So, every home and business across the UK can now have fast broadband if they want it.

That was the promise made by the Prime Minister at the weekend. But it left open a number of questions - did he mean everyone, no matter how remote, what technology will be used, and who is going to pay for it?
Here is what David Cameron said: "Just as our forebears effectively brought gas, electricity and water to all, we're going to bring fast broadband to every home and business that wants it."
As the government has already promised to bring fast broadband to 95% of homes via the BDUK programme, this is all about reaching the final 5%.
The digital minister Ed Vaizey gave further detail, explaining that the plan was to bring in a universal service obligation of 10Mbps for "the very hardest to reach homes and businesses."
But does that mean every home - even those up Welsh mountains or on remote Scottish islands?
Let's presume it does, though just as with the obligation on BT to provide a phone line, there may be some upper limit on the costs involved in hooking up a home.
Broadband campaigners have not greeted the government's pledge with huge enthusiasm.
In particular, they have derided that 10Mbps minimum as woefully inadequate.
I contacted a number of them to ask what the minimum speed should be and got answers ranging from 15Mbps to 100Mbps.
There was also general agreement that fibre to the home was the technology which should be employed, though a few pointed out that 4G was now providing better speeds in some areas than fixed line broadband.
The problem is that, even at a minimum 10Mbps, a universal service may prove an expensive undertaking and the cost of putting a 100Mbps fibre connection in every corner of the UK could be prohibitive.
When the debate about fast broadband got going, it was calculated that universal coverage might cost at least Â£15 billion.
A  government which is implementing severe cuts in public spending will not be keen to put more money into broadband - although of course it is worth remembering that most of the cash spent so far on the BDUK programme has come from the TV licence fee.
And just about all of that spending has been channelled through BT, which was the only company to apply for the money in most regions.
Now the former monopoly telephone supplier looks likely to be a the centre of the effort to hook up the last 5%.
But even if the government wanted to spend taxpayer funds to make that happen, there will be resistance from BT's rivals.
Virgin Media has already called for an end to subsidies for rural broadband, claiming the market can now do the job - although it isn't clear that it will be moving to offer cable to every remote home.
Meanwhile, there are signs of a split opening up between town and country over the subsidy issue.
The director of the free market Institute of Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood told Radio 4's PM that people living in remote rural areas had made that choice, and fast broadband should not be a right.
Rural broadband campaigners hit back.
John  Popham, who advises rural communities wanting to get connected, told me there was already a widening gap between town and country: "For me the issue is that urban connections are getting faster. Stuff is then developed to take advantage of those fast connections which is then inaccessible to rural users."
Many of those campaigners have been deeply sceptical about BT's strategy for rolling out fast broadband, and some have joined calls for its Openreach division, which operates the fibre and copper networks, to be sold off.
But here's the paradox - the move to make fast broadband a right for everyone could end up strengthening BT's hand. If it is asked to meet a Universal Service Obligation, without being offered subsidies to make that feasible, then the company will want something in return.
It is Ofcom, not ministers, which is currently pondering whether Openreach should be sold off.
But the regulator will be hearing strong arguments that a divided BT will not be in good shape to help the Prime Minister fulfil his promises on fast broadband.


Downton Abbey has been voted the best TV drama of 2014 at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards.

Strictly Come Dancing picked up best TV entertainment programme from consumer group, which champions public service broadcasting.
Other winners included Martha Kearney and Professor Brian Cox, named best radio and TV presenter respectively.
The Telegraph's radio critic Gillian Reynolds was honoured with the VLV trustees' special award.
The award recognised her contribution to public service broadcasting throughout her career.
Now in its 23rd year, the awards ceremony was hosted in London by Radio 4 Today programme presenter James Naughtie.
Hit period drama Downton Abbey, which returns for its sixth and final series later this year, was the only ITV programme to win an award.
TV awards were also handed to BBC One's Countryfile, CBBC's Newsround, Springwatch and the BBC News Channel.
The News Quiz on Radio 4 won best radio drama and comedy programme, while Germany: Memories Of A Nation won best radio factual programme.
BBC World Service was also honoured, as was Radio 3's Composer Of The Week.
Neil MacGregor, who recently announced he was stepping down as director of the British Museum and has presented several TV and radio programmes on the arts, was honoured with a special award, as was TV doctor Michael Mosley.
"The wide range of nominations proposed by our members illustrate the tremendous quality and diversity to be found in UK broadcasting," said VLV chairman Colin Browne.
"Winners tell us they particularly value these awards as they are chosen by the people who really matter - engaged listeners and viewers."
The full list of winners:


Kevin Nugent made it maximum points and seven goals from two League One games in caretaker-charge of Charlton, after the departure of manager Russell Slade, as his side thrashed Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.

The visitors took a 26th minute lead when winger Ademola Lookman let fly with his left foot from just outside the penalty area and saw his effort take a deflection before nestling in the top corner.
Charlton doubled their advantage on 43 minutes as striker Josh Magennis netted his second goal in four days, from close range, after Adam Chicksen had turned a far post cross from Lookman back across goal.
Five minutes after the interval, Patrick Bauer's downward header from a Lookman corner eluded Rovers goalkeeper Kelle Roos.
Chicksen made it 4-0 on 77 minutes with a right-footed shot from the edge of the area that took a slight deflection and Nicky Ajose completed the rout with a 30-yard strike five minutes from time.
An injury-time penalty from Matt Taylor, after Rory Gaffney was brought down, was little consolation for the hosts, who had centre-back Jake Clarke-Salter, on loan from Chelsea, stretchered off on 65 minutes with all three substitutes already used.
Karl Robinson, who has emerged as one of the favourites to take the vacant manager's job at Charlton, was in the crowd watching on as Nugent continued his winning start.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Kelle Roos.
Attempt saved. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ellis Harrison replaces Stuart Sinclair.
Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 3. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ademola Lookman with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Peter Hartley.
Attempt blocked. Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
Second Half begins Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Peter Hartley replaces Byron Moore.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Charlie Colkett replaces Cristian Montaño.
First Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2.
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Chicksen.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Dillon Phillips.
Attempt saved. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Andrew Crofts.
Attempt blocked. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Adam Chicksen.
Attempt blocked. Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Attempt blocked. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 1. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Magennis.
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic).


An Australian man has died while trekking back from Everest base camp in Nepal.

The man became ill at the 5,380m (17,600ft) camp on Thursday night before experiencing breathing difficulties while descending the next day, Australian media reported.
The father of two had not attempted to reach the summit and was travelling with local Sherpa guides.
Australian consular officials are aware of his death.
"We stand ready to offer consular assistance," a spokeswoman for Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told the BBC.
The man was travelling with three other Australians, the Herald Sun newspaper reported.
Ten people died during the last spring climbing season in the Himalayas, according to The Himalayan Database.


Castleford highlighted their Super League title ambitions with a convincing seven-try victory over new-boys Leigh Centurions.

Leigh, in their first top-flight game since 2005, were blown away by four first-half scores and a Luke Gale penalty to trail 26-0 at the break.
Gale and Greg Minikin both picked up two tries apiece as the Tigers continued to exert their dominance.
Leigh rallied with three scores, but it came too late to challenge Cas.
Daryl Powell's Tigers are among the contenders in 2017 despite the loss of Denny Solomona, who scored 42 tries last season, in a high-profile defection to rugby union.
They showed they can cope without him with plenty of strike options - notably from Minikin, Jake Webster and Greg Eden.
The Centurions had dominated the second tier Championship over the past three seasons and were impressive in the Qualifiers with three wins against Super League opposition to book their top-flight place last term.
However, having survived a tight opening quarter, they could not live with Cas' movement, fluid handling and pace - particularly after Gale had crossed for the opening try.
Captain Gale kicked eight goals to add to his two tries, while there were debut scores for Jesse Sene-Lefao and boyhood fan Eden.
Leigh coach Neil Jukes will have been heartened by his side's refusal to give in on a tough introduction to Super League life, characterised by tries from former Tigers Ryan Hampshire and Danny Tickle as well as Matty Dawson.
Castleford head coach Daryl Powell told BBC Radio 5 live extra: "Once we got to grips with the game we were excellent, I was really happy with large parts of our attack and defence.
"It was always going to be a dangerous game, it was 0-0 for a while and it took a bit to break them down, the conditions are difficult. It's not summer rugby.
"We scored some smart tries, we looked dangerous and inventive and there were a lot of things to admire about our defence."
Leigh head coach Neil Jukes told BBC Radio 5 live extra: "We didn't get ourselves a chance to win the game, our kicking game was poor and three or four times we had seven tackle restarts, soft penalties with poor errors and some individual ones.
"If you defend your tryline as much as we did, certainly after 21 to 63 minutes, as good as you think your defence is, Cas are going to score points.
"Ultimately, we gave them too many opportunities. Across the board some individuals did some really good stuff and we did some poor stuff from 1-17. It's about getting the deficiencies out of us."
Castleford: Hardaker; Minikin, Webster, Shenton, Eden; Chase, Gale; Lynch, McShane, Springer, Sene-Lafao, McMeeken, Massey.
Interchanges: Millington, Roberts, Moors, Cook
Leigh: Hampshire; Higson, Crooks, Brown, Dawson; Ridyard, Drinkwater; Hock, Hood, Tickle, Paterson, Stewart, Hansen
Interchanges: Pelissier, Vea, Green, Weston


Turkey's president has told the EU it will not change its anti-terror laws in return for visa-free travel.

"We'll go our way, you go yours," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
The EU says Turkey needs to narrow its definition of terrorism to qualify for visa-free travel - which is part of a larger deal between the sides aimed at easing Europe's migration crisis.
Mr Erdogan was speaking a day after PM Ahmet Davutoglu, who largely negotiated the EU deal, said he was stepping down.
Leadership split spoils the party
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's bruised battler
Mr Davutoglu had also reportedly opposed Mr Erdogan's plan to give more power to the presidency. Mr Erdogan said the proposed constitutional changes were a national need, not a personal requirement.
The wide-ranging EU-Turkey deal involves the return of migrants, mainly Syrians, from Greece to Turkey, along with increased aid and other measures.
One of these is to allow Turkish citizens visa-free travel for short stays in the EU's Schengen area which comprises 22 EU and four non-EU members.
However, the EU wants Turkey to narrow its broad definition of terrorism to match tighter EU standards. It is one of five EU criteria Turkey still has to agree to in order to meet the visa-free requirements.
Mr Erdogan rejected this, saying in a televised speech on Friday: "Turkey, when it's under attack from terrorist organisations from all sides, the European Union is telling us to change the anti-terror law in exchange for the visa deal."
Referring to tents erected by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, near the EU parliament in Brussels, Mr Erdogan said: "You [the EU] will let terrorists build tents and provide them with opportunities in the name of democracy.
"And then [you] will tell us 'if you change this [anti-terrorism legislation], I will lift the visas'. Sorry, we'll go our way, you go yours."
BBC Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen says Mr Erdogan's hard rhetoric will please his support base but will alarm European leaders.
In recent months, he says, the government has used the terms "terrorist" or "terrorist supporter" to prosecute critics including journalists, suggesting they are supporting Kurdish militants or other armed organisations.
If Mr Erdogan does not meet the EU requirements, the European Parliament and EU leaders will not vote on the visa waiver at the end of June and, our correspondent says, the whole deal could fall apart.
The Turkey-EU statement in full
Another part of the EU-Turkey deal had been to hold new talks on Turkish accession to the EU.
But analysts say Mr Erdogan has been less convinced of EU alignment than Mr Davutoglu, and he will certainly be a tougher negotiator.
On Thursday, Mr Davutoglu, who was hand-picked by Mr Erdogan to succeed him as head of the governing AK Party after Mr Erdogan was elected president in 2014, said he would not stand again as leader at an extraordinary party congress called for 22 May.
Our correspondent says Mr Davutoglu had not been the pliant PM Mr Erdogan had hoped for, and the resignation is a tightening of control by the president.
Full European Commission Statement
The prime minister's unease with Mr Erdogan's plans to move to a presidential system, among other policies, had been evident in recent months.
In his speech, Mr Erdogan dismissed those who believe that, as president, he should stand aside from party politics.
He expressed his determination to put presidential reform to a referendum as soon as possible.
He said: "The presidential system issue is not Recep Tayyip Erdogan's personal request. The place in which Turkey has arrived as a result of its experiences has created an urgent need for both the presidential system and the new constitution."
Among those tipped as successors to Mr Davutoglu are Transport Minister Binali Yildirim, who is close to Mr Erdogan, and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is the president's son-in-law.
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Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka says he always had faith in Victor Valdes, after the goalkeeper's fine display in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Manchester City.

Ex-Barcelona keeper Valdes, 34, made several key saves at the Etihad Stadium despite a nasty cut on his thigh.
However his early Boro career has not been so smooth, notably engaging in an on-pitch argument with team-mate Adam Clayton in the defeat by Tottenham.
"I had no doubt in him, even during the worst moments," Karanka told BBC Tees.
"I knew he was a brilliant player, who has had difficult moments in his [Boro] career and life and now he's playing at his best.
"He's brilliant on the pitch and in the changing room as well. Saves like those are the reason he is here."
Dutch midfielder Marten De Roon was Boro's hero at the other end of the field, netting in injury time to deny Pep Guardiola's side top spot in the Premier League.
The 25-year-old, another pre-season arrival at the Riverside from Italian side Atalanta, missed the draw at Arsenal with an injury but returned to score his first goal for the club.
"If anyone deserves to score, then it's Marten," head coach Karanka added.
"He was disappointed by his injury over the past few weeks, so to score that goal is important."


Four couples have asked a US judge to order Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to reissue their marriage licences after she altered them to remove her name.

Ms Davis, an elected official, opposes gay marriage and has said that her Christian faith should exempt her from signing those licences.
She was jailed after she repeatedly refused to issue licences to gay couples, defying court orders.
The US Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal in June.
Ms Davis, a Democrat who serves Rowan County, a rural area in eastern Kentucky, was released under the condition that she would not interfere as her deputy clerks issued marriage licences.
However, once she returned to work Ms Davis removed her name from the licences and replaced it with the phrase "pursuant to federal court order".
Lawyers for the couples - two straight and two gay - questioned whether the altered licences are valid and said they "effectively feature a stamp of animus against the LGBT community".
The lawyers wrote that Ms Davis actions signal that: "the government's position is that LGBT couples are second-class citizens unworthy of official recognition and authorization of their marriage licenses but for this court's intervention and order".
The lawyers have suggested that the judge place the clerk's office in receivership so someone else would issue the licences.
Ms Davis' lawyer Mat Staver team disagreed with the couple's court filing and said matter has been resolved.
"Kim Davis has made a good-faith effort to comply with the court's order,'' Mr Staver said.
Ms Davis told ABC News on Tuesday she was prepared to return to jail if the judge ordered to stop altering the licences.
She said the licences are "not valid in God's eyes," but she disagreed with those who have called her homophobic.
"I have never once spouted a word of hate. I have not been hateful," Ms Davis told ABC News on Tuesday.
Ms Davis has become a heroine among conservative Christians who view marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Her case has also become an issue in the Republican presidential campaign with several candidates - including former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Texas Senator Ted Cruz - championing her cause.
Because Ms Davis is an elected official, she cannot be fired. She could be impeached by the Kentucky legislature, but the body is not in session.


Skipper Robbie Keane remains in contention to return to the Republic of Ireland team for Tuesday's final World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.

The 33-year-old LA Galaxy striker, who has made 129 appearances for the Republic, missed Friday's 3-0 defeat by Germany because of an ankle injury.
However, interim manager Noel King said Keane will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness by Tuesday.
"I am hoping he is fit for selection. Robbie is still recovering," said King.
Following King's comments, Keane took part in training later on Sunday and the striker's chances of being involved on Tuesday looked to have improved.
Full qualifying tables
Anthony Stokes replaced Keane in Cologne and, while the Celtic striker missed a couple of chances, his overall performance means he could again start in Dublin if the captain is ruled out.
King has John O'Shea and Richard Dunne available again after suspension, though centre-back replacements Ciaran Clark and Damien Delaney both performed creditably on Friday.
Opinions were divided about the Republic display, with goalkeeper David Forde having to make a series of brilliant saves to prevent more German goals.
However, the Irish also missed at least three good chances and King is continuing to take positives from the defeat, which ended the Republic's slim mathematical hopes of World Cup qualification.
"Did we have enough of the ball? Obviously not. Would you have it against Spain? Would you have it against Brazil? No," he added.
"If we can be better at doing what we are doing, well that's the way forward.
"But then a man comes in and he may decide to play a different way. That would be his prerogative."
Former Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill and Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy remain the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Giovanni Trapattoni as national coach.
King insists the new man will have a good squad at his disposal.
He said: "There are certainly players in the under-21s and lower who are going to be full international players... who are on the way, champing at the bit."
Norwich midfielder Anthony Pilkington is ruled out of Tuesday's game because of injury but Wes Hoolahan and Andy Reid could be in contention to start with the Republic likely to have more possession against Kazakhstan.


Nottinghamshire batsman Michael Lumb expects more "big scores" in the One-Day Cup after his side's record win over Northants at Trent Bridge.

Lumb and Riki Wessels shared a 342-run opening stand as Notts made 445-8 on Monday, with Northants 425 all out.
The combined total of 870 runs broke a 14-year-old record for the most scored in a 50-over fixture in England.
"There's no fear now with the advent of Twenty20 and how guys hit the ball, they take the ropes on," Lumb said.
"It's credit to the guys' skills and the batsmen's skills and the bowlers' skills and the way the game's progressing, but it was an unbelievable game.
"You look at the scores around the country and 300 is kind of par and we got a bit more, but the way the game's going with these Powerplays, there's going to be some big scores this summer."
Lumb struck 184 runs from 150 balls as he made his first century in limited-overs cricket since hitting 106 on his one-day international debut for England against West Indies in February 2014.
The 36-year-old was supported by Wessels' 146 from 97 deliveries, before both batsmen were dismissed within three overs.
"It's one of those funny things, some days you walk out there and the stars align and you have a day out, and it seemed to be like that for me and Riki," Lumb told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"We got a big partnership and that's what we try to do and get the team off to a good start.
"It just kept on going and going, so when those days happen they're quite special."
Northants head coach David Ripley also paid tribute to his team's efforts at Trent Bridge, having fallen narrowly short of their target despite Rory Kleinveldt's 128 from 63 balls.
"It was a great run chase from us. I don't think we've had such a dangerous score that's been put in front of us and come so close," he said.
"There's areas with the ball that maybe we need to dig deeper, but we're proud of our efforts. There's a lot of guys that have put in a lot of hard work in for us to get within touching distance of that target."
Northants' hopes of completing an unlikely chase were hurt when former South Africa batman Richard Levi suffered a shoulder injury, with the 28-year-old eventually coming in at number 11.
"I was petrified Richard was going to have more damage - but having got that close he wheeled himself out there," Ripley continued.
"When we got to within 50 runs we started talking about it as he had his arm in a sling.
"Our hope was he'd be in with Graeme White or Rory Kleinveldt and he could just block and hold an end up, but when he was left with Ben Sanderson he had to try to play a hand himself.
"No-one quite likes glorious runners up for too long but I think we can take a bit of heart from that effort tonight."


Demand for Scotch whisky went up last year, reversing a longer-term decline, according to new figures.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) published the figures, drawn from HM Revenue and Customs data.
They show that the number of bottles released to the market rose from 83.3m in 2014 to 84.9m last year.
However, that is still about a quarter less than a decade ago. In 2005, 107m bottles were released for retail in Britain.
There have never been more than 100m bottles since 2008.
British tastes have changed and the industry's marketing effort has gone into fast-growing export markets.
The SWA said the boost in demand was helped by the 2% cut in excise duty on spirits in last year's Westminster Budget - only the fourth cut in whisky duty in the past century.
It is reckoned that the duty cut helped boost spirits sales and helped the Treasury raise Â£107m more in revenue.
The reduction followed the freeze and scrapping of the alcohol duty escalator, which was pushing up prices faster than inflation.
The SWA has been lobbying the Treasury to cut duty again, saying that a 76% tax take on the average-priced bottle of Scotch whisky is still too high.
David Frost, chief executive of the SWA, commented: "A strong UK market is vital, particularly for new entrants to the industry.
"In the last two years, nine new distilleries have started production in Scotland and they need a strong domestic base to grow from.
"The UK is still the third biggest market for Scotch, but it is fragile and competitive."
The industry also claims that relatively high tax on spirits in the UK encourages other countries to levy high tax on Scotch-strength spirits, which can mean an advantage to their own, domestic, lower-strength liquor.
The measure of demand in the industry is based on HMRC figures of bottles released from whisky bonds - the point at which they are taxed. That is not a measure of how much wholesalers and retailers sell.


New Wolves boss Paul Lambert began his reign with a goalless draw against Preston North End at Deepdale.

After a tight first half, most of the chances came after the break, North End creating the majority of them.
But Aiden McGeady's angled shot hit the side-netting and then Jordan Hugill wasted a great chance to win it, firing over in the fifth minute of added time.
That left Lambert with the same opening result as Kenny Jackett, one of his Wolves predecessors, in August 2013.
After a disappointing match of eight bookings, Simon Grayson's Preston stay 11th but, despite a first clean sheet since 17 September, Wolves remain 19th, having stretched their winless run to eight games.
Wolves, missing Wales midfielder David Edwards through suspension, went close through George Saville, who shot narrowly wide, while Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's overhead kick flew just over and substitute Nouha Dicko put a late header straight at home goalkeeper Chris Maxwell.
But former North End keeper Andy Lonergan made a key save for Wolves at Hugill's feet just after Paul Gallagher had volleyed over.
Hugill also headed wide, while Simon Makienok headed just over as the hosts stretched their recent encouraging run to one defeat in nine league games.
Preston manager Simon Grayson: "We knew it would be a tough game for us with the new manager coming in.
"Out of respect for us they've stopped our key players playing like they have been doing. We still had some good opportunities though.
"Wolves have been too open over the last few months. Paul has done his homework knowing that we can be a handful. Credit to Wolves, they made it hard for us."
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Wolves manager Paul Lambert: "I thought we gave as good as we got. I was delighted with the lads.
"We have a threat going forward but we have to be stronger at the back than we have in the last few months. So I decided to come here and be strong.
"No slight on Walter Zenga, but the whole team has been too wide open and you can't defend like that. The way we defended was terrific. Andy Lonergan didn't really make a save."
Match ends, Preston North End 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Attempt missed. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Simon Makienok.
Attempt missed. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross.
Attempt missed. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jed Wallace.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kortney Hause tries a through ball, but Nouha Dicko is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Tom Clarke (Preston North End) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aiden McGeady.
Corner,  Preston North End. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
Bailey Wright (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Simon Makienok (Preston North End).
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jed Wallace tries a through ball, but Nouha Dicko is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Jack Price.
Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Simon Makienok (Preston North End).
Jack Price (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jed Wallace.
Corner,  Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Tom Clarke.
Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nouha Dicko replaces Hélder Costa.
Substitution, Preston North End. Marnick Vermijl replaces Callum Robinson.
Attempt missed. Simon Makienok (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Alex Baptiste with a cross.
Attempt missed. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aiden McGeady with a cross following a set piece situation.
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Jed Wallace (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jed Wallace (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Corner,  Preston North End. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
Chris Maxwell (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Kortney Hause (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jed Wallace replaces Bright Enobakhare.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.


England were beaten 58-52 by world champions Australia in the opening game of the international tri-series at a sold out Liverpool Echo Arena.

The Roses, who are third in the world rankings, secured a historic 3-0 series win over the Aussie Diamonds in their last visit to England in 2013.
But the Commonwealth champions got off to the perfect start this time around.
The visitors took a narrow four-point lead at half-time and England were unable to recover.
The final two games of the series will be played in London on 22 and 24 January.
Tracey Neville fielded a much-changed side from the team that finished third at the World Cup last summer.
Australia-based trio Jo Harten, Serena Guthrie and Geva Mentor were all rested, while Pamela Cookey and Tamsin Greenway have retired.
The new-look England team looked impressive in the first half against the Diamonds, but basic errors crept in and they went in 30-26 behind at the break.
Australia were able to call upon 6ft 4ins shooter Caitlin Bassett - named the world's best player in 2015 - to steady the side in the second half and they saw out the game.
Wednesday's contest was the first international match to be played under new netball rules, which came into force at the turn of the year.


Celtic may be without their two main strikers for the Champions League qualifier against Rosenborg in Glasgow on Wednesday.

Moussa Dembele missed training on Tuesday with a hamstring complaint and will be assessed.
Leigh Griffiths is serving a one-game ban for "provoking supporters" in the previous round against Linfield.
Erik Sviatchenko is carrying a knock, while fellow central defender Dedryck Boyata is a long-term absentee.
Norway winger Pal Andre Helland is Rosenborg's only injury absentee.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said Sviatchenko "could well miss this game" and suggested that 19-year-old Kristoffer Ajer, who spent last season on loan to Kilmarnock, "could potentially" come into contention.
Revealing that Dembele could also be a doubtful starter, he said: "We are looking at a possible injury he may have.
"We could be without him and Leigh, so we need to find a way.
"We do what we always do - we will try to find a solution within the team to make it work."
Even if Celtic have to face Rosenborg without their two leading forwards, history is in their favour.
The Glasgow club have played 25 Champions League qualifying matches at home and lost only four, winning 19 of them.
Celtic have met Rosenborg twice before in European competition, winning three of the four legs against the Norwegians.
Rosenborg progressed to the third round of qualifying thanks to an extra-time win over Dundalk.
The team from Trondheim are top of the Norwegian Eliteserien, 17 games into the campaign, having won the last two championships following five years without winning the trophy.
It is 10 years, though, since they last featured in the group stage of the Champions League.
"We expect a tough game," added Rodgers. "They are well into their season, so they will be at a good level of fitness.
"Rosenborg are very set on how they play. They like to build from behind in a 4-3-3.
"They have good players but are very much based around the strength of the team."
Matthias Vilhjalmsson is pushing for a starting place after scoring the extra-time winner in their 3-2 aggregate win over Dundalk.
However, Rosenborg coach Kare Ingebrigtsen preferred former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner up front for both legs, which meant the Iceland international was in midfield for the first leg in Ireland and on the bench for the return.
Rosenborg captain Mike Jensen is expecting an early onslaught at Celtic Park by a side he rates as favourites to progress to the play-off stage.
"It's a big challenge for us," said Bendtner's fellow Dane. "They are maybe the best team we have played for a long time, but we need to focus on ourselves.
"Everyone will agree that they are the favourites to go through, but the best version of Rosenborg will beat the second best version of Celtic.
"We will have chances and I hope we have the courage to take them. We will have a go. It's not in our style to defend deep for 90 minutes.
"They will come out with a lot of energy and we need to handle that early pressure."


The UK government has lifted its warning against travelling to part of Kenya's coast, including Mombasa.

The Foreign Office previously warned against all but essential travel to almost all of the country's Indian Ocean coastline.
Warnings remain in place for part of the coast and anywhere within 60km (37 miles) of the border with Somalia due to a "high threat from terrorism".
Warnings also remain in place for areas including Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb.
The BBC's Jonathan Chapman said coastal resorts had seen a "dramatic drop" in tourist numbers - and the Kenyan government had blamed this on travel advice from several governments including Britain and the US.
The Foreign Office says the "main threat" of terrorism - including kidnapping - in the warning areas comes from "extremists linked to al-Shabab", a militant group which has carried out attacks in Kenya in response to Kenya's military intervention in Somalia.
There have been several attacks in Kenya recently, including the killing of at least 148 people at Garissa University College 2 April 2015.
In 2011, Somali pirates killed David Tebbutt, from Hertfordshire, and kidnapped his wife Judith at a villa on an island in Kenya's Lamu archipelago - which is still part of the area Britons are advised not to visit.
In 2013, 67 people were killed during a four-day siege which began when al-Shabab attacked the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi.


The sale of Hull City appears to have moved closer after a document filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange detailed a conditional agreement for a £130m deal with a Far East consortium.

The Yorkshire club, owned by the Allam family, has been for sale since 2014.
BBC Radio Humberside understands former Hull chairman Adam Pearson is associated with the consortium.
A sale to another group collapsed last month after it failed to meet the Premier League's owners' test.
Hull did not confirm the details of the document when contacted by the BBC.
The document, dated 13 October, shows Greater China Professional Services Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, and Camsing Global have signed heads of terms - that outlines details of a formal contract - with Hull's parent company Allamhouse Limited.
It stresses, however, that there is "no legally binding agreement" at this stage and the sale remains conditional upon obtaining the consent of the Premier League "among other conditions".
Hull, promoted via the play-offs in May, are 16th in the Premier League after taking seven points from their opening eight games of the season.
Long-time caretaker boss Mike Phelan was last week named head coach on a deal until the end of the season.


Australians are paying tribute to Steve Wright, widely regarded as Australia's first international pop star, after he died aged 68.

He became a superstar at the age of sixteen, as lead singer of iconic 1960s rock band The Easybeats.
Their song, Friday On My Mind, became a global hit and was voted the best Australian song ever in a 2001 poll.
The group broke up after five years, but their music was later covered by David Bowie, INXS and many others.
Ordinary Australians as well as high profile figures in the music industry have been posting their memories of Wright on social media.
Battling drug and alcohol addiction, he underwent electric shock treatments and "deep sleep therapy" - medically induced comas - in the 1970s, that left him with long-term after-effects.
The Sydney private hospital that treated him was later the subject of a Royal Commission after dozens of patients died.
He passed away in hospital on Sunday night.


A photographer has spent two weeks travelling the streets of Ipswich by bus to complete an unusual artistic project.

George Georgiou, 55, said he wanted to take photos of everyday "micro-dramas" in the town.
He chose to use public transport because it took him to areas "you have no reason to normally go".
"I hope people recognise their town from a different perspective," Georgiou, said.
The idea to take photos from buses follows on from similar projects in London and Ukraine.
Mr Georgiou, who was born and bred in London but now lives in Folkestone in Kent, said he knew little about Ipswich apart from its football club before beginning the project, which is part of the PhotoEast festival.
"Ipswich is a much quieter place than I expected," he said.
"I found people friendly and the bus drivers were great and would wait for people if they could see them running from 50m away, which is how it should be, but you wouldn't see that so much in London.
"I wanted to capture Ipswich's micro-dramas. I like the centre and its architecture, but I was photographing from buses and they don't got through the pedestrianised areas, so they won't feature.
"London feels like hundreds of villages, whereas Ipswich felt like one suburb, but less frenetic and it seems like an easier place to live."
Adrian Evans, the director of PhotoEast, said Georgiou spent hours at a time on the buses and "must have been on every route".
"It is amazing how different a place can look from the top of a bus," he said. "It's a great way to take art and photography out into the community.
"Some of the photos will be displayed on the buses in the future, so it's like a portable gallery."


A £30,000 beach hut built on top of a seaside toilet block has won a prestigious architecture award.

The hut, at Sandilands, near Sutton on Sea, scooped an award for architectural excellence from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Owner Tim Spring said he was delighted with the award, especially as the hut had met with some opposition at the planning stage.
He said he now planned to take on another project elsewhere.
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The project involved overhauling a former public toilet block on the Lincolnshire coast - revamping the existing building, and adding a rooftop beach hut.
"It had a controversial starting point, there was quite a lot of opposition [to it]," Mr Spring said.
However, he said people were now warming to the hut, which features views across the North Sea, with many taking selfies outside.
He said he had started inviting people in to have a look at the the view from inside the 17-sq-m structure.
The hut, which lights up at dusk due to it partly being made from translucent polycarbonate, also features a storage area, located in the old toilet block.
Mr Spring, who was born and bred in Lincolnshire, said he had worked with a county-based firm of architects and a local builder.
He said he planned to work with them again on a new project.
The hut won the Riba Small Project of the Year award in the East Midlands.
It will now go forward to be considered for national honours.


Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.
Known for his unflappable style, he interviewed figures including Prince Charles, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and a 17-year-old David Bowie.
BBC director general Tony Hall said he was an "outstanding broadcaster".
His "personal approach" recast the role of the TV presenter at the BBC, Lord Hall said.
Best known as host of the current affairs programme Tonight from 1957 to 1965, Michelmore brought a more informal style to news presenting.
Studio equipment appeared in shot and Michelmore often presented items while perched on the edge of his desk.
In his later life, Michelmore went on to present Holiday on BBC One and was still broadcasting in his 80s, long after the last Tonight.
He also anchored major live events, including news of the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, which broke while he was live on air, and the return of the of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft.
His son Guy told the BBC his father died at Petersfield Hospital in Hampshire after being admitted last week.
Born in 1919 in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Michelmore joined the RAF and was commissioned during World War Two.
He made his first broadcast for the British Forces Network in Hamburg, and soon began appearing on air in a variety of roles - including in radio dramas and presenting a weekly gardening slot.
His big break came when he was asked to fill in at the Hamburg end of popular BBC radio show Two-Way Family Favourites.
The programme went out on Sunday lunchtime on BBC radio and linked members of British forces serving round the world with their families at home.
He went on to marry the show's London anchor, Jean Metcalfe, who died in 2000. He later said it was "love at first hearing".
He joined the BBC first as a reporter in the South West of England, before moving into current affairs presenting.
During his career, he fronted numerous programmes, including Highlight, 24 Hours, and Tonight - where he coined his famous sign-off: "The next Tonight will be tomorrow night - goodnight."
His calm and collected style meant he was the perfect choice to anchor general election results coverage, which he did in 1966 and 1970.
But he was shaken when he was sent to cover the 1966 disaster at the Welsh village of Aberfan, where a slag heap had collapsed on to a junior school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
"Never in my life have I seen anything like this. I hope I shall never see anything like it again," he said in his report.
He won a number of awards, and was made a CBE in 1969.
Paying tribute, Tony Hall said: "It's impossible to overestimate just how important a national figure he was at a time when there were just two channels.
"I still remember as a boy watching Cliff Michelmore presenting Tonight live five times a week in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
"He was natural, warm, engaging - he was utterly himself and showed he was one of us. His personal approach recast the role of the TV presenter at the BBC and he was loved by audiences for it."


A man caught with indecent images of children and pornography including a still featuring a woman and an octopus has been given a suspended jail term.

Andrew Burgess had more than 1,000 illegal images and videos on his laptop, Carlisle Crown Court was told.
One of the videos featured a woman and a dog, while almost 200 of the images were in the most serious category.
The 57-year-old of Ridley Road in the city told the court he was "deeply sorry" for what he had done.
Burgess, who admitted six offences, including three counts of making indecent photographs of children, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for a year.
The court was told that police visited his home in April 2014 and recovered material from his laptop and a memory stick.
The supermarket shelf stacker, was not represented by a lawyer in court, told Judge Barbara Forrester: "I am deeply sorry and ashamed for what I have done."
Burgess was also given a rehabilitation requirement and made subject to the terms of a sexual harm prevention order for five years.
He must sign the sex offenders register for the same period.


A railway line which was closed due to a landslip is to reopen next week, Network Rail has announced.

Temporary repairs have been made to an embankment on the Farnham to Alton line after it collapsed on 13 April.
A replacement bus timetable has been in operation since engineers noticed the track at Wrecclesham, Surrey, was starting to dip after heavy rain.
The line is due to reopen on 4 May. Network Rail warned of possible future closures for stabilisation work.
A longer term solution is expected to cost millions of pounds.


Local people need to be involved in helping improve hospital and GP care in mid Wales, the health minister has urged.

Mark Drakeford joined doctors and experts from as far afield as the United States at the event in Powys to look at the challenges for the region.
An independent review six months ago noted "enormous" public concern.
Meanwhile, GPs warned of "desperate" problems in recruiting and keeping doctors, especially in rural areas.
Mr Drakeford said local people needed to be drawn in to help redefine the health service in mid Wales.
"We've all got to do better than allow people to travel with an elderly patients three hours in a car to have a 10 minute appointment to say that everything is OK, and then another three hour journey back again," he told a conference in Newtown.
"There is an important opportunity here to form the future of the health services here in Mid Wales, and it is a real opportunity for local people to lead the process - people who live and work here - and to plan for the future."
There has been a long battle going back nearly 10 years over changes to health services in mid Wales.
Health economist Prof Marcus Longley in his 200-page report said there had been "mistrust" over Bronglais Hospital's future.
There had been a series of protests about fears the general hospital in Aberystwyth - the only one for 50 miles around - would be downgraded.
The conference is looking at issues ranging from GP recruitment to telemedicine.
A hospital campaigner is co-chairing a new group looking to plot the future with health managers.
Prof Longley, of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, spent nine months listening to medical staff and patients last year.
He called for the three health boards covering mid Wales - Hywel Dda, Powys and Betsi Cadwaladr - to work more closely together.
The future of Bronglais in Aberystwyth had been "dogged by uncertainty" with fears it was being run down. Prof Longley called for the hospital to be at the heart of changes.
The hospital serves patients in Ceredigion as well as parts of Powys and Gwynedd.
Mr Drakeford said there had been passionate debates about the future of healthcare and many people had "demonstrated their strength of feeling" for Bronglais in particular.
Jack Evershed, a campaigner to protect the hospital's services is now independent co-chair of the new Mid Wales Health Collaborative, along with Dr Ruth Hall, former chief medical health officer for Wales.
They will start working with health boards and the Welsh Ambulance Service to look at putting the Longley recommendations into practice after the conference.
Mr Evershed said the argument over Bronglais's future had been "finally put to bed" by Prof Longley's report.
"It was pleasing that our intuitive feeling that Bronglais is strategically important for mid Wales and has a future was recognised in the report. Now we have to keep going."
He said he hoped the outcome would be lessons which could be taken to other parts of rural Wales and beyond.


Political leaders and unions have welcomed news that the Grangemouth petrochemical plant is to stay open after a deal was struck with workers.

Operator Ineos had announced on Wednesday that the plant was to shut, with the loss of 800 jobs, after union members rejected a survival plan.
But the decision was reversed after the union agreed to Ineos's conditions.
Ineos founder and chairman Jim Ratcliffe said it was "a victory for common sense".
He confirmed Ineos would now press ahead with plans to invest £300m in a new gas terminal at the site, following a "significant change in attitude" from the Unite union.
He added: "We have had assurances from the union yesterday that the changes we have requested in order for us to invest in that facility have been agreed and we are delighted to announce that Grangemouth will restart today, both the refining and petrochemicals side."
The announcement on Grangemouth's future was greeted by huge cheers from the workforce, who had gathered at the plant to be told the news.
The move brings to an end a bitter dispute with the Unite union which began over the alleged mistreatment of a Unite official and escalated to the threat of strike action.
This was dropped but Ineos shut down the plant and issued an offer of revised terms and conditions in a survival plan, which was initially rejected by union members.
Unite has been accused of mishandling the negotiations, but the General Secretary of the Scottish TUC, Graham Smith said Unite officials were always prepared to be flexible but were hamstrung by the management's refusal to be reasonable.
"I think they've been placed in a very difficult position by an employer who in my experience very uniquely walked away from its responsibilities that it had with the trade union, tried to impose its will on the workforce with a take it or leave it ultimatum," Mr Smith said.
Reacting to the announcement, Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "Relief will ring right round the Grangemouth community, and across Scotland today.
"Hundreds of jobs that would have been lost can now be saved and £300m will be invested into the plant."
The main points of the Ineos announcement included:
First Minister Alex Salmond described the development as a "tremendous fillip for the workforce and the whole Grangemouth community, following what could have been a potential disaster".
He said it had been "a great team effort from all concerned", including the unions and workforce, the management and governments.
"I am delighted that people have rallied round to protect these jobs, and now we can all agree that Grangemouth has an outstanding future," he added.
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael also welcomed the announcement, saying that it was "the news that we all wanted".
"The staff and their families have been through a very stressful and uncertain time," he added.
The announcement came as BP said it had reached an agreement with Ineos which would ensure that oil and gas supplies from the Forties Pipeline System would be secured.
The pipeline - which brings oil and gas ashore from more than 50 North Sea fields - as well as BP's processing plant at Kinneil depend on steam and power from Grangemouth.
BP said "some key commercial terms" had been adjusted in an existing deal with Ineos, but did not elaborate.
It added: "By doing this, we have ensured that over a third of the North Sea's total oil and gas supplies will be unaffected, and that our motorist and airline customers will enjoy supply security."
Ineos' future plans at Grangemouth include investing £300m in a new gas terminal at the site.
Grangemouth chairman Calum MacLean said: "It is a huge investment and that investment was only rightly to be done if we had a long-term sustainable base.
"What we have now done is given the chemicals business another 15 to 20 years on the back of new raw materials, new contracts and significant investment."
Mr MacLean would not dismiss the prospect of redundancies, but said they would be "very limited".
The company has also said that 2,000 contractors it laid off after shutting down the complex would be re-hired to support investment in its survival plan.
According to Ineos, the Scottish government has indicated it would support its application for a £9m grant to help finance its gas terminal plans, while the UK government has given "pre-qualification approval" for a £125m loan guarantee facility.
Falkirk Council, which had planned to set up a task force to respond to the threatened closure, said the Ineos announcement was "the best possible outcome for all concerned".
Council leader Craig Martin added: "There has been a tremendous effort behind the scenes to secure the plant's future involving UK and Scottish governments and Falkirk Council, working together to ensure the plant's survival.
"This partnership approach has paid off and a more stable and positive future for the workforce has been delivered."


Last Sunday morning, Bryan Ang woke up onboard his floating fish farm on the Johor Strait between Malaysia and Singapore to find nearly all his stock had died.

"We woke up and saw all the fish floating belly-up," he said. "It's devastating."
He was not alone. Hundreds of tonnes of fish - both farmed and wild - died over the weekend in the eastern part of the strait.  Fish farmers lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock overnight.
Floating out at sea and washing up on the beaches and mangroves, dead sea creatures began to appear, from sea snakes and seahorses to squid and moray eel.
Nature guide and environmental biology student Sean Yap - who supplied some of these pictures to the BBC - said he was jogging along the eastern Pasir Ris beach on Saturday evening when he smelt a foul stench.
It came from what he described as a "mass grave" - thousands of dead fish washed up on shore.
"There were cleaners present on the shore on Sunday morning to deal with the carcasses, but when we returned at night the high tide had brought in a new batch of bodies."
The environmental authorities said the deaths were due to a plankton bloom, where a species of plankton multiplies rapidly, damaging the gills of fish. It can be triggered by sudden changes in temperature, high nutrient levels in the water, and poor water circulation.
Government agencies were unable to provide the BBC with figures, but said they were "concerned" about the potential impact on marine biodiversity and were taking steps to investigate and help farmers clean up.
Mr Yap said he found it alarming that even species such as catfish and burrowing gobies, which are considered to be more resilient, were found dead. The deaths of "invertebrates like worms is also alarming, as it may mean that the base of the food chain is affected," he said.
There have been similar mass fish deaths in the past five years. This time round, the authorities had given an early warning to farmers - giving them time to move their stock into protective nets, activate pumps to keep the water moving or even float their entire farm to safer areas.
Some managed to save their stock, but few had anticipated the intensity of the plankton bloom nor how quickly it would strike, killing the fish en masse within hours.
Several fish farmers told the BBC that rapid development in the western part of the strait in Johor, the Malaysian state closest to Singapore, was one of the factors affecting the water quality.
"The plankton bloomed this fast because the nutrient content in the sea is so high. And where are all these nutrients coming from? Land reclamation in Malaysia," said Frank Tan.
But tiny Singapore has also reclaimed parts of its northern coast, and dammed up estuaries in the northeast to create reservoirs. It has pumped millions of dollars into the fish farming industry to boost its domestic food security.
Latest government figures show there are now 117 fish farms in waters surrounding the island, spread out over 102ha - twice the amount of space compared to a decade ago.
Dr Lim Po Teen, a marine scientist with the University of Malaya, said climate change was in part to blame for the blooms, by affecting temperatures and weather patterns.
"But on a local level, you can see the number of farms increasing in the last few years", he said, which is directly increasing the level of nutrients in the water from fish food and waste.
"We need to have very strict controls and improve the water circulation."
Some of the farmers reeling from the loss of their stock were considering moving away altogether to less troubled waters.
"This weekend's incident was the worst I'd ever seen. Everyone is horrified." said Mr Tan. "We may have to relocate now." He said he was eyeing spots to the south of Singapore.
But many of the farmers were hoping to get through the year by restocking with new fry and selling what little they could save of their remaining stock. Said Mr Ang: "We are trying to explain to people that our fish is still edible. We just need to regain people's trust."
Additional reporting by Heather Chen


A teenager is facing a £2,117 bill for her mother's funeral following a benefits dispute with the government.

Chantelle Fitzgerald, 18, of Canvey Island in Essex, lost her mother in August and thought the state would cover the cost.
However, the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) said it would not pay and the funeral directors have issued their bill to her.
A family friend called it "disgusting" and has launched a fundraising appeal.
Vicki Fitzgerald died aged 47 from a liver disease, while the children's father died when they were a lot younger.
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When Mrs Fitzgerald died, Chantelle applied to become her brother Shane's legal guardian to prevent him being taken into care and, with his help - and that of her boyfriend's mother Michelle Gray - organised the funeral.
Chantelle signed the forms with the funeral director.
"I think mum hid it [her illness] from us in many ways," she said. "If I had known, I would have prepared everything a lot better.
"I've an older brother and they [DWP] said it was down to him to pay as next-of-kin, but I hadn't seen him in years and we don't have contact, although he did come to the funeral."
Ms Gray, 47, who also lives on Canvey, said "it's disgusting".
"I blame the government department - Chantelle's been left to sort out a funeral and now they're both frightened of getting into trouble with the courts and they're only kids."
A spokesman for the funeral directors E Sargeant & Son said: "They agreed to this fee and it is our normal business practice to follow this up if payment is not forthcoming.
"We are in ongoing dialogue with the family and have invited them to discuss the matter further."
A DWP spokesman said: "Funeral payments provide a safety net for those in need during a difficult time and last year we supported over 32,000 claims.
"If a claim is unsuccessful, claimants can request a mandatory reconsideration and then a right of appeal."
The family and Michelle Gray said they had already been through the appeal process and it had failed.


Thousands of wildebeest have returned early from Tanzania's Serengeti National Park in a move park officials say is rare.

The animals began migrating from Kenya to Tanzania in September and were not expected to return until April.
Nicholas Murero, co-ordinator for the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, said drought in Tanzania was the likely cause.
He told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that he and his colleagues had "never experienced this before".
He said a lack of pasture in Tanzania due to the drought was probably the reason why they had made the journey north so early.
"They look very thin," he said.
The unusual occurrence is likely to have a positive effect on tourism in Kenya, less so for Tanzania, he notes.
The annual migration of more than one million wildebeest between the Seregenti National Park in Tanzania and Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve is a spectacle that draws tourists from around the world.
The sight of wildebeest crossing the crocodile-infested Mara River has been described as the seventh wonder of the world.


Landlords, estate agents and solicitors are in a last-minute rush to complete property deals ahead of a stamp duty rise that takes effect on Friday.

Anyone buying a home that is not their main residence will face a 3% Stamp Duty surcharge.
In Scotland, the equivalent tax - the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) - is also being up-rated.
From midnight on Thursday the duty on a property sold for £200,000 will rise from £1,500 to £7,500.
"It's been very chaotic. But the real problems will be today," said Rob Hailstone, of the Bold Legal Group.
The problems have been compounded by the fact that some of the fine detail was only announced in the Budget just over two weeks ago.
"It's been ridiculously busy. Buyers have been saying they want to rush it through, because they don't want to pay the surcharge," said Mr Hailstone.
While the theoretical deadline is midnight, the practical deadline is late on Thursday afternoon, when the banks close.
Sales can only be completed when the money comes though from the lender.
"It's a busy crazy day," said Martyn Baum, the President of the National Association of Estate Agents.
"We've all got a bottleneck, and a huge amount of deals before the deadline. I've heard of estate agents and conveyancers staying open till 10pm, and then opening again at 5am this morning."
The stamp duty surcharge will affect landlords purchasing buy-to-let property, or anyone who is buying a second home.
But many ordinary buyers are involved in chains which involve an investor somewhere along the line - so they too have been caught in the chaos.
Earlier this week, the Bank of England announced plans to subject landlords to a series of new affordability tests.
Their personal income and expenditure could be scrutinised by lenders before they decide to give them a mortgage.
Landlords may also have to prove that they could afford a rise in borrowing costs.


The NFL is to spend $100m (£75m) on medical and engineering research to increase protection for players.

That pledge was made as the league launched a new scheme to boost player safety at all levels of the game.
It comes after a $1bn settlement to compensate former players for brain injuries was agreed earlier this year.
"When it comes to addressing head injuries in our game, I'm not satisfied - we can and will do better," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.
The settlement figure with former players was agreed in April following a lawsuit by 5,000 former players who successfully claimed the NFL hid the dangers of repeated head trauma.
The Play Smart, Play Safe initiative will fund further medical research into such injuries as well as engineering research - looking into more protective helmets, for example.
It will also look to develop schemes that raise awareness of head injuries and concussion among players, and examine how the game can improve the way it deals with such injuries.
Goodell said: "While we can never completely eliminate the risk of injury, we are always striving to make the game safer.
"The NFL has been a leader on health and safety in many ways, and we've made some real strides in recent years. But when it comes to addressing head injuries in our game, I'm not satisfied, and neither are the owners of the NFL's 32 clubs."
This season, the NFL has come under scrutiny after Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton suffered four 'helmet-to-helmet' clashes in an opening-game defeat by the Denver Broncos. Denver safety Darian Stewart and linebacker Brandon Marshall subsequently received fines for the hits.
Only one of the hits was penalised by the game's officials, and Newton was at no point checked for concussion.
But Goodell said the new scheme would be "an initiative to drive progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head injuries, enhance medical protocols and further improve the way the game is taught and played by all who love it".
An independent, scientific advisory board will also be created to lead the way on how the league implements the latest research and advice on head injuries.
"It all comes down to one overriding priority: the health, safety and well-being of every player," Goodell added.
The NFL expects 6,000 of its approximately 20,000 retired players to develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Top NFL officials also now acknowledge a link between head trauma in football and CTE, which is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia.
CTE, which can only be diagnosed after death, has been found in the brains of dozens of former American football players.
In March, Jeff Miller, the NFL's vice president of health and safety, cited the work of Boston University neuropathologist Ann McKee, who said she "had no doubt" there was a link between the sport and CTE.
"We've seen it in 90 out of 94 NFL players whose brains we've examined," said McKee "We've found it in 45 out of 55 college players and six out of 26 high school players."
According to data released by the NFL last season, the number of concussions suffered by its players rose by nearly 32% to 271 - 234 of those were in pre-season and regular games, with 37 occurring in training.


The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a safety warning following a small fire at a former factory site on the outskirts of Dumfries.

It is the second such incident in the space of three days at the old Interfloor plant in Heathhall.
Emergency services were called out to the latest incident on Tuesday prompting the warning.
The SFRS said the site was dangerous and asked parents to be aware of their children's whereabouts at all times.
SFRS Dumfries and Galloway area manager Hamish McGhie said: "We are always concerned about the possibility of anyone accessing any empty premises.
"We have found from experience that unoccupied buildings can be targeted by malicious fire-raising.
"In such cases, we will always take a preventative approach by working with the owners and other local partners to secure such sites and raise awareness of the risks."
He added that they also tried to educate young people about the dangers of setting fires.
"Such activity is not only reckless and dangerous but can divert SFRS resources away from genuine emergencies," he said.
"However, through robust and flexible strategic planning, our crews are always ready to respond to any incident to keep our communities safe."


A major project has been unveiled to modernise the overhead power line network stretching from Ayrshire across Dumfries and Galloway and into Cumbria.

Scottish Power Energy Networks says it needs to replace much of the ageing system with a new higher voltage line.
A document is being circulated to residents outlining the background to the project with a map of proposed pylons and sub-stations.
It comes ahead of a first round of public consultation on the plans.
SP Energy Networks said the Dumfries and Galloway Strategic Reinforcement Project aimed to modernise the network making it "more resilient for homes and businesses" as well as increasing capacity.
It said much of the existing 132,000 volt (132kV) system was coming towards the end of its operational life.
The project proposes a new high voltage overhead line of up to 400,000 volts (400kV) between Auchencrosh in South Ayrshire and Harker in Cumbria.
Initial consultation will seek views on a broad corridor of land that has been identified where potential routes for a new overhead line could be situated.
Broad siting areas have also been identified where the substations could be built.
SP Energy Networks said the proposed route - covering 109 miles - had been chosen to have the least impact on the environment and the local population.
The pylon route is earmarked to cover six zones from Auchencrosh to Newton Stewart,  then on to Glenlee before a three-way split to Kendoon,  Tongland and northern Dumfries where the line turns towards Carrutherstown, before heading north east to Ecclefechan then south into Cumbria.
SP Networks said 80 miles (130 kilometres) of old power lines would be removed as part of the project.
The plans will be subject to four rounds of consultation and revision over the next four years before being submitted to Scottish ministers for consent.
Consultation events will take place at the following venues:


England's Rachel Choong and Rebecca Bedford have won the SS6 women's doubles at the Para-Badminton World Championships at Stoke Mandeville.

The top seeds in the short stature category beat Maria Bartusz of Poland and Ireland's Emma Farnham 21-7 21-9.
The pair will face each other on Sunday for the women's SS6 singles title.
They will also contest the SS6 mixed doubles final, Choong playing with Andrew Martin while Bedford will be partnered by Jack Shepherd.


DUP sources have told the BBC an announcement on a deal with Tories has been delayed because of the unfolding tragedy of the Grenfell Tower blaze.

The two sides were close to reaching agreement to enable Theresa May to form a minority government and the talks were not in trouble, the sources added.
But they added that the London tower block fire made an announcement on Wednesday "inappropriate".
And diary commitments meant a final deal could be delayed until next week.
The DUP source told BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith the two parties were now finalising the "terms and conditions" of an agreement after Mrs May and DUP leader Arlene Foster met on Tuesday.
Downing Street sources told our correspondent talk of a delay in announcing a deal was "not coming from us."
If a deal was to be delayed it would mean the Queen's Speech, which had originally been planned for next Monday, could be delayed by at least a week.
It could also delay the start of Brexit talks.
The Conservatives are having to rely on the support of 10 DUP MPs after they fell eight seats short of winning an overall majority at the general election.
It means that Mrs May will remain as prime minister and the DUP MPs will be central to the survival of a Conservative Party administration.
The DUP have been playing their cards close to their chest, but we know the areas they're talking about because of a DUP plan drawn up in 2015 in anticipation of a hung Parliament.
Things have moved on a bit since then with Brexit, but we do know they're looking at trying to lower the cost to the Northern Ireland executive of any move on corporation tax.
They've been of the view that leaving the EU should lessen some of the stipulations in relation to state aid that were being applied by the Treasury to Northern Ireland, and that might take down the bill that the Treasury would put on the executive if corporation tax was lowered.
We know other matters, such as cutting air passenger duty and increased infrastructure spending, have been discussed, but we haven't got any sense of the exact details of the deal.
I suspect it will be top loaded with economic rather than political matters.
Some political issues, such as altering the definition of a Troubles victim or doing away with allowances for MPs who don't take up their seats, might be included.
Other legacy matters, such as protecting former soldiers or police officers from prosecution, may feature at a later stage.
The DUP will offer support for key votes, such as backing the Queen's Speech and the Budget and opposing any votes of no confidence.
The DUP campaigned for Brexit but is also conscious that 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU.
They are thought to be advocating a Brexit that does not disrupt the "frictionless border" with the Republic of Ireland.
They are also opposed to Conservative polices such as means-testing the winter fuel allowance and have campaigned for a higher National Living Wage and to restore the spare room subsidy.
The party is also likely to push for more investment in Northern Ireland, with emphasis on increased borrowing powers and looser budget controls rather than direct cash.
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that talks with the DUP had been productive and that Brexit negotiations would begin as planned next week.
"I think there is a unity of purpose among people in the United Kingdom," Mrs May said, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
The agreement with the DUP is expected to be very different from the coalition deal agreed between the Conservatives and Lib Dems in 2010, with DUP politicians not getting cabinet jobs and their support for the majority of new legislation to be determined on a vote-by-vote basis.
Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey called it a "very dangerous deal" and said Labour was "ready and waiting to form a minority government".
She dismissed accusations of hypocrisy after it emerged then Labour leader Gordon Brown had tried to do a deal with the DUP in 2010, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's certainly not something that [current Labour leader] Jeremy [Corbyn] would advocate, and the Labour Party is certainly not advocating that.
"As I've said, it would create a lot of instability in terms of the peace process in Northern Ireland and it's a very worrying time.
"It just illustrates the chaos that the Conservative Party are in at the moment."
On Tuesday, ex-Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major said he was "dubious" about the idea of a deal and its potential impact on the peace process.
Sir John told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme there was a danger the government would no longer be seen as an "impartial honest broker" in restoring the power-sharing arrangements and upholding Northern Ireland institutions.
Asked about Sir John's comments, Mrs May said she was "absolutely steadfast" in her support for the 1998 Good Friday agreement - which created the Northern Ireland Assembly - and efforts to revive the power-sharing executive.


One of Europe's main contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is built and ready to ship to the US.

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (Miri) will gather key data as the $9bn (Â£5.5bn) observatory seeks to identify the first starlight in the Universe.
The results of testing conducted at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK have just been signed off, clearing Miri to travel to America.
James Webb - regarded as the successor to Hubble - is due to launch in 2018.
It will carry a 6.5m primary mirror (more than double the width of Hubble's main mirror), and a shield the size of a tennis court to guard its sensitive vision from the heat and strong light of our Sun.
The observatory has been tasked with tracking down the very first luminous objects in the cosmos - groupings of the first generation of stars to burst into life.
To do so, Webb will use its infrared detectors to look deeper into space than Hubble, and further back in time - to a period more than 13 billion years ago.
"The other instruments on James Webb will do massive surveys of the sky, looking for these very rare objects; they will find the candidates," explained Miri's UK principal investigator, Prof Gillian Wright.
"But Miri has a very special role because it will be the instrument that looks at these candidates to determine which of them is a true first light object.  Only Miri can give us that confirmation," she told BBC News.
JWST is a co-operative project between the US (Nasa), European (Esa) and Canadian (CSA) space agencies.
Europe is providing two of the telescope's four instruments and the Ariane rocket to put it in orbit.
Miri is arguably the most versatile of the four instruments, with a much wider range of detectable wavelengths than its peers (5-28 microns).
Fundamentally, it is a camera system that will produce pictures of the cosmos.
But it also carries a coronagraph to block the light from bright objects so it can see more easily nearby, dimmer targets - such as planets circling their stars. In addition, there is a spectrograph that will slice light into its component colours so scientists can discern something of the chemistry of far-flung phenomena.
Miri is a complex design, and will operate at minus 266C. This frigid state is required for the instrument's detectors to sample the faintest of infrared sources.  Everything must be done to ensure the telescope's own heat energy does not swamp the very signal it is pursuing.
The hardware for Miri has been developed by institutes and companies from across Europe and America.
The job of pulling every item together and assembling the finished system has had its scientific and engineering lead in the UK.
Miri has just gone through a rigorous mechanical and thermal test campaign at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire.
This included shaking the instrument to simulate the pounding it will receive during the ascent to orbit on the Ariane.
It was also put in a vacuum chamber and subjected to the kind of temperatures it will experience in space.
"It's been a real privilege to work on Miri and great to see it finally ship out," said Paul Eccleston, the engineer at RAL who has overseen the test campaign.
"It will be so exciting when we put it on top of the rocket and light the blue touch paper, so to speak, and watch it go up into space."
The paperwork signing off the test results has now been accepted by Nasa.
The next step is for Miri to be put in a special environment-controlled shipping box, so it can travel to the US space agency's Goddard centre. The Maryland facility is where the final integration of James Webb will take place.
Miri will be fixed inside a cage-like structure called the Integrated Science Instrument Module and positioned just behind the big mirror.
The years to 2018 promise yet more testing.
Recommended 16 years ago as the logical evolution beyond Hubble, the JWST has managed to garner a fair amount of controversy.
Technical difficulties and project mismanagement mean the observatory is now running years behind schedule and is billions of dollars over-budget.
Elements of the US Congress wanted to cancel the telescope last summer.  That did not happen, but Capitol Hill now has James Webb on a very short leash, with Nasa required to provide monthly updates on milestones met or missed.
Much of the talk around James Webb tends to centre on cost.  The current estimate for the US side is $8.8bn, which covers the full life cycle of the project from its inception to the end of initial operations.  Extra to that bill is some $650m for the European contributions like Miri and Ariane.
Dr Eric Smith is Nasa's deputy programme director for James Webb.  He believes taxpayers do appreciate the venture.
"When you're able to show people that James Webb will do things that not even Hubble can do - then they understand it," he told BBC News.
"People recognise how iconic Hubble has been, and how much it has affected their lives.
"The images and scientific results that Hubble has returned have permeated popular culture. Webb pictures will be just as sharp but because the telescope will be looking at a different part of the spectrum, it will show us things that are totally new."


The pound climbed back above $1.27 but the FTSE 100 share index was on track for its third week of losses in a row.

Shortly after midday the FTSE 100 was down 29.88 points at 7,409.41.
Meanwhile sterling rose 0.4% against the dollar to $1.2732, and climbed 0.2% against the euro to 1.1401 euros.
The FTSE 100 often falls when the pound rises because many firms in the index operate abroad. A stronger pound means overseas earnings are worth less when changed back into sterling.
Comments from brokers were behind some of the bigger share movements. BAE Systems fell 1.8% after JP Morgan cut its rating on the company to "neutral".
Broadcasting company ITV was the biggest riser in the FTSE 100, up 2.3%, as Morgan Stanley raised its rating to "overweight".
In the FTSE 250, shares in Domino's Pizza fell 3.5% after analysts at Berenberg cut their rating on the company to "hold".


A football club has held a minute's applause to mark the death of an eight-year-old fan who was at the centre of a social media campaign.

Kasabian Newton-Smith from Sheffield was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler and had two brain tumours.
Footballer Wayne Rooney sent him his England shirt and other players tweeted with the hashtag #1LastSmile4Kasabian.
Fans at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane applauded in the eighth minute of the club's match against Swindon Town.
Posting online, Kasabian's father said his son "passed peacefully in his sleep".
The social media campaign appealed to professionals and amateurs of the sport to hold one finger in the air and smile for a photograph.
Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp previously tweeted a picture featuring Rooney and Adam Lallana.
Alan Shearer also posted a message of support.
Speaking to the BBC in November, Kasabian's father Simon Newton-Smith said his son had "desperately" wanted to follow in his big brother's footsteps and play football.
He had been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma and had more than 100 radiation treatments.
Kasabian, who has six brothers and sisters, had taken part in fundraising efforts for Sheffield Children's Hospital and cancer charities.


A UN soldier has become the first peacekeeper to die in the Central African Republic (CAR) after a convoy was ambushed on the outskirts of the capital Bangui.

The peacekeeper from Pakistan was killed in a road accident when a UN vehicle was attacked on Thursday night, according to officials.
Another soldier was severely wounded and seven others injured.
Religious unrest has killed at least 5,000 people this year in CAR.
Clashes erupted again this week - the worst since the UN took charge of peacekeeping operations in September.
The sound of gunfire was ringing out across the capital on Thursday.
The BBC's Laeila Adjovi in Bangui says the city's streets are empty, shops and fuel stations are closed, while humanitarian workers have been advised to stay at home.
Much of the city is in lockdown with roadblocks across major streets, she says.
Following the attack on the UN convoy, the organisation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that the incident was "entirely unacceptable".
The identity of those who carried out the ambush was not immediately clear.
Miriam Dessables, spokesperson for the CAR peacekeeping force, said the UN would continue its operation.
"We are here, we're on the ground and the force is actually doing its work," she told the BBC.
CAR has suffered ethnic and religious unrest since mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the majority Christian country in March 2013.
Their leader later stepped down under intense diplomatic pressure but the violence has continued.
Catherine Samba Panza, a Christian, was chosen as a interim president but a Christian militia leader recently called for her to stand down, saying her government has failed to disarm Seleka fighters.
Our correspondent says there is concern that this spike in violence is more coordinated, and that Christian militias are becoming more organized.
If this is the case, keeping the peace will become increasingly difficult, she says.


John Sheridan's first game back as Oldham manager ended in defeat as his side lost at Bradford in League One.

Tony McMahon's header from six yards was enough to secure the points for the promotion-chasing Bantams.
The Latics' hopes were dented before half-time as substitute Connor Brown was sent off for a bad foul.
The red card came moments after Oldham had nearly taken the lead through Jake Cassidy's close-range flick, while Liam Kelly's late header almost levelled it.
Bradford climb into the top 10 and are four points off the play-off places with two games in hand, while Oldham are five points from safety in 22nd.
Oldham manager John Sheridan told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"The sending off totally changed the game.
"I was well happy with the way we played. I thought we could have kept the ball in possession a bit better but I thought we looked comfortable.
"We dealt with everything that they threw at us, up until the sending off I was comfortable."
Match ends, Bradford City 1, Oldham Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Bradford City 1, Oldham Athletic 0.
Foul by Devante Cole (Bradford City).
Liam Kelly (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Liam Kelly (Oldham Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by James Hanson.
Attempt missed. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Rory McArdle (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Forte (Oldham Athletic).
Lee Evans (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lee Evans (Bradford City).
Brian Wilson (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Morris (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dominic Poleon (Oldham Athletic).
Foul by James Hanson (Bradford City).
Brian Wilson (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. James Hanson (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Devante Cole (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Bradford City. Mark Marshall replaces Christopher Routis.
James Meredith (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card.
James Meredith (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Cassidy (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt missed. James Hanson (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Bradford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt missed. James Hanson (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Devante Cole (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Wilson (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt missed. Tony McMahon (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Dominic Poleon replaces Rhys Murphy.
James Meredith (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Cassidy (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Jonathan Forte replaces Carl Winchester.
Substitution, Bradford City. Devante Cole replaces Billy Clarke.
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Bradford City. Josh Morris replaces Kyel Reid.
James Wilson (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christopher Routis (Bradford City).
Attempt blocked. Carl Winchester (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Timothee Dieng (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rory McArdle (Bradford City).


Lionel Messi closed in on Gabriel Batistuta's goals record for Argentina as he scored his 50th for his country.

Barcelona forward Messi, 28, brought up his half-century from the penalty spot as Argentina beat Bolivia 2-0 in a qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.
It leaves him just six goals short of former Fiorentina and Roma striker Batistuta's tally of 56.
"I'm happy with goal number 50 but more because we won and this helps to keep growing," said Messi.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi is Barcelona's all-time leading goalscorer with 449 goals in all competitions.
He could get his 500th career goal when Barcelona meet arch-rivals Real Madrid in La Liga on Saturday.


The centre-right candidate for the French presidency, Francois Fillon, is set to tackle allegations of improper payments made to family members.

He will address supporters from his campaign headquarters, in what an aide described as a fight-back.
Mr Fillon's bid has been overshadowed by claims, which he denies, that his wife and two of his children were paid for non-existent parliamentary work.
Some in his party, The Republicans, feel he should drop out of the race.
Recent polls have suggested that he may be eliminated in the first round of the presidential election in April, paving the pay for a possible run-off between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
Fillon payment inquiry: What you need to know
But a source close to Mr Fillon told AFP news agency that the candidate "will not give up". The conservative Figaro newspaper said that Monday's speech would mark the start of a "counter-offensive".
Mr Fillon, a 62-year-old former prime minister, has denied wrongdoing and strongly defended his wife, Penelope.
Last month Le Canard Enchaine newspaper reported that she earned 500,000 euros ($534,000; Â£428,000) as her husband's parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2012, and questioned how much work she had done.
The paper also said Mrs Fillon was paid 100,000 euros for little apparent work at a literary review owned by a billionaire friend of the family - an allegation that could lead to corruption charges against her husband.
It subsequently emerged that Mr Fillon had hired two of his children to act as lawyers, paying them 84,000 euros between 2005 and 2007 - when they were students.
Investigators have begun an inquiry into the reports. Mr Fillon said he would step down if placed under formal investigation.
Until the reports emerged, Mr Fillon was the front-runner for the presidential election, thanks in part to his image as a forthright, honest politician.
The practising Catholic enjoyed a landslide victory over Alain Juppe, another former prime minister, in a party primary in November.


Two men convicted of killing a teenager whose body was found wrapped in carpet eight years after she vanished face a wait to see if they will be cleared.

Alan Charlton, 56, of Bridgwater, Somerset, and Idris Ali, 51, of Cardiff, were both jailed in 1991 over the death of 15-year-old Karen Price.
An appeal against their convictions has been heard at the Court of Appeal.
Judges said on Wednesday the court's ruling will  be delivered at an unspecified later date.
Karen's body was found wrapped in a carpet on Fitzhamon Embankment in November 1989 - eight years after she went missing from her children's home.
Her body was so badly decomposed it was impossible to establish the cause of her death.
The key witness in the trial, known only as D, implicated the men in the killing.
Charlton was jailed for life in 1991 for murdering Karen Price while Ali was freed in 1994 after his conviction was quashed and he admitted manslaughter.
Ali claims he only confessed to manslaughter in order to get out of prison.
Lawyers for both men have argued that D's evidence can not be relied upon.
Charlton's representatives claimed police officers involved in the investigation pressurised key trial witnesses.
Some also worked on the 1988 murder of Cardiff prostitute, Lynette White, which later triggered an investigation into alleged police corruption.
Lawyers for both men claim if that was known at the time of their prosecution, the evidence from D - a girl from the same children's home as Karen - would have been excluded or viewed differently by the jury.
But Richard Whittam QC, for the Crown, urged the court to uphold Charlton's murder conviction and Ali's admission of manslaughter.
He said there was no evidence that any of the officers involved in the Karen Price investigation had breached police standards.
Mr Whittam added that, in all the intervening years, D has never withdrawn her account of what happened to Karen - unlike the witnesses in the Lynette White case.
Lady Justice Hallett, who is hearing the case with Mr Justice Coulson and Mr Justice Nicol, said the court will now "take some time" to consider all of the issues raised in the appeal.