disincentive to firms paying "excessively high salaries".
She added that her party wanted to call for a review of all "commercial animal racing", saying there were animal protection issues which needed to be addressed.
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"We should be spending our money on public services that meet our essential needs, we should be spending our money on building council homes, homes for social rent.
"We need to invest in renewable energy, energy conservation, there is a whole range of things we need to do to make British society fit for the 21st century," she said.
The Greens have also proposed a "wealth tax" which would be 2% a year levied on people with assets of more than £3m which, Ms Bennett has claimed, could bring in £25bn a year "by the end of the Parliament".
Later, Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, is expected to join Ms Lucas in Brighton to talk about democracy and the importance of voting.
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India will not censor social media websites, Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has said.

But he added that internet firms must obey the country's laws.
Late last year, Mr Sibal said the government would introduce guidelines to ensure "blasphemous material" did not appear on the internet.
Internet firms say it is impossible to pre-filter material, but Facebook and Google recently said they had removed content after receiving complaints.
The firms are among a number of major internet players facing court cases and judges have threatened to block sites that fail to crack down on offensive content.
"I want to say once and for all, without any obfuscation, no government in India will ever censor social media," news agency AFP quoted Mr Sibal as saying at an information technology summit in Mumbai.
"I never wanted to censor social media and no government wants to do so. But like the print and electronic media, they have to obey the laws of the country," Mr Sibal said.
A court in the capital, Delhi, last month threatened a crackdown against sites which failed to take steps to protect religious sensibilities.
The Delhi High Court asked Facebook and Google India to "develop a mechanism to keep a check and remove offensive and objectionable material from their web pages" or "like China, we will block all such websites".
Facebook and Google say they have complied with the court directive and removed "objectionable" material.
They are among 21 web firms, including Yahoo and Orkut, facing a civil suit in Delhi accusing them of hosting material that may cause communal unrest.
A criminal case of similar allegations is due to be heard next month.
Internet firms argue that it is not feasible to pre-monitor material posted by "billions of people across the globe".
Google says that the issue also relates to a constitutional issue of freedom of speech and expression.
Facebook says policies are in place that enable people to report abusive content.
In December, Mr Sibal said his aim was to ensure that "insulting material never gets uploaded. We will evolve guidelines and mechanisms to deal with the issue".
He said the companies would have to give the data where these images were being uploaded and who was doing it.
Mr Sibal was angered by morphed photos of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, as well as images of pigs in Islam's holy city of Mecca.


Kilmarnock have taken midfielder George Green on a six-month loan deal from Burnley.

Green, 20, may be involved in Saturday's visit to Hamilton in the Scottish Premiership, subject to international clearance.
He made headlines as a 15-year-old, with Everton agreeing a fee with Bradford City that was reported to potentially rise to £2m.
Green has represented England at U16, 17 and 18 level.
After failing to break into the first team at Goodison Park, a move to Oldham followed in 2015 but he terminated that contract and dropped into non-league football before Burnley picked him up in January.
"It's a good feeling knowing I can play competitive football, I've been given a chance and I want to prove myself," he told the Kilmarnock website.
"The manager (Lee Clark) was a big selling point. I want to play as many games as I can and do well for the club."


New York's iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel has been sold by Hilton Worldwide to Chinese firm Anbang Insurance Group for $1.95bn (£1.22bn).

However, Hilton will continue to operate the hotel "for the next 100 years", including renovating the property in the coming months.
Shares in Hilton jumped 3% on news of the sale, before later declining.
Hilton said it would use the proceeds from the sale to invest in other hotels and assets in the United States.
The Waldorf purchase by Anbang is the most ever paid for a US building by a Chinese buyer, according to Bloomberg.
The Beijing-based firm has more than 700bn Chinese yuan ($114.03: £72bn) in assets. Some analysts believe it may look to convert some of the hotel rooms on the higher floors into private residences.
"This relationship represents a unique opportunity for our organisations to work together to finally maximise the full value of this iconic asset on a full city block in midtown Manhattan," said Christopher J Nassetta, president and chief executive officer of Hilton Worldwide, in a statement.
The Hilton hotel chain, which went public last year, is majority-owned by private equity giant Blackstone.
Asian investors have been buying into top New York properties in recent years, helped by record low interest rates.
Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-tung bought The Carlyle hotel in 2011 while disgraced Indian businessman Subrata Roy owns The Plaza on the corner of Central Park.
Last year, real estate firm Soho China bought a 40% stake in Manhattan's General Motors Building in a $1.4bn deal.
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International also put its money into US property, buying the 60-storey 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza for $725m.
Conrad Hilton, the eponymous founder of the hotel firm, bought the Waldorf in 1949, 18 years after it opened.
It has been the scene of many films, such as "Weekend at the Waldorf", and was briefly the residence of Marilyn Monroe after she left Hollywood.
The historic luxury hotel has more than 1,400 rooms, some of which can cost more than $2,000 a night.


A backpacker has described the moment she lost contact with her rock climber boyfriend - who died during an attempt to scale Vietnam's tallest mountain.

The body of Aiden Webb, 22, from Norfolk, was found six days after he set off alone for the climb in June.
Girlfriend Bluebell Baughan had begged him to get help via a series of text and Facebook messages after he got lost on Mount Fansipan, an inquest heard.
Coroner Yvonne Blake recorded an open verdict into Mr Webb's death.
A hearing in Norwich was told Ms Baughan, who was also staying in Vietnam at the time, was in contact by phone after Mr Webb slipped and became hurt.
She said Mr Webb got lost, slipped, then cut his bicep on a rock and hurt his knee, after being forced off the main trail due to a landslide.
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Ms Baughan said he initially refused her pleas to let her call the authorities for help.
She became "very fraught", she said, as they realised he had missed the last cable car and had to stay the night dressed just in shorts.
In a series of messages, Mr Webb told how he had "got extremely lost", then later told her: "I am going to get pneumonia. I can't stop shivering."
He had also messaged to say: "I've just had a huge rock land on my arm. I need stitches or glue."
Mr Webb later said he would set off back down the mountain, and in his last text at 06.18 asked Ms Baughan to finally raise the alarm, but her reply failed to get through.
His body was eventually found in a stream down a ravine.
Local police concluded he had drowned while unconscious after falling into water.
A post-mortem examination was carried out in the UK after his parents asked for it not to be undertaken in Vietnam.
But Ms Blake said the medical cause of Mr Webb's death was "unascertained as he was embalmed".
Parents Simone Taylor and Trever Webb said in a written statement: "Aiden was such a joy to be around.
"We're incredibly close as a family and feel privileged to have been his parents."


For the first time in the UK, Severn Trent Water is supplying gas generated by one of the region's sewage plants into the National Grid.

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The plant in Minworth, Warwickshire, treats the waste of two-and-a-half million people in Birmingham, and the gas will provide enough energy to help power about 4,000 homes.
BBC Midlands Today's science correspondent, David Gregory-Kumar, has been finding out more.


A close battle for second place behind Labour at May's assembly election is shaping up, the first opinion poll of the campaign has suggested.

The latest monthly YouGov poll for ITV Wales puts Plaid Cymru ahead of the Conservatives on constituency votes with UKIP gaining ground on both.
Prof Roger Scully of Cardiff University projected Labour falling short of a majority on 28 seats based on the poll.
He projected 12 seats for Plaid Cymru, Tories 10, UKIP eight and Lib Dems two.
On constituency votes the data, compiled for the Welsh Election Study in April, put Labour on 35% (up 1% since February and March), Plaid Cymru 21% (no change since March, up two since February), Conservatives 19% (down three since February and March), UKIP 17% (up two since March, down one since February), the Liberal Democrats 6% (no change since March, up one since February) and others 3% (no change since March, up one since February).
For the regional lists, where 20 of the 60 AMs are elected using a form of proportional representation, the research has Labour on 31% (no change since February or March), Conservatives 20% (down two since February and March), Plaid Cymru 20% (down two since March, up one since February), UKIP 16% (up two since March, down four since February), the Liberal Democrats 5% (no change since March, up one since February), Greens 4% (no change since March, up one since February) and others 3% (no change since February or March).
"We see a very modest apparent strengthening of support for Labour and slightly more for UKIP, since our last poll," said Prof Scully.
"But the largest change is clearly the slide in Conservative support - and one, moreover, which builds on a further modest fall in our February barometer poll from the 23% support the party enjoyed in December."
Prof Scully said support for Labour was "far short" of where it was at the same point before the 2011 election, but added that the party still had a "big advantage" in the "divided nature of the opposition".


Interim manager Scott Ruscoe says New Saints will not underestimate their Champions League opponents despite being favourites to progress.

The Welsh Premier League champions face Gibraltar side Europa FC over two legs in the first qualifying round.
If Saints beat Europa, they will face Croatian side HNK Rijeka in the second qualifying round but Ruscoe is not getting ahead of himself.
"We're not thinking of the Croatian champions yet," Ruscoe said.
"First and foremost we're looking at these two games and really taking them seriously as we do any opposition.
"Our clear message will be - play your normal way, respect the opposition for what they've done but remember that we're the seeded team and they're the unseeded team.
"We'll be the favourites but I won't be pushing that to the players.
"We'll be telling them let's get the work done in the first leg and see that second tie out."
Saints play the first leg at their Park Hall home on 27 June, with the return leg on 4 July played in Portugal.


Shares of Hanjin Shipping have jumped by as much as 28% in South Korea.

That's after the board at Korean Air Lines - Hanjin's biggest shareholder - approved a loan of 60bn Korean won ($54m; Â£41.5m) for the troubled shipping firm.
The airline says the funds will be provided as soon as "the necessary procedure is completed", without elaborating further.
Hanjin Shipping had sought bankruptcy protection earlier this month.
The troubled firm was saddled with debts of more than $5bn. Previous attempts to raise fresh funding had failed.
Korean Air was up almost 6% in early trade.
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Estimates from the South Korean government have shown the company needs at least 600bn won to cover unpaid costs such as fuel and cargo handling.
Earlier this month parent company Hanjin Group said it would inject 100bn won in fresh funds to resolve the disruptions to the cargo transport currently stuck at sea. That includes a 40bn injection from the private funds of Chairman Cho Yang-ho.
Hanjin needs to submit a rehabilitation plan in December, and the firm's creditors will need to agree on that plan.
The shipping firm has been granted stay orders to protect its ships from seizure in various ports including South Korea, the United States and Japan. But dozens of other ships are anchored off ports while the company tries to secure funds to unload cargo.
Korean Air Lines has a 33.2% stake in Hanjin Shipping. A host of other shareholders have a less than 1% stake, and they include fund managers such as BlackRock Fund Advisors and Northern Trust Investments, Inc.
Hanjin is the world's seventh-largest container line and has been unprofitable for four of the past five years.
The global economic downturn in recent years has affected profits across the cargo shipping industry.


The US government says trade deficits and market access will top the agenda as it renegotiated trade terms with Mexico and Canada.

US President Donald Trump has described the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as a "disaster" and ordered fresh talks earlier this year.
The objectives have been released in advance of the start of meetings with Canada and Mexico next month.
Economists have warned that reaching the goals might be difficult.
The US Trade Representative said that the balance of trade with Mexico had gone from a $1.3bn surplus to a $64bn deficit since the agreement took effect in 1994.
"Too many Americans have been hurt by closed factories, exported jobs, and broken political promises" said Robert Lighthizer, promising that his department would now "negotiate a fair deal".
He added the current agreement was ill-equipped to tackle issues blocking access of US dairy, wine, grain and other products to the Canadian market.
The US said other objectives included:
Mexico and Canada have both said they would push their own agendas at the talks.
"Mexico's government is working to achieve a constructive negotiation process that will allow trade and investment flows to increase and consolidates cooperation and economic integration to strengthen North American competitiveness," the Mexican Economy Ministry said in a statement.
The Canadian government said it was continuing to consult with Canadians about the renegotiation, and promised to defend its national interest at talks.
Many economists agree the trade pact can be updated and improved, but have warned that it could be very difficult to achieve every goal.
"If one is trying to conclude these talks very quickly, you're not going to be able to cover everything that's in this long list of objectives," said Jeffrey Schott of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
He said it could be difficult to reduce bilateral trade deficits because negotiators had a limited ability to affect the private buying decisions of companies and consumers.


Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic made a winning return to the ATP Tour following an injury to his left foot that almost ended his career.

The 30-year-old has been sidelined for 17 months after two operations to remove a benign tumour, which have stripped away "80% of his sole".
But he saved two match points to beat Guilherme Clezar in the US Clay Court Championship first round in Houston.
"I felt like this was a match I needed to win," Tipsarevic said.
"I was ready, and I was fit. I had no confidence coming in, but saving match points with forehand winners down the line maybe proved otherwise. I really felt I had to win this match, and I would have been really sad otherwise."
Former world number eight Tipsarevic beat Brazilian qualifier Clezar 6-4 3-6 7-6 (9-7) in two hours and 38 minutes.
"I'm in pain everywhere, but the foot is good," he added. "I can tell you that we take [the muscles in our feet] completely for granted."
Tipsarevic, who returned to action by playing a doubles match with fellow Serb Novak Djokovic in Miami last week, knows that a third surgery on his injured foot will lead to retirement.
"My life would not be in danger," he said. "But I could not play tennis again. Basically [the second surgery] took away about 80 percent of my sole. That's why it took so long [to return]."


Spend any time with Burnley boss Sean Dyche and you will want to become a manager - I know I did after a couple of hours in his company.

I went to meet Dyche to find out how his style of leadership has helped him build the Clarets' fantastic team spirit, and ended up learning how his philosophy underpins the entire club.
I know, from my playing career, how effective his type of open, honest and inclusive approach can be in getting the best out of a team, but Dyche's influence extends far beyond the dressing room and training ground.
Part of Dyche's success has been with his signings - it has to be. The club has the lowest turnover in the Premier League, so he cannot afford many mistakes.
He tries to avoid making any by checking out the character of prospective buys as rigorously as he does their playing skills when he assesses how they will fit in with his way of working.
He uses personality profiling as a tool with his existing players, too, and the reason he gives such importance to their psychology is because, as he says: "If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too."
That outlook is at the core of how he operates, and he clearly pays the same level of detail to his relationship with his coaching staff, the board, the media - and the Clarets supporters.
I found it fascinating, and not only because I am from Burnley, that he has unpicked the mentality of the whole town - hard-working, humble, unassuming and resilient - to work out who the people are, and what we appreciate.
Dyche has done that for a reason, of course. Clarity of purpose is one of his mantras.
He has matched the players he has signed and the way his team plays with the club and its fans, and doing that makes it easier for everyone to sing from the same hymn sheet.
Dyche tells his players to "leave their egos at the gates" at the entrance to the driveway that takes you to the Clarets' old training ground at Gawthorpe Hall, and also leads on to their impressive new £10m Barnfield complex, which is right next door.
To get there you cross a bridge over the River Calder, which is in flood at the moment and is also freezing cold - but goalkeeper Nick Pope still had to lie in it for a minute last week.
A dip in the river is one of the challenges on the Burnley squad's infamous 'wheel of fortune', used to decide the forfeit for anyone stepping out of line - which includes offences like lateness and leaving a cup in the wrong place.
It is one of the ways Dyche has fostered a formidable group mentality in his players, and also backs up the family analogy he is fond of when he talks about his club.
In this case, when he talks about his players' manners and them tidying up, it is like he is talking about raising his children and moulding and nurturing them into what he wants them to be.
Burnley are not completely dependent on Dyche as a father figure, however. He does not have to do it all on his own - he has made sure of that.
His success in his four and a half years with the Clarets has bought him time. In his own words, he is well into "the red zone" when it comes to the average time - about 1.23 years - that a manager spends in charge at a professional club.
Dyche has used that time to build a structure that allows him to step back and let others make decisions while enforcing the standards and principles he has introduced.
That includes his squad, who get across to new arrivals what is expected of them and what the club is all about.
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His coaching staff do the same too. From the moment he took charge in 2012, he made sure they knew how to respond if a player moaned about something, and to reply by turning it into a positive instead.
I have played in teams where I have seen what happens if you let that moaning continue - it puts a big wedge in the squad that just grows and grows. This way, nothing can escalate.
Burnley's approach boils down to hard work and togetherness. It is a consistent message and, like everything Dyche says, is easy to understand.
He makes everything seem so simple and achievable, which is no doubt a big part of the reason why his team are close to securing top-flight survival this season - something the club has not managed since the mid-1970s.
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Being honest with his team is important to him, too. He is not interested in spin.
From his perspective, if you tell a lie, you have to be very clever to remember to keep it up. It is much easier to tell the truth.
On top of that, it is also beneficial for players to always know where they stand. At a basic level, if you are not playing then you want to know why you are not in the team, and you appreciate his type of plain talking.
Dyche still gets involved on the training ground, and the tactical and coaching side of his job is clearly something he knows a lot about - but there is far more to him than that.
I was left thinking his real skill is dealing with people, because of his ability to establish empathy and understand what makes different characters tick.
His team are impeccably organised, of course, and never stop running either.
But the biggest reason they are getting results is because Dyche knows which buttons to press with his players. I can see why they give everything for him.
Rachel Brown-Finnis was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.


Atletico Madrid defender Lucas Hernandez was arrested in the early hours of Friday on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend.

The 20-year-old France Under-21 international was involved in a domestic dispute, according to Spanish police.
He is due to appear in front of a judge in Madrid later on Friday.
Hernandez last played for Atletico in a 2-2 draw at Eibar in La Liga on 25 January.


Shares in Facebook closed well below the price at which they were floated amid doubts that the newly-listed company can live up to expectations.

The shares debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange at $38 each on Friday, but ended 11% down on Monday.
Some analysts said the shares would have fallen on Friday had not underwriters stepped in to buy stock.
Critics say Facebook's advisers have set the price too high, although others argue that it is too early to tell.
The company's shares fell about 12% immediately the Nasdaq opened, and hovered around 9%-10% down for most of the day until a late bout of selling.
Facebook's offer price on Friday valued the social network at $104bn (Â£66bn).
One US-based analyst told the BBC that this valuation was too high. "The market is just not valuing what Facebook has to bring to the table," said Patrick Moorhead, analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
However, BTIG, the US-based global stockbroker, said it was too early to judge Facebook. "Valuing Facebook is more art than science at this stage of its development and the current state of both social and mobile advertising," the firm said in a statement.
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The firm said it had confidence in Facebook's long-term advertising prospects, forecasting that advertising revenues will rise to $8 billion in 2015 compared with an estimated $4bn for 2012.
Strong demand in the run-up to the flotation had led the company to increase both the price and the number of shares available for sale.
Mr Moorhead said that meant the Initial Public Offering (IPO) had been a success for Facebook's founders and early investors. Some of them managed to sell parts of their stakes for hundreds of millions of dollars.
But he said the share price fall could have long-term consequences for the world's biggest social network.
"The challenge is this will sully the long-term brand of Facebook, and in five years time people will look back on the IPO and have a negative connotation and none of that is good for the Facebook brand and the Facebook service itself," Mr Moorhead told BBC World.
Other internet companies have had mixed experiences recently when they have started selling shares.
Shares in business networking site
          LinkedIn
 more than doubled from their $45 offer price on their debut in May 2011. They peaked at $117 and are now trading around the $100 level.
Discount voucher firm
          Groupon's
 shares jumped 30% on their debut in November. But they are now at about $12, well below their $20 flotation price.
Online games maker
          Zynga's
 shares fell 5% on their first day of trading in December 2011. They are currently around $7, below their $10 offer price.
Google,
 however, is the star performer of the technology IPOs. Launched in 2004 at $85 a share, it is now trading above $600. It has yet to regain its pre-financial crisis peak of over $740, hit in 2007.
The start of trading in Facebook shares on Friday, one of the most high profile stock market IPOs in recent years, was delayed by technical problems on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Nasdaq boss Robert Greifeld said he was "humbly embarrassed" by the glitch.
Trading was delayed by about 30 minutes due to late order cancellations, and the shares closed on Friday at $38.23, having hit $45 earlier in the day.
"This was not our finest hour," said Mr Greifeld. As a result of the glitch, a number of investors were unsure whether their buy and sell orders had actually gone through.
However, Mr Greifeld said that once the glitch had been fixed, trading had been "successful".
More than 566 million shares in the company changed hands, a record volume for US market debuts.


Public expectations of local authorities are too high given the financial pressure they are under, an outgoing council leader has warned.

Gwynedd leader Dyfed Edwards told BBC Wales communities should consider what they can do themselves to be "part of the answer not part of the problem".
Since 2010 Welsh ministers' funding for councils has dropped by 17%, according to the public spending watchdog.
Councils have tough financial decisions ahead after local elections on 4 May.
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said more discussions will have to take place on how communities can help provide services in the future.
Appointed in 2008, Plaid Cymru councillor Mr Edwards is not seeking re-election.
Speaking on the O'r Senedd programme, broadcast on Tuesday night, he said: "At this stage we need a new relationship with our communities because we're facing situations where money's tight and there's more pressure on public services.
"We need to see communities as part of the solution for that to happen.
"Some communities are ripe to do that, some are eager to do that but not everyone."
Mr Edwards said he had seen a "shift in public opinion" where "more people are crying out for public services to solve their problems where in reality we've got less potential to do that now".
"We need to promote the discussion locally to see what communities themselves can contribute to be part of the problem rather than part of the problem," he added.
Chris Llewelyn, from the WLGA, said councils accepted it was "inevitable" that cuts to public services would continue while pressure on public services increased
"Very often the axe falls on services which aren't statutory: things like culture, leisure, theatre and so on," he said.
"Local authorities are working with their communities to look at different models for providing services.
"In some areas there are community libraries, and more and more trusts are being set up to provide services."
Mr Llewelyn said that approach "looks quite successful" so far, and "it's fair to say we'll have to have more of this type of discussion in the future".


"Vile crimes committed by evil men" - that is the reaction by some after the conviction of 18 people who abused girls in Newcastle.

Some of the victims, who were as young as 14, were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to have sex.
The convictions are the result of a major Northumbria Police investigation which was launched in late 2013.
The force said it had "thrown the kitchen sink" at the long-running probe.
Newcastle City Council has launched a serious case review, due to be published in December, as one of the victims was in local authority care.
Pat Ritchie, the council's chief executive, said: "I am so sorry that that happened, I can only apologise - it's one too many.
"We did act as soon as we knew what had happened to that young woman, and in a number of instances we've taken young women out of the city and supported them in secure accommodation elsewhere.
"But that's the sort of detail which will come out in the serious case review."
Speaking about Operation Sanctuary - the umbrella investigation which is still ongoing - Chief Constable Steve Ashman said:  "We have thrown the kitchen sink at this - a team of 50 officers have worked on this inquiry for almost three and a half years and continue to do so.
"We have employed every technique available to us, covert and overt, in tackling the problem.
"It is for individual communities to ask themselves whether they are doing all they can to eradicate such attitudes and behaviour so that the stigma and shame attached to such people prevents it from rearing its head again.
"The communities that we work with are appalled at this offending and we have encountered nothing other than the fullest of support from them all."
Ms Ritchie said: "We do not believe that what we have uncovered in Newcastle is unique.  Indeed there has been evidence of similar offending in many other towns and cities.
"We believe that any area that says that it does not have a problem is simply not looking for it and I would encourage all areas to be be proactive in their attempts to uncover sexual exploitation."
Council leader Nick Forbes said: "These were vile crimes committed by evil men.
"The victims who went to court had to relive their ordeals in giving evidence and face their perpetrators. Some have suffered the trauma of having do it more than once.
"I can't begin to imagine how difficult that must be, but I would like to pay tribute to each and every one of them. They have been brave beyond belief and undoubtedly have made our city safer."


Mainland Chinese shares have fallen further despite more measures from the government to stem the sell-off in the volatile market.

Over the weekend, brokerages and fund managers vowed to buy stocks, helped by a state-owned margin finance firm, which in turn would be helped with liquidity from the central bank.
Despite this, the Shanghai Composite was down 1.5% at 3,732.13 on Tuesday.
That comes despite signs of heavy money flows into Shanghai's blue chip stocks.
State media said 21 brokerages had put more than 128bn yuan ($20.6bn; Â£13bn) into a stabilisation fund to meet their weekend pledges to support the market.
About 57 mutual fund houses were also reported to have started buying equities using 2.16bn yuan of their own money.
However, the significant downtrend in the market is raising concerns about whether policymakers have the ability to stabilise the market.
Local reports said more than 200 Chinese-listed firms would halt trading of their shares, in an attempt protect themselves from the falling stock markets.
But Bernard Aw, market strategist at trading firm IG, said he expected authorities to continue to "implement stronger measures until the stock market stabilises".
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index fell 0.8% to 25,039.93.
The rest of Asian markets experienced mixed fortunes, with some recovering losses seen on Monday  on fears that Greece would exit the eurozone after the "no" vote in Sunday's referendum.
Investors were awaiting the Greek government's new proposals to be unveiled at an emergency eurozone meeting later in the day.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up 1.3% to 20,376.59 after falling more than 2% on Monday.
The euro was down to 135.28 yen, but still far above a six-week low of 133.70 yen hit on Monday.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index ended down 0.7% at 2,040.29 - marking a three-week low.
Shares of Samsung Electronics finished up 0.8% despite the tech giant's earnings guidance falling short of expectations for the second quarter.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index ended 1.9% higher at 5,581.40 after the central bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged at a record low of 2%.
The move by Reserve Bank of Australia was widely expected after it had cut rates in May.


A gadget that makes smartphone videos look as if they were shot on a Steadicam and a plug-in that cuts the cost of 360-degree photography are among a range of new handset-enhancing camera products

The new kit has been announced at the Ifa tech show in Berlin.
The idea is to add capabilities that are not currently built into handsets themselves.
But Sony's latest flagship phone also has new photography tricks of its own.
"It seems that people are holding on to their phones for longer, and, so, vendors are hoping to sell them extra things to add on," said Carolina Milanesi, a consumer tech analyst at Creative Strategies.
"And the camera is often the feature they use the most.
"But the price is critical.
"When you are talking about charging about $300 [£226] or more for an add-on, as some of these are, that's tricky because for that amount, consumers will think they may was well buy a standalone device."
The latest snap-on accessory for Lenovo's Moto Z phone will test owner's willingness to stretch their budgets.
The Hasselblad True Zoom provides a 10x optical zoom, which produces superior results to the digital-cropping techniques used by normal smartphone cameras.
The accessory also lets users take photos in Raw mode, which provides more scope to alter white balance and exposure, and create more detailed images than JPegs, if they are willing to spend time using photo-editing software.
Priced at £199, it costs half as much as the Moto Z itself.
But it is still less than the DXO One - a rival £399 camera accessory for the iPhone, launched last year.
For its part, the DxO One gets a number of add-ons of its own at Ifa, including a waterproof shell costing a further £50.
Early reviews suggest DXO's kit has the advantage over Hasselblad's when it comes to image quality, if not price.
Drone-maker DJI is also targeting phone owners with deep pockets for its new stabilisation system.
The Osmo Mobile is a handheld support known as a gimbal, which uses computer-controlled motors to stabilise an attached smartphone across three axes.
The device is compatible with the latest phones from Apple, Huawei and Samsung, and promises to make it "easy for anyone to capture smooth, cinematic shots".
Costing £289, it is more expensive than rival gimbals from lesser-known brands, including Feiyu and Zhiyun. And Steadicam itself makes lower-cost smartphone stabilisers that counteract shakes without needing motors or batteries at all.
But the original DJI Osmo - which includes its own camera and costs 60% more -  has been widely praised as a way for vloggers and other enthusiasts to make their videos appear more professional.
Alcatel's new camera add-ons are not the most advanced on the market, but provide one of the lowest-cost ways to capture virtual reality videos and 360-degree interactive photos.
The French firm's 360 Camera comes in a choice of a rectangular or ball-shaped version, both of which are designed to plug into a phone and offer the same functions.
Costing 99 euros ($110; £83), they are less than half the price of rival 360-degree cameras from Samsung, LG and Theta.
But users will have to wait until next year before Alcatel makes it possible to use them with other handsets than its own.
"By connecting to a smartphone via the MicroUSB port, Alcatel is able to use the processor, memory and battery in the phone which makes this punchy price point possible," said George Jijiashvili, from the consultancy CCS Insight.
"Given that Facebook and YouTube are both already supporting 360-degree content, there is an instant distribution channel to 1.6 billion people."
Sony is developing a camera add-on of its own - the life-logging Xperia Eye.
But its focus at Ifa is its new flagship smartphone, the Xperia XZ.
The firm boasts it is the first handset camera to feature five-axis image stabilisation, meaning it can compensate for the device being moved up and down and left and right off its mark in addition to pitch, yaw and roll.
This feature was previously limited to high-end cameras, including Sony's Alpha range.
But in the phone, the stabilisation is achieved by adding a software effect to the recording rather than moving the sensor about, as the cameras do. As a result, it is less effective.
Moreover, the phone can use the function only when recording video in 1080p high definition, and not the 4K resolution it is capable of.
Other innovations include the introduction of a laser-based autofocus system -  a feature pioneered by LG's earlier G3 phone - and new colour-sensing tech built into the sensor that helps it make white-balance judgements.
"I believe it's a bit too technical to resonate with most consumers," said Mr Jijiashvili.
"And when I saw the stabilisation demonstrated, it wasn't a mind-blowing improvement.
"That's a problem for Sony."


An Aboriginal woman who died in police custody after three visits to hospital was subjected to "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police, an Australian coroner has said.

Coroner Ros Fogliani said that the woman, known as Ms Dhu, had also received "deficient" health care.
Ms Dhu, whose full name is not used for cultural reasons, was arrested in August 2014 for unpaid fines.
Her family insists someone should be held accountable for her death.
Ms Dhu's death and her family's fight for justice have become a symbol for Aboriginal rights in Australia.
Delivering a series of recommendations at Perth Central Law Courts, Ms Fogliani said the law in Western Australia should be changed to end the imprisonment of people for non-payment of fines.
She also said police officers should undergo cultural competency training to better understand Aboriginal people's health concerns.
After being arrested on 2 August 2014, Ms Dhu, 22, was taken into custody at South Hedland Police Station, near the remote mining town of Port Hedland.
She began to complain of rib pain from a previous injury and was taken to South Hedland Health Campus. A doctor found no signs of infection and had her returned to custody on the basis that her pain was due to "behavioural issues".
The next day, Ms Dhu was still complaining of pain and was returned to hospital. But Ms Fogliani said her temperature was not taken, a chest X-ray was not performed and "errors were made and there was a missed opportunity to treat Ms Dhu for her infection".
She added: "On this presentation, antibiotics would have been potentially life-saving for Ms Dhu."
The following day Ms Dhu "continued to suffer a catastrophic decline in her health" but Ms Fogliani said: "The behaviour towards her by a number of police officers was unprofessional and inhumane.
"Their behaviour was affected by preconceptions they had formed about her."
CCTV footage played at the inquest showed officers dragging Ms Dhu, who appears to be unconscious, from her cell to a police vehicle.
She was taken to hospital for a third time where she died from septicaemia and pneumonia resulting from a broken rib.
In her conclusion, Ms Fogliani says: "It is profoundly disturbing to witness the appalling treatment of this young woman at the lock-up on 4 August 2014.
"In her final hours she was unable to have the comfort of the presence of her loved ones, and was in the care of a number of police officers who disregarded her welfare and her right to humane and dignified treatment."
Speaking outside the court, Ms Dhu's family said they were not satisfied with the coroner's recommendations because no-one had been held accountable for her death, broadcaster ABC reported.


A woman who died in a road crash in Dorset "loved life and lived it in all its fullness", her family has said.

Barbara Hill-Brown, 86, died when the Ford Fiesta she was travelling in collided with another car on the A352 near Wool on Sunday.
The driver, a 60-year-old man from Australia, suffered serious life-changing spinal injuries.
Mrs Hill-Brown's family said: "We are devastated by the tragedy".
"She was a much-loved member of the community in her home town of Swanage since 1947.
"She loved life and lived it in all its fullness."
Mrs Hill-Brown was a front seat passenger in the car which collided with a white Hyundai at Hethfelton at about 14:15 BST.
The rear seat passenger in the Ford Fiesta, a 51-year-old man from Swanage, suffered serious life-changing injuries and was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital.
His condition is no longer life-threatening.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 36-year-old man from Wareham, suffered serious injuries and is receiving treatment at Poole Hospital.


The Bank of England has hailed the appointment of The China Construction Bank as a renminbi clearing house in London as an "important milestone" in the progress toward greater cross-border use of the currency.

And chancellor George Osborne said it was  "another major step forward" for the UK as the western hub of Chinese finance.
But what does it actually mean? And what will change as a result of the deal? We answer five key questions.
It's how financial instruments such as shares, bonds and currencies are often traded. A clearing house essentially acts as the middleman between two different parties.
It makes it easier for the trades to take place by removing much of the risk. If one of the parties goes bust mid-transaction then the clearing house steps in to complete it.
To ensure it can do this, the clearing house takes assets from the parties seeking to trade which it uses as collateral for such an event.
"Because it makes sense," says Steven Barrow, head of G10 strategy at Standard Bank.
He points out that London is already the world's biggest market for global foreign exchange, which in total sees some $5 trillion exchanged every day.
London also already accounts for two thirds of all renminbi payments outside of China and Hong Kong, according to George Osborne,
Having a London-based clearing bank means European firms will be able to both make and receive renminbi payments in the western time zone, making such transactions easier, quicker and cheaper.
And choosing London as the base for the first clearing bank outside Asia for the Chinese currency, puts it in pole position to become the leading Western centre for offshore renminbi trading, and ahead of potential rivals such as New York, Paris and Frankfurt.
Initially not a lot. As Mr Barrow says this deal is "evolutionary not revolutionary".
"Imagine going to Spain and not being able to buy euros directly, but instead having to buy dollars and then convert those into euros," says Mr Barrow. "Trading directly will make things a lot easier."
It will also lower transaction costs between the two countries, and Simon Derrick, head of currency research at Bank of New York Mellon, says it should also lead to more deals.
"It will allow Chinese investors to invest elsewhere and mean UK investors can invest more freely in China," he says.
It will also enable the UK to benefit from China's rapidly expanding economic growth. It currently has an 11.5% share of the global export market. Standard Chartered expects this to double in size by 2020, meaning the importance of the renminbi will grow.
Ultimately, this,as Mr Osborne says, should create new jobs and further investment in the UK. "We need to make sure China's currency, as it emerges onto the world stage, is used and traded here as that will not only be good for China, but good for UK jobs and investment too," he says.
The new generation of leaders, who took the reins at the end of 2012, have made it clear that they want to reform China's financial system, and as part of this want to make it easier for China to invest abroad and for China to receive foreign investment.
"This announcement is symbolic of their new intentions. China's government is making it clear that it's open for business," says Mr Derrick.
Enabling direct foreign-exchange market deals between the renminbi and the British pound should increase bilateral trade.
This says Mr Derrick will allow Chinese markets to become more balanced, potentially ironing out local bubbles which exist in parts of China's property market.
Beng-Hong Lee, head of markets, China for Deutsche Bank, says being able to directly trade sterling and renminbi will improve transparency, and "help lay the foundation for the use of the renminbi as a new global currency".
And having a global currency will make it easier for China to both export and import, with more countries willing to accept renminbi-denominated deals.
Mr Derrick suggests a further underlying reason is to remove the exchange risk with the US dollar, saying China could be concerned that the Federal Reserve's printing of money to stimulate growth could devalue the dollar.
"It wants people in China to feel comfortable their currency won't be devalued," he says.
Actually, both names are perfectly good, but in slightly different ways.
"Renminbi" is the official name of the currency introduced by the Communist People's Republic of China at the time of its foundation in 1949. It means "the people's currency".
"Yuan" is the name of a unit of the renminbi currency. Something may cost one yuan or 10 yuan. It would not be correct to say that it cost 10 renminbi.
An analogy can be drawn with "pound sterling" (the official name of the British currency) and "pound" - a denomination of the pound sterling. Something may cost Â£1 or Â£10. It would not be correct to say that it cost 10 sterling.


A man has been charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Liverpool.

Lewis Dunne, 16, was found on a towpath near Burrows Court in Eldonian Village, Vauxhall, on 15 November.
He had a shotgun wound in his back and died a short time later at Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Jake Culshaw, 25, of Penrith Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, is due to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.


Fifty years ago today, Bob Dylan was dubbed "Judas" in Manchester when he chose to 'go electric'.

17 May 2016 Last updated at 15:41 BST
Folk aficionados saw it as a betrayal when Dylan left his acoustic roots behind in favour of playing music with a full band and electric guitars.
The gig was at the Manchester Free Trade Hall and when the anonymous heckler dubbed Dylan "Judas", the singer famously retorted, "I don't believe you."
The multi-award winning artist continues to record and tour 50 years after the infamous incident.


Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed to win an outright majority in parliamentary elections due on 17 August.

Mr Rajapaksa told BBC Sinhala he was confident of winning more than half the seats in parliament.
He is hoping to become prime minister, but the result is far from clear-cut.
A Rajapaksa win would mean an uneasy cohabitation with party rival Maithripala Sirisena, who beat him in presidential elections in January.
Their Sri Lanka Freedom Party remains divided over the two men - the president failed to stop his predecessor from standing as a party candidate in the polls.
Mr Rajapaksa was giving his first BBC interview since he was elected president in 2005 - relations during his nine years in power were strained over accusations of human rights abuses and media freedoms being curtailed.
"Clearly we will secure 117 seats," he told BBC Sinhala.
He rejected claims by the current Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, that his campaign was in disarray.
But not everybody seems to agree with Mr Rajapaksa's optimistic assessment of how votes will be cast.
Many analysts think both Mr Wickramasinghe's United National Party (UNP)-led governing coalition and Mr Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will struggle to secure an outright majority in the 225-member parliament.
In fact Mr Rajapaksa's close allies do not seem to share his view either.
A close relative of Mr Rajapaksa privately told me that they are expecting about 105 seats. The general secretary of the UPFA told the BBC's Azzam Ameen in Colombo that it may not be easy for any of the main parties to secure an outright majority.
Perhaps it is because of that concern that Mr Rajapaksa has changed his tough approach towards the media, including the BBC.
After nearly a decade of strained relations, Mr Rajapaksa, however, was friendly and even laughed while he answered questions.
He said he does not regret any of the policy decisions he took while in power - apart from one.
"Calling an election two years ahead of schedule, I think, was a wrong decision," he said.
"I haven't done anything else for me to regret."
He strongly defended the controversial impeachment that ousted Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranaike in January 2014. The move was heavily criticised by the international community and legal watchdogs as an authoritarian and undermining the rule of law.
"We did everything as per constitutional provisions," he said.
And he bristled when questioned about his amendment to the constitution that removed the two-term limit on the president.
"People know very well how long one should be allowed to stay. I believe we should allow the public to decide."
Perhaps most controversially, Mr Rajapaksa also accused his successors of not doing enough to investigate killings and abductions that occurred during his tenure.
The killing of senior journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, a fierce critic of Mr Rajapaksa, shocked the world in 2009.
"The same Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe has publicly accused a certain person of murdering Lasantha. Now they can investigate. They were in power for six months," Mr Rajapaksa said.
The same argument applies to the disappearance of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda, said the former president.
Mr Eknaligoda, a political columnist and another strong critic of Mr Rajapaksa, has been missing since January 2010.
"Why they don't investigate now? Is it because those who are accused are in the UNP government? I truly suspect it is the case."
Many will find his accusations extraordinary, coming as they do from a man who was in almost total control of Sri Lanka for years.
But interestingly he was very careful not to criticise President Sirisena, who now heads the party and coalition Mr Rajapaksa himself led for nearly a decade.


Badger culls in Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire have got under way, the government has confirmed.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has not said exactly when the culls began in the three counties.
Dorset is a new area for the pilot cull, but it is the third year for Somerset and Gloucestershire.
The Wounded Badger Patrol in Gloucestershire has reported night-time shooting and seeing trapped badgers.
Protesters in Dorset said they had set up a camp for those attempting to stop the cull.
Natural England has issued Dorset's pilot cull licence to run from 28 August 2015 to November 2018 but has stated this may be extended further.
Dorset police said they had "established a positive dialogue" with the organisers.
Somerset and Gloucestershire are now in the third year of a five-year pilot cull.
Ministers and farmers insist culling is necessary to tackle the spread of bovine TB, which results in thousands of cattle being slaughtered every year.
David George, from the south-west branch of the National Farmers Union, said farmers have seen the number of herds with TB "going down".
"It's fair to say at this stage all the evidence about whether the culls are successful or failing are anecdotal on both sides."
He added that other measures were also being put in place by Defra to reduce the cycle of re-infection.
Wendy Higgins, from Humane Society International, said: "The point of the culls was to find out if the culls were feasible, safe and humane to shoot a specific number of badgers over a particular period of time.
"The culls of year one and year two have shown a spectacular failure... We don't need to carry on pointlessly shooting badgers in order to prove what we have already seen which is that culling badgers is a pointless failure."
The pilot culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset aimed to find out whether badgers could be killed safely, effectively and humanely.
After the first year of the badger cull, an independent panel of experts found shooting badgers was not humane.
The panel also found controlled shooting could not deliver the level of culling needed to bring about a reduction of TB in cattle.
In 2014, Gloucestershire failed to reach its minimum target of 675, instead culling 274. Somerset surpassed its minimum target of 316, with 341 culled in total.
Dorset: Minimum 615, maximum 835
Gloucestershire: Minimum 265, maximum 679
Somerset: Minimum 55, maximum 524
Source: Natural England


US Democrats have ended their sit-in protest over gun control after more than 24 hours occupying Congress.

Lawmakers spent the night refusing to yield the floor, sharing stories of how gun violence had affected their voters and posting on social media.
The protest comes in the wake of the recent shootings in Orlando, the deadliest in modern US history.
Republicans, who control Congress, dismissed it as a "publicity stunt" more interested in making headlines.
Earlier on Thursday they adjourned the chamber early with no more votes until after the 4 July holiday.
But the protest continued for a few more hours until Representative John Lewis, a civil rights veteran, brought it to an end at about 13:00 local time (17:00 BST).
At its height on Wednesday evening, congressmen had chanted "no bill, no break" and sang 1960s-era protest songs on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Depending on one's perspective, the sit-in was either a shameless publicity stunt in advance of a dangerous piece of legislation or the purest expression of democracy and civil disobedience since the 1960s.
But as Democrats chanted, waved signs and sang in protest, there was no debating it was a historic break with congressional traditions that has little precedent in modern times.
The display seems unlikely to alter the dynamic in a House dominated by conservatives overwhelmingly opposed to new gun regulations. If anything, after a night of sniping and rancour across the partisan divide, the two sides may be even more deeply entrenched.
Republicans view the use of the terrorist watch list to prevent firearm purchases as giving the government the power to suspend due process with next to no judicial oversight. Democrats counter that it's a common-sense first step towards addressing rampant gun violence.
Both see their position as guided by principles to be defended to the end, a prospect that makes this dispute likely to be settled only at the ballot box in November.
"While the Americans don't always expect us to win, they do expect us to fight," said Democratic Rep Al Green.
Scores of gun-control advocates and protesters remained fixed outside the Capitol to support the demonstration.
The Democrats' protest follows the gun attack on 12 June, when a man claiming allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Congress has not passed significant gun control legislation since 1994.
About two dozen gun control advocates were gathered outside the Capitol building on Thursday morning, tired but intended to stay put while a dwindling group of Democratic House members continued a sit-in inside.
Honora Laszlo, from Arlington, Virginia was touched by gun violence at 15, when her mother's best friend was killed by her estranged husband at age 47.
In another instance, her close family friend was shot to death in front of his family over an argument over baseball.
Most people here say the Newtown school massacre in Connecticut, in which 26 children and adults were killed, is when they got involved in gun control advocacy, she said.
But for Ms Laslzo, it was something different. She said the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida was indicative of National Rifle Association "culture", and that's what compelled her to act.
Ms Laslzo said the time has come to "make trouble" to force legislation on gun control and it is no longer acceptable to quietly ask for change.


Improvements are being made at three schools at the centre of so-called Trojan Horse inquiries, inspectors have found.

Park View, Oldknow and Golden Hillock were among five schools in Birmingham put into special measures last year.
It followed an investigation into a supposed plot by a conservative group of Muslims to take over schools.
Visits last month, found they had made "reasonable progress", although remain in special measures.
The monitoring inspections, published on Tuesday, outlined improvements in teaching and leadership.
Teaching at Oldknow Academy was rated outstanding last year even though it was rated inadequate overall, due to criticism over  leadership and the safety of pupils.
Those two elements have received some positive feedback in the latest report.
Despite improvements in procedures to monitor pupils and staff, Ofsted said there remained a "lack of accountability".
Staff morale also remains low and inspectors said there was a lack of trust.
Park View School was told as recently as January there were still "serious concerns" over teaching.
Since then, inspectors said the overall quality had started to improve, along with pupils' achievement levels.
Despite that, Ofsted's report found there was still "considerable variance" in teaching standards and "too much remains weak".
Pupil behaviour, criticised in January, has also improved at the Alum Rock school, and there was praise for the leadership.
Inspectors said the executive principal was working "to resolve some of the deep-seated problems" and had a "good understanding of the challenges that remain".
The school is currently recruiting for a permanent head teacher.
A year ago, Park View was criticised for failing to alert pupils to the risks of extremism, despite a series of official investigations subsequently finding claims of an overall plot to be groundless.
Since then, governors have received training on the risks of radicalisation, but inspectors said sex and relationships was still not being taught.
Overall, Ofsted said a number of new systems had been introduced at the school, but it was "too early to see if they are effective".
Golden Hillock Academy, part of the Park View trust, received a similar report with regard to teaching, with improvements in many areas, although there was criticism for maths teaching, which it said was "inadequate".
The reports for Park View, Golden Hillock and Oldknow broadly contrast with that for Nansen Primary - another of the schools involved in the Trojan Horse inquiries - which has been told it is "not making enough progress".
The report said the primary was in "an extremely fragile position" and standards remained low in reading, writing and mathematics.


Andy Murray didn't need the Davis Cup on his sideboard - or in his wheelbarrow - to put him in the pantheon of Britain's sporting greats.

He achieved that a long time ago, not by beating David Goffin in Ghent but by beating Novak Djovokic at Flushing Meadows in 2012 and again at Wimbledon in 2013.
Sunday was one of the most emotional days Murray has had in tennis, but it needs to be put in its proper place in the pecking order of his achievements.
Wimbledon and the US Open are arguably unrivalled at the top, then there's the Olympic gold and after that the Davis Cup.
Having ended a 76-year wait for a British male to win the US Open, a 77-year wait for a Briton to win Wimbledon, a 79-year wait for Britain to win the Davis Cup and a 104-year wait for somebody from these parts to win an Olympic tennis gold, Murray is rapidly constructing enough memories for a one-man museum.
There was a vast feel-good factor about what happened in Belgium. Even those of us watching on television could almost reach out and touch the atmosphere.
Almost as striking as the tennis itself was the emotional impact it had on Murray. Winning for your nation, with your brother and your mates by your side, lent the thing an unmistakable power.
Something else needs to be said, though. The Davis Cup is a peculiar animal. This past week it's been regularly described as the World Cup of tennis. It's clearly nothing of the kind.
For the elite of the game it's fifth on the list of events they would like to win every year - sometimes not even fifth during an Olympic year.
In golf terms, it's the Players Championship, the so-called fifth major. But even that doesn't quite cover it. Sometimes the elite give it a miss. All the world's leading golfers will turn up for the Players, but they don't for the Davis Cup. Not always.
That's not to denigrate Sunday's victory, but it's an attempt to put it into context - while whistling in the wind you suspect.
The Davis Cup World Group contained the top 16 nations. Spain have three players in the top 20 but they're not in the World Group because their marquee names don't play in the Davis Cup often enough. That's a weakness of the championship.
The Czech Republic, winners in 2012 and 2013, went out to Australia this year. A large part of the reason why the Czechs won back-to-back Davis Cups was because their star man, the current world number six, Tomas Berdych, was present and firing. Berdych didn't play in the 3-2 loss to Australia.
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Switzerland were knocked out by Belgium 3-2. Roger Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam winner, and world number four Stan Wawrinka, weren't present for the Swiss.
Without world number one Djokovic, Serbia got trounced 4-1 by Argentina in the quarter-final, while France did without Wimbledon semi-finalist Richard Gasquet in their tussle with Britain at Queens. At the same stage of the championship, Belgium beat Canada, who were without their top man Milos Raonic.
The Davis Cup is different when the big boys make themselves available.
In 2014, Switzerland won because Federer and Wawrinka played. In 2013, the Czechs were pushed to the wire by the Serbs because Berdych and Djokovic both engaged with it and were immense. In 2011, Spain won because Nadal played and won every match and because he had David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez for company.
The issue with it is that it happens every year, so if you miss it once you don't have long to wait for it to come around again.
The Ryder Cup in golf is every two years, and all eligible players bust a gut to play in it. A football World Cup is every four years and you wouldn't find Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar taking a sabbatical while it's on.
The Davis Cup exists in a category all by itself. It's big enough to provoke unforgettable scenes on court, and off, in its aftermath. But the fact remains that its status as a world-class event of global sporting significance is too often compromised by the roll call of elite players who, in the vernacular, can't fit it into their schedule.
Murray has ticked the box. And that's important to his story.
There's the Opens in Australia and France left and if they're captured then that's the full set and everybody else in the British sporting pantheon can step aside and let the big man through.
Murray is not just a great with a racquet in his hand, he's great with a microphone, too.
When, on Monday, he refused to bask in the glory of Ghent and instead lacerated the Lawn Tennis Association for its failure in developing young talent, the temptation was to rise up and applaud him all over again.
This is what winners do. They have a brief moment of elation and then they knuckle down and prepare for the next challenge.
Murray spoke with a mixture of bewilderment and disgust at what he saw - or didn't see  - at the National Training Centre in Roehampton for two days in October.
There was nobody there, he said. Courts empty. No buzz and not a scintilla of a suggestion that the LTA are building on his success and the success of his brother, Jamie.
"It almost feels like you waste your time because nothing ever gets done," he said. He took photos of this tennis white elephant, a £40m echo chamber.
Murray knows what passion and hard work looks like. He knows what inspiration is all about. He has seen it in his mother, Judy, since he was in short pants and he still sees it now.
And, in the desire to drive tennis forward, maybe it's the only place he sees it. Judy travels the country with her van and her equipment and her huge ambition to bring tennis to the next generation.
From club to club, from school to school, all weathers and all areas, all months of the year. Knowing what his mother does, and what those at the LTA don't do, was surely on Murray's mind when he set about them on Monday.
In refusing to go with the flow and enjoy the afterglow of Ghent, Murray showed that his deft touch doesn't begin and end with the lines on the court. In a sense, his words were more powerful than any serve and more important than that sumptuous lob against Goffin.
The decision-makers in tennis love watching him. Some would say it's high-time they started listening to him.


A woman found a Boer War medal in a drawer in her house which had lain there unbeknown to her for 15 years.

Pat Smith, from Darwen, Lancashire, was clearing the draw out when she found the medal in a "box of interesting objects", brought home by her husband.
She did some research online to track the owner, Sam Hallas, and discovered he lived in South Manchester in 1911.
The Second Boer War took place between 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902.
The medal has been sent to Manchester and will be transported to Cyprus, where his grandson David Hallas lives.
Mr Hallas did not know his grandfather was awarded a medal in the Second Boer War and said the discovery was a surprise to the whole family.
"It was absolutely fantastic," he said.
"All the trouble Pat went through to trace it was brilliant, I really appreciate what she has done. I could not thank her enough."
Inspired by Mrs Smith's discovery, Mr Hallas is now determined to find out more about his grandfather and his involvement in the Second Boer War.
He is expecting his daughter, who is currently living in Manchester, to post the medal to Cyprus once she receives it.


A man who carried out a double shooting in South Lanarkshire has pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted murder.

James Allan, 31, shot Craig Burns, 26, and 27-year-old James McSorley with a sawn-off shotgun as they walked in a lane in Hamilton on 27 June.
Mr Burns lost an eye while Mr McSorley had gun pellets lodged in his brain. The attack was blamed on a feud between Allan's friends and Mr McSorley.
Sentence on Allan was deferred and he was remanded in custody.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the shooting happened at about 14:30.
Mr Burns described hearing a voice before collapsing to the ground after being struck in the face.
Mr McSorley described hearing "a loud bang" then feeling a pain in the back of his head.
The injured men initially fled to a friend's home before Mr Burns was driven to hospital.
He was found to have serious facial injuries and lost an eye.
Police later found Mr McSorley still at the house he had gone to after the shooting.
He was also taken to hospital having suffered wounds to his face, head and shoulder.
It was discovered he had gunshot pellets in his brain "very close" to major blood vessels.
However, doctors decided no surgery was required and he left hospital on 5 July.
Police later recovered a sawn-off shotgun and a balaclava from a bin and DNA tests linked Allan to both items.
The court was told that the attack was apparently sparked by a feud between Allan's friends and Mr McSorley.
It was also claimed that Allan carried out the shooting after jibes were made about someone close to him being sexually assaulted.
Allan is due to be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on 1 February.


A raised security alert in the Swiss city of Geneva was triggered by a warning that a cell of so-called Islamic State (IS) was in the area, the country's president says.

Simonetta Sommaruga said a "foreign authority" provided the information, but did not disclose which one.
She said there was no indication that an attack was planned.
Geneva police have said the raised alert is linked to the Europe-wide investigation into the Paris attacks.
However, Switzerland's federal police said they were not connecting the current operation in Geneva to the attacks.
A report by the Tribune de Geneve newspaper on Friday said (in French) that police had arrested two men of Syrian origin and that traces of explosives were found in their car, but there was no official confirmation of the report.
"The Swiss government received information from a foreign authority regarding a potential IS cell in the Geneva area," Ms Sommaruga told a news conference.
"Federal authorities examined this information and shared it with the local police. There is currently no indication that there was a concrete attack planned."
Reports in Swiss media said the intelligence had originally come from the United States.
Daily newspaper Le Temps, quoting a source close to the investigation, said US intelligence had identified three jihadist cells in Chicago, Toronto and Geneva.
Pictures of four individuals had been circulated to police, the source said, adding: "We do not know their names, we do not know where they came from. They apparently are using noms de guerre."
On Thursday, security was stepped up outside synagogues, the UN building and the French ambassador's home, as well as train stations, the airport and similar places.
The number of police on the city's streets has been increased.
UN spokesman Michele Zaccheo said there was "no specific threat to the UN in Geneva or its personnel".
The border with France runs through the outskirts of Geneva.
IS said it carried out the attacks in Paris on 13 November which killed 130 people.
Two men linked to the attacks - Salah Abdeslam and Mohammed Abrini - are still on the run and investigations have been launched in several European countries.


Everton can move forward with a plan to build a new stadium in a Liverpool park, the city's council has said.

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said the stadium plan for Walton Hall Park would be a "catalyst" to spark regeneration in the nearby area.
A council spokesman said it and the club would create "a new, vibrant and sustainable neighbourhood".
Club chairman Bill Kenwright said the chance to build "a minute away from our beloved Goodison" was too good to miss.
The council spokesman said the decision to develop the park followed "an exhaustive search for suitable sites within the city".
He said no timetable for the building of the stadium was in place, but that after consulting with the local community, fan groups and project partners, a planning application "could be made within 12 months".
Green Party campaigner Martin Dobson said while it was good to keep the stadium within the city of Liverpool "there's plenty of brownfield sites in the city that could be used".
"Those should be used instead of green open space that's available for everyone," he said.
Local residents have also spoken of their uncertainty about the plan.
Everton's 41,000-capacity Goodison Park is one of the oldest football stadiums and has been the club's home since it opened in 1892.
The club's chief executive Robert Elstone told Everton's annual general meeting in April that any new ground would have a 50,000 capacity.
The council spokesman said while no plans had been made on how the new stadium would look, "the intention would be to retain some of the best characteristics of Goodison in any new environment".
Mr Anderson said the area around the proposed site was one that "requires substantial investment and this project could bring this in a unique form".
"This is a starting point for something which could be a real game-changer for this part of the city.
"This would generate significant job opportunities and also address important social needs such as health and education."
Mr Kenwright said that "for several years" he had thought building the new stadium at Walton Hall Park "ticks all the boxes".
"It could be something very special for our city, the residents of north Liverpool and all Evertonians.
"Of course, there's an enormous amount of work to do [which] involves fixing a huge financial jigsaw, but we are certain it's an opportunity we should pursue with great commitment, endeavour and ambition."
He said that "like all Evertonians, I love Goodison Park and have done since the day I first set foot in the Boy's Pen".
"But the prospect of developing a new stadium, and a new and vibrant community, just down the road from us, is to be grasped and encouraged."


The UK's economic growth slowed in the first quarter of the year, hit by a drop in manufacturing and construction output, official figures have shown.

Gross domestic product grew by 0.4% between January and March, down from 0.6% in the fourth quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
On an annual basis, growth was 2.1%.
The 0.4% rate was in line with economists' expectations, and marks the 13th consecutive quarter of positive growth for the UK.
Part of the slowdown was due to a sharp fall in construction output, which dropped 0.9% in the first quarter. Industrial output, which includes manufacturing, declined by 0.4%.
The service sector, the biggest part of the economy, grew by 0.6%
"Services continue to underpin the economy but other sectors have shown falling output this quarter," said ONS chief economist Joe Grice.
This is the first estimate of economic growth for the period, using less than half the data that will be used for the final estimate.
Today's slowing economic growth figures are not all down to uncertainty about the EU referendum, although businesses I have spoken to do say that investment decisions have been delayed both by their own companies and by their customers.
In his interview with me, the chancellor says he is "the first" to admit there are other issues with the UK economy.
It would be wrong to ignore those.
Poor productivity, weak exports and falling industrial production and construction figures are more than a short term reaction to the vote on 23rd June.
They reveal significant challenges rebalancing the UK economy away from services and household consumption towards manufacturing, as well as the UK's exposure to global economic headwinds such as slower growth in China.
Read more from Kamal here.
The Office for National Statistics said it had no evidence for or against the slowdown being linked to the EU referendum on 23 June.
The Bank of England warned earlier this month that uncertainty due to the vote could hurt growth in the first half of this year, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its forecast for the UK economy over fears of disruption if Britain votes to leave the EU.
Chancellor George Osborne told the BBC the fact that Britain was still growing was "good news", but added "there are warnings today that the threat of leaving the EU is weighing on our economy".
"Investments and building are being delayed, and another group of international experts, the OECD, confirms British families would be worse off if we leave the EU".
But economists suggested fears over the impact of Britain's exit from the EU was only partly to blame for the slowdown.
Pantheon Macroeconomics chief UK economist Saumuel Tombs said the UK's economy had been steadily losing pace since 2014, and the boost to the economy from higher household spending and rapid employment growth "had run its course".
"Concerns about Brexit likely played a role in the first quarter slowdown and they probably will take a greater toll on GDP growth in the second quarter. But the downward trend in GDP growth since 2014 suggests that the EU referendum cannot be blamed for all of the economy's ills," he added.
But Capital Economics UK economist Ruth Miller said she expected the slowdown to be temporary.
"Many of the factors likely to be to blame for the first quarter's weakness should prove short-lived. We would not be surprised if growth were to subsequently accelerate in the second half of the year, putting the economy back on track," she added.


A second person has died after a 4x4 mounted a pavement and hit three pedestrians.

The man was being treated for serious pelvic injuries following the crash in Guildford on 20 February.
Surrey Police said the man, aged in his 40s, died in hospital on Thursday. A woman in her 30s died at the scene.
The driver of the Land Rover Defender and another female pedestrian also suffered minor injuries in the collision in Bridge Street.
Officers have appealed for witnesses.


The first major UK exhibition of the work of French designer Yves Saint Laurent has proved so popular that it is being extended.

Style is Eternal, which showcases key items from his 50-year career, has been running at the Bowes Museum in County Durham since July.
It has been the most popular exhibition in the museum's history, attracting three time the usual visitor numbers.
The initial closing date of 25 October has now been extended to 8 November.
The show highlights how the designer revolutionised womenswear and includes dresses from the late 1950s which have never been seen in public before.
There have been 55,000 visitors to date, a figure which is expected to reach 70,000 by the time it closes.
Adrian Jenkins, Director of The Bowes Museum said:  "It has been a wonderful moment in the museum's history.
"The exhibition has dazzled visitors and informed us of Yves Saint Laurent's huge contribution to the world of fashion, evident in the way women dress every day."


An academy chain is facing closure after the Education Funding Agency (EFA) announced it was terminating the group's funding agreement.

The Durand Academy Trust (DAT) runs an infant and junior school in Stockwell, south London, and a boarding school for older pupils in Midhurst, West Sussex.
The EFA said it had serious concerns about the financial management and governance of the trust.
The Durand Academy said it would fight the decision.
Durand Academy, which has more than 1,000 pupils at its three sites, received Â£17m from the government to set up the school for weekly boarders in 2014.
In a letter to former executive head teacher Sir Greg Martin, who chairs the governors, EFA chief executive Peter Lauener said there had been "repeated and significant" breaches of the terms of the funding agreement.
The letter, dated 11 October, said the academy trust had failed to comply with six out of eight requirements set out by the EFA.
It says Â£2m of public money transferred to the Durand Education Trust has not yet been repaid to the Durand Academy Trust despite a request made by the government funding agency in February 2015.
The letter also questions why the academy has been charged for the use of a leisure centre, on one of its own sites, by its pupils.
Academies Minister Lord Nash said: "Following much consideration, we have advised Durand Academy Trust that we are planning to proceed with the termination of the trust's funding agreement.
"A provisional notice of termination was issued to the trust on 4 July because of serious concerns about financial management and governance.
"That notice set out a number of requirements.
"The trust has failed or refused to comply with six of the eight requirements we set out to address our concerns.
"This is not a decision we have taken lightly, but it has been done to safeguard the future education of Durand's pupils and to ensure public money and public assets intended for the education of children are managed effectively".
It was one of then Education Secretary Michael Gove's favourite schools; a reason, he said, to be optimistic.
The founder, Sir Greg Martin, was knighted for services to education in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2013.
But the Durand Academy Trust has been dogged by controversy because of the complex financial structures created around it.
It was the appearance of Sir Greg before the Public Accounts Committee that propelled the school into the headlines.
He faced questions about additional payments and a dating service registered to the school address.
The MPs also challenged the transfer of the ownership of school land into the separate Durand Education Trust, which runs a leisure centre on it.
Two years on and those unconventional arrangements are at the heart of the decision to terminate the funding agreement.
The Education Funding Agency's decision will also revive the debate about whether the Department for Education really has a grip on the finances of academies.
However, the academy said the EFA had been waging a campaign against it for a number of years, and said the campaign had been "characterised by misrepresentation, half truths and inaccuracies". Read full statement from Durand Academy
It said it had complained to the education secretary about the EFA, but had been ignored.
It said a self-governing academy had the right to "make a profit and surpluses for the benefit of the children in its care and to use this profit and surpluses as it sees fit to improve the facilities on offer to its children and their local community".
And it said an independent financial audit had uncovered no financial wrongdoing.
Shadow schools minister Mike Kane said: "This is an extremely concerning case, which further exposes the Tories' failure to properly oversee academy schools and make sure taxpayers' money is being spent where it should be.
"The Tories need to get a grip of the academy system as it stands, rather than make the problem any bigger by adding more schools and academy trusts.
"It's clear what we need - good teachers in good schools, but every day that goes by shows the Tories can't deliver the change we need."
In April, the National Audit Office criticised the Department for Education for failing to properly account for the spending of academies in general.
It said there was a level of "mis-statement and uncertainty" that meant the truth and fairness of accounts could not be verified.


PJ Harvey's latest album The Hope Six Demolition Project has given the singer her first UK number one album.

Harvey's ninth studio album toppled The Lumineers just a week after they too scored their first UK number one.
Adele's 25 holds steadfast at number two, ahead of Aled Jones at number three, a new album from Santana at four, and Justin Bieber.
There was no change in the singles chart with Drake, Sia and Mike Posner dominating the top three spots.
The only new entry to the top five in the singles countdown was Girls Like, from Tinie Tempah ft Zara Larsson, a new entry at number five.
Following his sudden death on Thursday, Prince had two new entries in the album charts, less than 24 hours after news that he had been found dead at his home in Minneapolis. His 2006 greatest hits album Ultimate Prince landed at number 10, and 2001's The Very Best Of, joined the charts at number 18.
Sales counted from the moment the news of his untimely death broke on Thursday evening until midnight. The chart position was all the more remarkable given that much of his music is not available on streaming sites.
In the singles' chart, the Prince classic Purple Rain peaked at 65. The late singer looks likely to dominate both charts by Monday.
"The great shock of last night is already translating into a clear outpouring of respect and love for Prince," said  Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot.
He added: "The rapid impact on the Official Albums Chart - and no doubt the Official Singles Chart next week - underlines just what this extraordinary, iconic artist meant to the Great British public."
David Bowie, whose death in January marked another major loss to the music industry this year, also had a new entry in the charts, with The Man Who Sold the World at number 21.
New entries from Andre Rieu and Hawkwind joined the album chart, with Magic of the Waltz and The Machine Stops respectively, while another '80s stalwart, Phil Collins, returned to the charts with the deluxe reissue No Jacket Required, at number 35.


International observers have described Madagascar's presidential election as free and transparent, as results slowly come through.

Friday's poll was the first to be held on the island since a coup in 2009.
Preliminary results show that an ally of the ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana has taken an early lead.
Richard Jean-Louis Robinson has about 30% of the votes so far, while his main rival Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina has just over 15%.
Full results cold take as long as a week to emerge.
If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes cast, a second round will be held on 20 December.
The EU's chief election observer, Maria Muniz de Urquiza, described Friday's elections as "free, transparent and credible", despite isolated incidents of violence.
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the head of the observer mission for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), said the elections were "peaceful, calm, fair and transparent, and reflect the will of the people".
The two front-runners, Mr Rajaonarimampianina and Mr Robinson, have both pledged to rebuild Madagascar's economy after years of political unrest.
More than 92% of the country's 21 million people live on less than $2 (Â£1.20) a day, according to the World Bank.
Mr Rajaonarimampianina says he aims to help the unemployed, build infrastructure to improve agriculture, reform the education system and make Madagascar a strong democracy.
Mr Robinson says that his electoral programme will draw heavily on a new version of Mr Ravalomanana's Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to help rebuild society and also rejuvenate the ailing tourism industry.
Madagascar has been in political turmoil since 2009, when Andry Rajoelina ousted Marc Ravalomanana from power.
The coup left the country isolated by the international community and deprived of foreign aid.
In January this year Mr Rajoelina and Mr Ravalomanana both agreed not to stand in the polls, in line with a plan agreed with SADC.


Nine people have died in Japan when a care home for the elderly was flooded by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock.

The typhoon swept across northern Japan on Tuesday night, bringing up to 300mm (11.8in) of rain. At least two other people are reported dead.
The care home, in Iwaizumi town in Iwate prefecture, was on the banks of a river but had not been evacuated.
Lionrock has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves over Russia.
One emergency official told the AFP agency that the nine died after mud swamped the care facility. The victims have not been identified.
The building is home to elderly people suffering from dementia, NHK reported.
Typhoon Lionrock brought strong winds and heavy rains. It was the first to strike Tohoku, which covers the north-eastern part of Honshu island, from the Pacific since records began in 1951.
Authorities in the area have advised more than 400,000 people to evacuate because of fears of landslides and coastal flooding, Kyodo reported.
Flights and rail services have been cancelled and local manufacturers forced to suspend operations.
On the island of Hokkaido, further north, rivers burst their banks.
Iwate, one of the worst hit areas, is still recovering from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.


A senior detective with Humberside Police raped a woman after a Christmas party, a court has heard.

Former Det Ch Supt Colin Andrews, 57, is accused of carrying out the rape in a hotel room, in December 2003.
Mr Andrews, who retired earlier this year, was "controlling and bullying", Manchester Crown Court heard.
He denies rape, two counts of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, stalking, harassment and witness intimidation.
The former murder detective was also described as "manipulative", the jury was told.
On the opening day of what is expected to be a four-week trial, the court heard the attack came months after another incident in which he pushed the woman in the stomach, causing her to fall backwards, hitting her head, and leaving her very scared.
The father of one, from Brough in East Yorkshire, is also accused of pursuing a campaign of stalking and harassment against another woman in the summer of 2013, during which he sent thousands of unwanted text messages and emails, the court heard.
Prosecutor Owen Edwards said Mr Andrews "was good at his job as a police officer and he is described by many as a charming man".
He said: "He is also obsessive, jealous and controlling and sought to dominate the lives of women. He is a control freak who resorted to physical, and at one stage, sexual violence."
While suffering a "significant and sustained mid-life crisis", events were said to have reached a climax in August last year when Mr Andrews was confronted in the street by a stranger while having an argument.
As the concerned passer-by began to phone the police, Mr Andrews hit him in the face and then threatened him, the court heard.
The trial continues.


The mother and grandmother of a six-month-old baby girl mauled to death by the family dog have been jailed.

Molly-Mae Wotherspoon was attacked by an American pit bull named Bruiser at a house in Daventry, Northamptonshire, in October 2014.
Mother Claire Riley, 23, admitted owning a dangerously out of control dog and grandmother Susan Aucott, 55, admitted being in charge of one.
Both were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court to two years.
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Jailing them, judge Mrs Justice Carr told the pair Molly-Mae was savagely attacked by the pit bull in "a tragic and totally avoidable incident".
The court heard Aucott, an alcoholic, was looking after her granddaughter at Riley's former home in Morning Star Road when the dog attacked the baby.
James House, prosecuting, said the pit bull broke free from his cage in the kitchen and opened the door to the lounge to reach baby Molly-Mae on the floor.
It grabbed the six-month-old by her head.
Aucott threw herself across the baby but it was too late.
Molly-Mae suffered injuries to every limb and puncture wounds to her brain.
She died from severe blood loss due to the head wounds, a post-mortem examination showed.
The dog was put down at the scene.
The court heard Riley knew her dog was aggressive and jealous of her baby and it had been kept away from Molly-Mae.
However, the baby's cries made it "an object of prey", the court heard.
A vet who treated the American pit bull - a breed banned in the UK - said Bruiser was one of the most dangerous dogs she had seen.
In June, Aucott, of Alfred Street, Northampton, admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog resulting in death.
She was jailed for two years but will be released on licence after one year. She was also banned from owning a dog for ten years.
Riley, of Merrydale Square, Northampton, admitted owning a dangerously out of control dog on the first day of her trial later in June.
She was sentenced to two years, one of which she will serve in prison before being released on licence, and was banned from owning a dog for 10 years.
The recommendations of a Serious Case Review into the death of Molly-Mae are expected to be examined by Northampton Safeguarding Children Board officers next month.


The US has imposed sanctions on a dozen Russian and Chinese companies and individuals it accuses of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

Earlier this month, members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, voted for further sanctions against Pyongyang.
The US Treasury said the move would "increase pressure" on North Korea.
China responded swiftly, calling on the US to "immediately correct its mistake" of punishing its firms.
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control designated 10 companies and six individuals in its sanctions.
"[The] Treasury will continue to increase pressure on North Korea by targeting those who support the advancement of nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, and isolating them from the American financial system," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The action means American individuals and companies are no longer permitted to do business with these firms.
A series of missile tests by Pyongyang has increased tensions between North Korea and the US, with both sides engaged in a heated exchange of threats.
US President Donald Trump has threatened the isolated regime with "fire and fury like the world has never seen", leading North Korea to respond with threats to launch missiles near the US island of Guam in the South Pacific Ocean.
In North Korea's latest propaganda video released on Tuesday, an image of Mr Trump is shown at a cemetery which is apparently meant to be in Guam.
Vice-president Mike Pence is also pictured engulfed in flames.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meanwhile has praised North Korea for "a level of restraint" it has shown recently in its weapons programmes. He said the move could pave the way for talks between the two sides "sometime in the near future".
"We have had no missile launches or provocative acts on the part of North Korea since the unanimous adoption of the UN Security Council resolution," Mr Tillerson said in a reference to sanctions agreed by the UN against North Korea earlier this month.
But such placatory words were not in evidence at a UN meeting in Geneva on Tuesday when envoys for the US and North Korea clashed. Both countries are technically still in a state of war since the 1950s.
North Korean diplomat Ju Yong Chol denounced "constant nuclear threats" from the US.
He added that "the measures taken by [North Korea] to strengthen its nuclear deterrence and develop inter-continental rockets is justifiable and a legitimate option for self-defence in the face of such apparent and real threats".


There is a new kid on the block within the Royal Welsh Regiment as the 1st Battalion has appointed a new regimental goat.

Fusilier Llywelyn was selected from the Royal herd on Llandudno's Great Orme and has been prepared for Army life.
He will live at the regiment's base at Lucknow Barracks, Wiltshire, and will accompany them on ceremonial duties.
His appointment follows the death of the 2nd Battalion's L/Cpl Gwillam 'Taffy VI' Jenkins in May last year.
Fusilier Llywelyn has completed basic training under Goat Major Fusilier Matthew Owen, from Anglesey, and his first duty will be to lead a parade at an event to commemorate the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift.
The regiment said he was chosen following an "arduous survey" of the wild herd and he had stood out after demonstrating "more promise than the others".
His daily routine will see him exercised by the Goat Major and inspected to check cleanliness and wellbeing.
Along with his regimental duties, he has been invited to parade in London for the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations and will also spend the summer with B (Rorke's Drift) Company as part of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal goat tradition began in 1844 when Queen Victoria presented the Royal Welch Fusiliers with its first one, but it is believed the animals have been part of parades since the 1700s.