Ex-champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the Australian Open in the fourth round as Canada's Milos Raonic prevailed in a five-set thriller.

The Swiss, who won in 2014, fought back from losing the first two sets before going down 6-4 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3.
Raonic, 25, hit 24 aces and 82 winners in a match lasting three hours and 44 minutes to reach the last eight.
David Ferrer beat John Isner 6-4 6-4 7-5 and will face Britain's Andy Murray in the quarter-finals.
The eighth-seeded Spaniard, 33, won in straight sets to set up last-eight tie with Murray, who defeated Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-4).
Thirteenth seed Raonic attributed his performance to inner belief and a "very clear" mental approach.
"That gave me some kind of calm and peace inside," he said. "The more I understand my game, what I need to do, the more I can keep a quiet head on my shoulders."
Meanwhile, French Open champion Wawrinka blamed a lingering cold for his exit, while admitting Raonic was the better player on the day.
"I've been sick for 10 days now," said the 30-year-old.
"I couldn't really be at my best. When you play a top guy like Milos, you need to be 100% to have a chance. He pushed from the beginning and was better."
Novak Djokovic (Serb) v Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
Roger Federer (Swi) v Tomas Berdych (Cze)
Gael Monfils (Fra) v Milos Raonic (Can)
David Ferrer (Spa) v Andy Murray (GB)
Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka beat Barbora Strycova to set up a quarter-final tie Angelique Kerber.
The Belarusian 14th seed overcame her toughest test of the tournament to beat the Czech 6-2 6-4.
Azarenka, who has never lost to Kerber, had only dropped five games in three matches before facing Strycova.
Kerber moved into the last eight in Melbourne for the first time with a 6-4 6-0 victory over fellow German Annika Beck.
The seventh seed prevailed in a one-hour first set that featured seven breaks of serve, but the 28-year-old raced away with the second.
Kerber, a two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist, will have to be at her best against Azarenka whose brilliant start to this tournament has made her one of the favourites for the title.
Despite admitting to feeling below her best, Azarenka needed just 86 minutes to see off Strycova, who made 33 unforced errors.
"I didn't really feel very good before my match so I'm just happy to win this match, to stay focused and I'm proud of myself for that," said the 2012 and 2013 champion, who has beaten Kerber in their six previous encounters.
Serena Williams (US) v Maria Sharapova (Rus)
Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) v Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa)
Angelique Kerber (Ger) v Victoria Azarekna (Blr)
Johanna Konta (GB) v Shuai Zhang (Chn)
In the doubles, Britain's Jamie Murray made it through to two quarter-finals in a day.
He reached the men's last eight in Melbourne for the first time as he and Bruno Soares beat Briton Dominic Inglot and Swede Robert Lindstedt 6-3 6-4.
Murray and new Brazilian partner Soares, who reached the semi-finals in Doha in their first tournament of the year and won in Sydney, will play 13th seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram after they beat American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 3-6 6-3 6-4.
The Scot and mixed doubles partner Katarina Srebotnik then progressed to the last eight thanks to a 6-4 6-4 win over Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah.
Gael Monfils overcame Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) to set up a quarter-final against Raonic.
The Frenchman is renowned for his court coverage but admitted he was fortunate not to suffer a more serious injury after one spectacular dive during his victory.
"It's very painful," said the Frenchman of his unsuccessful attempt at a full-length retrieve. "I cannot even grip anything right now and I have a deep cut. That's nothing. I have a bruise but I'm lucky not to have a fracture.
"During the point, I feel that I can [reach] it. So I just do it because I think I have the ability to do it. But you know, I'm not a rock."


Six people were rescued from cars trapped in flood water, as heavy rain hit Essex overnight.

During a "very busy two hour period" on Friday, the fire service said it received more than 100 calls to over 30 flooding incidents in Southend.
Six people were rescued after their vehicles got stuck at a flooded roundabout on Woodgrange Drive.
The roof of the Pearl Dragon restaurant collapsed under the weight of the rain. No-one was hurt.
Crews were also sent to the Sea Life Centre, opposite the restaurant on the Eastern Esplanade, to pump water from the building.
Martin Richardson, owner of the Happidrome on Southend's Golden Mile, said the amusement arcade had been overcome by water.
"It came through the back, the side, it came through the wall, it came through the roof, the main drains," he said. "At least four of the arcades on the promenade suffered.
"It's going to be a long while before we're open."
Mark Baumann, owner of the Bourgee restaurant on the seafront, said he watched in vain as flood water entered the building.
"I've never seen rain like it," he said. "The water started to come into the restaurant, and then it went further, and further.
"It was all hands on deck - some of the customers helped to squeegee the water away."
The rain has resulted in traffic delays, with the A12 London-bound at Witham blocked by flood water.
BBC Travel has the latest on the disruption.


At least 11 people have been killed and several others wounded in a gun attack near a military camp at the Kenyan border with Somalia.

It is believed the victims were workers from a local quarry in Mandera county in the north-east of the country.
Residents told the BBC they had heard two explosions, followed by heavy gunfire in the middle of a night.
Militia group al-Shabab, which operates out of Somalia, has been linked to the attack.
Mandera County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo told AFP people were sleeping when the gunmen struck.
"These were al-Shabab from the nature of the attack. They used explosives and guns," he added.
Kenya Red Cross said it was sending an aircraft to the scene to fly the injured to hospitals in Nairobi.
Al-Shabab has not confirmed its involvement, but its militants have been behind a series of similar attacks in the region.
Their deadliest assault to date happened at a university in the Kenyan town of Garissa in April, when four gunmen killed 148 people.
In 2013, at least 67 people died in a gun attack on the Westgate mall in the capital Nairobi.
People from other parts of Kenya working in the north-east have threatened to leave the area following frequent al-Shabab attacks.
The Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks near the long porous border with Somalia.
This latest incident is likely to put the spotlight on the Kenyan authorities again over their handling of the security situation.
Just two weeks ago the government lifted a night-time curfew in the area after Muslim clerics said it impeded prayers during the month of Ramadan.
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St Mirren manager Jack Ross is adamant he is happy at the club despite reported summer interest from Dundee.

Ross's side started the season with a 4-1 win away to Stranraer in League Cup Group H; Gavin Reilly, Ross Stewart, Lewis Morgan and Gregor Buchanan all scoring after Scott Agnew's opener.
That puts them above group favourites Partick Thistle, who lost on penalties to Livingston after a 1-1 draw.
"I really do love my job here," Ross told BBC Scotland.
"I was completely content in the job I had before I left and it was the same when I came back from holiday.
"I love the environment I work in, I've got a good relationship with the board, the chairman, I've a bond with my players. I brought players here on the basis of me being here and trying to improve them.
"We created a mood of optimism last season, we want to continue that, we want to take this club to the Premier League. When I do that I might be satisfied then."
Thistle got off to a good start against Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena when Chris Erskine gave them the lead in 14 minutes.
Keaghan Jacobs scored a second half equaliser, and goalkeeper Neil Alexander saved three penalties as they earned a bonus point in the shoot-out, winning 3-1.
That means St Mirren lead Livingston by one point going into Tuesday's match between the pair.
Saints manager Ross is hopeful of signing new players as he targets promotion to the top flight.
"Promotion is the aim, it has to be," he said. "It's not being overly optimistic or arrogant, you have to have a cause and a goal.
"It's still a difficult division, we still have a big club in Dundee United, Falkirk who have competed there or thereabouts for promotion in recent years, and Inverness who have come down.
"I still think we can do with one or two [players], one in the forward area, probably one defensively, and we're working on that. But we have a good squad at present."
Match ends, Stranraer 1, St. Mirren 4.
Second Half ends, Stranraer 1, St. Mirren 4.
Attempt saved. Ryan Thomson (Stranraer) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rocco Quinn (St. Mirren).
Chukwunweike Okoh (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Conor O'Keefe (St. Mirren) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren).
Daniel Stoney (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rocco Quinn (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rocco Quinn (St. Mirren).
Scott Agnew (Stranraer) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Hamill (Stranraer) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Rocco Quinn (St. Mirren).
Chukwunweike Okoh (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gary MacKenzie (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Gary MacKenzie (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  St. Mirren. Conceded by Tom Lang.
Attempt missed. Jamie Hamill (Stranraer) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Conor O'Keefe replaces Cameron Smith.
Corner,  Stranraer. Conceded by Craig Samson.
Attempt saved. Jamie Hamill (Stranraer) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Jordan Kirkpatrick (St. Mirren).
Morgyn Neill (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner,  St. Mirren. Conceded by Cameron Belford.
Attempt saved. Ross Stewart (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Rocco Quinn replaces Ian McShane.
Attempt missed. Jordan Kirkpatrick (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Scott Agnew (Stranraer) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Gregor Buchanan (St. Mirren).
Daniel Stoney (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren).
Chukwunweike Okoh (Stranraer) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Jordan Kirkpatrick replaces Gavin Reilly.
Gary Irvine (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Stoney (Stranraer).
Foul by Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren).
Ryan Thomson (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.


A Labour MP is calling on police to find out who was responsible for "favouriting" a pornographic image on a Conservative MP's Twitter account.

Karl McCartney, Tory MP for Lincoln, had denied using the "favourite" function on the social networking site, claiming his account had been hacked.
John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, wrote to police asking if they could establish who "favourited" the tweet.
Lincolnshire Police said no formal investigation was under way.
The "favourite" function allows Twitter users to show their appreciation for tweets and to bookmark them.
Mr McCartney's Labour rival Lucy Rigby highlighted a pornographic picture among his Twitter favourites last month, but was also criticised for retweeting the image.
Mr McCartney, who is married with two children, said in a statement that he never used the favourite button, despite there being 56 favourites on his page earlier.
He blamed Twitter's "security changes".
Writing to Lincolnshire Police chief constable Neil Rhodes, Mr Mann said it was "highly concerning" that someone had hacked Mr McCartney's account.
He said: "Constituents share personal and confidential details with their MPs and the hacker who had access to Mr McCartney's account would also have been privy to this information."
He asked whether an IP address could be traced in order to find out who had "favourited" tweets from Mr McCartney's account.
He asked for his letter to be processed as a formal complaint and requested a crime number from police.
A spokesman for Mr Mann insisted it was a "serious issue" for the MP as he was often contacted by vulnerable people through the direct message function on Twitter.
Mr McCartney said in a statement that he welcomed "the assiduous action of Mr Mann".
The two MPs, whose constituencies are not far from each other, have previously clashed.
In May, the Lincolnshire Echo reported that the Bassetlaw MP told the Lincoln MP he was not welcome to take part in off-road driving in his constituency, claiming it would endanger local people.
Mr McCartney called it a "typical over-reaction from Mr Mann".


Former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao has admitted money is the reason for his return to the ring.

He was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in May but is coming out of retirement to fight welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in November.
"Boxing is my main source of income. I can't rely on my salary as a public official," said Pacquiao, 37.
"I'm helping the family of my wife and my own family, as well. Many people also come to me to ask for help."
Pacquiao's manager Michael Koncz confirmed that a promotional tour for the fight would be held from 8-10 September in Los Angeles, USA but a venue for the fight is yet to be announced.
Pacquiao said he would return to the Philippines straight after promoting the fight to fulfil his political duties.
Filipino boxing pundit Ronnie Nathanielsz has warned that fighting 27-year-old WBO champion Vargas is "dangerous" for Pacquiao.
"Manny has slowed down in recent years, he certainly isn't the fighter he was before, which means he's past his prime," he added.
Pacquaio first fought in 1995 and has lost only six of his 66 contests, with 38 wins by knockout. He originally retired after beating Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision in April.
American Vargas has lost only once in 28 bouts - by a unanimous decision to Bradley in June 2015 - with 10 wins by knockout.


Charlie Colkett hit the stoppage-time winner as Bristol Rovers beat Northampton Town in a see-saw League One affair.

Both sides had early chances in a frantic opening spell, Matt Taylor testing Rovers goalkeeper Kelle Roos with a free-kick while Ellis Harrison's overhead kick forced Adam Smith into action.
The Cobblers took a ninth-minute lead when Smith's long clearance caught out the Rovers defence and Alex Revell raced clear to lob the advancing Roos from the edge of the box.
Rovers responded well with Ollie Clarke firing wide but Northampton almost doubled their advantage through Sam Hoskins on the stroke of half-time.
Rovers improved after the restart and it took a goal-line clearance from Taylor to keep out Harrison's header. But Rovers equalised on the hour mark when Chris Lines found Rory Gaffney whose low drive flew into the net off Taylor.
Gaffney went close when his close-range effort was blocked by Gabriel Zakuani and substitute Billy Bodin fired wide from the edge of the box.
Rovers duly took a 71st-minute lead when Colkett's far-post corner found Peter Hartley, whose header was too powerful for Smith to keep out. But the lead lasted only five minutes as substitute Kenji Gorre released Revell who beat Roos with a neat finish.
The game opened up with both sides going for the winner. Bodin tested Smith who then thwarted Gaffney with a superb save while Roos tipped away Gorre's rasping drive.
Zakuani was sent off for a second caution and Smith palmed away Colkett's ensuing free-kick. But Rovers won it in stoppage time when the Cobblers failed to clear and Colkett fired home from 10 yards out.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Northampton Town 2, Bristol Rovers 3.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 2, Bristol Rovers 3.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Jak McCourt.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
Connor Roberts (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Charlie Colkett (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!  Northampton Town 2, Bristol Rovers 3. Charlie Colkett (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rory Gaffney.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Adam Smith.
Attempt saved. Charlie Colkett (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Second yellow card to Gabriel Zakuani (Northampton Town) for dangerous play.
Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel Zakuani (Northampton Town).
Attempt blocked. Peter Hartley (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Kenji Gorré.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Jak McCourt replaces Sam Hoskins.
Attempt missed. Gabriel Zakuani (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner,  Northampton Town. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Attempt blocked. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Northampton Town. Conceded by Kelle Roos.
Attempt saved. Kenji Gorré (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Zander Diamond (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town).
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kenji Gorré (Northampton Town).
Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt missed. Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from very close range is too high.
Attempt saved. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Marc Richards (Northampton Town).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal!  Northampton Town 2, Bristol Rovers 2. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kenji Gorré.
Attempt blocked. Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Gabriel Zakuani (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Hand ball by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town).


A further £3m has been released for the victims and survivors of the Manchester Arena attack.

Twenty-two people died and 116 were injured in a suicide bombing at Ariana Grande's concert on 22 May.
Trustees for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund agreed on Tuesday to release payments of £50,000 to families of the victims and those who were more seriously injured.
More than £11.2m has been raised by the appeal.
In the latest round of payments, bereaved families and those who were in hospital for more than seven days will receive a gift payment of £50,000, Manchester City Council said.
There are "no conditions" on how the recipients spend the money, it added.
About £1m was released earlier this month with initial payments of £20,000 for victims' families, £10,000 for people who spent a week in hospital and £3,500 for those hospitalised overnight.
Some 50,000 people went to the One Love Manchester concert at Old Trafford on 4 June, which raised almost £3m.
Donations were also raised at the Great Manchester Run.
Councillor Sue Murphy, chair of the new charity, said: "Those who have been affected by this incident may need longer term support. We're releasing early payments to go some way to alleviating any financial suffering in the short term and we're working on plans to distribute the remaining funds.
"We remain grateful to everyone who has shown solidarity with the city - thank you."
The charity's trustees, who will meet fortnightly, are working with police family liaison officers and Victim Support.


Health and social care services in parts of Devon are likely to be £442m in deficit by 2021 if nothing changes, according to a new report.

The Case for Change looks at the problems facing health trusts in northern, eastern and western Devon.
It highlights the county's ageing population and the difficulty in recruiting staff to the region.
Health trusts collectively spend £35m a year on agency and bank staff, the report says.
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The document has been compiled as part of the Success regime, announced last summer, which has been brought in by NHS England to deal with the financial problems facing NEW Devon CCG.
Devon is one of three worst-performing areas in the country.
The programme aims to create the "conditions for success" in challenged areas by looking at health and social care as a whole, according to NHS England.
Three areas have been chosen to be part of the regime.
They are:
An estimated £85m is being spent on areas where staff may be able to provide the same quality of service but more efficiently, the report says.
It predicts there will be 37,000 more emergency admissions to local hospitals over the next five years, an increase of 30%, many of which are preventable if patients get more support at home.
The report also states that almost a quarter of GPs in the area are planning to leave the NHS in the next five years, mostly due to retirement.
Ruth Carnall, chair of the Success regime in the NEW Devon area, said: "Financially, the NHS is living well beyond its means. The publication of the Case for Change is the start of our engagement with people about what needs to change and why."
All these issues could lead to health trusts in northern, eastern and western Devon to be £442m in deficit by 2021.
Chief executive of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Ann James said: "Clearly we can't carry on. What we need to do is make sure we're able to recruit and retain the right numbers of staff for the services we've got and we're really struggling to do that.
"The older you get and certainly where you've got issues of deprivation, you're much more likely to have more than one thing which needs the care and attention of health and social care, and that of course drives the costs."
This document paves the way for the next phase of the success regime, when we will be presented with some possible solutions. I'm told they are likely to be unpalatable.
Saving so much money is going to require some radical changes.  Community hospital campaigners will no doubt be alarmed to read that the cost of beds is highlighted as being more expensive than in an acute hospital and more expensive than other community hospitals elsewhere in the country.


Police have renewed an appeal to help identify the body of a man discovered in water near Shaw's Bridge in south Belfast on Friday afternoon.

They say they have little information and are relying on the public to help with their investigation.
The man, who was in his 50s, was 5ft 8 ins tall, clean-shaven, with brown hair that was greying at the sides.
Police said he died alone, but not in suspicious circumstances.
Supt Melanie Jones said that police wanted to "reunite him with his friends, with his family, so he can be put to rest in dignity".
"We have had a team of detectives working on this since the body was found on Friday, but unfortunately we have no further leads on who this man is," she added.
The man was wearing blue jeans (with a black belt and silver buckle), a black t-shirt and black and silver training shoes.
He also had an appendix scar on his body and two compression bandages on his left, upper arm
The only personal item in his possession when he was found was a house door key.
Police said that early indications were that the man had been in the water between 24 and 48 hours.


GP out-of-hours health care in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan is "diabolical" and should be overhauled, a patient watchdog has said.

People are waiting too long to be assessed over the phone and to be seen by medical staff, according to the local community health council.
It said the result was more people turning up at A&E "inappropriately".
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) said it was improving the service in response to growing demand.
Patients who do not need urgent care but cannot wait until their GP surgery opens are advised to use the out-of-hours care service.
After ringing a central number, a clinician calls back and advises whether the patient needs a home visit by a doctor or should go to one of three centres - at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff Royal Infirmary or Barry Hospital in the Vale of Glamorgan - following an assessment, or triage, over the phone.
But the community health council's chief officer Stephen Allen said even the basics were not happening.
"We have concerns about the time people are taking to have calls triaged and the time it is taking for patients who are being triaged to be seen by a healthcare professional," he said.
"We have raised it with the health board on numerous occasions and unfortunately they are consistently missing those all important targets for the last eighteen months."
The Cardiff and Vale board serves a population of 472,000 and receives around 9,000 to 11,000 calls to the out-of-hours service each month.
Its telephone triage targets say all urgent cases should be assessed within 30 minutes and all routine calls within two hours.
In October 2013 one routine call took more than 16 hours to assess, while there were examples of urgent calls taking five hours to assess in October 2013 and February 2014.
However, the service did meet its target of identifying all immediate life-threatening conditions within five minutes every month since May 2013.
Mr Allen said his watchdog believed the cover provided to be inadequate, particularly after 01:00 when only one doctor is available for all calls with a nurse in support.
"If you have one doctor covering the centre - which is the Heath hospital [UHW] at that time of night - and on the road,  well he can't do both."
He added: "It's diabolical. There's no other word for it and really I feel sorry for the patients who are picking up the phone tonight who may need to access the out-of-hours service.
"That is why we strongly believe that people are pitching up at the A&E department inappropriately."
Sue Morgan, head of operations and delivery for Cardiff and Vale UHB's primary, community and intermediate care clinical board, said a full service review and improvements were under way.
She said there had been "a significant increase in demand" for the GP out-of-hours service over the last 18 months, with a 31% year-on-year increase over the winter. She added that the board a looking at ways of improving the service to meet the increased demand.
Ms Morgan said: "The GP out-of-hours service like many frontline unscheduled care services is constantly working to meet the growing demand.
"We would apologise to anyone who is unhappy with the service or care that they have experienced but would also remind people to use the appropriate support for their needs; to contact 999 in emergency situations and to make use of their local pharmacy, GP or NHS Direct if unsure which service is best placed to help them."
The Welsh government said revised standards and national monitoring of GP out-of-hours services across Wales would be published shortly following a review by Dr Chris Jones, chairman of Cwm Taf health board.
A spokesperson said: "Benchmarking of services will be undertaken to ensure equity of provision for patients across Wales."


Gareth Bale says Wales cannot afford any slip-ups ahead of their 2018 World Cup Group D qualifier against Georgia.

Having beaten Moldova and drawn with Austria, Wales are level with Serbia, Austria and the Republic of Ireland.
Georgia are ranked 137th in the world - 127 places below Wales - but have won all three of their matches against the Euro 2016 semi-finalists.
"We can't afford to slip-up against anybody, no matter who it is," said Bale ahead of Sunday's game in Cardiff.
"We will be gunning for three points. It is that snowball effect, we want to keep the momentum going and use the last campaign as a stepping stone."
Although Georgia are the bottom seeds in Group D, Wales will be mindful of their record against them, which includes a 2-1 defeat in their most recent match in 2008 and a 5-0 thrashing in 1994.
Vladimir Weiss' side beat former world champions Spain earlier this year and only lost 2-1 and 1-0 to Austria and the Republic of Ireland respectively in their first two matches of this campaign.
Wales faced a similar challenge in their opening fixture against a Moldovan team 154 places below them in the world rankings.
Chris Coleman's men were initially frustrated by their lowly opponents' stubborn defending before eventually winning convincingly 4-0, and Bale believes Wales will have to show similar patience against Georgia.
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"Teams are paying us a lot more respect so it is difficult to get that space and create opportunities," he added.
"That is the expectation we have set ourselves up for now. We have had a great couple of years.
"I think we are slowly learning how to do it. Moldova was a good step in the right direction.
"We were very patient before we got the goal whereas before we may have got really frustrated."
Bale was also asked about a peculiar pattern which has emerged in recent Wales games, where their players line up in a lopsided manner for pre-match photos.
The quirk has become a talking point for Welsh fans on social media, with players appearing to pose for pictures in deliberately disproportionate positions.
Asked if it was a practical joke by the players, Bale laughed and said: "I don't know what you're on about."
He was asked to elaborate and joked that Wales' players were simply not very good at lining up for team photos, adding: "I think it must just be that, yeah."


Plans for a new "community hub", featuring a library, medical centre and pharmacy, have been revealed.

Woodseats Medical Practice wants to open the centre on the site of the existing Woodseats Library on Chesterfield Road.
Sheffield City Council said if plans were approved the building would include a new library to replace the current facility.
A public consultation on the plans will until 6 March.
Mazher Iqbal, Labour cabinet member for communities and public health, said: "This is a great opportunity for us to secure the future of Woodseats Library within a brand new building alongside health services.
"I really want local people to tell us what they think and help shape these important local plans."
Woodseats Library is one of 12 still run by the council after a number were handed over to community groups as part of efforts to save Â£1.6m by 2016.
A council spokeswoman said the current library "is in a poor condition and not economical to repair".
If planning permission was granted, construction could start in the summer, she said.


Covering costs of sending children back to school has left almost a fifth of Northern Ireland parents cutting their spending on food, a survey has found.

More than 70% of parents believe the amount they have to pay for uniforms creates a financial burden.
The figures come from a Irish League of Credit Unions' (ILCU) survey of 1,000 parents on back-to-school costs.
It found that many parents felt trying to meet school expenses put pressure on other areas of their family budget.
Seventeen per cent of parents were sacrificing their spending on groceries as a result of back-to-school costs.
And one Belfast mother said she could not afford to take her children on a holiday due to the cost of uniforms.
The survey found that 74% of parents feel schools are not doing enough to support them in keeping costs down.
On average, primary school parents spent £96 on uniforms for each child, secondary school parents spent £180.
As a result, a quarter of parents said they would find themselves in debt to cover the costs, with 12% considering using a moneylender this year.
Jane Crowder from Belfast has one child attending primary school and three at secondary level.
She said her spend was "probably more" than £600, and she had found herself in debt as a result of the costs of sending her children to school.
"I would usually get a small loan to help me towards the uniforms," she said.
"I start thinking about school uniforms about the start of May - you have to stretch it out across the summer.
"If you've got a bill one week you're not able to go out and buy a pair of shoes, for example. That will just have to wait until next week.
"And over the summer I just can't afford to take the kids anywhere on holiday because of the cost of school uniforms."
Brian McCrory, the president of the ILCU said costs quickly stacked up for families when other school expenses were also considered.
The survey found that school lunches cost primary school parents £131 and secondary school parents £156.
And parents of primary children spent £86 on school trips, while the cost for parents of older children was £224.
"Families are under enormous financial pressures throughout the year, but particularly when kids are going back to school and especially if there's more than one child in the household," Mr McCrory said.
"Peer pressure dictates to parents that children have to get the best [items], probably branded."
But he added that parents were finding they could save money by shopping online.
"We recommend that you check what you have left over from last year and then make a list of everything you need to buy and stick to that list."


A former RAF gunner who converted to Islam and a paraplegic man have been jailed for terrorism offences.

Stephen Gray, 32, also known as Mustafa, was jailed for five years at Woolwich Crown Court.
The RAF veteran served in the Iraq War and attempted to reach Syria on two separate occasions in July 2014.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, 23, was jailed for up to five-and-a-half years with further supervision for trying to help Gray join jihadis in Syria.
British-Libyan Abdallah, left paralysed after he took part in the 2011 Libyan uprising, was convicted in May of two counts of preparing acts of terrorism and funding terrorism.
During the trial, the court was told he played a key role in arranging the journey to Syria for Gray, Abdallah's own brother Mohammed and two other men. He had also tried to arrange firearms for three of them and sent Â£2,000 to his brother for terrorist purposes.
Abdallah vehemently denied having anything to do with the so-called Islamic State during his defence but prosecutor Max Hill QC accused him of being "at the centre of a jihadist network facilitating foreign fighters".
Gray pleaded guilty to preparing to commit acts of terrorism, assisting another in committing acts of terrorism and funding terrorism.
He had served two tours of duty in Iraq as a gunner in No 2 Squadron of the RAF Regiment and later converted to Islam after returning home disillusioned by the war.
The pair, both of Moss Side in Manchester, had known each other for seven or eight years and had exchanged messages online about Gray's planned trip to Syria.
Abdallah's brother Mohammed went to Syria in June 2014 and planned to meet Gray there, the court was told.
Gray then left for Barcelona in July 2014 and went on to Turkey but was turned back and never made it to Syria.
Another convert he was travelling with, Raymond Matimba, also known as Abu Qaqa Britani Afro, succeeded in joining Mohammed and another man inside the war zone.
Abdallah was sentenced to five-and-a-half years, plus an extended sentence of four years for preparing acts of terrorism, and two years, to run concurrently for being concerned in a funding arrangement of terrorism.
Gray was jailed on two counts of preparing acts of terrorism - for five years plus an extended licence of four years as well as one count of being concerned in a funding arrangement of terrorism for which he received three years. His sentences will run concurrently.
In addition to his sentence, he will be added to the terrorism register for 15 years.


Wolfsburg secured their place in the Bundesliga next season after beating Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0 on aggregate in the relegation play-off.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg, the 2009 champions doubled their advantage when Portuguese defender Vieirinha rifled home a first-time shot.
Wolfsburg, second in the table in 2015, finished 16th in the 18-team table after losing half of their 34 games.
Braunschweig finished third in the second tier to make the play-offs.
Wolfsburg's boss is Andries Jonker, who left his role as Arsenal's academy manager to become the club's third head coach of the season in February.
Frenchman Valerien Ismael and Dieter Hecking, now at Borussia Monchengladbach, were sacked earlier in the season.
Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner, who steered the Yorkshire club to the Premier League for the first time on Monday, turned down the chance to take charge of Wolfsburg in December.
Braunschweig will remain in the second tier next season, while Stuttgart and Hannover were automatically promoted to the top flight, taking the place of Darmstadt and Ingolstadt, who were relegated.


A high-profile Indian anti-superstition activist, who was campaigning for a law to ban black magic, has been shot dead in the city of Pune, police say.

Narendra Dabholkar, 71, was attacked by two gunmen on motorbikes while he was taking his morning walk.
He was known for founding the Committee for the Eradication of Blind Faith more than 20 years ago.
Critics accused him of being anti-religion in a country where mysticism and spirituality is venerated.
But in an interview with the Agence France-Presse news agency two years ago he rejected such charges.
"In the whole of the bill, there's not a single word about God or religion. Nothing like that. The Indian constitution allows freedom of worship and nobody can take that away," he said.
"This is about fraudulent and exploitative practices."
Mr Dabholkar and his committee (Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti) was particularly well-known for openly criticising some of India's so-called "godmen", the self-styled Hindu ascetics who claim to perform miracles and are revered by many. He also campaigned against animal sacrifices used in certain rituals.
The chief minister of Maharashtra state expressed his grief at the murder and announced a reward for any information.
Media reports say his killing comes days after the state government said it would introduce the controversial anti-superstition bill.


The oil price has recovered slightly after earlier falling below $28 a barrel, as Opec predicts crude will mount a recovery this year.

Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $27.67 a barrel, its lowest since 2003, before recovering to trade at $28.86.
The price of US crude was $29.65 a barrel after hitting $28.36.
Investors fear the lifting of Western sanctions on Iran could worsen the existing oversupply problem.
Iran's deputy oil minister Roknoddin Javadi has expressed confidence the country can produce an extra 500,000 barrels per day.
Phillip Futures analyst Daniel Ang said the earlier price drop was due to concerns about Iran. "This means we will be seeing a bigger oil glut with Iranian crude exports coming back to the market," he said.
However, oil producers' group Opec said in its January market report that it expected to see the price of crude begin a rebalancing process in 2016.
The group forecast that in the next six months non-Opec members would be unable to sustain production because of the continuing low oil price.
The decision to lift the sanctions against Iran came on Sunday after the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said Iran had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.
Iran has the fourth largest proven oil reserves in the world, according to the US Energy Information Agency and any additional oil would add to the one million barrels a day of over-supply that has led to a more than 70% collapse in oil prices since the middle of 2014.
Analysts said Iran already had quite a lot of oil ready to sell.
"Iran has quite a large storage of oil at the moment. They are in a position to sell that if they choose to do so and increase supply quite quickly," said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.
The drop in the price of oil has been driven by oversupply, mainly due to US shale oil flooding the market.
At the same time, demand has fallen because of a slowdown in economic growth in China and Europe.
Historically, Opec has cut production to support prices. But led by Saudi Arabia, by far the group's most powerful member, the group has resolutely refused to trim supply this time.
Analysts expect supply to continue to outstrip demand over the next two years, which would keep prices low.
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver said that he expected the price of oil to settle at between $25 and $40 in one year's time.
"Major producers are currently delivering 2-2.5 million barrels per day more than demand, so the question is how long they can continue to overproduce for at that level," he said, speaking at the Asia Financial Forum in Hong Kong.


Rory McIlroy says he still has a chance to win the Masters after defending champion Jordan Spieth's late stumble threw the tournament wide open.

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Spieth dropped three shots on the last two holes to finish on three under par, just a shot ahead of compatriot Smylie Kaufman, with McIlroy on two over.
"I think it's winnable from here. If Jordan hadn't had that finish then I would probably say no," said McIlroy.
"But the guys on two and three over like myself feel we have a chance now."
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Relive Saturday's third round at Augusta
McIlroy, who failed to record a single birdie for the first time in 81 major championship rounds, shot 77 in testing conditions at Augusta.
The Northern Irishman, bidding to become only the sixth man to secure a career Grand Slam of golf's four majors, tees off at 18:55 BST on Sunday alongside American Daniel Berger.
"I just have to make sure that I get off to a fast start, put some red numbers on the board and make a bit of noise to put a bit of pressure on the guys playing behind me," he said.
"I'm only five back and I can't believe I am standing here saying that because I was eight behind standing on the 17th tee. I need to regroup and stay positive and go out and attack."
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England's Danny Willett carded a third-round 72 to finish level par - three behind Spieth - while Westwood shot a 71 and is one over.
"You're going to have to do something special," said Willett.
"The golf course has firmed up day by day so hopefully if the wind does die on Sunday, we can still keep the control of the ball flight and hopefully roll a few in."
Westwood, who was never outside the top 10 at Augusta from 2010 to 2014, looked out of contention after a front nine of 39, but stormed back in 32 with four birdies.
He was one of only five players to break par in the strong winds.
"It's possible to shoot four or five under on the back nine, so it's a case of not losing your patience and not being too aggressive when you don't need to be, and then taking the chances when they present themselves," he said.


Was the Greek negotiating strategy with the Eurogroup designed to convince the rest of Europe that the Syriza government was mad?

That is a notion raised by Daniel Finkelstein in The Times today. This idea - which has fans in Westminster and Whitehall - strikes me as a misreading of the situation in Europe.
This idea has arisen because Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, is a game theorist, a type of economist who studies interactions in simplified versions of reality.
These stylised scenarios are known, in the jargon, as "games". Famous ones you might have heard of include "the Stag Hunt", "The Ultimatum Game" and - most famously - "the Prisoner's Dilemma".
One famous game is called "Chicken". Imagine two cars racing towards one another. If neither swerves, both drivers lose. If either swerves, however, that person is deemed to lose.
This is a bit like the Greek negotiation. Neither side wants to give in first, but neither side wants to end with no deal.
This is a hard game to be good at - unless you can send a worrying signal to the driver of the other car.
You could try to convince the other driver that you have no control of the car, so they will be forced to move.
Rip off the steering wheel and wave it out of the window, perhaps? Or you could behave like you enjoy crashes - or are indifferent to the pain they cause. That, Lord Finkelstein has suggested, was part of the Greek negotiating strategy.
Lord Finkelstein wrote: "Varoufakis believed that if his negotiating partners - the Germans, the IMF, the Commission - concluded he was a bit bonkers, a bit reckless, they would appreciate that he might crash the Greek economy and bring down the whole edifice of the euro on top of him. Persuading your adversary that you are mad is a classic game theory gambit."
I think you can understand the Greek position much more simply: they predicated their negotiating position on notions that turned out to be untrue.
Here is another simple idea from game theory: a classic negotiation between two parties is best understood by looking at ideas called the "outside option" and the "inside option".
The outside option is the outcome for each individual if the negotiation fails. The inside option is what you get if the negotiation is completed. Negotiation is usually the process of changing the value of the inside option.
If you are trying to buy a car from a salesperson, then the outside option is walking away - keep your cash, take no car and retain the option of starting a negotiation with other salespeople.
For the seller, the outside option means keeping the car, having less cash and retaining the option of selling that car to someone else.
Fair and free negotiations will usually fail unless the inside option is better than the outside option.
If it is better not to agree for any party, they won't. My assumption (largely based on Duncan's great reporting) is that Mr Varoufakis, a few months ago, thought that the outside option for Europe was gruesome.
So he could demand a lot, and they would still agree because it would be better for them.
For example, we know that he estimated that a messy Greek default would lead to financial contagion: for the sake of not saving little Greece, Europe could make investors worry about lending to Portugal, Spain or Italy.
He wrote in 2012 "the notion that Europe is ready for a Grexit is absurd."
Measures then under way by the ECB could not limit "the damage on Spain, then Italy etc."
In short, if Europe did not cut a deal, Greece would rip Europe in two. That would make the outside option for Europe a catastrophe.
And Mr Varoufakis also assumed that the outside option for Greece was not all that bad. That means his hand, in a negotiation, would be very strong.
That is because, quite recently, Greece was running a so-called "primary surplus" earlier this year.
That means if it got cut off from financial markets because it failed to pay its debtors, it could still keep its public services running.
I would presume he also thought the banks would be kept afloat by the European Central Bank: in previous chapters of the crisis, it actually rewrote its own rules to keep the banks open and liquid in Greece.
In that situation, Mr Varoufakis thought the damage of a failure to agree would be much worse to Europe than it would be to Greece.
And, in that situation, the best strategy for Greece is to wait. This isn't a "madman" strategy. It's a quite rational calculation about the outside option.
So he wanted to wait for investors to start fretting and fussing, for bond yields to rise, for bank shares to start shedding value and for a credit squeeze to start moving through Europe.
If contagion ever made it look like Spain or - heaven forbid - the vast Italian debt could not be serviced, the Eurogroup would race to offer a deal to Greece on good terms.
There was a catch, though. All of his assumptions were wrong.
First, investors have been very unconcerned by Greek default. They see the politics and arithmetic of Greece as different to the rest of the continent and do not see parallels between them.
So the market panics never came. The Eurogroup could afford to wait.
Second, Greece nosedived into recession. It is surely not now running a primary surplus.
That means that Greece needs help just to run the existing level of public services. That means pain to Greece for not being able to access new financing. It cannot wait.
Third, the ECB did not keep Greece's banks going, which means the economy is being suffocated.
Every day that this runs on makes the situation worse, businesses being shut down and individuals suffering. This whole scenario is dismal for the Greeks - and worsens every day.
In short, the outside option turns out, in the past few weeks, to have been much worse for Greece and a lot less damaging to the rest of Europe than they thought.
So the inside option they thought they might be able to extract from the rest of Europe turns out to be much worse than they once imagined.
That all strikes me as a simpler explanation of the Syriza strategy than a "madman at the wheel" gambit.
Indeed, put this argument another way: if you were to pursue that strategy, would you do it like this?
If I were pursuing that approach, I would start openly preparing for a messy default and exit from the Eurozone.
This is not to say that I think Syriza solely misjudged the economics.
Natural allies in Rome and Paris were alienated. Syriza misunderstood what role the US State Department would play.
They made it politically difficult for German and Dutch politicians to help them.
They also behaved, at times, as though the governments who lend them money do not have their own democratic mandates.
But I think a misreading the outside option for the rest of Europe is a major part of what went wrong - not a failed plea of insanity.


A grave plot was dug up in Birmingham by police searching for firearms, it has emerged.

However, no weapons were found in or near the plot at Brandwood End Cemetery in Kings Heath.
West Midlands Police said it had received "credible evidence" that firearms were near the grave.
A spokesman stressed the coffin remained untouched throughout, the family of the deceased were informed and no machines were used.
The intelligence had been corroborated by a scan of the ground before the search was made, the spokesman said.
The grave is thought to have been that of a stabbing victim who died several years ago. It was examined while the cemetery was closed on May 27, police said.
"West Midlands Police obtained a licence from the Ministry of Justice earlier this year to excavate a grave plot in Birmingham," a spokesman said.
"The excavation happened in private, behind a screen, while the cemetery was closed and the team carried out the search with the utmost sensitivity and respect.
"We suspected potential weapons were just a couple of feet below the surface of the ground and it's our duty to ensure they don't end up in the wrong hands."


A small boy almost fell from a moving train carriage on to the track below because the toilet floor was missing.

His mother was able to catch him before he fell when she took him to the toilet on the Totnes Riverside to Buckfastleigh train in Devon.
Investigators said the floor had been removed for repairs to the carriage's brakes but had not been replaced.
South Devon Railway (SDR), which runs the steam train, said it is taking the investigation "extremely seriously".
More on the missing train floor and other Devon news
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the 13:00 BST train was running between Staverton and Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway when the mother took her child to the toilet in the fourth carriage on 22 June.
The train was travelling at about 20mph (32 km/h) when they opened the door and saw the floor of the compartment was missing, exposing the carriage wheels below.
She reported the matter to the train guard and the door was locked.
The mother and child were left shocked and the boy suffered minor bruising.
Staff had previously placed a notice on the door and tried to secure it to prevent it being opened, but those measures were not effective, the RAIB said.
Its investigation, which will look at the repairs to the carriage, the adequacy of the measures to secure the door and the railway's systems for assuring the safety of rolling stock in service, will be published in due course.
An investigation has also been launched by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
A registered charity, SDR is a seven-mile former Great Western Railway branch line which runs steam trains and heritage rolling stock as a tourist attraction.
In a statement, SDR apologised and said: "On the day in question, something clearly went wrong with our safety control and hazard monitoring systems as evidenced by the incident having taken place - it simply should not have happened."


Heavy rains causing multiple landslides over the past three days have killed at least 90 people in south-east Bangladesh, officials say.

Officials are describing it as the worst monsoon rainfall in years in the Chittagong region. Chittagong is the second largest city of Bangladesh.
At least 150,000 people have also been stranded by the floods, officials say.
Rescue operations are continuing but rain is hampering efforts. Flights to Chittagong airport have been cancelled.
Most rail links have also been suspended after a railway bridge collapsed. Days of heavy rain have caused mud banks to collapse, burying houses and blocking roads.
Those killed were drowned in flash floods, hit by landslides, struck by lightning or buried by wall collapses.
Many homeless people live at the foot of the hills or close to them despite warnings from the authorities about the danger of landslides.
Chittagong port received 40cm (15.75in) of rain in a single 12-hour period on Tuesday. The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka says that dozens of people are still missing and the death toll is expected to increase.
Our correspondent says that the downpours have flooded vast areas of the city, displacing thousands of people.
"We are having the worst rainfall in many years," said Jainul Bari, district commissioner for Cox's Bazar, one of the affected areas.
Volunteers using loudspeakers warned people about the danger of heavy rainfall and landslides in Cox's Bazar, officials say, but local people and rescuers were still left helpless when floodwater suddenly inundated dozens of villages and severely disrupted communications.
In neighbouring Bandarban district, bodies have been recovered from multiple landslide sites, local officials have said.
Bandarban police chief Saiful Ahmed told the AFP news agency that most of the victims were asleep when huge waves of mud and debris buried them alive.
"One family has lost 12 members," Mr Ahmed said.
Other officials have said that they are expecting more heavy rain in the next few days.
Security forces have been deployed to help the search and rescue effort.
Chittagong has been hit repeatedly by monsoon rain and landslides in recent years. As a result, the government has tried to tighten rules on where development can take place but with little success.


A man has been shot outside a primary school in Craigavon, County Armagh, as children were leaving the grounds.

Shots were fired from a car near St Brendan's Primary School and the victim was hit a number of times.
The shooting happened shortly after 15:00 GMT.
Ch Insp Jon Burrows said: "There are no words to describe the foolhardiness and complete disregard for the safety of the children and parents who were in the area at the time."
BBC News NI's home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney said the victim is a well-known criminal.
The man is receiving treatment for his injuries.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.


Workers at finance giant Prudential have started industrial action in a row over moving jobs overseas.

Unite said its members based in Reading had backed action by 97%, saying 81 jobs would go by moving work to India.
The workers voted not to co-operate with the transfer of work from Wednesday, which Unite said would "severely delay" the move.
Prudential said it expected to operate as normal without any disruption to services.
In May, the firm began a consultation with pension staff at its Reading office over proposals to make about 80 permanent roles redundant.
Unite regional officer Ian Methven said they had been "left with no choice" but to take strike action in order to protect their jobs.
"There are alternative ways of saving money in this area and we urge Prudential to think again about the offshoring of this skilled work," he added.
A Prudential spokesman said talks with the Union were ongoing and it aimed to find alternative roles within the company "for as many people as possible".
He said: "Upwards of 30 such alternative roles have been secured to date, from the initial 80 positions at risk, and we expect further opportunities to emerge over the next eight months."


New buildings in Middlesbrough have been added to a list which aims to recognise the town's heritage.

The town has just a single Grade l listed building - Acklam Hall - and more than 100 Grade ll and II* listed buildings.
The list aims to recognise those buildings of particular local interest which do not qualify for statutory protection.
A further 66 suggested entries arose from consultation with the public.
The list has now been expanded to 92 buildings following a review by Middlesbrough council.
New additions to the draft local list include Middlesbrough Dock, originally designed by William Cubitt, The Navigation Inn, Cargo Fleet Lane, the Evening Gazette offices on Borough Road, Psyche, Linthorpe Road, The Green Tree pub, Gilkes Street and King Edward's Square, Teesside University.
Members of the public are invited to comment on the updated draft local list as part of a consultation which concludes on 19 February.
The council said that while local listing would not offer the protection afforded to listed buildings, it would ensure locally important buildings, and their special qualities, were recognised within the planning system.
Councillor Charlie Rooney, Middlesbrough Council's executive member for regeneration and economic development, said: "For a relatively young town, Middlesbrough has a great number of buildings of interest.
"The first local list was a great talking point. I'm sure this latest round of consultation will prompt people to have another close look at the buildings around them - and I have no doubt there will be some interesting new suggestions."
The revised local list can be found on the Middlesbrough Council website.


Thousands of people have descended on the Borders for the first week of events in the TweedLove Bike Festival.
A trail run, mountain bike marathon and family day in Peebles were among the opening attractions.
Children's events were a particular focus with hundreds of riders taking part.
Now in its eighth year, TweedLove describes itself as the UK's biggest cycling festival with more than 40 events over a three-week period.
Its second "big weekend" - from 9 to 11 June - includes a "mega bike demo" with bicycles worth up to Â£10,000 available for the public to try.


Investigations are continuing after a 4x4 mounted the kerb and killed two students in Glasgow city centre.

The women have been named as friends Mhairi Convy, 18, and Laura Stewart, 20 - both students in Glasgow.
They were struck, along with a 36-year-old man, on Friday morning in North Hanover Street, close to the Buchanan Galleries shopping centre.
Police said it was thought the Range Rover came off the road and hit the pedestrians on the pavement.
Ms Convy from Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, and Ms Stewart, from Cumbernauld, were students at Glasgow College of Commerce.
Emergency crews were called to the scene and the two women were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where they died.
The male pedestrian and the 50-year-old male driver of the Range Rover were being treated in hospital.
The driver is said to be in a stable condition while the injured pedestrian has been released.
Strathclyde Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
Officers said the cause of the crash was unknown and an inquiry was under way to establish the exact circumstances.
They added that it would be inappropriate to comment or speculate on the cause until the investigation had been carried out.


An unclaimed National Lottery winning ticket worth £8.1m was bought in Colchester, it has been revealed.

The ticket was for the draw on Wednesday 14 September. The numbers were 16, 23, 35, 42, 44, 58 and the bonus ball was 28.
The winner has until 13 March 2017 to claim the money before it goes towards lottery-funded projects.
A spokesman for organisers Camelot urged players to check "pockets, bags and down the back of the sofa".
Updates on this story and more from Essex
Under Lotto rules, as soon as the jackpot reaches £22m, the prize must be won in the next draw.
Nobody matched all six numbers on 14 September and the £24.5m prize was shared between three winners who matched five numbers plus the bonus ball, two of whom have come forward.
Andy Carter from The National Lottery said: "We're eager to find the mystery ticket-holder and unite them with their winnings.
"We're urging everyone who bought a Lotto ticket in Colchester, whether they are from the town or were just in the area at the time, to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding."
It is not known if the winning ticket was bought by an individual or a syndicate.


Overuse of baby equipment and electronic screens can impede the physical and emotional development of under-threes, a charity has warned.

What About The Children? (Watch?) says modern lifestyles could be harming infant brains.
It highlights strapping small children into pushchairs, and the increased use of smartphones and tablets as being particularly damaging.
It says these could have an impact in later life.
Watch? promotes the importance of secure attachment in the early years and the vital role that loving care plays in brain development.
It is holding a conference in London today focused on how the first three years of life shape a child's emotional, physical and mental health "forever".
It will highlight the importance of the physical interaction and social engagement between small children and "consistent, loving carers".
The charity says it is particularly concerned about the impact of modern lifestyles on the brain development of babies and toddlers.
Sally Goddard Blythe, director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology, is speaking at the conference.
"Social interaction helps physical development, for example eye contact, singing and talking. That is not happening if a child is in a forward-facing buggy and her mum is using her smartphone," she said.
"Infants need opportunity for free movement and exploration whether that is tummy time, cuddling or rough play.
"Attention, balance and co-ordination skills learned during the first 36 months of life support cognitive learning and have been linked to school performance later."
Another contributor, June O'Sullivan, from the London Early Years Foundation, stresses the importance of relationships.
"Children's wellbeing starts with positive attachment to adults who are attuned and responsive," she said.
"If they understand the children's emotions and put their fears into words, it is very reassuring to the child.
"Wellbeing in the early years is the foundation of success at school, in making friends and relationships and for all adult life."


Paralympic multi-gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, has spoken out against the legalisation of assisted dying.

She warned that a bill proposed by former Labour Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer does not have "adequate safeguards".
Baroness Grey-Thompson said she was worried that disabled people might eventually be included in the legislation even though it was just intended for the terminally ill.
The 11-times Paralympic gold medallist is among those who has put their name down to speak in a debate on the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords on Friday.
She said:  "I believe if this bill is passed it would have implications for me, maybe not now but in another 10 to 15 years.
"I already have a number of people who stop me in the street who say I wouldn't want to live if my life was like yours.
That's why I'm worried that this will be a slippery slope and that disabled people will be included in this at some point".
More than 130 peers are hoping to speak, a record for a single day of debate.
This interview with Baroness Grey-Thompson is part of the wider coverage of the differing views on this issue running on BBC News this week in the run-up to the debate.


Former Reading and West Bromwich Albion boss Steve Clarke has expressed his interest in succeeding Ronny Deila at Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic.

Neil Lennon, the former Celtic boss, and former Wigan Athletic manager Malky Mackay have already said they would want to be considered.
Deila announced last week that he would stand down at the end of the season.
"There are a lot of good managers out of work and Celtic is a great club," Clarke told Sky Sports.
"If they want to give me a call, it would be nice."
Norwegian Deila, whose side are on course to win a fifth consecutive Scottish title, expressed frustration at being unable to improve his side, who exited both domestic cup competitions at the semi-final stage and also had poor results in European competition.
Former Scotland full-back Clarke spent most of his playing career in England with Chelsea after joining from St Mirren.
He was assistant manager at Newcastle United, Chelsea, West Ham United and Liverpool before taking over at West Brom but has been out of work since being sacked by Reading in December.
"Celtic is a massive club and anybody that comes from the west coast of Scotland understands the size," said the 52-year-old.
"Next year will be fantastic with Rangers back in the top flight.
"Aberdeen made a good fist of it this year and hopefully Hibs will come back up through the play-offs from the Championship and it can be a really exciting league next year.
"It's a big job and Celtic I'm sure have it in their own mind who they want to go after and who they want to target and we should just let Celtic get on with their business."
Former Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo, who has been out of management since leaving Bundesliga club Schalke 04 in May, was more guarded about whether he would be interested in the Celtic job.
"I don't know," said the 45-year-old. "If ever it comes up, I will think about it."
Former Everton, Manchester United and Real Sociedad manager David Moyes remains the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Deila.
However, the 52-year-old, who is also believed to be interested in the vacancy at Aston Villa, has stated that he will make a decision about his future in the close season.


Education proposals which will see costs rise by "nearly £3.5m a year" will not be backed by the treasury department, a minister has said.

Treasury Minister Deputy Gavin St Pier said the plans would "substantially add costs to running the education system".
He also criticised the lack of measures in place to evaluate the scheme.
The Education Department's plans include scrapping the Eleven Plus exam by 2019, and creating a single States high school across four sites.
Deputy St Pier said he did not think the four-site model offered best value and "it would be better to build a larger school at La Mare".
The proposals are due to be debated next month.


League One side Bury have moved Chris Brass from head of football operations to the role of head coach on a deal until the end of the season.

The 41-year-old has been in interim charge since David Flitcroft left the Shakers after an 11-game winless run.
Brass, who spent 18 months as a player at Bury, was Flitcroft's assistant before he took up his former position.
Ryan Kidd will be assistant to Brass, while Chris Sedgwick will remain as first-team coach.
Chairman Stewart Day said: "There are several things that I believe we can improve on and off the field. This is why I felt that by going with Chris and Ryan we are able to get back on track to where we should be.
"I want us to win games, be successful, play attractive football and I also want performances from the team. Both Chris and Ryan know what we are looking for as the winning culture needs to be within the club."
Bury are 20th after Saturday's 4-2 loss against at Bristol Rovers, which was a club-record 11th league defeat in a row, and they are winless in 15 games in all competitions.


The loss of George North to Northampton Saints would further strengthen the impression that Welsh regions cannot compete at club level, says former Wales captain Gareth Davies.

North's agent has revealed that Scarlets are in talks with the Saints.
Davies says the Welsh regions are almost admitting they are just breeding grounds for Europe's top clubs.
"If we're going to be nurseries then we are almost throwing the towel in on the domestic front," he said.
"If we want to compete, let's do so. If we don't, let's say so and not lead anybody up the garden path."
North, 20, has a year left on his Scarlets contract and is not actively seeking a transfer, according to his agent.
But Christian Abt claims the region, who have refused to comment, have been talking to the Saints and "possibly a few other parties" about North's future.
He says the financial difficulties facing the Welsh regions are a factor in the North talks.
Scarlets, like the three other Welsh regions, are struggling financially and will be operating under a self-imposed £3.5m salary cap next season.
They recouped an undisclosed fee after allowing Ben Morgan to join Gloucester at the end of last season, and would expect to pocket a significant amount for North, who is rated as one of world rugby's most destructive wingers.
Should he move, North would join fellow Wales stars Jamie Roberts and Dan Lydiate in leaving the domestic game at the end of the season.
Alex Cuthbert has bucked the recent trend by extending his contract with Cardiff Blues, who have also tempted Gethin Jenkins back from Toulon.
But a steady trickle of Wales players have been lost in recent seasons, lured by the offer of significantly higher wages in England and France.
"Finances are obviously coming into play here, probably on both sides," added Davies, a former chief executive of Cardiff RFC.
"It's no secret that all the Welsh regions are struggling financially so if the Scarlets can secure a healthy return for [Saints] buying North's contract out, it's obviously of appeal to them.
"And of course in terms of George North securing his own future, if a club like Northampton comes in and doubles or triples his salary then he's obviously going to look after his own welfare.
"I don't think we can attribute blame on anybody - it's a commercial reality these days."
But Davies does fear that while Wales are flourishing on the international stage, having just clinched the Six Nations title for the fourth time in nine years, the domestic game is being left behind.
No Welsh team reached this season's quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition, the Heineken Cup, and all four regions have called for greater financial support from the Welsh Rugby Union.
"We're almost saying as a nation that we can't or don't want to compete on the domestic front," said Davies.
"I find that quite sad. Welsh rugby should make a statement that we want to compete with the best in Europe.
"It's fine at Six Nations level - that's very important as we've seen in recent weeks - but there are still 30 other weekends in the season when I'm sure Welsh rugby supporters would love to see the Welsh regions competing with the top French and English clubs."


A Welsh academic has revealed how he discovered a Middle East settlement buried under sand for about 125 years.

Dr Andrew Petersen first became aware of a possible settlement after finding masonry and pottery at Ras Al-Sharig in Qatar.
He thought something might be there after reading sources naming a town called Rubayqa.
"But we certainly weren't prepared for the scale of the find," said the expert from the University of Wales, Lampeter.
The haul includes the remains of a fort, a mosque, several industrial and domestic buildings, and 100 kilos of pottery and artefacts.
Among the more unusual discoveries were Indian rupee coins set into the walls of a building believed to have been a mosque, porcelain originating from as far afield as China and Burma, and several date presses, even though dates are impossible to grow in the area.
However, Dr Petersen, a specialist in Islamic archaeology, and the team from the Qatar Museums Authority are more puzzled at what they did not find.
"Aside from the mosque, there's very little evidence of cultural or domestic life. It appears that this was a very early example of an industrial settlement, with only very basic barrack-style accommodation.
"The principal industry seems to have been processing sugars and oil from dates, and given that they're not native to the region, they must have been brought in by sea, probably from the world's biggest oasis in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, measuring over 100 miles end to end."
He said the whole site was "baffling".
"Despite being located on the coast, there's none of the artefacts you'd expect to find, connected with fishing or pearl diving.
"Also, given that it's on a natural deep water harbour, rare on the Qatari coast, it's strange that there's no evidence of even more extensive trade links with the outside world.
"The best theory we can come up with at the moment is that Rubayqa was used as some sort of processing and storage facility for nomadic tribes who'd stock up there before wandering the deserts of the Arabian hinterland."
Almost as big a mystery surrounds who lived or worked there, and why they abandoned it.
Dr Petersen believes that documentary evidence in Turkey points towards an Ottoman Empire outpost in the area, from as early as the 15th Century.
It is thought that the Ottomans seized territory to use as a base from which to invade neighbouring Bahrain.
Qatari sources point to a major attack on Rubayqa during the 1760s by the Wahhabi tribe from what is now Saudi Arabia.
The last human occupation of the site has been dated from remains as being around the 1890s, but why it was finally left to the sands is unclear.
"We suspect that there was another major assault on Rubayqa in the 1890s, possibly even larger than the attack during the 1760s," Dr Peterson added.
"We've found burnt roofing timbers on top of day-to-day objects, which would suggest that the fires occurred suddenly, and while the buildings were still occupied.
"This is probably why the inhabitants fled, but who attacked them, and why they never came back is a mystery which can only be revealed through further excavations over the next few years."


The US Department of Justice has defended President Donald Trump's travel ban and urged an appeals court to reinstate it in the interests of national security.

A 15-page brief argued it was a "lawful exercise of the president's authority" and not a ban on Muslims.
The executive order temporarily banned entry for all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries.
A hearing has been set for Tuesday on whether to allow or reject the ban.
The filing was made to the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in response to the halting of Mr Trump's order on Friday by a federal judge in Washington state.
The judge had argued the ban was unconstitutional and harmful to the state's interests.
As a result, people from the seven countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - with valid visas were able to travel to the US again.
The brief filed on Monday evening said the Washington court had "erred in entering an injunction barring enforcement of the order".
"But even if some relief were appropriate, the court's sweeping nationwide injunction is vastly overbroad," the Department of Justice added.
The key arguments in the brief are:
The executive order issued by President Trump on 25 January fulfilled his campaign promise to tighten restrictions on arrivals to the US.
Its main components were:
It caused confusion at US and foreign airports when it came into force, and was widely condemned, although polls suggest that US public opinion is sharply divided on the policy.
The states of Washington and Minnesota have argued that as well as being unconstitutional, the travel ban is harmful to their residents, businesses and universities.
Attorneys general in 16 states have signed a letter condemning the ban, and lawsuits have been launched in 14 states.
Former secretaries of state John Kerry and Madeleine Albright and former CIA director Leon Panetta have joined others in drafting a letter which describes the travel ban as ineffective, dangerous and counterproductive.
And lawyers for tech firms including Apple and Google have also lodged arguments with the court, saying that the travel ban would harm their companies by making it more difficult to recruit employees.
Mr Trump's defence is similar to the Department of Justice argument - that national security is at risk.
The president has attacked the "so-called" judge behind the Washington ruling, and said: "If something happens blame him and court system."
Whatever the decision of the appeals court on Tuesday, the case could end up in the highest court in the US, the Supreme Court.
The last immigration case that reached the justices there ended in a 4-4 tie.
But if Mr Trump's nominee to fill the ninth berth, Neil Gorsuch, is confirmed in time, it could tip the balance in the president's favour.


1789 - French Revolution ends rule of monarchy going back to 9th century; followed by establishment of the First Republic.
Napoleon Bonaparte was renowned for his military victories across Europe
1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads coup to overthrow government; consolidates position with new constitution.
1804-1814 - Napoleon crowns himself emperor of First French Empire; series of military successes brings most of continental Europe under his control.
1815 - Napoleon defeated in Battle of Waterloo; monarchy re-established.
1848 - Fall of King Louis-Philippe; Louis-Napoleon, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, proclaimed president of Second Republic.
1852-1870 - Louis-Napoleon takes title of Napoleon III in Second Empire.
1870-71 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire; Third Republic lasts until 1940.
1877 - Republicans win general elections, ending hopes of a monarchist revival.
1914-18 World War I - Massive casualties in trenches in north-east France; 1.3 million Frenchmen are killed and many more wounded by the end of the war.
1918 - Anglo-French offensive - backed by fresh American troops - forces Germany to an armistice on 11 November.
1919 - Peace Treaty of Versailles. France regains Alsace-Lorraine; Germany agrees to reparations.
1936-38 - Rise of the Popular Front, an alliance of left-wing forces.
1939-45 - World War II - Germany occupies much of France. Vichy regime in unoccupied south collaborates with Nazis. General de Gaulle, undersecretary of war, establishes government-in-exile in London and, later, Algiers. Rise of French Resistance.
1944 - Allied forces land at Normandy leading to liberation of France. De Gaulle sets up provisional government. Purge against former collaborators.
General De Gaulle formed a wartime government-in-exile and later became president
BBC History: Charles de Gaulle
1946 - De Gaulle resigns as provisional president, replaced by Socialist Felix Gouin.
1946-58 - Fourth Republic is marked by economic reconstruction and the start of the process of independence for many of France's colonies.
1951 - France joins West Germany and other European nations in the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - leading to the formation in 1957 of the European Economic Community (EEC).
1954 First Indochina War ends - French defeated at Battle of Dien Bien Phu in north-west Vietnam.
Algerian War of Independence begins.
1956 - Colonial rule ends in Morocco and Tunisia.
1958 - De Gaulle returns to power on back of Algerian crisis and founds the Fifth Republic, with a stronger presidency.
1962 - Algeria granted independence from French colonial rule.
1968 May - Student revolt against government policies and lack of social reform escalates into national strike.
1969 - De Gaulle leaves office. Georges Pompidou elected president.
1970 - De Gaulle dies of stroke.
1974 - Pompidou dies, succeeded by Valery Giscard d'Estaing.
1981 - Socialist candidate Francois Mitterrand is elected president.
1986 - Centre-right victory in legislative elections of 1986 leads to "co-habitation" - a left-wing president and a right-wing prime minister, Jacques Chirac.
1988 - Mitterrand re-elected.
1992 - France signs Maastricht Treaty on European union.
1995 - Jacques Chirac elected president, ending 14 years of Socialist presidency.
Centre-right president for 12 years, convicted of corruption in 2012
Profile: Jacques Chirac
France attracts international condemnation by conducting a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific.
1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes prime minister.
2000 September - President Chirac embroiled in corruption scandal. He dismisses newspaper allegations.
2001 June - Compulsory military service abolished.
2002 January - Euro replaces franc, first minted in 1360.
2002 May - Jacques Chirac re-elected president, beating National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round of voting. Jean-Marie strong Le Pen's showing in the first round sent shockwaves across France and Europe and prompted mass demonstrations.
Lionel Jospin, the main left-wing presidential contender whom Le Pen knocked out in the first round, resigns the premiership and the Socialist Party leadership.
2002 June - Landslide victory in legislative elections for centre-right UMP. Jean-Pierre Raffarin's new centre-right government ends the "cohabitation" between President Chirac and Socialist Lionel Jospin.
2002 November - Widespread public sector strikes over government privatisation plans bring country to a standstill.
2003 March - Constitution changed to allow devolution to regions and departments of powers over economic development, transport, tourism, culture and further education.
2003 July - Corsica referendum, first to follow March constitutional amendments, narrowly votes against establishment of unified assembly with limited powers to raise and spend taxes. Paris had hoped that a yes vote would end separatist violence.
Parliament approves controversial reforms to pension system.
2004 March - President Chirac's UMP routed in regional elections.
Youth riots in impoverished suburbs shook France in 2005
French Muslims face job discrimination
2004 November - Nicolas Sarkozy takes over as leader of UMP.
2005 January - Trade unions organise wave of public sector strikes against proposed labour, pension and welfare reforms.
2005 May - Referendum goes against proposed EU constitution. The result prompts a political shake-up, including the resignation of Prime Minister Raffarin.
2005 June - International project group says France is to host the world's first experimental nuclear fusion reactor at Cadarache, near Marseille.
2005 October-November - Largely immigrant communities in north-east Paris are hit by riots after two youths of North African origin are electrocuted in an electricity substation. The authorities deny they were being chased by police. Unrest spreads to other cities. Government introduces emergency measures.
2006 March-April - New youth employment laws spark mass demonstrations in Paris and other cities across France. As protests continue, the legislation is scrapped.
2007 May - Nicolas Sarkozy, the former interior minister and leader of the ruling conservative UMP, wins a decisive victory in the second round of the presidential election.
2007 June - The UMP wins parliamentary elections, but with a reduced majority. The party insists it still has a mandate to carry out its proposed reforms.
2007 November - Civil servants take to the streets, along with workers from the transport and energy sectors, to protest against Mr Sarkozy's planned cuts in pay and jobs, and reform of pension benefits. There is widespread disruption of public services.
2008 February - France formally ratifies Lisbon Treaty on reform of European Union.
2008 October - European governments pledge up to 1.8 trillion euros as part of co-ordinated plans to shore up their financial sectors, hit hard by the global financial crisis. France says it will inject 10.5bn euros into the country's six largest banks.
Ban on religious symbols provoked intense debate
2010 March - Ruling UMP suffers heavy defeat in regional elections, losing control of all but one of the 22 regions in mainland France and Corsica.
2010 June - Government announces public spending cuts of 45bn euros in effort to reduce high level of public debt.
2010 July - Prosecutors launch inquiry into allegations that L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt made illegal donations to President Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.
2010 August - France begins to dismantle illegal Roma (gypsy) camps and to deport their residents back to Romania and Bulgaria, as part of a package of new security measures.
2010 September-October - Hundreds of thousands turn out in several waves of trade union-led protests against government plans to raise retirement age to 62.
2010 November - France concludes military and nuclear accord with UK. Under the terms of the new treaty, the two countries will cooperate in testing nuclear warheads.
Nicolas Sarkozy was a divisive figure as president in 2007-12
Profile: Nicolas Sarkozy
2011 March - France plays prominent role in imposing and enforcing no-fly zone over Libya.
2011 April - Face veil ban comes into force.
2011 May - French political establishment is shaken by arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had been tipped as a strong Socialist candidate for the presidency, in New York on sexual assault charges that were later dropped.
2011 August - Government announces package of austerity measures aimed at reducing public deficit by 12bn euros over two years. In November it announces a further 7bn euros of cuts in 2012 and 11.6bn euros in 2013.
2011 September - Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the two biggest French banks, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale, because of their exposure to Greek debt.
2012 January - France loses its top AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's.
2012 February - The Constitutional Council strikes down as violating freedom of expression a new law making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I.
2012 March - French Islamist Mohamed Merah shoots dead seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren, in Toulouse, before himself being shot dead in a police siege of his flat.
France bans militant Islamist preachers from entering the country, beginning with the Qatari-based Egyptian Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
2012 May - Socialist candidate Francois Hollande beats Nicolas Sarkozy in the run-off presidential election. He appoints close ally Jean-Marc Ayrault as prime minister.
President Hollande announces the withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, a year earlier than scheduled.
French police detain the last military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta, Oroitz Gurruchaga Gogorza, and his deputy Xabier Aramburu in a joint operation with Spain.
2012 June - Socialists win comfortable majority in parliamentary elections.
2012 August - France posts zero growth in the second quarter of 2012, as in the previous two.
2012 October - Anti-terror police carry out a series of raids nationwide, arresting 11 suspects, after police shoot dead a man in Strasbourg suspected of targeting a Paris Jewish shop.
2012 November - Moody's rating agency downgrades France's credit rating from the top triple-A billing to Aa1, citing weak growth and the eurozone crisis.
2013 January - French commando raid to rescue a hostage in Somalia fails. Al-Shabab Islamist rebels later say they executed the man.
French forces intervene in Mali and help government recapture northern regions seized by Islamists. They begin to withdraw in April.
2013 March - Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac - a vocal crusader against overseas tax havens - resigns after belatedly admitting to owning a secret Swiss bank account, in an embarrassing scandal for President Hollande.
2013 May - France enters second recession in four years after the economy shrinks by 0.2% in the first quarter.
2013 June - The International Monetary Fund calls on France to lower its labour costs and halt tax hikes to boost both growth and its competitiveness, or else face a widening gap with its European neighbours.
2013 November - Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgrades France's credit rating further from AA+ to AA, citing high unemployment.
2013 December - France deploys 1,600 troops to the Central African Republic to try to restore order.
2014 March - Interior minister Manuel Valls replaces Jean-Marc Ayrault as prime minister after the governing Socialists suffer a drubbing in municipal elections. The far-right National Front makes significant gains in the polls.
2014 May - The far-right Front National wins the European elections in France with about a quarter of the vote, pushing President Hollande's Socialists into third place.
2014 July - Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is detained and placed under formal investigation over allegations he sought insider information about a probe into illegal campaign funding. He says the move is a plot to stop his return to politics.
2014 August - Manuel Valls forms a new cabinet after three ministers quit their posts in a bitter row over the government's austerity strategy.
2014 September - The National Front wins its first ever seats in the French senate, inflicting a third humiliating electoral defeat on the ruling Socialists and their leftwing allies, who lose their majority in the upper chamber.
2014 October - France publishes a budget for 2015 that includes 21bn euros (Â£17bn) worth of cuts in public spending, but which still envisages a budget deficit of 4.3% - way above the EU target figure of 3% of GDP.
2014 November - The number of people seeking work climbs to a record high of 3,488,300. President Hollande says he will not seek a second term in office if he fails to deliver on his pledge to bring down joblessness.
2015 January - Islamist gunmen shoot dead 17 people in Paris - most of them staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo - before being killed by security forces.
The government announces a range of new security measures following the shootings in Paris. It says more than 2,500 new intelligence personnel will be recruited over the next three years to investigate Islamic extremism.
2015 September - France launches air strikes again Islamic State group targets in Syria.
2015 November - Islamic State group claims responsibility for terror attacks in Paris that kill 130 people - deadliest attacks in France since Second World War, and in European Union since 2004 Madrid railway bombings. France announces state of emergency, launches renewed bombing raids in Syria.
2016 February - Government begins dismantling notorious 'Jungle' migrant camp at Calais on the English Channel.
2016 May - Following weeks of street protests, government pushes through legislation making France's protective labour laws less restrictive, with the aim of encouraging firms to recruit. The measure bypasses parliament, using a clause in France's constitution that allows for reform by decree.
2016 July - At least 84 people are killed and many others injured when the driver of a lorry deliberately ploughs through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the southern city of Nice. President Francois Hollande describes the incident as a "terrorist attack".


The first female bishop in the Church of England has been installed at Chester Cathedral.

The Rt Rev Libby Lane, 48, preached her first sermon in a service attended by hundreds of people.
She was consecrated as the eighth Bishop of Stockport at York Minster in January.
In November, the Church of England formally adopted legislation to allow the appointment of women bishops after decades of debate.
During the service, she was presented with her pastoral staff and welcomed by the civic and faith communities from across the Diocese of Chester.
The service marked the formal start of her ministry in her diocese.
The Very Rev Prof Gordon McPhate, the Dean of Chester described it as a "new chapter" for the Church of England.
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Player protests have prompted the publishers of GTA V to halt legal action against a widely used software add-on for the single-player version.

Take-Two claimed the Open IV program that let people change, or mod, the game's basic elements aided cheats.
In response, players wrote thousands of negative reviews of the game and more than 77,000 signed a petition calling for Open IV to be left alone.
GTA creator Rockstar also put pressure on Take-Two to change its mind.
In a message placed on the GTA V chat forums, Rockstar said "discussions" with Take-Two had led to it ending the legal action.
The row blew up last week when the lead developer of Open IV said the mod kit was being withdrawn because it had been threatened with legal action by Take-Two.
At the same time, Take-Two took action that led to the closure of three sites that advertised themselves as a way for people to cheat when playing online versions of the game.
These extras let people get huge amounts of in-game cash and easily obtain items that otherwise took hours of playing to acquire.
Users of Open IV said Take-Two was wrong to regard the mod kit as a cheating tool because it was designed to work with only single-player versions of GTA.
In its forum message, Rockstar acknowledged this distinction and said its discussions with Take-Two had meant that the publisher had now "agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar's PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties".
Rockstar said it believed in "reasonable fan creativity" that let fans show their "passion" for its games.
Take-Two's decision was also influenced by Open IV's creators promising to work harder to stop the kit being used by people to cheat in online versions of GTA.
A small number of people had found a way to use Open IV to cheat in this way, lead developer Yuriy Krivoruchko told news site Motherboard.
The ending of the legal action was "good news", wrote Samuel Horti on the Rock, Paper Shotgun website.
"It's helped players produce some cracking mods and machinima [animation]," he said.
Horti added that the Rockstar statement was "carefully worded", perhaps so it could be reversed later on.
It might need to be, he said, because Take-Two and Rockstar faced a technical challenge when it came to policing add-ons for the game.
"How do Take-Two intend to allow single-player mods without leaving the door open to cheaters?" he asked.


The Conservative Party has seized control of Isle of Wight Council after winning 25 of the 40 seats.

The authority previously had no overall control, with a power struggle between the Tories and Independents.
The Tories retained control of Hampshire, winning 56 of the 78 seats with a turnout of 36 per cent.
UKIP failed to win a single seat across the region, losing two seats on the Isle of Wight and 10 in Hampshire compared to the last election in 2013.
Councillors across all parties on the Isle of Wight said the majority result would be good for the island.
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Conservative council leader Dave Stewart said: "I'm very pleased.
"The problem with a no overall control council is you're always trying to please everybody and you can't always do that. This shows democracy in action."
In the 2013 election Independents won 20 seats and the Tories 15, while UKIP took two seats, the Liberal Democrats one and Labour two.
Independents now hold 11 seats with Jonathan Bacon - a former leader of the council who resigned in January - among those to miss out.
He said: "Obviously I'm disappointed. Our problem with the previous council was that it was run largely as a no overall control council and the majority of the councillors on the other side eventually chose to abuse that and stop work being done, so a majority council will be a good thing."
In Hampshire, Liberal Democrats won 19 seats, while Labour won two and the Community Campaign group took one seat.
UKIP lost all representation on the authority.