The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has slashed its growth forecast for the UK in the light of the Brexit vote.

It now expects the UK to grow 1.8% this year, down from its March estimate of 2.2%, and by 1% in 2017 compared with its original forecast of 2.3%.
Uncertainty surrounding the UK's negotiations over its EU exit would "dampen growth prospects", it said, while consumer spending would weaken.
It said the UK "would skirt with", but avoid, a recession.
However, a separate report on business conditions from accountancy and services group BDO said optimism was improving, after falling to a three-year low last month.
The forecast from the BCC is the first it has made since the EU referendum, and it warned that, while it did not expect a recession, companies were still digesting the results of June's EU referendum.
In total, the business group said its downgrades implied the UK economy would be Â£43.8bn smaller by the end of 2018 then it had expected before the EU vote.
But it said the slide in sterling since the vote should improve the UK's net trade position.
"Although individual businesses continue to report strong trading conditions, the overall picture suggests a sharp slowdown in UK growth lies ahead," said BCC acting director general, Dr Adam Marshall.
He urged the government to set out "a clear timetable" for negotiations with the EU, and said it should push on with infrastructure projects such as a new airport runway and new nuclear investment to help encourage business spending.
The BCC is a national body of 52 accredited chambers of commerce across the UK, representing over 100,000 businesses in total.
During the EU referendum it decided not to campaign for either side because its membership was split.
Data earlier this month suggested that the services industry - which accounts for nearly 80% of the UK economy - rebounded strongly in August following a shock fall in July immediately after the Brexit vote.
Analysts said the strong growth - which took the services sector back to pre-referendum levels - meant the UK was likely to avoid a recession.
Its index of business optimism, which looks at growth six months ahead, is up to 98.7 from 97.9.
BDO's index of business optimism, which looks at growth six months ahead, rose to 98.7 from 97.9. It said that was well above the 95.0 level which would indicate the start of recessionary conditions.
"After the immediate Brexit scare, businesses are becoming more confident as they start to find that, for most of us, it's back to business as usual," said Peter Hemington from BDO.
"But ongoing uncertainty and the likely longer-term damage if we exit the single market, are concerns which continue to justify government support for growth.
"The government must prioritise taking advantage of cheap borrowing costs to invest in infrastructure and protect the growth of our economy as we move closer to exit negotiations."


It was the day the substitute tweeter became a footballing substitute and took social media by storm.

Harrison Allen, who was standing in for Sleaford Town's regular club tweeter, had to relinquish his social media duties to come on as a substitute 70 minutes into Monday's game against Boston.
An hour later, the following message appeared: "Sorry for break in tweets. I came on as a sub for Millard. Other subs were Anderson for Millington and Hollingsworth for Wright."
It has been retweeted more than 3,500 times, received more than 3,000 likes and helped add 250 followers to the club's Twitter account - one eighth of their total followers.
"Our usual tweeter, Jamie Shaw, was away on work," said 18-year-old Allen, who joined the club's youth team aged 12. "I asked if I could have a go. I was just doing my job really.
"There were only three of us on the bench. I was planning on passing the phone to someone else but we all pretty much came on at the same time."
Sleaford were leading 3-1 when midfielder Allen entered the United Counties League Premier Division game, but went on to draw 3-3.
"After the game, we went back in and showered and I decided to bring everyone up to date," said Allen, who has been distracted from his A-level revision by the publicity.
"A couple of people from Boston tweeted saying it was funny. I thought they were joking because we drew, but then it kept growing.
"Jamie had the notifications on his phone overnight. His phone was beeping non-stop. It's been really fun and I've loved the publicity, which is really good for the club.
"I know the manager, Paul Ward, will be a bit confused by it all. I think he joined Twitter over the weekend so it's quite good timing from him."
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he intends to call an election for 2 July.

On Monday Australia's upper house, the Senate, rejected a piece of government legislation for a second time.
This provided Mr Turnbull with a trigger for a so-called double dissolution election.
Mr Turnbull said at a press conference on Tuesday that he intended to ask the governor general to dissolve parliament after the budget on 3 May.
He said calling the double dissolution was about "giving the people their say".
What is a double dissolution election?
Australia's constitution allows for an early election to be called when the Senate twice blocks a piece of legislation that has been passed by the lower house, the House of Representatives. Although ostensibly designed to resolve political deadlocks, in practice it has largely been used opportunistically by governments who see an advantage in going to the polls early.
What are the key policy battlegrounds?
The government will position itself as the party best placed to transition Australia from the mining boom through to a new phase of economic growth. Labor, conversely, will run on a "people first" platform of health, education and nation building.
How do the leaders stack up?
Mr Turnbull is, well known to Australians through his prominent public life as a barrister and advocate for the republic, is the clear frontrunner. But he has been losing ground to Mr Shorten in the polls.
Mr Turnbull will attempt to paint Mr Shorten as a union lackey who cannot manage the economy; Mr Shorten will say Mr Turnbull is an out-of-touch protector of greedy banks leading a divided party that stands for nothing.
How many seats does Labor need to win?
Labor needs to win 21 seats to take power, a swing of 4.3%.
Mr Turnbull said that if the ruling coalition wins the election, "as I believe we will, we will return and the reforms to registered organisations and the reintroduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will be made law".
Earlier in the day opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten addressed the party's caucus, reportedly saying of the government that "beyond Turnbull's popularity, they now have nothing".
"They are going to have a civil war. It's a choice about whether they have it in government or in opposition," Mr Shorten was quoted as saying.


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Kezia Dugdale has launched her campaign to become the new leader of Scottish Labour with a pledge to "shake things up".

The Lothians MSP and former deputy leader of the party said she would "stand up to vested interests".
She is going up against Eastwood MSP Ken Macintosh, who launched his campaign on Friday.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and MSPs Alex Rowley and Richard Baker are standing as deputy.
Ms Dugdale said: "Now more than ever, Scotland needs a voice that will stand up to the vested interests.
"Scotland needs a strong opposition that asks tough questions, not a one-party state where every institution and every cause is linked to just one political party.
"That wouldn't be good for Scotland. People need a champion against the cosy consensus in Scottish politics."
Ms Dugdale also argued that there was a need to "think outside the box" when it came to reforming Scotland's state schools.
She also said she would end the charitable status of private schools, saying it was a "question of fairness".
She told BBC Scotland: "Twenty-four per cent of people here in Edinburgh go to private schools and I don't begrudge any parent that wants the best for their children.
"But the reality is that private schools get charitable status, they get tax relief because of that status, and at a time when state schools are really struggling for resources, when teachers are at their wit's end, I think this is fundamentally a question of fairness."
On state education, she said: "Education is everything. It can lift people out of poverty, help them live a healthy lifestyle and open up doors that would otherwise remain shut.
"If we are to compete with the big economies around the world in future then we need people finishing school with the skills they need to get on."
She added: "There can be no sacred cows in Scottish state education. The inequality is too ingrained, the problems too deep to tip-toe around vested interests. It's time to be bold and radical."
The leadership contest was sparked by the resignation of Jim Murphy after Labour lost all but one of its 41 seats in Scotland in May's general election.
In a change from previous leadership contests, it will be a one member one vote ballot, while non-members can also register as supporters for Â£3, allowing them to take part.
Ms Dugdale is the favourite to win, despite only entering the Scottish Parliament in 2011.
At his launch, Mr Macintosh promised to shake up the party organisation, including moving the headquarters from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
He said Scotland must be more accountable and responsive to the needs and wants of Scottish people.
And he said he would begin negotiations with the new national Labour leadership to establish a formal relationship with Scottish Labour that recognised its autonomous role within the UK party.
Three candidates are standing for the deputy leadership role: Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and MSPs Alex Rowley and Richard Baker.
The hustings period begins on 22 June and the result will be announced on 15 August.
Following changes pushed through by Mr Murphy before his departure as leader, the election for both the leader and deputy leader will be based on one-member-one-vote.
All the contestants will take part in a series of hustings at four venues:
The results of the two contests will be announced at a special gathering on Saturday 15 August.
15 June - Nominations open for leader and deputy leader
19 June (12 noon) - Nominations close
19 June (17:00) - Supporting nominations open
22 June - Hustings period opens
13 July - Last date to join as member, affiliated supporter, or registered supporter in order to vote in the leadership ballot
10 July (12 noon) - Supporting nominations close
20 July - Ballot opens
14 August - Ballot closes
15 August - Result announced


With politicians and the business world still grappling with the outcome of the EU referendum, it's little wonder that Brexit will dominate the forthcoming Trades Union Congress which kicks off in Brighton on Sunday.

"It's our first Congress post the Brexit vote so we want people focused on jobs, workers' rights and investment, because we are very clear that workers mustn't pay the price," says the TUC's general secretary Frances O'Grady.
In the run-up to the vote, Ms O'Grady was a prominent voice for the Remain camp, even taking part in the BBC's Great Debate at Wembley Arena.
"I've played Wembley," she jokes. "I don't think they'll be inviting me back!"
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Trades unions are worried about Brexit. Many fear that workers' rights will be sacrificed as the government seeks to entice investment into Britain in the years ahead.
"Workers have to have a voice at the table," Ms O'Grady adds, before saying she believes so many people in traditional Labour communities voted to leave the EU because "they felt shafted, it was one hell of a protest vote".
"I was going around factories where it was clear that there was a Brexit presence and in some surprising areas, where the implications of the vote and future investment and jobs was pretty clear. People felt let down."
In the wake of the vote she says there needs to be a common response to a massive challenge.
And she points to the potential for some interesting "alignments", highlighting the government's new enthusiasm for industrial policy.
"Any industrial strategy worth its salt has got to deliver better jobs, better pay and a plan for the future," she says.
Ms O'Grady has already met Business Secretary Greg Clark who she found "an enthusiastic listener".
And in the coming weeks she plans to meet Prime Minister Theresa May - who criticised soaring executive pay and promised worker representation in the boardroom during her election campaign.
"It's interesting that a Conservative prime minister is looking at corporate governance reform to give workers a voice at the top of a company. It suggests to me that the fault lines are changing."
She sees another potential alignment with good employers who are concerned about the growth of casualisation and insecure working practices.
She praises the work of the Unite union in highlighting conditions at Sports Direct. This week the firm said it would put a workers' representative on its board and offer shop workers guaranteed hours instead of zero-hours contracts.
And at next week's Congress, the TUC will launch a new initiative to put firms under the spotlight and reach out to young people who are on the front line of casualisation.
"We are not satisfied that any worker should not know whether they will be able to pay their bills at the end of the week, because they don't know how many hours they are going to work," she says.
The TUC says that young people tend to be more concentrated in sectors including retail, care and hospitality which are known for insecure employment and where firms are often resistant to union recognition.
"We have a real opportunity to reach people on a vast scale and shame those who are exploiting young people. They need to be named and shamed." she says.
Meanwhile, many union reps heading to Brighton will travel by Southern Rail, which has been the focus of strike action called by the RMT union in a dispute over plans to cut the staff on trains.
Ms O'Grady says the TUC backs them and argues that many passengers don't want to see staff cuts, particularly the elderly, disabled or mums with kids.
She believes "the railway is safer in all sorts of ways by having those staff on trains" and that it would save taxpayers money to bring the railways under public control.
But will the current Labour leadership campaign overshadow the Congress?
Several of the major unions including Unite, Unison and the CWU are backing Jeremy Corbyn, but the GMB and the shopworkers' union Usdaw are among those supporting Owen Smith.
The result of the election will be known on 24 September.
Mr Corbyn is expected to speak at a private union dinner in Brighton on Monday night and he also has a rally in the town the following evening.
"What I hope Congress will be, is a bit of a break from that circus," says Ms O'Grady, while remaining tight-lipped on where she will be casting her vote.


A man has been charged over the deaths of two members of the Cornish shanty group Fisherman's Friends.

Singer Trevor Grills, 54, and tour manager Paul McMullen, 44, died after being hit by a falling metal door at G Live in Guildford on 9 February 2013.
David Naylor, 56, from Bridgnorth in Shropshire, faces two counts of manslaughter by gross negligence.
He is due to appear before South West Surrey magistrates on 15 December.
The company which manufactured the doors involved in the incident has been summonsed for breaches of duty imposed by the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Express Hi-Fold Doors Limited is accused of failing to ensure equipment was safe.
Mr Grills, from Port Isaac, and Mr McMullen, from Disley in Cheshire, were at the venue ahead of a performance due to be staged by the 10-piece group.


The restoration of Donald Campbell's Bluebird has reached its most significant milestone yet, with the testing of the boat's new engine.

Campbell died in January 1967 while trying to break his own speed record on Coniston Water in the Lake District.
Volunteers have been working for the past 15 years on reconstructing the vessel, from wreckage salvaged in 2001.
Now Bluebird's return to Coniston is a step closer after an almost identical engine was successfully tested.
Campbell was 46 when the jet-powered Bluebird, travelling at more than 300mph, somersaulted repeatedly before crashing to the bottom of Coniston.
The fuselage has been painstakingly rebuilt by a team led by North Shields engineer Bill Smith, with almost all the parts having to be specially made.
The replacement engine was donated by De Havilland Aviation in 2007 and is almost identical to the original Bristol Orpheus engine.
It was successfully tested in the reconstructed chassis for the first time, at Mr Smith's engineering yard.
Mr Smith, who sat in the cockpit during the test, described it as "fantastic" and "absolutely amazing".
"The ghost of Donald Campbell must be looking down at me now and falling about laughing," he said.
"We only ran it at 65% power and it was just amazing. That's about as much as we can give it in the yard, because it'll have the building down.
"I absolutely loved it, not just because it's a fun thing to do to sit in Donald's boat and give it some beans. But because of all the work we have all put in to get to this point where it's working.
"The last time it did that was the 4th of January 1967. This is a bit of history."
Once fully rebuilt, Bluebird will undergo further testing at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire next spring, with the hope of it returning to the water in Coniston some time after that.
Campbell's daughter Gina has visited the yard recently and has supported the restoration work.
Once complete, Bluebird is expected to be put on show at the Ruskin Museum at Coniston.


Worcester flanker Dewald Potgieter has signed a new undisclosed-length contract with the Premiership club.

The 30-year-old South Africa international, initially signed by former director of rugby Dean Ryan in February 2016, will remain at Sixways for at least another season.
"Dewald holds himself with the utmost professionalism," said Warriors director of rugby Gary Gold.
"He continues to be a senior figure both on and off the pitch."
After being signed from Japanese side Yamaha Jubilo, Potgieter made four Premiership appearances before suffering a shoulder injury in Warriors' key away win at Newcastle in March 2016 - a game in which he scored his first try for Worcester.
He was then ruled out for a further three months in August after tearing his left thigh in pre-season training.
He follows the recent lead of fellow South African Wynand Oliver, captain Donncha O'Callaghan, Scotland stand-off Tom Heathcote, Samoa flanker Alafoti Faosiliva and young forward Huw Taylor in opting to remain at Worcester.


Islamist militants have attacked and occupied a gas facility in Algeria, killing a Briton and an Algerian and taking foreign workers hostage.

Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kabila said troops had surrounded the living quarters at In Amenas, where some 20 people were being held.
Norwegian, French, British, US and Japanese citizens are among them.
Mr Ould Kabila said the militants wanted to leave Algeria with the hostages, which he would not allow.
Earlier, the AFP news agency quoted one worker as saying the militants had demanded the release of 100 Islamist prisoners. Another report said they wanted France to end its military operation in Mali.
Dozens of Algerian workers were meanwhile said to have been released.
The In Amenas gas field is operated by the Algerian state oil company, Sonatrach, along with the British oil company BP and Norway's Statoil.
It is situated about 1,300km (800 miles) south-east of the capital, Algiers, and about 60km (37 miles) west of the Libyan border.
At a news conference on Wednesday evening, Mr Kabila said a heavily armed "terrorist group" using three vehicles had attacked a bus carrying workers from In Amenas at about 05:00 (04:00 GMT).
The attackers were repelled by police who had been escorting the bus, but a Briton and an Algerian national had been killed, he said. Two other British nationals, a Norwegian, two police officers and a security guard were also hurt in the firefight, he added.
Afterwards, the militants drove to the gas facility's living quarters and took a number of Algerian and foreign workers hostage. They were being held in one wing of the living quarters, which the security services and army had now surrounded, Mr Kabila said.
"Since then, they've been facing off. The security forces are consolidating their position around the base," he added. "It seems [the militants] want to leave the region, to leave the country with the hostages. This is completely unacceptable for the Algerian authorities."
The minister said nearby border crossings had been closed as a precaution and that the foreign ministry was in contact with diplomats from the hostages' countries.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed that the hostages included "a number of British nationals", adding: "This is therefore a very dangerous situation."
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said 13 Norwegian employees of Statoil were believed held hostage at the gas facility.
US state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed that Americans were among those seized, while Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said one of its nationals was a hostage.
Japanese news agencies, citing unnamed government officials, said there were three Japanese hostages.
Mr Kabila said the militants were from Algeria and were operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) before late last year, when he set up his own armed group after apparently falling out with other leaders.
Earlier, a man claiming to be a spokesman for the militants told BBC Arabic that al-Qaeda had carried out the attack.
He claimed that they had allowed Algerian workers to leave the gas facility and were only holding foreign nationals.
A list of demands had been sent to Algerian authorities, and the hostages would be killed if troops attempted to rescue them, the spokesman added.
''Storming the gas complex would be easy for the Algerian military, but the outcome of such an operation would be disastrous," he warned.
Spokesmen for two groups believed to be led by Belmokhtar - the Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade and the Signed-in Blood Battalion - said they were behind the incident.
The latter told Mauritania's ANI news agency that it had taken more than 40 hostages, including seven Americans, two French citizens and two British citizens.
"We are holding the Algerian and French governments, and the hostages' countries, entirely responsible for their slowness in satisfying our demands, foremost of which is an immediate halt to the aggression against our brothers in Mali," added the spokesman.
One of the workers told AFP news agency by telephone that the militants were demanding the release of 100 Islamists detained in Algeria.
Another worker told France's Le Figaro newspaper that the captors had mined the facility and demanded food, water and vehicles.
Militant groups have vowed to avenge France's military intervention in Mali, where its forces have been battling Islamists linked to AQIM for the past week. Algeria has been allowing French aircraft to use its air space.


London mayor Boris Johnson has backed away from a timetable for the opening of the city's Night Tube.

The 24-hour Underground service was originally scheduled for September, but was delayed over a dispute about pay and conditions.
Following the breakdown of talks on Wednesday, union leaders said the launch would not happen this year.
But during a trip to Japan Mr Johnson said: "We are going to have a Night Tube eventually."
He had previously said he was "relaxed" about when the service was introduced, as long as it happened before the end of autumn.
Mr Johnson said during a business visit to Japan: "We'll do a Night Tube and obviously I hope very much that the offer on the table, which is a very good one, is now communicated properly to the workforce of London Underground and I think we should just get on with it.
"We've done without it for 150 years and I'm sure we can rub along a little bit longe,r but we are going to have a Night Tube eventually."
Unions took industrial action during the summer having called for increased pay and a limit on how many all-night shifts their members would be asked to do.
As negotiations between the unions and London Underground came to a halt,  Finn Brennan from drivers' union Aslef, said discussions had broken up because LU management had "mishandled" the process.


A seven-year-old girl whose tweets from besieged eastern Aleppo drew worldwide attention has disappeared from the social network amid an army offensive.

Tweeting in English with the help of her mother, a teacher, Bana Alabed painted a picture of life in the city.
But the account was deleted on Sunday, as troops pushed into the city's east.
The final tweet, by her mother, read: "We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each other another day dear world. Bye. - Fatemah".
Meet the seven-year-old girl tweeting from Aleppo
Aleppo, Syria's second city, has been split in two during the country's long conflict. Bana lived in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has been relentlessly bombed by the army.
Army troops advanced further into the city's east overnight, following a heavy bombardment.
Bana's Twitter account - @alabedbana - had amassed more than 100,000 followers.
The account, where tweets were posted by both Bana and her mother Fatemah, drew attention to the plight of civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo.
In a conversation with the BBC in October, Fatemah said her daughter wanted "the world to hear our voice".
One tweet from November read: "Tonight we have no house, it's bombed and I got in rubble. I saw deaths and I almost died."
Another said that a friend had been killed when her house was bombed.
In one video posted on the account, Bana appeared with her brothers - five-year-old Mohamed and three-year-old Noor - with the message "drawing with the brothers before the planes come. We need peace to draw".
Another short video showed the three together in a bedroom. "We will live forever together," Bana said, before laughing and hugging her brothers.
In others she appeared with her mother.
Bana's tweets captured the attention of JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series.
Ms Rowling sent Bana eBooks of the entire Harry Potter series after the young girl posted that she liked to read "to forget the war."
The author retweeted several messages after the account was deleted, calling for information on the girl's whereabouts.
At least 300 people have been killed since the government-led offensive on east Aleppo and about 250,000 are thought to be trapped in besieged areas.
Earlier this week, Stephen O'Brien, the UN's humanitarian affairs chief, said parts of the city were at risk of becoming "one giant graveyard".
He said some people inside opposition-controlled areas were so hungry they had been reduced to scavenging.


Madness have paid tribute to ska legend Prince Buster as they played Radio 2's Festival in a Day at Hyde Park.

Suggs dedicated The Prince, their first single, to the Jamaican musician, who died on Thursday.
"It's a tragedy," he told BBC News. "He was enormously important."
"The fact he came from the streets and he had a terrific sense of humour and energy - it really appealed to us and it had a huge impact on everything we did, really."
He died at home in Miami at 07:20 local time (11:20 GMT) on Thursday.
The band took their name from a Prince Buster song, and later covered one his greatest tracks, One Step Beyond.
"It's like the Monty Python thing about the Romans," joked Suggs. "What did Prince Buster ever do for us? A great deal indeed."
Madness went on to perform an invigorating set of crowd-pleasers, including Wings of a Dove, Baggy Trousers and House of Fun.
Introducing Our House, Suggs noted that the band had previously played the song on the roof of Buckingham Palace, just a stone's throw away from the Hyde Park stage.
"But I remember when we got chased down Oxford Street," he joked. "We weren't even allowed in this part of London."
The band were one of many highlights in a day that spanned every genre of music, from jazz to folk and country to pop.
Sir Elton John topped the bill, playing an 80-minute set bursting with hits, including Tiny Dancer, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I'm Still Standing and Crocodile Rock.
"This is a blast," he told the audience, and dedicated his performance to Radio 2 "for being so kind and playing my records, which nobody else does."
The star also played a blistering, extended piano solo on the lesser-known 1971 track Levon, and played Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me for George Michael, who he called "one of the greatest talents that I ever met out of Great Britain".
Earlier, Radio 2 paid tribute to its former breakfast show host, and broadcasting legend, Terry Wogan with a compilation of his bon mots and words of wisdom.
The video, which had also been played at the previous night's Proms In The Park, received a warm and sustained round of applause in Hyde Park.
Earlier, Travis opened the show with a good-natured singalong to tracks like Sing, Driftwood and Why Does It Always Rain On Me.
Tenor Alfie Boe joined them onstage to duet on Paralysed, a song from their current album Everything At Once. Singer Fran Healey confessed they had only spent five minutes practicing the song in advance.
"Rehearsal's over-rated," he joked. "No-one rehearses at this level. You just have it in you."
Singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson had slightly longer - an hour - to rehearse his duet with folk legend Cara Dillon; while country star LeAnn Rimes introduced David Gray to play their 2015 single Snow In Vegas.
The star, who has just signed a new record contract in the UK, said she had been overwhelmed by the 60,000-strong audience.
"No-one could prepare you for that," she said. "I feel like I've had an out-of-body experience."
Other acts on the bill included jazz star Gregory Porter and Radio 2 mainstays Status Quo, who played an acoustic ("a-Quostic") set backed by a 16-piece orchestra.
"The idea is really to expose the vast range of music that Radio 2 plays," said Jeff Smith, Radio 2's head of music.
Radio is now the UK's most-listened to network, largely shedding its image as the dumping ground for "oldies" and burnt-out rockers.
Smith pointed out how Gregory Porter had graduated from Jamie Cullum's jazz programme to mainstream success, and noted the success of UK country duo Ward Thomas, whose second album, Cartwheels, hit number one last week.
"I guess we kind of created the concept of UK country," said the executive, who steers Radio 2's playlist.
"Our support for things like Ward Thomas and The Shires is proving fruitful for everybody - from the point of view of the listeners  but also from the point of view of the music industry."
He added that 2017's "festival in a day" was already being planned.
"With Elton John, I really started talking to him about 15 months beforehand. That's the trick. You've really got to start early."
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The illegal use of Global Positioning System (GPS) jammers in the UK has been revealed in a groundbreaking study.

GPS jammers are believed to be mostly used by people driving vehicles fitted with tracking devices in order to mask their whereabouts.
In one location the Sentinel study recorded more than 60 GPS jamming incidents in six months.
The research follows concern that jammers could interfere with critical systems which rely on GPS.
The team behind the research believes it is the first study of its kind in the UK.
Its findings will be presented at the GNSS Vulnerability 2012: Present Danger, Future Threats conference held at the National Physical Laboratory on Wednesday.
The Sentinel research project used 20 roadside monitors to detect jammer use.
"We think it's the only system of its kind in the world," Bob Cockshott of the ICT Knowledge Transfer Network and organiser of the conference told the BBC.
The sensors recorded every time a vehicle with a jammer passed by.
"We believe there's between 50 and 450 occurrences in the UK every day," said Charles Curry of Chronos Technology, the company leading the project, though he stressed that they were still analysing the data.
He told the BBC that evidence from the project suggested that most jammers were small portable devices with an area of effect of between 200m and 300m.
The project received Â£1.5m funding from the Technology Strategy Board and involved a number of partners including the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
Mr Curry said the research had also resulted in the detection and confiscation by the police of one jammer.
"We detected a pattern and they [the police] were able to go and sit and wait," he said.
Mr Curry said the research was also able to establish that jammers were responsible for interference experienced by Ordnance Survey equipment.
GPS jammers are widely available online, one reason Mr Cockshott believes the law around jammers needs tightening.
He thinks the Sentinel project should now work towards developing systems that will help catch those using jammers.
"The next step is to develop the system further so that it can be used for enforcement, so that you can detect a jammer in use and then relate it to the driver that's using it," he said.
Logistics and other companies often install GPS trackers so they can follow the movements of vehicles.
They are also used so vehicles carrying valuable loads can be tracked.
Researchers believe most GPS jammers are used to stop these devices working.
"A GPS satellite emits no more power than a car headlight, and with that it has to illuminate half the Earth's surface," Prof David Last, a past president of the Royal Institute of Navigation, told the BBC.
"A very, very low power jammer that broadcasts on the same radio frequency as the GPS will drown it out.
"Most of them are used by people who don't want their vehicles to be tracked," he said.
But the jamming technology can cause problems for other safety-critical systems using GPS.
In mobile phone and power networks GPS satellite signals are sometimes used as a source of accurate timing information.
GPS is even used to provide accurate time information for some computerised transactions in financial markets.
And other GPS navigation devices used by ships and light aircraft could also be affected by jammers.
In 2009 Newark airport in the US found some of its GPS based systems were suffering repeated interference.
The problem was eventually traced back to a truck driver using a GPS jammer.


Juventus defender Dani Alves broke his leg during his side's surprise 3-1 defeat by Genoa on Sunday.

The former Barcelona player, 33, suffered the injury after his side had made three substitutions and Juve finished with 10 men.
A club statement said Alves "fractured the fibula bone in his left leg".
The Brazil international completed a free transfer to reigning Italian champions Juventus in June after signing a two-year deal.
Defender Leonardo Bonucci, 29, also had to go off with an injury in the first half after "straining the flexor muscles in his thigh".


A man has been jailed for three years and four months for carrying out three knifepoint robberies in west London.

Andre Rose, 27, of Wesley Avenue, Hounslow, was sentenced on 27 February for three counts of robbery at Isleworth Crown Court after pleading guilty to the offences.
All six offences happened in the Hounslow area between 30 October and 5 November last year, police said.
Rose was arrested on 11 November after handing himself into the police.


Bishop Auckland gymnast Amy Tinkler was inspired by watching the London 2012 Olympics and is excited for taking part herself following her selection for the Team GB squad at Rio 2016.

The 16-year-old is the current senior British floor champion and won bronze at the 2015 World Championships.
She missed the European Championships in June to concentrate on school exams.
"I had the opportunity to watch the all-around final in 2012 and it was incredible," she told BBC Sport.
"From that, it made me want it even more, it was incredible and made me so motivated."
Tinkler is one of five women in the gymnastics team, along with sisters Becky and Ellie Downie, Commonwealth champion Claudia Fragapane and Ruby Harrold.
She continues to train with South Durham coaches Nicola Preston and Rachael Wright in her native north east.
"Me and my coaches have taken each day as it comes and we've not really spoken about Rio," Tinkler added.
"Getting to the World Championships was incredible and we didn't think that was going to happen so it's amazing."


The head of the UN climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has resigned amid sexual harassment allegations.

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Mr Pachauri said he was unable to provide strong leadership.
Indian police are investigating a complaint from a 29-year-old woman working in his office in Delhi.
Lawyers for the woman say the harassment included unwanted emails as well as text and phone messages. Mr Pachauri has denied the allegations.
Mr Pachauri, who had chaired the IPCC since 2002 and whose second term was due to end in October this year, denies any wrongdoing and says his email account and mobile phone were hacked.
His office at the Energy and Resources Institute in Delhi (TERI) said he had gone on "long leave" from the organisation.
On Monday, the 74-year-old had pulled out of a high-level IPCC meeting in Kenya starting on Tuesday, because of "issues demanding his attention in India", an IPCC spokesman said.
In his letter to the UN secretary general, Mr Pachauri said his inability to travel to Kenya showed that he might not be able to provide the "strong leadership and dedication" needed by the panel.
"I have therefore taken the decision to step down from my position as chair of the IPCC some months before completion of my term," he wrote.
Dr Pachauriâ€™s resignation is a shock - but it is unlikely to create lasting damage to the IPCC as he was due to retire, and potential replacements are already throwing hats in the ring.
Good luck to them: the IPCC chair is one of the most gruelling and controversial jobs on the international stage.
The chair has to spend much of his life in mid-air, flitting between capitals, whilst suffering relentless attacks from campaigners challenging climate science.
Known to friends as "Patchy", Dr Pachauri's tenure has been controversial. He was installed after the US said the previous chair was too alarmist. They thought Dr Pachauri, as an Indian transport economist, would take a pro-development line.
After immersion in scientific research he too became persuaded that climate change is a real threat, deserving more action from political leaders â€“ and he said so in outspoken terms.
The US then resisted his bid for a second term as chair, but Dr Pachauri was supported by developing countries, who appreciated his willingness to prod the main perpetrators of climate change.
Profile Rajendra Pachauri
The IPCC has since confirmed that its vice-chairman Ismail El Gizouli will be chairing the four-day meeting in the Kenyan capital which is meant to pave the way for an international agreement in December on curbing carbon emissions.
The move will "ensure that the IPCC's mission to assess climate change continues without interruption," said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
In 2007 Mr Pachauri collected the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the organisation for its work in the scientific assessment of the risks and causes of climate change. The IPCC shared the award with former US vice-president and environmental campaigner, Al Gore.
In 2010 Mr Pachauri rejected pressure to step down when errors were found in the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report.


Scotland could be given greater control over immigration if the UK exits the European Union, a leading figure from the Leave campaign has claimed.

Immigration policy across the UK is currently decided by the Home Office.
But Michael Gove, the Westminster government's justice secretary, said it would be "for Scotland to decide" on immigration numbers to the country after Brexit.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Gove had told a "fib and a half".
The Scottish government has been a vocal critic of UK immigration policy, which it has argued is too heavily influenced by the priorities of the south east of England.
And it has said reducing the numbers of incoming migrants does not recognise Scotland's economic needs, with the country facing an increasingly ageing population and some rural areas struggling to attract skilled workers.
Campaigners on both sides of the EU debate have also highlighted potential difficulties in devolving immigration to Holyrood - such as how to prevent people who arrive in Scotland from then moving to other parts of the UK.
In other EU referendum campaign developments:
Appearing on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Gove was asked by presenter Gary Robertson how many people would be allowed to come to Scotland under the Leave campaign's immigration proposals.
Mr Gove responded: "It would be for Scotland to decide because under the proposals that we have put forward we believe that a points based immigration policy - similar to the one that was actually put forward as a model for an independent Scotland by Nicola Sturgeon - would be the right approach."
He said Tom Harris, who is heading the Leave campaign in Scotland, had written to Ms Sturgeon explaining how Scotland "can have a greater degree of control over immigration policy" after Brexit.
Mr Gove highlighted the case of the Brain family, who moved to the Scottish Highlands from Australia under a student visa scheme, but are now facing the threat of deportation.
He said EU membership meant there were no limits on people who could move the UK from other EU countries, but there were limits on non-EU countries such as Australia.
Mr Gove added: "Ultimately, immigration is a good thing for Britain and for Scotland. But if immigration is to be controlled, then we have to be outside the European Union because within the EU there is no means by which we can control the number of people who come from other EU nations."
"If, in the course of the negotiations, the Scottish Parliament wants to play a role in deciding how a particular visa system could work, much as it works in other parts of the European Economic Area, then that is something we'll look into.
"Ultimately, the numbers who would come in the future would be decided by the Westminster parliament and the Holyrood parliament working together."
He said Holyrood would be strengthened in other areas if the country left the EU, with new powers over fishing, agriculture and some social areas.
Mr Gove also insisted there was "no mandate and no support for a second referendum on Scotland's position in the UK" even if Scotland votes to Remain while the UK as a whole backs Leave.
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
Ms Sturgeon, who is backing the Remain campaign ahead of the EU referendum on 23 June, took to Twitter to accuse Mr Gove of telling a "fib and a half" with his immigration comments.
And former first minister Alex Salmond, who is now the SNP's foreign affairs spokesman at Westminster, said Mr Gove was "talking nonsense on ermine-clad stilts".
He said: "The truth of course is that the Brexiteers will say anything at this stage in the campaign. They run about England telling people they are going to slash immigration and now Gove comes to Scotland to tell us we will be able to attract more people.
"The Lord Chancellor is talking nonsense on ermine-clad stilts - what is standing in the way of Scotland having the immigration powers we need isn't the EU, it's the UK government."
Mr Salmond added: "The Brain family are not suffering from any impositions of the European Union. They are suffering at the hands of Gove's Tory government.
"Scotland had some discretion on immigration policy to attract young families to the Highlands but that was removed by Gove and his Tory colleagues."
In a speech later, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say fears over the impact of foreign workers on local communities would be better addressed by insisting on more money to boost stretched public services than ending free movement rights.
The UK would be "in pole position" to champion change when it takes the rotating presidency of the EU in 2017, he will say.


A pensioner has accused Labour of "ageism" after his application to vote in the party's leadership election was rejected because he had paid by cheque.

Retired bricklayer David Arloff and two friends sent the party cheques for £3 to become registered supporters.
But the cheques were returned with a letter explaining they could only pay online by credit or debit card.
Mr Arloff said the men "haven't got computers and we are not au fait with the internet".
The 72-year-old, from Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, said: "We are being denied the right to partake in this vote because we are not young and up and coming. It is ageism.
"There are people bragging that they are Conservatives and they are getting two or three votes, but genuine left-wing people like us are being denied the the opportunity.
"I am not a member of the London Federation of Anarchists or the Socialist Workers Party.
"I am just a former Labour Party member who wants to have a say."
He added: "There must be hundreds of people like us. I bet if I sent a cheque for a £100 as a donation, they wouldn't send it back."
The Labour Party does accept cheques from people who want to be full members, which costs £46.50 a year.
But a party spokeswoman said they did not accept cheques from people wanting to become registered supporters, because it was a new process.
She added:  "We want the widest number of supporters to have their say in Labour's leadership contest.
"To apply for a ballot paper through the new registered supporters scheme there were a number of ways supporters could have donated their £3 including, using a debit or credit card to pay over the telephone, online or by completing and returning a paper form or via text message.
"Out of the 120,000 people who applied to be a register supporter, less than 50 attempted to do so via cheque."
Mr Arloff and his friends, aged 78 and 80, had sent their cheques on 5 August, but the letter from the party had arrived after Friday, 15 August's registration deadline, he told BBC News, so even if they had wanted to pay over the telephone they would not have been able to.
Mr Arloff said he had left the Labour Party during the Blair years and had voted Conservative at this year's general election to send the party a message.
He been planning to vote for the veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn in the leadership contest, he added.


The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a young gull was shot near Dumfries.

Scotland's animal welfare charity was alerted after the bird was discovered at Kingholm Quay on Monday.
The gull was taken to a vets where it had to be put to sleep due to the extent of its injuries.
Animal rescue officer Tricia Smith said: "An x-ray confirmed the bird had been shot.
"This was a juvenile gull which had been caused a great deal of pain and distress," she said.
"While the bird was found on an industrial estate, there are houses nearby and often children playing.
"It is very concerning that someone has not only used an airgun to cause harm to an animal but done so near a busy residential area."
They asked for anyone with information about the "mindless act of cruelty" to contact them.
Get regular updates from the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway via our south of Scotland live page.


Thousands of rugby fans have taken part in a memorial service for Ulster player Nevin Spence at Belfast's Ravenhill grounds.

Nevin, 22, his brother, Graham, 30, and their father, Noel, 58, were overcome by slurry gas at their farm in Hillsborough last Saturday.
Ulster rugby chaplain Rev Andrew Thompson said they mourned the loss of one of "our brightest and best".
He said the deaths of the three men was "an unspeakable tragedy".
It had left a whole community in shock and disbelief, he said, but people were standing "shoulder to shoulder".
"Today we come in pain and sorrow to stand up for one proud Ulsterman. Or rather three," he told between 5,000 and 6,000 fans who crowded into the grounds for the service.
"Whilst the main focus is to remember Nevin, we are mindful of his father and brother. These three men shared so much in life and were united in death."
Ulster rugby captain Johann Muller and scrum half Paul Marshall read from the Bible.
Ulster and Ireland hooker Rory Best paid a personal tribute.
He said there had been a "huge outpouring of emotion" throughout the entire rugby world.
"There are no words that I can add that have not been spoken about Nevin this week," he said.
"Nevin's love for the game of rugby and his positive attitude was infectious," he said, adding that he had won more than 40 caps for Ulster.
"The mark Nevin left runs deeper than rugby." He said his fondest memories were of Nevin's sense of humour.
"Nev would tell a ridiculous joke and then be beaming from ear to ear. No-one could work out whether he was a comic genius or told really bad jokes.
"He would give the boys tips on their love life.
" 'All you need is a girl who looks like Cindy Crawford and is able to calf a cow in the middle of the night,' he'd joke."
Rory Best added: "The entire Spence family all shared Nevin's humility, bravery and determination. These traits set him apart on our squad."
His "relentless positive attitude" was a testament to his upbringing and to the man himself.
"Nevin was a team player, the sort of player every team needs but few are lucky enough to find.
"His memory will continue to shape Ulster rugby for years to come. Nev, we will miss you but we will never forget you," he said.
Members of the Munster, Leinster and Connacht squads were at the service - among them Irish rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll and Ireland and Munster player Paul O'Connell.
The capella choir made of up 50 young people from Nevin's old school, Wallace High, led the singing.
A book of condolence will remain open on Sunday for those wishing to leave expressions of sympathy, and then given to the Spence family.
The accident at the farm on Drumlough Road in Hillsborough is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI).


Jeremy Corbyn needs to get round a table with the Greens to discuss ways of developing a progressive alliance, its co-leader Caroline Lucas has said.

The Green Party of England and Wales is not taking on Labour in Ealing Central and Acton and Brighton Kemp Town.
And Ms Lucas says left and centre-left parties should get together to prevent "a massive Tory landslide".
But shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth dismissed the idea of what he described as "back room deals".
And the Conservatives have warned against any "coalition of chaos".
Ms Lucas, the Greens' only MP in the last Parliament, said there was "a huge amount of enthusiasm and energy" for deals between parties such as the Greens, Liberal Democrats and Labour to defeat the Conservatives in the upcoming election.
It comes as the Greens withdrew their candidate in Oxford West and Abingdon to help  the Liberal Democrat Layla Moran stand against health minister Nicola Blackwood.
The Lib Dems have already stood aside in Brighton Pavilion for Ms Lucas, but Labour rejected a similar deal for the Isle of Wight, despite Greens standing down to help Labour in Ealing Central and Acton.
Ms Lucas, who is campaigning on the Isle of Wight on Monday, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was time for the left and centre-left to get together "and do grown up politics".
She said it was "scandalous" that the Conservatives got 51% of the vote across the south east region, but ended up with 93% of the seats.
"What we ought to be doing is saying: 'How do we stop the Tories getting the kind of landslide that will allow them to impose not just an extreme Brexit, but extreme social policies, long term damage to our health, education and so forth?'" she said.
She claimed the Isle of Wight Greens were "best placed to challenge" the Conservatives, ahead of the Liberal Democrats and Labour with a candidate "that will fight for this chance in our electoral system".
"But for this to happen, we need Jeremy Corbyn to get round a table with us," she said.
"What's so disappointing is that he talks about doing politics differently and yet he's betraying the millions of people he represents by allowing them to be hit hardest by a massive Tory majority."
Ms Lucas argues that more than one million people voted Green in the 2015 general election, which under a different electoral system could have led to 24 Green MPs.
"What we're saying is it's time to do politics differently. People in marginal constituencies don't want parties on the left and centre-left to spend all of their time fighting each other and for the Conservatives to come through the middle."
But Labour's Jon Ashworth refused to entertain the idea of entering into discussions with the Greens and Lib Dems about some candidates standing aside to avoid splitting the anti-Tory vote,
"We're a national party and we have a responsibility to give every part of England, Scotland and Wales the chance to vote for a Labour candidate," he said.
"Politicians who try to do these backroom deals, never come out of it well."


In China, reality TV fans may have to switch off for the next few days, as anti-Japan war dramas and documentaries take over the country's screens.

The government has banned all entertainment TV shows, including the popular reality talent show The Voice of China, and variety show Happy Camp, to get people in the mood for its Victory Day parade on 3 September, which will celebrate 70 years since the end of World War Two.
Some have described it as a patriotic move, but not everyone is impressed.
On China's Twitter-like weibo site, user Yaxixi described it as "ignorant brainwashing", while Alex Huaier said: "The victorious country is banning entertainment, whereas the losers continuing singing and dancing - isn't it paradoxical?"
Here are four other eye-catching - although perhaps not unexpected - ways China has been trying to ensure that Thursday's parade will be perfect.
China has deployed macaques and falcons to ensure the skies over central Beijing are free of birds during the parade - birds could crash into the engines of fighter jets, potentially damaging the planes.
Macaque monkeys have been trained to climb up trees and dismantle birds nests in advance of the parade, Chinese media reported.
The monkeys can dismantle "between six and eight nests" a day, and also leave their scent on the trees, which deters the birds from rebuilding their nests, one of the monkey trainers said.
Falcons are also being deployed to circle the skies, scaring other birds away.
It might sound extreme to some, but it's not unusual - hawks are also used to keep pigeons and small birds away from key sites in the UK - including Wimbledon's tennis grounds.
Meanwhile, officials have banned pigeons from flying over Beijing during the parade, warning breeders not to release them during the day.
Beijing has become infamous for its air pollution in recent years - face masks are a must during periods of severe smog.
But China's government likes to show that, when it puts its mind to it, it can even improve the weather.
There were blue skies in Beijing during the Apec summit in 2014, after officials told factories to suspend production, slowed work at construction sites and restricted the number of cars on the roads.
Beijing has pledged to ensure blue skies again for the Victory Day parade - although some locals have argued online that the government should do more to improve air quality for normal citizens.
The top brass will help lead the parade - and they've had to make sacrifices to look the part.
More than 50 generals, who have an average age of 53, will take part in the parade - and the tough training has led to them losing an average of 5kg each, state media report.
They have also been training for the "perfect standing posture" by placing playing cards between their knees and "between their hands and legs to keep their arms locked to their body", state-run China Daily reports.
China maintains tight control over its internet and social media, so it should come as no surprise that it's keeping an eye on what people are saying ahead of the parade.
According to China Digital Times, which reports on censorship in China, the government has issued guidance to the media stating that news and comments related to the parade must be "positive", while all sites should "actively promote positive, sunny netizen commentary".
Several roads in central Beijing will be closed, while many hospitals have been told to suspend outpatient services on the day of the parade, although the emergency departments will remain open, Beijing media reported.
Meanwhile, residents living along Chang'an Avenue, a major road where the parade will take place, have been warned not to open their windows in the run-up to the parade. One resident posted what appeared to be a notice requesting they "avoid peering at the parade from their windows" on Thursday.
The Beijing government is also securing the skies ahead of the parade - hot air balloons and hang gliders are among the things to be banned in recent weeks.
Reporting by Helier Cheung


Former world number one Tiger Woods says he has "nothing to look forward to" in his recovery from back surgery.

The 39-year-old 14-time major winner has not swung a golf club since operations in September and October.
Asked about his return, he said: "I've no answer. Neither does my surgeon or physio. There's no timetable.
"There's nothing I can look forward to, nothing I can build towards. Where's the light at the end of the tunnel? I don't know."
Woods had two operations to alleviate pain from a pinched nerve.
Revealing that he has spent most of his time playing video games, the American said he had not done any rehabilitation work on his back and that physical activities were limited.
"I walk and I walk. I'm just walking, and that's it," said Woods, whose last major victory was at the US Open in 2008.
"It's different from the other surgeries I've had in the past. For nerves there are really no timetables."
Woods, who turns 40 on 30 December, missed the cut at three of the four majors this year and played in only 11 events. He remains on 79 PGA Tour victories.
He played only seven tournaments in 2014, having missed three months of the season after surgery on a pinched nerve in his back in March 2014.
"For my 20 years out here I achieved a lot," he said. "I think pretty much everything beyond this will be gravy. If that's all it entails then I've had a pretty good run. But I'm hoping that's not it.
"I'm hoping I can get out here and compete against these guys. I really do miss it."
He has been named as one of United States captain Davis Love III's assistants for the 2016 Ryder Cup, but said he still hopes to make the team.
Woods has played in seven Ryder Cups, the most recent in 2012 under Love's captaincy.
World number three Rory McIlroy gave Woods his support, posting on social media: "Wishing my idol and friend a speedy recovery. Golf without him doesn't bear thinking about. Hope to see you back on the course soon @tigerwoods."
This is the bleakest picture Woods has ever painted of one of his injuries. He just has to wait for it to heal and it's clearly not done that so far.
He's still saying that he wants to be there at the 2016 Ryder Cup as a player, but with no timetable with regard to his rehabilitation you have to wonder when, and if, he'll come back from this.
If I was a betting man, my money would be on him sitting on a buggy and not having his clubs anywhere near Hazeltine, not just on fitness but on form as well. It's going to be an awful long way back if he's going to make any kind of comeback.


Former Fife Flyers assistant coach Danny Stewart reckons failure to reach the play-offs would be a disappointment for Braehead Clan - but has tipped them to get past Dundee Stars.

Ryan Finnerty's side will face the Stars in this weekend's quarter finals for a place in the Elite League finals weekend in Nottingham.
Stewart's old team have Belfast Giants to contend with as they aim to reach the showpiece event for the second straight year.
And Stewart, now head coach of Coventry Blaze, reckons the all-Scottish element to the two-legged tie will add to an already intense occasion.
"Braehead have had some success in the league, but have only been at the finals once, in 2014 and having won the (Gardiner) Conference several times now, they'll want to get there," Stewart said.
"Anything other than that would be a disappointment. Braehead were similar to us at Coventry in terms of inconsistency, but found better form in the second half of the season.
"Offensively, they're up there and you only need to look at the scoring charts to see what they're all about.
"The fact it's an all-Scottish tie certainly adds to it, having been involved in a couple of those myself and I think the outcome of the first night in Dundee will give us a tell-tale sign of where it could go.
"The Stars will carry that underdog mentality. They won some big games to get through and have found some form as well as scored goals.
"For them, it would be a great accomplishment. It's interesting to call, but I think Braehead may edge it, which I'll no doubt take some flak for."
Stewart spent five years in Kirkcaldy as associate coach to Todd Dutiaume before leaving for Coventry last summer and helped them to two play-off weekends, in 2014 and last year.
They prepare to go to Belfast on Saturday before coming back to what's expected to be a sell out crowd in the 'auld barn' on Sunday night.
While Stewart thinks the Giants, who finished second in the Elite League, will have too much for Fife, he hasn't ruled them out of causing an upset.
"It could be an interesting series between them and if Fife can keep it close against Belfast in the first leg, they have every chance bringing it home for the second game," he said.
"I think it depends on which Fife team show up though. They had our number this year certainly and, at times, I've seen them play at another level.
"With Shane Owen in the net, they certainly have a chance and the scoring they have up front is certainly as good as anyone in the league.
"There's been progression in Fife year on year, including last year when they went to the play-off finals weekend. Having that experience will be a huge help.
"In our case in reaching the two finals we have, we were sixth seed one year and seventh in the other and managed to overcome the second seed so that's huge on them.
"The key is getting a decent result in Belfast and no doubt, getting any kind of lead to take home certainly gives you an advantage, but it's a tough place to go.
"For me, it's certainly not a given, but Fife have the quality to cause an upset, but I would probably have to go with Belfast."
Saturday
Play-off, quarter-final first leg
Belfast Giants v Fife Flyers (19:00)
Dundee Stars v Braehead Clan (19:00)
Sunday
Play-off, quarter final second leg
Braehead Clan v Dundee Stars (18:00)
Fife Flyers v Belfast Giants (18:30)


A recruit who died at Deepcut had split with one boyfriend and was seeing another soldier in a love triangle at the Surrey base, an inquest has heard.

Her ex-boyfriend Simeon Carr-Minns, known then as Jim, asked Pte Cheryl James if she was seeing someone else two days before she died.
She was found dead with a bullet wound to the head on 27 November 1995.
The 18-year-old from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was one of four recruits to die at the base in seven years.
Mr Carr-Minns had been seeing Pte James for two months before she died but they had broken up, the Woking inquest heard.
He said he and Pte James had discussed marriage and made plans for him to meet her parents.
But the inquest heard he asked her on 25 November if she was seeing someone else and later that evening he found her with another man, the next day her mood was unusually up and down, and she died on 27 November.
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
Mr Carr-Minns was asked whether their conversation on 25 November in Deepcut's Naafi bar had been heated.
He said: "Slightly impassioned, maybe, but not raised voices. It was never that.
"But I would have been quite anxious about it. I was never angry, more upset."
The inquest heard that later that evening he found her with another man, Pte Paul Wilkinson, on a bed in a disused block, looking "dishevelled".
The hearing was told that on the following evening of 26 November, Pte James and Mr Carr-Minns had sex at a party where Pte Wilkinson was also present.
Mr Carr-Minns said: "She would be laughing and joking one minute and quite aggressive or sad or angry the next minute.
"She seemed to go from one state to the other. I had not seen her like this before."
That night he walked her back to her own block and then went back to his own barracks after she asked him to come back and visit her the following day.
The next morning Mr Carr-Minns received a phone call and heard Pte James had died.
He said the news left him "absolutely devastated" and he "collapsed" in the phone box.
He said he told police in 2002 that "at no time" had Pte James indicated she might kill herself.
Previously in the inquest, evidence was read from a Surrey Police review which suggested Mr Carr-Minns "should be considered as a suspect".
But coroner Brian Barker QC said he was not under any suspicion and the family had indicated in open court they did not think him a suspect.
A first inquest into Pte James's death in December 1995 recorded an open verdict. This second inquest was ordered after High Court judges quashed the original findings.
The hearing continues.


Former Welsh Secretary David Jones will lead the Welsh arm of the Vote Leave campaign for the EU referendum.

He said there was "a real appetite in Wales" for leaving the European Union, claiming the country was "even keener" on Brexit than other parts of the UK.
Geraint Talfan Davies, chairman of Wales Stronger in Europe, said the pro-EU group looked forward to "engaging with David to give the people of Wales the positive debate they deserve".
The referendum takes place on 23 June.
Mr Jones, Conservative MP for Clwyd West, said: "I have no doubt that there is a real appetite in Wales for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
"Recent polls, in fact, have shown that Wales is even keener for a 'leave' vote than many other parts of the country."
He added: "Wales, and the rest of the United Kingdom, can look forward to a more prosperous, more outward-looking future, outside the European Union."


The family of a dementia patient say they cannot believe their mother was sent from north Wales to a private clinic four hours away.

Ina Lewis, 73, had been initially admitted to Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital after being found wandering on Colwyn Bay promenade.
She was then transferred to The Priory in Bristol, 200 miles away.
Health officials said sometimes they had to provide care outside north Wales when care beds were unavailable.
But Mrs Lewis's son has criticised the decision, and said his mother had been taken on an "eight-day magical mystery tour" of hospitals.
"One of the main things about dementia is to keep everything the same, and familiar for the patients," said Stephen Lewis.
"What they've ended up doing is 100% what they're not supposed to do.
"It just seems to me there are not enough beds at all, and I don't think we're being given the full picture about just how bad the beds situation is at the three north Wales hospitals."
Mrs Lewis was originally admitted to the emergency unit at Glan Clwyd on 8 May.
A decision was then taken to transfer her to another hospital three days later.
"They said she was going to be transferred to either Bangor or Wrexham hospitals - either one would have been fine. But, lo and behold, she was transferred to Bristol on the Wednesday," said Mr Lewis.
"They didn't even tell us which hospital they'd taken her to. We had to ring round to find where she was, and discovered they'd actually taken her to The Priory in Bristol."
Three days later she was brought back to north Wales, and finally on Monday was transferred to the Bryn Hesketh Hospital nearer her home in Colwyn Bay.
A Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board spokesman said: "Although we cannot comment on this specific case, it is sometimes necessary to arrange for patients needing specialist care to be admitted to units that are outside of the local area if an appropriate bed is not currently available within north Wales."


A man who stored Semtex, guns and bullets for dissident republicans at his parents' Belfast home has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Kevin Nolan, from Stewartstown Road in west Belfast, moved to England days after receiving the items.
He was arrested in September 2015 when the haul was discovered at the house on Ballymurphy Road in west Belfast.
Nolan will spend a further three-and-a-half years on licence following his release from prison.
His name will also be placed on an anti-terrorist list for 15 years.
Passing sentence at Belfast Crown Court, the judge said the amount of Semtex found could have been used to create a "large and destructive device", but accepted Nolan had been "passively storing the items for potential future use" by others.
Despite initially denying all the offences and claiming he found a bag containing what he thought was drugs and money, Nolan now admits that when he worked in a taxi company, he was approached and asked to keep the items.
The Semtex was discovered along with two guns, detonators and assorted ammunition during a police search which took place on 17 September 2015.
Among the items was a holdall containing a Baikai gas pistol, a revolver and silencer and more than 300 bullets, as well as 651g of Semtex - enough to make three under-vehicle improvised explosive devices.
Also found were two improvised detonators, a black balaclava and a large plastic tub containing more rounds of ammunition.
Nolan's barrister told the court he was approached by dissident republicans while he was a taxi driver and asked to store the items.
The barrister also said that while on remand for the offences, Nolan never asked to be moved to the republican wing, and was amongst the general prison population.
She told the court that her client had no criminal record, that "he was never arrested in his life before for any reason," and that as a result of events Nolan has been the subject of several threats.
An intelligence-led search operation in September 2015 had uncovered a "significant cache of explosives, weapons and ammunition all hidden in various rooms" of the house on Ballymurphy Road in west Belfast.
Nolan, who was living in England at the time, was arrested under the Terrorism Act and brought back to Northern Ireland for interview, when he claimed he had no knowledge or involvement with the items, said Det Insp Adrian Brown, from the PSNI's Serious Crime Unit.
"At one stage he said he had found a bag containing the cache while walking alone in the City Cemetery.
"He said he seen two men, one who was carrying a large plastic bag, which they left at a hedge.
"Kevin Nolan stated he had taken the bag believing it contained drugs or money and he didn't know there were firearms and munitions until he looked inside once he had arrived at his parents' home where he lived at the time."


A teenager has been charged with a hacking attack on Mumsnet, which caused the parenting site to reset its 7.7 million members' passwords.

David Buchanan, 18, of Haslemere, Surrey, faces two counts of hacking and one of impairing the operation of or hindering access to a computer.
The charges relate to "computer intrusion and damage to network profiles" in July and August 2015.
Mr Buchanan is expected to appear at Guildford Magistrates' Court on 7 June.
The Mumsnet homepage was redirected to a now suspended Twitter profile page and had some posts edited during a cyber attack in August.
It was also subjected to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, where an attempt is made to force a site offline by swamping it with internet traffic.
The Metropolitan Police said two 17-year-old boys who were were interviewed under caution in relation to the incidents had been eliminated from the inquiry.
Mumsnet users were made to reset their passwords as a "precautionary measure" following the attacks.


Jersey residents are being asked about their lifestyles and views on society by the government.

The survey that will go to more than 4,000 households is being conducted by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit.
They want to know what people think about topics such as migration, housing needs, discrimination, parking and other public services.
It will also attempt to find out how many people speak Jersey's native language, Jerriais.
The statistics unit said it would be used by the government to make decisions about public services.


The UK will send at least 30 more military trainers to Iraq to boost its training mission there, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.

This will bring the number of UK personnel in Iraq to more than 300.
Mr Fallon said there had been "solid progress" in recent months against the so-called Islamic State group, which controls parts of the country.
The team will provide training in logistics and include medical staff and bridge building experts.
A number of bridges have been destroyed by IS or by coalition air strikes.
"Now is the time to step up our training of Iraqi Forces, as they prepare for operations in key cities such as Fallujah and Mosul," Mr Fallon said.
"Along with the trebling of UK air strikes, this underlines the crucial role our armed forces are playing in the fight against Daesh [IS]."
The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said it was a sign that attention was turning towards the battle for Mosul, which has been controlled by IS since June 2014.
He said: "The US-led coalition though is also under pressure to address the aftermath of war -  how to help rebuild and repopulate towns and cities like Ramadi recently liberated from so-called Islamic State."


Residents of a Powys town are alarmed that its only GP surgery is set to close due to a cut in NHS funding.

Doctors running the practice in Llanwrtyd Wells have written to Health Minister Mark Drakeford asking him to reconsider the scrapping of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG).
They say 1,200 patients will have to travel 13 miles to their main surgery in Builth Wells from August.
The Welsh government said there had to be "new ways of meeting local needs".
"Llanwrtyd Wells is a large rural town with a high proportion of elderly patients with complex medical problems," the GPs' letter said.
"Without a branch surgery patients could face numerous lengthy trips for even routine appointments," it continued.
"Travel would simply not be possible for some patients, especially in winter."
A Welsh government spokesperson said changes to the MPIG had been agreed with the British Medical Association's General Practitioner Committee for Wales.
"The solutions will lie in practices working together and with the health board on new ways of meeting local needs," the spokesperson added.
Alan Lawrie, director of primary care for Powys Teaching Health Board, said: "I am keen that we work with the practice to ensure that the health needs of the community are properly met and hope to be able to come to a suitable arrangement with them to ensure that this is the case."


A council-owned energy company set up a year ago has said it is on course to return a profit by 2021.

Bristol Energy provides gas and electricity, with tariffs on sale across the UK.
The firm said it had revised its original business plan after customer take-up was lower than expected and said it was now hitting those targets.
Bristol City Council has invested Â£15.3m in the business and said it was "showing a positive trajectory".
The council would not say when its investment would be paid back as the information was "commercially sensitive".
Bristol Energy managing director Peter Haigh said: "The key thing we can say is how the business is growing - how we're now on target in terms of our current plan.
"There will always be critics and I think that is a good thing, and if we get more scrutiny than most, then there's no harm in that."
He said more than 80,000 customers had signed up and the firm aimed to return a profit by 2021 after revising its original 2019 target date.
BBC Radio Bristol political reporter Pete Simson
There aren't many authorities out there who have set up an energy company to try and raise some much-needed cash. But Bristol likes to do things differently.
The authority has always argued Bristol Energy is more than just a money-making project.
It has laudable aims to help people out of fuel poverty, donate to charity, and use renewables.
However with such a large stake in the firm, at a time when services are being cut, Bristol taxpayers have a right to see a return.


Labour has had it "far too easy" in councils across Wales and its "cadre" of control must be broken down, UKIP AM David Rowlands has said.

The party is fielding 80 candidates in 14 authorities in Wales in the local election campaign.
While it cannot win full control where it is competing, the party hopes it may hold the balance of power in some.
Mr Rowlands said UKIP would work with "whoever we feel has the policies that interact with ours".
UKIP is pitching that a vote for the party is a break from the current system and its councillors do not work to a party whip but represent electors as they see fit.
Labour has overall control of 10 out of 22 authorities in Wales, all in the south. UKIP is standing in some of those authorities.
UKIP claims council services are stretched because of immigration and says it will prevent overdevelopment of the countryside, protect pensioners and look after veterans.
Mr Rowlands, AM for South Wales East, said: "For far too long now Labour has dominated local government.
"They've done nothing particularly in the valleys towns. They've left them to wither on the vine."
He said UKIP "will be working with whoever we feel has the policies that interact with ours and to try to mitigate some of the problems we're having with Labour party local government".
Labour have "had it far too easy," he added.
"We have to break down this cadre of Labour-controlled councils."
On Thursday, UKIP AM Gareth Bennett said some UKIP members were put off from standing in council elections due top appearances.
The party is fielding 80 in this year's Welsh local elections, which he said was "pretty good for us compared to where we were five years ago in Wales".
But, he added: "Sometimes our members aren't keen on standing because they don't think sometimes running for UKIP is going to look good on their CVs."


An organisation which represents 2,500 businesses in Cumbria claims plans for new pylons could "threaten an already fragile rural economy".

The 50-metre high structures would connect a proposed nuclear power station to the electricity network.
National Grid agreed to bury cables within the Lake District National Park, but for parts of the route the pylons would be close to its boundaries.
Cumbria Tourism said this would impact nearby scenic areas.
The organisation said it did not oppose the National Grid's development plans in principle and welcomed the revised plans to bury them within the national park boundaries.
However, it fears those pylons close to the national park might have a detrimental effect on the tourism industry.
A public consultation on the proposed route from Moorside, to Heysham, Lancashire, is under way.
Jeanette Unsworth, from National Grid, said: "What's very important to this project is the cost we pass on to the bill payer.
"This project isn't paid for by National Grid, it's paid for by all of us through our electricity bills, so we've got to strike a balance between protecting those environments and keeping energy bills affordable for our users."


Financial services firms could quit the City unless a transitional Brexit deal is secured, ministers have been warned.

A cross-party group of peers said Britain's financial sector must be offered a Brexit "bridge" to prevent firms moving to rival locations such as New York, Dublin, Frankfurt or Paris.
It urged the government to act to stop business tumbling off a "cliff edge".
It comes as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to meet other EU leaders at a summit meeting in Brussels.
Mrs May will take part in EU-wide discussions on defence, foreign affairs, migration and the economy as well as holding bilateral meetings with the leaders of Latvia and Lithuania and the president of the European Parliament.
However, she will not be present for a dinner on Thursday evening - at which the EU's remaining 27 leaders are expected to discuss their approach to Brexit.
In other Brexit developments:
The UK is expected to begin official negotiations on the terms of its exit this Spring following the Leave vote in June's referendum.
Businesses are pushing for an interim arrangement to safeguard the interests of companies, investors and customers during the period between the UK's departure and when post-Brexit trading and regulatory arrangements are settled.
In the latest of a series of Lords Committee reports on Brexit, its EU financial affairs sub-committee said firms could decide to remove their operations from London because of uncertainty about what kind of agreement would be negotiated for cross-border trade.
Analysis by Simon Jack, the BBC's business editor
There are many definitions of what such a Brexit transition might look like.
Is it merely an implementation period for a largely agreed deal or is it a longer term arrangement that keeps the status quo in place while details are worked out more slowly?
Either way, the pressure for more clarity is growing. The Lords Committee is warning that thousands of banking jobs will go to Europe if some sort of transition deal is not made ready.
Lobbying group TheCityUK will endorse that view and privately bankers are finalising contingency plans and some are close to pressing "Go".
The chairman of HSBC, Douglas Flint, has told Bloomberg TV that the bank was looking at the option of moving staff to Paris if needed.
As one source told me: "There is no enthusiasm for leaving. Banks are looking for excuses to stay."
We'll soon see whether the sudden warmth towards a transitional deal is excuse enough.
Baroness Falkner, the Lib Dem peer who chairs the committee, said that while she did not detect any sense of panic in the City, it was important "red lines" were set out in areas such as passporting rights, which London firms need in order to trade freely across EU.
"Companies may decide that uncertainty is too high a price to pay so they might as well move to Dublin, they might as well move to Frankfurt - that is our great concern."
The Lords urged businesses to strengthen the government's negotiating hand by sharing internal analysis about their passporting rights as soon as possible.
It said a failure to do so could leave companies seeking equivalent provisions that are "patchy, unreliable and vulnerable to political influence".
However, it said building a detailed picture may prove a challenge for the government because some City firms do not fully understand their reliance on passporting.
"The committee got a sense that [government] engagement has been sporadic and it should be more consistent and there ought to be a clearer view," Baroness Falkner said.
The Lords also stressed the importance of firms being able to seamlessly move staff around Europe to ensure they and the growing FinTech sector continued to thrive.
Speaking on Friday, Mr Davis said his over-arching goal was "maximum access to markets with the minimum disruption" to firms as part of a "smooth and orderly" exit.
He said a transitional agreement was possible "if necessary" but he believed both sides should be able to conclude a full EU withdrawal agreement within the 18-month timeframe set out by EU negotiators.


Plans to modernise Bristol's Old Vic theatre, which include exposing a wall to the public for the first time since the 1760s, have been approved.

Some £12m will be spent refurbishing the foyer of the 250-year-old theatre, its studio theatre, 18th Century Coopers' Hall and bar cafe areas.
Last year the playhouse's main auditorium was completely revamped.
Architect Steve Tompkins said Bristol City Council's decision was unanimous and he was "delighted and relieved".
"It is an important development for Bristol, both architecturally and culturally, and we've got to make sure it's right," he said.
The theatre's artistic director, Tom Morris, said he saw the two-stage redevelopment plans as a partnership between the theatre and the people of Bristol.
He said: "To go through that democratic process, and to have the quite radical plans interrogated by a committee of councillors, and to get that unambiguous endorsement is really exciting.
"It means the city council understands how important it is, for everyone in Bristol, that this redevelopment will be able to open out the theatre to the street.
"Everyone will be able to come into this wonderful new foyer and see the theatre ahead of them as they did in 1766 when they went through a house into a courtyard."
The plans show the open foyer being fully accessible to wheelchairs as well as having more toilet facilities.
The studio theatre will also be made fully accessible and Coopers' Hall will be returned to its original purpose as a function hall for the city.
So far £5m of funding has already been earmarked for the project from the Arts Council, but the theatre will need to raise the rest.


The Vatican has rejected as "seriously irresponsible" an Italian media report that says Pope Francis has a small but curable tumour on his brain.

The Quotidiano newspaper said the Pope had travelled by helicopter to Tuscany to see a world-renowned Japanese brain surgeon.
The Pope was diagnosed with a small, dark spot but did not need surgery, the paper said.
A Vatican spokesman said the report was totally unfounded.
"As everyone can see, the Pope is carrying out his extremely intense activities in an absolutely normal manner," Father Federico Lombardi said.
Quotidiano insisted that its story was true, maintaining that the Pope had visited Prof Takanori Fukushima some months ago at the San Rossore clinic in the Barbaricina area of Pisa.
It quoted an unnamed employee at the clinic saying such a small tumour could be treated and did not need any kind of surgical intervention.
The paper's editor, Andrea Cangini, said the denial was understandable and had been expected.
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The timing of the report is seen as awkward for the Vatican, as 279 bishops from around the world approach the end of their three-week Synod on the Family.
The meeting, which ends on Saturday, is considered one of the key tests of Pope Francis's papacy as it has wrestled with the Church's attitude towards same-sex unions, contraception and its refusal to allow divorced and remarried Catholics to take Communion.
Earlier this year, Pope Francis, 78, indicated his papacy may last only a few years, and that he might retire like his predecessor Benedict XVI, who stepped down as pontiff in 2013.
The Pope appeared before thousands of people in St Peter's Square as normal on Wednesday, and was due to return to the Synod later in the day.


A renowned Angolan journalist has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for falsely linking military generals to the "blood diamond" trade.

Prosecutors pushed for his conviction, despite his legal team saying last week that a deal had been reached with the generals to drop the case.
A rights group said he had been sentenced after an "absurd process".
Rafael Marques de Morais is a long-standing critic of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' 35-year rule.
He spent 43 days in prison, including 11 in solitary confinement, in 1999 after he published the article, The Lipstick of the Dictatorship, in a private Angolan newspaper.
The latest case against Mr Morais came after he wrote a book, Blood Diamonds: Torture and Corruption in Angola.
He accused seven generals of being linked to murder, torture and land grabs in Angola's lucrative diamond fields.
The generals denied the allegation, and sued Mr Morais.
Last week, his legal team said he had agreed not to republish the book, in exchange for the charges being dropped.
Campaign group Index on Censorship said on its website that it was "appalled to hear that Rafael has been sentenced after an absurd process".
"This is a clear violation of rights to free expression, to a free press and to a fair trial," its chief executive Jodie Ginsberg said.
In March, Index on Censorship gave Mr Morais a freedom of expression award for his work as a journalist and human rights activist in Angola.


Toshack's Swansea side have won 16 out of their last 19 and are top of their division with a chance in the cup.

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And this isn't a sentence from the early 1980s.
At Swansea there's a new Toshack in town these days. Cameron, son of former boss John, helps coach an under-23 side having an impressive season.
On Tuesday night they played in the quarter finals of the Checkatrade Trophy but were beaten on penalties by Coventry City.
The Checkatrade Trophy is tournament much-maligned this season, but Swansea's youngsters beat three league sides to get so far and were the only Premier League academy side to reach the quarter finals.
But there are still three sides they could win this season and Cameron hopes it's just the start of another successful Toshack career.
"The next step for me would be to work in a first team environment," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"Hopefully that's not too far away."
Few can claim to have had the same success at home and abroad as John Toshack. His managerial CV includes Swansea, Wales, Real Madrid and even a league title in Morocco last year.
Toshack Jr worked alongside his father when he coached in Macedonia five years ago, but now he's ready to make his own reputation.
"It can be a help and a hindrance (being John Toshack's son)," he admits.
"Obviously I'm very proud of what my father has achieved over the years. He's one of the most successful British managers ever.
"It's great for me to have that experience on the end of a phone. I speak to him regularly and he watches the progress of our team.
"But I'm not looking to emulate or be somebody else. I'm Cameron Toshack and I'm my own man."
Aside from the name, there aren't too many similarities.
Toshack Senior was a disciplinarian who didn't suffer fools. In his own words, his son is much more analytical.
"He's a learned type - a little bit too much for me," he jokes.
"All this analysis that goes into the game is now is a bit beyond me. But he's very, very conscientious and always looking to learn.
"Hopefully the Swans will get the benefit of it."
Of course transferring success with a youth team to success as a head coach is easier said than done.
But Cameron Toshack only has to look at Swansea's new head coach for inspiration.
Paul Clement started his career as a coach in Chelsea's academy, before his promotion to assistant manager under Carlo Ancelotti.
Toshack is working towards his Pro Licence and is the first person at Swansea to complete the Premier League's Elite Coach Apprenticeship Scheme.
He feels he's almost ready to make the step up.
"Without getting ahead of myself, I'd like to eventually be in and around the first team here - and if it's not here maybe at another club somewhere in Europe," he says.
"I'd like to follow in my father's footsteps in that respect. I'm not averse to moving to other countries to learn my trade and be a success."


Mae Aelodau Cynulliad wedi pleidleisio yn erbyn ymgais Dr Dai Lloyd i gyflwyno mesur ar ddiogelu enwau lleoedd hanesyddol.

Roedd yr AC Plaid Cymru wedi gobeithio cyflwyno deddf er mwyn "sicrhau na chaiff elfen allweddol o'n treftadaeth genedlaethol ei cholli".
Ond fe bleidleisiodd ACau o 28 i 25 yn erbyn y cynnig, wedi i Lafur gwestiynu'r angen am y mesur.
Roedd y Ceidwadwyr ac UKIP wedi datgan y bydden nhw'n cefnogi'r cynnig, gafodd ei ddewis ym mis Ionawr, wrth i ACau gymryd rhan mewn pleidlais ar hap i ddatblygu syniad yn fesur Cynulliad.
Byddai'r mesur wedi gwarchod enwau lleoedd gan gynnwys tai, ffermydd, caeau, ac elfennau o'r dirwedd naturiol, a dywedodd Dr Lloyd fod y syniad wedi denu cefnogaeth nifer o sefydliadau.
Cyfeiriodd Dr Lloyd at nifer o esiamplau oedd eisoes wedi denu sylw, gan gynnwys cais i newid enw Plas Glynllifon yng Ngwynedd i Wynnborn, newid Maes-llwch ym Mhowys i Foyles, Cwm Cneifion yn Eryri i Nameless Cwm, a fferm Faerdre Fach ger Llandysul i Happy Donkey Hill.
Ond dywedodd yr ysgrifennydd diwylliant, Ken Skates fod ganddo amheuon am y cynnig ac y byddai gan Gymru "restr statudol o enwau lleoedd hanesyddol" erbyn mis Mai beth bynnag.
"O ystyried nifer yr enwau lleoedd hanesyddol a'r amddiffyniad eang mae'r aelod am ei gyflwyno, dwi ddim yn gweld sut y gall system o gydsynio cyffredinol neu reolaeth dros newidiadau fod yn ymarferol nac yn fforddiadwy," meddai.
Ond fe wnaeth hynny ennyn ymateb chwyrn gan Dr Lloyd, a ddywedodd mai Plaid Cymru oedd wedi sicrhau y byddai'r llywodraeth yn llunio rhestr statudol yn y lle cyntaf.
"Mae'r ffaith na fydd gwarchodaeth statudol i'n henwau lleoedd hanesyddol o unrhyw iaith - Saesneg, Eingl-sacsonaidd, Llychlynnaidd, Lladin, Hen Gymraeg, Cymraeg Newydd, Norwyaidd, Ffleminaidd - yn golygu bod smorgasbord cyfoethog o'n hanes yn cael ei golli," meddai.


East Fife held Dundee to a 1-1 draw before beating the Premiership side on penalties to take the bonus point in Scottish League Cup Group A.

The other game in the group also finished in a draw, with Forfar Athletic winning their shoot-out after a 2-2 draw at home to Dumbarton.
Dundee were ahead through Kane Hemmings before the break.
But Kevin Smith equalised for the League Two champions before the Fifers came out on top 4-2 on penalties.
At Station Park, League Two outfit Forfar took the lead through Josh Peters.
Grant Gallagher levelled for the Championship side after the break, Thomas O'Brien edged the Loons back in front, but Garry Fleming ensured a draw from the penalty spot.
Forfar were reduced to 10 men in stoppage time when Jamie Bain was sent off, but the home side took the bonus point by winning 5-3 in the shoot-out.
East Fife manager Gary Naysmith: "A League One club holding a Premier club like that is encouraging. It's a start for us and I won't be getting carried away.
"In the first 15 minutes, we were the dominant team and then as you'd expect Dundee came into it and had a lot of possession.
"Their goal knocked us a bit and we lacked that bit of belief, but we went a bit more attacking and went 4-4-2 and it worked.
"We ended the game as the dominant team again."
Dundee manager Paul Hartley: "We just couldn't get up the park in the second half, we couldn't get out. We didn't threaten their goalkeeper at all.
"It's not losing on penalties that concerns me, it's that second-half performance.
"We didn't pass the ball as well as we did in the first half and didn't handle the conditions, but I need to give East Fife credit as well for how they played."