The European Commission has introduced rules which aim to prevent children being poisoned by laundry capsules.

More than 800 million gel capsules, or liquitabs, are sold every year in the UK.
Their popularity has been accompanied by a surge in poisonings of children under five, who are attracted by their brightly coloured, sweet-like appearance.
BBC Scotland has highlighted the dangers of the capsules several times.
Under the new EU regulations, from 1 June all laundry capsules must be packaged in non-transparent boxes, with warnings and a child-resistant closure.  They must also be insoluble for 6 seconds and be impregnated with a bitter flavour so that a child will spit out the tab.
It is expected it will take six months before capsules manufactured under the new regulations replace those currently on sale.
The head of sustainability and safety at the European consumer organisation BEUC, Sylvia Maurer, said: "It is reassuring that the European Commission swiftly took action to mitigate the risk of laundry detergents after poisoning incidents of young children were reported.
"Having binding rules which go beyond voluntary industry action are indispensable to keep consumers safe in the internal market."
One bitter flavouring which is likely to be used by some manufacturers is Bitrex, which is manufactured in Edinburgh by Macfarlane Smith.
"We see aversive agents like Bitrex as a last line of defence," said business manager Gina Mercier.
"It isn't a substitute for safe storage and child-resistant packaging, but as most liquitab incidents take place when they are in use, Bitrex is a final reassurance for parents.
"Bitrex is the bitterest substance in the world, and its inclusion makes it almost impossible for even the most determined child to swallow a potentially dangerous detergent."
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The European Commission decided to act after research by the Organisation for European Co-operation and Development (OECD) found poisonings were widespread across Europe.
There were 1,486 incidents involving laundry capsules in the UK between May 2009 and July 2012, equating to more than one a day. In France there were 7,500 reports between 2005 and 2013, and Ireland experienced 200 incidents in 2012 and 2013.
Most involved children under five and some required reconstructive surgery.
The products were launched in 2001, but it took 12 years for opaque packaging, warning labels and child-resistant catches to be rolled out.  Before the EU ruling, only Tesco had added a bitter flavour to its own-brand laundry capsules.
The director general of the UK Cleaning Products Industry Association denied that the industry had been slow to act.
"The industry has moved quickly," he said.
"The legislation has adopted what we were already doing. The final key is in the home. It's down to the parents to use the products responsibly and keep them out of reach - and that goes for other household products too, such as bleach."
He pointed out that his organisation has been supporting the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and other children's charities, to help parents improve safety in the home.


Dundee manager Paul Hartley views the signing of Nick Ross after the midfielder left home town club Inverness as "a massive coup".

The 23-year-old, who was out of contract with Caledonian Thistle, has agreed a two-year deal with their Scottish Premiership rivals.
Ross had been starved of first-team starts under manager John Hughes.
But Hartley said: "We faced competition from four or five clubs and we are really excited about him coming here."
Former Scotland Under-21 midfielder Ross, who helped Inverness lift the Scottish Cup for the first time in May, becomes Hartley's eighth summer signing.
"I have been chasing him for probably the last seven or eight months," said the manager.
"We weren't quite sure if we were going to get him because of the success Caley had.
"European football could have been a big pull, but Nick wants a fresh challenge.
"He was really enthusiastic when we spoke to him and that was a big thing - that he wanted to come here and be a first-team regular."
Ross came through the youth ranks with Caley Thistle and made 173 appearances, but he has been used more as a substitute in the season just passed.
Asked what attracted him to the player, Hartley said: "His quality, his age and he fits the team and the criteria for the way we want to play.
"An attacking midfielder is something we've been looking at for a long while.
"We've looked at all the stats from last year and one area where we weren't as much of a threat was the middle of the park. I see Nick fitting the bill there."
Ross said he loved his time at Caledonian Stadium but thought the time was right to move.
"I started there when I was about eight or nine, coming through the youth teams and then having played for the first team for six or seven years, so it was always going to be tough to leave," he said.
"My family is there, my friends are there, but I think it will be good for me to leave my comfort zone. I was probably getting too comfortable up there.
"I did a lot of thinking about what I wanted to do with my career and, having won the Scottish Cup and finished third, I thought maybe it's time to move on.
"I don't know if we would have been able to hit any higher heights than that, so I spoke to the manager here and, after meeting him, I knew straight away I wanted to be here."
Ross believes he has taken a step up in terms of size of club despite Hartley's side finishing in sixth, three places below Inverness.
"It is a big club with a big fan base and there will probably be more expectations here," he said.
"Having got to the top six last season, the fans will be looking for us to push on and I think we can do that.
"The manager has been after me for a few months and I was aware of that. He said I would get a lot of game time here, which I wasn't getting at Inverness.
"It shows he's got a lot of faith in me and I want to repay that."


A pre-emptive ban is needed to halt the production of weapons capable of attacking targets without any human intervention, a new campaign has urged.

Jody Williams, from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, told the BBC such weapons, which do not yet exist, would be regarded as "repulsive".
But some scientists argue existing laws are sufficient to regulate their use, should they become a reality.
The UK government has said it has no plans to develop such technology.
Weapons with a degree of autonomy, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - commonly known as drones - are already widely used on the battlefield.
Such weapons are described as "human-in-the-loop" systems because they can only select targets and deliver lethal force with a human command.
But organisers of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - a global effort being launched on Tuesday - say advances in robotic technology mean it is only a matter of time before fully autonomous "human-out-of-the-loop" systems - capable of firing on their own - are developed.
They argue that giving machines the power over who lives and dies in war would be an unacceptable application of technology, and would pose a fundamental challenge to international human rights and humanitarian laws.
Estimates vary over how long it could be before such weapons are available, but the group says a new treaty is needed to pre-emptively outlaw their development, production and use.
Campaign leader Ms Williams, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work in bringing about a ban on anti-personnel landmines, told BBC News: "As people learn about our campaign, they will flock to it.
"The public conscience is horrified to learn about this possible advance in weapons systems. People don't want killer robots out there.
"Normal human beings find it repulsive."
But some experts have questioned the need for a ban, arguing instead for an open debate about the legal and ethical implications of such weapons.
Roboticist Professor Ronald Arkin, from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, told the BBC: "The most important thing from my point of view is that we do not rush these systems into the battlefield.
"A moratorium as opposed to ban - where we say, 'we're not going to do this until we can do it right' - makes far more sense to me than simply crying out, 'ban the killer robots'.
"Why should we do that now?"
Recent statements by UK and US governments suggest a reluctance to take human beings fully "out-of-the-loop" in warfare.
In March, Lord Astor of Hever - the UK's parliamentary under secretary of state for defence - said the Ministry of Defence "currently has no intention of developing systems that operate without human intervention".
And a directive issued by the US Department of Defense in November 2012 stated that all weapons with a degree of autonomy "shall be designed to allow commanders and operators to exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force".


A former mayor who admitted benefit fraud is to remain a Mid Devon district councillor, a court has heard.

Kevin Wilson, who was previously mayor of Tiverton, admitted illegally obtaining benefits totalling almost £4,000.
The 55-year-old was given a 10-week suspended jail sentence at Exeter Crown Court.
Councillors are only disqualified from serving if they receive a three-month sentence or longer.
Wilson's lawyer said it was an "issue for his constituents" whether he remained as a councillor.
The former Liberal Democrat councillor - who is now an independent - admitted two charges of making false representations to obtain £3,866.81 in housing and council tax benefits.
Wilson, of Besley Close, Tiverton, had told the court he ran into serious financial problems after he split up from his wife.
He received a 10-week sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to pay £260 costs and carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Sentencing Wilson, the judge told him the offences were "significantly aggravated" because he had held a public role as a councillor and was a former employee of Devon County Council.
Financial pressure was "absolutely no excuse for dishonesty", the judge said.
Prosecutor Martin Meeke said that, under the Local Government Act, Wilson could only be forced out of office if he received a sentence of more than three months.
Lee Bremridge, defending, said Wilson's £398 monthly allowance as a councillor was his only income other than benefits.
Mr Bremridge said: "He maintains his position as a councillor by reason of his constituents and is due for re-election in 2015."
The council confirmed that Wilson could remain a councillor for now and said it was "his prerogative to remain on the council unless he chooses to resign".
A spokesman said: "It is up to the electorate to decide if they want to vote for him again."


Would you stop throwing things away and get them repaired instead, if it were cheaper to do so?

The Swedish government likes to think its citizens would, and is putting the idea into practice.
The country's Budget for 2017 will cut the VAT rate charged on minor repairs to things like bicycles, shoes and clothes.
Tax refunds will be offered to people who get their white goods repaired, like washing machines and dishwashers.
The VAT rate will be cut from 25% to 12%, and the tax refund will let people reclaim half the labour cost of a repair to white goods and kitchen stoves.
The idea of encouraging people to be less wasteful in their everyday lives has been promoted by the Swedish Green party, which is a partner in the country's ruling minority coalition government, along with the Swedish Social Democrats.
One of the six Green ministers is Per Bolund, the deputy finance minister.
He told the BBC that the plans are part of a wider strategy which the government is launching for sustainable consumption.
"The emissions from Sweden affecting the climate are decreasing but emissions from consumption are increasing," he says.
"We see an interest in more sustainable consumption from the Swedish consumer and this is one way for the government to make it more affordable."
Swedish taxpayers can already reclaim 50% of the labour cost of paid house work, such as employing a cleaner, from their income tax bills.
So the minister is confident the new plans will work.
"Consumer are quite active in changing both what they buy and how they buy in Sweden, to change the environmental impact, so we see a huge increase in the sale of organic food, and we also see that the interest in the "sharing" economy and the "circular" economy is growing quite rapidly," he says.
The latest plan is also being promoted as a way to create more jobs for people who do not have high educational qualifications.
"We believe that getting lower costs for labour is a big part in making it more rational to repair rather than just to buy cheap and throw away," the minister says.
"If we don't change the economic incentives the change will never come," he adds.
The cost to the Swedish government of these tax incentives is not huge.
It will be 270m kronor (£24m) per year for the lower rate of VAT on minor repairs, and 190m kronor (£17m) per year for the tax refunds on the repair of white goods.
Another reason for the Swedish government's innovation in this area of tax policy is that the economy and government finances are currently very robust.
The economy is expected to grow by about 3.5% this year.
In 2017 the government expects its income from taxes to outstrip its spending by 7.4bn (£667m) Swedish kronor, helping it to cut the national debt.
"The Swedish economy is very strong," said the finance minister Magdalena Andersson.
"We have the highest growth in our region, unemployment is falling and the large deficit we inherited when we took power has been basically wiped out."


The BBC Trust is to launch a full public consultation over the proposed closure of BBC Three in the New Year, it has been announced.

Licence fee payers and audience groups will be given a chance to respond to the plans, which will be published in full on the Trust website.
A timetable for the process will also be unveiled.
Plans to make the channel an online-only proposition were announced by BBC director general Tony Hall in March.
Making the service only available on iPlayer from autumn 2015 will see the channel's budget slashed by Â£60m.
The move will also make way for the creation of a BBC One+1 service and an extension of CBBC's evening schedule.
The Trust has said that this represents a significant change to UK public services, so will be subject to a public value test, enabling viewers to have their say on the proposals.
Media watchdog Ofcom will also conduct a market impact assessment of the planned changes.
The Trust has said that its "priority throughout will be to listen to the views of audiences and stakeholders".


Anna O'Flanagan and Katie Mullan scored as Ireland beat 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Germany 2-1 in their opening game of the Berlin Four Nations Cup.

O'Flanagan put Ireland ahead but Germany equalised in the third quarter.
Mullan scored the winner by diverting in a long ball from Hannah Matthews in the final quarter and Ireland now face China on Friday and Korea on Sunday.
Ireland will next meet Germany in the pool stages of this year's World League semi-finals in Johannesburg in July.
The World League 3 tournament in South Africa will be followed by the Eurohockey Championships in August.


Security researchers have been given the green light to hunt for flaws in car software by US authorities.

A ruling will allow users and expert analysts to carry out repairs. But changes such as extracting and selling code would still breach copyright.
Vehicle manufacturers opposed the move, saying repair garages could fix any issues.
The ruling follows claims the right to modify software could have prevented the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
The Library of Congress, which oversees the US Copyright Office, agreed with fair use advocates who argued that vehicle owners are entitled to modify their cars, which often involves altering software, Reuters reported.
Manufacturers, including General Motors (GM) and Deere, spoke out in opposition. A GM representative referred to a statement from an industry group that said the new rules would weaken safety innovation.
"Sensitive vehicle data could be easily manipulated, altered, or distributed - undetected - if these changes are implemented," the statement said.
Deere spokesman Ken Golden said the company stands by its earlier opposition. But he added that some systems that transmit data from the vehicle to Deere could still be protected by copyright.
Security researchers also pushed for copyright liability protection because computer programs are "pervasive" in modern machines and devices, including vehicles, home appliances and medical devices.
"We are pleased that analysts will now be able to examine the software in the cars we drive without facing legal threats from car manufacturers," said Kit Walsh, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which advocated for the rule changes.
In the wake of the Volkswagen emissions deceit, the EFF said car manufacturers' software should not be protected from independent scrutiny.
"When you entrust your health, safety, or privacy to a device, the law shouldn't punish you for trying to understand how that device works and whether it is trustworthy," Walsh blogged. The new rules must be renewed in three years, he said.
Some US government agencies expressed serious reservations about the new rules, and the Environmental Protection Agency flatly opposed them.
"EPA explained that vehicle modifications are often performed to increase engine power or boost fuel economy, but that these modifications increase vehicle emissions and thus violate the Clean Air Act," the Library of Congress said in its final rule.
However, the new rules do not allow vehicle owners to break any other laws, the Library said, and will not take effect for a year so the EPA and other agencies have time to prepare.


Public concern has forced a rethink of traffic management plans for roads leading to a new hospital in Dumfries.

The blueprint included traffic lights at the junction of Pleasance Avenue and New Abbey Road and re-alignment of part of Dalbeattie Road onto Park Road.
Dumfries and Galloway Council officials have been asked to go back over the plans to look at alternative options.
Further consultation will also be carried out with residents in the area over the project.
Abbey councillor Ian Blake said there was one part of the proposals which was clearly the most unpopular.
"The realignment of Dalbeattie Road and Park Road and the traffic congestion on Park Road undoubtedly has been the biggest issue," he said.
"There are certainly some concerns on Pleasance Avenue/New Abbey Road and the introduction of traffic lights where the initial proposal was to look at a roundabout.
"It may not be possible to place a roundabout there but I think they still have to have that option on the table and they really need to examine it and explain why that couldn't take place."
Council leader Ronnie Nicholson, who proposed the re-examination of the traffic management plans, agreed that the road realignment proposal stood out as a major sticking point.
He said there was a need to look again at all the proposals and the thinking behind them.
"We have got plenty of time to go back out, have a look at the plans and rejig them if necessary - and I think it is necessary on a couple of aspects of it," he said.
He said the reason for roundabout plans at the "pinch point" on Pleasance Avenue being replaced by traffic lights needed to be made clearer.
"If there is a reasonable explanation and people are informed about it then they can make their mind up whether that is an appropriate way to go," he added.


Thousands of Nicaraguans have held a protest against the planned construction of a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The $50bn (Â£32bn) scheme, being built by a Chinese firm, will be longer, deeper and wider than the Panama Canal.
But the demonstrators fear it will have huge environmental costs and force thousands off their land.
Nicaragua's government says the canal will bring vital investment to one of Central America's poorest countries.
Some among the protesters, who were mostly farmers, accused President Daniel Ortega of selling Nicaragua to the Chinese.
Initial site work began last December, with completion due in five years.
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Las Vegas is playing host to all kinds of robots.

1 January 2016 Last updated at 17:29 GMT
The CES tech show - a giant showcase of consumer technologies - is dedicating a bigger area to droids than ever before.
One of the attendees is Buddy - a robot from France designed to help around the home.
It can recognise family members, make video calls and even detect fire, flood and intruders. But will people be persuaded to buy a bot when there are less expensive ways to control a smart home?
BBC technology reporter Chris Foxx quizzed the company's chief, Rodolphe Hasselvander.
Read more coverage from CES


Children's oral health in Wales has experienced the most significant improvement since records began, a survey of five-year-olds has shown.

Dental decay has reduced by 12% in that age group since 2008, the Cardiff University study found.
There has also been a reduction in the average number of teeth affected when children have tooth decay.
The Welsh Government said its Designed to Smile scheme had helped improve dental health.
Launched seven years ago, it supervises tooth brushing at schools and nurseries in disadvantaged areas.
The report, which showed the results of a NHS dental survey of year one school pupils, said: "Dental disease levels in children in Wales continue to improve across all social groups.
"There is no evidence of widening inequalities here.
"This is in contrast with surveys prior to 2007 when improved decay levels were normally associated with widening inequality."
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said: "Levels of dental disease are reducing across all social groups - we are closing the dental health gap between the poorest and the most advantaged children in Wales."
More than 91,000 children in 1,439 schools and nurseries are taking part in the Designed to Smile supervision scheme.


Marcus Rashford became the youngest scorer in the history of this derby in the Premier League as his winner gave Manchester United a victory that moved them to within one point of fourth-placed Manchester City.

Rashford showed his precocious skill at 18 years and 141 days with a demonstration of lightning pace and skill to skate past City defender Martin Demichelis before showing composure to slide a 16th-minute finish past keeper Joe Hart.
It was a calamitous day for City and manager Manuel Pellegrini. Not only did they slump to a loss that leaves them fighting off Sunday's opponents and West Ham for a top-four place, they had England goalkeeper Hart carried off early in the second half as he rescued his side from a desperate Demichelis back pass.
City, as well as England manager Roy Hodgson, will hope the injury is not serious, with captain Vincent Kompany already out for the foreseeable future after a recurrence of the Belgium defender's calf problem.
Raheem Sterling also went off injured early, a worry for City with a Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain on the horizon.
Relive the Manchester derby here
Sergio Aguero headed against the post when City finally applied late pressure, while United should have had a first-half penalty when the panicking Demichelis stepped across Rashford as he closed in on goal.
In contrast, the under-pressure United boss Louis van Gaal greeted his celebrating players at the final whistle as their fans enjoyed a superb recovery from the Europa League elimination at the hands of Liverpool - and the revival of their Champions League aspirations.
Van Gaal has been living with speculation about his future since before Christmas - and he awoke to more headlines before this game, with reports from Spain claiming an agreement was in place between United and ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
And yet, once more, he managed to grind out an important win which not only gives United and their fans the pleasure of a victory over their arch-rivals but keeps them right in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Van Gaal has been criticised this season but one area where he deserves great credit is his willingness to have faith in young players - and Rashford delivered for him with a wonderful piece of skill and initiative that brought his goal.
He also made the wise decision to go without Marouane Fellaini against City. This meant United's temptation to play long balls towards the Belgium midfielder, awful in recent weeks, meant they could use the pace and width provided by Rashford and Anthony Martial.
It gave United extra fluency, as well as speed, without Fellaini clogging things up and slowing moves down - perhaps this will be a lesson Van Gaal will now learn.
The Dutchman may go at the end of the season - indeed the likelihood is that he will - but with United in the race for a Champions League place and still in the FA Cup, he may yet leave Old Trafford with something to remember him by.
When Manchester City announced that Pep Guardiola, perhaps the world's most coveted coach, would be replacing Manuel Pellegrini in the summer, the notion he would take over a club in the Europa League would not have crossed the minds of anyone at Etihad Stadium.
And yet, after this, City are now in a serious battle to stay in the top four - and to make matters worse their form is deserting them and injuries are starting to mount.
Kompany already faced another spell on the sidelines, while Sterling and, more crucially, keeper Hart also sustained injuries here.
City will be hoping Hart's injury is not too serious because they need all the help they can get behind a central defensive pairing of Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala, who looked shot to pieces and an accident waiting to happen against the speed and mobility of Rashford and Martial.
They have now won only three out of 11 games since Guardiola's appointment was announced - and with rivals such as their Old Trafford neighbours and West Ham applying pressure, they need to rediscover their best form quickly.
The clamour will grow for the teenager after the flash of brilliance that led to the winner, accompanied by a selfless display of running that saw him take the ball into the corner to see the game out deep into the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Rashford's time will come but he also looked out on his feet, despite that late surge, after a run of eight successive starts.
He is undoubtedly a precocious talent but it may be too soon for Hodgson to be tempted into calling him up. One thing is certain - if it does not happen now it will happen before too long.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini: "We did not deserve to lose. We dominated the game from the first minute and we were the only team who wanted to play during the whole game - but we missed three or four chance to score.
"We are still in fourth place and we missed clear chances to score. We have another 24 points to play for and every game is different. It was a mistake for our goal and I don't remember a lot of options for Manchester United other than that."
On a difficult match for defender Demichelis, who was substituted, he added: "Every player has bad days. Demichelis was nervous and it was not good for him to continue. We didn't score goals but that is not his fault."
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Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal: "I am a very proud manager.
"We played a very good first half with a goal and also had more chances and we didn't receive a lot of chances against us.
"This victory was necessary. The gap was four points and now it is one point, plus we are equal with West Ham, which is important. What is possible? I cannot say."
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After the international break, Manchester City travel to Bournemouth for a 15:00 GMT Premier League fixture on Saturday, 2 April, while Manchester United host Everton the next day in a 16:00 GMT kick-off.
Match ends, Manchester City 0, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 0, Manchester United 1.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Eliaquim Mangala.
Foul by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by Daley Blind.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Clichy with a cross.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Silva.
Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City).
Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Matteo Darmian because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Fernando (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a set piece situation.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jesús Navas (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
Attempt blocked. Fernando (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by Antonio Valencia.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester United. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Silva.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Gaël Clichy (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.


"Jeremy Corbyn hasn't changed his mind about anything in 40 years," goes the mocking refrain.

It sounds scornful, and it's meant to. It's also unfair. Just a little, anyway.
Today, it became abundantly clear that Labour's leader has not changed his mind on the value, as he sees it, of free movement of people between European states. It's become equally clear - behind the scenes - that a great many colleagues wish he would.
And not just his many ideological and political opponents. Some of Mr Corbyn's close and loyal supporters think so too.
As evidence accumulates of Labour's slide in the opinion polls (and yes, I know we don't swallow polling numbers without chewing anymore, but consistent double-digit Tory leads can't be discounted), so concern has grown about a liberal approach to EU migration widely judged to be costing Labour dearly on countless doorsteps.
John Trickett, Labour's national campaign co-ordinator and a strong Corbyn ally, is said to be concerned. How could he not be?
Those hoping, praying, for a shift are said to include some within Mr Corbyn's inner circle. It's also suggested that his staunchest, arguably most powerful ally, Unite trade union leader Len McCluskey, might welcome a line closer to the instincts of many voters.
"Voters", in this context, encompasses disillusioned Labour supporters, those who backed Brexit, and perhaps members of Unite who may not share their general secretary's enthusiasm for Mr Corbyn or, for that matter, Labour under any leader at all.
The overnight briefing promised a declaration that Mr Corbyn was not "wedded" to free movement of people in the EU "on principle". Some headlines promised a significant shift, even a "U-turn".
Yet this morning, as the party leader ran through a series of broadcast media interviews, and later when he delivered the much-trailed speech setting out his thinking on Brexit, it seemed somewhere along the line, Mr Corbyn may have missed a meeting.
"He messed it up," a senior shadow cabinet member told me, only he used a much stronger word than "messed".
The pressure will continue. "Jeremy moved on NATO, eventually, and we ended up with a no-score draw on nuclear weapons," added the shadow minister. "Jeremy can be budged. Sometimes. But it takes a hell of an effort and a lot of time."
He was right, of course. Mr Corbyn now accepts, however unenthusiastically, that NATO is a defence alliance Britain must back and not merely a hangover from the cold war.
He has put aside his dream of Labour returning to a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament. He is still adamant that he would never order a nuclear strike, a flat contradiction to the principal of nuclear deterrence which Labour has yet to confront.
He has moved, nonetheless. His position, if not his thinking, has changed.
Now he talks of free movement as a possible component of an EU divorce settlement still to be negotiated. That's a long way from the thinking of shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, who expressed sympathy, when I interviewed him on my Sunday morning 5 live programme, Pienaar's Politics, for the idea of limiting access to the UK jobs market to EU migrants who have a job guaranteed.
But it opened at least the possibility of further movement in future. Only a possibility, mind. The Labour leader is stubborn. Or a man of deep conviction. Take your choice.
The enthusiasts who elected and continue to sustain Mr Corbyn continue to be zealous and loyal. Supporters of free movement of people as a useful, as well as necessary element of the EU single market may welcome Mr Corbyn's reluctance to forsake them.
But a lot of Labour MPs have moved from bitter resentment to weary fatalism, hoping that, somehow, the mood among party members changes sufficiently to produce a change. Preferably a change of leader.
These include the senior Labour MP who told me privately today that his constituency - a northern stronghold with a majority of around 15,000 - now felt like a marginal seat, vulnerable to the overtures of UKIP.
Some allies of Mr Corbyn had grown resentful that the mainstream media appeared to have lost interest in reporting the doings of Labour, or analysing the party's policy development.
No-one can make the same complaint today. I'm not  sure the party's position is any happier as a result.


Spandau Ballet will close this year's Henley Festival, organisers have confirmed.

The 1980s band will perform on the festival's Floating Stage on the Sunday followed by fireworks.
The five-day festival, which features music, comedy, and dance, will be held from 8-12 July at Henley-on-Thames.
In a statement, the band said: "Summer by the Thames at Henley sounds like an offer not to be refused. We can't wait to see everyone there."
Lionel Richie will open the festival, other acts include Jessie J and a philharmonic celebration of American composer and pianist George Gershwin.
About 25,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which started in 1983.


Tim Peake is going to run the London Marathon in space.

The British astronaut, who is about to blast off to the orbiting platform, will complete 26.2 miles on a treadmill - at the same time as athletes are pounding the streets of the UK capital.
Running is routine on the station, as the astronauts look to maintain body condition in the weightless environment 250 miles above Earth.
Nasa's Sunita Williams ran the Boston Marathon on the ISS in 2007.
Mr Peake has run the London event before - in 1999, finishing with a time of 3 hours and 18 minutes.
But the exertion is not his main concern this time. Rather, it is the contraption he must wear to hold him down.
"One of the biggest challenges I'll be facing is the harness system," he said.
"In microgravity I would float if I didn't strap myself down to the treadmill, so I have to wear a harness system that's a bit similar to a rucksack.
"I don't think I'll be setting any personal bests. I've set myself a goal of anywhere between 3:30 to 4 hours.
"I am running in space to raise awareness of The Prince's Trust, which has a team running on the ground - Team Astronaut - while I'm running on the ISS."
Tim Peake goes to the space station on a Soyuz rocket on 15 December. He is due currently to stay on the platform until June.
The Digital Virgin Money London Marathon takes place on Sunday 24 April.
The former British Army helicopter pilot will start his run at 10:00 GMT, the same time that 37,000-plus runners set off from Greenwich to cover the famous Earth-bound course.
Mr Peake will have a digital video of London's streets in front of him, so he can get a better feel for what is happening down below.
"The London Marathon is a worldwide event. Let's take it out of this world," he said.
"The thing I'm most looking forward to is that I can still interact with everybody down on Earth. I'll be running it with the iPad and watching myself running through the streets of London whilst orbiting the Earth at 400km above the surface and going 27,000km per hour."


Six leaders of a huge Singaporean church have been convicted of fraud in a case worth S$50m ($35m; £23m).

The judge ruled City Harvest Church's pastor, Kong Hee, and others used church finances to fund the music career of his wife, Sun Ho, or falsified accounts to cover it up.
The defendants had argued Ms Ho's pop music career was a way of reaching out to non-Christians.
They have been bailed until sentencing, but could face up to life in jail.
Sun Ho herself is not accused of wrongdoing.
The scandal is the biggest corruption case squeaky-clean Singapore has seen in years. From racy music videos to a convoluted money trail, the case has riveted Singaporeans.
City Harvest Church was founded by Kong Hee, charismatic pastor, and his wife, pastor-turned-pop singer Sun Ho, in 1989.
Known for its slick image and wealth-focused brand of Christianity, it has grown rapidly and is now estimated to have at least 30,000 members in Singapore and others elsewhere.
The charges related to the church leadership's attempts to boost Ms Ho's music career worldwide, which ultimately failed. She had been touted as a demure "singing pastor" in Asia, cutting several Mandarin singles - but they only had modest success.
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City Harvest - considered a megachurch - is one of Singapore's wealthiest evangelical churches, with an estimated 30,000 members in Singapore and 15 services every weekend.
It says it has 48 affiliates in countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Brunei and Australia.
In a statement posted on the church's website, Ms Ho said they were "disappointed by the outcome" and the six were taking further legal advice.
She thanked church members for their "unwavering faithfulness in loving God and loving one another" and called for "a unity that is unbreakable".
As the six leaders appeared in court, the church tweeted messages asking for supporters' prayers.
Prosecutors said the misuse of funds happened between 2007 and 2008.
The six leaders and financial staff were accused of funnelling $24m Singaporean dollars from a building fund into fake investments, which were then used in a project to use Ms Ho's music for evangelism. Prosecutors said another S$26m was spent covering up the investments.
The defendants all maintained that they did nothing wrong.
But Judge See Kee Oon said the background facts of the case were "largely undisputed" and that the "weight of evidence shows they were acting dishonestly".
Kong and a former church committee member John Lam were found guilty of three charges of criminal breach of trust.
Senior Pastor Tan Ye Peng, committee member Chew Eng Han and two former finance managers, Serina Wee and Sharon Tan, were each convicted of several charges of criminal breach of trust and and falsifying accounts.
Ms Ho, who was in court to support her husband, launched her music career in 2002. She has several albums in Mandarin to her name and is known in China and Taiwan.
She has also worked with US music industry figures such as songwriter Diane Warren and rapper Wyclef Jean, who produced her English album.


Yemen is to become a federation of six regions as part of its political transition, state media report.

Final approval was given by a committee chaired by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi following two weeks of talks with delegates from across the country.
The federal structure should be enshrined in a new constitution that must be put to a referendum.
The move is intended to end the complaints against centralisation that fed rebellions in the north and south.
Yemen has also been struggling to deal with the unrest sparked by a 2011 popular uprising that forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, and an insurgency by Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda.
President Hadi formed the committee to decide Yemen's new structure in late January following the completion of the National Dialogue Conference, created under the Gulf Co-operation Council-brokered agreement that led to Mr Saleh's departure.
Delegates at the NDC agreed to create a decentralised, federal system, and to reverse the political and economic marginalisation that southern Yemenis had suffered since unification in 1994.
On Monday, state news agency Saba reported that the presidential committee had voted overwhelmingly in favour of dividing the country into six federal regions - two in the south - Aden and Hadramawt - and four in the north - Saba, Janad, Azal and Tahama.
The capital, Sanaa, would be a "federal city not subject to any regional authority" and the constitution would "guarantee its neutrality", it said.
The port city of Aden would also have a special status and be given "independent legislative and executive powers", Saba added.
Many politicians from the south had called for a federation of two regions.
They argued that it would put them on a more equal footing with the north while securing their access to a larger share of the country's oil resources, which are located in the south.
Southern leaders swiftly rejected Monday's announcement.
"What has been announced about the six regions is a coup against what had been agreed at the dialogue," Mohammed Ali Ahmed, a former South Yemen interior minister who returned from exile in March 2012 and withdrew from the NDC in November, told the Reuters news agency.
Nasser al-Nawba, a founder of the separatist Hiraak al-Janoubi (Southern Movement), meanwhile vowed that it would continue what he described as its peaceful struggle until independence was achieved.


The UK has put a suggested resolution to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council "authorising all necessary measures to protect civilians" in Syria.

It calls for military action against what Britain has termed Syria's "unacceptable" use of chemical weapons.
But Russia has said the UN must finish its investigation into the claims before discussing any resolution.
Syria has accused the West of "inventing" excuses to launch a strike.
"Western countries, starting with the United States, are inventing fake scenarios and fictitious alibis to intervene militarily in Syria," Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said on Syrian state television.
By Assaf AboudBBC News, Damascus
Syrians continue to go about their daily lives nervously, despite the intensification of media interest and statements about the possibility that Syria will face a military strike.
Some families have decided to move to safer areas in the countryside far from the cities. Some of those who live near military sites or government complexes have done similarly, following the Syrian media's recent focus on the Syrian military and governmental targets that might be hit in a potential Western military strike against Syria.
Despite this, Syrian government departments are continuing their work as usual, the shops continue to receive customers and the streets of the Syrian capital remain choked by traffic.
Some Syrians were reassured this afternoon by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and his defiant speech about the strike which the Western nations are threatening to carry out against Syria and its government.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters the international community had a responsibility to take action against the Syrian government, even if agreement could not be reached at the UN.
The Syrian government has strongly denied that it used chemical weapons and blames opposition fighters for the attack on 21 August, which reportedly killed hundreds of people near Damascus.
A team of UN weapons inspectors is currently investigating the sites of the attack. UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said the experts were expected to finish their investigation in four days and would need more time after that to analyse their findings.
Mr Ban appealed for the team to be given "time to do its job".
And in a phone conversation with Mr Hague, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a draft resolution should not be considered until the inspectors had reported.
Russia and China have previously vetoed resolutions critical of Syria.
In a separate development, Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, asked for the inspectors to investigate three cases of the use of chemical weapons in the last week against "dozens" of government troops in Damascus suburbs.
Britain's National Security Council "unanimously" backed action against Syria over its "unacceptable" chemical weapons use, Prime Minister David Cameron said earlier on Wednesday.
He had gathered the UK's armed forces and security chiefs with key cabinet ministers for emergency talks over possible military action, ahead of the UN Security Council meeting.
On Thursday, British MPs are set to vote on a government motion condemning the attack, but the vote will not authorise direct UK involvement in military action.
The motion says UN weapons inspectors should be allowed to report to the Security Council, after which a further vote on military action may be taken.
Britain's proposed UN resolution would condemn the "chemical weapons attack by [Syria's President] Assad", Mr Cameron added.
Mr Ban earlier called on the council's permanent members - China, Russia, France, the US and the UK - to act together.
"The body interested with maintaining international peace and security cannot be 'missing in action'," Mr Ban said.
He added: "Give peace a chance. Give diplomacy a chance. Stop fighting and... start talking."
The meeting of the five permanent members has now finished, but the UK, US and France are continuing talks. No representative of any of the five countries was prepared to comment officially after the meeting.
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Meanwhile, in a briefing to journalists, joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said: "It does seem clear that some kind of substance was used... that killed a lot of people" on 21 August.
But he also emphasised that any military action would need Security Council authorisation.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that US intervention would be a "disaster" for the region.
"The region is like a gunpowder store and the future cannot be predicted," Mr Khamenei said, according to Iran's Isna news agency.
Meanwhile the Israeli government has authorised a limited call-up of reserve soldiers. Officials told the BBC that although the likelihood of Israel being drawn into fighting with Syria was very low, the country nevertheless had to prepare for that scenario.
Stocks have fallen on global markets and oil prices have shot up amid growing concern about an impending attack on Syria.
The UN weapons inspectors resumed investigations after having called off work on Tuesday because of security concerns.
On Monday, the team's convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers. One of their cars came under fire as it crossed the buffer zone between government and rebel-controlled areas.
More than 100,000 people are estimated to have died since the conflict erupted in Syria in March 2011.


Burger King owner Restaurant Brands is to expand its fast food empire by buying chicken chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for $1.8bn (Â£1.45bn) in cash.

Popeyes, whose fans include pop singer Beyonce, began 45 years ago as a Southern-fried "Chicken on the Run" restaurant in a New Orleans suburb.
The chain now has more that 2,600 outlets, mainly in the US.
Restaurant Brands, which includes the Tim Hortons chain, has more than 20,000 outlets in more than 100 countries.
The $1.8bn deal will see Popeyes shareholders get $79 for each share they hold. Media speculation about the sale began on 10 February, Restaurant Brands said in a statement.
Daniel Schwartz, the chief executive of Restaurant Brands, said: "We look forward to taking an already very strong brand and accelerating its pace of growth and opening new restaurants in the US and around the world."
Restaurant Brands was formed in 2014, when 3G Capital-backed Burger King acquired Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons for $11bn.
The fast food giant said it would pay for the Popeyes deal with "cash in hand" and financing from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.


Shares in Sharp have jumped rise after Chinese regulators approved a takeover of the Japanese electronics firm by Taiwan's Foxconn.

Sharp rose more than 13% after Foxconn said China's anti-monopoly authorities had approved the deal.
The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo rose by 0.9% to 16,890.85 on a weaker yen helping exporters, as well as a strong performance on US markets.
Wall Street had hit a record high on strong oil and retail stocks.
Elsewhere in Asia, the ASX 200 in Australia also traded higher, up 0.2% to 5,520.5 points.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was up 0.9% to 22,791.3 points, while the mainland Shanghai Composite remained flat at 3,004.9 points.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index was 0.5% higher at 2,058.4 points.


A girl accused of murdering a vulnerable woman said she attacked her because her friend "told her to".

The girl, then 14, told Leeds Crown Court she punched and kicked Angela Wrightson, 39, while the second girl, then 13, repeatedly asked: "Why is she not knocked out yet?"
Ms Wrightson was found dead in her Hartlepool home in December 2014 with more than 103 injuries.
The girl, who cannot be named because of her age, has admitted manslaughter.
The younger girl, also accused of murder, denies harming Ms Wrightson.
The older girl told the court via videolink: "I always do what people tell me to, I don't know why. I do it if I want to, but I also do it if I don't want to".
She also said the younger girl would tell her to do things "like give her my Facebook password" and "would sometimes make me go out at night when I didn't want to".
The girl, who told the court she did not know her own birthday, said she and her mother "had a row" on the evening of the attack on Ms Wrightson, which ended in her mother telling her "to go kill yourself".
She said she and the younger girl had gone to Ms Wrightson's house on Stephen Street to drink alcohol.
The pair had already drunk strong cider together and were "a bit tipsy", the girl said, and she had also taken tramadol and codeine given to her by her mother.
She told the court had been taking drugs and drinking alcohol since she was 11 or 12.
She told the jury the younger girl and Ms Wrightson had an argument which escalated before the younger girl demanded the older one "knock Angie out".
"She [the younger girl] was just sitting on the sofa, and looking at her phone. And then she said 'why is she not knocked out yet?'
"I pushed Angie over, but she got back up. So I smacked Angie in the face with my fists about four times. And [the younger girl] was just shouting at me and telling me to do it."
The court was also shown a picture drawn by the older defendant two weeks before Ms Wrightson was killed which depicts a female figure stabbing another person.
The girl said she drew it when she was "really really angry" and that she had been advised by her carers to use drawing as a way to manage her feelings.
The court heard it had been "a successful strategy" on previous occasions.
The trial continues.


The chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, said she expects the central bank to begin raising interest rates "at some point this year".

She said delaying the long-awaited move would pose risks to the economy.
The US economy is likely to recover from a slow start to this year and if it does, rates could go up, she said.
However, she added that the economy still showed some room for improvement, with some unemployment not factored into the 5.5% jobless rate.
In spite of this, a rate rise would take time to affect the economy, and raising rates this year would still allow some recovery in jobs, she said in speech at the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Rhode Island.
A majority of Fed officials viewed a rate rise in June as "unlikely" according to minutes from their April meeting released on Wednesday.
But a "few" policymakers thought economic data may support a hike in interest rates, that statement said.
Rates have been at record lows since December 2008.


Australian officials say they are confident they are searching the right area for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A new analysis of data shows the plane is probably in the southern end of the Indian Ocean search zone, where the operation will now be focused.
MH370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board.
Deputy PM Warren Truss said officials were "optimistic" it would be found.
But he said the search operation was likely to end by June 2016.
Meanwhile, Assistant Minister for Defence Darren Chester told reporters: "We have a high level of confidence that we are searching in the right area."
The Australian-led search has been combing a 120,000 sq km area of seabed about 2,000km off the coast of Perth, using underwater drones and sonar equipment deployed from specialist ships.
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The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), which is in charge of the search, says more than 75,000 sq km have been searched so far with no trace seen of the plane.
Part of an aircraft wing, known as a flaperon, was found on Reunion Island in July, roughly 4,000km from the search zone.
Although tests in France confirmed it had come from MH370, officials said it had been carried there by the ocean currents so did not affect their search plans.
In its technical report issued on Thursday, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group said a "comprehensive analysis of the available data" showed that as previously thought, MH370 had almost certainly gone down in the southern stretch of the existing search area.
The JACC said the report "affirms the focus of search efforts to date", and that it was now focusing on a shortened but slightly widened section of ocean.
At a press conference in Canberra, Mr Truss said he remained "hopeful, indeed optimistic, that we will still locate the aircraft" and that the report gave "real encouragement".
The entire operation is expected to cost approximately A$180m ($131m; Â£88m).


Jackie Evancho has said she feels "honoured" to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump, despite criticism from some fans.

The teenager came second on America's Got Talent in 2010 and has gone on to score two top 10 albums in the US.
Evancho told Good Morning Britain: "My reason for doing this is nothing to do with politics, it's all about the honour of performing for my country."
Mr Trump will be sworn in as the 45th US president at a ceremony later.
Evancho has previously sung for current president Barack Obama.
"I don't really see much of a difference [between Mr Trump and President Obama] because either way it's a huge honour," the singer said.
She has received a backlash from some fans - particularly those in the LGBT community - for being seen to support Mr Trump, who ran a divisive presidential campaign last year.
The 16-year-old said: "I've had all sorts of reactions, I've had negative and positive and most of the time I can't really think about the negative.
"All I need is the support from my family and friends and I'm good."
Evancho said it was "a little overwhelming" performing at Mr Trump's inauguration, but added: "It's something I kind of have to ignore, and keep my mind set on my job which is performing."
Presenter Kate Garraway asked Evancho whether she had discussed her decision to perform with her sister Juliet, who is transgender.
The singer replied: "Of course, my sister and I are best friends and we talk to each other about everything, and she supports me because she knows my reason for doing this is nothing to do with politics, it's all about the honour of performing for my country."
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A serial stalker who left one of his victims "terrified and violated" after entering her home and taking pictures of her underwear has been jailed for three years.

James Don took covert photographs and video recordings of two women at various locations in Dundee.
The 60-year-old recorded footage in one of his victim's homes, including her bedroom, and repeatedly followed her.
A sheriff told Don his actions were "particularly horrifying".
Don was found guilty of three charges by a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court.
One of the women told the trial that she felt "terrified, violated and in shock" following the incident.
She said: "I can't believe somebody had been in my house.
"I don't feel safe, even now.
"The thought that he was in there, in my living room, in my bedroom, I just don't know how he got in."
Defence solicitor Ian Houston said: "He is hoping that the period of imprisonment won't be so long to end his marriage."
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC imposed a four-year extended sentence on Don, with three years to be served in jail and a year on licence.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
Sheriff Drummond said: "You went to the lengths of entering the privacy of one woman's home uninvited and videoed her bedroom and took photos of her underwear.
"That is particularly horrifying, that you invaded the sanctity of her home.
"It is clear to me that your behaviour has had a devastating impact on these women."


The SNP went into the last Holyrood election with a clear commitment to hold an independence referendum.

They said it would take place in the second half of the parliamentary term and it did on 18 September 2014.
Party leaders used to describe this as a "once in a generation" or even a "once in a lifetime" event. They no longer do.
They reserve the right to ask the independence question again much sooner than that.
As the referendum anniversary approaches, Nicola Sturgeon is promising to set out in her 2016 Holyrood manifesto "the circumstances and the timescale" for a re-run.
But don't expect the sort of unequivocal commitment the SNP gave in 2011.
Instead, expect scenarios that could trigger a ballot, such as a UK vote to leave the EU in which Scotland has voted to stay in.
In any event, Ms Sturgeon does not want to hold another referendum unless she is sure of winning.
That means that opinion polls would need to be consistently suggesting majority support for independence.
Ms Sturgeon thinks this is more likely to happen if the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is unable to establish himself as a prime minister in waiting.
If Labour don't appear to have a credible chance of winning the next general election, the SNP leader said "many more people in Scotland are likely to conclude that independence is the only alternative to continued Tory government".
It is perhaps that kind of thinking that led the former boss of the Yes Scotland campaign for independence, Blair Jenkins, to suggest a second referendum in 2021.
By then we'd know the outcome of the next UK general election and the SNP would be able to seek a mandate for a referendum in their 2021 Holyrood manifesto.
Meanwhile, there will be no shortage of suggestions from independence supporters for scenarios that Ms Sturgeon should say could trigger an earlier vote.
For example, her predecessor as SNP leader and first minister, Alex Salmond, has said that renewing the Trident fleet of nuclear armed submarines could be a reason.
That decision is due to be taken at Westminster next year. But, despite opposition from the SNP, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour MPs who follow his lead, there is still likely to be a large majority for renewal.
In other words, to make Trident a trigger would be to all but promise a second referendum.
Which is precisely why Ms Sturgeon is unlikely to endorse the Salmond plan.
At the risk of repetition, she wants to keep her options open and to hold another vote only when she is confident of victory.


As soon as the news dropped about the 70 doctors and academics who are calling for a ban on tackling in schools rugby in the UK and Ireland you could hear the thunder coming over the hills from supporters who love the game as it is.

"Bleeding-heart liberals" was how former England international Jon Sleightholme described the people behind the open letter to government ministers outlining why tip and tag should replace contact rugby in schools.
The rationale of these medical experts is obvious. Tackling has become dangerous and it has led to an increased number of injuries.
They have stats to back up their point. Tackling as we know it has to stop, they say - or else those numbers are going to grow ever higher and the injuries ever more serious.
The other view is that if kids aren't allowed to tackle in schools rugby then they can't possibly be ready to play rugby after school, so either they give it up (and rugby begins to die) or they play on and get hurt (because they haven't been taught how to tackle) - and then they give it up.
Either way, a ban on tackling in schools would be akin to the beginning of the end of rugby.
Comparisons are made. What about heading the ball in schools football? It has been linked to concussion. Let's have some data. Shouldn't that be banned?
In my primary and high school in Ireland, hurling was the main sport. I have pals who, 30 years later, have misshaped fingers and scarred heads because of all those flying sticks. Ban it?
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You could carry on with a game of whataboutery all day, but there's no point. There is an uncomfortable truth in all of this for rugby and that is, to an extent, the game has brought this kind of study on itself.
Rugby has arrived in a place where it's not just about the tackle anymore, it's about the 'hit', it's about how hard one player can hit another.
A good tackle is admired, but a huge hit draws whoops and hollers from the sidelines. A strapping 12-year-old can empty a kid of the same age but about three stone lighter and knock him into next week and there is rejoicing.
I spoke to Jim Telfer about this not that long ago. He said that it annoys him to see it. Rugby at that age should be played not in terms of age groups but weight groups.
"We're going down a bad road when we have kids of the same age but of huge physical differences colliding with each other," the former Scotland coach remarked.
Should the tackle be banned in schools? No, it shouldn't. But it should be coached and policed better than I suspect it is in places. The policing (or non-policing) of the tackle, or the ruck, is evident at professional level. That's where the love of the big hit comes from.
In this Six Nations we have seen some awful episodes go largely unpunished.
This is part of the reason why rugby is under the microscope. Foul play happens and nothing is done about it.
Last Saturday in Rome, Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw was picked up at the side of a ruck by a big Italian forward and dumped into the ground on his back and head. The 'tackle' happened well away from the ball. Laidlaw mentioned it not once but twice to Jaco Peyper but the referee showed no interest in listening to him.
What kind of message was being sent out there?
On the second weekend of the Six Nations Peyper was in charge when French lock Yoann Maestri took out Ireland's Jonny Sexton with a late hit. He smashed his elbow into the fly-half's head and knocked him to the floor.
Peyper deemed it only worthy of a penalty to Ireland. No yellow or red card for a deliberate attack on a player's head. Again, what's the message to school kids?
In the same game, French hooker Guilhelm Guirado made a scandalous high-tackle on Irish wing Dave Kearney. It was an awful tackle but again the punishment was just a penalty.
There was another incident at the weekend when England's Mike Brown kicked Conor Murray in the head while the Irishman was on the ground.
The defence of Brown is that Murray had hold of the ball and that Brown was kicking at the ball not the man. The reality is that Brown's boot connected with Murray's head and drew blood. It was, at the very least, reckless. A yellow card. But Brown has been spared sanction of any kind.
Rugby is a monumentally great game but it's troubled.
It took so long to wake up to the dangers of concussion that none of us knows what damage has already been done to players who have retired and are diminished by what happened to them in their playing years.
Concussion in rugby and its link to CTE - punch drunk syndrome or dementia - is a train that's coming down the tracks and we don't know how many former players are going to be on it.
This is another area where the game has a problem. Recently, Sexton talked about his experiences of concussion. He said they weren't anywhere near as many as people had made out but that every time he went down injured journalists assumed he was concussed.
He even said that it was getting to the stage where he might be reluctant to admit publicly to head injury because of the likely media reaction.
Numerous other players of my acquaintance have talked, in confidence, about the same issue.
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An international player, who didn't want to be named, told me recently: "If I get a concussion I'm less likely now to talk about it publicly because there is a hullabaloo about it.
"Everybody piles in, journalists and medics in the media. You go down injured in a game with a shoulder knock and you read that you're concussed but you were allowed to play on.
"You get a bang in the head, but it's just a bang in the head and not a concussion, and there's a debate about the brain trauma you've suffered when you haven't suffered it.
"If players feel less inclined to talk about concussion openly then that's a worrying development. And I can see it happening."
The physicality of rugby is something we talk about endlessly. We admire it. At times, we revel in it.
There are medical people who can't see the beauty of the game for all the brutality and that's understandable. Their idea of banning tackling in schools is not any kind of solution, but rugby has a problem, that much is clear.
How helpful it would be to form a brains trust of current and former players to explore ideas on how to address the issues that will continue to ail the game and draw the heat from the outside.


The new chief constable of Police Scotland previously had responsibility for a controversial team of undercover officers, the force has confirmed.

Phil Gormley was commander of the Metropolitan Police's Special Branch in 2006, which until 2008 included the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS).
Some of its officers entered into long-term sexual relationships with women while infiltrating protest groups.
Mr Gormley has told BBC Scotland he knew "nothing at all" at the time.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We can confirm that Mr Gormley was the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) commander responsible for Special Branch in the MPS during 2006."
Mr Gormley was sworn in as the new chief constable of Police Scotland earlier this month after it had been announced in December he would take over the job from Sir Stephen House.
Scotland Yard last year apologised to and agreed substantial pay-outs for several women who had entered into "abusive, deceitful and manipulative" relationships with undercover officers.
One of the five officers involved fathered children.
The officers had been working undercover for the SDS and the separate National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU).
Both teams deployed officers on long-term undercover operations to infiltrate radical political or social causes, such as environmental campaigns, anarchy and animal rights.
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced an inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales - though calls for this to be extended to Scotland have so far been unsuccessful.
It has been claimed that some of the officers spied on activists ahead of the G8 summit at Gleneagles in 2005.
The Police Scotland spokesman said further enquiries on the issue were a matter for the Metropolitan Police Service "who are preparing to support the Pitchford Inquiry, which of course Mr Gormley will co-operate with in every way possible".
In an interview with BBC Scotland, Mr Gormley said he knew "nothing at all" about the actions of officers in the 1980s when he took over in 2006.
He said: "I will be as transparent as I'm allowed to be, but I have to respect that there's a public inquiry - I will cooperate fully with that."
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Oxford United's all-time top goal scorer Graham Atkinson has died of cancer at the age of 73.

The forward, the brother of former U's player and Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, made 394 appearances in 12 years at the club.
In a statement Oxford United paid tribute to what it described as one of its "all-time greatest players".
Atkinson holds the club's all-time scoring record with 107 goals, and only five players have more appearances.
Friend and former teammate Ken Skeen said: "He was a great man and a great footballer who I was proud to call my best mate, even after all these years.
"I am glad I came to Oxford and got the chance to know him. He was a true gentleman who was at the heart of Oxford United for many years and he will be missed by everyone."
Atkinson started out at Aston Villa but joined his brother Ron at Oxford United during the 1959/60 season before he turned 17.
He scored the club's first ever goal in the Football League, and his 77 league goals remain a club record.
A minute's silence will be held at a forthcoming game.


Waringstown still have a four point-lead over North Down in the NCU Premier League but bottom side Lisburn came close to causing an upset at Comber, where the home team managed an eight runs victory.

Fortunately for the Wallace Park team CSNI also lost and are only four points above them with an extra game played.
CIYMS V CSNI
CIYMS 205-8 C Dougherty 60 M K McGillivray 52 no
CSNI 155 (46.1 overs)
CIYMS won by 50 runs
North Down v Lisburn
North Down 210 Nathan Burns 84, R Pretorius 37
Lisburn 202-9 R Rankin 69, G Koopman 40, P Eakin 3-51
North Down won by eight runs
Waringstown v Muckamore
Muckamore 123 (39.1 overs) I Hussain 45, J Magowan 24, S Shah 3-16
Waringstown 124-4 J McCollum 37
Waringstown won by five wickets
Instonians v Carrickfergus postponed.
Coleraine's unexpected defeat by Eglinton makes Donemana firmer favourites to retain the Long's SuperValu Premier League title, even though the holders could only tie with Brigade.
Coleraine and Brigade have now lost twice while Donemana are still undefeated. At the other end Fox Lodge won only their second game of the competition, again against Drummond, so the Limavady team look destined for relegation.
Fox Lodge v Drummond
Fox Lodge 350-6  C Tshhiki 162 (16 4s and 11 6s)
Drummond 100
Fox Lodge won by 250 runs
Ardmore v Bready
Bready 221
Ardmore 152
Bready won by 69 runs
Donemana v Brigade
Brigade 228 N McDonnell 123 no
Donemana (D/L target 222) 221 I Butt 123
Match tied after James McBrine hit a six off final delivery
Coleraine v Eglinton
Eglinton 79 S Thompson 19, Varun Chopra 5-19, G Hume 3-15
Coleraine 73 S Lazars 25, R Allen 3-20
Eglinton won by six runs


EastEnders actress June Brown says being part of the BBC soap is "keeping her alive".

Brown, who turns 90 this month, has played chain-smoking Dot Cotton - now Branning - since July 1985, six months after the soap first aired.
She told Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that her role was a reason to get up in the morning and said: "As soon as I get on the stage it's as if I have energy."
A smoker in real life too, Brown chose tobacco seeds as her luxury item.
Asked by host Kirsty Young how she keeps her energy levels up to act, Brown said: "I haven't really got very much now but I find when I get on set, my energy comes.
"It's like people can go on stage and break an ankle and they don't notice till they come off.
"I can be feeling like death warmed up when I come in, and then I'm alive. It keeps me alive."
She added: "I think that's why a lot of people are very lonely and get ill when they're older, because I think loneliness and having no motivation, nothing to work towards... I think it kills you."
When asked whether she was interested in retiring, she said: "No not at all, I couldn't possibly.
"What would I do?"
When Dot Cotton arrived in Albert Square in 1985, Brown was in her late 50s.
Actor Leslie Grantham, who played Dirty Den, suggested her for the role, which she played from 1985 to 1993, and from 1997 onwards.
Before EastEnders, Brown's career included stage, film and television, with appearances in Coronation Street and Doctor Who.
In 2008, the actress became the first in a British soap to carry an entire episode alone, with an emotional monologue dictated to a cassette for her screen husband to listen to in hospital following a stroke.
Brown was appointed MBE in 2008 for her services to drama and charity.
Brown said her independence was "extremely important" to her.
"If people put out hands to help me out of a car I say 'no thank you' - I won't accept it.
"And I get up and I don't push myself up from the arm of a chair. I use my thighs because you have to do that.
"You can act yourself into age, you can act yourself into anything you want."
The Bafta-nominated actress said she was "quite upset" about Dot losing her sight.
Her character had worked in Albert Square's laundrette until recent months when she retired against her will.
"I feel that Dot - she's very quick and quick moving and quick speaking - and I do not want to become a dependent old woman, or otherwise my character's gone, and I might as well not be there," she said.
"I can run as Dot, I find myself running across the road, and I don't want to lose my character.
"It's like being in a wheelchair or something, and not ever getting out of it."
Brown said she would grow her own tobacco from seeds if she was stranded on a desert island and would make paper from the leaves - displaying a love for cigarettes that she shares with Dot.
You can listen to June Brown's Desert Island Discs on BBC iPlayer Radio.


A man has been charged with stealing a woman's handbag moments after she fell to her death from a motorway bridge.

Police said the 55-year-old died when she plunged from the bridge on the M602 near Eccles, Greater Manchester, on 17 April.
A man was seen talking to her on the bridge and her handbag was taken a short time after she fell, said police.
The 27-year-old, from Eccles, is due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on 18 June.


A witness in the Surjit Singh Chhokar murder trial has apologised for calling defence QC Donald Findlay a "liar".

David Montgomery, 39, was giving evidence for a third day in the trial of 48-year-old Ronnie Coulter.
When Mr Findlay accused him of being "a persistent liar" over his differing versions of events, the witness called the QC a liar before being ordered to apologise by judge Lord Matthews.
Mr Coulter denies murder and has blamed Mr Montgomery and another man.
Mr Coulter, from Wishaw, is accused of murdering Mr Chhokar in Garrion Street, Overtown, North Lanarkshire, on 4 November 1998 by stabbing him.
He has lodged a special defence blaming his nephew Andrew Coulter and Mr Montgomery.
On Monday, as the trial entered its third week, Mr Montgomery was taken through his various versions of events.
The jury at the High Court in Edinburgh had previously heard that Mr Coulter, his nephew and Mr Montgomery had approached Mr Chhokar on the night he died amid a row about a stolen Â£100 Giro cheque.
Mr Montgomery said that Ronnie Coulter said: "Andrew - just hit him."
The jurors heard that the first time Mr Montgomery mentioned this was in a statement given to police on 18 December 2014.
He did not mention it in his first statement to police, given three days after Mr Chhokar's death.
He also did not mention it at his own trial for the murder of Mr Chhokar in 2000 - a charge of which he was cleared.
At his trial, he claimed that the only words spoken were by Andrew Coulter who asked Mr Chhokar who had cashed the Giro.
During his cross-examination on Monday, Mr Findlay said to Mr Montgomery: "You are lying when you said Ronnie said 'Just hit him,'" and he replied: "I'm not lying."
Mr Montgomery was taken through his versions of events which were given to the police and in court and Mr Findlay then said: "You are, if not an accomplished liar, a persistent liar."
The witness responded by saying to Mr Findlay: "You are a liar."
Mr Montgomery was then asked to repeat what he had said and trial judge Lord Matthews asked: "Why are you accusing counsel of lying."
The witness then said: "Because he is making things up."
Lord Matthews told Mr Montgomery: "Counsel is not making things up," and ordered him to apologise to Mr Findlay. The witness then said: "I'm sorry I'll apologise."
In previous evidence to the trial, Mr Montgomery also told the jury that he saw Ronnie Coulter appear to punch Mr Chhokar.
Mr Findlay said: "When you were asked about this you said: "I think it was one hand, I honestly don't know. You are trying to help Andrew Coulter by making out Ronnie was punching with one hand. You want people to think that was Ronnie stabbing him," and Mr Montgomery replied: "I'm trying to recall as best I can."
Mr Montgomery was shown a transcript of his trial in which he said that he saw Ronnie Coulter punching with both hands.
Mr Findlay then said: "People fighting use two hands and people stabbing use one hand," and Mr Montgomery replied: "Yes."
The QC added: "In this trial you are trying to suggest it is more consistent with an attack than a fight," and Mr Montgomery said: "That's how I recall it."
Mr Findlay added: "The background is the family decided Andrew had done it, but because he was only 17 Ronnie should take the blame for it," and Mr Montgomery replied: "I don't know where you've got that from."
The QC said: "When the ladies and gentlemen of the jury have to assess your evidence they may want to bear in mind when you are facing incontrovertible evidence, you are quite happy to lie to the bitter end," and Mr Montgomery replied: "Yes."
Mr Montgomery was asked why he made up a story just three days after Mr Chhokar's death, telling police he had been in Overtown that night to buy counterfeit cigarettes from a man called Kevin, instead of admitting he had been there when he died.
He said he was scared and added: "I just remember fear."
The witness later denied that he saw Andrew Coulter murdering Mr Chhokar.
Mr Findlay said to Mr Montgomery: "You and Andrew Coulter were the last two people to be near to Chhokar before he died," and he replied: "Yes, me and Andrew."
Mr Montgomery was then told by defence QC Donald Findlay: "What happened that night after Ronnie had gone was that Andrew lost it and pulled out a knife and stabbed Chhokar and murdered him," and the witness replied: "No."
Mr Findlay added: "You could come to only one conclusion that Andrew Coulter had murdered Coulter," and Mr Montgomery replied: "No that was the wrong conclusion. He never killed him."
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.


Coventry City have signed free agent midfielders Jim O'Brien and Danny Swanson on two-year deals.

Former Motherwell man O'Brien, 26, was available after turning down a new contract with Barnsley.
Swanson, 27, played 47 times for Peterborough last season but rejected a new deal with the Posh.
On Swanson boss Steven Pressley told the club website: "We weren't the only club looking to sign him so to get a deal done is great news."
Pressley added of O'Brien: "He is a player of proven Championship quality and his energy, work rate and team ethic along with that quality makes him a perfect fit for us."
The Scottish duo are the first players to join the Sky Blues this summer.


Fans have talked of their disappointment after Man United's final match of the season was called off when a suspect package was found.

Two stands at Old Trafford were evacuated, before bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion.
Some supporters travelled from as far afield as Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone for the match against Bournemouth.
The police response was praised by some while others criticised how the evacuation was dealt with.
Johnny Escott, from Salford, had just got into the Stretford end of the stadium when the evacuation was announced over the tannoy.
"Everyone just looked at each other like 'Was that a mistake?'," he said.  "It was a bit scary but no-one really started to panic massively, I walked past a few kids who were crying but everyone seemed quite calm".
Mr Escott said he found out information from Twitter as he "got told nothing at the stadium" but said the stewards "probably did as much as they could".
July Holmes, from Hyde, said she "didn't get a great deal of information" when she was stopped from entering the ground and relied on people at home telling her what was going on.
But she said the fans "were amazing, they were really calm and there was no rushing or pushing. It was controlled well."
Andrea Skelly, 47, from Bury, was on her way into the ground when the announcement was made and was unhappy with the way police dealt with incident.
She said only one police officer was directing the crowd and was telling people to move back towards the car park but that it was blocked by burger vans and the mass of people.
"The problem was that you couldn't get out... apparently the gate was blocked and we were stuck for about 20 minutes," she said.
Greater Manchester's assistant chief constable John O'Hare, stressed the priority "was to ensure the safety of everyone in the stadium and surrounding area".
An "operation red code" alert was heard over the tannoy inside the ground at 14:40 BST and the players who were warming up left the field, but Mrs Skelly said fans outside were not told what was going on.
She said the "evacuation process was not very good at all" and "stewards were there but not saying what the problem was", which led to speculation and rumour.
Manchester United said it had called off the game "on police advice", but has not commented on the evacuation procedure.
One fan, who called himself Moses, had travelled to Old Trafford all the way from Sierra Leone.
"Sadly they postponed the match - I was so sad about that... but they organised so I can stay another week and I'm excited about that!," he said.
Ian Stirling, of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust, said "the lad's distraught... it's probably his only opportunity to come".
But he said some trust members were paying out of their own pockets to change his flights, put him up for the week and were trying to get him a ticket to the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday, adding "so out of all the despair today, the lad's made up".
The game would have seen United vying with Manchester City, whose kick-off was also at 15:00 BST, for a place in the Champions League.
The Premier League said it was looking to rearrange the match as soon as possible.


The world has been paying tribute to Richie Benaud, the former Australia captain and iconic cricket commentator, who has died aged 84.

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A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in 1964 to pursue a career in journalism and broadcasting.
His final commentary in England was at the 2005 Ashes series but he continued to work in Australia until 2013.
In November, Benaud revealed he was being treated for skin cancer.
Marylebone Cricket Club said they had lowered the flag on the North Clock Tower at Lord's as a mark of respect for a figure "universally liked and respected across the world of cricket".
The Australian government has offered to hold a state funeral for Benaud, who enjoyed a long association with the BBC following his first radio appearance for the corporation in 1960.
"Richie was not just a great cricket commentator, he was one of the finest sports commentators of his generation," said Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport.
"He was an integral part of the BBC team for decades and will be sorely missed by everyone who had the pleasure of working with him."
BBC Radio 5 live pays tribute to Richie Benaud
Benaud was revered for an outstanding playing career in which he took 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and made 11,719 first-class runs, scoring 23 centuries at an average of 36.50.
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards: "Richie stood at the top of the game throughout his rich life, first as a record-breaking leg-spinner and captain, and then as cricket's most famous broadcaster who became the iconic voice of our summer."
Australia prime minister Tony Abbott: "A sad day for Australia. We have lost a cricketing champion and Australian icon. What an innings. RIP Richie Benaud."
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara: "So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Benaud. The great voice of cricket is no more. He defined an era with conviction and sincerity."
Australia coach Darren Lehmann: "Our thoughts are with the Benaud family at this time, RIP one of the game's all-time greats. He will be missed by the whole cricketing world."
"An absolute bobby dazzler" - listen to some of Benaud's classic commentary.
Benaud was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at Test level, and was a highly regarded tactician. He never lost a Test series as Australia captain, winning five and drawing two.
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke: "Cricket has lost perhaps its greatest advocate and someone who was a true giant of the modern game."
Australia's record wicket-taker Shane Warne: "Dear Richie, you were a legend on all levels and rightly so too. As a cricketer, commentator and as a person, you were the best there's ever been and to top it off, an absolute gentleman. For me it was an honour and a privilege to call you a close friend and mentor."
Following his impressive playing career, Benaud became even better known as a prolific author, columnist and commentator on cricket.
After the 1956 Ashes tour in England, he completed a BBC training course while still a player, marking the beginning of a 40-year association with the corporation.
Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott: "Farewell Richie Benaud. Wonderful cricketer, great captain, a master craftsman commentator and top man. Will always be remembered and admired."
Former India captain Anil Kumble: "His values cut across all generations and was the best example in cricket to everyone associated with it. Always had a kind word for every cricketer. Above all a great human being. Had a special place for every leg spinner. Very sad day for cricket."
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With his mellifluous, light delivery, enthusiastically imitated by comedians and cricket fans alike, Benaud also became the lead commentator on Australian television's Channel Nine from 1977.
After his retirement he often spoke of a return to commentary but, to the great sadness of his legions of admirers, it did not materialise.
Former Australia batsman Justin Langer: "As a player alone he left a great legacy but as a commentator his gestures and his language were peerless. Wise men often don't inundate you with words but when they speak you listen to everything they say."
Australia captain Michael Clarke: "He was a great player and a great captain, a wonderful leader of men and I think he's continued that off the field. He played the game in the right spirit and all of us look up to Richie so it's a really sad day."
International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson: "Richie was a true legend, charismatic but always the perfect sportsman and gentleman."
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ABC's chief cricket commentator Jim Maxwell: "He was one of the driving forces behind the enthusiasm for cricket in this country over the last 30 or 40 years.
"He has been an amazing influence for all those people who have followed the game and loved it for a long while because he always spoke with authority, a gentle authority, and with an understated humour."
BBC Sport cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "He was the face of my childhood and for millions of others. He was cricket on the TV in England. He was our Richie - and that is the ultimate compliment for an Australian."
Formula 1 commentary legend Murray Walker: "Richie's personality was distinctive and unique. He was an extremely nice man who had a wonderful, laconic, laid-back style, and a brilliant cricketing knowledge which he communicated so well.
"He won everything you could possibly hope for in cricket and had this superb gift of being able to put his knowledge into meaningful and entertaining words."
BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss: "He played the game hard and fair, cheeky. He enjoyed a glass of wine, enjoyed conversation.
"So many commentators speak in clichés or statistics and they really don't embrace the game or the people watching and they don't enhance it. You couldn't fail to recognise the voice of Benaud."
Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman: "We lost a legend today - Richie Benaud. We will never forget you."
Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe: "RIP Richie Benaud. My deep gratitude for all you gave to the sport of cricket as a player and as a broadcaster. Sad, sad day."
Former England captain Sir Ian Botham: "World Cricket will miss one of the greats Richie Benaud. On the field, in the commentary box and on the golf course! An iconic gentleman."
Legendary BBC commentator Barry Davies: "He was the best TV commentator during the time I've been working, and before. He brought his enthusiasm and knowledge to the job but also took the time to learn.
"He could be pithy, had a nice sense of humour, and he talked to people, not at people. He was very keen to give an opinion if it was justified but never forced it on you; what he said was in addition to the picture. He was a wonderful, impressive figure."
Former England captain Mike Atherton, wrote in The Times: "He recognised that times change and comparisons are pointless. Because of that, the modern players loved him. He was loved. For longer than people care to remember he was the voice of the English summer, just as he was in Australia."
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Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith: "I grew up with his voice in my ears. On my first trip to Australia he was the man I was most nervous to meet."
Benaud, who was appointed OBE in 1961 for services to cricket, leaves a wife of 48 years, Daphne, and two children from his first marriage.
Listen to a Richie Benaud tribute programme on BBC Radio 5 live on Friday at 20:00 BST.
Listen to impressionist Rory Bremner paying tribute to Richie Benaud.


Former hostage Terry Waite has revisited the site of his return to the UK 25 years ago.

Peace envoy Mr Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon in January 1987 as he negotiated the release of western hostages.
After his release five years later he flew into RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, where the bells of the nearby parish church were rung to mark his arrival.
During his latest visit, he met the bell-ringers who had welcomed him home.
Mr Waite was held captive, mostly in solitary confinement, chained and often blindfolded, for 1,763 days before his release on 18 November 1991.
Now aged 77, he returned to the former RAF base where his plane landed, and where he stayed for several weeks as he began to get his life back to normal.
During the return visit in which the bells were rung for him again, he thanked some of the original bell-ringers at the neighbouring St Michael and All Angels church.
"One night my wife and I heard the bells ringing, and I said, 'Oh, the bell ringers must be practising', and she turned to me and said, 'They're ringing the bells for you'.
"I thought it was lovely thing to do. Twenty five years on it gives me an opportunity to say thanks for people who cared," he said.
"I experienced a real welcome. It was so nice and generous to welcome us in that way.
"You don't have to say a great deal or do a great deal - little symbolic gestures mean so much at times of distress."
Mr Waite, who was envoy to Robert Runcie, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, also wrote a personal message in the church visitors book, 25 years after he wrote an entry on his first visit to the church.
A quarter of a century on from his release, Terry Waite's memories of what happened on that rainy and blustery day, when he flew into RAF Lyneham, have not faded.
"It was raining so we went into the great hangar and there I gave my address, and then went to meet my family," he said.
"It was an emotional occasion, but it also had an amusing side to it.
"When the plane landed Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was late because he'd been held up by traffic.
"On the plane they collected all the paper cups and serviettes in the haste to make the plane tidy and presentable and shoved them in the front toilet, so when Robert ran up the steps late, and said "I must use the loo", he opened the door and was immediately showered with paper cups and serviettes.
"It was not a dignified entry for the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"It's the amusing things that stick in your mind."
You can listen to an exclusive interview with Terry Waite as he returns to Lyneham, on Marie Lennon's programme on BBC Wiltshire on Wednesday 19 October from 09:00 BST.


A UN tribunal has cleared Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of war crimes from the 1998-99 conflict, after a retrial in The Hague.

Mr Haradinaj, a rebel commander during the war, was accused of overseeing a campaign of torture and murder against Serbs and suspected collaborators.
But four years after the last acquittal the UN court ruled again that the prosecution had not proved the case.
Serbian officials reacted angrily, denouncing the UN tribunal.
President Tomislav Nikolic said in a statement that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was formed "to try the Serbian people".
He said the verdict would increase Euroscepticism in Serbia.
Mr Haradinaj's 2008 acquittal was overturned and a retrial ordered after appeal judges ruled that there had been witness intimidation.
But the ICTY's trial chamber once again cleared Mr Haradinaj and co-defendants Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj of all charges.
The indictment alleged the three men had been involved in a joint criminal enterprise to establish Kosovo Liberation Army control in western Kosovo through detention camps.
Ethnic Serbs, Roma and Albanians who were deemed to have collaborated with Serbs were allegedly tortured and killed.
Judge Bakone Moloto said the evidence established that Serbs and their suspected supporters were beaten at a KLA compound in Kosovo, and at least one of them had died of his injuries.
However, he said there was no evidence Mr Haradinaj or his co-defendants were involved in the attacks or a conspiracy to mistreat civilians.
Mr Haradinaj, who is the most senior ethnic Albanian indicted by the ICTY, has many supporters among the Kosovo Albanian community.
He served as prime minister for 100 days before he stepped down in early 2005 to deal with his first trial.
Crowds in the capital Pristina watched the latest verdict on a giant screen, and celebrated his acquittal by letting off fireworks and cheering.
Mr Haradinaj's lawyer, Ben Emmerson, said his client now wants to restart his political career.
"With the consent of the people, he will soon be resuming his rightful position as the political leader of the country," Mr Emmerson told reporters at the court.
His face is splashed across vast billboards in Kosovo, accompanied by slogans like "the leader who keeps his word" and "forward with a clean slate".
However, he is still considered a war criminal in Belgrade, and an arrest warrant has been issued against him by Serbia's war crimes prosecutor.
Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade has enlisted the support of ally Russia to block any move for international recognition.
Many Serbs feel there has been little accountability for crimes committed against them during the wars of the 1990s.