Even seasoned NHS watchers were shocked by the scale of the overall deficit of £930m in the first three months of the financial year, racked up by health trusts in England.

There had been talk of a sharp increase on the previous year - but no anticipation of a figure bigger even that for the whole of 2014/15.
Monitor, which regulates the 151 Foundation Trusts, didn't mince words in its press release referring to a "worst in a generation financial position".
David Bennett, the outgoing chief executive, summed up the situation bluntly: "The NHS simply can no longer afford operationally and financially to operate in the way it has been".
These are challenging times indeed for the health service.
The bleak set of numbers for April to June, including those from the 90 non-Foundation Trusts, raise a number of questions both about the causes of the plunge further into the red and what can be done about it.
Nurse staff shortages have generated demand for agency staff and that has pushed up the pay costs significantly.
Foundation Trusts had expected to spend £323m in the three months - but the final bill was £515m.
As a percentage of the total pay bill that was up a lot on the same period in 2014.
The government in June announced a crackdown on use of agency staff, with caps on spending by struggling trusts and setting maximum hourly rates.
Ministers argue that when these measures take effect the bills will fall.
Sceptics say it will take time to get a grip on costs and to ensure there's an adequate flow of trained nurses to take vacancies.
Although some targets were missed, including Accident & Emergency waiting times and referrals by GPs for cancer treatment, trust chiefs argue that they are prioritising care at a time of rising demand by patients.
Given the choice between a poor safety rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulator and slipping into financial deficit, hospital managements will inevitably choose the latter.
Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA) can chide trusts for slipping into the red but not much more than that when they know that the financial pressures affect every area of the NHS.
These figures cover the first three months of the financial year.
There are still nine months to go and things can change over that time.
At the start of any year trusts will feel freer to spend money, but as they come under more pressure from regulators to keep within agreed budgets there is a heightened focus on cost control.
£930m
NHS trusts deficit for April to June 2015
£451m deficit for same period last year
£822m total overspend for the whole of last year
£2bn estimated deficit for the 2015/16 financial year
Monitor and the TDA in August warned trusts to freeze recruitment of non-essential staff.
This might have a positive impact on the finances.
The government line is that the NHS was given all the money it asked for - £2bn for this year, allocated by the Chancellor last autumn, and then £8bn extra above inflation annually by 2020.
Given that, ministers argue, the NHS has to get by on the agreed budgets and there will be no extra money, not even for winter pressures.
They expect trust chiefs to get a firm grip on costs as the year progresses.
Patients can expect the same level of emergency and urgent care and there is no suggestion this will be compromised by the financial plight of trusts.
But as the year progresses and if financial problems persist, hospital chiefs may decide to allow waiting times for elective care and non-urgent procedures to lengthen.
It remains to be seen whether A&E units feel more than the usual stresses and strains and whether social care is able to allow timely discharges of patients from hospitals
Some in the NHS feel that the message there will be no more government money will be unsustainable and George Osborne will have to find extra cash before the financial year is out.
The forthcoming spending review will of course tell us more about the longer-term funding for the health service.


An asylum seeker has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Austria after being found guilty of killing 20 people in Syria.

The 27-year-old man was accused of shooting unarmed or wounded soldiers following a battle in the city of Homs.
The man, who has not been named, had denied the charges. He was arrested in western Austria in June.
It is thought to be the first time that a case involving war crimes in Syria have been tried in Austria.
The sentence was handed down by a court in Innsbruck, the Austria Press Agency reports.
Previous reports in local media said the man had told others at a refugee shelter that he had shot dead government soldiers when he was fighting with an Islamist rebel group called the Farouq Brigade, linked to the Free Syrian Army.
But his lawyers said his account of events was mistranslated and that he was expected to appeal against his conviction.
According to Der Standard, he is a stateless Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Homs.
The suspect was placed under investigation when officials were alerted to his account of events in Syria last year.
Austria is unable to extradite the man to face charges in Syria because of the ongoing civil war there.
Killing injured soldiers is prohibited under the Geneva Convention.
Officials had previously said the actions that he had allegedly described qualified as terrorism and could be prosecuted under international counter-terrorism agreements.


An apology has been issued after health inspectors raised concerns about patient care for older people at the Galloway Community Hospital.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) visited the Stranraer site in November last year and again in January.
Despite an action plan being put in place, they said they failed to find "significant improvements".
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has apologised for being "unable to demonstrate best standards of care".
The inspections were carried out as part of a programme to check on standards of care for older people requiring acute treatment in Scotland.
Jacqui Macrae, head of quality of care with HIS, said inspectors had identified issues where patient documentation had not been completed or had not been completed correctly.
"Therefore, we were not assured that the care being given was appropriate," she added.
"We were also concerned about leadership and management, and found a lack of willingness from medical staff to ensure that patients had the capacity to consent to treatment."
She said they had asked NHS Dumfries and Galloway to conduct an internal review of all patients in one of the hospital's wards.
"We also asked NHS Dumfries and Galloway to produce an action plan, detailing how immediate improvements would be made to address to issues identified," she said.
However, a return visit failed to identify the improvements hoped for.
"As such, we escalated our concerns to senior management within NHS Dumfries and Galloway," said Ms Macrae.
"We also escalated our concerns to the Scottish government.
"This inspection resulted in 26 areas for improvement which NHS Dumfries and Galloway must address as a matter of priority."
NHS Dumfries and Galloway's Chief Executive Jeff Ace apologised for the situation.
"Whilst it is reassuring that the inspectors witnessed compassionate and skilled interactions between staff and patients, it is clear that we have much work to do to improve the consistency of record keeping, care planning and delivery of best care practice to patients with degrees of confusion or dementia," he said.
"NHS Dumfries and Galloway has accepted all the recommendations contained within the report.
"Of these recommendations 15 were prioritised and had actions taken immediately with the remainder aiming for completion before the end of March 2015.
"We have taken this report extremely seriously and are committed to continuing to work both with local staff and with Scottish government advisors to ensure that we can demonstrate rapid and sustained improvement."
Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown said the report was "utterly damning".
"I think what is so frustrating is the fact that even when the inspectorate carried out a follow up visit a couple of months later there didn't appear to be any significant improvement," he said.
"I am pleased the NHS have apologised and immediately accepted the findings.
"But what patients and their families want to see is action and improvements."
The full report is available online.


Two-time champion Petra Kvitova needed less than an hour to beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea and seal a Wimbledon second-round spot.

The Czech, winner in 2011 and 2014, broke Cirstea four times during a 6-0 6-4 victory on Court 18.
World number 10 Kvitova, 26, will face the winner of the match between Ekaterina Makarova and Johanna Larsson.
The match was delayed to the afternoon session after wet weather meant play was only possible on Centre Court.
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Agnieszka Radwanska played one of the few matches of the morning, and came through in straight sets on Centre Court against Kateryna Kozlova.
The 27-year-old third seed beat Ukrainian Kozlova 6-2 6-1 under the roof despite being broken once in the first set.
The 2012 runner-up now faces Croatia's Ana Konjuh, who beat Italy's Karin Knapp 6-3 6-3.
"Of course, a one-hour match is always good. I'm very happy with that win," world number three Radwanska told BBC Sport.
It was the first meeting between Radwanska and 22-year-old Kozlova, who was making her main-draw debut at SW19.
"It's just like an indoor tournament," Radwanska said. "We have to get used to it. It's good we could play today."
German 32nd seed Andrea Petkovic set up a second-round match with Russia's Elena Vesnina by beating Nao Hibino 3-6 7-5 6-2.
Petkovic has reached the semi-finals of the French Open, as well as the last eight of the Australian and US Open, but has never progressed beyond round three at Wimbledon.
"I've had a strange love affair with grass because it wasn't love at first sight," she said.
"It's been a growing love, maybe like when you have an old school friend that you meet again after 10 years and suddenly you realise - 'Ah that's the one, I actually kind of like him'.
"I really want to do well here and I'm trying my all."
Meanwhile, Swiss seventh seed Belinda Bencic progressed to round two by beating Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2 6-3.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 23 in the world, beat Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh 7-5 1-6 6-1 for a second-round meeting with Kazakh Yulia Putintseva.


UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), the company behind the plan to extract oil from the Gatwick area, says oil has flowed to the surface at a faster rate than expected.

UKOG said light sweet oil rose from 900 metres below ground level at a rate of 463 barrels per day.
Its shares rose 38% to 1.9p following the flow test at the Horse Hill site in the Weald basin, West Sussex.
Executive chairman Stephen Sanderson said the test was significant.
"Importantly, tests so far show oil has flowed to the surface under its own pressure and has not, so far, required artificial lift," he said.
The company says it could produce up to 500 barrels of oil a day.
According to Mr Sanderson, additional extraction techniques could further increase flow rates.
David Lenigas, the former chairman of UKOG, had claimed that there could "multiple billion" barrels of oil across the Weald, which stretches across the South East corner of England.
It was originally suggested there could be as much as 100 billion barrels of oil in that region.
However, the most recent assessment by Schlumberger, the oil services company, predicted there were 10.9 billion barrels of oil in the 55 square mile area covered by UKOG's licences.
UKOG has a 30% direct investment in Horse Hill Developments, which is drilling the site.
Some environmental groups say that getting what oil there is there could prove tricky and is only possible through fracking, a controversial extraction method for oil and gas.
Protestors gathered at the Horse Hill site last Saturday to demonstrate against the use of fracking.
UKOG has said that it does not intend to use fracking to extract the oil.


The Tata conglomerate, India's biggest business group, has said it will invest $35bn (Â£20.7bn) over the next three years in areas including retail and defence.

The expansion plans were unveiled by chairman Cyrus Mistry at an internal meeting this week and confirmed via an emailed statement.
Tata has more than 100 companies, including Tata Motors and Tata Steel.
The global investment plans come amid a sluggish economic environment in India.
Tata said it was creating a special focus on four new clusters, including defence and aerospace, retail, infrastructure and finance.
The group's statement said its new growth project, dubbed Vision 2025, would see it become one of "the 25 most admired corporate and employer brands globally, with a market capitalisation comparable to the 25 most valuable companies in the world".
The conglomerate would not share any further details of its internal meeting, but said its new plans would see it "strongly champion companies which are world class and, where necessary, facilitate creation of new companies".
"This holistic strategy will also include support to companies, if required, to restructure their businesses which do not have the potential to meet performance," the statement said.
Mr Mistry, who took over as the group's chairman in December 2012, has to date kept a relatively low profile since taking the helm.
His predecessor, Ratan Tata, was chairman of the conglomerate for more than 20 years and is one of India's most internationally-recognised business leaders.
The Mumbai-based group has been looking for new growth avenues as some of its key businesses struggle.
Tata Motors, India's top truckmaker, has seen its sales fall in recent months for the first time in 12 years.
A slowing economy and high interest rates have kept customers away, and this is likely to hit its earnings results when they are presented in August.
And in May this year, Tata Steel, one of the world's biggest steelmakers, posted a net loss in its fourth quarter, blaming weakness in Europe.


Arsenal face a "massive" challenge to qualify for the Champions League, says boss Arsene Wenger, who added "nothing" has changed about his future.

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Monday's 3-0 defeat by Crystal Palace left Arsenal in sixth place, seven points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City with eight games left.
Wenger, whose deal ends this summer, has led Arsenal to top-four finishes in each of his 20 seasons in charge.
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On the top four, he said: "We might get there, we might not get there."
The Frenchman has been offered a new two-year deal, although he is yet to announce whether he will continue.
Five defeats in their past 10 Premier League games have prompted some Arsenal fans to call for Wenger to leave the club.
Asked on Friday about his future, Wenger said: "What is happening at board level is not down to me.
"I focus on what is down to me, the performance of the team and what the fans are interested in is the performance of the team."
The Gunners are at struggling Middlesbrough on Monday (20:00 BST).
Wenger refused to comments on reports forward Alexis Sanchez had been offered a new £300,000-a-week deal.
The Chile international, 28, who is contracted to the Gunners until the summer of 2018, was nominated for PFA Player of the Year award this week after scoring 18 goals and assisting nine in the league this season.
"I'm very happy because it rewards a very strong season if you look at his numbers," added Wenger.
"He basically prefers to play wide rather than up front because he can get the ball more. He has to keep that balance between providing and goalscoring because he has both in the locker."
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Iran's foreign minister has used a YouTube posting to say a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear programme has never been closer.

Javad Zarif said that the agreement would open new ways to address common challenges such as extremism in the Middle East.
US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed that they were "making progress" but said lots of work was still to be done.
Negotiators are racing to meet a deadline for an agreement on 7 July.
Mr Zarif called for an end to "coercion and pressure" at the nuclear talks, in the video message on Friday.
He said that Iran was ready to strike a deal and that negotiators had "never been closer to a lasting outcome".
Mr Zarif said there was also the promise of greater cooperation to tackle extremist violence.
"The menace we're facing, and I say we, because no-one is spared, is embodied by the hooded men who are ravaging the cradle of civilisation. To deal with this new challenge, new approaches are badly needed," he said.
But the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher in Vienna says that the question of whether a deal will actually be achieved still hovers over the talks.
The so-called P5+1 group - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - wants Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants international sanctions that have crippled its economy lifted in exchange, has always insisted that its nuclear work is peaceful.
Russia's chief negotiator Sergei Ryabkov said the text of the agreement was more than 90% complete.
Some of the major sticking points have included the timing of sanctions relief and the question of access for UN nuclear inspectors.
Mr Kerry told reporters that some "tough issues" still remained but that progress had been made.
On Monday, the US warned that a framework deal agreed in Switzerland in April had to remain the basis for a comprehensive agreement.
It followed a speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all Iranian state matters, in which he rejected the key demands of the P5+1.
He insisted Iran would only dismantle its nuclear infrastructure if the sanctions were lifted first. He also ruled out a freeze on research and development for 10 years, as well as inspections of military sites.
Yukiya Amano, head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that meetings with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani had resulted in a "better understanding on some ways forward", but that more work was needed.
The deadline for reaching a comprehensive agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme has already been extended from the 30 June.
In the US, President Barack Obama has until 9 July to submit details of a final accord to Congress, triggering a 30-day review period before it can be signed and any US sanctions waived.
If a deal is submitted after 9 July, the review period will be doubled to 60 days.


Bolton Wanderers thumped Gillingham to move back up to second in League One.

Gary Madine headed in Josh Vela's cross to give the Trotters the lead before Vela made it two with a composed finish from Zach Clough's backheel.
Jake Hessenthaler headed just wide for the visitors after the break.
Madine scored his second of the night with a header from Jay Spearing's free-kick before Sammy Ameobi completed the scoring after cutting inside and hammering a shot into the top corner.
Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 4, Gillingham 0.
Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 4, Gillingham 0.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).
Keshi Anderson (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham).
Substitution, Gillingham. Mark Byrne replaces Bradley Dack.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Keshi Anderson replaces Josh Vela.
Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Gillingham. Rory Donnelly replaces Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Sammy Ameobi.
Attempt blocked. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Goal!  Bolton Wanderers 4, Gillingham 0. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lawrie Wilson.
Corner,  Gillingham. Conceded by Ben Alnwick.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Paul Konchesky.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).
Attempt blocked. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Stuart Nelson.
Attempt saved. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Zach Clough.
Foul by Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers).
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Bolton Wanderers 3, Gillingham 0. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jay Spearing following a set piece situation.
Josh Wright (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Wright (Gillingham).
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).
Corner,  Gillingham. Conceded by Jay Spearing.
Substitution, Gillingham. Ryan Jackson replaces Frank Nouble.
Attempt saved. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.


Nearly 200 photographs linked to allegations of abuse by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade ago have been released by the Pentagon.

The photos were released in response to a freedom of information request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The images show mainly bruises and cuts on prisoners' arms and legs.
The abuse scandal erupted in 2004 when shocking photos emerged of US soldiers appearing to sexually humiliate and torture detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib.
None of the photos released on Friday involved detainees held in Abu Ghraib or at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said.
A Pentagon spokesman said the photos had "come from independent criminal investigations into allegations of misconduct by US personnel".
About 14 of the allegations were substantiated - leading to the disciplining of 65 service personnel, ranging from letters of reprimand to life imprisonment. About 42 allegations were unsubstantiated, the spokesman said.
The ACLU has been fighting for more than a decade for the release of what it says are 2,000 photos documenting abuse at US detention centres. It said it would continue to fight for publication of the remaining 1,800.
"The still-secret pictures are the best evidence of the serious abuses that took place in military detention centers," ACLU deputy legal director Jameel Jaffer said in a statement.
"The government's selective disclosure risks misleading the public about the true extent of the abuse."
The Obama administration had agreed to release the photos back in 2009, but then changed its mind saying to do so "was of no benefit" and could inflame opinion against the US.


A Port of London Authority (PLA) river pilot has been killed in an accident while boarding a ship.

He was getting on the Sunmi on the River Thames at Gravesend Reach in Kent at about 18:10 BST on Wednesday when it happened, the PLA said.
Emergency services were called but were unable to save him, the authority said.
PLA chief executive Robin Mortimer said: "Our deepest condolences are with our colleague's family and friends at this very difficult time."
He added: ""We have been in touch with the family and are offering whatever support we can."
No details of the nature of the accident have been revealed by the PLA.
The authority and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch have started an investigation into the accident and will be attending the PLA's Gravesend base on Thursday.


Gareth Southgate should be appointed England boss for at least the next two years, says Sir Trevor Brooking.

Southgate, 46, has stepped up from his role as under-21 boss to take temporary charge of the senior team following Sam Allardyce's departure as manager.
Former Middlesbrough boss Southgate oversaw England's 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Malta on Saturday.
"Hopefully he does enough in the next three games," said the ex-Football Association director of development.
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Brooking, who appointed Southgate as England Under-21 boss, told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek: "Gareth is a great character but because he is a bit like that he comes across as boring to some people.
"He can be tough, he can be hard.
"I think he should get the job. I am confident he will then get the two years taking us up to the World Cup and with the players that are coming through he can kick on for another two years as well," added the former West Ham and England midfielder.
Times chief football writer Henry Winter speaking to Sportsweek
If a vacancy came up in the Premier League, Gareth Southgate probably wouldn't be on the shortlist - maybe top end of the Championship.
"But this is the situation England are in. It's going to take time to develop a deeper reservoir of coaching talent.
"If you go from the standpoint that the England manager should be English then you have to go with someone like Southgate or Eddie Howe. They are not the greatest but they are the best we have got.
"Southgate is the only candidate now and he will get the job."


Four men have been arrested after four people were stabbed during a disturbance in a Kilmarnock street.

Four men, aged 17, 18, 25 and 27, were injured during the incident, which took place in Whatriggs Road in the early hours of Saturday.
They were taken to the town's Crosshouse Hospital for treatment and were later released.
Police said four men, aged 17, 18, 19 and 20, had been arrested in connection with the incident.
They are expected to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Monday.


Bursaries for trainee primary teachers in England will be slashed from next year, sparking fears the move could fuel the teacher recruitment crisis.

Some of the bursaries available this year will be two thirds less in value for trainees who start in 2016.
Calculations by the Times Educational Supplement (TES) suggest the changes could affect more than half of trainee primary teachers.
The government said bursaries were targeted at the areas in most need.
The Department for Education's list of funding available to trainee teachers for the year 2016 to 17 shows bursaries for primary teacher trainees with first-class degrees or PhDs will fall to £3,000 - down from £9,000 this year.
Bursaries for primary trainees with 2:1 degrees or master's qualifications will fall from £4,000 this year to £3,000 in 2016.
This year primary maths trainees with 2:2 degrees or better were offered a £12,000 bursary. Next year this will fall to £6,000.
For primary maths trainees with degrees lower than a 2:2 the bursary will be cut from £9,000 to £3,000.
Nearly half of primary teacher trainees who started their courses in September 2014 received a bursary - some 8,900 trainees, according the TES analysis.
Prof John Howson, an expert in the teaching workforce, described the cuts to bursaries as "very risky".
Prof Howson, an honorary research fellow at Oxford University, said although the government met its targets for primary teacher recruitment this year, it missed them the previous year.
He said cuts to the bursaries could prompt "a yo-yo effect" and risked "creating a crisis in primary where there isn't one".
The bursaries can be used for living expenses or to offset some of the £9,000 tuition fees for trainee teachers on university courses. They can be paid to trainees on both university and school based training schemes that do not carry a salary.
Experts warned that other careers which do not require trainees to incur more debt would become more attractive to graduates.
"The reduction of bursaries could mean it is not attractive for people to train to teach," said Lizana Oberholzer of the National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers.
In particular she warned national figures, which show there are enough primary teachers this year, often hide local shortages - for example in areas such as Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, where she is based.
"We are worried we won't be able to recruit high quality teacher trainees without the incentive of high value bursaries in future," she said.
A Department for Education spokesman said the number and quality of teachers was "at an all time high" and the government wanted to continue attracting the most talented people to the profession.
"Our generous bursary system is reviewed on an annual basis to ensure it is targeted at those areas which are most in need.
"We have exceeded our recruitment target for primary teachers and thanks to our wider reforms are confident we will continue to attract top-quality candidates to this area."


So-called Islamic State has said it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, that has killed more than 20 people and injured at least another 35.

The attack targeted the entrance to the mainly Shia Muslim area of Kadhimiyah in north-west Baghdad.
The Islamic State-linked Amaq news agency said the group had targeted soldiers in the area.
An IS bombing on 3 July killed 281 people in Baghdad's Karrada district.
The suicide bomber reportedly carried out Sunday's attack on foot. Both members of the security forces and civilians were among the dead.
Security forces have surrounded the area and have increased inspections at other checkpoints in the capital.
Both Karrada and Kadhimiyah are mainly Shia districts. The Sunni-based IS jihadists often target those areas, regarding Shia as heretics, along with carrying out attacks on security forces.
The group still controls areas in northern and western Iraq. But it has suffered a series of defeats, including the recent loss of the western city of Falluja and, in response, has stepped up suicide attacks.


The Friday following the Maíria Cahill BBC Spotlight programme, a Sinn Féin spokesperson told a Dublin radio station that "Gerry Adams was not aware of any other cases of abuse".

Just two days later, Gerry Adams said in a blog post that the IRA had "shot" alleged sex offenders or expelled them.
And then, a month later he told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ that the names of alleged republican sex abusers had been posted anonymously through his letterbox in Belfast.
A Sinn Féin party insider told Spotlight that the party did investigate abuse allegations.
The Sinn Féin insider spoke to the programme on the basis of anonymity and said: "Allegations of abuse are dealt with carefully now, but past allegations of abuse are more likely to have been handled by the party locally.
"If there is a case about allegations of abuse anywhere it goes up the line.
"Leaving aside the justice angle, all of these things have potential serious political repercussions. So the idea that it would not go up the line is not credible.
"It is not credible for leadership to say they didn't know of other cases. Anything significant and anything of any substance would be known by leadership people."
A separate republican source told Spotlight that senior members of Sinn Féin were involved in investigating allegations of abuse by republicans.
Spotlight asked Sinn Féin: "Were senior members of the party ever involved in investigating allegations of abuse by republicans?"
In response the party said: "Sinn Féin does not conduct any inquiries into allegations of abuse. That is the role of the police North and South."
Spotlight asked for clarification on whether it had ever happened, but the party did not respond on that point.


England and Wales meet in their crucial Group B match on Thursday - but who would make your combined starting XI from the two squads?

So far it is advantage Wales in France after they won their opening match, while England were held by Russia in Marseille after conceding a late goal to draw.
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The Prison Governors Association has called on the government to set up an independent public inquiry into the state of prisons in England and Wales.

It follows what the association describes as an "unprecedented" rise in violence and suicides in prisons.
The association's members voted unanimously for a public inquiry at the body's annual conference in Derby.
Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss last week promised an extra Â£14m to recruit more prison officers.
The association, which represents 1,021 governors across the UK, said that in the 12 months to June there were 105 self-inflicted deaths - almost double the number five years ago.
Serious assaults on staff have increased by 146% in the same period and self-harm incidents increased by more than 10,000, it added.
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said the call for a public inquiry was a symbolic gesture by an organisation that didn't usually bang the drum.
It was a sign of the alarm felt among governors about safety in prisons, he said.
The association said levels of safety in prisons had declined since the introduction of "benchmarking" - a programme to drive down costs by reducing staffing and simplifying the prison regime.
It said it had a number of questions, including "why resources continued to be depleted when evidence showed that it was not working".
The purpose of requesting a public inquiry was "not about apportioning blame but understanding what went wrong," it said.
The association added: "Unless we understand what has contributed to the creation of this brutal environment that staff and prisoners are working and living in it is likely to continue.
"The PGA believes an independent public inquiry is the only way we will get to the truth."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said the justice secretary had been clear that safety in prisons was fundamental to the justice system working and to its reform.
"We are fully committed to addressing the significant increase in violence, self-harm and self-inflicted deaths in our prisons," they said.
The additional Â£14m in 10 of the most challenging prisons would increase staff levels by more than 400 prison officers and a white paper setting out plans for prison safety and reform was due to be published, they added.


A decision is expected next week on a revised bid for a wind farm about two miles north of Sanquhar.

The 14-turbine Spango scheme has been described as "unacceptable" by the RSPB and Dumfries and Galloway Council's landscape architect.
Developers Community Windpower withdrew a previous application in response to wildlife concerns over the project.
They said revised plans could "enhance the ecological and ornithological conditions of the local area".
They have also highlighted financial benefits to the community of Â£245,000-a-year over its 25-year operation.
The revised plans for the Spango or Mid Rig wind farm have been on the table since last November.
Developers withdrew a previous application following objections from, among others, Scottish Natural Heritage and the RSPB - who highlighted the site's importance for birds such as hen harriers and peregrine falcons.
The charity has since argued that the revised layout is virtually identical to the original.
The council's landscape architect, meanwhile, said the development would have an overbearing impact on the surrounding area, and as such, should be rejected.
Community Windpower has described the RSPB's failure to see the benefits of the wind farm as "disappointing".
It said that conditions in the area were likely to worsen unless the remedial action associated with the development was taken.


A nightclub accused by a judge of "abandoning" a drunk student who was later raped said it had raised concerns about an unofficial taxi rank outside.

Sajid Hussain, 35, a taxi marshal near Snobs nightclub in Birmingham was convicted of sexual assault and another man was jailed for rape.
The club and a business group said they previously reported the unofficial rank to the council.
Birmingham City Council  said it was "really concerned" by the incident.
The 19-year-old was abducted in a transit van and and raped after leaving Snobs in Smallbrook Queensway in the early hours of 20 February, 2015.
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Hussain, was jailed for six years and her rapist Zaheer Abbas, 30, was jailed for 11 years earlier this month.
Judge Mary Stacy had earlier told Birmingham Crown Court: "Snobs abandoned her on the street where she was prey to the likes of Abbas and Hussain."
A spokesman for Snobs and Southside Business Improvement District (BID), said Hussain was "not employed or associated" with either organisation and the "unofficial" rank he worked for had been reported to the council prior to the rape.
He said in May 2015, Southside instigated an official taxi rank outside the club "out of its own pot" due to the council's budget constraints. "Unfortunately this was too late," he said.
The BID area now has three official ranks with "CRB checked" marshals, he added.
Wayne Tracey, co-owner of Snobs, said the teenager "was found asleep in the toilet", checked by an onsite paramedic and "accompanied out of the building" into a cordoned-off area in front of the venue. Staff tried to find her friends in Snobs and a short time later she made her way to the taxi rank.
"At no point was she abandoned - she was looked after until she decided to make her own way home. Unfortunately, we are unable to compel members of the public to stay on site and no club can be expected to help visitors into taxis," he said.
Mr Tracey added: "We believe that the issue at hand is the licensing of taxi marshals and set-up of official taxi ranks in the city, which affects all clubs and bars."
A spokesman for the council said it was working with firms to improve the arrangements at taxi ranks in the Southside BID, which covers much of Birmingham city centre.
"Licensed Hackney carriages are allowed to operate from official ranks in the Southside BID area, but we advise people not to allow themselves to be put into licensed vehicles other than by a Southside BID marshal, who will put you into a black cab," they said.


A man and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after their car came off the road went down an embankment and into a field in Fife.

The 27-year-old male driver had to be cut from the black Mini following the crash on the B969 West Glenrothes to New Inn roundabout at 21:46 on Sunday.
Firefighters used hydraulic cutting gear to remove the man. His passenger was able to free herself from the car.
They were taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.


A 120-year-old golf club in Berkshire is to relocate to make way for up to 1,500 new homes.

Maidenhead Golf Club has agreed to give up its 24-year lease of the council-owned 130-acre (52-hectare) site early - paving the way for development.
Club president Ron Stuart said members voted unanimously in favour of the deal but admitted there had been "a lot of sadness and frustration."
He said they had been offered Â£16.25m to vacate the site within three years.
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council said it planned to enter into a joint partnership to develop the site which would include 30% affordable housing for local people, as well as new schools, health facilities and road improvements.
Mr Stuart said the cash offered by the council to leave the site would enable it to relocate, either by purchasing or building, "without any problems whatsoever".
"We have opened initial talks with one or two locations and we'll just have to wait for the next eight months before we can finalise anything," he added.
Prior to the deal Mr Stuart said emotions at the club had "run very high".
"There's a lot of sadness and frustration - people are unhappy - but there's an overwhelming sense of reality.
"We are in a location where we were always going to be vulnerable to building projects."
He added: "In a way we now have a second life and we can move on."


David Haye has been called before boxing authorities to explain his behaviour in the build-up to his heavyweight bout with Tony Bellew.

Haye graphically described injuries he hoped to inflict on Bellew in the run-up to last month's stoppage defeat.
The former world heavyweight champion must appear before the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) on 12 April.
The BBBofC believes Bellew's behaviour improved after both fighters were warned days before the bout.
"Mr Haye was told to behave himself but the board have called him," the board's general secretary Robert Smith told BBC Sport.
"He will now be given the opportunity to come and explain his behaviour."
The BBBofC condemned the actions of both fighters during a fight week which included a boisterous news conference in Liverpool and a media event in London.
According to records on the BBBofC website, Haye, 36, made a donation and apologised for his behaviour to the Southern Area Council at a meeting three days before the bout.
Bellew, 34, was handed a four-month suspended suspension by the board in December as a result of his ringside behaviour when he called Haye out following victory over BJ Flores in October.
Further misdemeanours could have seen his licence withdrawn before the meeting with Haye.
After his 11th-round stoppage win, an emotional Bellew told reporters: "What we have done for boxing tonight is put it on a pedestal.
"Two men fought their hearts out. The board can't say nothing to me and if they do, I will go and get a licence somewhere else."
Haye said after the fight that he expected to be fined for his pre-fight comments.
The ex-WBA heavyweight champion has said he intends on returning to the ring after recovering from Achilles surgery.


The US will be "unwavering" in its support for Nato, vice-president Mike Pence told European leaders at the Munich Security Conference.

In the first major foreign policy address for the Trump administration, Mr Pence said the US would "stand with Europe today and every day".
But he told the gathered leaders that European countries were "failing to pay their fair share" on defence.
That failure "erodes the foundation of our alliance", he said.
The vice-president pointed out that apart from the US, only four Nato countries had met a 2014 commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence.
"The time has come to do more," he said.
President Donald Trump warned before taking office that the US might not uphold its commitment to come to the defence of Nato allies who were not perceived to have contributed enough financially.
Watching the speech was German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who spoke before Mr Pence. Germany is among the nations yet to meet the 2% target.
Nato estimates for 2016 show that only the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia do so.
Mr Pence went on to say that the US would "continue to hold Russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground, which as you know, President Trump believes can be found".
Mr Pence said Russia must honour a 2015 peace deal agreed upon in Minsk, Belarus, aimed at ending violence in eastern Ukraine.
His comments came amid huge controversy in the US over ties between the Trump administration and Russia, and concern in Europe over whether the new administration would attempt to restrain Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the conference, rejected accusations that Russia was responsible for destabilising peace and described Nato as stuck in "Cold War" thinking.
Mr Lavrov also denied allegations that Russia had meddled in the US election, saying he "saw no facts" pointing to hacking by Russian operatives.
Speaking before Mr Pence, Ms Merkel called for increased co-operation between the US and the European Union on issues including Russian aggression and Islamist terror.
The two leaders were scheduled to meet face to face later in the day.
Speaking before Mr Pence, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said the question now facing the trans-Atlantic community was whether "we will be able to act in concert or fall back into parochial politics" - a subtle but clear dig at Mr Trump's mantra of "America First".
Asked directly what she thought about the Trump administration's rhetorical onslaught against sections of the media, Ms Merkel insisted that freedom of the press was a pillar of democracy.
When Mr Pence took to the stage he stressed that he was bringing a message of reassurance from the new president, who would "unwaveringly" back America's Nato allies.
But he also used the opportunity to repeat Mr Trump's long-held view that Washington's European allies must spend more on their own defence.


Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was found in a Wolverhampton street with multiple stab wounds.

Medical teams tried to save the 23-year-old man who was found in Carter Road at about 07:00 BST on Saturday but he was pronounced dead in hospital.
Police said the men aged 36 and 33 were arrested at different locations in the Whitmore Reans area and are in custody.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on the victim.
West Midlands Police officers have appealed for witnesses to the incident to contact the force on 101.


Shares in Asia were mixed on Monday following strong US jobs numbers which lifted expectations the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its policy meeting in December.

The US economy added 271,000 jobs in October, far exceeding the 185,000 jobs that economists had forecast.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 1.83% at 5,119.50 points on falling commodity prices.
Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei index closed up 1.96% at 19,642.74 on a weaker yen.
The strong job numbers gave the US dollar a boost against the yen, which is good for Japan's big exporters, as it makes their goods cheaper to buy overseas.
"With [Fed chair] Janet Yellen holding firm on a December rate hike expectation during her testimony to Congress on Thursday, and then the massive beat from the non-farm payrolls on Friday, 2015 has been realigned with the beginning of the year's expectations of at least one rate hike," said Evan Lucas from IG Markets.
In South Korea, the Kospi index closed down 0.75% at 2,025.70 points.
Separately, Sydney-listed shares of mining giant BHP Billiton closed down 5.64% on Monday following a fatal accident at an iron ore operation in Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November.
Two dams holding waste water from the mine collapsed on Thursday sending a huge wall of red sludge over the south-eastern village of Bento Rodrigues.
BHP said that details were still emerging regarding how many Samarco employees and contractors had been caught up in the accident.
"At this stage, Samarco has advised that there is at least one confirmed fatality, with a further 13 members of the workforce missing," the firm said.
The mine is a joint operation between BHP and Brazilian metal and mining giant Vale, while Samarco mining company owns the dams.
China's markets
Investors were closely watching stocks in China on Monday, following disappointing trade numbers and after the country's securities regulator said it would lift a five-month ban on mainland initial public offerings (IPOs).
In China, the Shanghai Composite closed up 1.58% at 3,646.88, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended down 0.6% to 22,726.77 points.
Official numbers released by China on the weekend showed a drop in the country's imports for the 12th month in a row in October.
Imports fell 18.8% from a year earlier to $130.8bn, a slight improvement on September's 20.4% decline - but still giving further cause for concern over the Chinese economy.
Exports by the world's second-biggest economy dropped 6.9% to $192.4bn, marking a fourth consecutive monthly fall.
In their Hong Kong debut, shares of China International Capital Corp (CICC) - a large joint venture investment bank - finished up 1.1% after being higher by as much as 6% in early trade. The lender, which is state-backed, raised $811m in its IPO last month.


England opener Alex Hales said it was "very emotional" to score a hundred against West Indies in only his third one-day international in six months.

Hales hit 110 from 107 balls as England thrashed the hosts by 186 runs in Barbados to seal a 3-0 series win.
The 28-year-old did not tour Bangladesh because of security concerns and fractured his hand in India in January.
He said: "The last six months have been frustrating, so to score a hundred in my first game back is a great feeling."
Hales, who said it was his most important century for England, added: "Obviously when I chose not to go to Bangladesh, I knew I was opening up a spot for other people to come in and perform well.
"That was the risk I was taking, then the injury in India came at a really bad time for me. But I'm pleased the team have backed me and stuck with me. Hopefully I've repaid their faith."
Hales shared a 192-run partnership with fellow centurion Joe Root, who made 101, as England scored 328 from their 50 overs.
The game was virtually over once West Indies fell to 13-3 with only Jonathan Carter (46) offering serious resistance as the hosts were bowled out for 142 in 39.2 overs.
Man of the series Chris Woakes (3-16) and Liam Plunkett (3-27) did most of the damage with Steven Finn taking 2-35 while Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid picked up a wicket apiece.
England captain Eoin Morgan told Test Match Special: "Joe Root and Alex Hales really capitalised on their partnership, scoring the guts of our runs on what was a really tricky wicket to bat on. I thought they put us far past a par total - it was probably more of a 250 wicket.
"I'm a huge fan of time off and it was forced on Alex with a broken hand. Coming back as hungry and determined as that shows the huge competition for places in the side.
"Sam Billings didn't do a great deal wrong but unfortunately missed out today and Alex Hales comes back in at the top of the order and produces a match-winning performance, which is really outstanding.
"Picking 15 players is going to be hard for the Champions Trophy. Competition for places is really strong."
England have two ODIs against Ireland before opening their Champions Trophy campaign against Bangladesh at The Oval on 1 June.


England claimed they would do their talking on the pitch after a week of verbal grenades hurled in their direction by Wales - but it took until the dying seconds of this Euro 2016 encounter for Daniel Sturridge have the final word.

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When Sturridge fired in a winning goal at Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey's near post with seconds left, the wild celebrations reflected the mixture of delight and relief in England's camp, as well as the weight that had been lifted off their shoulders.
Wales, a fiercely-disciplined and resilient unit, led at half-time to leave England and manager Roy Hodgson looking at ignominy. It was a fate they managed to avoid. A 2-1 victory sent England to the top of Group B; progress to the knockout stages is in their hands.
So what shape are England in after securing their first win at Euro 2016?
Hodgson faced the most crucial 15 minutes of his England career at half-time. His players left the pitch at the interval to the sound of jeers from their own fans, as they trailed 1-0 to a Gareth Bale free-kick that keeper Joe Hart allowed to slip in.
England's manager, so often damned with the label of caution, had to act. He decided it was time to blow the doors off as opposed to picking the lock.
Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling were removed from their struggles, allowing Jamie Vardy and Sturridge to come on. The move was a success as they scored the goals that won the game.
All well and good - but England head to St-Etienne for their final group game against Slovakia on Monday with questions still being asked about whether they really know their game plan.
There have been switches aplenty of late. After two years of qualifiers, England started Euro 2016 with Wayne Rooney in midfield, and with Sterling making a surprise return - a decision that must now be ditched after his struggles against Wales.
Even before the tournament kicked off, there had been decisions that raised eyebrows. Kane and Vardy scored 49 Premier League goals between them last season, yet were used as hopelessly misplaced wingers in England's final Euro 2016 warm-up game against Portugal. In response, Hodgson introduced Adam Lallana along with Sterling for Saturday's 1-1 draw against Russia. Vardy was out altogether.
Against Wales, Hodgson retained Sterling and Lallana. With things not going England's way, the manager could have added finesse to his midfield with the introduction of Jack Wilshere at half-time. Instead, Vardy and Sturridge got the call.
It is impossible to criticise a manager who takes the brave decision - one many would say is out of character - and wins. There was, though, a definite whiff of desperation about this latest England reinvention. Vardy and Sturridge started up front together against the Netherlands in a friendly last season - but in a football context, they are total strangers.
Here they were asked not just to make acquaintances but to save England's Euro 2016 campaign and with it, if the brutal judgement is to be made, Hodgson's job. He had to act at half-time because that sound you could hear was the clock ticking on his time with England.
And when 18-year-old Marcus Rashford arrived as a 73rd-minute substitute, it seemed as if England were going for the sledgehammer approach, throwing as many forwards on as possible and hoping for the best.
It will have brought relief to plenty when Sturridge scored and the policy was vindicated.
It was ambitious but also chaotic as England ended with Vardy, Sturridge and Rashford as attackers supplemented by Wayne Rooney and Dele Alli - and it worked.
England have been planning meticulously for Euro 2016. For every manager at a major tournament, such plans can be pushed down another road by injuries and fluctuations in form. There has been little evidence, though, that Hodgson knows exactly what his best team is.
For any gripes that may exist, Hodgson deserves total credit for being bold and positive when it really mattered. But England still seem to be flying around France by the seat of their pants.
Passion is arguably the most over-used word in football - as if fist-pumping and bulging eyes can somehow compensate for a shortage of talent.
Real Madrid forward Bale, Wales' talisman, suggested in the build-up to Thursday's game that England lacked this apparently priceless commodity, so he may just have cast a regretful glance in their direction as they celebrated Sturridge's winner.
Coach Gary Neville sprinted down the touchline to leap aboard a pile of players mobbing the match-winner, joined by both the substitutes and those who had been substituted.
Goalkeeper Hart, the most relieved man inside Stade Bollaert-Delelis after his error for Bale's goal, dashed the length of the field. Wayne Rooney blew kisses into a television camera and manager Hodgson wheeled around punching the air in elation.
It does not make England a great team. It does not make them potential Euro 2016 winners. But it does make a nonsense of Bale's claims that they had less passion than Wales.
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The temptation must be for Hodgson to leave what was eventually a winning formula in place - and start Sturridge and Vardy up front against Slovakia ahead of Kane and Sterling.
Before the Wales match, Hodgson was questioned about Kane's jaded and laboured performance and Sterling's sub-standard effort against Russia.
He brushed off suggestions that Tottenham striker Kane was tired, and talked up the display of Manchester City's £49m attacker Sterling, in what amounted to a verbal massage.
The pair only lasted 45 minutes against Wales. There should be some sympathy for Kane as he lacked support and service but Sterling looked shorn of confidence, missing a simple chance and drawing the ire of England fans with a slow reaction to challenges which saw him lose a fight for possession.
Sturridge and Vardy scored England's goals and were a threat. Now it is up to Hodgson to find a formula that can make them work in tandem with Rooney.
Wales will have returned to their base in Dinard on Thursday in desperate disappointment after this defeat and the manner in which they lost.
There was a real air of optimism around the Welsh camp before the game, but they were condemned to their 67th loss in 102 games against England and remain without a win against the old enemy since 1984.
Wales were talking big in the build-up and while some of the confidence may have turned out to be misplaced, it was genuine.
It is this iron belief, plus the possession of a world-class player in Bale, that should help Chris Coleman's side recover swiftly before their final game against Russia. They need to win to make absolutely sure of reaching the last 16 and it is not beyond them against a poor side.
If there is an obvious flaw in the Welsh make-up it is, on occasions such as this, the lack of true quality around Bale.
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Bale was quiet in Lens and cannot be expected to do it all alone. Hal Robson-Kanu was game and ran himself into the ground, but what would Coleman give for some extra class in attacking positions?
Defeat by England was a setback but Wales have a chance to recover and no-one should back against them doing exactly that.
After the violence and dark headlines about hooliganism and unrest at Euro 2016, this was a day when peace broke out inside Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.
England's fans had been involved in the violent scenes and disturbances in Marseille before the game against Russia last Saturday and were also charged by opposing supporters inside Stade Velodrome.
And when more than 30 people were arrested in Lille on the night before this game, the signs were ominous.
Road blocks were in place five hours before the game amid highly visible security measures, while the day had started with a lengthy torrential downpour that forced the early starters in Lens to take cover. But when the sun came out, the spirit was also warm.
England and Wales supporters mingled without any problems before the game and when the action was about to begin, both national anthems were sung unhindered. To this eye-witness, the behaviour of both sets of fans was impeccable.
The old rivalry took place on the pitch but off it all was calm. One rousing rendition of the Welsh anthem even drew applause from some clad in the white of England.
After the match, England fans gathered at a nearby bar and restaurant to celebrate. Any verbal exchanges with their Welsh counterparts were good-natured. This was one of the good days of Euro 2016 so far.


The Tanzania Football Federation has banned international defender Juma Said for two years for engaging in an "act of indecency".

The Mbeya City captain was found guilty of poking a finger against the backside of Azam's John Bocco, when the two sides met on 27 September.
Said, 31, was fined $930 and summoned by his team for a disciplinary hearing.
The club has promised to release the results of its investigation before the end of the week.
The sanction means Said is not able to play for his club or the Taifa Stars for two years.
It is not the first time the player has been in trouble. He was banned for eight games earlier this year after appearing to do the same thing to Simba striker Elias Maguli.
Said later apologised for the assault on Maguli but is yet to comment on the latest incident.
The act is similar to one at the Copa America earlier this year when Chile's Gonzalo Jara was given a three-match ban for an incident in which he appeared to poke his finger against Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani's backside.
Cavani was sent off for his reaction to Jara's actions in the quarter-finals of the South American championship.
A statement from Mbeya City says they have formed a disciplinary committee to review the events that led to the incident including viewing video footage of the match.


A government refusal to publish a report on the funding of UK Islamist extremist groups has been criticised.

The home secretary has issued a two-page summary which concluded most organisations were funded via small, anonymous British-based donations.
Amber Rudd said she had decided to do so for national security reasons.
Opposition parties claimed the internal review was being "suppressed" to protect Saudi Arabia which has been accused of being a source of funding.
The Home Office has been under pressure for months to publish its investigation into the "nature, scale and origin of the funding".
Ms Rudd said another reason for not making the report public was because of the personal information it contained.
Some MPs will be allowed to view the report in private but without revealing its contents.
The summary of the report concluded that most extremist organisations got their money, often hundreds of thousands of pounds, from individual donors in the UK.
But it also confirmed that a small minority did get significant funds from overseas. These, it said, taught "deeply conservative forms of Islam" to individuals who became "of extremist concern".
From now on, charities will have to declare any overseas funding to the Charity Commission.
The summary said: "The most common source of support for Islamist extremist organisations in the UK is from small, anonymous public donations, with the majority of these donations most likely coming from UK-based individuals.
"In some cases these organisations receive hundreds of thousands of pounds a year."
It added: "For a small number of organisations with which there are extremism concerns, overseas funding is a significant source of income.
"However, for the vast majority of extremist groups in the UK, overseas funding is not a significant source. Overseas support has allowed individuals to study at institutions that teach deeply conservative forms of Islam and provide highly socially conservative literature and preachers to the UK's Islamic institutions.
"Some of these individuals have since become of extremist concern."
The government's refusal to publish the full report angered opposition parties which accused ministers of trying to protect allies such as Saudi Arabia which has long been accused of being a source of extremist funding, something it has long denied.
The Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said there was a deep complicity between Whitehall and Riyadh.
She said: "The statement gives absolutely no clue as to which countries foreign funding for extremism originates from - leaving the government open to further allegations of refusing to expose the role of Saudi Arabian money in terrorism in the UK."
The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, said the government was putting its friendship with Saudi Arabia ahead of its values.
He said: "What we want to know is who are the violent extremists and who are their funders.
"This report clearly has found some of that out and we're bound to start suspecting all the more now that the sources of funding must be from the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, otherwise the government wouldn't be so embarrassed that they won't tell us the truth."
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, said: "There is a strong suspicion this report is being suppressed to protect this government's trade and diplomatic priorities, including in relation to Saudi Arabia. The only way to allay those suspicions is to publish the report in full."
The Home Office insisted diplomatic relations played no part in the decision not to make the full report public.
In a blog published on its website, the Home Office said: "The former prime minister [David Cameron] was clear when committing to the review in the House that it would report to the home Secretary and prime minister.
No commitment was made to publish the review... Contrary to suggestions by some media outlets, diplomatic relations played absolutely no part in the decision not to publish the full report."
The home secretary said: "This government is committed to stamping out extremism in all its forms and cutting off the funding that fuels it.
"The Commission for Counter-Extremism, which the prime minister announced earlier this year, will have a key role to play in this fight.
"We are determined to cut off all funding that fuels the evils of extremism and terrorism, and will work closely with international and domestic partners to tackle this threat."


Vladimir Putin has said that 5,000 to 7,000 people from Russia and other former Soviet states are fighting for so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

The Russian leader told a regional forum that the IS fighters would pose a serious risk if they returned home.
Mr Putin also warned on Friday that violence in Afghanistan could spread to Central Asia.
The situation in Afghanistan was "close to critical" and Central Asian states should be "ready to react", he said.
"Terrorists of different stripes are gaining more influence and do not hide their plans for further expansion," Mr Putin told the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting in Kazakhstan.
Leaders at the summit of former Soviet Union states have agreed to create a joint task force to defend their bloc in the event of a crisis.
Tajikistan, which has the longest border with Afghanistan out of all the former Soviet republics, is considered to the most at risk, the BBC's Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg says.
Russia has a military base in the country and the agreement could lay the ground for Russian and other troops to be deployed along Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan.
US President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that US troops would stay in Afghanistan beyond 2016.
Mr Obama announced that 5,500 troops would remain in the country when he leaves office in 2017 to help local forces counter a growing Taliban threat.
Mr Putin also claimed that Russia's bombing campaign in aid of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had killed "hundreds of terrorists".
Mr Putin has dismissed the criticism of his bombing campaign and said on Friday that it would continue "for the period of the Syrian troops' offensive operations against terrorists".
He also said Russia was in a "negotiation process" with regional powers, including Saudi Arabia, and was "making attempts to build co-operation" with the US and Turkey.
Syrian rebels and Western governments say Russia has mainly been hitting non-IS targets. The US has accused Russia of running a "fundamentally flawed" campaign in Syria that risks further escalating the conflict there.


Australia stand-off Bernard Foley thinks counterpart Finn Russell is the Scottish player the home side must be wary of in Saturday's Test in Sydney.

The Wallabies' number 10 says Russell is "world class" and unfortunate not to be on the British and Irish Lions tour.
"Finn Russell is a very dangerous player," said Foley. "He has all the tricks of the trade.
"He's a major threat for us this weekend and someone will have to contain him."
Glasgow Warriors' Russell, 24, will win his 29th cap at the Allianz Stadium, having set up two tries in last weekend's 34-13 win over Italy in Singapore.
A penalty and a conversion nudged his international points total to 66, some way behind the 429 Foley has amassed in 43 Test appearances.
"I thought he was unlucky to miss out on that Lions squad," added Foley on his opposite number.
"He's a form 10 in the northern hemisphere. His ability to run, pass and kick is world class."
Foley, 27, wrote his name into the history of this match when breaking Scottish hearts with a 79th-minute penalty to clinch an epic World Cup semi-final at Twickenham in 2015.
Then he did it again in the autumn of 2016 when putting over a late match-winning conversion to win a Test at Murrayfield.
There was just a single point in both games at the end.
"It's up there with the best," Foley said of his nerve-shredding World Cup kick against Scotland.
"It was a pretty stressful moment. It had every bit of emotion you could feel. We were easily on top but, in the 73rd minute, we were down.
"(The drama) is all we know against the Scots. They're a class outfit and they play a style that really suits them, especially now with their new coach, Gregor Townsend. We can expect a lot of flair and entertainment.
"Every time I've played against them it's been a battle that's been fought all the way to the death.
"I'm sure this will be another one on Saturday. We saw against Italy the ability the Scots have to score tries. The last two games could easily have gone the either way."


The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate is seeking improvements in several areas after an inspection of operating theatres at Borders General Hospital.

It follows an unannounced visit to the site near Melrose in May this year.
Inspectors raised concerns about hand hygiene, the handling of contaminated mop heads and the proper management of blood spillages.
NHS Borders announced last week that an action plan had been put in place to improve cleanliness and hygiene.
The HEI carried out the inspection at the Borders hospital on 13 and 14 May.
As a result it came up with a list of seven requirements for improvement in order to meet NHS standards.
Among the actions they have called for are:
Speaking of the report, Jacqui Macrae, Head of Quality of Care, said: "Overall, our inspectors found that NHS Borders demonstrated varying compliance with the standards to protect patients, staff and visitors from the risk of acquiring an infection.
"Further improvement is required in a number of areas, particularly in relation to staff following standard infection control precautions.
"For example, staff should ensure that all equipment used for cleaning the theatre environment is cleaned following each use and is stored appropriately."
The full details of the inspection can be found on the HEI website.
NHS Borders said last week that an action plan to improve cleanliness and hygiene techniques had been put in place ahead of the publishing of the report.
Director of Nursing and Midwifery at NHS Borders, Evelyn Rodger, said: "Feedback from the inspectors indicated a number of instances where policies and procedures were not being correctly followed, in particular in relation to cleaning methods.
"In these instances our standards fell below those expected by our patients and staff.
"I would like to stress that staff from theatres and beyond took immediate action to address the issues that were pointed out to us during the inspection, which is acknowledged within the report."
Medical Director Dr Sheena MacDonald said the main risk of poor standards of cleanliness would be an infection in a patient's wound resulting from surgery.
"We investigate every single instance of infection and identify and take action in order to continuously improve," she stressed.
Dr David Love, consultant in anaesthesia and critical care, said the report would help "continuous quality improvement" in operating theatres.
"Whilst being disappointed with the findings, changes were immediately made, both to practice and training, and our continued vigilance and monitoring will provide assurance of sustained improvement," he said.
"It is also appropriate to acknowledge that, despite these findings, our measured outcomes and quality indicators remain good.
"By using our learning from this report we will ensure that the people of the Borders continue to receive the high standard of safe surgical care they expect and deserve."


The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days.

It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day state of emergency.
Senegalese troops have reportedly moved towards The Gambian border ahead of possible intervention to force Mr Jammeh to hand power to President-elect Adama Barrow.
Thousands of UK and Dutch tourists are being evacuated from The Gambia.
The tiny West African state is popular with European holidaymakers because of its beaches.
Africa Live: Updates on this and other stories
What happens next?
Adama Barrow: From estate agent to president
Holidaymakers to be returned
The Gambia was plunged into crisis after Mr Jammeh rejected Mr Barrow's shock victory in the 1 December election.
In a televised announcement on Tuesday, Mr Jammeh said "any acts of disobedience to the laws of The Gambia, incitement of violence and acts intended to disturb public order and peace" were banned under the state of emergency.
He said security forces were instructed to "maintain absolute peace, law and order".
Could there be conflict?
A Senegalese military source said they were "very seriously" preparing for military action in The Gambia, Reuters news agency reports.
Residents in two towns in southern Senegal told the agency they had seen columns of troops heading for the border.
Regional bloc Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, has mandated Senegal, which almost surrounds The Gambia, to spearhead military intervention, but only as a last resort and with the backing of the UN Security Council.
The US State Department urged Mr Jammeh to peacefully transfer power to Mr Barrow on Thursday.
"Doing so would allow him to leave office with his head held high and to protect The Gambian people from potential chaos," spokesman John Kirby said.
"Failure to do so will put his legacy, and more importantly The Gambia, in peril," he added.
The Gambia's entire armed forces is made up of only about 2,500 troops, making it difficult to see how they can defeat a regional force if it moves in, says BBC Africa Monitoring security correspondent  Tomi Oladipo.
Nigeria's air force was contributing 200 "supporting" troops for the force, navy spokesman Capt Dahun Jahun told the Associated Press.
A Nigerian military source told our correspondent that a Nigerian warship was sailing towards The Gambia as a show of force.
However, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's foreign affairs aide, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, denied it was a war ship, saying a vessel had been sent to evacuate Nigerians if need be.
Where is Mr Barrow?
Mr Barrow, a property developer, has been in Senegal since Saturday. His aides said he would return to The Gambia for his inauguration on Thursday.
In his only comment since the state of emergency was declared, he tweeted: "We made history on the first day of December. Our future starts tomorrow."
Mr Jammeh's declaration of a state of emergency was seen as an attempt to block the ceremony, scheduled to take place at a stadium in Bakau town, west of the capital Banjul, from going ahead.
Mr Barrow could, technically, also be sworn in at The Gambian embassy in Senegal. However, there are currently no visible preparations under way there.
Could there be a refugee crisis?
At least 26,000 Gambians, mostly women and children, had crossed into Senegal by Monday evening amid fears that violence could erupt, the UN refugee agency said, citing Senegalese government figures.
"The flow has increased sharply since then," regional spokeswoman Helene Caux was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Travel firm Thomas Cook said it would fly back to the UK, over the next 48 hours, 985 customers from package holidays after the Foreign Office advised "against all but essential travel to The Gambia due to ongoing political uncertainty and potential military intervention following the presidential elections".
About 1,600 Dutch citizens are also being flown home after similar advice from their government.
Tourism has become the fastest-growing sector of The Gambia's economy, and the country, which has a population of about two million, was marketed to holidaymakers as "the smiling coast of West Africa".
But many of its citizens are poor and complain of political repression. Some, including the goalkeeper of the national women's football team, have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in the hope of a better life.
Why is Mr Jammeh refusing to leave office?
He has ruled The Gambia since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1994.
The Gambia regularly held elections, which he won until his shock defeat in the latest poll.
Mr Jammeh has said there were irregularities in the election process, including the turning away of some of his supporters from polling stations, and errors made by the electoral commission.
The commission accepted that some of the results it initially published contained errors, but said Mr Barrow had still won.
Mr Jammeh has said he will stay in office until new elections are held.
Retaining power would also ensure he was not prosecuted in The Gambia for alleged abuses committed during his rule.


A dead man and a critically injured woman were found in a crashed car three days after the accident was reported to police, it has emerged.

Police Scotland found John Yuill and Lamara Bell in a blue Renault Clio just off the M9 near Stirling on Wednesday.
The force admitted the crash had been reported to them on Sunday morning but had not been followed up, despite the pair being reported missing by family.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is to look into the case.
Ms Bell's family told BBC Scotland that they were angry and disgusted with the police's handling of the case.
They said she had suffered broken bones and had damaged kidneys because of dehydration, and had been placed in a medically induced coma.
There have been calls for a wider investigation into Police Scotland's response.
Mr Yuill, 28, and Ms Bell, 25, had been reported missing to police after last being seen in the company of friends in the Loch Earn area of Stirlingshire in a blue Clio in the early hours of Sunday.
It is understood the couple are from the Falkirk area. A friend of Mr Yuill's described him on Facebook as a "great guy and a brilliant dad".
Police Scotland had launched an appeal for information about the couple on Monday afternoon.
At the time, the force said their disappearance was "completely out of character".
It later released a photograph of the car they had been travelling in, but it has emerged that a report of a car off the road by the M9 on Sunday morning was not followed up by police.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is to investigate, focusing on the call made to police on Sunday. A separate police investigation into the crash itself is ongoing.
Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson, who is also a local MSP for Falkirk, said he wanted "early answers" about the tragedy, and said Police Scotland had assured him that all relevant information would be passed on to investigators.
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser said it was vital the "truly shocking incident" was investigated in depth.
He said: "People lying unattended at the side of the road for days is something you'd be surprised to encounter in the third world.
"The circumstances leading to this must be investigated as a matter of absolute urgency."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said Mr Yuill and Ms Bell had been "failed" by police, and said the government should review whether a "wider independent investigation" is needed.
Assistant Chief Constable Kate Thomson of Police Scotland said officers had been called to the M9 southbound near junction 9 at about 09:50 on Wednesday following a report of a one-car crash involving a Renault Clio that had left the road.
Driver Mr Yuill was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ms Bell was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where she is in a critical condition.
She added: "We believe that this is connected to the ongoing missing persons search for John Yuill and Lamara Bell.
"As part of our investigation into this incident, it has come to light that a call was made to police late on Sunday morning regarding a car which was reported as being off the road.
"For reasons currently being investigated, that report was not followed up at the time. Following a call this morning, officers attended the scene.
"Officers have notified the families of this update. Our thoughts are with both families at this difficult time. A full investigation is currently under way to establish the full circumstances of the incident."


Italian prosecutors are investigating Royal Dutch Shell as part of a probe into the acquisition of a Nigerian oil field, the firm has said.

The oil giant said it was cooperating with the authorities.
The probe is connected to the 2011 $1.3bn purchase of Nigeria's OPL-245 offshore oil block by Eni and Shell.
As part of the investigation, Shell headquarters in The Hague were searched in February by Dutch police and prosecutors, a spokesman added.
"We can confirm we have received notice of proceedings from the public prosecutor in Italy," the Shell spokesman said.
In 2014 a Milan court starting probing Italian oil giant Eni over allegations of corruption connected to the OPL-245 offshore oil block acquisition.
Eni has denied wrongdoing, and has said it dealt exclusively with the government of Nigeria, paid fees into a government account and did not use intermediaries for the transaction.
Shell's spokesman said: "Shell is cooperating with the authorities and is looking into the allegations, which it takes seriously.
"Shell attaches the greatest importance to business integrity, one of our core values," he added.


Criminal gangs are helping homeowners and landlords avoid paying for power by "hotwiring" supplies for as little as £10, BBC Inside Out has learned.

The energy thieves operating in London can tamper with 15 meters in a day, an investigation found.
Fraud investigators from British Gas said the gangs were risking causing gas explosions and endangering lives.
Regulator Ofgem believes theft costs the industry £400m per year. British Gas says it adds £30 to annual bills.
Mark Andrews, the firm's head of revenue protection, has warned people die "every year" because of meter tampering.
Power theft investigator Piers Merritt said: "We find trends where people go around estates and tamper with meters.
"These people will charge between £10 and £500 a time.
"They're not putting themselves at risk, if something happened there it's all the adjoining properties and everyone in there that's going to be affected by a potential explosion."
By Richard AndersonBusiness reporter, BBC News
With families across the country struggling to keep up with rising fuel bills, a £30 surcharge for energy theft is a substantial hit.
Ofgem says the figure is more like £15, but this is based on a survey of all the big six energy suppliers, some of which appear to be doing little to acknowledge, let alone address, the problem.
The figures from British Gas suggest the problem is far more widespread, and expensive. And, as things stand, there is little incentive for suppliers to clamp down, as they recoup the money by charging the rest of their customers.
Concerns about high household energy bills, which now stand at about £1,400-a-year on average, led the government to rethink the way it funds renewable energy. The result is an estimated £50 reduction in bills.
Energy theft may be harder to tackle, but clearly more action is needed to clamp down on the practice.
Investigators found five instances of gas theft and two of electricity theft in a Sheffield street where a house was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion last year.
The scale of the damage meant the cause of the explosion could not be identified.
Mr Andrews said: "The police were on site and they asked us whether or not we felt it was right to look at some of the other supplies on the street and yes, from 20 houses in a single terraced street, sure enough we found five gas thefts and two electricity thefts.
"It's a great example what the scale of the issue is."
In London, a man who received a suspended prison sentence for digging up a street in the capital, allowing residents to steal electricity, told Inside Out "thousands" of homes in the capital were avoiding paying for usage by "hotwiring" their supply.
Ofgem told the BBC it would be publishing its decision on the new obligations for energy suppliers to be more proactive in tackling electricity theft in February. It introduced similar obligations for gas suppliers during January 2013.
Mr Andrews said: "The difficult economic climate equals more people feeling this is the only way they can get their energy.
"This is a huge problem, we believe that perhaps £500m worth of gas and electricity is stolen across the industry each year.
"In terms of what that means for the customers, it's potentially £30 a year on their bills and it's money they shouldn't have to pay."
Inside Out was shown examples of bicycle inner tubes being used to divert supply.
Lewisham Council has uncovered evidence that landlords are stealing the supply for multiple properties on the same street.
Ben Reeve-Lewis, from the council, said he regularly visited homes where meters suggested no electricity had been used for three months.
"Landlords of that kind will fill up their properties with people who can't complain," he said.
Ofgem believe a third of energy theft is linked to the illegal growing of cannabis and police and energy firm investigators have found booby traps close to illegitimate equipment.
Insp Lee Devall, from Essex Police, said: "Organised crime gangs don't want you to find this and are not happy when thousands of pounds worth of equipment is ruined."
Inside Out is broadcast on Monday, 20 January at 19:30 GMT on BBC One and is available for seven days thereafter on the iPlayer.


A Maldivian journalist, who narrowly survived a murder attempt last month, says Islamic extremists are pushing the country to "a very dangerous situation".

Talking to BBC News after fleeing Maldives fearing for his life, Ismail Rasheed, nicknamed "Hilath", alleged that the radicals were operating with impunity under the new government in the island nation.
The government denies the allegation and has condemned the attack.
The T-shaped wound from the slashing of his throat is painfully visible on the neck of Hilath, a blogger with liberal views who used to edit the Haveeru Daily newspaper.
At first, he could not speak and doctors gave him only 1% chance of survival. Now he talks fluently with occasional gulps to catch his breath.
The 36-year-old recalls what happened in early June in an alleyway by his flat in the capital, Male.
"Three blokes came from behind me, one held me and the other took out a box cutter [knife] and started slashing my throat.
"They even cut the tip of my fingers. Then they very calmly walked out of the alleyway as if nothing happened.
"The doctors said my trachea was cut through. I survived because a vital artery was missed by millimetres."
He could smell alcohol on the attackers' breath and believes they were "gang members radicalised by Islamic extremists".
Hilath said he believes the island nation, with its young population, is getting more socially liberal but this has provoked a backlash from a hardline minority who object to some of his writings.
He started getting regular death threats after writing in 2009 that some extremists were keeping under-age girls as concubines - something he says was borne out when police made arrests.
Later, he recounts, he leaked a video showing that a young Maldivian jihadist had blown himself up in Pakistan.
He says many of his countrymen have done the same thing in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. While their families mourn the deaths, they try to keep it a secret from their neighbours in this tiny country.
This was the third physical assault on him since December.
He says the primary reason for attempts on his life is his conviction that Maldives should become a secular country. At present every citizen is compelled to be a Sunni Muslim.
"It is ridiculous because it infringes basic freedom of thought, conscience or religion," Hilath said.
Two years ago, a young Maldivian hanged himself after admitting he was an atheist and being widely taunted for apostasy.
In February, the country's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, was forced to resign amid a police mutiny. He described it as a coup and was swiftly replaced by his former deputy, Mohamed Waheed.
Hilath says these changes have brought in greater intolerance but adds that the Nasheed administration was not blameless.
It included the ultra-conservative Adhaalath Party, which now has two cabinet ministers.
The blogger says many people blame the former president for letting extremism spiral and for not putting and end to "imams' hate speech, bigotry, misogyny and xenophobia" on some media channels.
But he adds that Mr Nasheed at least acknowledged that there was a problem of extremism whereas the new government does not.
President Waheed's spokesman, Abbas Adil Riza, told the BBC that he strongly condemned the attack on Hilath and others. But he insisted that the attempted murder was a personal matter and not connected to religion.
He said the most serious radical cell was broken up in 2008 by the government preceding Mr Nasheed's, and that "only Mr Nasheed and his supporters" believed religious intolerance was on the rise.
Foreign governments, including India and the United States, have for years been concerned at the increased influence of radicals and the recruitment of some Maldivians to al-Qaeda.
Hilath said he would like to return to journalism, but for the moment felt it was not safe for him to be in Maldives now.


Advice provided by some fee-charging debt management firms is "unacceptably" poor, the City regulator has concluded.

Examples included a debt plan that would take 125 years to pay off, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.
Debt management firms gather all of a customer's debts and pay back the creditors on their behalf, taking a fee each month.
A trade body said individual firms were facing "a tough examination" from the FCA, and scores would shut as a result.
The FCA examined the operations of debt management firms over the course of the year to May to test whether they were treating customers fairly.
It concluded that, among firms that charged a fee for the service, "far too many are not meeting the standards we expect".
Vulnerable customers were encouraged to buy products and services that were not suitable for them and actually made it more difficult to repay their debts.
"People who turn to debt management firms do so as a last resort," said Linda Woodall, of the FCA.
"When they find themselves in this position it is vital that they are able to access suitable advice that allows them to make informed decisions about their future."
There was also room for improvement among debt firms that took their fee from the creditors rather than the consumer.
Free help is available from Citizens Advice, National Debtline and other charities, although some fee-charging firms are not making this clear to customers, according to the FCA.
Lesley Robinson, UK debt advice director for the Money Advice Service, said: "This review's findings are clearly disturbing and present a challenge to the debt management sector.
"However, we would urge those who are experiencing problem debt not to be put off from seeking debt advice as soon as possible."
The Debt Managers Standards Association (DEMSA), which represents some debt management firms in northern England, said any feedback that would improve the service for customers should be welcomed.
General secretary Richard Wharton told the BBC News website that firms were facing a tough examination by the FCA in order to be authorised to operate.
Every firm has submitted an application to the FCA for a licence, similar to the process being undertaken by payday lenders. They will start to hear whether they have been successful during the coming months.
Mr Wharton said he expected the number of debt management firms operating in the UK to shrink from about 200 to "no more than 20 or 30" as a result of this strict authorisation process.
He said he was confident that his members, which have a code of conduct, were treating customers fairly.


A project exploring Jersey's ice age past has been given a grant by the government.

La Cotte de St Brelade is the location of an archaeological project called Ice Age Island, described as one of Europe's most significant settlements.
The grant of £180,000 will enable the team from the Societe Jersiaise to carry on its work.
Neil Molyneux from the heritage society said the project would attract tourists to the island.
He said: "The coin hoard that was discovered a couple of years ago has brought many people to the island.
"Any discoveries from La Cotte will do the same, but any presentation of what is there will do that alone."
The site of La Cotte de St Brelade contains more Neanderthal artefacts than the rest of the British Isles and ranks as one of the world's richest Stone Age localities.
The team behind Ice Age Island will have to demonstrate how it contributes to the island's tourism in return for the Tourism Development Fund money.


The nominations for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize include journalist Dawn O'Porter's teen novel Paper Aeroplanes.

Best known for her documentaries on issues such as body image and polygamy, O'Porter's debut novel was inspired by her experiences growing up in Guernsey.
The awards, now in their tenth year, are voted for by Waterstones staff.
Other nominees include Call the Midwife actress Emerald Fennell and performance poet Laura Dockrill.
Both are nominated in the "age 5-12" category for their books Shiverton Hall and Darcy Burdock.
They face competition from award-winning director and screenwriter Soman Chainani, whose book The School for Good and Evil was a New York Times bestseller and has already been picked up by Universal Pictures.
The category also features The Last Wild by BBC Three's Boom Town producer Piers Torday, Sandra Greaves' The Skull in the Wood and Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell.
The prize champions new and emerging talent in children's writing, with three categories: Best picture book, best fiction for 5-12s and best book for teens.
The three category winners will be announced on 3 April, and then go head-to-head for the title of Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2014, won last year by Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds.
Each of the category winners receive Â£2,000, with the overall winner receiving an additional Â£3,000.
"Our children's departments have always been the heart of our bookshops, for there, of course, book lovers are made," said James Daunt, Managing Director of Waterstones.
"In the prize we capture the passion and engagement of our booksellers as they champion emerging children's authors and illustrators."
Daunt added: "Given the success of former winners, we can be sure they have once again identified the stars of the future."
This year's picture book category is dominated by animals - from the weasels plotting world domination in Elys Dolan's Weasels to the cats kidnapping a penguin in Penguin in Peril by Helen Hancocks, and The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino.
Books in the teen category all focus on misfits, from news producer Erin Lange's Butter - about a bullied overweight boy who plans to eat himself to death live on the internet - to Geek Girl, inspired by author Holly Smale's attempts to make it in the modelling world.
O'Porter, whose Paper Aeroplanes is about the friendship between two girls from dysfunctional families, changed her name from Porter when she married the actor Chris O'Dowd in 2012.
Here is the shortlist in full:
Best picture book
Best fiction for 5-12s
Best book for teens


A man has been forced to clear roadside drainage ditches outside his property to prevent flooding, despite them not being on his land.

Geoff Ketcher from Lea, Wiltshire was "stunned" the council told him it was his responsibility.
He has already installed a pump and dug trenches in his garden, in a bid to stop flood water reaching his house.
Wiltshire Council told the BBC all home and landowners are responsible for maintaining such drainage ditches.
Mr Ketcher, who has lived in his house for eight years, and been hit by bad flooding over the last four winters, said pumping water out of his garden had become a "daily chore".
"[The council] came round and basically the advice is, I have to do it myself," he explained.
"I was absolutely gobsmacked when I first heard that.  I just couldn't believe it.
"That is the line that they're taking at the moment - all of us have to get out there with our shovels and dig the sides of the highway."
The council said if a homeowner's land boundary is next to a watercourse, it is assumed the homeowner owns the land up to the centre of the watercourse, unless it is owned by someone else.
In a statement, the authority said: "Under the 1991 Land Drainage Act, ditch maintenance is the responsibility of all homeowners or landowners."
But Mr Ketcher said the situation was affecting the price of his house, as well as his family's health.
"You can clear this straight away but you'll go inside, have a coffee and come out, and five minutes later, it will literally be as high as it was. It takes half-an-hour to refill," he added.
"Every time it rains, it's all hands to the pump. Literally.
"We've already had the lounge completely redecorated. We don't want to go through that aggravation again.
"My wife said she always wanted to live in a house with a moat, so we've got one for her."